Menu Item Properties

Select the menu item on the Screen Design page to view and configure its properties using the Properties page.

General

Property	Description
Name	Enter a valid name for the menu item.
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. Submit – Closes the client application and invokes a mobile business object method using the values of the current flow. The Listview actions can be invoked only within the context of a Listview, for example, on a screen that is arrived at after navigating from a listview. It does not immediately execute the MBO create operation in question, but rather stores it so that later, when the parent MBO is submitted, this, and other, MBO operations will be invoked. Add Listview Row Update Listview Row Delete Listview Row Add – available for ListView controls. The Add menu item type allows you to navigate directly from the listview itself and perform an add from the subsequent screen.
Details	You can configure menu item actions in the Details section. The properties available depend on the action type. See the topics for configuring the different menu item types for information about configuring these properties.

Parameter Mappings

Use the Parameter Mapping section to bind the parameters (if any) of an operation or object query to keys or, context data, such as DeviceName, BackEndPassword, BackEndUser, and so on.

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Communication Style

Property	Description
Asynchronous	Validates the data input on all open screens, closes the application, and sends the data to the server. Enter the confirmation message to submit to the server.
Synchronous	Validates the data input on all open screens, saves it, send it to the server and waits for a response from the server before continuing. Enter: Submit error message – enter the message the user sees if there is an error. Timeout – enter the allowed amount of time to wait for the server to respond before timing out and giving an error message. Success screen – select the screen to go to upon successful communication with the server. Error screen – select the screen to go to if there is an error when submitting the data to the server.

Property

Description

Asynchronous

Validates the data input on all open screens, closes the application, and sends the data to the server. Enter the confirmation message to submit to the server.

Synchronous

Validates the data input on all open screens, saves it, send it to the server and waits for a response from the server before continuing. Enter:

Submit error message – enter the message the user sees if there is an error.
Timeout – enter the allowed amount of time to wait for the server to respond before timing out and giving an error message.
Success screen – select the screen to go to upon successful communication with the server.
Error screen – select the screen to go to if there is an error when submitting the data to the server.