The Interface Profile Controls are:
- Button Pad Controls are linked to Menu IDs. Menus are not set up directly on the panels. . An option in the Button Pad Controls is to specify them as Dynamic and then no menu is dynamically assigned on the panel. This does it possible to use the same button pad for different menus, depending on panel. There are many fixed Button Pad Controls in the default Interface Profile and it is possible to add more. Button Pad Controls are defined on the Panels.
- Data Grid Controls are used to display different information for the POS. The Journal is one of these Data Grid Controls. Another example is the Data Grid #LOOKUPGRID. It is used to display the items when the POS Command LOOKUP is used. The Data Grid Controls have their own setup. Data Grid Controls are defined on the Panels.
- Input Controls are used for panels where some input is required from the user. These panels are for example for Staff ID Input and Keyboard. Input Controls are defined on the Panels.
- Record Zoom Controls are used to edit or view records for the data. Record Zoom Controls are defined on the Panels.
- POS Lookup Setup includes all the lookups used by the POS. The Lookup ID line includes the connected Data Table ID.
- Media Controls. Media Controls are used to display media in the POS, such as videos, images or playlists. These controls support the most common media types (for example png, jpg, wmv, avi, and more). Browser Controls are used to display information from the internet by displaying external web pages.
Note: All the data for Controls are included in the ##DEFAULT Interface Profile.
Tip: To have a different setup for a control than the default one then copy the control to the selected interface profile and change the setup for it there. Changing the setup for the controls in the ##DEFAULT interface profile means that the setup is changed for every profile that is using the control
Tip: All the basic setup for the Interface Profile is included in the ##DEFAULT Interface Profile. This profile is in the Demo Data Company. With the Import Export Worksheet it is easy to export and import the data into another company.
The Interface Profile and the Menu Profile work very closely together; that is, parts of the Interface Profile call for menus in the active Menu Profile.
Note: Some of the data with the ##DEFAULT interface profile is fixed data; data that should be included in every setup. All the fixed data ID names start with #. Same goes for Lookups and Data tables. It is possible to copy all the setup data to other profile or code IDs and then change them if the user wants to do that.