Table View

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:

  • Move the Column by dragging and dropping the column header:
    • Click on the column header
    • While holding the mouse button down, drag the column to the required position

  • Change the column size by dragging the column header edge.

  • Sort on the column by double clicking on the column heading.

Popup Menu

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.



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.