Hi,
Yes, the "hot-keys" are something I really miss.
Creating an efficient no-mouse entry form is now hard to do...
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> Jason, thanks for this info. This is what the evidence was suggesting, but
> it's nice to get the confirmation. Of course, it would've also been nice
> had there been mention of this in the docs (I've added a comment to that
> doc page re. this).
>
> Thanks also for the Javascript tips...I'll certainly research it.
>
> Cool tool Misa. It unfortunately doesn't quite help me here since I don't
> actually have any menus that need converting (and was looking to introduce
> one mostly to leverage the hot key functionality), but I'm sure many will
> find something like this very useful.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>
> 1
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Joe D'Souza <jdso...@shyle.net> wrote:
>
>> That is a neat idea! After all it's only a change of display type of the
>> item! BMC should have thought of something like that before completely
>> deprecating a particular existing function!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
>> [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Misi Mladoniczky
>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 3:31 AM
>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
>> Subject: Re: Menu Bar in mid-tier (v8.1)
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have created a tool that will convert all currently defined menus and
>> items
>> to a navigation-field instead.
>>
>> I used it at a customer site to convert some 100 forms with menu bar
>> defined.
>>
>> The navigation bar will retain the menu/sub-menu layout of the original
>> menu.
>>
>> Your original menu-fields will be moved to the navigation bar and will
>> retain
>> their permissions etc. In other words you do not need to do anything with
>> your
>> active links.
>>
>> https://rrr.se/cgi/tools/main?tool=rrrMenuToNav
>>
>> Process:
>> 1. Export all your forms to a all.def
>> 2. Run rrrMenuNav.exe -i all.def -o nav.def -id {freefieldid} >forms.txt
>> 3. Import the nav.def ontop of your forms
>> 4. Go through the list of forms.txt to move and resize the navigation field
>> in
>> DevStudio
>>
>> The {freefieldid} should be replaced with the field id you choose for your
>> navigation field on all forms. This field id should not be used today.
>>
>> Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se (ARSList MVP 2011)
>>
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>> > The menu bar died with the User Tool. It was never an option in the web
>> > UI. Dev Studio supports it because there is still a shipping version of
>> AR
>> > System that includes the User Tool (and probably backward comparability
>> for
>> > a little while).
>> >
>> > Here is a white paper on behavioral differences between WUT and browser
>> > clients (it is older so a few things may have changed like copy to new is
>> > now supported in 7.6.04 SP5 and 8.1 SP1):
>> >
>>
>> https://docs.bmc.com/docs/download/attachments/165478929/ARS_DifferencesBetw
>> eenBMCRemedyUserandBrowserClients_7604.pdf
>> > ?
>> >
>> > Pg 22.
>> > BMC Remedy User
>> > A menu bar is available in BMC Remedy User.
>> >
>> > Browser
>> > A menu bar is not available in browsers.
>> >
>> > As for an alternate hot key feature in Mid Tier I am not aware of an out
>> of
>> > the box one. You probably can dive into some custom JavaScript to detect
>> a
>> > hot key combination and then call a guide. Here is some info on adding
>> > functionality using JavaScript.
>> >
>> > Enhancing MT user experience with JavaScript; Part
>> > 1<https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-21816>
>> > Enhancing MT user experience with JavaScript; Part
>> > 2<https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-21818>
>> >
>> > Jason
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Charlie Lotridge
>> <lotri...@mcs-sf.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> **
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Can anyone tell me if the Menu Bar functionality has been deprecated in
>> >> the mid-tier?
>> >>
>> >> The Dev Studio allows me to specify menu bar menus and items just like
>> the
>> >> Admin tool used to, but I don't see these anywhere when I open the form
>> in
>> >> the browser. The documentation
>> >>
>> <
>> https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars81/Using+buttons+and+menu+bar+i
>> tems+to+execute+active+links>has
>> >> corresponding descriptions about how to create menu bar menus and hook
>> up
>> >> workflow, but does not seem to describe where in the UI these will
>> appear.
>> >>
>> >> Am I missing something obvious?
>> >>
>> >> I'm actually most interested in creating menu bar items in that you can
>> >> (supposedly) introduce a "hot key" so that <Alt>-<the hot key> will
>> trigger
>> >> the menu bar item and corresponding workflow. If the menu bar has been
>> >> deprecated, or this doesn't work (quite frankly I was never able to get
>> >> this completely working in the old User tool), is there another way I
>> can
>> >> affect this?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Charlie
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