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Access Methods
Menu: dbConnect ➤ View Data ➤ View External Table, Edit External
Table, View Linked Table, or Edit Linked Table (Displays a dialog box in which
you can select a database table to open.)
Toolbar: dbConnect Manager buttons ➤ Select a link template, a label
template, or a table from the dbConnect Manager and choose View Table or
Edit Table
Shortcut menu: Right-click a link template or a database table in the
dbConnect Manager and choose View Table or Edit Table
Pointing device: Double-click a database table or a link template in the
dbConnect Manager. Double-clicking a link template that has no links created
in the drawing it's associated with opens the
Link Template dialog box. The
database table is opened in either Edit mode or Read-only mode, depending
on the dbConnect Settings specified on the System tab of the Options dialog
box. See
OPTIONS on page 1328.
Summary
The Data View window displays records from the selected database table. The
Data View contains a set of buttons, a grid window for viewing and editing
records, and a set of navigation controls for navigating through the record
set. After you open the Data View window, the Data View menu is added to
the menu bar. You can specify whether the Data View window can be docked
or anchored by right-clicking the title bar and choosing an option from the
shortcut menu.
The appearance of the Data View window is governed by your computer's
system settings, and it can be changed in the Windows Control Panel. Text
in the cells is displayed using the system window text color. If the database
table is opened in Read-only mode, the cell background is shown using the
system 3D objects button shade color (light gray by default). If it is opened
in Edit mode, the cell background is shown using the system window color
(white by default). When a cell is selected, it is shown using the system-
selected items background and text colors.
List of Options
Data View Buttons
Create links and display linked records and graphical objects.
Link
Links the currently selected database table row or rows to one or more graphical
objects. The link and, if desired, the label from the currently selected link and
label templates are created in the Data View window. To change the current
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