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Tutorial: Data File Editor

This tutorial utilizes the demonstration application that was used for the Classic Data File Tools version. It guides you through using the Data File Editor to: view the existing data file in the demonstration application; edit that data file, including applying a number of record layouts to the file; create and edit a new indexed data file.

During this tutorial, you are required to use the Classic Data File Tools to create a structure file, which is then applied to a data file and used in the new Data File Tools.

  1. Import and Build the Sample Project
  2. Start Data File Editor
  3. View the Data File Unformatted
  4. Create a Record Layout
  5. View the Data File Formatted
  6. Filter the Data File
  7. Edit a Record
  8. Create a New Data File
  9. Create a New Record
  10. Insert a Record
  11. Delete a Record
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