• Addin Manager
• Adding a Global Image to Your Workspace
• Adding Tables or Sets to a Workspace
• Aliases
• Appending Selected Records from another Table
• Attaching a Library to the Current Workspace
• Automatic Recovery of Indexes
• Backup Workspace
• Cannot Refresh Workspace Problem
• Clearing the Record Filter
• Compacting the Workspace
• Creating a Workspace
• Creating Periodic Backups
• Disallow Edits
• Dropping Tables or Sets from a Workspace
• Exporting Selected Records from a Table
• Expression Library
• Filtering Records to Include Multiple Field Values
• Font Equation Genie
• Global Scripts
• Go to Record Number
• List View Genie
• Managing Addins
• Marking and Deleting Selected Records in a Table
• Moving Selected Records to another Table
• Multi-User Architectures
• Network Optimization
• Numbering Child Records
• One-Step Backup
• Optimizing Performance of Advanced Record Lists
• Pack Tables
• Preparing a Runtime Installation to use a Shadow Database
• Record List - Combo Box Table Lookup
• Record Locking
• Renaming Workspaces
• Restore a Workspace Backup
• Select Workspace Dialog
• Send Tables, Sets, and Workspace
• Send Workspace
• Sets vs Tables
• Sorting Records
• Testing if a New Record Was Created
• Updating Selected Records in a Table
• Using a Lookup to Set the Current Record
• Using a Query to Find a Record
• Using Addin Variables to Create a Multi-Database Application
• Using an Index to Find a Record
• Using Tables and Sets That are Not Part of a Database
• Using the New Table Set Genie
• Using the Shortcut Genie
• Using the Spell Check
• Using Transactions
• Working with Databases
• Workspace Specifications
• Zip Database
• Zip Tables, Sets, and Databases
• Zoom to Record

 

Select Workspace Dialog

Description

The Select Workspace dialog appears when you start Alpha Anywhere. Here you can select what you want to do, and quickly get started. The Workspace & Tasks tab allows you to open or create a new workspace.

When you have no workspace open, you can display this dialog by clicking Recent Workspaces on the toolbar.

The entries at the top are typical menu commands for creating a new workspace and opening existing workspaces.

• The Recent Workspaces list shows an editable scrolling list of the last 30 workspaces opened in Alpha Anywhere. as you work with Alpha Anywhere, your recently used workspaces will appear in this dialog. Double-clicking any entry under Recent Workspaces opens the selected workspace.

• Clicking More Workspaces... displays the Open Workspace dialog, where you can search your computer for an existing workspace.

• Clicking New Workspace... displays the Create New Workspace dialog, where you can specify a folder, a workspace name, then create a new workspace.

• Clicking New Workspace Using the Genie... displays the New Workspace Genie dialog, where you can select a workspace template, specify a folder, then create a new workspace.

• Clicking Restore a backed-up Workspace... displays the Restore Workspace dialog, where you can select a workspace backup and restore it to its original folder.

This picture shows the News & Updates tab. If you have an Internet connection, the News tab will notify you of new patch releases. You can download patches and help files from this screen.

The News Tab:

You can hide the Alpha Anywhere dialog by clearing the Show at startup? check box.

See Also

• Alpha Anywhere Desktop Application Basics