Update Products - General Tab

General TAB

- Click on the Image View button. You can resize the Image Viewer window or use the Window maximize button to immediately resize the Image Viewer.

Close the Image Viewer.

Clicking on the Internet, Order and Support buttons will load your browser with the corresponding page IF the URLs are filled in with the appropriate web site links. In this sample record, all three web site URLs are filled in. The last button - Product - clicking on it will copy the Product Name to the clipboard.

To display an Image in the product update form (or on the browse), click on this button -

Highlight the image you want to display and click on the Open button.

Note: To display images, you must choose one from the "current" data folder - in this example, the data folder is:

C:\Users\Public\Documents\PS7\Example Data\

- Click on this button in the update form. It copies the Data Folder location + the product name to the clipboard.

Using the Example data included with the install. by clicking on the PNG button -

For this product, the result will be - C:\Users\Public\Documents\PS7\Example Data\Product Scope 7

You can use any of the product examples by clicking on the PNG button in the product update form, and use notepad to paste the results.

Click on the notepad button - and paste (Control + v) or drop-down menu - Edit - Paste to see the result of clicking on the button in the update form. Close notepad.

Practical example of using this button - this is handy for a number of purposes - For example, you see an image on a web site you would like to copy to your computer -

In your browser, when you secondary mouse click (usually right mouse click) hovering over an image, choose the Save Image As (or Save Picture As) selection - by using the Copy Data Location + Product Name button - you can easily save that image to data folder you are using, and use it to display in Product Scope 7.

When using a word processor or spreadsheet, you can use this same method, to easily save a document or spreadsheet to a specific data folder.

When entering information into the Product Update Form, when you click on the empty MFG field, it will display a Lookup Browse (Select MFG) - this makes it easier to fill in the product record when you have a number of products from the same MFG (Manufacturer).

If the MFG name is not in the list, click on the Add button. You can simply type in the Vendor name or Vendor Name + Internet Link and click on the OK button to save. Then, click on the Select button (upper right) on the Select MFG list to fill in the MFG name.

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