Equipment Suppliers Databank Dialog

This dialog appears by selecting Databanks } Equipment } Suppliers from the main menu of the application.

From this dialog you can:

1. View the contents of the equipment suppliers databank.

2. Add, delete or modify the properties of user-defined equipment suppliers in that databank.

Using the ‘Database Filter...’ button you may choose to display suppliers from the ‘Designer’ database, the ‘User’ database or both databases at the same time. By default, the table displays vendor/manufacturers from both databases.

► To view/edit the contents of a supplier databank…

1. Choose a supplier from the table by selecting a row. Depending on whether you have selected a supplier that belongs to the ‘User’ or the ‘Designer’ databases you can either view and edit or only view the properties of that supplier. The button icon for viewing/editing the properties of the selected supplier changes accordingly from the View ( ) button to the Edit () button and vice-versa.

2. If you have chosen a supplier from the ‘Designer’ database, then you can proceed to view its properties clicking on the View () button. The Equipment Supplier Properties Dialog will be displayed. This dialog presents in several tabs the property values for the selected vendor/manufacturer. Notice that you cannot change any values on this dialog. If you have chosen a supplier from the ‘User’ database then, instead of the View () button, the Edit () button will appear. After selecting a supplier and clicking on this button, the Equipment Supplier Properties Dialog will appear once again, only this time, you can view as well as edit new property values for the selected supplier.

If you have chosen a supplier from the ‘User’ database, you can change the supplier type (manufacturer, vendor, or manufacturer/vendor) by visiting the Equipment Supplier Properties Dialog and checking the “Is Manufacturer?” option or the “Is Vendor?” option or both.

► To add a supplier in the databank…

3. Click on the Add New Vendor/Manufacturer () button. The Equipment Supplier Properties Dialog will be displayed. Specify the desired properties and click OK.

► To delete a user-defined supplier from the databank…

4. Select the supplier that you want to delete from the table. If the supplier resides in the ‘User’ database, the Delete () button will be enabled.

5. Click on the Delete () button.

► To save the changes made to the databank in the ‘User’ database…

6. To save the changes made to the databank back into the ‘User’ database, you may either click on OK (which will close the dialog) or click on the Save Spec Sheet Records to Database () button (which will keep the dialog open).

Once the changes in the databank are saved into the ‘User’ database, they are irreversible. In case you change your mind about changes made, and these are not yet saved, you may cancel changes and revert to the saved databank by clicking Cancel on the dialog.