Common Edit Modifications and Remove Customization

The Common Edit Modifications menu item allows for most of the edits that are made to a window to be common changes to all modes of the window, ASP.NET, HTML, and Window mode.
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Common Edit Modifications

Moving a control in Edit Window mode causes the field to move when the window displays in Edit HTML or ASP.NET mode. The same result is true when editing a field in Edit HTML or ASP.NET mode. This same change appears when the window displays in Edit Window mode. This common functionality is the default state of the Common Edit Modifications menu item and occurs when the item is “checked.”
If the menu item is not checked, then any edits causing updates to any of the visible properties of the windows and its controls are considered a customization for whichever edit mode the window is set (Window, HTML, or ASP.NET). Control location, prompt text, control font, and color are examples of customizable properties.
If a window is resized when the Common Edit Modifications menu item is not checked, then only the current customized window is changed and customized windows in other modes are not changed.
The following are two conditions where all windows are not changed when the Common Edit Modifications menu item is checked:
  • If the current window was previously modified when the Common Edit Modification menu item is not checked, then only that window changes.
  • If the windows in different modes (other than the current window) were ever changed with the Common Edit Modification menu unchecked, they are not changed.

Accessing Common Edit Modifications

  1. From the Navigation Diagram, select the Options menu. By default, the Common Edit Modifications menu item displays with a checked box. Thus, any changes are reflected for Window, HTML, and ASP.NET modes.
  2. To allow for the customization of edits to a specific mode, click the Common Edit Modifications menu item. The check box is cleared and parallel versions are saved. The Navigation Diagram title bar also indicates when Common Edit Modifications are off.

Remove Customization

The Remove Customization menu item allows you to remove the customization of a selected control.
This menu item is enabled when a control has been customized. When you select "Remove Customization,” the customization is removed, causing the control to assume the properties of the original window application control.
To access this feature from the Navigation Diagram, select the Edit menu and click Remove Customization.
When pushbuttons are added to Toolbars in different modes with CEM OFF, and more pushbuttons are added after turning on CEM, the new pushbutton may be hidden behind the original pushbuttons. To work around this issue, move each pushbutton off the toolbar and then back onto the toolbar again.
You must move every pushbutton off and back on otherwise the problem persists.