Concepts and Techniques
In this section, I explore ideas that have helped me solve
real-life user requirements.
One Level Higher
Sometimes the table whose data you want to see is not the table you should
start with.
Simply Higher: Starting
point for discussion of One Level Higher concept
(PDF)
Step To The Left: Using
the data from one subform to filter an adjacent subform
(PDF)
All Sorts: Let the
user sort sub-form data in ascending or descending order, using any field you
choose.
(PDF)
One Level Higher vs Form Open
Related: The in-built option to navigate to documents and records using
the form open related command can achieve the same behaviour as One Level
Higher. So why bother with the latter?
One Level Higher:
White paper on One Level Higher (PDF format)
Demonstration Application for "Simply Higher", "Step To The Left" and "All
Sorts" (see Readme.txt for password and other instructions)
(DataEase 6);
(DataEase 7)