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Changing the standard name for a new database folder 1) Open the database exclusively.
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Select the Database > Open... command. In the Open Database dialog box select the apl file and mark the Exclusive check box.2) Select the Database > Administration > Settings... command.
3) Replace the organizational ID, e.g., "Project", in the upper Format field with any other text. You can use the wildcards <Date> and <Cons.No>.
4) Click OK to close the dialog box.
5) Set up a new database folder.
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The new standard name will now be offered in the insertion mask.Insert Images
Background Information
Insert Images There are several options for inserting images into a database folder.
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Menu commands: mark the database folder in the tree structure of the data- base window. Select the Database > Insert > Images... command.•
Context menu: mark a folder in the tree structure of the database window and click on the right mouse button to open a context menu. Select the Insert > Images... command.•
Drag&Drop in the image manager: drag the images from the image buffer down onto the database symbol in the image manager. The images will then be inserted into the active database folder.•
Drag&Drop into the database: drag one or more images from the image manager into a database folder. When you do this you can see the images in an entry in the tree structure. The images will then be inserted below this entry. You can also see the images in a preview window or as thumbnails in the gallery view.The mouse pointer will show you by way of its form, whether or not the Drag&Drop operation you want to perform is allowed. The table below shows the mouse pointers you may encounter when you carry out a Drag&Drop oper- ation from the image manager onto the gallery view in the database window.
Insert Snapshot
An image can be inserted into the database directly after the image acquisition. To do this, select the Special > Preferences... command. On the Image tab select the
Database entry from the Image acquisition > Sequence list.
Before you switch into live mode, mark the database folder to which the image belongs, in the database. During the image acquisition the image will be automati- cally inserted into the database.
The images will be inserted at the same level as the thumbnails that are on display. No records can be inserted immediately below the first level. In this case you will receive a message and you can set up a new database folder.
The images will be inserted one level below the thumbnails that are on display.
You cannot insert any data here. That is, for example, the case when six levels already exist below the database folder. Additional data cannot be inserted under a document.
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Step-by-step
Inserting images from the image buffer box
The step by step instructions assumes the following prerequisites. You have created a project database. The database already contains a database folder. You have acquired images for this project which are to be filed in the database below the data- base folder.
1) Mark the project in the tree structure which you want to use for filing the images.
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In the database window you will find a preview window. The preview window shows the record which is marked in the tree structure. If a data- base folder is marked, then a folder icon is displayed.2) Mark all the images in the image buffer box that you want to insert.
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You mark a linked image buffer area by depressing the [shift] key and clicking on the first and last image.•
You can mark a random selection of images by depressing the [Ctrl] key and clicking on the images you require.3) You can use drag & drop to move the images from the image buffer box to, for example, the preview window of the project.
Select all the images in the image buffer box that you want to insert into the database. By depressing the left mouse button, you can drag the images to the positions 1, 2, or 3 of your database window.
4) When using numerous images, the Insert Images dialog box is opened (go to illustration on the following page).
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The check boxes in front of the selected images are marked. You can still change your selection at this point.•
If you only insert one single image into the database, the insertion mask will open directly.5) In the Prompt for data input group, select the Always option.
6) Confirm the image selection by clicking OK.
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7) The Insert Image dialog box will open for each image which is to be inserted.
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The name of the image buffer is given as a suggestion in the "Record Name" field - unless you have defined another in the Database > Adminis- tration > Database Settings dialog box, e.g., automatic record names."
The insertion mask contains all user-defined database fields which you have selected using the Arrange Fields... command for the Insert view and the Image data type.8) Fill out the database fields and click the Insert button to open the insertion mask for the next image.
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The inserted images are now displayed in the gallery view of the database window.9) Click on the plus character in front of the selected database folder in the tree structure.
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In the tree structure, the images will be arranged as an image folder under- neath the selected order. You can now insert new images or other docu- ments one organizational level below the images.10) Click on an image folder in the tree structure.
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The preview window on the upper left now contains the thumbnail of the image folder. The information regarding the image which you have selected using the Arrange Fields... command for the Form View and theArchiving Images Insert data - Step-by-step
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When inserting numerous images simultaneously in a database, the Insert Images dialog box is opened.
Thumbnail
The selected images in the image manager have already been selected.
List of all loaded images.
The insert mask for inserting an image
The record name can be issued automatically.
Database fields with information about the image.
The images are inserted into the project file
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