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The Grid View is accessed by pressing the <Grid> button from the Tab View, which is the usual default. One of the Licence Options is to alter this so that the Grid becomes the default view of the Items. Many users, particularly those reviewing the work of others, find that the Grid is all they ever look at.
What does the Grid show?
The picture shows the Grid displaying the primary Disclosure information, including Item Links (if any) and whether or not the Item has been Parsed.
The window can be resized by dragging the bottom right corner.
If the Image button is checked, the linked Image or other file is displayed. You can move from Item to Item by clicking on a row and so review a number of images in quick succession.
Key fields can be edited by pressing the <Edit> button. That takes you to the screen shown below:
As with the Tab View, data can be typed or, for some fields, picked from a list. The yellow button reveals a calendar from which a date can be picked instead of typing one.
When editing is complete, press <Save>. That takes you to a non-editable view of the same screen from which you can Add a new Item, re-Edit the one you are on, or return to the Grid.
Quick Add from the Grid
You can Add Items from the Grid.
Like the Grid itself, you see only the main fields used in Disclosure, without any of the detailed tabs. This is known as Quick Add.
Mark/Unmark Items
The other function available from the Grid is Mark/Unmark Items. This allows you to work through the Items on the Grid (which may have come from an existing Bundle) and mark Items for inclusion in a new Bundle. You can fine-tune a Selection by, for example, excluding Items which, although they met your original search criteria, are not in fact required.
Once you have marked one or more Items you can decide whether to save the marked or the unmarked rows as a new Bundle.
There are other ways in which you can re-use and/or achieve variants on a bundle.
You can give the Bundle a new Description, assign a different Image Set or none, or use Merge Bundles to identify differences between an edited and an unedited version of a Bundle |
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The original Query is stored with the Bundle and can be run again. The result can be saved as a new Bundle |
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Add or delete a Item from a Bundle or change the order of Items in a Bundle |
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When making a Query choose to limit your search to the Items in an existing Bundle. Save the results as a new Bundle |
Customising the Grid
It is possible to specify your own layout for the Grid. This is a
chargeable programming task, not a user setup matter.
It is also possible to specify that the Grid is the default viewer rather than the Tab view.
Note: Be aware that loading a large Selection into the Grid may take some time. If your Selection includes too many Items to load, a message tells you so. Make a smaller Selection and try again. The maximum number of Items for display is a User-Changeable Setting so you can set a figure which is right for your circumstances.