Refreshing Entry Form Data

Form refreshing may require after data is changed in sources or on changing data entry form formatting settings.

Data entry forms provide data refresh:

Automatic Refresh

Automatic refresh enables the user to refresh data on changing selection in form parameters or with the specified period. By default, automatic refresh is set on changing selection in form parameters.

To enable automatic refresh mode on selection change in form parameters, select the On Selection Change checkbox in the drop-down menu of the Automatic Refresh button. Automatic refresh of data entry form will be enabled. Every time the selection changed in form parameters, the form is automatically refreshed.

To enable data periodic refresh, select the Set Period item in the drop-down menu of the Automatic Refresh button. The Autorefresh Period dialog box opens:

Set entry form data refresh period in the dialog box. Refresh can be executed each N seconds, minutes or hours.

NOTE. If refresh period has been already set up for the data entry form, it can be selected in the drop-down menu of the Automatic Refresh button.

A data entry form is refreshed once at a specified time period.

To enable automatic refresh simultaneously on changing selection in form parameters or with the specified period, if period was previously configured, click the upper part of the Automatic Refresh button, if period was not set, then on clicking the upper part of the button, the automatic refresh will be enabled on changing selection in form parameters.

To disable data periodic refresh, select the Do not Use checkbox in the drop-down menu of the Automatic Refresh button.

To disable automatic refresh, release the Automatic Refresh button, the On Selection Change checkbox will be deselected and the Do Not Use checkbox will be selected. Automatic refresh of data entry form will be disabled.

When the data is refreshed, go to the step if required:

See also:

Building Data Entry Forms | Working with Ready Forms