Database Management Creating a new database
s
If
Dropdown
list is selected as data type, the Data Type field will change to include an extra button.
Click this button to open a dialog box where you can define dropdown list values. Click Add , type in a value and click OK . You can add more values, edit values by selecting a value and clicking
Edit
, or remove values by selecting a value and clicking Remove . To move values up and down the dropdown list, select a value and use the arrows on the right.
Figure 6-4: Dropdown list value definition window
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Check the Mandatory field if you want this field to be mandatory.
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Click OK.
Your new field is added at the bottom of the field list, and you can select it to add it to the database structure.
Editing fields
Select a field and click the Edit button. Follow the steps as in Adding Fields detailed above.
(The field data type cannot be changed in existing fields)
Deleting fields
Select a field and click Del .
Set legal fields
The legal fields function is design to meet legal requirement of some US states concerning the handling of personal data. Scanshell.net lets you define certain fields as Save Only fields (cannot be displayed),
Ignore
fields (the data is being ignored) or regular operation mode, in which data can be saved and displayed unrestrictedly.
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Database Management Opening an existing database
Figure 6-5: Set legal fields window
Select a field and use the arrows to move it to one of the other categories.
Restore Default
will clear the
Save Only
and
Ignore
lists, and move all fields back to the right column ( Save & display ).
When you are done, click OK .
9.
Clicking
Next
will take you to a similar window, containing a field list of the next module you selected.
10.
After you finish setting up all the modules you selected for inclusion in the current database, you will be presented with the User List . Please see the following chapter:
7. User Management, page 43
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OPENING AN EXISTING DATABASE
1.
Select
File
->
Open Database
from the menu bar.
2.
A standard Windows explorer screen will appear.
3.
Select the database (or naviga te to the desired directory, and then select a database).
4.
Click
OK
.
5.
The main screen will be closed and the login screen will be displayed.
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