Refreshing Entry Form Data

A form is refreshed if:

Data and structure are changed in sources.
Table area formatting settings are changed.

Data entry forms provide data refresh:

Manual.
Automatic.

NOTE. If a data entry form contains a table area for which changed data save lock with applied control was set and unsaved changed data, a warning indicating that changed data will not be saved because they do not respect control settings. If the operation is agreed, the changed data will be reset and the operation will be applied. On canceling operation the changed data remains in table area.

Manual Refresh

Manual refresh enables to:

Refresh data entry form sheet. To refresh data from sources, build table area for active sheet, select the Refresh Sheet item in the drop-down menu of the Refresh button on the toolbar.
Refresh all data entry form sheets. To refresh data from sources, build table area all sheets, select the Refresh All Sheets item in the drop-down menu of the Refresh button on the toolbar. Press F9 for the same effect.
Reopen data sources. Select the Reopen All Data Sources item in the drop-down menu of the Refresh button on the toolbar to apply the changes made in the source, for example, adding and deleting elements, attributes.

Automatic Refresh

Automatic refresh enables the user to refresh data when selection changes in form parameters or with the specified frequency. By default, automatic refresh is set when selection changes in form parameters.

When automatic refresh is enabled, data from sources is refreshed, table area is built for all sheets.

To enable automatic refresh when selection changes in form parameters, select the On Selection Change checkbox in the drop-down menu of the Automatic Refresh button on the toolbar. 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. Maximum available values of N:

10000 seconds.
1000 minutes.
100 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 when selection changes in form parameters or with the specified frequency, if period was previously set up, 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 when selection changes 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: