At a Glance

The screen browse buttons allow users to browse between screens (move from one screen to another). The parametering of a button’s attributes links the button to the screen. The button’s browser attributes allow users to:

  • choose the screen to be displayed,

  • define the text displayed in the button,

Screen browse attributes setting screen

The screen below allows users to set the animation attributes of a screen browse button.

Description

The table below describes the different parameters that you may define.

Field

Description

Value

This field allows entry of the screen that is displayed when you click on the button. Two cases are possible:

  • the value entered is a number that indicates the screen number to display,

  • you have entered the term VAL. The screen displayed will be the one whose number is contained in the animation variable linked to the button object (See Animation Tab).

Name

This field indicates the label of the screen you have defined by its number in the Value field. If you have defined the screen by the term VAL, this field displays the characters ## ? ##.

None

If this box is checked, no text is associated with this button.

Screen number

If this box is checked, the screen number is displayed on the button.

Screen label

If this box is checked, the screen label is displayed on the button.

Number of char.s

If the Screen label box is checked, the field allows you to define the number of characters to display in the button.

Shift

If the Screen label box is checked, the field indicates the position (shift) of the first character of the label to display in the button.
NOTE: Each browser button has a logical number that links it to a screen. If this number is modified, the button will no longer point on the screen.
NOTE: The software does not take into account the deletion or import of screens.