BROWSE()

Browse a database file

Syntax

BROWSE( [<nTop>, <nLeft>, <nBottom>, <nRight>] ) --> lOk

Arguments

<nTop> coordinate for top row display.

<nLeft> coordinate for left column display.

<nBottom> coordinate for bottom row display.

<nRight> coordinate for right column display.

Returns

BROWSE() return .F. if there is no database open in this work area, else it return .T.

Description

BROWSE() is a general purpose database browser, without any thinking you can browse a file using the following keys:

Key	Meaning
Left	Move one column to the left (previous field)
Right	Move one column to the right (next field)
Up	Move up one row (previous record)
Down	Move down one row (next record)
Page-Up	Move to the previous screen
Page-Down	Move to the next screen
Ctrl Page-Up	Move to the top of the file
Ctrl Page-Down	Move to the end of the file
Home	Move to the leftmost visible column
End	Move to the rightmost visible column
Ctrl Left	Pan one column to the left
Ctrl Right	Pan one column to the right
Ctrl Home	Move to the leftmost column
Ctrl End	Move to the rightmost column
Esc	Terminate BROWSE()

On top of the screen you see a status line with the following indication:

Record ###/###	Current record number / Total number of records.
<none>	There are no records, the file is empty.
<new>	You are in append mode at the bottom of file.
<Deleted>	Current record is deleted.
<bof>	You are at the top of file.

You should pass whole four valid coordinate, if less than four parameters are passed to BROWSE() the coordinate are default to: 1, 0, MAXROW(), MAXCOL().

      // this one shows you how to browse around
      USE Around
      BROWSE()

Status

Started

Files

Library is rtl

See Also

• DBEDIT()*
• TBrowse class