| Menu | Item | Function | Key Sequence |
|---|---|---|---|
| File | Login | Opens a Login dialog box. | |
| Open Query | Displays the Select Schema Query window so that you can display a particular schema for query. | Ctrl+O | |
| Open Submit |
Displays the Select Schema Submit window so that you can display a particular schema for submit. | Ctrl+S | |
| Close | Closes the active window. | Ctrl+F4 | |
| Export View | Exports the current customized view to the server as a new Administrator View. (This menu item is available only to users with Administrator or Subadministrator capabilities.) | ||
| Server Information |
Displays list of servers, licensing information, and whether you are connected to the servers. | ||
| Preferences | Sets options that control the appearance and behavior of the User Tool for your user login. Preference categories are: Desktop, Submit, Query, Fonts, Colors, Confirmation, Report, and View Management. | ||
| Exit | Exits the User Tool. | Alt+F4 | |
| File (continued) | Active Schema List' | Lists your most recently used schemas for Query and Submit windows allowing you to quickly return to a schema by selecting its name displayed in the lower portion of the File menu. You can specify the maximum number of schemas that can be displayed in this list at any one time by using the Maximum Number of Schemas to Remember desktop preference on the Preferences dialog box. | |
| Edit | Cut | Deletes highlighted text and moves it to the clipboard. | Ctrl+X |
| Copy | Copies highlighted text to the clipboard. | Ctrl+C | |
| Paste | Pastes current clipboard contents at the location of the cursor. The exception to this is when you've used the Copy All command. In that case, the Paste command pastes the contents of all the fields stored on the clipboard into the corresponding fields in the active window. | Ctrl+V | |
| Clear | Deletes highlighted text. | Del | |
| Copy All | Copies all field contents from the active window to the clipboard. | ||
| Clear All | Clears the contents of all fields in the active window. | Ctrl+E | |
| Set To Defaults | Sets the value of the fields in the active window to the default values. | Ctrl+U | |
| Query | List | Opens a Query List window containing a one-line summary of ARs meeting current query criteria. | Ctrl+L |
| Display | Opens a Display window to show the ARs that meet current query criteria or were selected. ARs are displayed one at a time. Use Next and Previous to move from one AR to another. | Ctrl+D | |
| Modify Individual |
Opens a Modify window to make changes to each AR that meets the current query criteria or were selected. ARs are displayed for modification one at a time. Use Next and Previous to move from one AR to another. | Ctrl+M | |
| Modify All | Opens a Modify window that contains a blank copy of the current schema so that you can make bulk changes that affect every AR that meets the current query criteria or were selected. | ||
| Refresh | Reissues the query that produced a Query List window to keep the query list up-to-date. | Ctrl+Home | |
| Polling Interval |
Displays the Set Polling Interval dialog box which lets you automatically reissue the query of the database that produced a Query List window. You specify in minutes how often you want the query to be reissued. | ||
| Report | Displays the Report dialog box to generate a report for the entries that meet current query criteria or that are selected in an active Query List window. You can send the report to the screen, to a printer, to a file, or to an application that supports DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange). | Ctrl+R | |
| Delete | Deletes all ARs that meet current query criteria or were selected. This function is available only to users with Administrator or Subadministrator permission. | ||
| Actions | Previous | In the Modify or Display window, moves to the AR before the one currently in the window. If the first AR is showing, Previous moves to the last AR. | Ctrl+P |
| Next | In the Modify or Display window, moves to the AR after the one currently in the window. If the last AR is showing, Next moves to the first AR. | Ctrl+N | |
| Apply | Applies the current change or performs the current operation. Use to submit a new AR, modify an existing AR, and save customized views or defaults. | Ctrl+A | |
| Customize Defaults |
Sets default values for a schema. These default values are stored in a file saved in your Home directory. | ||
| Customize View | Customizes the appearance of a schema. This customized view is stored in a file saved in your Home directory. | ||
| Display Attributes | Opens a Display Attributes dialog box showing the properties (such as location and length) of the current field or active link button when in a Customize View window. | ||
| View | Restores the default administrator view or the previous user view for
a schema when in a Customize View window. |
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| Sort Options |
Specifies sorting for the results of all Query menu operations. Sorting can include up to five fields and you can specify whether each field is sorted in ascending or descending order. You can specify a different sort order for each schema. | ||
| Actions (continued) | Show Query | Displays the query operation that resulted in the current set of action requests. | Ctrl+B |
| Copy to Submit |
Opens a Submit window that contains the same field values as the currently active Query, Display, or Modify Individual window. | Ctrl+T | |
| Show Status History |
Opens a dialog box that displays the status history for the action request in the active window. | Ctrl+H | |
| Macros | Start Recording |
Begins recording a macro for later execution. Actions you perform after selecting Start Recording and before selecting Stop Recording from the Macros menu are recorded as part of the macro. | |
| Stop Recording |
Stops recording a macro that you are recording for later use. The Stop Recording dialog box appears so that you can name and save the macro you have just recorded. | ||
| Edit Macros |
Opens the Edit Macro dialog box. You can then select an existing macro to modify its name or help text or to delete the macro. | ||
| Run Macros |
Selects and executes an existing macro. The Execute Macro dialog box appears. | Ctrl+I | |
| Layout | Drag Alignment to Grid | Aligns to an active grid when Alignment to Grid is on. Pull to the
right to choose from the following options:
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| Alignment To Grid | Enables the alignment to grid feature during a move operation. A check mark next to the menu selection means this feature is on. | ||
| Expand | Expands or contracts the spacing of the fields on the schema. A dialog box appears so you can specify a percentage of the current spacing, horizontally, vertically, or both. Enter percentages greater than 100 to move the fields farther apart. Enter percentages less than 100 to pull the fields closer together. | ||
| Show Grid | Makes the grid lines visible in the Customize View window. A check mark next to the menu selection means this feature is on. | ||
| Grid Size | Specifies the distance between lines in an active grid. | ||
| Select All | Selects all fields in the Customize View window. | ||
| Window | Tile Vertically |
Arranges open windows vertically so that each is visible. | Shift+F4 |
| Tile Horizontally |
Arranges open windows horizontally so that each is visible. | ||
| Cascade | Arranges open windows so that they overlap with the title bar of each window visible. | Shift+F5 | |
| Arrange Icons | Arranges the icons in a group. | ||
| Close All Windows |
Closes all open User Tool windows. | ||
| `Open Windows List' |
Lists all open windows. The selected window becomes active. | ||
| Help | Contents | Opens a window that contains a list of help topics for selection. Each help topic may have one or more levels of subtopics available. | F1 |
| Procedures | Displays help on the most commonly performed User Tool procedures. A list of available procedures appears so that you can select the procedure in which you are interested. | ||
| Tool Bar | Displays a summary of the operations performed when you select each of the tool bar buttons. | ||
| Accelerator Keys | Displays a list of operations that you can perform using shortcut key sequences. | ||
| Menu Items | Displays a list of options available for each of the menus in the Main window menu bar. | ||
| Using Help | Displays help on using the help system. | ||
| Field/Schema Help | Displays context-sensitive help on the schema, selected field or active link. This includes any help text supplied by your AR System administrator. | Shift+F1 | |
| About | Displays information about the AR System Windows User Tool. |
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