Desktop Records Guides
Description
An Alpha Anywhere User Guide to the Desktop.
- Name
- Description
- Using Action Script to Select a Record and Display a Form
A demonstration of using Action Scripting to open a form and filter it to display a record matching a specific control value.
- Change Record
The Change Record action enables editing on the current record when a form or browse is set to modal data entry.
- Copy Previous Record
The Copy Previous Record action copies information from the last viewed record into a new, blank record.
- Delete Record
The Delete Record action deletes the currently selected record from the database.
- Display 'Print Current Record' Dialog
The Display 'Print Current Record' Dialog action prompts the user to print, preview, email, or save the current record using a selected layout.
- Display 'Print/Send Selected Records' Dialog
The Display 'Print/Send Selected Records' Dialog action prompts the user to print, preview, or email a batch of currently selected records.
- Duplicate Record
The Duplicate Record action creates a duplicate copy of the current record and sets focus to the new duplicate.
- Enter a New Record
The Enter a New Record action creates and displays a new, empty record for the user to populate.
- Filtering Records to Include a Single Field Value
A tutorial demonstrating how to use Action Scripting to restrict form records based on a specific, hardcoded field value.
- Go to First Record
The Go to First Record action navigates to and displays the first record in the current index or query order.
- Go to Last Record
The Go to Last Record action navigates to and displays the last record in the current index or query order.
- Go to New Record
The Go to New Record action navigates to a new, empty record for data entry.
- Go to Next Record
The Go to Next Record action navigates to and displays the next record in the current index or query order.
- Go to Previous Record
The Go to Previous Record action navigates to and displays the previous record in the current index or query order.
- Go to Record Key
The Go to Record Key action searches for and displays records matching a specific key value defined at design-time or run-time.
- Mark Record
The Mark Record action marks the current record for batch operations until an Unmark Record action is run.
- Query by Form Clear
The Query by Form Clear action clears all existing search criteria currently entered on the form.
- Show All Records
The Show All Records action turns off the current query and displays all records in the table, subject to layout filters.