Launching Applications from the Status Bar

Visual LANSA Framework

Launching Applications from the Status Bar

When the Framework is executed using RenderType M, the launch button is displayed in the status bar next to the other navigation pane view buttons:

 

When the launch button is clicked, applications in the Framework are arranged in the status bar:

If an application has views, the view is visualised. If an application has no business objects it is not shown.

The applications or views respond to two events:

  • Mouse hover
  • Click

 

Mouse hover

With a mouse hover a larger icon with the application/view caption appears:

 

When the larger image is clicked on, the business objects in the application pop up:

 

If the popup item is clicked, it triggers the default business object’s behaviour, as if you clicked on the business object in the navigation pane.

You can also make the business object a favourite by checking the Favourite checkbox.

Note: the Business Object will be added to the first application that allows favourites in the sequence they appear. If you need to add it to another application you need to use either the Tree or List Navigation View.

 

Click

If you click on the application/view, the behaviour is exactly the same as clicking on the larger image.

 

Removing a favourite business object

An application which has business objects that have been made favourites will have the Favorite checkbox is ticked but disabled:

This is because one business object can be a favourite in more than one application.

To remove a business object from a favourite application, hover or click on the favourite application:

 

Click the Remove button to remove the business object from the application's Favorites.

Warning: due to space constraints, this navigation option may not be suited to Frameworks with a large number of applications and/or applications with large number of business objects. In those cases use any of the other three navigation pane views.

 

Enabling the Launch button

The display of the launch button is controlled in the Framework properties:

See the description of Launch from Status Bar.