Desktop Records Guides

Description

An Alpha Anywhere User Guide to the Desktop.

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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.