Insert

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.