Window Details

Solar Eclipse is a Windows-based application. When you first log into the system, the Solar Eclipse menu bar displays, showing the main menu options.

To select a menu option, you can use the mouse or the keyboard. For any menu option you select, the system opens a new window in which you perform the task. After completing the task, you save your changes and close the window.

Note these things about working with Solar Eclipse windows:

You can usually have multiple windows open at the same time. Use the Open Windows area on your Solar desktop to quickly see what windows are currently open.
You can still open and work in other windows when one window is running a process.
You can usually move between open windows in any sequence. However, if your cursor changes to a symbol, that window is not currently accessible. You must complete the required information in your last active window before working in a different window. Look for fields marked with a red asterisk (*), which indicates required information.
By default, if you have multiple Solar windows open but minimized to your Windows task bar, when you close the window you have open, the next window you opened displays automatically and your cursor moves to that window.

For example, you open a Sales Order Entry window, a Product Maintenance window, and a Price Maintenance window, in that order. You have all but the Sales Order Entry window minimized to the Windows task bar. When you close the Sales Order Entry window, the Product Maintenance window maximizes. To leave all Solar windows minimized until you select to maximize them, select File > Preferences from the Solar main menu bar, and deselect the Upon window close, set focus to the next window check box on the Advanced tab.

Some Solar Eclipse windows open with a small window that requires information before you can continue using the main window. This type of window is called a modal window or a modal dialog box and contains *#* in the window title bar before the window name. The number indicates how many modal windows are currently open. For example, if you have no other windows open and open the Sales Order Entry window, it displays with a modal window titled (*1*) Initial Order Entry.

If you have more than one modal window open at a time, you receive an error message indicating that you must close the other window that is blocking you from continuing. The error message contains a link to display the "blocking" window.