Module 7. Adding command key rules and labels

Most of the command key descriptions placed at the bottom of the original panels in the sample Order Entry Application have been removed from the WebFacing user interface. The removal happens automatically if the command key descriptions follow the Common User interface Access (CUA) rules (for example, F3=Exit). If they don't follow these rules you can supply the WebFacing Tool with the command key description rules you use in your user interface, and the WebFacing Tool will apply these rules to recognize your specific command key descriptions. One of the record formats in the sample application contains a command key description that doesn't follow the CUA rules.

This module teaches you how to use the WebFacing conversion properties dialogs to add your own command key description rule. Also in your user interface you might have enabled command keys without describing them in the user interface because they are only used for specific functions and your end user knows how they work. For example command key 3 for ending an application or command key 12 for canceling a task are well known to be enabled for these tasks. So your user interface might not list them explicitly at the bottom of the panel. The problem with this kind of user interface design, the WebFacing Tool doesn't have a string it can put in the label of the push buttons on the Web page. It will just put for example CF12 for an active command key 12 in the push button label. However there is an alterative, the WebFacing Tool allows you to specify labels for these common command keys so it can label the command key push buttons correctly. You just have to tell the WebFacing Tool in its conversion properties what the label is.

In this module, you will:

Exercises

The exercises within this module must be completed in order:

Time required

This module will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.