System Menu

Access the menu using the Home key or the / key. To disable the menu, set sysmenu off; clear.

The following options are available from the System Menu:

Menu	Option	Description	Notes & Links
File
	New...	Create a new file	Types: Database, Table, View, Bridge, Connection, Program, Form, Report, Label, Text
	Open...	Open a file	Types: Database, Table, View, Bridge, Connection
	Close	Close open files	CLOSE DATABASES
	Exit	Exit Recital	QUIT
Edit
	Append	Add a new record to the active table	APPEND
	Browse	Browse the active table	BROWSE
	Edit	Edit the active table	EDIT
	Delete...	Delete one or more records in the active table	DELETE
	Recall...	Recall one or more deleted records in the active table	RECALL
	Find...	Browse the active table for records matching search criteria	SEEK (indexed) or LOCATE (unindexed)
View
	List tables	List tables in the current directory, path and database	LIST TABLES
	List structure	List structure of the active table	LIST STRUCTURE
	Print structure	Print structure of the active table	LIST STRUCTURE
	List status	List the session status	LIST STATUS
	Print status	Print the session status	LIST STATUS
	List dictionary	List the dictionary of the active table	LIST DICTIONARY
	Print dictionary	Print the dictionary of the active table	LIST DICTIONARY
	List memory	List current memory variables	LIST MEMORY
	Print memory	Print current memory variables	LIST MEMORY
Tools
	Table designer	Create a new table or modify an existing one	MODIFY STRUCTURE
	Form designer	Create a new screen form or modify an existing one	MODIFY SCREEN
	Report designer	Create a new report or modify an existing one	MODIFY REPORT
	Label designer	Create a new label or modify an existing one	MODIFY LABEL
	Calculator	Popup calculator	CALCULATOR
	Diary	Popup diary	CALENDAR
	Notepad	Popup notepad	TEXTEDIT()
Program
	Dir...	List program (.prg) files in the current directory and path	DIR
	Editor...	Edit a new or existing program file	VI
	Do...	Run a program	DO
	Debug...	Debug a program	DEBUG
	Compile...	Compile one or more programs	COMPILE
Reports
	Report Generator...	Run an existing report	REPORT (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Label Generator...	Run an existing label	LABEL (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	QuickReport...	Generate an ad-hoc report	(prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	QuickLabels...	Generate an ad-hoc label	(prompts to open a table if no table is active)
Summary
	Sum...	Sum numeric field values	CALCULATE (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Average...	Average numeric field values	CALCULATE (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Count...	Perform a record count	CALCULATE (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Maximum value...	Calculate maximum value of a numeric field	CALCULATE (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Minimum value...	Calculate minimum value of anumeric field	CALCULATE (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Standard deviation...	Calculate standard deviation for a numeric field	CALCULATE (prompts to open a table if no table is active)]
	Variance...	Calculate variance for a numeric field	CALCULATE (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	All of the above...	Perform all of the calculations above	CALCULATE (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
Organize
	Index...	Build an index o the active table	INDEX (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Reindex all...	Rebuild the indexes of all open tables	REINDEX (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Append from...	Import records into the active table	APPEND FROM (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Copy to...	Exports records from the active table	COPY (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Total to...	Exports totals of the numeric fields in the active table	TOTAL (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Pack all...	Permanently remove records marked for deletion from all open tables	PACK (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
	Zap...	Permanently remove all records from the active table	ZAP (prompts to open a table if no table is active)
Help
	Help...	Recital overview
	Reference guide...	Recital online documentation	Browser and Internet connection required
	Key assist...	Function key usage
	Recital on the web...	Recital web site	Browser and Internet connection required
	Check for updates...	Software updates	Browser and Internet connection required
	Support...	Support contact details
	About Recital	License information