Managing Database Records
Deleting Records
14 Managing an OmniForm Database
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Select the records to recalculate.
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Select All Records to apply the new or changed calculation to
either the current found set or to every record in the data-
base if the entire record set is open.
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Select Current Record Only to apply the new or changed cal-
culation to just the record you are viewing.
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Select From/To to apply the new or changed calculation to a
range of records.
Enter a number in the From and To text boxes. If you entered
1 in the From text box and 5 in the To text box, for example,
OmniForm would recalculate the first five records in your
database or found set.
You cannot undo a recalculation!
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Click OK.
OmniForm recalculates the records according to your specifica-
tions.
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Click OK in the dialog box that informs you how many records
were recalculated successfully.
This section describes how to delete one or more records in a database.
Use this command to get rid of old, unwanted, or duplicate records.
You cannot undo a record deletion!
You can export information from a record first if you want to delete a
record but save its data. See "Exporting Information" on page 7-16 for
instructions.