This tutorial's goal is to introduce
the ability to find records as a new feature in HanDBase Desktop for
Mac
4.0.Being able to find records extends
the previous functionality of HanDBase Desktop for Mac by allowing
users to
quickly lookup data.In this tutorial,
the necessary steps to configure HanDBase on the desktop to take
advantage of
this new feature will be detailed.Finally, additional resources will be provided should any
further
information be needed.
Step #1:
To take advantage of the ability to
find records HanDBase Desktop for Mac 4 first needs to be launched.To do so, find the application in the Finder
and double-clicking the icon.Be
default, the application is installed to the following directory:
- Macintosh HD / Applications /
HanDBase /
Step #2:
Once running, the first steps in
configuring are, a database can be opened by using any of the following
methods:
-Menu:
File / Open…
-Menu:
File / Open recent…
-Browse
-Selection
of a database in the browser window
Step #3:
When the database is opened, click the
“Find” button at the
bottom of the window.Enter a string
(text or numbers) in the “Search for” field and then configure the rest
of the
options.An explanation of the options
is:
- “Search for” Field:Enter the string (text or numbers) that will
be found by HanDBase within the records
- “Search all Fields”
Checkbox:Check this box to have
HanDBase look for the string in all fields in the database.
- “Select field”
Popup:To force HanDBase to search
in only one field, select one from this list.
- “Case sensitive
search” Checkbox:This option tells
HanDBase to only find records that match the case of the letters
entered in the
“Search for” field.
- “Field begins
with…” Checkbox:This option
indicates that the records to be found must start with the string from
the
“Search for” field.For example, if this
option were checked and the search string was “a”, no records would be
found in
the data in the screenshot below.The
reason for this is that no records in the “Mood” field begin with “a”.
Afterconfiguring the Find parameters, click the “Find” button to
search the
database.If HanDBase Desktop for Mac is
successful in it’s search, the first record to match will be
highlighted.To find additional records
matching the
parameters, click the “Find again” button
To summarize, this tutorial has
introduced the ability to search records as one of the many new
features in
HanDBase Desktop for Mac.Additional
resources, if needed, can be found at:
