1.9.3 Converting a Web Application from Wizard V9.1 to V10.0
If you have used an earlier version of the Web Functions Wizard to customize a LANSA Web Function Application you can:
- Continue to use and maintain your Web Function Application with it's current interface
This is the recommended approach if do not want to change the "look and feel" of your Web Function Application. In this case, continue to use the Wizard V9.1 to modify menus.
- Modify your existing interface using the Web Functions Wizard V10.0
To rejuvenate your Web Function Application by adding a new "look and feel" consider using the Wizard V10.0 to upgrade the interface. How to do this is described in the simple steps following.
Warning: You cannot mix and match Wizard V10.0 features with features from an earlier release of the Wizard. For example, you cannot elect to use a Wizard V10.0 layout with Wizard V9.1 menu styles.
To convert an interface created using a previous version of the Web Functions Wizard to Wizard V10.0:
1. Use the Define Process Group to nominate the set of processes to be modified (if your Web Function Application uses generic naming for processes).
2. Select the primary process used in the Web Function Application and build a new layout using the Wizard V10.0 (including Color Scheme and Layout Features). Ensure your menu selection matches your new design requirements. Any pre-existing menu definitions will be converted as Standard Menus.
3. Select Menus from the Characteristics to Modify drop down list, and review the menu definition which has been automatically converted from the Wizard 9.1 definitions. If you intend to use the option to display menu items, review the Menu Features and select a default dynamic button style and color to be used for your process.
Technical Note: In previous versions of the LANSA Web Functions Wizard, the menu definition were included as a comment at the beginning of the associated menu HTML page. In Version 10.0, these definitions are removed from the HTML page and are stored in files DC@W31 and DC@W32. Once the menu is re-built using the V10.0 of the Wizard, the menu definitions will no longer be available for modification.
4. DHTML menus were not supported prior to the Wizard V10.0 so there is no earlier information available to be converted.
5. If you manually created a process level style sheet, the definition will be automatically interpreted by the Wizard V10.0. You can continue to manually maintain your style sheet or use the Wizard V10.0 to maintain the style sheet definition.
6. Browse List information is handled the same way in the Wizard V10.0 as in earlier versions of the Wizard. No conversion is required to use the Wizard V10.0.
7. Adopted processes do not need to be modified UNLESS you want to remove the process level variables associated with an adopting process (This feature was not available in earlier versions of the Wizard).
Warning: Once you have converted any pre-existing menus to use the LANSA Web Functions Wizard V10.0, you will no longer have access to the menu definitions from earlier versions of the Wizard. This will only take effect after you have re-built the menus using the Wizard V10.0.