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What do you want to do?
To find a record in the GEDIT form:
On the GEDIT form, click the Ellipsis button 
attached to the field to search on.
A search form is displayed.
Select the category of records you are searching for and click the OK button.
The search form closes and the GEDIT form displays the results of the search.
To create a record in the GEDIT form:
On the GEDIT form, click the Create button.
The form prepares a new record: It redisplays the form with either a copy of the previously displayed record or with empty fields, depending on whether the Copy or Blank radio button is selected.
Left-click in the first field of the new record.
A text cursor is displayed in the field.
Complete each field of the record, using the TAB key to move to the next field or left-clicking in the field.
Click the Create button.
The new record is saved to the file.
Tip: If the particular search form displayed provides the facilities, you can search on a stem or a contains basis. To search on a contains basis, enter any characters contained in the record preceded by a space.
To amend a record in the GEDIT form:
On the GEDIT form, with the required record displayed, click the Amend button.
The form redisplays with fields 'unlocked' for editing.
Left-click in the first field to edit.
A text cursor is displayed in the field.
Edit fields of the record, by using the TAB key to move to the next field or by left-clicking in the field.
Click the Save button.
The edited record is saved to the file.
To delete a record in the GEDIT form:
On the GEDIT form, with the required record displayed, click the Delete button.
The record is deleted from the file.
This form is displayed when you select a menu option that displays records in a customised format rather than in a Grid form.
Buttons:
Note: Not all buttons are enabled at once, and some may not be displayed at all on a particular instance of the form.
Create: Prepares a new record. It redisplays the form with either a copy of the previously displayed record or with empty fields, depending on whether the Copy or the Blank radio button is selected.
Amend: Redisplays the form with fields 'unlocked', enabling you to alter their contents
Delete: Deletes the displayed record from the file
Multi-lingual: Displays the Multi-lingual description editor, accessing optional additional text in its grid, each line being labelled with a language
Confirm: Redisplays as Create, Save or Delete depending which mode you are in.
Setup: Displays the Column form containing all records in the file
Ad-hoc: Displays the Ad-hoc enquiries form, enabling you to construct queries and display, print, or graph the result
Blank: If this is set when you click the Create button, it redisplays the form with empty fields, preparing a new blank record
Copy: If this is ticked when you click the Create button, it redisplays the form with a copy of the previously displayed record
Note: When you click the Create button while the Copy field is ticked, if there was no previously displayed record to copy from, default field values are copied.
Message:
If, for example, you attempt to save a new record containing data copied from another, but without changing the value in the key field, the Message group box displays the text 'Failed - Duplicate key'
