View the Data File Formatted

To view the records formatted, you must apply the structure file to the data file, which you do when opening the data file.

1. If datavseq.dat and datavseq.dfs are still open in Data File Tools (Technology Preview), click on each tab to close them.
2. From the Data File Tools (Technology Preview) window, click File > Open, then navigate to the DataToolsDemo project folder.
3. Select datavseq.dat again, then click Open.

   The Open Data File dialog box appears.

   Because you saved the structure file with the same name as the data file, and in the same location, it is already selected in the Structure File (optional) field; if you had saved it elsewhere or named it differently, you would need to click Browse and select it.

4. Click Open File.

   The contents of datavseq.dat are displayed using the structure file:

   

5. Scroll through the records, using and in the Navigation group and notice how the layout changes depending on the value in the MN-POSITION, EX-POSITION, and EM-POSITION fields. The Layout group option also confirms the layout currently being used.