Getting U.I. and View Information

The U.I. Info utility provides information on user interface controls and on the views associated with each user interface. This information is especially useful when you write macros.

Sage 300 must be running in order to use U.I. info.

To use U.I. Info:

You will first need to find out the ID for the user interface for which you want information.

1. To get the ID, use Object Properties in Sage 300. For example, to get the ID for the Banks UI, right-click the Banks icon on the Sage 300 desktop, and choose Properties.
2. Record the ID number; you need it in the next steps.
3. Close the Properties dialog box.
4. To start U.I. Info, choose U.I. Info from the Sage 300 Tools menu in the Windows Start list.
5. Open the folder for the UI you want information about, then right-click the ID you recorded earlier, and choose Get Info from the menu (the other choice is Properties).

   When you choose Get Info, the columns fill with data.

   If you choose Properties, a screen displaying the OCS filename and the Class ID appears.

6. Right-click the rows that have "DS" in the Type column and click the Get View Info button to see a screen showing all view fields, along with descriptions, sizes, and attributes.

The View Info screen displays information for the view you selected (in our example, for BK1001), and also lets you scan other views without having to return to the U.I. Info screen to choose another view.