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FUNCTIONS OF THE FAST FIND DATA-TABLE
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NAVIGATION COMMANDS: Move the Cursor with the ARROW KEYS, <PgUp>, <PgDn>,
<Home>, <End>; Go to THE first Record: <Ctrl+PgUp>;
last Record: <Ctrl+PgDn>; Go to THE first Field:
<Ctrl+Home>; last Field: <Ctrl+End>.
SEARCH FOR A STRING: Search String: <Alt+F> + String + <CR>; Repeat Search:
<Alt+N>
dBLOOKUP: Move the cursor to a field linked to a DBF File (marked
with an *). Press <F2> to invoke the dBLOOKUP
option. dBLOOKUP works only if the file has been
prepared accordingly.
A file is prepared for dBLOOKUP using the command
sequence U,R,M and entering a Y character for the field
for which a dBLOOKUP link is required. The DBF File to
be linked to each Field marked with Y must be entered.
To enter information in a file called with dBLOOKUP (F2)
press <F3> which is a toggle key for activating/desacti-
vating the edit function. This works only with the first
file called with dBLOOKUP from the main file, and in all
Data-Table modes.
EXTERNAL FILES: This method is recommended for linking free text with a
DBF file, instead of using memo fields. The link has to
be done over a character field. To indicate that a link
to an external ASCII file is being defined, you have to
enter as the first character a percent sign (%), follo-
wed by the path and the file name. These external file
can be shared with other application programs.
MEMO FIELDS: To open a MEMO field press the '+' key.
MOVE TO DATA ENTRY If you want to change fast to the Data Entry mode for
editing a record shown in the Fast Find Data-Table, you
have to move the cursor on the desired record and press
<Alt+E>.From the Zoom-In format,showing just one record,
you can get the Data-Table with the cursor on the
desired record by pressing "any key" followed by <PgDn>.
DIALING: Move the cursor to a field containing a valid
telephone number and press D. For that you must
have a modem installed and have runned previously
the program INSDIAL.COM, wich comes with STAFF.