Creating and Editing Templates

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To create a new template, you click the New button in the Template browser. Similarly, to edit an existing template, you click the Edit button. In both cases, this opens a window that contains the following:

• Code: An identification code for this template (10 characters maximum).
• Description: A one-line description of this template (30 characters maximum).
• Contents: The largest part of this window is a blank area where you can type in the template. You type a series of underscore (_) characters everywhere that you want to create a field that you fill in later. For example,

  Serial #: __________________

  tells MainBoss that the template should contain a label "Serial #" followed by a field that can be filled in with a serial number. The size of the field (the number of characters that can be typed into it) is the same as the number of underscore characters that you type.

  The maximum length of any line in the template is 80 characters. There is no limit on the number of lines. A line can contain multiple fields, as in

  Field1: _____ Field2: _____ Field3: _____

• Save & New: Saves the current record and clears fields in the window so you can enter a new record.
• Clone: Creates a new template that has the same contents as the current template. The "Code" field in the new entry is blank, so that you can fill in a new code.
• Delete: Deletes the template.
• Save: Saves the current record, but leaves all data as is. You can then continue to edit the same record.
• Cancel: Closes the editor window. MainBoss discards any new information or changes that you haven't explicitly saved with Save.

For more about templates, see Templates. For more about the Template browser, see Browsing Templates. For more about editors in general, see Browsers and Editors.

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