The VCR Control

The VCR control is found on the def-specific palette. Its purpose is to provide a control so that the user can easily navigate from one record to the next, and back again.

The VCR control is needed for Screen Types 1 and 3. Scrolling screens use the slidebar for record navigation and do not need a VCR control.

Just drop the control anywhere in the definition and size it any way you like. No code need be written, the purpose for each button in the control is known, and they are, in order from left to right: First Record, Previous Record, Next Record, Last Record.

To drop the control into the definition, click on the "VCR Buttons" icon in the def-specific palette, then click inside the frame. You can make that second click a drag, thereby not only creating an instance of the VCR control, but also determining its size all in one operation.