Screen

Screen is a part of user interface. It represents a working screen, has a link in main menu (also an url for web client) and consists of blocks.

Blocks are containers for data represented by controls (there could be several controls per block).

Each block has a security properties and could be hidden for the user. If all blocks are hidden for current user then whole screen becomes hidden.

Before creating a screen a screen group should be created (select Screens option in Project Explorer then hit Plus Button->New).

Screen Group properties

Section	Name	Description
Basic	Name	Machine name to be used in code.
Basic	Display Name	Name that would be used in menu.
Basic	Group Color	Color used to identify a menu link. Used only in windows client.

To create a screen select screen group in Project Explorer then hit Plus Button->New Screen->New Screen/Default Screen

There are two default screen variations:

1) Empty Screen (New Screen option)

2) Screen with main grid block on top and tabs at the bottom (Default Screen option)

Screen properties

Section	Name	Description
Basic	Name	Machine name to be used in code.
Basic	Display Name	Name that would be used in menu.
Basic	Image	Image to be used as icon. Used for menu item in windows desktop client. In web client name of the image is used as a class for menu item.

Blocks, Controls and Actions could be created within a Screen.

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