In the RecordEditor Table-View, records are divided up into individual fields,
binary fields are converted to there text equivalent. A binary Point-Of-Sale Record looks like
The important parts of the screen are
Layout combo |
![]() | Used to select the Record Layout used to format the file |
Edit Buttons (edit mode) |
![]() | Various Edit options- Find, Filter, Save, Save-As / Export, Copy, Paste,
New-Record, Correct-length, Delete and Help.
See "Search Screen", "Filter Screen" and "Save AS / Export" for more details. |
Edit Buttons (Browse mode) |
![]() | Various Edit options- Find, Filter, Save-As / Export, Copy and Help. See "Search Screen", "Filter Screen" and "Save AS / Export" for more details. |
Selection Buttons |
![]() | On the Far Left (just left of the line number) is the record selection Button. When one of these buttons is pressed, the record screen (see "Record View - Binary file" and ) is displayed. |
Headings |
![]() | At the top in the column headings you can:
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Both the Table File View and Record File View have a popup menu's (right click button on Windows) for running record (ie line oriented) commands.
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Options include:
Copy Record(s) | Copy one or more records to the RecordEditor's internal clipboard. |
Cut Record(s) | Cut one or more records to the RecordEditor's internal clipboard. |
Paste Record(s) | Paste records held in the RecordEditor's internal clipboard after the current record. |
Paste Record(s) Prior | Paste records held in the RecordEditor's internal clipboard before the current record. |
Insert Record | Insert a record after the current record. |
Delete Record(s) | Delete highlighted records (or the record being updated in record view). |
Find | Start search dialogue. See "Search Screen" for more details. |
Filter | Create a filtered view of the file. See "Filter Screen" for more details. |
Save | Saves the selected records to the file in a variety of formats. See "Save AS / Export" for more details. |
Sort | Sort dialog - sorts the file |
Edit Record | Edit the record under the cursor in the Single Record Screen. See "Record View - Binary file" for more details. |
Autofit Columns | Sets the column widths based on the data in the columns |
Fix Column | Move the column to the left of screen and stop it scrolling off the screen when you scroll right or left. |
Hide Columns | Hide the column under the cursor |
Show Column | Redisplay a "Hidden " column. |
The right click button will Fix a column so it will not scroll of the screen when you scroll left or right.