Clicking the File Statistics icon displays a dialog box listing statistics for the currently open file. You can print these statistics to a text file or save them to a description file usable by BUTIL -CREATE. You may also create a new blank file with the same characteristics.
From the Get menu, you can retrieve the First, Next, Previous, and Last records in the table. The
GetExt menu includes the
Goto Percent, Get Position, and
Find Percent commands.
The Get and
GetExt commands are available from both the menu bar and toolbar. The toolbar offers
Step (Physical) and
Get (Logical), allowing you to move either through the natural order of the file (physical) or in a specific order (logical).
Goto Percent allows you to choose whether to jump to a point within the physical layout of the file, or down any key path, limited to the keys defined in the file. You can also set lock biases using the option buttons in the Locks group box.
Find Percentage is the opposite of
Goto Percent. It tells you how far into the data you are, depending on whether you are stepping through the file logically or physically.
When a file is open, you can right-click any position in the buffer and select Show As. A dialog box appears in which you can view the bytes at the chosen buffer position as any data type.
Table 60 lists controls available Function Executor.
For each open file (see Application Window), you have the option of performing Btrieve operations with or without the assistance of Function Executor. You do not need to make any configuration changes to use one method or the other. Whether you use automatic mode or manual mode depends on which GUI controls you use.
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