Editing the data

The main forms of all modules have a design as shown below

Main form Main form

Status

In the status area you find

  • The name of the module,
  • The name of the database if different fron the module
  • The version of the software

The menu contains the options provided by the module

Commands

The commands area contains buttons for e.g. handling the data:

  • - To connect to a database click on the button.
  • - To save the changes in a dataset click on the button.
  • - To propagate the changes in a dataset to linked modules click on the button.
  • - To undo the changes a dataset click the button. This will recover the original data unless the changes had been saved or changes were done in certain tables or hierarchies were the data must be stored to display the hierarchy.
  • - To create a new entry in the database, click on theĀ  button below the search resultĀ listbox. This will create a entry with theĀ specimen and show it in the list.
  • - To copy a specimen, choose it from the list and click on the button .
  • - To options a dataset click on the button .
  • - To change the arrangement of the query click on the button.

Create new agent

To create a new agent, click on theĀ  button above the search resultĀ listbox. You will be asked, if you are sure

Click OK to enter the basic entries in the next window as shown below

Click OK to create the new agent and show it in the list.

Forwarding changes to linked data

After changes to a dataset, the button will get a pink background if any part related to linked datasets is concerned. This relates to all dataset in the databases select for an update as described in chapter connections. To add the current dataset independed of changes to changes, choose Insert current ID in backlink list from the context menu. To insert all items from the query in the backlink list, click on the button. To check the content of the current backlink list select in the context menu. To clear the backlink list, select in the context menu. Provided the permission to update the respective tables you can forward the changes to datasets in linked modules with a click on the button as described in the tutorial Video starten

For further information see the chapter Editing