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
- 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
- Select the database you want to edit, and click Open.
- 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.
- Browse the database:
- Using the scroll bar on the right-hand side or
- Using the Up and Down arrow keys.
- Edit the contents of the database.
- Save the changes by clicking the OK button.