Menu definition

Navigation menu for an AWE application is defined in XML files. The two menu XML files are:

• public.xml: Contains the public screens (those who can be accessed without log into the system).
• private.xml: Screens inside the log protection

info

Note: All menu XML descriptors are defined at menu folder. View project structure for more info.

Menu structure

The menu files must have the following skeleton:

<menu screen="[initial-screen]" context="[default-context]" default-action="[default-action]">
</menu>

Attribute	Use	Type	Description	Values
screen	Required	String	Is the default screen that will be showed at beginning
context	Optional	String	Is the context where all the options will be launched (if an specific context is not defined)	See contexts
default-action	Optional	String	Is the action that all the options will call (if an specific action is not defined)

There is a new tag too to define the position, and the menu type inside a screen: menu-container:

<menu-container type="[orientation]"/>

Where [orientation] can be vertical or horizontal. Another way to change the menu type is selecting the initial menu screen in private.xml file:

<menu screen="HomHor"…

For horizontal menu

<menu screen="HomVer"…

For vertical menu

Contexts

The context attribute defines where are the options defined inside the menu going to be launched. There are several defined context which can be used depending on the menu type:

Context path	Menu	Description
screen	public	Useful for a single login page without menu
screen/public/home	public	This context is used when the main page must have a menu. In this case the parameter screen.configuration.home must not be empty, as this will be the screen showed inside the menu. The menu container initial screen will be the one defined on the menu screen attribute
screen/private/home	private	This context will be used when logging on application. In this case the parameter screen.configuration.information must not be empty, as this will be the screen showed inside the private menu (when the user and the profile haven't any initial screen definition). The menu container initial screen will be the one defined on the menu screen attribute

Options structure

This is a set of options skeleton code:

<option module="[module]" name="[Option name]" label="[Option label] icon="[Icon option]">
  <option name="[Option name]" label="[Option label]" screen="[Screen name]"/>
  ---
</option>
---
<option/>

Inside the tools option there are a set of options, some of them are 'invisible'. It is necessary to define all the screen the user can access, because if a screen is not defined in the menu it will not be accessible to any user. Also, you can add options inside options, making a multilevel menu.

Attribute	Use	Type	Description	Values
name	Required	String	Is the option name, which is used in the profile files and AweScrRes to restrict an option access. If a parent option is restricted, all children are restricted too
screen	Optional	String	Describes the screen that will be accessed when the user clicks on the option
label	Optional	String	Is a literal which contains the option name	Note: You can use i18n files (locales)
module	Optional	String	Defines the module name. Now you can set different menu options for each module	These module names must be configured in table AweMod and it must be the session variable module
separator	Optional	Boolean	If set to true, the option is converted into a separator line	Default value is false
icon	Optional	String	Defines an icon which will be shown before the option label	You can view the whole icon list here

Examples

<menu screen="home_horizontal" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation = "../../sch/menu.xsd" context="screen/home" default-action="screen">
  <option name="information" screen="info" invisible="true" />
  <option module="Inf" name="information_restricted" screen="info" invisible="true" />
  <option module="Inf Changed" name="information_restricted_changed" screen="info" invisible="true" />
  <option name="tools" label="MENU_TOOLS" icon="wrench">    
    <option name="themes" label="MENU_TOOLS_THEMES" screen="Thm" icon="picture-o"/>
    <option name="new_theme" screen="ThmNew" invisible="true" />
    <option name="update_theme" screen="ThmUpd" invisible="true" />
    <option name="view_theme" screen="ThmViw" invisible="true" />
    <option name="security" label="MENU_TOOLS_SECURITY" icon="unlock-alt">
      <option name="screen_access" label="MENU_TOOLS_SCREENS_ACCESS" screen="ScrAccRes" icon="eye-slash"/>
      <option name="encrypt_tools" label="MENU_TOOLS_SCREEN_ENCRYPT" screen="ScrEncTxt" icon="lock"/>
    </option>    
  </option>
  <option name="HlpSep" separator="true"/>
  <option name="help" label="MENU_HELP" icon="question-circle">
    <option name="user_help" label="MENU_USER_HELP" screen="Hlp" icon="question"/>
    <option name="application_help" label="MENU_HELP_APPLICATION" screen="AppHlp" icon="question"/>
    <option name="application_info" label="MENU_APP_INF" screen="ViwAppInf" icon="info"/>
  </option>
</menu>