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Ribbon Toolbars

 

 

 

The ribbon toobar is a graphical control element containing clickable application buttons as shown below.

Button Definitions:

Button

Shortcut Key

Action

Cntrl+N
 

New. Add new record at the bottom of the grid. Cntrl+Add is also another shortcut key for adding new record.

Cntrl+O
 

Open current cell DBLink, if any

Cntrl+S
 

Save or persist changes to the database


 

Print. This prints directly the currently selected report catalog on the Preview combobox without showing the Report Catalog.

Cntrl+P

Shows report catalog that the user can choose which report to be printed.

 

Data Transfer Service (DTS). This shows the DTS catalog that the user can choose from.

 

Command prompt: This shows the Command Line Interface where the user can choose which external application to run.

F5

Refresh dataset and reset layout

Cntrl+Z

Undo cell changes. To undo all changes click the icon.

Cntrl+F
 

Find and Replace

Cntrl+C
 

Copy. This key combination copies the selected content to the Clipboard


 

Cancel sorting of column

Cntrl+X

Cut. This key combination cuts the selected content and copies it to the Clipboard

Cntrl+V

Paste. This key combination pastes the contents of the Clipboard to the selected location.

Copy/Paste To/Trom Excel is supported.

F9

Recalculate column formula

F1
 

View User's Manual

Cntrl+F1
 

Setup for customizing and adding applicaiton module. Available in build 598 and above only.

 

File Manager. This shows the file manager module where the user can choose to view files

F10

View Central Menu. This shows all the modules that the user can access

 

User's default settings

 

Add current module to Favourite

 

View Where Clause Builder


 

View global settings


 

View global variables.


 

Theme Roller. Shows all available themes that the user can choose from. These themes affect the overal display settings such as font, colors, backgrounds, etc.

 

Export to Excel


 

View Import/Export services

 

Export grid to flex-pivot

 

Open dropdown DBLink, if any. This is now hidden starting build 512

Cntrl+Shift+K

Open file stream based on current cell, if any

 

Attach file stream to datarow. Need to click Save to persit to database file.

 

Overides constraints and restrictions. Needs password to gain access.

 

Lock/Unlock current column. Lock columns have image before the column caption to indicate that the column is non-editable.

 

Lock/Unlock saved records. This is usually used to lock saved records to avoid accidental editing. When lock, user can still edit the cell using F2 key.

Cntrl+Shift+Down

Zoom out makes grid smaller

Cntrl+Shift+Up

Zoom in makes grid larger.

 

Change celll horizontal alignment

 

Change cell vertical alignment

 

Wrap Text

 

Set direction after ENTER

Cntrl+Shift+L

Show/Hide filter bar

 

Show/hide conditional filtering

 

Clear Filter

 

Show/Hide column footer

 

Freeze left column(s)

Cntrl+M

Maximize/minimize splitter panels. This is useful when the user wants to view the current grid in full screen within the MDI parent screen.

 

Show Table Relations. You can disable or change the table relations of the curretnly open app to have a different master-detail view of the tables.

 

Show Parser Expression. If you want to try to generate parser expression for the currently open app.


 

 

 

 

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