Banner 7 Overview

Banner 7 features a new interface designed to improve the usability of Banner forms. Below is a description of the Banner 7 changes.

Menu
Preferences
Forms
Navigation

Note: A new Jinitiator must be installed prior to using Banner 7. Go to the install software page and click Banner7 Jinitiator.

Menu

  • the toolbar has been added to the menu form

  • the Go field is now the Go To field

  • launching a QuickFlow from the Go To field will begin immediately instead of first going to the QuickFlow form

  • The Products field is now a pull down menu that expands the selected product

  • Menu and Site Map are now links, not buttons

  • My Links

  • Banner Broadcast Messages

  • New shortcut:
    Click in the Go To field and use the up and down arrows on your keyboard to scroll through forms accessed in the current session (once you log out, the list resets). Once the name of the form is in the Go To field, press Enter to access the form.

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Preferences

 

Display Options

  • new Alert Options

  • User Interface Color Settings allow color changes to buttons, canvas of forms, highlighting, scroll and separator bars and code/description prompts

 

 

My Links

  • You can create a link from the main menu to a web site or Banner object

  • Can create up to 6 personal links. Each link is comprised of two records, the description and the URL. Make sure the description record matches the URL record.

  • Don't forget to save!

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Forms

The recommended screen resolution is 1024 X 768. To select this resolution:

Click on My Computer
Control Panel
Click on Display
Go to Settings
Adjust to 1024 X 768


Labels, checkboxes and radio buttons are easier to read and select

Examples of new buttons - descriptive text appears when the mouse is moved over the button


The available options can be accessed by right-clicking on a form from anywhere on the blank canvas (not from a field)


Any form specific options will also be displayed.

 

You may add the form you are currently on to your personal menu with the new option



To see a form on the personal menu after it has been added through the options window, you must refresh the menu by either entering refresh in the Go To field or clicking the menu link on the menu form.



If several forms are open, the title bar will display a bread crumb trail of the open forms.

 

The order of the toolbar icons has changed slightly.

 


Tabbed Forms

  • some forms include tabs

  • tabs arrange information in a meaningful way and allow for easier navigation

  • F2 displays a list of the other tabbed windows on the form

  • Control-Tab moves forward and Control-Shift-Tab moves backward through the tabs on a form

  • Control-Page Up moves forward and Control-Page Down moves backward through the tabs.

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Navigation

Click in the Go To field and use the up and down arrows on your keyboard to scroll through forms accessed in the current session (once you log out, the list resets). Once the name of the form is in the Go To field, press Enter to access the form.

From any form, use the F5 key to navigate to any other form.

Control-Tab moves forward and Control-Shift-Tab moves backward through the tabs on a form.

Control-Page Up moves forward and Control-Page Down moves backward through the tabs.

On a tabbed form, F2 displays the tabs on the form. Use the mouse or the Up and Down arrow keys to select a different tab.

 

You may exit Banner directly from a form by clicking on File from the menu bar, then select Exit SCT Banner.

 

 

 

 

You may go to the main menu from a form by clicking on File from the menu bar, then select Return to Menu. This option may be useful if you have several forms open and do not want to have to close each one to return to the menu.

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