The graphical user interface for the Optim™ solution is designed for a Windows operating environment and includes
many features that are standard for Windows applications.
Contents
This section
describes:
Menu commands and other functions
available from the main window.
Features common to the editors and
dialogs.
Main window and menus
When you start the Optim solution,
the main window is displayed. The main window includes a menu bar,
toolbar, and status bar.
Layout and content of a typical dialog
The typical editor or dialog includes a title bar, menu
bar, toolbar, and data entry boxes. Many dialogs also include grids,
which provide an easy way to review and enter specifications for various
processing tasks. As shown in the following illustration, the grid
is centered in the dialog above the message bar and status bar.
Using the Open dialog
When you select Open from the File menu
in the main window or an editor, the Open dialog
is displayed, listing object definitions to select and open.
Optim Security
Use Optim Security
to secure objects and functions in Optim.
There are three types of Optim Security:
Functional Security, Object Security, and Archive File Security.
Delete an Optim Object
When you delete an Optim object,
the definition is removed from the Optim Directory.
You can delete an object from the Editor or from the Open dialog.
Email Notification
Use the Notify tab on an action
editor to provide options and email addresses for automatic notification
of the outcome of the process. The process report that is generated
when the process completes is automatically sent as an attachment.
Cascading Delete/Update Confirmation dialog
Optim performs a
cascading delete/update check when you save an Access Definition or
execute a process. If a cascading delete or update might affect a
table that is not explicitly referenced in an Access Definition or
a process, the Cascading Delete/Update Confirmation dialog
is displayed.
Retained Process Reports dialog
Use the Retained Process Reports dialog
to review and manage retained process reports for a process. Select Redisplay
Results on the File menu in a request
editor to display the Current and All commands.
Select Current to redisplay the report from
the previously run process. Select All to display
the Retained Process Reports dialog.