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Windows User Conventions in the AR System

Remember the rules that follow as you work with the Action Request System Windows User and Notification Tools:

• The AR System is case-sensitive. The only exceptions in which the AR System is not case-sensitive is if you are using the Sybase database configured to be case insensitive or if you are using the full text search (FTS) option configured case-insensitive.
  
  
• Within the Main window of the User Tool, the window (or dialog box) that is active (selected) is the one whose title bar is highlighted.
  
  
• In a dialog box with selection buttons, pressing the Return/Enter key performs the default action. The default action is the action performed by the button that has a heavy black border (the focus rectangle) around it.
  
  
• In a dialog box, pressing escape (Esc) closes the dialog box. (Pressing Esc is the same as selecting Close on the File menu when a window is active, and Esc is the same as selecting the Cancel button when a dialog box is active. Pressing Esc also closes a menu.)

This section also contains the following information:

• Using the mouse within the AR System.
  
• Controlling window size and position.
  
• Using function keys in the AR System.

Using the Mouse with the AR System

Mouse operations in the AR System tools are much like those in other Windows applications. The following terminology is used in this manual to describe the operations you perform using the mouse.

Select means to click once on an item with the left mouse button.

Double-click means to click the left mouse button twice in quick succession.

Drag means while pointing on an object, hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse.

Press means hold down the left mouse button without moving the mouse.

Pull-right means to click and hold the left mouse button on the character menu symbol (to the right of a field) to display the items. Continue to hold the mouse button as you move the pointer over the menu items. (An arrow to the right of a selection means that there are sub-menu items for that selection. To display and select the items from a sub-menu, move the mouse to the right with that choice highlighted.) When your choice is highlighted, release the mouse button and your selection is made. (If you release the mouse button with the cursor on the character menu symbol and the menu is small, the menu remains displayed until either you select an item or select outside of the menu. If you release the button outside of the menu, the menu closes and nothing is selected.)

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Controlling Window Size and Position

You can manipulate windows in the AR System in the same way that you can for most Windows applications. Use the maximize and minimize buttons to control whether or not a window is minimized and whether or not it fills the entire screen. You can also control the size of a window by clicking on the edge or corner of the screen and dragging with the mouse.

The Control-menu box in the top left hand corner of each screen also provides options that let you control the size and location of windows.

You can also set options that save the size of all User Tool windows of the same type (all Submit, Query, Modify Individual windows) or that save the position of all Submit and Query windows when closed or exited by selecting Preferences from the File menu. Select Desktop in the User Preferences dialog box, then select the option or options you want. See Setting User Preferences for more information.

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Using Function Keys

You can use the following function keys to perform actions in schemas in the AR System Windows User Tool:

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