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Toolbar Buttons

Toolbar buttons appear at the top of many windows. The function of the window determines which buttons appear. The following sections describe the toolbar buttons. Buttons that appear in only one window are described with the specific window.

Button Button
Name		 Purpose Page
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 Browse Displays the Browse window Browsing
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 Copy Copies the selected component (format, map, query, filter, device, or project) to a new item Copy Button
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 Connect Lets you reattach to an active unload (or load) job from the Unload (or Load) Job Select window Figure 108
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 Delete
(trash can)		 Deletes the selected component (format, map, and so on) Delete Button
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 Delete
(eraser)		 Breaks the association between a database column and a data-file field Using the Delete Button
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 File Displays the Import/Export File Selection Window Exporting and Importing Queries
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 Find Allows you to quickly locate a particular field or column in a map window Using the Find Button
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 Generate Lets you generate jobs automatically Generate Options
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 Notes Allows you to type descriptive text for an item Notes Button
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 Options Displays an options window where you can change default values or supply additional parameters Changing the Unload Options,
Changing the Load Options
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 Print Prints the parameters for the selected item Print Button
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 Save As Saves a copy of the currently selected item (behaves in the same way as the Copy button) Copy Button
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 Search Displays a Views window where you can see the relationships among components Views Windows
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 Specs Displays the Specifications window, where you can view the attributes for selected columns or fields Using the Specs Button

Browse Button

The Browse button lets you look through the files that show information about the load or unload jobs and any problems that the onpload utility found. For more information about the Browse button, see Browsing Options.

Copy Button

The Copy button lets you copy a selected component. This feature can save you time when you are creating a new component. You can copy an existing component and then modify the copy with your changes.

You can copy one component at a time, or you can select and copy multiple components at the same time. You can copy components that are grouped under a project (filters, formats, maps, and queries) within the same project, or to a different project.

If you copy a component within a project, you must give the copy a different name. If you copy a component to a different project, you can retain the name for the copy or give the copy a different name. If you copy multiple components, you must copy them to a different project. When you copy multiple components, the components retain their names.

Important:
Devices are not project specific. When you copy a device, you must give the copy a new name.
To copy an existing format to a new format
  1. In the HPL main window, select the project that includes the format that you want to copy.
  2. Choose Components > Formats to access the Record Formats window.

    For an example, see Creating a Fixed Format.

  3. Select the format that you want to copy.

    This example assumes that the format to copy is some_format.

  4. Click the Copy button.

    The Copy Data window appears, as Figure 36 shows. The Copy Data window displays a list of existing projects. The Copy To text box shows the name of the format that you are copying.

    Figure 36. The Copy Data Window
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  5. Select the project to which you want to copy the format.
  6. Type the name that you want to give to the copied format in the Copy To text box.

    If you are copying the format to another project, you can keep the same name. You must change the name, however, if you are copying the format to the same project.

  7. Click OK.

    The display returns to the Record Formats window.

  8. Click Cancel to return to the HPL main window.

Delete Button

The Delete button lets you delete one or more selected components.

To delete an existing format
  1. In the HPL main window, select the project that includes the format that you want to delete.
  2. Choose Components > Formats to access the Record Formats window.

    For an example, see Creating a Fixed Format.

  3. Select the format that you want to delete.
  4. Click the Delete button.

    The Confirm Delete window appears, as Figure 37 shows. The Confirm Delete window describes the impact of deleting this format. The text in this window is different for each of the component types.

    Figure 37. The Confirm Delete Window
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  5. Click OK to confirm the deletion, or click Cancel to cancel it.

    If you click OK, the format is deleted, as well as any associated maps, filters, and jobs.

  6. Click Cancel to return to the HPL main window.

Notes Button

The Notes button lets you type descriptive text for an item. The text of the note is displayed in the Notes area in a window when you select the item. The Notes button is a useful tool for identifying ipload components, load jobs, unload jobs, and projects.

To create a note
  1. Click the Notes button in a Component-Definition window.

    The Notes window appears, as Figure 38 shows.

    Figure 38. The Notes Window
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  2. Type the descriptive text in the Notes text box.
  3. Click OK to store the note and return to the Component-Definition window.

    When you select the component, the note text is displayed in the Notes area.

If you do not make any changes to a note, click Cancel instead of OK.

For example, the note created in Figure 38 is associated with the authors format. The next time you go to the Record Formats page and select authors, ipload displays the note text, as Figure 39 shows.

Figure 39. The Record Formats Window with Notes Text
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The ipload utility stores the information that you type in the note table window of the onpload database. For a description of the note table, see Note Table.

Print Button

The Print button lets you print information that is associated with a component. Before you start ipload, you must set your workstation so that it can find a printer. For information about setting up a printer, see your operating-system manuals.

If you click the Print button in the Map-Definition window in Figure 20, the following printout results:

Figure 40. Print button output 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   LOAD MAP REPORT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Project : <default> 
Name    : a_map 

OPTIONS 
         Database         Table          Format 
         --------         ---------      --------------
         testdb           tab1           a_format

RECORD FORMAT MAP VIEW 
         Format Field                    Table Column                 Option Data
         ----------------------          -------------------          -----------------
         input1                          col3
         input2                          col2
         input3                          col1
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