CURRENT TRENDS

Adding accelerator keys to menu items

*Adding accelerators keys takes these three steps:
1.Create an AutoKeys macro for every form in your applications. If two forms use identical menus you need to create only one AutoKeys macro.
2.Add the accelerator keys to the text of their corresponding menus items.
3.Add code to your form's On active events that tells access which AutoKeys macro to use for each form.

Each AutoKeys macro needs to contain a definition of every accelerator key that can be selected on a form.To create an AutoKeys macro,make sure that Names property is visible in design mode of the macro window and then enter a key combination for each accelerator key in the Names property use one macro for each accelerator key.

Here's another good reason to have your menu items execute functions.While using AutoKeys macros to create accelerators key,change of a menu item action must also be made to the AutoKeys macro.If you use macro action you need to change them in the corresponding AutoKeys macro.However,if your menu items and AutoKeys macro items call the same function are applied to both the menu and the accelerator key.
....*ACCELERATOR DIALOG
Accelerator List opens the accelerator dialog,which list the known accelerator along with brief descriptions.Clicking on an entry on a list shows a more detailed description(if available)at the bottom of the dialog.
*accelerators on controls whether accelerators are enabled.
*Show main window status line controls whether a status line is shown Chimera windows.Keystrokes interpreted as accelerator and message reporting accelerator operations appear in the status line.
....*ACCELERATOR OR COMMAND?
Keystrokes may be interpreted as accelerators,as commands,or as information intended for other dialogs.Obviously,commands but not accelerators should be sent to the Command Line.In some situations,it is clear which type of input is intended:
*If accelerators are on and the Command Line has not been shown,keystrokes are interpreted as accelerators when the mouse focus is in the graphics window.
An accelerator takes effect as soon as it is typed;there is no need to press return(Enter).A command takes effect after return is pressed.Note that a click in the graphics window is sometimes required for either accelerator or command keystrokes to register,since some other dialog has stolen the "focus."
......*ALIGNING the displayed accelerator key definitions..
There is no way to right-justify the accelerator keys for your menu items while there are displayed your menu items description and its accelerator key,accelerator keys for different menu items on the same pull-down menu don't always align properly because window displays menu items by using proportional fonts.To left-align the accelerator key.

If you press the Tab key while entering text into the macros Name properly,the cursor jumps to the next visible property instead of entering the tab character.TO enter a character:
1.Open a text editor such as Notepad and type a tab character.
2.Highlight the entire tab in the text editor and then press Ctrl-C to copy the tab to the clipboard.
3.Position the cursor between your menu item description and the accelerator key text,and then press Ctrl-V to paste the tab character into the text.

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• Attorney Partners with 27 Year Veteran of Marketing & Production Management to Offer Stimulus Package for Small to Mid-Size Law Firms

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HIERARCHICAL vs. RELATIONAL
• Hierarchical
=> A hierarchical data model is a data model in which the data is organized into a tree-like structure. The structure allows repeating information using parent/child relationships: each parent can have many children but each child only has one parent. All attributes of a specific record are listed under an entity type.

•Relational

=> A relational database matches data by using common characteristics found within the data set. The resulting groups of data are organized and are much easier for people to understand.
For example, a data set containing all the real-estate transactions in a town can be grouped by the year the transaction occurred; or it can be grouped by the sale price of the transaction; or it can be grouped by the buyer's last name; and so on.
Such a grouping uses the relational model (a technical term for this is schema). Hence, such a database is called a "relational database."
The software used to do this grouping is called a relational database management system. The term "relational database" often refers to this type of software.
Relational databases are currently the predominant choice in storing financial records, manufacturing and logistical information, personnel data and much more.
A relational database matches data by using common characteristics found within the data set. The resulting groups of data are organized and are much easier for people to understand.
For example, a data set containing all the real-estate transactions in a town can be grouped by the year the transaction occurred; or it can be grouped by the sale price of the transaction; or it can be grouped by the buyer's last name; and so on.
Such a grouping uses the relational model (a technical term for this is schema). Hence, such a database is called a "relational database."
The software used to do this grouping is called a relational database management system. The term "relational database" often refers to this type of software.
Relational databases are currently the predominant choice in storing financial records, manufacturing and logistical information, personnel data and much more.
A relational database matches data by using common characteristics found within the data set. The resulting groups of data are organized and are much easier for people to understand.
For example, a data set containing all the real-estate transactions in a town can be grouped by the year the transaction occurred; or it can be grouped by the sale price of the transaction; or it can be grouped by the buyer's last name; and so on.
Such a grouping uses the relational model (a technical term for this is schema). Hence, such a database is called a "relational database."
The software used to do this grouping is called a relational database management system. The term "relational database" often refers to this type of software.
Relational databases are currently the predominant choice in storing financial records, manufacturing and logistical information, personnel data and much more.

MY_IDEA_IS

A.Discusswhat you nhave learned and understood about what Relational Database
Management System is,so far.

• A collection of programs that enables you to store, modify, and extract information from a databaes.

B.Define how each of the following fit and function within the framework of relational DBMS systems:
1.Key fields
=>A key field uniquely identifies an occurrence of a record. An example of this would be a customer reference number in a customer table. Since no two customers should have the same customer reference number, this field can be called a simple key.Key fields has two fields the primary and foreign key.. The primary key of a relational table uniquely identifies each record in the table. While the foreign key the foreign key identifies a column or a set of columns in one (referencing) table that refers to a column or set of columns in another (referenced) table.
2.Database records
=> integrated collection of logically related records or files which consolidates records into a common pool of data records that provides data for many applications. A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated.
3.Data queries
=> A query (noun) is a question, often required to be expressed in a formal way. An action query can ask for additional operations on the data, such as insertion, updating, or deletion.
4.Data types
=>is a set of values and the operations on those values.A data type also represents a constraint placed upon the interpretation of data in a type system, describing representation, interpretation and structure of values or objects stored in computer memory. The type system uses data type information to check correctness of computer programs that access or manipulate the data.
5.Data forms
=>Forms allow you to collect information from users via the web. Forms can be used for surveys, information gathering, online quizzes, applications, etc. Results from forms at Wellesley can easily be sent to an email address or to a FirstClass conference that is set up to receive internet mail.
6.Tables/database files
=>Tables are the basic unit of data storage in an Oracle Database. Data is stored in rows and columns.
7.Relationship(table linkage)
=>is part of a called program that 'links' or maps to data items in the calling program's working storage. It is the part of the called program where these share items are defined.