Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Basic Development

Customization option for dynamic viewers and browsers

When you open a dynamic viewer or browser in the AppBuilder, the Layout menu contains this option: Custom Layout. This feature lets you define and edit custom layouts based on result codes. For each existing result code, you can define one custom layout.

When you create a dynamic viewer or browser, the layout you define is known as the default layout. Every instance of the object uses this layout. For example, suppose your application has a result code named LargeFontUI that applies when your application identifies a vision-impaired user. You can define a custom layout named LargeFontUI. When the application applies the LargeFontUI result code, every instance of the object uses the new custom layout instead of the default layout.

Some essential facts about this feature:

The Custom Layout menu option is only available when a dynamic browser or viewer is in focus in the AppBuilder.
From the Layout menu, select the Custom Layout option to bring up the Custom Layout dialog box. (Consult the online help for assistance with the dialog box fields.)
The Custom Layout option works exclusively with the object in focus.
Only a single layout (default or custom) for a particular object is available in the AppBuilder at any one time.
You can have custom layouts of different objects open at the same time.
When multiple custom layouts are open, switching the result code on one object (through the Custom Layout dialog box) has no effect on the custom layouts of the other objects.
The title bar of open objects shows the result code associated with that custom layout.
If an open viewer has no layout previously defined for a selected result code, then AppBuilder creates a new custom layout initialized to be identical to the layout that was in focus immediately before the result code was selected.
Choose the Save icon in the AppBuilder’s main toolbar to save changes to all layouts of the focused object.
The Re-Logon feature does not reset active custom layouts. Exit your session and start a new one to reset to default layouts.