# $ + Applications Manager Glossary
Active
ALT plus underlined letter
Application
Application Help
Applications Manager Help
Arrow keys
Cascade
Check box
Choose
Click
Clipboard
Combo box
Command button
Confirmation
Context-sensitive help
Control menu box
Daily
Default
Default button
Default Timeout
Description
Device Driver
Dialog box
Double-click
Drag
Enter
ESC
File Server
Filename
Focus
Grayed
Group
Group window
Help File
Hierarchical
Highlighted
Icon
Inactive
Insertion point
Item
LAN group
LAN user
List box
Logo Display
Maximize box
Menu bar
MDI window
Minimize
Minimize box
MultiSet
Network Group
One time
Path
PERMENU.INI file
Personal Group
Point
Program item
Radio button
Rights
Scroll
Scroll bar
Search path
Select
Setup
Shell
SHIFT plus Tab
Shortcut key
Speed key
Startup Group
Status bar
Subgroup
TAB
Text box
Tile
Title bar
Weekdays
Weekly
Window border
Workspace
WIN.INI
WWR file

# $ Active
A window or icon that is currently selected and to which the next keystroke or command will apply.

# $ ALT plus underlined letter
Selects options from the menu bar.  Moves between options in a dialog box.

# $ Application Help
Context-sensitive, customized help files that can be created and modified by a LAN Administrator for Applications Manager users.

# $ Arrow keys
Left, right, up, and down arrows move between radio buttons in a dialog box. 

# $ Check box
A small box within a dialog box that turns an option on or off when it is checked.

# $ Choose
To perform an action that carries out a command in a menu or dialog box.

# $ Click
Press, then release, the left mouse button.  The left mouse button is assumed unless the directions specifically state the right mouse button.

# $ Clipboard
A temporary Windows storage area for holding text or data that you are copying or moving.

# $ Combo box
A combo box is made up of a one-line text box and a list box that is displayed on demand.  To display the list box, click the down arrow pop-box and make the selection from the list box.  The list box is automatically closed.  To close the list box without making a selection, click the down arrow pop-box again.

# $ Command button
A rectangular button in a dialog box that carries out or cancels an action when chosen.  The OK button, which carries out a command, is usually the default button.  The Cancel button cancels the dialog box without applying any settings.

# $ Confirmation
A prompt that displays asking for verification when you request a destructive action such as deleting a group, subgroup, or item, or saving your workspace.  Using the Confirmation dialog box, you can turn off confirmation for specific actions.

# $ Control menu box
Box containing a dash in the upper left corner of each application window.  Clicking on this box displays the standard Windows control menu containing these commands: Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize, and Close in addition to special commands of a particular application.  Double-clicking on this box exits the application.  The control menu box is also called the system menu box.

# $ Daily
The Daily option will cause the message or event to be performed each day of the week, including Saturday and Sunday, at the same time. Daily events will continue to be performed each day until removed from the tickler file.

# $ Default
The initial setting of a value or option that is in effect until the operator or supervisor modifies the setting.

# $ Default button
The default button is the one automatically chosen when you press ENTER in a dialog box.  The default button is indicated by its heavier border.

# $ Default timeout
The default timeout is the default value for the period of mouse or keyboard inactivity before the workstation goes into Screen Saver mode.

# $ Description
The description appears in the title bar of a group or subgroup window and as the descriptive text that displays with the icon of a group, subgroup, or item.

# $ Device driver
A program that controls how your computer and a particular device, such as a printer or plotter, interact.

# $ Dialog box
A box of options and information that appears when you choose a command that requires more information, which you provide by filling in the dialog box.  Commands that display dialog boxes are followed by ellipses (...) on menus.

# $ Double-click
To rapidly click the left mouse button twice in quick succession.  Selects and executes in one step.  Double-clicking is often used as a shortcut for a longer procedure.

# $ Drag
To press and hold down the mouse button while moving the mouse to reposition a window.

# $ ENTER
In a group (or subgroup) window, you can touch ENTER to execute the item or open the subgroup represented by the selected icon.
In a dialog box, you can touch ENTER to execute the highlighted button--usually OK.  Selecting OK signifies that you are finished making choices from the dialog box; the dialog box clears from the screen and the choices become effective.

# $ ESC
Cancels the dialog box or allows you to back up through the screens.

# $ File server
A computer that controls all network activity.  The file server controls all access to shared devices and the system security; it also monitors station-to-station communications.

# $ Filename
The name of a file.  The filename can be one to eight characters long with an optional period and three additional characters called an extension.  Each filename in a directory must be unique.  Valid characters include the letters A - Z and numbers 0 - 9.  Do not use spaces, periods, commas or the following symbols:  + = / \ [  ] ' ; : ? * |

# $ Focus
The focus shows where the next action will take place. In dialog boxes, the focus is indicated by a dotted underline or outline for most options or by a blinking insertion point in text boxes.  The item that has focus is said to be the active or selected item.  In Applications Manager, the active group or subgroup is indicated by a different color for its border and title bar.  Within the active group or subgroup, the selected item is indicated by a different color for its text.

# $ Grayed
A term applied to an option that appears in a menu or dialog box but is inactive.  An option is grayed when its use is inappropriate or when the user does not have access to it.

# $ Help File
A default help file that was defined for use with a specific device driver.  A special help file might exist to help the user understand the functions and maintenance of a given printer.

# $ Highlighted
Indicates an item is selected (or has input focus) and will be affected by your next action.  A highlighted item appears in reverse video.  A highlighted icon displays its name in reverse video box.

# $ Icon
A small symbol that represents an application that is running in memory.  Clicking once on an icon displays its system menu; double-clicking restores the window to its previous size.  In Applications Manager, icons represent applications you can run, or groups or subgroups you can open. 

# $ Inactive
A window or icon that is not currently selected.

# $ Insertion point
The place where text that you type is inserted.  In a text box, it appears as a flashing vertical bar.

# $ List box
Displays a list of choices for a given subject.  To select an item in a list box, click on the desired item.  The highlight shows which item is selected.  Use the scroll bar to display more items in a list box.  To select more than one item, continue clicking on other items in the box.

# $ Logo Display
A graphic image that displays upon starting up Applications Manager or Secure Station.  It must be a Windows Metafile (.WMF) or bitmap file (.BMP).

# $ Maximize box
A button in the top right corner of the window that enlarges the window to fill the entire screen.  In an MDI window, the Maximize box enlarges the MDI to fill its parent application window.

# $ Menu bar
The horizontal line near the top of an application window, just below the title bar, that contains names of available menus or commands.  Also called the "main menu" or "action bar."

# $ Minimize
Reduce the window to an icon.

# $ Minimize box
A button in the top right corner of the window that reduces the window to an icon.

# $ MultiSet
A batch file language designed specifically for the Windows environment that carries out application management commands.

# $ One time
The One Time option will cause the message or event to be performed on a particular date and time. Clock automatically removes the event or message from the tickler file after it has been executed successfully.

# $ Point
To move the mouse until the cursor rests on an option. The mouse cursor is usually shaped like an arrow, but it may take other shapes.

# $ Program Item
A Program Item directly executes one or more specified applications. The Description you enter in the Add dialog box appears as a program in the group.

# $ Radio button
In a dialog box, radio buttons let you select one option from a group.  Selecting one option deselects all of the other radio buttons.  The group is usually surrounded by a border with a title.  To select a radio button, click on it or its label. If the radio button is in focus, the spacebar will also select the option.

# $ Rights
Privileges that control how users may work with files in a given directory (for example, controlling whether or not a user may read a file, change a file, or delete a file).  In Applications Manager, a user has either full rights to a particular item, subgroup, or group--or no rights.

# $ Scroll
To move the contents of a window or list box up or down within the window or list box so you can view additional contents.

# $ Scroll bar
A bar that appears at the right and/or bottom edge of a window whose contents aren't completely visible.  Each scroll bar contains 2 scroll arrows and a scroll box, which allows you to scroll within the window or list box.

# $ Search path
Search paths specify where the file server should look for files when they are not in the current directory.  Programs are placed on search drives so they may be executed from any directory.  When you type the name of an executable file, the file server looks in the current directory for the file.  If it cannot be found, the file server continues looking for the file sequentially through the search path.

# $ Select
To mark an item by highlighting it with key combinations or by clicking it with a mouse.  Selecting does not initiate an action.  After selecting an item, you choose the action you want to affect the item.

# $ Setup
In Applications Manager Administration mode, the Setup option starts the Desktop Administration application.

# $ SHIFT plus TAB
Moves the cursor backward from option to option within a dialog box.
# $ Shortcut key
A special key sequence that bypasses the menu bar and takes you directly to a dialog box or performs a command.

# $ SPACEBAR
Toggles a selection on or off. In some cases, the spacebar can take the place of clicking a mouse button.

# $ Speed key
A speed key refers to the underlined letters that appear in the menu options and dialog boxes.  Speed keys may be defined when adding an item or subgroup to a group.  To execute an option using a speed key, type the underlined letter and press ENTER.

# $ Applications Manager Help
Help files that document program features such as menu commands and options, operating procedures and basic Windows skills.

# $ TAB
Moves the cursor forward from option to option within a dialog box.

# $ Text box
To enter text in a text box, choose the box and type. The insertion point, a blinking vertical line, shows where the text will appear. If the text is highlighted, your typing replaces the highlighted text.

# $ Title bar
The bar at the top of a window that contains the name of the window (usually centered). You can move a window by dragging its title bar to a new location.

# $ Weekdays
The Weekdays option will cause the message or command to be performed at the defined time on the days Monday through Friday only. This option is useful for tape backup or file transfer events that must be performed each day of the work week, but would be redundant on weekends. Weekday events will continue to be performed Monday through Friday until removed from the tickler file.

# $ Weekly
The Weekly option allows you to execute the message or command on a particular day of the week, each week. This option is useful for reminding yourself of weekly appointments such as staff meetings. Weekly events will continue to be performed on the pre-set day and time until removed from the tickler file.

# $ Window border
A heavy border around an application window.  With the mouse, it is possible to change the size of the window by dragging the window border.

# $ WIN.INI
A Windows file that contains most of the settings and preferences you specify in your Windows shell and in many Windows applications.  Windows reads WIN.INI each time it starts and sets up your system according to the settings in that file.

# $ Application
An executable program or MultiSet script.

# $ Cascade
Arrangement of open windows so that they overlap one another with the title bar of each visible.

# $ Context-Sensitive Help
Help that is available for a specific command or option.  In Applications Manager, select the group or program item icon first and then press SHIFT+F1. 

# $ Group
A group created in Applications Manager either by a user as a Personal Group or by the LAN administrator as a Network Group.  A group normally contains subgroups and/or items.

# $ Group Window
A window representing a group or subgroup.  It can contain subgroup and/or item icons.

# $ Hierarchical
Activating this Applications Manager option means that an open subgroup window closes when you select the group (or higher-level subgroup) that contains the subgroup.

# $ Item
An element of a group or subgroup representing an application or script.

# $ LAN group
A group of LAN users as defined by the LAN operating system.

# $ LAN user
A user as defined by the LAN operating system.

# $ MDI window
MDI stands for Multiple Document Interface, which allows an application to display several documents at the same time.  For example, Applications Manager uses MDI to display multiple open group and subgroup windows simultaneously.

# $ Path
A progression through levels of directories leading to the desired file.

# $ PERMENU.INI file
The Applications Manager file that contains references to the Personal Group (.APP) files you have defined and settings that determine the appearance of Applications Manager.

# $ Personal Group
An Applications Manager group created for use by an end-user.  You can modify a Personal Group as desired.

# $ Shell
The application that automatically displays when you start Windows, from which you select other applications.  Examples or shells are McAfee Applications Manager and Microsoft Program Manager.

# $ Status bar
The status bar displays information about a menu's items as you scroll down the menu.  It also displays Quick Help information when you select an icon representing a group, subgroup, or item.  When an application or script is executing or when Applications Manager is saving or exiting, the status bar indicates the operation in progress.

# $ Startup Group
A special group that causes programs and MultiSet scripts contained in it to be executed when Applications Manager starts (if Applications Manager is the Windows shell).

# $ Subgroup
A group created in Applications Manager that is a unit within another group or subgroup.  A subgroup normally contains other subgroups and/or items.

# $ Tile
Arrangement of all open windows so that each fills a portion of the workspace without overlapping.

# $ Workspace
The workspace is the area of the screen in which you work with Applications Manager or another application.  Workspace information includes current location and status of windows and the current Application Manager settings.