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Natural Resources Canada | Earth Science Sector | Geological Survey of Canada
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GlobalDB System Release 3.7 |
THE REFERENCE SELECTION FORM
The reference selection form is displayed whenever a reference number is required in a data field, or to display a specific reference on the References module of GShell or GShellBrowser. This form layout is also used in GShell to select deposits, deposit groups or mines by name, and to select a symposium volume reference in the References form. There may be fewer controls available on the top panel but form usage is the same.
The top panel has a Select button which, when clicked, will pass information to the calling component of GShell and then hide the selection form; the same action is triggered by double-clicking on a record in the data grid. To the right of the Select button is a sub-panel with a Search Reference label and two buttons. They are used to sort and search the reference records alphabetically by the last name of the first author or by title. On other selection forms, this sub-panel is empty. The next sub-panel, visible only when the "By Title" button is pressed in, has an edit box and two buttons, used to find the first (or next) reference whose title contains the character string entered in the edit box. This sub-panel is also used for the symposium volume record selection form. The Cancel button closes the form.
Between the top panel and the data grid is a series of alphabetical tabs which can be used to find the first author or title (depending on the sort/search order) whose first letter is that of the tab. This series of tabs is present on many record selection forms of GShell and GQuery.
Important notices and disclaimers | 2014-09-26 |