Access Toolbar / Buttonbar:

The toolbar shown below appears in most screens and in the Main Menu. Use the table below to interpret the usage of all the buttons. 

Button

Image

Description

Design mode - for developers only! If you accidentally click this button immediately click on the button which replaces it - the Form View button.

Datasheet View - shows all the records currently available. Browse and return to a selected record with the Form View button.

Form View - return from Datasheet OR Design View to viewing a single record in more detail, ready to administer that record or perform other data entry maintenance.

Filter by Form (FBF) - Allows the user to customise which records are viewed.

Apply/Remove Filter - When filter by form criteria have been entered into the FBF screen, this button applies the criteria, limiting the number of records. This is a toggle button which will look depressed when a filter is being applied. To remove the filter and display 'ALL' records, click on the button again. The button then looks 'Up' and all records are listed.

Navigation - Move to the First record in the current set of records.

Navigation - Move to the Previous record in the current set of records.

Navigation - Move to the Next record in the current set of records.

Navigation - Move to the Last record in the current set of records.

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Navigation - Move to the New record in the current set of records. Simplistically, this is the record at the end of the record set. You can always see the position of the new record compared to existing ones by scrolling to the end of a datasheet listing. As soon as you begin using this last/new record a blank one, representing the new 'New' record, is created at the end of the list.

Save the Current Record - When the Record Selector bar is showing a little pen (see the icon shown here) the record is 'Dirty'. Use this button to save the changed record

 

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Delete the Current Record - Deletes the current record after requesting confirmation. The exception to this is when the record has related, child records in another table. Depending on the relationship:
  • you may be asked to accept deleting this record and ALL related child records OR
  • you may be refused deletion because of the existence of child records which would require independent deletion first.

Casper Menu - Clicking on 'APT' displays the list shown. This shows all screens that can be one-click accessed from any other screen displaying this toolbar.

Click elsewhere on the screen to remove the list.

Close Screen - Closes the active screen. If that happens to be the Main Menu then Casper is shut down.

Undo

 

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Undo - There are 3 levels of 'Undo':

  • Remove typing changes made in the current entry field only.

  • Remove all changes made to the current record - could be multiple field changes.

  • Remove all changes made to a record just saved and return it to its pre-saved state.