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Click the viewlet icon at left to launch a 5 minute viewlet movie that illustrates much of the standard feature set. Download size is about 600K. This movie is best viewed on a monitor at least 800 x 600 pixels.
The movie presently shows a Windows 98 style application, but of course the Windows XP look is also fully supported.

Standard Features (all editions)

Features with the camera symbol: are illustrated with screen shots. 

Just click the icon for a quick preview of the feature.

Totaling (conditionally filtered) by data source:

Multiple totals per data source  (no limit on number of totals)

Totals related rows, such as all items in one order 

Extremely flexible totaling types

Count of related rows

Sum of data table column of related rows

Minimum column value

Maximum column value

Average column value

Custom calculation - totally general, i.e.: sum of product of columns A and B when column C is greater than D, etc.

Primary File Ranging

Page size (1 to 9999 rows)

Now (version 8.5) with incremental locator

File Relationship

Minimum, maximum range of values

Single Value

Current Value

(Illustrated with Page Ranging Feature)

 
Multirooted trees from multiple unrelated data sources 
 
Collapsible Tree Headers
Headers available at all tree levels, every data source

(Illustrated with Style Feature, but Style not required)

Multiple related data sources per tree level (each with optional header)

(Illustrated with Style Feature, but Style not required)

 
Views supported at all tree levels 

All ViewManager methods are available to use

Embed into ViewManager methods

Filter views separately by tree level

Multiple prioritized, overridable filters by tree level

Separate SQL Filters

Custom JOINs

Inner JOINs 

 
Filters are supported at all levels of the tree

Regular Filters

SQL Filters (replace or extend)

Named Filters (SetFilter method)

 
Dynamic Data Ordering (DDO) 

Source rows are added to the tree in arbitrary sorted order

No need for ordering fields in relational linking keys

Sorted data loads in same time as unsorted data

Unlimited conditional keys per data source

Up to 16 prioritized sort fields per sort key

Sort key fields can be runtime computed values

Column header mouse click sorting with alternated forward/reverse (primary data source only)

 
Column header mouse click sorting 

Sorts primary data source 

Alternates order on each mouse click

Extension of DDO feature

 
Virtual Trees 

Data field break headers inserted into list

Data rows indented beneath field value header

Up to 16 levels of nested break headers 

Extension of DDO feature 

Section Footers 

Rows inserted at the end of data block

Optional extension to each data section

Unlimited number of footers per data section   

Each footer formatted separately

Use for totals or any other computed values

(Illustrated together with Totaling Feature)

 
18 default alerted keyboard functions with customizable keystrokes; can add custom functions and alerted keys
 
Automatic tree refresh on (multiple) parent listbox new selection events
 
Automatic tree refresh on accepted events of (multiple) linked arbitrary controls

Allows, for example, refresh on changes to various components of a multicomponent file relationship key, by using entry fields

Multicolumn Data Presentation

Mixed formatting in any tree section (data source, header footer)

Indented (tree) listbox column can be in any column position

Intermix strings and numbers in the same column (format by column by data source)

icon-only columns

icons in data columns

Cascading defaults simplify setup

(Illustrated with Totaling Feature) 

 
Icons, colors, tooltips, data, all applied at cell level (normal and conditional)
 
Cell Tooltips (normal and conditional)
Automatic (optional) generation of folder icons in tree column (Expanded, Contracted, Leaf)

(Illustrated with Totaling Feature) 

 
Extensive Update Support

Same controls at all levels - automatic enable / disable

Automatic record RI linking

Arguments and return values supported on form procedure calls

Popup to select inserted record type (optional)

Insert field priming (optional)

Automatic selection of inserted record (optional)

Auto refresh of displayed rows affected by update

 
View Button

Same control at all levels - automatic enable / disable

 
Selector browse mode support (returns with selected record in table buffer)

Same control at all levels - automatic enable / disable

 
Fully configurable right-click row popup ( using PopupClass methods)

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