| What is the Run-Time and what does it do?
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| Once you've designed and created all of the tables, fields, forms, prints, menu hierarchy etc, you want to enable the run-time to do the rest of the work for the end-users. The run-time has been separated into specific modules, these are as follows:
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| Menu System
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| The Menu System has been designed to be used very much like Windows Explorer, but with a different 'look and feel'. Yes, it does have Favourites and History as would be expected from such an advanced product.
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| Enquiry Group
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| This is a group of files and under each file is a list of sub forms. It could be best described as a filing cabinet where the drawers are the files (such as Clients, Vendors, Products etc) and the related forms (such as Client Bills, Orders, History, Prices etc) are the folders.
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| The cabinet enquiry setup is parameterised within the developer, thus giving us a very quick and powerful window into the database especially good for telesales.
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| Once created, you could be on the key field and enter in a part of a key. The searching routine will go through the first file and search through all of the cross references, if not found it will continue through just the keys of all the other associated files making the searching very quick and extremely robust.
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| Entry Forms
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| These are a group of entry screens designed within developer or generated from a conversion. You have all of the standard windows objects as well as a date, time, password and fields. Available is automatically filled combo boxes and list boxes.
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| Unlike other Windows packages, we have enabled you to set-focus to the next field by pressing the Return key. You can also use the Tab key if you wish but going from a character based system, being used to the Return key it makes it easier for the end user.
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| Access Reports, File Updates, Prints and Selects
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| A Gui front-end has been made available giving a standard 'look and feel' for entering select criteria, selecting/displaying fields to be listed and sort fields for Reports.
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| Once the Report data has been selected, you are given the choice of 'what would you like to do the data'.
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| If you choose to preview the report before actually printing it, the above right picture show OSMOSiS Grid Preview. You can export directly from the preview if you wish.
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