Screen Identification Hints and Tips

Hover over a screen element to view an element's current category.
Identify only the elements you wish to override.
If you wish your overrides to only apply to a particular host screen, identify multiple screen elements unique to the screen, or the whole screen, as the Screen ID, otherwise your overrides will be applied generically.
Identification is the process of allocating a Newlook category to a screen element. Newlook allocates categories dynamically-implicitly, however you may use Screen Identification and Filters to explicitly override a particular elements category. A simple example is to explicitly define an element as a Subfile Heading if it was incorrectly implicitly recognized as a Field Prompt.
The 5250 data stream sometimes contains additional "padding fields" that Newlook attempts to recognize, sometimes resulting in superfluous output controls displayed in the GUI. To remove such fields, use Identify to select the padding field, then right-click and categorize as Ignore.
The Newlook recognition engine transforms the data stream sent to the workstation. The actual content of the data stream can vary dependent upon settings in the controlling host program. For example, the "green screen" known as Order Entry may appear differently dependent upon the customer type, standing orders, promotional offers etc. The controlling program conditions the display of screen elements accordingly. The result is a single Order Entry screen may take multiple forms. To ensure your intended Identify overrides have the desired result; it is strongly recommended you view the various forms the screen can take before determining the appropriate overrides for each.

Screen Identification Hints and Tips

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