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dBworxPE Help File |
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WEBFORM CREATE/EDIT/ENTER:
dBworxPE offers you the option to add and edit
records using an HTML or "Web" form. You
can create a web form automatically for whatever
dBworxPE database file you have open just by
selecting the "Webforms" menu and clicking on
"Create Web form". A "Save As" box will pop
up -- enter a file name for your form and it will be created and saved
to disk.
If you want to make changes to a form, click on "Edit Web form"
under the "Webforms" menu and select the one you want to edit.
The form will be displayed in an Editor screen and you can add
images, javascript edit checks, etc. (CAUTION: do not change
anything in the "input type ...." tags -- they control the way dBworxPE
retrieves the data you enter). You can also insert spaces to make
fields line up in a more uniform fashion, place multiple fields on the
same line, and so forth.
At any point while you're editing a form you can click the "Save" button
to save whatever changes you've made, then click "Browser View" to
see what the Webform will actually look like when you're making
entries.
To use a web form, click on the "WebForm" button to the right of the
input box in the lower left corner of the screen. If no form is currently
in use, dBworxPE will ask which one you want to use and then display
the current record in a browser window using the form you selected
(once a form has been selected it will be used each time you click
the "WebForm" button until you select to change to a different webform).
When you enter a record using a Webform, the cursor will position
itself at the beginning of the first field -- to move from one field to the
next, just press Enter. Also, you'll notice that there are two buttons at
the bottom of the form -- a "Save" button and a "Reset" button. If you
want to save what you've keyed into the record click the "Save" button
and dBworxPE will update that entry and exit back to the main screen.
If you want to cancel the changes you've made, click the "Reset"
button to restore the original data in the record and then click "Save".
You can also right-click in the browser window during Webform entry
to get a pop-up menu, which (among other things) allows you to print
the currently displayed form. This can be useful if the form represents
a complete document such a purchase order or invoice.
If you're adding records, when you complete a record and click "Save"
dBworxPE will ask if you want to add another record -- answer "yes"
to go back to Webform entry or "no" to exit to the main screen.
If you're editing records, the "Back" and "Forward" buttons at the top
left of the browser window can be used to go back or forward one record
in the current database file.
NOTE:
The main reason for using HTML type forms in dBworxPE is to allow
users who are familiar with HTML and javascript to be able to do some
customizing and add their own record edit routines if necessary.
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