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     "inqVista" is easy to use freeware that will help you track names, addresses and other personal or business information that relates to clients, friends and relatives. "inqVista" includes the capability to save images and pictures and relate them to records you save. "inqVista" is also used by collectors and others for asset and collection management of antiques, coins, currency, inventory, parts, pictures and images, stamps, and many other items only limited by your imagination.

     "inqVista" has many features, but its most attractive is that it is easy to setup, easy to change, and easy to use. These features are important because your data management requirements may change from time to time and you should not have to start over, as you may have to with other databases. Nor should you have to install and learn new software.

     Also, many individuals have a need for more than one database. Using inqVista means that you can keep track of business or personal information with the same software. With inqVista after a few mouse clicks, you have made changes to your database and you are ready to go. Or you can setup and start another database independant of any others that you have established.


Presented below is inqVista's default Data Entry Form, ready for you to modify.

As you can see near the top of the Entry Screen, the user has named this database MY_PHONE_BOOK.

You can name yours Clients, Inventory, Employees, Coin Collection, Home Inventory, Student's Grades, or anything else you choose.

Each record has a note field attached, ready for data entry. Add notes to any record as needed then press [F2] or click on [Save Entry].

To open a record, simply click on the [Find/Edit] button or press the [F2] key, then pick the record from the menu. 		data entry screen showing calendar, clock, print, sort, find, edit, and save, options for phone book.

First, the user makes a temporary record by making an entry into the pink and green fields, (a first name is ok). Then clicking on the [Save] button, initates the database.

Next, a click on the [Modify DB] button or pressing the [F10] key while in the Data Entry Form, above, opens the Modify Database Form shown below.

From the Modify Datadbase Form you can:
  • Add or Delete Rows.
  • Change Row Names.
  • Change Row Data Type.
  • Move Rows.
  • Use these features anytime you have a need to make a change, even after using the database for long periods of time.
Options for adding, changing data type, moving, and saving, row names and other available modifications.

The Modify Database Form is where you will customized your database to suite your needs. The options available in this form, as in any form in inqVista, are the names on each button.

Pressing the [F8] key, or clicking on the [Add a row] button will add a "Master" row to your database, ready and waiting for you to give it a name.

Whether the row has a name or not, entering a name into an entry field and saving, changes the row name. You can save changes by pressing [F2], or clicking on the [Save name changes] button.

The form above was ready to have it's rows named.

To the right are the results of simply typing Name, into the pink field and typing Contact, into the green field, then clicking on the [Save name changes] button.

You can use this form as is, if this is all you need. However, below this form was modified for a more specific purpose. 		modify business client and personal phone book database form with new names for first and last row.

Below, three additional Master Rows were added to the two original key rows. The additional rows were named to show some of the possible row names one might find in a customized Phone Book, Data Entry Form.

Also notice that the Data Type, shown below and to the right of each row, has not been changed yet, from the default of Text.

Master Row number 4 was named to show some of the posibilities for the green [Div] button, shown in the Data Entry Form, (first image above).

The user will change the Data Type to Image to accommodate pictures of some clients. 		modify phone book database form with newly added rows address, date, photo I.D.

In the next few images, the Data Entry Form is modified to meet specific needs of the user. Keep in mind however, that you can modify the Data Entry Form at any time your needs change. The modifications made at this stage of the form's development is simply for continuity and to accommodate this website presentation. You may discover the need to change your database, days, weeks, or even months, after your inital setup of inqVista.

This user has a need to sort the database by date from time to time, so this user clicked on the [Change data type] button in the Modify Database Form. Now changes to the Data Type of row 3, from Text to Date are easily made.

The user, by changing the rows's data type from Text to Date, controls the format of the Date and how it is entered and saved in the database records. Also, you can reverse this process whenever you care to.

The user wants one of the Master Rows, the one named Entry Date, to have a Data Type of Date.

A click on the [Change data type] button in the Modify Database Form, open the window you see on the right side of this frame.

The user will enter row number 3, click on "Options", then click on Date in a menu, not shown here. From there the user will determine which date format to use.

Now a click on the [Save Change] button, returns the user to the Modify Database Form. 		my_phone_book form displayed after clicking on {Change data type] button. The user has easily made changes from Text to Date and from Text to Images. This form shows how easy inqVista is to use and modify.

Below, you can see the results of choosing to change the Data Types of both rows 3, and 4 from the default of Text to Date for row 3, and Text to Image for row 4.

If you want to see the purpose of changing the Data Type of row 4 to Image, check the Stamp & Coin Collecting Page. The Data Type of "Image" offers the user the option to save and call Photos/Images with a click of a button. These features are explained there.

Here you can see the results of the Data Type changes. my_phone_book form displayed after clicking on {Change data type] button. The user will make format changes from Text to Date.

Now a click on [Return] buton, returns the user to the Data Entry Form shown below.

Here you can see the results of the making Data Type changes in the Modify Database Form ready for additional changes or ready to return to the Data Entry Form. Below, the Data Entry Form is ready for use and ready to be modified again when you need to make changes. As you can see, this makes inqVista simple, and easy to use, and easy to modify. completed my_phone_book Data Entry Form is displayed after modification. The form is ready to save, track and manage business and personal phone records, information,pictures and images.

Other Features and Uses:
There are many other features, to numerous to write about here, If you havn't been to our HOME page check it out, you'll find some of the same information as found here. However, since inqvista is more than Phone Book and Address Management Freeware, you will find other features on our Home page that might suprise you.

Also, the HOME page is where you can download a free copy of inqVista.


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