Module 5 - Database (Access)
Module 5 - Database (Access)
REFERENCE MANUAL
Databases
Microsoft Access XP Edition for ECDL Syllabus Four
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What is data?
• Data is made up of text, numbers, images and in some cases sounds which
can be processed or stored by a computer. By itself data might not mean
very much. In order to understand it, it needs to be interpreted (or
processed) to become information.
• To illustrate the difference, Murray, 15000 and 10 mean little as data. But if
we were able to interpret them as the name of a salesman, Murray, his
annual basic salary of $15,000 and his commission rate of 10%, it would
assume more meaning and could be called information. This is not
necessarily the end of the story as this information could be included in
another set of data and used to provide other information. Alternatively, the
same data could be interpreted in another way.
What is a database?
• A simple definition of a database is:
A structured collection of related data about one or more subjects.
In normal daily life we make frequent use of databases, and probably don’t
realise it. Here are a number of simple examples:
- The telephone directory
- Bus or train timetable
- Personal address book
- Filing cabinet
defines the records. Different related data can be held in separate tables. For
instance information about suppliers can be held in one table, while
information about products can be held in a separate table.
What is a table?
• A table holds data about a particular item, such as products or suppliers.
What is a record?
• A record is a collection of information which relates to a particular item within
your database table. For instance a record in an address book may consist of
the first and second name of a person, plus their phone number and address
details. Each item within a record is called a field.
What is a field?
• Fields are the individual items which make up a record within your database.
In the example of an address book database, first and second names of your
contacts would both be field names, as would the telephone number.
maximum of 50 characters.
Other properties include items such as data validation, which means that the
sort of information which is being entered into a field makes sense!
What is an index?
• An index allows Microsoft Access to work faster when finding and sorting
records. They work in a similar way to the way you would use an index in a
traditional book, i.e. Access uses the index to find the location of the required
data. Indexes can be created using a single field, or using multiple fields.
How do you know if you’ve got there if you don’t know where you are going?
What do I want?: You must first establish why you require your database
and what you expect to get from it. It is most important to define your output
needs first.
Mistakes are often made because people try to decide what to put into their
database before they know what they want from it.
What have I got?: Knowing what you want then allows you to look critically
at what data you have and make decisions as to how it should be structured
in terms of fields and tables.
What do I need to do?: This question asks you to look at any manipulation
you need to carry out in order to achieve your information output: searches,
sorts, and calculations.
C.C.Toys is a retailer of toys for children of all ages. It buys its toys from a
number of suppliers. It employs four staff. The store is laid out according to
themes under a number of categories (e.g. Soft toys, Games Software etc.).
Orders to suppliers can be for either single or multiple products.
The illustration below shows the tables needed for C.C. Toys.
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EMPLOYEES Toys
Make each record unique: Each table should be allocated a primary key. A
primary key is simply a field or a combination of fields which makes a record
unique. Give your table a primary key to ensure you have no duplicate
records. Select the primary key yourself. If you let Access define the primary
key, it will add a counter field at the beginning of each record. The counter
will be incremented on every new record added to the table. Although this
guarantees the uniqueness of the record, it does mean that two records could
contain identical data (apart from the key itself).
Make each field unique: If you have repeated the same kind of information
in a table, you should put it into another table.
Make fields functionally dependent: Each field in the record should relate
to the subject of the record. If it doesn't, it's either redundant or it belongs in
another table!
Ensure each field is independent: You should be able to alter any one
field in a record without affecting any of the others.
To start Access
• Click on the Windows Start icon.
• Click on All Programs.
• Click on the Microsoft Access icon from within the submenu displayed.
To open a database
• Click on the File drop down menu and select the Open command, the Open
dialog box will be displayed. Select the database you wish to open and then
click on the Open button.
• Once you have selected the type of database you wish to create the File
New Database dialog box will be displayed.
• Enter a name for your new database into the File name box and click on the
Create button.
To save a database
• Choose Save from the File menu
OR click on the Save icon located on the toolbar.
• Select the database file on your hard disk which you wish to copy to a floppy
disk.
• Right click on the file and select Send To 3 1/2" Floppy command.
• In the example shown we have opened the Column Width dialog box and
displayed the "What is this" help for the Standard Width check box.
• You will also find ‘What’s This’ Help under the Help drop down menu, this
works in the same way.
• If the Office Assistant has been enabled selecting the Microsoft Access
Help command will display the Office Assistant.
• Through this web site you can download additional templates and software
updates for Access and other Office applications.
• Click on the area of the map relating to your location, and follow the on-
screen directions.
To close a database
• Choose Close from the File menu
OR click on the Close icon in the top right of the Database window.
• The Design View: This view is used by the person who creates the database
in the first place (as opposed to the end user, who will later enter data into
the database). This view is used, as the name suggests, to design the table,
form or report. An example of a table displayed in Design View is shown
below. As you can see there are all sorts of options which you can set relating
to the fields within the database.
• The Datasheet View: This is used by the person entering data into a
database.
5.2 Tables
5.2.1.1 Create and save a table and specify fields with their data types.
• Double click on the Create table in Design view option, which will open a
dialog box allowing you to create a table.
• In the Field Name section of the dialog box, enter the name of the first field.
In this example we have entered 'First name'.
• Press the Tab key (the key with the two opposing, horizontal arrows on it).
This will take you to the next column, called 'Data Type'.
• You can use this popup menu to change the data type for that field. As the
field will be the first name of a record, i.e. text, we will keep the default data
type of text.
• Press the Tab key again and this will take you to the Description field. This
optional field allows you to describe the purpose of the field.
• As the field name in this case is self-evident we have no need for this
optional field and can press the Tab key again. This will take you to the next
row down in the 'Field Name' column.
• We can enter another field, such as 'Second name'. Pressing the Tab key
again allows you to set the data type, which again we will keep as text.
• We will now add a field called 'Company Reference Number', which this
time we will set as a number.
• You will see a dialog box in which you can enter your table name.
• Clicking on the Yes button will save and set a primary key.
• Close the table (by clicking on the close icon at the top-right of the table
window).
You will see the table displayed within the Database dialog box. In the
example shown the table is called 'My table'.
• We can enter data as illustrated (using the Tab key to jump from field to
field).
• If we try entering letters, rather than numbers into the company reference,
we will see the following message displayed (as we set the data type to
number, not text).
• When we have finished entering our records, we can save and close the
table.
This will change the view to the design view, allowing you to modify the
structure of the table. The screen will resemble that illustrated.
• Within the Field Name column, click in the cell under the 'Company
Reference Number'.
• We will enter a field relating to whether the person is in the company
retirement scheme or not. We will call the field 'In company pension?'.
• If we click on the View icon (top-left within the Access window) we can see
the new field displayed
as illustrated.
• We can either click or not click these company pension check boxes, as
illustrated.
5.2.1.7 Navigate within a table to the next record, the previous record,
the first record, the last record, a specific record.
Many editing operations first involve selection. To replace a field, you first
select it and then type in the new value.
• The grey area to the left of each record in the Datasheet is called the record
selector. The following symbols indicate the status of the record:
Current record.
Record is selected.
Note: If you click in the leftmost position in the field, the whole field is
selected.
To move from record to record using the scroll bar and mouse
• To move from record to record:
• Press Enter.
To delete a table
• Select the table which you wish to delete, such as a table in the example
below.
• Press the Delete key and you will see a warning dialog box.
To save a table
• To save a table, click on the File drop down menu and select the Save
command.
To close a table
• To close a table, click on the Close icon at the top-right of the table window.
• Clicking on the Yes button will create a primary index as illustrated (using an
AutoNumber Data Type).
• Click on the View icon which will display the table in design view.
You will notice that the Primary Key icon is visible within the Design View
toolbar.
• In this case, select the Company ID field and then click on the Primary Key
icon.
If you look at the information displayed towards the bottom of your screen,
you will see that by default No duplicates will be allowed.
• Save the table. If in this example we were to switch back to the Datasheet
View and try to enter a record containing a Company ID field number which
had already been used, as below:
5.2.3.1 Change field format attributes such as: field size, number format,
date format.
• Click on the field which you wish to modify the attributes of. In this example
if we click in the Data Type cell for the First name field, we will see the
following information displayed.
Towards the bottom of the screen you can see information displayed relating
to field attributes.
• To modify Field Size: Click within the Field Size section of the dialog box.
As you can see a description of the attributes function is displayed to the
right (in blue).
Enter the maximum size that you wish to set for this field. The size being the
maximum number of characters which can be entered into this field.
• To modify Number Format: Within a table (in design view), click on a field
which has a Number Data Type.
Click within the Format section of the dialog box, a description of the
attributes function is displayed to the right (in blue). When you click on the
down arrow to the right of the Format section you will see the different
number formatting options displayed. Click on the required format.
• To modify Date Format: Within a table (in design view), click on a field
which has a Date/Time Data Type. Click within the Format section of the
dialog box (towards the bottom of your screen). When you click on the down
arrow to the right of the Format section you will see the different options
displayed, click on the required date or time format.
Make sure that your field size attributes are long enough!
• If you make a field attribute too small you will not be able to enter all your
data (when entering data in Datasheet view). In the following example the
Company Name field is set to a maximum of 20 characters, which is too short
for some company names.
• Click on the small icon with the 3 dots to the right of the Validation Rule
section.
Let’s say we want to limit numbers to between 1 and 10,000. We can use the
Expression Builder to achieve this.
• Within the left section of the dialog box, click on Operators. The dialog box
will display a range of operators, as illustrated.
• We can then type in the value 10000. The screen will be as illustrated.
• Click on the OK button and the Field Properties section of the dialog box will
be as illustrated.
• If we were to switch to Datasheet View and enter a number into the validated
field which was over 10,000, we would see a rather confusing message such
as the one below.
• Double clicking on the + to the left of Functions will display the following:
You can pick the text validation function that you require.
• You can use the ‘What is this’ help icon to get more information about these
functions. A sample help screen is illustrated. Get into the habit of using the
help which is available!
• In the Field Properties section of the dialog box (towards the bottom of the
screen), click on the Validation Rule section. You can enter an expression
such as the following, which would only allow an amount to be entered in the
range of 1 to 10000.
To move a column(s)
• Select the column(s) and release the mouse button.
• Click on the field selector and drag the column(s) to the new location. As you
drag the columns a solid bar between columns indicates the current position
of the columns being moved.
• The Edit Relationships dialog box will be displayed. In the example shown
we dragged the OrganizationName field from the Mailing List table to the
Company Name field in the Accounts table.
• Click on the Create button to create the relationship. A line will appear in the
Relationships window to represent the link.
• Drag and drop the CustomerID field from the Customers table to the
CustomerID field in the Orders table.
• The Edit Relationships dialog box will be displayed.
• Notice that the Relationship Type area at the bottom of the dialog box
states One-To-Many.
• We need to ensure that any changes to the CustomerID in the Customers
table are replicated in the CustomerID field of the Orders table. To do this
enable the Enforce Referential Integrity option and then enable Cascade
Update Related Fields.
• Click on the Create button. The relationship link will be shown as below:
• The infinity symbol at the Orders end of the link means that there may be
more than one order from a particular customer in the Orders table.
5.2.4.3 Apply rule(s) to relationships such that fields that join tables are
not deleted as long as links to another table exist.
Selecting Cascade Update Related Fields means that if you change the
primary key in the record of a table, Access updates the corresponding fields
in related records with the new value. Example: If you change the number of
an order, i.e. the primary key of the Orders record, Access will update the
order number field on all of the associated Order Details records.
5.3 Forms
To open a form
• Within the main Database window, select Forms from the Objects list and
then select the form you wish to open, such as Categories (within the
Northwind database) in the example shown.
• This will display a form which you can use to enter the information into the
table or query.
• Choose the New button, which will display the New Form dialog box.
• Click on the OK button to display the next page of the Form Wizard.
• Click on the field which you wish to add to the form, click on the right printing
arrow button to add it to the Selected Fields section of the dialog box.
• Repeat this procedure so that all the required fields are added.
Remember that you can use the down arrow in the Tables/Queries section
of the dialog box to select a different data source which will contain other
fields.
• When you have added the required fields click on the Next button.
• The next page of the dialog allows you to define the layout of the form.
• Choose the desired option and then click on the Next button.
• The next page of the Form Wizard allows you to choose a pre-defined style.
• Select the required option and click on the Next button to continue.
• This next page of the Form Wizard allows you to name the form and set
final options for using the form.
To try and delete this record click on the Delete Record icon on the toolbar.
In some cases you may not be able to delete records; in this case you will
see the following dialog box.
• Text must be added beneath either the Form Header or Form Footer bars.
If the Form Header or Form Footer bars are not visible, select the Form
Header/Footer command from the View drop down menu.
• Move the mouse to the bottom edge of either the Form Header or Form
Footer bar at the top or bottom of the Form window, your mouse pointer will
change into a double-headed arrow.
• Click and drag the mouse downward to expand the header or footer section.
• You should now have space into which you can enter your text.
• Select the Label tool from the Toolbox. If the Toolbox is not displayed,
select Toolbox from the View drop down menu.
• Click within the form header or footer section at the location you want to
insert your text.
• Enter your text.
• Switch back to Form View to see the results of your changes.
To delete a form
• Select the form in the Database window, as in the example below where we
have selected Suppliers from of the Northwind database.
• Press the Delete key. You will see a warning dialog box. Click on the Yes
button to confirm the deletion. NOTE: YOU CANNOT UNDO THIS
DELETION!
To save a form
• Click on the File drop down menu and select the Save command.
To close a form
• Click on the form window Close icon (top-right).
5.4.1.1 Use the search command for a specific word, number, date in a
field.
To begin a search
• Click in the field on which you want to search.
• Choose Find from the Edit menu
OR click on the Find icon on the standard toolbar
OR press CTRL+F.
• Enter the value you want to find in the box marked Find What:. There are a
number of options you can use to refine your search as follows.
Look In
Allows you to specify whether the whole table or an individual field should be
searched.
Match
The default is Match Whole Field. The other options are to match Any Part
of Field and the Start of Field.
Search
You can select the direction of the search from Up, Down or All. The default
is All.
Match Case
If this box is checked, Access will only find instances of the value where the
case matches.
You can select this option if you want to search the data as it is formatted
rather than how it is held in the table.
Question mark ?
Any single character in the same position as the question mark.
Example: J?ne finds June and Jane.
Asterisk *
Any group of characters in the same position as the asterisk.
Example: B*ge finds Baggage, Barge and Brokerage etc.
Hash sign #
Use this for a single digit in the same position as the hash sign.
Example: 199# will find all years between 1990 and 2000.
Square brackets [ ]
Use these around two or more characters when you want your search field to
include any of them.
Note: If when adding a record to a table you do not enter anything in a field,
Access stores a null value in the field. If, on the other hand, you type a space
or “”, Access counts this as a zero length string.
If you want to find a null value, type in the text Is Null. If you want to find a
zero length string, type “”.
To find another occurrence of the same value after you have closed the dialog
box
• Press SHIFT+F4
OR click on the Find Next icon (if it is available) on the standard toolbar.
What is a filter?
• Filters are basically simple queries but they only apply to open tables or
forms.
Filters are best used for temporarily altering the view of the data in a table:
In the example shown we have clicked on a cell containing the word "Car".
• Click on the Filter by Selection icon in the toolbar. In this example, only
fields containing the word "Car" will be displayed, as illustrated.
• Click on the Filter by Form icon and the table will change, as illustrated.
• Click on the Category ID column header, and you will see a drop down
menu.
• Click on the drop down arrow and you may select one of the items displayed
to filter this field on.
• You can make additional selections for the other fields in the table. In this
example we have also selected 10 from the On Order field.
5.4.2 Queries
5.4 2.1 Create and save a single table query, two-table query using
specific search criteria.
• Suppose you wanted to know how your sales staff had been performing
during a particular period. You would probably need to extract information
from three tables: Employees, Orders and Order Details. You would need the
Employee table for the salesperson's name; the Order table for the dates of
the orders; and the Order Details table for the amounts sold. Employee and
Order records would be linked by employee number; Order and Order Detail
records would be linked by order number. You would want to limit your
results to Order and Order Detail records which fell in the specified period.
Also, you would only be interested in people employed during that period as
sales staff. Ideally you would want to present the information in a report, but
first you would need to retrieve it with a query.
• Select the Simply Query Wizard option and then click on the OK button to
move to the next wizard page.
• To add a field, select the field and click on the right-pointing arrow.
• When you have finished adding fields, click on the Next button, the dialog
box below is displayed.
NOTE: In the above example, fields from only one table were selected. This
illustrates the principle. Remember that you can select additional fields from
other queries and tables, not just from a single table!
• Select the Simply Query Wizard option then click on the OK button to
move to the next wizard page.
• As we saw in the previous section, the first page of the Simple Query Wizard
allows you to specify which fields are included in the query. You can add
fields from more than one table by selecting an alterative table from the
Tables/Queries list.
• In the example above we first selected the Customers table and added the
fields CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactFirstName and ContactLastName.
We then selected the Orders table and selected the fields
PurchaseOrderNumber and RequiredByDate.
• Proceed through the rest of the Simple Query Wizard as before.
5.4.2.2 Add criteria to a query using any of the following operators: <
(Less than), <= (Less than or equals), > (Greater than), >= (Greater than
or equals), = (Equals), <> (Not equal to), And, Or.
• Select Design View from the New Query dialog box. Access then opens the
Query Grid and displays the Show Tables window on top. The Show Tables
window allows you to select the table (or tables) upon which you wish to
perform a query.
• Queries can be sorted by one or more fields using the Sort row. Click on the
Sort row to select from the options of Ascending or Descending. Sorting
works from the left to right if you have more than one column specified. If
you wish to return a column to its natural order, select ‘not sorted’ from the
Sort options.
• Highlighting columns and dragging can change the order of fields displayed in
the answer to the query.
• You may wish to include some fields in the query but not in the answer. This
may be useful if you need to specify criteria or a sort order for a particular
column, but do not need to see the data displayed for that column in the
answer. The Show tick box will be ticked by default when you add a field to
the query grid, but you can deselect the field by clicking on this tick box.
To run a query
• When you have built up all the elements of you query, you can run it by
clicking on the Run icon.
You may enter criteria on more than one field: for example, you may wish to
list all products which have a name beginning with the letter C and have a
stock level of over 20. It is the combination of these two criteria which is
applied when you run the query. You can enter criteria on as many columns
as you wish. In addition you may wish to specify two or more alternative
criteria. For example, you may wish to see all the products which begin with
the letter B or the letter C. You can specify as many alternative criteria as
you wish.
Combining criteria
• You can also have a combination of multiple criteria and alternative criteria.
For example you may wish to see all the products which begin with the letter
C and have a stock level of over 20 or begin with the letter B regardless of
their stock level. Note that the Or row applies to the whole query not just one
column: for example if you wish to see all the products which begin with the
letter C and have a stock level of over 20 or begin with the letter B and also
have a stock level of over 20 (note the slight difference in the previous
example) then you would need to repeat the >20 criteria under UnitsInStock
in the Or row.
• Click once with your mouse button. The row will be selected.
• To delete this criteria row, press the Delete key.
• Click once with the left mouse button to select that field.
• Once again click on the field selection button, only this time keep the mouse
button depressed and drag the field left or right to your desired location. A
thick black vertical bar to the left of the field column indicates where the field
will be moved to.
• Release the mouse button to drop the field at the new location.
To run a query
• Open the Database window.
• Select Queries from the Objects list.
• Select the query within the main Database window and double click on the
query. In some cases you may have to enter information, such as from and
till dates.
To delete a query
• Select the query within the Database window, as in the example below
where we have selected the Sales by Year query.
• Once selected, press the Delete key. A warning dialog will be displayed.
To save a query
• Click on the File drop down menu and select the Save command.
To close a query
• Click on the Close icon (top-right of the window).
Sorting records
• If you want your records in a different order, you can use Quick Sort. You
might, for instance, hold your employee records by employee reference
number but want to view them in alphabetical order of surname.
In a table Datasheet, you can use more than one adjacent sort field but in a
form you are limited to one sort field only. If you select more than one field
in a Datasheet, the leftmost field is the primary sort field. Therefore you
might need to rearrange the order of your columns before sorting.
Note: An ascending sort arranges the Datasheet with the lowest value first,
i.e. 0 to 9 and A to Z. A descending sort does the opposite.
5.5 Reports
Introduction to reports
• Your first step in creating a database should be to establish what you want
from it, i.e. the output. Output is normally information displayed either on-
screen, or printed. A screen display is usually a Datasheet or a form and is
the response to an interactive query or command. Forms can also be printed,
but for most purposes, printed reports are the best way to provide hard copy
output. This is particularly so for information covering several records,
especially when summary information is also required.
You can use reports for a variety of purposes: some common examples are
periodical sales summaries, stock lists, mailing lists and invoices.
The easiest way to produce your own reports is by using the Microsoft Access
wizards. There is a choice of different reports. Easiest of all is the AutoReport
Wizard, which constructs the whole report according to your instructions. You
can also choose single column, Groups/Totals, Mailing Labels, Summary and
Tabular reports.
Grouping allows you to identify and organise data into logical groups and to
provide group and grand totals. Up to a maximum of ten groups are allowed.
You can also include a sub-report as part of your report.
Before attempting any report design of your own, it would be a good idea to
explore some of the reports from the Northwind database supplied with
Microsoft Access. You can look at them in print preview and design mode to
get an idea of how they are constructed.
• Select the table or query where the objects data comes from. In the example
shown we have selected Customers from the Northwind database.
• Select AutoReport: Columnar.
• Click on the OK button and the column formatted report will be generated
and displayed on the screen.
• Select the table or query where the objects data comes from. In the example
shown we have selected Customers from the Northwind database.
• Select AutoReport: Tabular.
• Click on the OK button and the table formatted report will be generated and
displayed on the screen.
• Click on the New icon, which displays the New Report dialog box.
• Select the table or query on which you want the report based.
• Select the Report Wizard.
• Click on the OK button. The next page of the Report Wizard is displayed.
• In this example we have clicked on the Next button to continue to the next
page of the Report Wizard.
• When you have selected the options you require, click on the Next button to
continue to the next page of the Report Wizard
• When you have selected the required style, click on the Next button to
continue to the next page of the Report Wizard.
To name a report
• The next page of the Report Wizard is the final page, which allows you to
give a name to the report.
• The fields displayed by the report are shown beneath the Detail bar,
represented by a box containing the field name. To move a field drag & drop
the field box to the desired location in the Detail area.
• The field headings are defined in the Page Header section. To move a
heading drag & drop the heading box to the desired location in the Page
Header area. Normally the heading should line up with the associated field in
the Detail section to make the report easy to read.
• Switch back to Report View to see the results of your changes.
• Click within the Field/Expression column and select the field you want to
apply grouping to from the menu.
• By default the field will be sorted into ascending order. To change this click
within the Sort Order column and choose Descending from the menu.
• Close the Sorting and Grouping dialog box by clicking on the Close icon in
the top right of the dialog box.
• Switch back to Print Preview view to see the result of your sorting.
• Close the Sorting and Grouping dialog box by clicking on the Close icon in
the top right of the dialog box.
• In this example we have grouped the report using the CustomerID field and
Access has created a CustomerID Footer area.
• Select the Text Box tool from the Toolbox. If the Toolbox is not displayed,
select Toolbox from the View drop down menu.
• Click and drag your mouse within the Group Footer area to create the text
box.
• Access will automatically create a label for the text box containing the text
TextXX:. Click on this label and edit the text as required, for this example we
have entered the text Total:.
• For this example we want to total the value of all the orders in a customer
group. To do this, click on the text box containing the text Unbound and
enter the following formula:
• When you view the report in Print Preview view you will now find that the
report is grouped by customer with the total value of the customers orders
displayed beneath the order details.
• There are other formulas which could also be used:
=Min([OrderValue]) : This would display the cost of the order with the
least value placed by a customer.
=Max([OrderValue]) : This would display the cost of the order with the
most value placed by a customer.
• Text must be added beneath either the Report Header or Report Footer
bars. If the Report Header or Report Footer bars are not visible, select the
Report Header/Footer command from the View drop down menu.
• If there is no space beneath the bar into which you can enter text. Move the
mouse to the bottom edge of either the Report Header or Report Footer
bar at the top or bottom of the Report window, your mouse pointer will
change into a double-headed arrow. Click and drag the mouse downward to
expand the header or footer section. You should now have space into which
you can enter your text.
• Select the Label tool from the Toolbox. If the Toolbox is not displayed,
select Toolbox from the View drop down menu.
• Click within the report header or footer section at the location you want to
insert your text.
• Key in your text.
• Switch back to Print Preview view to see the results of your changes.
To delete a report
• Open the Database window.
• Select Reports from the Objects list.
• Select the report within the Database window. Press the Delete key. A
warning dialog box will be displayed. Click on the Yes button to confirm the
deletion.
To save a report
• Click on the File drop down menu and select the Save command.
To close a report
• Click on the Close icon (top-right of the window).
• Notice that a new set of toolbar icons are displayed. Click on the Close icon
to return to the previous view of the page.
• Within the Orientation section of this dialog box, select either Landscape or
Portrait, as required.
• Click on the OK button.
To print a page: Within the Print Range section of the dialog box, enter the
page number of page(s) which you wish to print.
To print selected records: Within the Print Range section of the dialog box,
click on Selected Record(s). This option assumes that you have selected
the records which you wish to print, prior to opening the Print dialog box.
To print the entire table: Within the Print Range section of the dialog box,
click on All.
5.6.2.2 Print all records using form layout, specific pages using form
layout.
• Display the form which you wish to print from.
• Click on the File drop down menu and select Print, which will display the
Print dialog box.
To print a page:
Within the Print Range section of the dialog box, enter the page number of
page(s) which you wish to print.
To print a query
• Display the query which you wish to print from.
• Click on the Print icon to print the entire query. If you wish to print only part
of the query, click on the File drop down menu, select the Print command,
and within the dialog box displayed select what you wish to print.
To print a page:
Within the Print Range section of the dialog box, enter the page number of
page(s) which you wish to print.
• Within the dialog box, select the Print to file check box.