System Menu

The following options are available from the System Menu:

Menu	Option	Description	Notes
File
	New...	Create a new file	Types: Database, Table, View, Bridge, Connection, Program, Form, Report, Label, Text
	Open...	Open a file	Types: Database, Table, View, Bridge, Connection
	Close	Close open files	CLOSE DATABASES
	Exit	Exit Recital	QUIT
Edit
	Append	Add a new record to the active table	APPEND
	Browse	Browse the active table	BROWSE
	Edit	Edit the active table	EDIT
	Delete...	Delete one or more records in the active table	DELETE
	Recall...	Recall one or more deleted records in the active table	RECALL
	Find...	Browse the active table for records matching search criteria	SEEK (indexed) or LOCATE (unindexed)
View
	List tables	List tables in the current directory, path and database	LIST TABLES
	List structure	List structure of the active table	LIST STRUCTURE
	Print structure	Print structure of the active table	LIST STRUCTURE
	List status	List the session status	LIST STATUS
	Print status	Print the session status	LIST STATUS
	List dictionary	List the dictionary of the active table	LIST DICTIONARY
	Print dictionary	Print the dictionary of the active table	LIST DICTIONARY
	List memory	List current memory variables	LIST MEMORY
	Print memory	Print current memory variables	LIST MEMORY
Tools
	Table designer	Create a new table or modify an existing one	MODIFY STRUCTURE
	Form designer	Create a new screen form or modify an existing one	MODIFY SCREEN
	Report designer	Create a new report or modify an existing one	MODIFY REPORT
	Label designer	Create a new label or modify an existing one	MODIFY LABEL
	Calculator	Popup calculator	CALCULATOR
	Diary	Popup diary	CALENDAR
	Notepad	Popup notepad	TEXTEDIT()
Program
	Dir...	List program (.prg) files in the current directory and path	DIR
	Editor...	Edit a new or existing program file	VI
	Do...	Run a program	DO
	Debug...	Debug a program	DEBUG
	Compile...	Compile one or more programs	COMPILE
Reports
	Report Generator...
	Label Generator...
	QuickReport...
	QuickLabels...
Summary
	Sum...
	Average...
	Count...
	Maximum value...
	Minimum value...
	Standard deviation...
	Variance...
	All of the above...
Organize
	Index...
	Reindex all...
	Append from...
	Copy to...
	Total to...
	Pack all...
	Zap...
Help
	Help...
	Reference guide...
	Key assist...
	Recital on the web...
	Check for updates...
	Support...
	About Recital

Access the menu using the Home key or the / key (not available when set pckeys is on). To disable the menu, set sysmenu off.