Select an item from the Insert pull-down menu to create a new
DDS object to the current page. The following list contains information
for each of the specific menu selections on the Insert menu.
The CODE Designer creates new objects by using the Creation defaults that are specified on the Styles
page of the Properties notebook.
- Record
- Creates a new record format for your physical file.
- Note:
- A physical file can only contain one record.
- Named field
- Creates a field that your program can read and update at run time.
- Date field
- Creates a field to display the current date in a specified format.
- Time field
- Creates a field which stores time format and information.
- Timestamp field
- Creates a field which stores timestamp information.
- Database reference
- Creates a field by referring to the description of an existing field in a
database file.
- Source reference
- Creates a field by referring to the description of another field in the
current source file.
- Key
- Allows you to determine the order in which sequential records are accessed
from the database, by specifying which fields should be the keys.
- Keywords
- Opens the Create Keywords page to produce a keyword
for this object.
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