Records
 
 
Creating your first record
 
As soon as you create a new database, a screen with blank fields will appear. This is the first record that KazTrix automatically creates for you. Now, simply enter your information.
 
 
1.      The first thing you should do is create your field labels. The labels are the first row of empty fields to the left of the KazTrix window. These labels describe what information this field will contain, for example: Name or Address or Phone Number. You may click on a label to change it (the first one will be already highlighted in yellow). Once all of your labels are ready you may click the "Save Labels" button to save them. You may edit these fields at any time. See Customizing your Database for more information.
 
2.      You are now ready to start entering information. All data should be entered inside the blank white fields to the right of the labels you have just created. Once you have entered all information for the first record you may proceed to create a new record by clicking the button with the "plus" sign on it.
 
As soon as you enter the information in the second record, click the button with the "check mark"   to save your entry. Only then you will be allowed to add another record.
 
TIP: You may also use the Insert key on your keyboard to add a record. Similarly, you may press Ctrl+S on your keyboard to save your changes.
 
 
Adding a new record
 
 
Add new record
 
You may add as many records in your database as you wish, one at a time. Each record is assigned a number starting at number 1.
 
Save changes
 
Click this button to save the latest changes made since your last save. You must save your database if you wish to activate a new function such as Backup and Restore, Report, Import and Export etc.
 
Cancel last edit
 
Clicking on this button cancels the last edit.
 
 
Editing a record
 
At any time you may access a record and change its information and the database fields. After all changes have been made you should click the Save button or press Ctrl+S to save your changes.
 
 
Deleting a record
 
Once a new record is created, you may delete its contents and enter new information but you cannot delete the record itself.
 
 
Printing a record
 
Please see Printing
 
 
Attaching a file to a record
 
Attaching a file to a record is a new feature of KazTrix! You can attach a file of any type to any record you wish. This is useful in case you have another type of file on your computer (i.e. a word processing document or a spreadsheet) that is associated with the record you have created.
 
To attach a file, simply move to the record that you wish to attach a file to and select "Attach Documents" from under the main KazTrix file menu. A file attachment window will then appear. Select "ADD" from this menu to browse your hard drive and attach as many files as you wish to the record. Attach a file by selecting "OPEN."  To remove a file, highlight it in the file attachment window and click "REMOVE."
 
 
(The file attachment window)
 
Click "VIEW" to view the contents of the attachment. As long as the original application is associated in your Windows setup, the original application will launch and display your file.
 
Once a record has an attachment, a button marked "File Attachment" shows up under the record. This button will vanish when no files remain attached to the record.
 
Multimedia Files
 
Now, you can attach a wide range of multimedia files to your databases including WAV sound files, MIDI files (MID, and RMI), Video for Windows (AVI), and MPEG/MPG, and MP3 files.  Thus, you can have full sound and video files attached to each record of your database! The best part is that these files can also be published to the internet!
 
You can attach multimedia files by clicking the “Attach Multimedia Files” button .  Simply click the button, and explore to the location of your multimedia files.  Clicking the “Attach Multimedia Files” button again will display all the attached multimedia files for that record.
To remove a multimedia file, click the “Remove” button.
If you have multiple files attached to a record, you will have to click the “Attach Multimedia File” button again, click the appropriate file in the list, then click the “Select” button.
Playing multimedia files
Click the Green play button to begin viewing your attached multimedia file.
Clicking Pause will pause the playback.  Next, you have the Fast-forward to the end. Beside Fast-forward is "Rewind to the beginning".  Click this if you wish to rewind the file to the beginning.
Finally, there are the Fast-forward and Rewind buttons.  Click Fast-forward if you wish to scroll ahead in the media file slightly.  Click Rewind if you missed something and you wish to view it again.
Multimedia files can also be played from the on-line database applet!