Braton Group Database Manager Manual de usuario
Database Manager
User manual
DMAN-US- 08/11/05
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Connecting to database files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Database Connections window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Connect the Database Manager module to the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Modify the database connection parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Remove a connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Chapter 2: Database file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Choose a database from the list of connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Choose a table in a database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Add a table to the active database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Delete a table in the active database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
View/hide active table’s data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Define a key field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Define a field’s type of content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Define a field’s maximum size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Allow an empty field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Chapter 3: Database contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Select records according to their content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Use the content of a field to find a record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Select all identical records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Select an identical record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Find a record according to its row in the table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Create a new record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Modify a record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Sort a series of records by alphanumerical order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Delete a record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Chapter 4: Database queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Add a query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Select/deselect one or more fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Modify the order of fields selected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Create a filter using predefined data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Apply a logical operator to several filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Sort the list of filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Remove a filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Modify a filter in SQL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Choose an existing query in a database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Chapter 5: Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Display options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Preview the document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Display the label design software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Select a document to be printed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Create a new label template for printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Select an existing label template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Select a printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Configure the selected printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Select records to be printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Selecting records manually.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Selecting records automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Configure the print media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Display the selected printer’s properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Define the number of printed pages according to a field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Launch printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Launch printing manually each time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Update variable with database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Merge Database attached to document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Allow the database to be edited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Stop printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Refresh database view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Close a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Chapter 6:Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
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CHAPTER1
CONNECTINGTODATABASEFILES
Database Connections window
The Database Connections window is used to connect the software to
the various database files that are to be used.
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Connect the Database Manager module to the
database
Database Manager must be open in the Database Connections
window.
Note
A wizard is available to help you connect the software to the
most frequently used databases. Choose the format option
that matches your database format. If the format required is
not available, do the following:
Click Add...
Select a database type from the list
- or -
Select Others
Click Connection Setup
Click the Provider tab of the dialog box
Select the required provider
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Click Next >>
Note
The choice of provider changes according to the system’s type
of database.
Click the ’...’ search button
Select a file
Click Open
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Click OK
Click Next
Enter a name for the connection
Click Finish
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Note
You can repeat this procedure as often as necessary to obtain
the required number of connections.
Modify the database connection parameters
Database Manager must be open in the Database Connections
window. The required connection must be selected.
Click Edit
Make the required changes
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Remove a connection
Database Manager must be open in the Database Connections
window. The required connection must be selected.
Click Remove
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