Form Editor and Tables

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The Form Editor is a program designed to provide a user friendly interface for editing data in table (.qlt) files.

This means that a user can add/delete rows and modify data in the relevant table used for client information, material types etc by using the user friendly Form Editor without opening a table directly.

Some property pages such as Hardware > Managers, have both a Form and Table button side by side

The Form button is an interface for the Table. The Table button allows the user to directly edit the table (.qlt) files.

It is strongly recommended that you use the Form button when provided and not the Table button, to make changes.

Form Editor button

Form Editor command buttons are accessed from various Catalog Property pages and can look different but function in the same way.

The Form Editor button allows you to access tables used by CabMaster to hold all data that is relevant to the your drawings such as client information, materials, construction etc. and these tables are located in <your CabMaster folder>/Table folder. You can use the use the Lookup Table Editor (QLT editor) to view and modify data but it is strongly recommended that you use the Form Editor to do this, where provided.

The following are some examples of buttons that, when pressed, open up a Form Editor.

Click on the images to see the Form Editor or Table associated with Command button.

Select, Add and Delete

The following is a simple Form Editor located on the My Setup > Company Extras page.

Click to view Form Editor and use of Add button

We will discuss this Form Editor in detail as it uses the 3 main functions listed below.

When you press/click on the Button shown above, it opens the Form Editor where you can only do one of three things...

Select a Item Label, which in this case is a name of designer is your company, from a drop list.
Add a New Item Label.
Delete an Item Label

How to Select to View/Modify

To select a table item for viewing/modifying using Form Editor, simply use the drop list.

Click to view corresponding Table (.qlt)

This Form Editor accesses the DrawnBy.qlt located in <your CabMaster folder>/Table folder.

This table has only 2 rows, i.e. Bob Spencer and Designer.

How to Add an Item

Now we will add a New table item to the DrawnBy table using the Form Editor.

simply press the New button
an New Item Label edit box will be presented where you type in the required details and click OK.

- For this example, we will type in Brett Tompson and click OK.
then close Form.

The result is a new drop list selection and an added row to the DrawnBy table.

Click to view modified Table (.qlt)

How to Delete an Item

To delete a table item using the Form Editor...

first select the item that you want to delete from the drop list.
press the Delete button
- if you check the drop list again, you will see that the item no longer exits for selection.
then close Form.

Modify Form Details

The following is a more detailed Form Editor located on the Job Setup > Client page.

When you press/click on the Button shown here, it opens the Form Editor where you can, not only add and delete, but also select an item and update details pertaining to required table, in this case the Client/Customer table.

[Sometimes there is a Refresh button which should be used to ensure your drawing is accessing amended details in the applicable table.]

How to Modify an Item

To change details for an existing item using the Form Editor...

first select the item that you want to modify from the drop list,
then simply type in the required details in each edit box.
- use the <tab> key to move to the next edit box.
when you have completed entering all relevant details, close the Form.

Click to view the Customer Details Table

OK, Cancel and Apply buttons

These buttons are located at the bottom of each Form.

Apply - Save changes without closing the Form.
OK - Save changes and closes the Form.
Cancel - discards any changes you have made. [Same result as using the Close button ]