User guide

Database Management Creating a new database

Dropdown

list is selected as data

type, the Data Type field will

change to include an extra button.

Click this button to open a dialog

box where you can define

dropdown list values. Click Add,

type in a value and click OK. You

can add more values, edit values by

selecting a value and clicking Edit,

or remove values by selecting a

value and clicking Remove. To

move values up and down the

dropdown list, select a value and

use the arrows on the right.

Figure 6-4: Dropdown list value definition

window

§ Check the Mandatory field if you want this field to be mandatory.

§ Click OK.

Your new field is added at the bottom of the field list, and you can select it to add it to the

database structure.

Editing fields

Select a field and click the Edit button. Follow the steps as in Adding Fields detailed above.

(The field data type cannot be changed in existing fields)

Deleting fields

Select a field and click Del.

Set legal fields

The legal fields function is design to meet legal requirement of some US states concerning

the handling of personal data. Scanshell.net lets you define certain fields as Save Only

fields (cannot be displayed), Ignore fields (the data is being ignored) or regular operation

mode, in which data can be saved and displayed unrestrictedly.