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734 | Chapter 26 Access External Databases
To open a table directly from the Data Sources node of the dbConnect
Manager
■ Double-click a table in the dbConnect Manager.
By default, AutoCAD opens double-clicked tables in Edit mode. You can
change the default double-click behavior to Read-only mode, if desired.
To change the double-click open setting for database tables
1 From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2 On the System tab, select Open Tables in Read-only Mode.
3 Choose OK.
To move a column
1 Click the column header of the column that you want to move.
2 Click the column header again and drag it to the desired location.
To resize a column
1 In the Data View window, select the grid line at the right border of the col-
umn header of the column you want to resize.
2 Drag to the right to enlarge the column, or to the left to shrink it.
To hide a column
1 In the Data View window, select the column header of the column that
you want to hide.
2 Right-click the column header, and then choose Hide.
To display all hidden columns
■ Right-click any column header in the Data View window, and then choose
Unhide All.
To specify a sort order for the Data View window display
1 Right-click any column header in the Data View window, and then choose
Sort.
2 Select a column to sort in the Sort By list, and then choose Ascending or
Descending to specify a sort order.
3 Ascending order sorts the column starting with the smallest value and
ending with the largest value. Descending order sorts the column starting
with the largest value and ending with the smallest value.