Click Setup on the Main menu to see the Setup form. Enter your company contact info and ImportFolder. You can click on any blue links on the form. Hover over them to see what they do. Click the Website link to browse to your website. ImportFolder link opens your import folder so you can drag files into it.

To view any table in the system, select it in the Table combo and click View or click Export to export it to DBF (dBase, FoxPro, Clipper), HTM (for web browsers), MDB (Access), RTF (Word or WordPad), SNP (free Access reader from Microsoft), TXT or CSV or XLS (Excel) formats.

While viewing a table, you can drag the column headers into the order you want, highlight several columns together and right click, sort A-Z or Z-A. When you are done viewing, answer NO when asked if you want to save the table layout.

Click TblDoc to create a data dictionary defining all fields in the database application. This HTML file is opened in your browser.

Click Link to change where the data tables are located. Backup makes a copy of the data tables to another location such as a flash drive.

Click Quit to force users out of the database for maintenance.

Compact rebuilds the indexes, repairs and reduces the size of the tables database. To compact, you must be the only user in the database, so it is best done after work. You can use the Quit function if people are widely distributed. If you change lots of data, you will notice improved performance if you compact monthly.

The User form lets the Super users add or edit users.

More info on setting up users

The Combo form lets you edit tables in your system that only have one or two fields without having to have forms created for each table.

Combos include Buyer, Category, Condition, Differential, Equipment Type, Manufacturer, Purchased From, Transmission and Wheel Type.

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