Creating a Save, Open, Close, or Cancel Menu Item

Create a menu item that performs a save, open, close, or cancel action on the device application screens.

Note: The first screen in each mobile workflow form should have a Close or Cancel menu action assigned to it so that the user can exit from the mobile workflow on the device. On a Windows Mobile device, the user can exit by clicking the OK button, but not all devices have that function.
  1. On the Screen Design page, from Palette, click Menuitem, then click the Menu box.
  2. Select the menu item to configure the properties in the Properties view.
  3. In the Properties view:
    Property Description
    Name Enter a valid name for the menu item.
    Note: To avoid wrapping of menu item names on Apple iOS devices, keep the name length to 10 or fewer characters.
    Key Select the key with which to bind the menu item.
    Default Select to display the menu item prominently on the screen.
    Type Select the type of action the menu item will perform when selected:
    • Save – allows the user to close the current open screen and save the input made to the collection of response values to be sent to the server.
    • Close – allows the user to leave the client-side component no matter which screen the client-side component currently shows.
    • Cancel – allows the user to close the current open screen without performing any data validation. The cancel action type immediately navigates the user back to the underlying screen.
    • Open – indicates the screen to be opened with a GoTo connection. The Open type menu item must be associated with a screen on the Flow Design.
    Screen This field appears in the Details section only if the menu item type is Open. Select the screen that will open from the GoTo connection.
  4. Select File > Save.