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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><title xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Chapter 6. Utilizing Views</title><meta xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.50.0"/><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Pilot-DB Users Manual"/><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Pilot-DB Users Manual"/><link rel="previous" href="ch05s07.html" title="Sorting Records"/><link rel="next" href="ch06s02.html" title="Accessing the View Manager"/></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 6. Utilizing Views</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch05s07.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch06s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="chapter"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="titlepage"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="viewuse.chapter"/>Chapter 6. Utilizing Views</h2></div></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="toc"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch06.html#defaultview.sect">The Default View</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch06s02.html">Accessing the View Manager</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch06s03.html">Creating a View</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch06s04.html">Modifying a View</a></dt><dt><a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="ch06s05.html">Changing Views</a></dt></dl></div><fake><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   A view is a format for displaying records in a record list or even for displaying a record itself. It allows you to choose the fields to be displayed and the size of each column in the list. It is possible then to only have the required information appear when requested.
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    All databases can use the default view, which displays each field of each record in identically sized columns. This size may be set in <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="">Global Preferences</a>.
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    This view is named All.
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