The icons		The requests

The menus

The "File" menu

• Connect: Allows to be connected to Tinyerp server (if you are already connected, displays a message in the status bar informing that you are already connected, in the keyboard shorcuts area)
• Disconnect: Allows to be disconnected from a Tiny ERP server (works only when you are already connected to a Tiny ERP server)
• New window: re-opens a “Menu” tab
• Close the window: close sthe current window
• Exit: opens a dialogue box asking to confirm that your wish to quit the application.

The "User" menu

• Preferences: allows to change preferences (such as the language) of the current user
• Send a request: allows to create a new request
• Read my requests: allows to browse the requests received
• Requests in wait: allows to obtain my requests sent but not yet treated by the recipient.

We will see the concept and principle of the requests in the following chapter.

The "Form" menu

• New, Save, Delete, Find, Next, Previous, Switch to list/form have the same function that their counterparts previously covered in the icons bar.
• Duplicate: creates a distinct record, copy of the current recording
• Previous/Next Window: goes to the previous/next tab
• View logs: show who created and modified the current record as well as the dates on which these events occured.
• Go to resource ID... : goes directly to a record if you know the id
• Open: opens the selected menu
• Reload/Undo: reloads the current record without taking account of the modifications already done
• Repeat latest action: repeats the last action or report
• Preview in PDF/editor: previews the or one report related to the current record in PDF/Office mode
• Export data: exports the selected record in a CSV format or to MS Excel. You can select the fields to export
• Import datas: imports records of the current resource type, in the CSV format.

The "Options" menu

• Menu bar: allows to choose the representation mode of the menu bar; with only icons, text, icons and text.

• Client Mode: goes from “Normal" mode to “PDA” mode.

The “PDA” mode shows the form in only one columnm, which is easier to see with a low resolution. Superfluous elements such as the status bar are no more visible in PDA mode.

• Print: Do you have to preview documents before printing ?

• Save options: Save the selected options for the next runs of the Tiny ERP client.

The "Plugins" menu

• Run a plugin: displays the available plugins list. This one depends on your installation. The main plugin is the current workflow printing thanks to the BPM (Business Process Management) system included in Tiny ERP.

The plugins are common for all the types of resources.

The "Help" menu

• Support request: allows to send a support request to Tiny ERP or an official partner. To have the guarantee of a reply, that requires a support contract with either a partner or Tiny sprl

• User manual: opens your favorite file manager on the Tiny ERP User manual

• Contextual help: also opens the user manual but directly at the page concerning the current resource.

• Tips: opens the Tiny ERP “tips”

• Licence: shows the text of the GPL v2 (licence under which Tiny ERP is published)

• About: shows information related to Tiny ERP and the editor Tiny sprl.

The icons		The requests