F2 Fields and Pick Lists
Some fields in Contract Collector are labeled in this manual as F2 fields. When the cursor is in one of these fields, you can display a PICK LIST and/or a FIND WINDOW and/or use the EDIT WINDOW function either by clicking the right button on
your mouse or by pressing the F2 key.
Fields from which you can press F2 or press the right mouse button are labeled
like the example shown here, with the F2 key and mouse icons to the right of
the field name:
F2 fields make it easy for you to find an appropriate entry for a field. For
example, the CLIENT ID field in the CLIENT WINDOW is an F2 field. When you press the right mouse button or F2 with the cursor
in this field, the SEARCH METHOD pop-up appears. For those fields where only a PICK LIST or only a FIND WINDOW is available, the SEARCH METHOD pop-up is not displayed.
Note that the SEARCH METHOD pop-up always contains two radio buttons. In certain fields, such as COMPANY
ID in the CONTRACT WINDOW, the EDIT WINDOW function is also available. PICK LIST is the default, since a bullet already appears in that radio button and the
focus rectangle is highlighting the words PICK LIST. To accept the default, you can either use the mouse to click on the PICK LIST radio button or label, or press ENTER or SPACE. To choose FIND WINDOW, or EDIT WINDOW, click on the appropriate radio button or its label.
You can move the focus rectangle back and forth in the SEARCH METHOD POPUP by pressing the DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW keys. When the option you want is
highlighted with the focus rectangle, press ENTER or SPACE to select it.