The main window

After identification, the Tiny ERP main window appears on the screen. This window contains several parts that we are going to discover together.

Icons

The icons are always present on the screen. They ensure you to do most of the usual operations (open, save, search, ...) and never change from one form to another. Further we will detail the different ones.

Statebar

The statebar is another Tiny ERP window component that always stays visible. In this bar you can find, from left to right :

Keyboards shortcuts
The name and first name of the user currently recorded
The address and the port of the server
Information related to the requests.

The requests are a kind of private messages sent to the users to inform them of important things. The requests are also used as internal communication system between the differents users. Further we will come back to them.

Maybe a lock will be visible in the statebar. In that case, that means that you are connected in secured mode. (via HTTPS protocol).

The notation ^N represents the keys combination <CTRL>+<N>

The menu

The last "fixed” part of the interface is the menu. It includes different sections that ensure you to do different actions.

File: general actions
Users: actions peculiar to the current user
Form: actions about the current record or form
Plugins: launching a plugin on the current record
Help: obtain help or information about Tiny ERP.

Some letters of the menu elements are underlined. They are the keys of keyboard shortcuts. If the menu is already focalized, you just will have to press this key to open the concerned menu (ex: <O> will open the Options menu). From anywhere in the application, it is also possible to open a menu with keys combination <ALT>+<the underlind letter> (ex: <ALT>+<H> will open the Help menu)