Defining Menus

Use this procedure to define menus for a Lawson Environment.

Procedure flow: Menu ID definition

To define menus

  1. Access the Form ID Definition utility (tokendef):

    • From the System Administration menu, select Form Definition.

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    • At the command line, specify this information:

      tokendef

  2. On the Form ID Definition menu, select Menu IDs.
  3. On the Menu IDs form, specify or select a product line for the menu.

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    Leave this field blank if the menu will be used across multiple product lines.

    The list of menus that apply across product lines appears before you select a product line. After you select a product line, the list of menus defined for that product line appears.

    Form clip: The Menu IDs Form form
  4. In the detail area of the Menu Form form, select an existing menu to edit or move to a blank line. You can move to a blank line by moving to the bottom of the list or by pressing Insert (F8).
  5. Specify or select the following data:
    Field Description
    Menu The form ID for the menu (up to ten characters). If you are creating a new menu for application programs, use the format XX MN.0.
    Title A descriptive title for the menu.
    Menu Type

    Main means this is a menu that can stand alone (it does not need to be included as a submenu of another menu).

    Sub means this is a submenu that must be included as part of another menu.
  6. Press Define (F6) twice to bring up the form to select the options to put on your menu. You can define three types of options: executable, menus, and text.
    1. If you are adding an executable form to the menu, select Executable. The form must already exist. Select the form and the product line for the menu you are adding.
    2. If you are adding another menu to your menu, select Menu. The menu must already exist. Select the menu and the product line for the menu you are adding.
    3. If you are adding text to your menu, select Text. In the Enter Menu Text subform, specify the text. (The text can serve as a heading for a group of menu options.)
  7. Press Enter twice to save your menu.
  8. Test your new menu to make sure it is working. At the command line, specify this information:

    lapm menuID

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    lapm productline menuID

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