Using paradox for windows : version 4.5 / Philip J. Pratt, Mary Z. Last.

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CONTENIDO
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Microsoft Windows 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.2 INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS 1
1.3 MICROSOFT WINDOWS 4
1.4 WORKING WITH MICROSOFT WINDOWS 8
1.5 USING WINDOWS APPLICATIONS 18
CHAPTER 2 Introduction to Paradox for Windows 34
2.1 INTRODUCTION 34
2.2 WORKING WITH PARADOX 37
2.3 CREATING A TABLE 44
2.4 UPDATING A DAT ABASE 50
2.5 MOVING AROUND IN A TABLE 61
2.6 PRINTING THE CONTENTS OF A TABLE 66
2.7 BACKING UP YOUR FILES 68
CHAPTER 3 Queries 74
3.1 INTRODUCTION 74
3.2 TIPS 75
3.3 DATA DEFINITION 78
3.4 SIMPLE RETRIEVAL 80
3.5 CONDITIONS 83
3.6 SORTING 93
3.7 BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS 97
3.8 JOIN 100
CHAPTER 4 Advanced Relational Features 119
4.1 INTRODUCTION 119
4.2 EXAMINING STRUCTURE 120
4.3 INDEXES 122
4.4 SEARCHING 130
4.5 CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF A TABLE 134
4.6 VIEWS (SAVED QUERIES) 142
4.7 BASIC FILE OPERATIONS - DELETING AND COPYING 145
CHAPTER 5 Data-Entry Support 150
5.1 INTRODUCTION 150
5.2 CUSTOM FORMS 151
5.3 VALIDITY CHECKS 172
5.4 REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY 177
5.5 MULTITABLE FORMS 179
CHAPTER 6 Reports and Labels 191
6.1 INTRODUCTION 191
6.2 REPORTS 191
6.3 REPORTS AND SUBTOTALS 207
6.4 MULTILEVEL REPORTS 214
6.5 LABELS 225
CHAPTER 7 Advanced Topics 234
7.1 INTRODUCTION 234
7.2 MEMO AND OLE FIELDS 234
7.3 ADV ANCED FORM TECHNIQUES 246
7.4 USING OBJECTPAL 263
CHAPTER 8 Graphing in Paradox 280
8.1 INTRODUCTION 280
8.2 INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHS 280
8.3 CROSSTABS 288
8.4 ADVANCED GRAPHING 296
8.5 ADDING GRAPHS TO CUSTOM FORMS 306
APPENDIX Procedure Summary 316
GENERAL PROCEDURES 316
MANIPULATING WINDOWS 317
WORKING WITH TABLES 317
VALIDITY CHECKS 319
WORKING WITH TABLES AND RELATED FILES 321
INDEXING 321
REPORTS 322
LABELS 323
QUERIES 323
SEARCHING 326
VIEWS (SAVED QUERIES) 326
CUSTOM FORMS 327
CROSSTABS 328
GRAPHS 329
INDEX 330