Browse component

Use this dialog to find and select a component.

You can start this dialog from various wizards and editors, such as:

  • The Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard: You can use the dialog, for example, to select a main table for a new session.
  • The Table Editor: You can use the dialog, for example, to select a reference message for a table.
  • The Session Editor: You can use the dialog, for example, to select a report for a print session.

To select a component:

  1. Find the component: Browse the list of components or, in the Name field, specify the first character(s) of the component name and click the binoculars button.
  2. Click the desired component and click OK to close the browse dialog.
Note: The slider bar and the navigation buttons enable you to find components in one package only. To find components in a different package, specify the package code in the Name field, and click the binoculars button.

For these component types, you can use the New command to create a new component:

  • Session
  • Library
  • Table
  • Domain
  • Report
  • Message
  • Question
  • Label
  • Menu

See the following section.

Create a new component

To create a new component:

  1. Click New. The appropriate page of the Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard starts. For example, the Library Properties page, or the Menu Properties page.
  2. Fill in the required component properties.
  3. Click Finish to generate the component and to close the Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard.
    • The Browse component dialog is closed automatically.
    • The name of the new component is filled in automatically in the wizard or multipage editor, where you started the Browse component dialog.