Most data grids in WRDB provide a shortcut menu containing frequently used commands. Display this menu by right-clicking on the grid:
Grids that are in read-only mode display this menu:
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Copy: copy selected records (all fields) to clipboard (tab delimited) Select All: select all records in table Find: prompts you to find first record containing value for field you were on when you right-clicked Find Next: move to next record that matches Export to Excel: export all records in table to a new Excel spreadsheet and opens the application to display the file contents Print: displays a print preview form containing all data in the grid; formatting of wide reports is controlled by the Report Scaling setting configured under Project Preferences Create PDF...: prompts you for the name of the Adobe PDF file to create or append to, then displays the file that was created in your default PDF reader |
In grids that allow editing this menu is displayed:
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Cut: place all selected cells on the clipboard and delete the entries Paste: replace all selected cell with the contents of the clipboard Delete: delete contents of all selected cells Search & Replace: prompts you to enter the search and replace substrings Sort by Column: sorts grid by column you were on when you right-clicked Fill: paste contents of top-most selected cell to all other selected cells Series: fill selected numeric or date cells with a auto-incrementing series Multiply: all numeric values in the selected cells are multiplied by a factor you specify Add: all numeric values in the selected cells are added to by a value you specify Delete Rows: entire rows associated with the cells currently selected will be deleted
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