Specifications

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InfoMaker
Working with tools.......................................................................... 26
Using property pages ..................................................................... 27
Using toolbars ................................................................................ 29
Toolbar basics......................................................................... 29
Drop-down toolbars................................................................. 29
Controlling the display of toolbars ........................................... 30
Moving toolbars using the mouse............................................ 31
Customizing toolbars............................................................... 31
Creating new toolbars ............................................................. 36
Using report wizards ...................................................................... 37
Using the To-Do List ...................................................................... 38
Using online Help........................................................................... 39
About links from Help to book content..................................... 40
About the Sybooks CD and Web site...................................... 40
Windows Help files on Vista.................................................... 41
Customizing keyboard shortcuts .................................................... 42
Using the file editor ........................................................................ 44
Setting file editing properties................................................... 44
Editing activities....................................................................... 45
Changing fonts............................................................................... 46
Accessing shared queries stored on a network ............................. 46
Defining libraries for user-defined form styles................................ 47
Using the Query Governor ............................................................. 48
Accessing the Query Governor ............................................... 49
Using the Query Governor ...................................................... 50
How your InfoMaker environment is managed............................... 51
About the registry .................................................................... 51
About the initialization file........................................................ 51
Starting InfoMaker from the command line .................................... 53
CHAPTER 2 Working with Libraries.................................................................. 55
About libraries ................................................................................ 55
About InfoMaker libraries and special files..................................... 56
Creating new libraries .................................................................... 57
About the Library painter................................................................ 58
Working with libraries ..................................................................... 59
Displaying libraries and objects............................................... 59
Using the pop-up menu........................................................... 60
Controlling columns that display in the List view..................... 60
Selecting objects ..................................................................... 60
Filtering the display of objects................................................. 61
Filtering the display of libraries and folders............................. 62
Working in the current library .................................................. 62
Changing the current library.................................................... 62