Oracle Workflow Builder Menus (Oracle Workflow Help)


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Oracle Workflow Builder Menus

The Oracle Workflow Builder main menu bar includes the following menus:

File

Edit

View

Window

Help

File Menu

The File menu lets you perform several actions.

New Creates a new workspace for you to define an item type.

Open Opens a data store by prompting you to connect to a database or a file.

Close Store Closes the selected data store. This menu option is available only if the Navigator is the active window.

Save Saves changes to the currently connected database or file.

Save As Save changes to the file or database you specify with an optional effective date.

Create Shortcut Creates a shortcut icon on your desktop of the current Oracle Workflow Builder session. Prompts for a shortcut name. The shortcut runs Oracle Workflow Builder and automatically connects to the data store that was selected at the time you created the shortcut, loading in the item types and opening the process windows that were loaded and open at the time. If the data store is a database, the shortcut prompts for the database password before starting Oracle Workflow Builder. This feature is available only when you run Oracle Workflow Builder in Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or higher. Earlier versions of Microsoft Windows NT do not support the concept of shortcuts.

Verify Validates all process definitions in the current data store.

Print Design Prints the process diagram displayed in the active process window.

Show/Hide Item Types... Displays the Show Item Types window to determine which item types in the current data store to show or hide in the navigator tree.

Load Roles from Database Loads the Oracle Workflow directory service roles from the current database store into Oracle Workflow Builder and makes them viewable from any property page poplist field that references roles. This menu option is available only if the current data store is a database.

Exit Exits Oracle Workflow Builder.

Edit Menu

The Edit menu varies depending on whether you select the Navigator window or a process window. The following menu options appear only when you select the Navigator window and apply only to the Navigator window:

New Creates a new item type, function activity, process activity, notification activity, message, lookup type, lookup code, or attribute by displaying its property page(s).

Copy Copies the selected object in the navigator tree.

Paste Pastes the object from the clipboard into the selected branch of the navigator tree.

Delete Deletes the selected object from the navigator tree.

Find Displays the Search window so you can enter search criteria to find an object in the navigator tree.

Find Again Finds an object in the navigator tree using the same criteria defined previously in the Search window.

Properties Shows the property pages of the selected object.

Process Detail Opens the process window of the selected process activity.

Move Attribute Reorders the attributes listed in the current branch of the navigator tree by moving the selected attribute up or down the list.

The following menu options appear only when you select a process window and apply only to the selected process window:

Delete Selection Deletes the selected object(s) from the process window.

Properties Shows the property pages of the selected activity node.

Copy Design Copies the process diagram displayed in the active process window to the clipboard.

View Menu

The View menu lets you alter the display of Oracle Workflow Builder.

Font Displays the Fonts property page. Use the property page to change the font settings of the text that appear in the Navigator and process windows. Changes apply to all future sessions of Oracle Workflow Builder.

Grid Snap Toggles grid snap on or off for all process windows.

Log -> Show Toggles between displaying and hiding the Log window. The Message Log window displays messages from the Workflow Builder that are not error-related.

Log -> Detailed Toggles the debug mode of Oracle Workflow Builder on and off. When you check Detailed, you turn the debug mode on and cause Oracle Workflow Builder to write more extensive messages to the Log window. You should not check Detailed unless instructed to do so by your Oracle customer support representative, as this mode significantly slows down the Oracle Workflow Builder.

Log ->To File Writes all future content of the Message Log window to a file. Select Log Show from the View menu to determine the location and name of the log file.

Log -> Bring to Front Brings the Message Log window to the front as the active window.

Show Label submenu A submenu of options that let you control the information displayed in an activity's label. Choose either Display Name in Designer, Performer in Designer, or Comment in Designer.

Show Label -> Display Name in Designer Uses the display name as the label for activities in a process diagram. This setting persists for all process diagrams and for all sessions of Oracle Workflow Builder until you specifically make a change.

Show Label -> Performer in Designer Uses the activity performer as the label for activities in a process diagram. Function and process activities that do not have performers do not have a label. This setting persists for all process diagrams and for all sessions of Oracle Workflow Builder until you specifically make a change.

Show Label -> Comment in Designer Uses the activity's comment as the label for activities in a process diagram. Activities that do not have a comment do not have a label. This setting persists for all process diagrams and for all sessions of Oracle Workflow Builder until you specifically make a change.

Show Label -> Internal Name in Navigator Toggles between showing and hiding the internal name of all components in the Navigator window. The internal name, if shown, appears after the display name as (<INTERNAL_NAME>).

If the Navigator window is the active window, then the following menu option also appears:

Split Window Splits the Navigator window horizontally or vertically.

If a process window is the active window, then the following menu options also appear:

Overview Displays the process Overview window.

Show Process in Navigator For the current process displayed in the process diagram window, this menu option locates its corresponding process activity in the Navigator window.

Window Menu

The Windows menu displays the names of all open application windows. Select a window name to make that window active. The following menu choices are also available:

Cascade Displays any open windows in a "cascaded" (overlapping) fashion.

Tile Displays any open windows in a "tiled" (non-overlapping) fashion.

Help Menu

The Help menu lets you invoke help about using Oracle Workflow.

Contents Displays help on how to use Oracle Workflow.

About Oracle Workflow... Displays the current version and access level of Oracle Workflow Builder. You can also edit your access level in the Access Level field and apply your change by choosing OK.

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New	Creates a new workspace for you to define an item type.
Open	Opens a data store by prompting you to connect to a database or a file.
Close Store	Closes the selected data store. This menu option is available only if the Navigator is the active window.
Save	Saves changes to the currently connected database or file.
Save As	Save changes to the file or database you specify with an optional effective date.
Create Shortcut	Creates a shortcut icon on your desktop of the current Oracle Workflow Builder session. Prompts for a shortcut name. The shortcut runs Oracle Workflow Builder and automatically connects to the data store that was selected at the time you created the shortcut, loading in the item types and opening the process windows that were loaded and open at the time. If the data store is a database, the shortcut prompts for the database password before starting Oracle Workflow Builder. This feature is available only when you run Oracle Workflow Builder in Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or higher. Earlier versions of Microsoft Windows NT do not support the concept of shortcuts.
Verify	Validates all process definitions in the current data store.
Print Design	Prints the process diagram displayed in the active process window.
Show/Hide Item Types...	Displays the Show Item Types window to determine which item types in the current data store to show or hide in the navigator tree.
Load Roles from Database	Loads the Oracle Workflow directory service roles from the current database store into Oracle Workflow Builder and makes them viewable from any property page poplist field that references roles. This menu option is available only if the current data store is a database.
Exit	Exits Oracle Workflow Builder.

New	Creates a new item type, function activity, process activity, notification activity, message, lookup type, lookup code, or attribute by displaying its property page(s).
Copy	Copies the selected object in the navigator tree.
Paste	Pastes the object from the clipboard into the selected branch of the navigator tree.
Delete	Deletes the selected object from the navigator tree.
Find	Displays the Search window so you can enter search criteria to find an object in the navigator tree.
Find Again	Finds an object in the navigator tree using the same criteria defined previously in the Search window.
Properties	Shows the property pages of the selected object.
Process Detail	Opens the process window of the selected process activity.
Move Attribute	Reorders the attributes listed in the current branch of the navigator tree by moving the selected attribute up or down the list.

Delete Selection	Deletes the selected object(s) from the process window.
Properties	Shows the property pages of the selected activity node.
Copy Design	Copies the process diagram displayed in the active process window to the clipboard.

Font	Displays the Fonts property page. Use the property page to change the font settings of the text that appear in the Navigator and process windows. Changes apply to all future sessions of Oracle Workflow Builder.
Grid Snap	Toggles grid snap on or off for all process windows.
Log -> Show	Toggles between displaying and hiding the Log window. The Message Log window displays messages from the Workflow Builder that are not error-related.
Log -> Detailed	Toggles the debug mode of Oracle Workflow Builder on and off. When you check Detailed, you turn the debug mode on and cause Oracle Workflow Builder to write more extensive messages to the Log window. You should not check Detailed unless instructed to do so by your Oracle customer support representative, as this mode significantly slows down the Oracle Workflow Builder.
Log ->To File	Writes all future content of the Message Log window to a file. Select Log Show from the View menu to determine the location and name of the log file.
Log -> Bring to Front	Brings the Message Log window to the front as the active window.
Show Label submenu	A submenu of options that let you control the information displayed in an activity's label. Choose either Display Name in Designer, Performer in Designer, or Comment in Designer.

Show Label -> Display Name in Designer	Uses the display name as the label for activities in a process diagram. This setting persists for all process diagrams and for all sessions of Oracle Workflow Builder until you specifically make a change.
Show Label -> Performer in Designer	Uses the activity performer as the label for activities in a process diagram. Function and process activities that do not have performers do not have a label. This setting persists for all process diagrams and for all sessions of Oracle Workflow Builder until you specifically make a change.
Show Label -> Comment in Designer	Uses the activity's comment as the label for activities in a process diagram. Activities that do not have a comment do not have a label. This setting persists for all process diagrams and for all sessions of Oracle Workflow Builder until you specifically make a change.
Show Label -> Internal Name in Navigator	Toggles between showing and hiding the internal name of all components in the Navigator window. The internal name, if shown, appears after the display name as (<INTERNAL_NAME>).

Overview	Displays the process Overview window.
Show Process in Navigator	For the current process displayed in the process diagram window, this menu option locates its corresponding process activity in the Navigator window.

Cascade	Displays any open windows in a "cascaded" (overlapping) fashion.
Tile	Displays any open windows in a "tiled" (non-overlapping) fashion.

Contents	Displays help on how to use Oracle Workflow.
About Oracle Workflow...	Displays the current version and access level of Oracle Workflow Builder. You can also edit your access level in the Access Level field and apply your change by choosing OK.