The VIP Menu Bar

Many of the VIP options are maintained from within the WorkStation Manager, please refer to that manual. The text displayed in the menu bar can be modified or translated to other spoken languages. Please refer to the Multi-Language for VIP manual

System

Find Current Objects (CTRL-F)
The host controls what graphical object within the main VIP GUI Server window should have the focus. In a Windows environment the user can click on any window displayed on the desktop. This inherent difference between host application code and a windows workstation paradigm can at times create a situation where the current VIP object loses the focus. Use this option to place the focus back on the current VIP object. A Hold Object Focus option in the WorkStation Manager overrides this default behavior. When enabled the user cannot change the focus off the current object. For more information, please refer to the WorkStation Manager Manual (VIP tab).

Thoroughbred Applications (CTRL-P)
Provides access to the hotkey menu (CTL-P). For more information see the Dictionary-IV Administrator Guide (Desk Services/HotKey Menu).

Exit
Terminates the entire Basic session.

Options

Status Bar Position Allows you to change the position of the VIP status bar. For more information see the WorkStation Manager manual (VIP tab).

Status Bar colors
See the “Message” section below.

View Font Allows you to set the fonts for the view currently displayed. This is saved on the client and applied when this view is displayed on the client. To set the font for all views, see Views below.

View Colors Allows you to set the colors for the view currently displayed. This will be saved on the client and applied when this view is displayed. To set the colors for all views, see Views below.

Help

Displays the current version of VIP.

From the VIP for Dictionary-IV Reference, version 8.9.1. Open this page in the PDF