Adding to Readerware Lists
When you enter data into Readerware products, you
will notice that several fields are lists. You select the appropriate item
from the list. Fields that work this way include:
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Format
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Series
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Category
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Rating
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Condition
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Location
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Sound
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Color
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Rating
So how do you add new entries to the list? It is
actually very easy, you can add, update and delete items right from the
list itself. Each list has a popup menu, simply right click on the field
and select the operation you want to perform from the popup menu.
Mac OS X users, hold down the Control key while
clicking to display the popup menu.
The items we are interested in here are the last
three items. In the following examples I use the category fields, but the
same instructions apply to any of the other fields listed above. you can
maintain a list wherever it is displayed, i.e. in the detail
view on the edit mode in the table
view etc.
Adding New Category
To add a new category simply type the new value into
the category field, right click and select Add to Database
from the popup menu. Readerware will then add this new item to the Category
list. This only adds it to the list. If you also want to change the displayed
book to use this new category, make sure it is selected and update the
book.
Changing a Category
To change an existing category, first select
it. Then make the necessary changes, right click and select Replace
in Database from the popup menu.
It is important to understand that a book in the
Readerware database does not include the full category, instead it holds
the category key and uses the key to access the real category description
when it is displayed. This means that if you update a category, all books
in the database that use this category, will now use the new category.
If you want to change the category, just in the
current book, don't update the category, add a new one instead. To simplify
data entry, you can select a current category, make changes to it,
right click and select Add to Database from the popup menu.
Deleting a Category
To delete a category, select it, right click
and select Delete from Database from the popup menu.
Again all books that use that category will no
longer have a category. If all you want to do is remove the category from
the current book, don't delete the category, just remove the selection.
Display the category list, hold down the Ctrl key and click
on the current selection. This will remove all selections and the current
book will no longer have a category. Update the book to change the category
selection in the database.
Conclusion
Being able to maintain the list fields right in the
list itself without having to bring up a separate list maintenance dialog
is a very powerful feature. It makes editing your data much easier. Once
you get the hang of it, list maintenance is a breeze in Readerware.
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