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Latest revision as of 15:58, 10 November 2009

Deprecated in Recital 10

Purpose

Initiate the Recital Information Center in Design mode


Syntax

DESIGN


See Also

CATALOG(), CREATE, CREATE LABEL, CREATE REPORT, CREATE SCREEN, MODIFY LABEL, MODIFY REPORT, MODIFY SCREEN, MODIFY STRUCTURE, SET CATALOG, SET OPTIMIZE, SET TITLE


Description

The DESIGN command initiates the Recital Information Center in Design mode. The INFO command initiates the Recital Information Center with Design mode off.

The Recital Information Center is a powerful worksurface, from which any type of data may be accessed, viewed, modified and organized. Within the Recital Information Center, you can organize files into catalogs that represent a single application, an application interface or development project. The rich functionality of the Recital Information Center includes a graphical-like user interface with CUA compliant components, access to Recital worksurfaces, object oriented design tools and connectivity to foreign databases.

Design mode allows access to CREATE and MODIFY worksurfaces as well as the complete range of design tools. Design mode may also be enabled with the SET DESIGN command. When in Design mode, the Recital Information Center displays a [DESIGN] key that is used to access the development worksurfaces. Design mode also displays the names of program and application files. When Design mode is disabled, files with '.app' or '.prg' extensions are only displayed in catalogs to which they have been added.

The SET CATALOG TO <expC> command allows the specified catalog file to be used when the Recital Information Center is activated. If a catalog with the name specified in <expC> does not exist, it will be created. SET CATALOG ON causes all newly created files to be added automatically to the currently open catalog. When SET CATALOG is OFF, the currently open catalog is closed and automatic file adding is disabled. Catalogs may also be opened from within the Recital Information Center and files added to a catalog using the appropriate menu items.

The Recital Information Center menu bar provides access to a wide range of decision support tools, application objects and work surfaces. The menu bar contains the following options:


Menu Description
File Catalog file tasks
Edit Database table record options
Options Catalog file options
Tools Popup Calculator, Time Manager and Notepad
Customize Environment customization toggles
Summary Financial and statistical calculations
Organize Database table operations
Report Quick and Custom Report and Label options
Help Help System, Key Help and Technical Support


The Recital Information Center contains six file panels providing vertical listings of filenames without extensions. Each panel represents a different category or file type and contains a <create> button giving access to the appropriate create worksurface.


Panel File Types
Data Table (.dbf), gateway (.gtw), bridge (.brg), view (.vue).
Text Text (.txt)
Form Screen format (.fmt)
Report Report format (.frm) Treport (.trf)
Label Label format (.lbl)
Program Application (.app), program (.prg)


Example

set catalog to customer
design


Products

Recital