Edit the Contents of a Vertex Database

General

  • You can use this function to browse a Vertex G4 database and edit the contents of its fields.
    • Editing requires that you know the name of the format file of the database.
  • Please note that the databases used in archiving (d_PROREG, d_PICREG, d_MODREG) are processed only with archive processing functions (See Managing the Document Archive)
    • The rows of these databases are always associated with files that are saved and deleted only by archiving functions.
  • Note that most other databases are processed with the functions in the menu that opens with System | Databases | Application.

Edit Database Contents

  1. Select System | Databases | Maintenance > Edit.
    • The program opens a list of databases (in ../vxg4*/shared/dbases folder).
    • The database can also be in the following folders:
      • Active project ../shared/projects/[projid].
      • ../custom/dbases
      • user's working folder ../user
  2. Select the database you want to edit, and click Open.
  3. Select a form file, and click Open.
    • By default, the format files are located in the ../vxg4*/system/forms folder.
    • The customer-edited format files are located in the ../vxg4*/custom/forms folder.
    • If the format file does not exist, it is always created anew for the file name defform.tmp based on the database fields.
  4. Browse the database:
    • Using the scroll bar on the right-hand side or
    • Using the Up and Down arrow keys.
  5. Edit the contents of the database.
  6. Save the changes by clicking the OK button.