Primary Grid Buttons
 

 

Atop the primary grid is a toolbar of buttons with icons on each to help represent their function. The buttons are each described below:

If depressed the primary grid is enabled. If unpressed the grid is disabled.

If unpressed the grid is read only, and its contents cannot be modified. If depressed the grid’s data can be edited.

If depressed the primary grid’s associated product summary window is opened. This window contains a summary of the contents of the grid broken down by product.

If depressed the primary grid’s associated totals window is opened. This window contains a complete summation of all the boxes in the grid.

Calls up search dialog that lets user specify the exact search criteria by picking the fields and the contents of a match.

Calls up search and replace dialog...user can specify one or more fields to match, and it will substitute the value the user enters as a replacement in each matching record.

Calls up the edit dialog box...lets user modify one or more fields in all the selected fields of the primary grid.

Unselects all records in the primary grid. (If no records are currently selected pressing this button has no effect.)

Selects all the records in the primary grid. Note that selected records are a different color than unselected records.

Unselects the current record. The current record is the record that the grid’s cursor is located on.

Selects the current record.

Changes primary grid’s mode to edit cell mode. Use this to manually edit a certain field.

Changes primary grid’s mode to select row mode. Use this to select boxes so that a function can be performed on all of them at once.

                                                                 

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