SHOW/HIDE OPTION instruction

The SHOW OPTION instruction will show/enable action views corresponding to the listed menu options. The default action views are made visible and the explicit action views (BUTTON in form) are enabled. The HIDE OPTION instruction will hide default action views and disable explicit action views.

Syntax:

{ HIDE | SHOW } OPTION
    { ALL
    | option-name [,...]
    }

Use the ALL keyword reference all menu options. In a menu that contains many options, you typically do a HIDE OPTIONS ALL followed by HIDE OPTION to show a subset of the menu options.

MENU "Customers"
   BEFORE MENU
      HIDE OPTION ALL
      SHOW OPTION "Add", "Exit"
   ...

The SHOW OPTION and HIDE OPTION instructions are provided for backward compatibility. To hide and show default action views, use the DIALOG.setActionHidden() method instead. In GUI applications, it is recommended that you disable actions, instead of hiding them from the end user.