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Chapter 2 Menu
2.4 COLOR PROPERTIES (8600 ONLY)
Click the drop-down menus to determine background & foreground colors of the menu for
8600 mobile computer.
2.5 DATA
[Data] group box features a few actions for the mobile computer to take when the menu
is selected on the mobile computer
2.5.1 SAVE CAPTION
Select “Save Caption” to save the menu caption to the transaction record as long as the
menu is selected and run.
2.5.2 SAVE SELECTED ITEM
Select “Save Selected Item” to save the name of the selected item to the transaction
record.
2.5.3 PASS DOWN
As long as either of the aforesaid items is selected, the option “Pass Down” would
become available. Select if to pass the enabled information to the next form or to affix
the enabled information to a transaction record entry.
By the options in the [Data] group box, the combinations available are:
Save caption & pass down
Save selected item & pass down
Save both & pass down
Note: The selected data will be passed down to an associated form or menu.
2.6 SEPARATE EACH DATA FILE AND EDIT FORM NAME
When a menu leads to more than one form, select this item to save the data collected
from each form to individual data files.
As soon as this item is selected, the "Pass down" in [Data] group box is selected
automatically, which means the menu caption and/or the selected item name will be
affixed to each transaction data entry and saved into the data file of the due form.