The System Interface menu contains programs that control menus, messages, multi-language installations, browses, and help.

Languages, menus, messages, user functions, help, labels, and e‑mail definitions are all system-wide data and apply to all domains in a database.

Overview of User Interface
Describes the system interface menu.

Using Multiple Languages
Discusses how to use multiple languages and Unicode, set up multiple languages, Language Detail Maintenance, and report translation.

Customizing Menu Information
Explains how to customize menu information by executing menu items, and describes the menu structure, menus and security, Menu System Maintenance. Also discusses how to set up menu substitutions, define program information, and view business components.

Modifying Messages
Explains how to use Message Maintenance.

Creating and Managing Browses
Explains how to maintain drill downs and lookups, create access to other programs, manage stored searches, define browse URL links, create browses, and create views.

Defining User Menu and Function Keys
Explains how to use the user menu, execute programs in sequence, and use User Function Maintenance.

Using Field and Program Help
Explains how to add user help and print help documents.

Setting User Telnet Options
Explains how to configure telnet server settings, define the login sequence script lines, configure telnet connection settings, and verify the login sequence.

Modifying Labels
Explains how to use Label Master Maintenance.

Building an E-Mail System Interface
Explains how to set up e-mail system inquiries, use text e-mail, e-mail attachments, use E-mail Definition Maintenance, modify e-mail command parameters, customize the appearance of HTML e-mail, and configure e-mail notification for components.

Using Advanced Reporting Tools
Explains how to use the Report Setup Menu, QAD-provided dashboards, and custom reports and dashboards.

Monitoring User Sessions
Explains how to use Session Master Maintenance.

QAD application functions can be used in two ways:

For programs that run in the .NET UI, some present simple HTML screens; other use an advanced component-based technology that supports tabbed navigation and other technologies that are not available with standard programs.

The functions on the System Interfaces menu let you manage different aspects of information that display on the UI and that affect how users interact with the system. Some of these functions apply only to the character UI, some to .NET UI, some to component-based functions, and some to all functions.

System Interface Menu lists all the menu items on the System Interface Menu. The Program column indicates if this is a standard Progress program (.p) or a component with activities. The UI column indicates which user interface the program can be run from. Some programs—such as the component activities—can only be opened in the .NET UI; others can be used in both character and the .NET UI. The column labeled Affects indicates which programs the System Interface program affects: