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- dbLite Command & Edit Key Summary
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- [Esc] The escape key toggles from Main Menu Mode to Edit Mode
- It further returns user from Memo Window to Edit Mode
- It will also exit most Menus back to the Main Menu
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- F1 Will show a help window from Main Menu Mode or from Edit Mode
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- F2 Used for drawing character in Edit Mode
- Opens perpetual calendar for viewing in Menu Mode
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- F3 From Main Menu Mode initiates/re-intitiates a search
- If no search string has been defined, will ask for an initial string
- Will then continue to search for intial string over and over
- (to re-define search string, use Main Menu / Search Menu / Text Search)
- Also used for drawing in Edit Mode
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- F4 In Main Menu Mode Captures the current record to the Cature File
- Also used for dreawing in Edit Mode
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- F5 Opens Note Window with Editor in Edit Mode
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- F6 Creates a DOS Shell in Menu Mode
- Used for drawing in Edit Mode
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- F7 In Main Menu Mode use to save current file and continue session
- Also used for drawing character in Edit Mode
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- F8 Use to draw special character in Edit Mode
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- F9 In Main Menu Mode quick delete current record (be careful here)
- Note: The use of Main Menu/Delete Record will prompt user if
- he or she is sure that they want to delete. F9 is a quick key
- for those who do not want to deal with such prompts
- Also draws character in Edit Mode
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- F10 Quit, abandoning current changes since last save
- Basically a quick way to depart dbLite without having to answer a lot
- of questions.
- Also used for drawing in Edit Mode
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- [Alt]+F1 - F10 Used for drawing special characters in Edit Mode
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- The following keys are used in Edit Mode Only:
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- [Ins] Toggles insert mode on and off. Default is off. In insert mode cursor
- grows bigger. Typing in default mode replaces text. Typing in insert
- mode moves text over one character at a time. Characters beyond
- 35th position are lost in insert mode.
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- Right Arrow Moves one character to the right. Will not move beyond 35 characters.
- Left Arrow Moves one character to the left. Stops at position 1.
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- [Tab] Tab stops are set at every 5 positions. In overtype mode, which is the
- default the tab does not move the text, only the cursor. In insert mode,
- the tab WILL MOVE TEXT over 5 positions and will drop positions 30-35.
- [Shift]+[Tab] Moves the cursor back 5 positions
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- Down Arrow Moves one line down. Will also move from last line in one record to first line
- in next record. Maintains cursor position in current column
- Up Arrow Moves one line up. Will also move from first line in one record to last line
- in previous record. Maintains cursor position in current column
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- [Enter] Moves one line down. Will also move from last line in one record to
- first line in next record. Returns cursor position to #1 column
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- [Home] Moves cursor to column 1 on same line. To move the cursor to the first line, column 1 from any position in a record, hit [Esc] twice.
- [End] Moves cursor to the far right current text position.
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- [PgUp] Moves record position to the previous record.
- [PgDn] Moves record position to the next record.
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- [Ctrl]+[Home]Selects the first record.
- [Ctrl]+[End]Selects the last record.
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- {Note all references to "line" for editing keys also refer to a "field". Each "line" in dbLite
- is synonymous with "field"}
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- [Alt]+[Del]Deletes the current line and moves remaining lines up one position.
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- [Ctrl]+Y Deletes contents of the current line but does not move remaining
- lines up one position.
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- [Alt]+[Ins] Inserts a blank line and moves current lines down one position.
- (Last line in a record is eliminated)
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- [Alt]+L Mark the contents of the current line for later copying.
- (show the line in the message box)
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- [Alt]+C Copy the contents of the Marked Line to the current line.
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- [Alt]+B Mark the contents of the current record for later copying into
- a data buffer (show the record in the message box)
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- [Alt]+N Opens/Closes the Note window with its editor (also F5)
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- [Alt]+O Copy the contents of the marked record from the data buffer
- into the current record ( output buffer ) This replaces any
- data which had been in the record.
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- [Alt]+O If no record current exists in the data buffer this command
- will clear the contents of the current record. It simply pastes
- a blank record on top of any data which happens to be there.
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- [Alt]+M In Edit Mode opens a four line by twenty character Memo window.
- Also serves to close the same window if it is open, the contents
- of the window will be retained even though the window closes.
- [Esc] will also close the memo window (F11 is alternative option)
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- [Alt]+V In Edit Mode opens the memo window to allow viewing during editing
- and scrolling from main edit window. Alt+V will also close the
- memo window and prevent viewing from normal editing sessions.
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- [Alt]+= Calculates the value of an expression which has been entered on
- the currently edited line. Displays that value in the message box.
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- [Alt]+A Accumulates the contents of the evaluated expression into the
- first position of the currently edit line. Shifts the rest of the line
- over to allow room.