The system ships with a standard menu structure called MAIN, which provides access to all system applications. To give a user access to all the system applications, assign MAIN as the user's root menu. When the user accesses Eclipse, the root menu displays across the top of the screen and provides access to the application menus.
From each application menu, users can access the functions and additional menu options associated with that application. For example, users can press F2 to display the System menu. From the System menu users can select Message System to display the Message System program or System Files to display the System Files menu.
You and your installer can create user-defined menus to meet your company's needs. For example, if your company does not sell products that require material safety data sheets (MSDS), you can create a user-defined Files menu and remove the MSDS option. Then you can create a user-defined MAIN menu and replace the link to the standard Files menu with a link to your user-defined Files menu.
Use this process to create variations of the MAIN menu for different user groups within your company. Then, in User Maintenance, assign each user the root menu that corresponds to the user's job function. Use custom menus to determine which programs users can access, simplify navigation for users, and create unique menus for users with special functions.
Do not modify the standard menus shipped with the Eclipse system, because future software upgrades will overlay any changes you make. Copy and rename a standard menu and then modify the copy.
See Also:
Creating User-Specific Custom Menus