Toshiba Electric Keyboard 4.3 Displaying Data Lists

Symphony Pro User Manual 2.0.2.1542

4.3 Displaying Data Lists

Viewing Data Table Contents

Symphony Pro uses tables to store data. In some cases the information stored in a table has been

indexed so that a rapid search can be performed to locate data you require. As you are navigating

through the fields of different tables you will notice that sometimes a "

" (question mark) appears

beside the cursor. This means that the selected field is indexed so that its contents are viewable as a

searchable list. Double clicking the selected field will open a viewable list of the table's contents.

The sequential order that the contents will appear depends on which field you have selected for the

drop down list. For example, if you are editing operators and double click in the operator number field,

the list is in numerical order according to the operator numbers. Double clicking the operator name

field opens the same information, but listed alphabetically according to the operator names. The data

list's left column will contain the data from the field selected.

The Symphony Pro program has 2 different styles of search windows. The first is fixed and the data

and fileds included in the window cannot be changed. Here is a sample of a simple search window:

Once this type of list is open, you can search several ways. You can use the scroll bar to search

manually, or you can enter the first few letters (or numbers if the field is numeric) of the data you are

searching for in the "Locate" box. The search is

left-justified

; which means that when you begin typing

a description in the search table, the cursor will move to the record in the table that meets the search

criteria. For example, searching for the description

bread

in the PLU database "descriptor" field will

move to the section of the file beginning by

. Next it will attempt to move ahead to

. If it finds

, it

will attempt to move to

bre

. As soon as it cannot find the full description you searched for, the cursor

will stop moving and display the first record it finds with as much as possible of the descriptor you