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Displaying the GMS Palette

GMS provides all template objects on a palette called the GMS Palette. To access the GMS Palette:

  1. Choose Get Workspace from the Main Menu.

  2. Choose GMS-TOP-LEVEL.

The following figure shows the GMS Palette. You can display a help label for each template object by holding the mouse button down while the mouse cursor is over the object.


The following table contains an illustration and a brief description of each template on the GMS palette.

GMS Template Objects

Icon Template Description
GMS Text Resources

Text resource group
The text resource group contains the menu translations for your menus. The default text resource is English. For more information see Chapter 12, Internationalizing GMS Menus.
Initiating Entries

Menu Bar template
The root template for a menu bar of pulldown menus. The template displays a menu bar. Clone this template first in the upper-left of your graphical menu specification for a menu bar. For more information see Components of a Menu Specification.

Popup Menu template
The root template for a popup menu. The template displays a popup menu. Clone this template first in the upper left of your graphical menu specification for a popup menu. For more information see Components of a Menu Specification.

Dynamic Popup template
The root template for a dynamic popup menu. The clock on the template indicates that this is a dynamic template. Clone this template to create a dynamic popup menu. For more information see Chapter 9, Dynamically Defining and Changing Menus.
Cascading Entries

Cascade Menu template
The template for top-level menu entries in a static menu. For more information see Components of a Menu Specification.

Dynamic Cascade template
The template for top-level menu entries in a dynamic menu. For more information see Defining and Displaying a Dynamic Popup Menu.

Reusable Panel template
The template for cascade menu entries that you intend to use for more than one menu entry. For example, you might want to use up and down options for two menu entries. For more information see Creating Reusable Cascade Menus.

Switch Menu Bar template
A special case of dynamic cascade menu that enables you to switch between all compiled GMS menu bars. For more information see Switching Menu Bars.
Leaf Entries

Leaf Entry template
A final menu choice that executes a callback procedure.

Show Workspace template
A menu entry that displays a named target workspace. For more information see Displaying a Workspace.

Change User Mode template
A menu entry that changes user mode (administrator, developer, browser, user, and others). For more information see Changing the User Mode.
Non Text Entries

Separator template
Displays a divider line between menu entries in a column.

Break template
Splits a single column into two columns.

Right Justifier template
When placed in a menu bar, aligns all entries after it to the right side of the menu bar.

Place Holder
Specifies a connection between two menu entries in a panel that spans two modules. For more information see Extending Menu Specifications Across Modules.
Diagram Utilities

SubPanel Container
Indicates that part of a menu specification resides on a subworkspace. For more information see Using SubPanel Containers to Distribute Menu Specifications.

Submenu Connection Post
Enables you to extend entries joined by a submenu connection across workspaces. For more information see Using SubPanel Containers to Distribute Menu Specifications.

Peer Menu Connection Post
Enables you to extend entries joined by a peer menu connection across workspaces or modules. For more informations see Using Connection Posts to Distribute Menu Specifications.
Settings / Preferences

Global Setting
Specifies the GMS behavior for the entire G2 window or application. For more informations see Chapter 13, Configuring Global GMS Characteristics.

User Preference
Enables you to specify the GMS settings for individual users. For more informations see Chapter 14, Customizing the GMS Interface to the User.

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