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A5Doc Usage Techniques
A5Doc support

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  Usage techniques
  ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)Update vs. Erase
  ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)Documentation table
  ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)Reprint a report
  ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)Unmark records
  ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)User annotation
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     ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)Set
     ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)Field Rules
  ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)User field
  ArrowNext.gif (67 bytes)Main menus

 

  

Documentation table.    This may be a very underutilized capability.  With the Update/Erase parameter set to Update, document the database (structures, rules, scripts), then go to the research tab and view the documentation.  Press the Browse tool icon, or press F8, for browse mode.  All the types of documentation can now be quickly scanned.   Browse mode is very handy for scanning through records.  Go back to form mode to see an individual record. 

All of the standard query features of A5 are available, and very useful.  It is possible to quickly find a particular record, or group of records.  Generally, you will want to search (using QBF) in the Code field.  This is where the actual documentation is kept. 

After creating a query set, documentation for all records in the set can be printed.  See the item for Reprint a report for a description of this.

It is also possible to customize the documedntation reports with your own annotation.  See the item for User annotation.