View by Button
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The view by button provides the ability to change the order in which records shown in the grid are viewed. It can be selected by:

·Clicking the button with the left mouse button, or  
·Pressing, and holding down, the <CTRL> key and pressing the <W> key (the underlined letter), or  
·Selecting Edit on the Menu Bar, then selecting View Records by  

Doing any of the above displays a pop-up menu (sometimes referred to as a "speed menu"). The sample screen shots below show the different viewing orders for:

1.Data Management System's Dealer/Customer Management and Point of Sale modules.  

na_viewby         ma_viewby  
Dealer/Customer Management         Point of Sale  
 
The above screen shots show that:  
 
·Records in Dealer/Customer Management are currently being viewed in order by last name (a check mark is displayed to the left of the current viewing order).  
·Records in Point of Sale are currently being viewed in order by booth number.  
·Records can be viewed in a variety of ways.  

Select a viewing order by:  
 
·Clicking on the desired viewing order with the left mouse button, or  
·Press the underlined letter (i.e., press <H> to view dealers/customers by Home Phone, <N> to view sales by Booth Number, <R> to view records by record number, etc.)  

2.Client Management System's Clients and Projects modules.  

viewby_clients   viewby_projects  
Clients                  Projects  
 
The above screen shots show that:  
 
·Clients are currently being viewed in order by last name (a check mark is displayed to the left of the current viewing order)  
·Projects are currently being viewed in order by project name  
·The records can be viewed in a variety of ways  

Select a viewing order by:  
 
·Clicking on the desired viewing order with the left mouse button, or  
·Press the underlined letter (i.e., press <o> to view clients by Company, <C> to view projects by Case number, <R> to view records by record number, etc.)  

Doing either of the above causes the program to re-arrange the rows in the grid according to the selected order.