Interface Profiles

To set up or edit an Interface profile

Click the icon, enter POS Interface Profile List, and select the relevant link.
Click the New action, if you want to create a new interface profile.
If you want to edit your interface profile, double-click the profile you want to work with and edit it.

The Interface Profile Card

Tip: All the basic setup for the Interface Profile is included in the ##DEFAULT Interface Profile. This profile is in the Demo Data Company. With the Import Export Worksheet it is easy to export and import the data into another company.
The Interface Profile and the Menu Profile work very closely together, in other words, parts of the Interface Profile call for menus in the active Menu Profile.

Note: Some of the data in the ##DEFAULT interface profile is fixed data; data that should be included in every setup. All the fixed data ID names start with #. Lookups and data tables for Demo Data Interface Profile ##Default can be fixed data as well.

Tip: If you want to change some of the setup data, consider copying it to your profile and changing it there to keep the ##DEFAULT data as it is.

The Interface Profile parts

In the tables below you can find information on the different Interface Profile parts.

General FastTab

Part	Description
ID	Specifies the identification code of the interface profile. The ID should be unique, you cannot use the same ID twice in one table. You can create as many IDs as you like.
Description	Specifies a text description of the interface profile. You can enter a maximum of 30 characters.
Hide Cursor	Specifies whether the mouse cursor should be hidden.
Dialog Box on Error	Specifies whether the POS should pop up a dialog when error messages are displayed.
Show Banner on Error	If selected, a banner will pop up on POS errors.
Error Banner Timeout	Specifies after how many seconds the error banner closes automatically. If the value is set to 0, the default timeout will be 5 seconds.
Show Banner on Message	If selected, a banner will pop up on POS messages.
Message Banner Timeout	Specifies after how many seconds the message banner closes automatically. If the value is set to 0, the default timeout will be 3 seconds.
Font Size Offset	Specifies how much the font sizes should change from their given value. If you set a value of -2, all font sizes will be offset down by 2 points: fonts declared as size 12 become size 10 and so on. This is a quick way to adjust a design to a new display (different display resolutions can cause all of the fonts to become too big or too small).
POS Startup Controller ID	Specifies the ID of the POS startup controller that is active for this interface profile. If blank, the default EPOS controller is active and runs the functions for the startup #Offline panel. If not blank, the codeunit registered for the startup controller runs the functions for the startup #Offline panel.

Journal FastTab

Part	Description
Qty and Price in Descr.	If selected, the quantity and price will be visible in the description of the item in POS journal lines.
No. of Journal Lines	Specifies how many lines are visible in the POS journal lines.
Hide Voided Lines	If selected, all voided lines in the POS journal will be hidden. If not selected, all voided lines in the POS journal will be visible and marked with a strike-through.
Indent Symbol	Specifies the indent symbol to show the relation between parent and child in the journal lines. You can have up to 3 characters. Typical value can be ">" or " > ". There can be spaces in the field.

Context Menus FastTab

Part	Description
Panel	A panel is an area in the POS to which you can assign different controls. The POS screen is one panel with the ID #POS, and you define all the different parts to it, for example the Journal, the Total menu, the Main menu, and Input fields. There are many different panels in the POS setup, the main panel is the #POS panel. There are many fixed panel names in the #DEFAULT Interface Profile, all of which start with the # character.
Button Pad	Button pad controls are linked to Menu IDs. Menus are not set up directly on the panels. An option in the Button Pad Control Card page is to specify them as Dynamic and then no menu is dynamically assigned on the panel. This makes it possible to use the same button pad for different menus. There are many fixed Button Pad Controls in the default Interface Profile, and you can add more. Button Pad Controls are defined on the Panels.
Data Grid	Data Grid Controls are used to display different information for the POS. The #JOURNALGRID is one of these Data Grid Controls. Another example is the Data Grid #LOOKUPGRID. The grid is used to display the items when the POS command LOOKUP is used. The Data Grid Controls have their own setup. Data Grid Controls are defined on the Panels.
Input	Input Controls are used for panels where input is required from the user. These input controls are for example for #STAFFID, #INPUT, and #KEYBOARDINPUT. Input Controls are defined on the Panels.
Zoom	Zoom Controls are used to display data as records for the data, for example the #MCONTACTZOOM. By using Record Zoom controls it is possible to edit and view the data. Record Zoom Controls are defined on the Panels.
Lookup	This includes all the lookups used by the POS. The Lookup ID line includes the connected data table ID.
Media	Media controls are used to display media in the POS, such as videos, images, or playlists. It supports the most common media types (for example png, jpg, wmv, avi, and more).
Browser	Browser controls are used to display information from the internet by displaying external web pages.