Common Buttons

COMMON BUTTONS

There are several common buttons throughout the program that perform basic tasks. An understanding of their uses is essential to using Naviteer Programs. These buttons come in some variety because of their colors and titles, but the basic task performed will be consistent. For example, the Add button in Customer Orders is blue and is displayed on the window’s light blue background. Its function is the same as the Add button in Sample Orders , which is green and displayed on a light orange background. Both buttons will initiate the addition of a record to the browse table the button is linked to. Even if the title of the button is shortened or absent, the task performed will be the same. The Delete button in Customer Orders is the same type of button as the abbreviated delete button in Inventory by Item Type. The Close button with the title is the same type of button as the untitled X button , usually located at the top right of a window.

View buttons allow the user to look at a record in a browse table. A new window will pop up with the highlighted record’s entry form. When viewing a record, the user cannot make changes to most of the information shown.

Add buttons allow the user to enter additional records in a browse table. For most browse tables, a new window will pop up with a blank form to fill out. Some of the simpler browse tables insert a new row in the table where the user can type the new record directly into the table.

Change buttons allow the user to edit existing records in a browse table. For most browse tables, a new window pops up with the highlighted record’s entry form. Some of the simpler browse tables will make it possible to edit the record in the row of the table.

Set Inactive buttons cause the record to be listed as inactive. It does not delete the record.

Delete buttons allow the user to permanently remove an existing record from the browse table. For most browse tables, a window pops up that asks if the user wants to delete the record. This gives the user a chance to reconsider or prevent accidentally removing a record.

The print function comes in many forms throughout the program. The buttons to print may have some variation of the printer icon or just have the clickable word “print”.

Sometimes a window will have multiple options for you to choose from when printing.

When you click a print button, most display the print preview window. From here you can click the print button and a window will pop up for you to indicate the details of the printing process.

In this window, you will need to select the printer from the dropdown at the top. In the Print range section, you can select to print everything (All), specify pages (Pages), or print the selected information (Selection). When specifying pages, fill in the first and last page numbers you want to print. If you only want to print one page, list that number in both the from: and to: entry fields. When printing more than one copy of multiple pages, you can choose to collate the pages. All of the pages will print before the first page is printed again. If you deselect the Collate checkbox, all of the first page copies will print first, then all of the second page copies, etc.

Save buttons allow the user to keep on record the current information in the window. These are most commonly used when adding a new record or changing an existing record in a browse table.

The Close button exits out of the current window. If changes have been made and not saved, then usually a window will pop up asking if you are sure you want to cancel. Clicking Yes will cause the information in the record to revert to how it was before the window was opened for changes. Clicking No will cause the pop up window to disappear and the current window will stay open.

When closing a calendar, the top right closes out the calendar without changing the date that was originally listed in the form. Clicking at the bottom right in a calendar enters the currently selected date in the entry field.

Select buttons are used to enter information from the highlighted record into a form. The same function can often also be achieved by double-clicking an item or by hitting the enter key when an item is highlighted.