ACL Interface Task

Open the sample project.

List the name of the three tables in the folder Accounts_Receivable_Audit.
Ar
Customer
Trans
In the payroll analysis folder, open the table Sales_Rep
What is the title of the last column?
YTD Sales
For the sixth record of the data file, what is the value displayed in that last column?
36,170.00
Open the table AR
What is the title of the first column?
Cust Number
How many records do we have in this table?
772
In the last record what is the value displayed in that first column?
513574
In a table of your choice, issue a command such as total on one or more fields. Mention the table that
you chose and the number of records, the name of the field that you totalled and the total. Where could
you find that information?
Table= Ar,
Number of records=772,
Total fields= Amount,
Total=468,880.69.

This information could be found in the text displayed screen

Check the various ways that you can find out which table is currently opened. List them.
It is displayed on upper and lower status bar,
It can be seen through the Project Navigator
Look at the log file and check to see what is currently stored there
Find out which shortcut button would be the <Total> command? Use it.
What current information is in the Status Bar and Display Area?
Status bar= Ar, 772 records, Display Area= Welcome, Ar, Total
What is the current title of the main ACL window?
Sample Project.ACL

ACL Table Layout Task

Open the table Inventory in the folder Inventory Review
Right-click on table name (Inventory), select Properties. What is the exact name of the source data
file? (include name plus extension)
Inventory.fil
From the Table Properties Window, what is the full path of the location of that source data file?
(starting with the drive letter)
C:\ACL Data\Sample Data Files
Close the window and go to Main Menu->Edit->Table Layout Options. What is the record length of
that flat data file?
152

On the same window, select the Edit Fields/Expressions tab and complete the table below with the
following information about the 4 fields (where the information is not available, leave blank):

Name

Start

Length

Type

Category

ProdDesc

12

24

ASCII

Format (D)
Decimal (N)
0

ProdNo

ASCII

Value

76

10

ZONED

CstDate

43

DATE

Creating and Using Views Task

Open the table Inventory in the folder Inventory_Review

Create the following 5 views and list the number of fields in each view (use the Category column on
Available Fields to determine field type; where N=Numeric, C=Character/Text, D=Decimal and
D=Date)
Labelled Numeric that will contain only all the numeric fields:

Labelled Text that will contain only all the Text fields:

Labelled Date that will contain only all the Date fields:

Labelled YourName. Just add the field called Value to the fields already contained in the view called:
Date done in step3:

Labelled Alpha that will contain all the fields (of all the data Categories) ordered in alphabetical order
according to their names: