Menu Styles

Sections

• The 'Classic' Menu
• The 'New Menu' Structure
• Switching to The New Menu Structure
• Colours - New Menu Structure

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XYZ Dummy Practice                               Veterinary Main Menu (PVS)
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System Message    :    No                             Personal Messages :  None

                             New client
                             Find a client (25489)
                             Client lists
                             Reports
                             VAT book
                             Invoice production
                             Print recalls
                             Labels
                             Stock control
                             Automatic pricing
                             More options







               Access and displays a client/animal record card.         F1=Help

Refer to the links Classic for all the possible options on the menu.

A new menu style has been introduced to make it easier for you to access options. There are no new options, rather the existing options have been grouped and will call the appropriate option on the 'Classic' menu.

                   PREMVET 5 MULTI USER SYSTEM Version 2.190
Date : 27.09.2000            XYZ Dummy Practice                       User: PVS
                           Veterinary Main Menu (PVS)
                                                 System Message    :    No
        -------Main Menu--------                 Personal Messages :  None
       | Client/Animal Details  |
       | Diary and Waiting Room |
       | Fee & Stock Management |      Please use the cursor keys to highlite
       | Reports and Lists      |      the option you require and press ENTER.
       | Accounts and Recalls   |
       | Misc Utilities         |      Alternatively, you can select the 1st
       | System Management      |      character of the option e.g.
       | Help                   |      R for Reports and Listing.
       | Exit from system       |
        ------------------------       At any menu you can press the <F1> key
                                       to access the on-line manual.







                           Add/Access Client records                    F1=Help

This style can be set on a 'per screen', 'per user' or systemwide basis and will co-exist with the original 'Classic' style.

Users can switch menu styles via the User-Info option on the main menu.

(Note: Unix only - So you can see what the menus look like the installation program will have setup the following virtual screens on the console:

<ALT><F9>	New Menu - Megavet Colours	(18 / 2 )
<ALT><F10>	New Menu - Black Background	(20 / 3 )
<ALT><F11>	Classic - Black Background	(20 / 1 )
<ALT><F12>	Classic - Blue Background	(19 / 0 )

Have a look, and you can customise one of these settings as required for your own screens).

Refer to the links New-Style for all the possible options on the menu.

This style is switched on in two ways:

• Specific users can switch menu styles via the User-Info option on the main menu.

• Use the menu option:
  General -> Params -> Hardware -> Device -> Add/Edit -> 5
  And set menu style to 'New'

• Add the line: M_Style=2
  To one of the following files:

  Unix:

  Systemwide	/etc/default/vet3000
  Per Terminal	/u/vetdata/<tty>.tcf (Where <tty>= tty line)
  Per User/Term	$HOME/<tty>.tcf (Where <tty>=tty line used)
  Per User	$HOME/user.tcf

  Dos:

  Add set M_Style=2 to the startup .bat file

The new menu style will use additional colour events and these are:

Menu (1) is the top level menu when 'New Menus' are switched on Menu (2) is one lever down with Menu (3) being all others.

     140 - 142,149  Menu Bar  (The top line of the screen)
     150 - 152,159  Background Colour
     160 - 162,169  The Selection character of that item
     170 - 172,169  The highlite bar

     190            Reverse

     195  Option    Where ever there is a list of options displayed the
                    text will be in this colour

     196 Heading    If not already allocated a colour event then table
                    heading will be in this colour.
     197 Text/Cash  The colour of any 'text' boxes and the cash box
     198 Warning    Any warning boxes e.g. Not seen for xxx weeks
     199 MR         The Management fields on animal/farm records

Setting the 'terminal type' to 18 will emulate the megavet colour scheme and top menu bar. You can tailor the colours to your specific needs.