Browsers and Editors

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Much of your work with MainBoss is done using browsers and editors:

• A browser is a window that shows you a list of things. For example, the Purchase Order browser shows you a list of current purchase orders.

  A browser window lets you add new entries to the list, and modify or delete existing entries. For example, the Purchase Order browser lets you create new purchase orders or edit existing ones. It also lets you void (cancel) purchase orders that you have previously created.

  Browsers also let you search for items. For example, suppose you want to record some information about a piece of equipment. You would open the Equipment browser and use it to search through your equipment list until you found the appropriate piece of equipment; you could then use the browser to tell MainBoss that you wanted to edit the information on that piece of equipment.

  Finally, browsers let you print information about items in the list. For example, if you want to print out one or more purchase orders, you open the Purchase Order browser, then click the Print button.

• An editor is a window that shows you information about a single thing. For example, the Purchase Order editor shows information about a particular purchase order.

  MainBoss will open an editor window when you want to create a new record or edit an old one. For example, when you want to create a new purchase order, MainBoss opens the Purchase Order editor window; all the information fields in this window will be blank until you enter some information. Later on, if you want to change some of the information in the same purchase order, MainBoss will open the Purchase Order editor again; this time, the editor will show you all the information that you entered when you originally created the purchase order.

To repeat, a browser shows a list of records and an editor shows a single record.

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