Procedure window

The procedure windows in MONITOR G5 are separate from the main window. You can place them anywhere you want on your screen. If you have more than one screen you can also move the procedure windows between the screens. The procedure windows are adapted for a screen resolution of at least 1280 × 720 pixels (HD).

The procedure windows always contains the following parts: Backstage (1) with different general alternatives and settings for the procedure, Toolbar (2), Title bar (3), Boxes (4) with different contents. A function menu (5) is available in certain boxes. Some procedure windows are also divided into several tabs (6).

There are principally three different types of procedure windows in MONITOR G5, single record procedures, list procedures, and table procedures.

Single record procedures are used to register and update one data record at a time. These are data records which contain a lot of information, for example parts, customers, and customer orders. The procedure windows also contains the following parts: Header row (1) with record selector, Status row (2) with information about when the record was most recently modified and printed, Validation window (3) showing warnings and errors, if any, from different validations in the procedure, Side panel (4) containing useful information from different registers linked to the data record in question.

List procedures are used to select and load several data records to different list for printing and reporting. The procedure windows also contains the following parts: List types (1), Presentations (2), Selection rows (3), Settings (4), and Grouping header in lists (5). Some of the lists also have a side panel.

Table procedures are used to register different basic data in a table, for example terms, codes, price lists, and categories. Procedure windows of this type contains one or several tables (1) divided in different tabs.

Subordinate windows

There are also subordinate windows to many procedure windows in MONITOR G5. These are modal windows (dialog windows), but also certain boxes and windows found under different buttons. These can be unpinned from the procedure window and then they become floating windows subordinate to the procedure window. Read more about subordinate windows in the topic Subordinate windows.