Field Properties

[Ron]

I just noticed that the Report button is missing from
my Field Properties screen. After reading the DB
Manual for 4.14 it says there should be buttons to
Copy Field, Rebuild Dictionary, and Report field
property data.

Is this a known issue? I don't know how to correct
the problem.

Ron White

[Tony G]

Ron, check the top blue bar, it looks like this:
-----------------------------------------------------
Field Properties Copy Field Rebuild Dict Report
-----------------------------------------------------

It's that last Report link that is the "button". It's enabled after a
field has been selected.

HTH

[Ron White]

Now that I know that I can see it. Maybe I need
to do a little change to my color scheme to it is
easier to see.

Thanks Tony

Ron

[David McLean]

Ron,

There is probably a older version screen file in the DBIFORMS file.

SELECT DBIFORMS = "DBI]"

(If you haven't named any files that start with DBI..... then you can
delete any items found, otherwise:

SELECT DBIFORMS =
"DBIPROP*]""DBIFORMS*]""DBIFILES*]""DBISELECT*]""DBIMENUS*]"

DELETE DBIFORMS

Regards,

David

[Ron White]

Just a case of old eyes. I see them now that Tony
told me where to look.

Thanks

[Tony G]

It doesn't look like you need this but I forgot to mention that on some
monitors you may need to horizontal scroll to see all of the DB development
forms, and sometimes horizontal scrolling makes screen features on the
right side of the page look a little weird.

[comments, since we're here...]
For end-user forms, I think it's best for all of us to design forms which
are about 800 pixels wide, and eliminate the need for users to have to
horizontal scroll for data. On a 1024 pixel monitor this leaves about 150
pixels for the left side menu, a few for a scrollbar and borders, a small
aesthetic margin on the right. Then in the forms designer we can make full
use of the form width up to the red line. Some say the horizontal real
estate is as liberating as vertical space when compared to 80x24 screens.
To some extent I'll agree but in a heads-down app you want people to grab
and move the mouse as little as possible, and if there are issues when a
user horizontal-scrolls, then it's best to avoid it.

T

[Rick Weiser]

T,

I completely agree with your assessment. As a matter of fact this is
exactly what I tell users in training classes. They must standardized
on a screen width. The most common screen resolution today is 1024 x
768. If you maximize IE, you will probably get about 840 pixels worth
of workable real estate. But be careful, as not all monitors/graphics
cards are made equal and if your user has selected a large windows
font, you may not get 840 pixel width

Just my 25 cents (inflation),

Rick

[Ron White]

i found that my style group setting that control the bar where the links are
had been set to white. I changed that to blue and everything is fine now.
Thanks for the help.

Ron