Working with Overview Lists
Reusable components of the program interface are grouped together in overview lists. These are sorted by category into a menu list, title list, and so on. You can choose individual objects from these lists and edit them. Objects that are not used within the interface are also included in the lists.
Unused objects are not assigned to a status. For example, if you delete a menu from the work area, the system does not delete it from the menu list, even though it no longer appears in the interface. The menu remains in the menu list, and you can link it in a new status reference later on if required.
Accessing Lists
To access the display lists from the worksheet, select the Goto menu and an object ( Menu list, Function list,...) You can switch back to the worksheet screen from a display list by selecting Goto
® Current status. You can also access the lists from the initial screen of the Menu Painter.Displaying All Objects in a Category
If, for example, you want to maintain one or more menus within a user interface, you can access the complete menu list by selecting Goto
® Menu list. The menu list contains all the program's menu functions. Within this list, you can create, delete, or copy menus as required. You can also select a menu for editing by double-clicking its name.Deleting Interface Objects
To delete a component, you must delete it explicitly from its display list. You can delete any sub-object in a display list by choosing User interface
® Delete ® Sub-object. If the object is still used somewhere in the program's interface, the system issues a warning. You can either confirm the deletion or choose the Where-used list to display a list of all links to the object.When you delete an object from a list, the system deletes the object and any links from your program's interface.
Locating and Deleting Unused Objects
The Unused objects function generates a list of all objects that are defined in your interface but not used. You can do this by choosing Utilities
® Unused objects. The system displays a list of the unused objects. If the Menu Painter is in change mode, you can delete any unused objects directly from this list.