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Use File | Main or click the Main button to return to the main AdaptAccounts form.

When it’s available, use File | Print or click the Print button to print a report.

Use File | Close to close this form.

 

The Search menu provides another way to access the Locate facilities and is a convenient way to see what the corresponding shortcut keys are.

Use Search | Find... or click the Find button to open the Locate dialog.

Use Search | Search Again or click the Search Again button to find the next matching record.

 

The above View menu is typical of forms that enable a Filter and that have panels and tabsheets. Some forms have more items on the View menu. Other forms have fewer items on the View menu.

Use View | Filter or click the Filter button to open the Filter dialog box.

Use View | Prior Panel or click in the panel to move to the prior panel.

Use View | Next Panel or click in the panel to move to the next panel.

Use View | Prior tabSheet or click the tabsheet to move to the prior tabsheet.

Use View | Next tabSheet or click the tabsheet to move to the next tabsheet.

 

These View | Prior... and View | Next... are circular and will loop around to the beginning. In forms with only two panels the Next panel is the same as the Prior panel. This means that in forms with only two panels you can always use the shortcut for View | Next Panel to move to the other panel. Similarly, in a tabcontrol with only two tabsheets, the Next tabsheet is the same as the Prior tabsheet. This means that in a tabcontrol with only two tabsheets you can always use the shortcut for View | Next tabSheet to move to the other tabsheet.

 

The Record menu provides another way to access the Navigator facilities on the Speedbar and is a convenient way to see what the corresponding shortcut keys are.

 

The Defaults menu is specific to a particular form. Transaction entry forms usually have a Defaults menu. Inquiry forms do not have a Defaults menu.

 

Default menu items are available to automatically fill in the default values you specify when you insert a new record. These are often in groups separated by a menu bar as in the above example where Type is in one group and CustomerID, Date and Amount are in the second group. The distinction between these two groups is as follows. Items in the first group such as Type in the above example must have a default and when there is more than one possible choice you can select the applicable default. You cannot cancel using a default for items in the first group. Items in the second group are optional and you can set, change or cancel a default here.

 

A Defaults menu, such as in the example above with its Debit/Credit Balance item, can also enable having the system fill in a calculated amount for you into an existing record so you don’t need to type it in. Some Defaults menus have an additional group where you can specify other preferences about the way the task operates.

 

The Options menu is specific to a particular form. Some forms have one, others don’t.

 

 

The Help menu is common to all forms.

Use Help | Help Topics to get the Contents page for the complete Help system.
Use Help | Task or press F10 to get Help information for the current form.
Use Help | About... to get information about your AdaptAccounts version.