Braton Group Database Manager Manuel utilisateur
Database Manager
User manual
DMAN-US- 01/12/06
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Connecting to database files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Database Connections window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Connect the Database Manager module to the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Modify the database connection parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Remove a connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Chapter 2: Database file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Database Structure window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Choose a database from the list of connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Choose a table in a database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Add a table to the active database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Delete a table in the active database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
View/hide active table’s data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Define a key field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Define a field’s type of content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Define a field’s maximum size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Allow an empty field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Chapter 3: Database contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Edit Database window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Select records according to their content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Use the content of a field to find a record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Select all identical records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Select an identical record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Find a record according to its row in the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Create a new record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Duplicate a record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Modify a record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Sort a series of records by alphanumerical order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Delete a record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
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Chapter 4: Database queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Database Query window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Add a query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Select/deselect one or more fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Modify the order of fields selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Create a filter using predefined data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Apply a logical operator to several filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Sort the list of filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Remove a filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Modify a filter in SQL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Choose an existing query in a database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Chapter 5: Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
The Print window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Preview the document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Display the label design software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Select a document to be printed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Create a new label template for printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Select an existing label template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Select a printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Configure the selected printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Select records to be printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Selecting records manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Selecting records automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Configure the print media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Display the selected printer’s properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Define the number of printed pages according to a field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Launch printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Launch printing manually each time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Update variable with database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Merge Database attached to document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Allow the database to be edited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Stop printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Refresh database view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Close a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Chapter 6: Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35
CHAPTER 1
Connecting to database files
Database Connections window
Figure 1
The Database Connections window is used to connect the
software to the various database files that are to be used.
Connect the Database Manager module to the
database
Database Manager must be open in the Database
Connections window.
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1 Go to File > Open.
A File selection dialog box will open allowing you to browse
for and select the database of your choice.
This dialog box is limited to the following database types:
Access (*.mdb)
Excel (*.xls)
Dbase(*.dbf)
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:
1 Click Add...
2 Select a database type from the list
- or -
3 Select Others
4 Click Connection Setup
5 Click the Provider tab of the dialog box
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6 Select the required provider
7 Click Next >>
Note
The choice of provider changes according to the
system’s type of database.
8 Click the ’...’ search button
9 Select a file
10 Click Open
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11 Click OK
12 Click Next
13 Enter a name for the connection
14 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.
1 Click Edit
2 Make the required changes
Remove a connection
Database Manager must be open in the Database
Connections window. The required connection must be
selected.
1 Click Remove
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