| key combination | explanation |
|---|---|
| Ctrl-A | Insert a blank record |
| Ctrl-B | ? Unknown |
| Ctrl-C | Interrupts an operation in progress, such as a record-selection or record-ordering operation. DO NOT USE THIS KEY-COMBINATION because when RapidFile was created there was no proper 'break' handling in the operating system, and consequently using Ctrl-C will very likely corrupt your data. |
| Ctrl-D | ? Unknown |
| Ctrl-E | Edit the user-defined keyboard macros. |
| Ctrl-F | Pop-up the 'file' menu. |
| Ctrl-G | Go to a specific record, for example record number 437. |
| Ctrl-H | Hide the bottom two 'function-key definition' lines. This seems pointless because there doesn't seem to be any way to use those lines for something else. |
| Ctrl-I | Causes the calculated fields of the currently selected set of records to be recalculated. This is principally useful for 'report-type' fields as these are not recalculated automatically when other fields in a record change. |
| Ctrl-J | ? Unknown |
| Ctrl-K | Start and end the creation of a keyboard macro definition. |
| Ctrl-L | Pop-up the 'layout' menu. |
| Ctrl-M | Show the software version number. |
| Ctrl-N | Fill a numeric field with sequential numbers, starting with 1. Only the selected records are affected. |
| Ctrl-O | Order (sort) the selected records by the contents of the currently highlighted field. |
| Ctrl-P | Popu-up the 'print' menu. |
| Ctrl-Q | Quit (end / exit) the RapidFile program. |
| Ctrl-R | Pop-up the 'records' menu. |
| Ctrl-S | Search for some text within the current field of the selected records. |
| Ctrl-T | Show the numeric totals for the selected records. The highest, lowest and average values are also shown. |
| Ctrl-U | Update the default layout settings, using the existing layout as the template. |
| Ctrl-V | When using a split layout, toggle between a horizontal split and a vertical split. |
| Ctrl-W | Pop-up the 'write' menu. |
| Ctrl-X | ? Unknown |
| Ctrl-Y | ? Unknown |
| Ctrl-Z | Use the spelling checker, if it is installed. |
| Ctrl-Enter | Save the entire database. |
| Ctrl-Del | Delete the current record. |
| Ctrl-Ins | Insert a new, blank record prior to the current record. |
| Ctrl-@ | Duplicate the record prior to the current record, create a new blank record if necessary. |
| Ctrl-< | Reduce the width of the current field |
| Ctrl-> | Increase the width of the current field |
| Ctrl-# | Move the function key definitions from lines 24 and 25 to lines 1 and 2. |
| Ctrl-Break | Interrupts an operation in progress, such as a record-selection or record-ordering operation. DO NOT USE THIS KEY-COMBINATION because when RapidFile was created there was no proper 'break' handling in the operating system, and consequently using Ctrl-Break will very likely corrupt your data. |
| Ctrl-1 | Change the database view to a 'table' layout. |
| Ctrl-2 | Change the database view to a 'form' layout. |
| Ctrl-3 | Change the database view to a 'split' table/form layout. |
| Ctrl-4 | Change the database view to a 'label' layout. |
| Ctrl-5 | Change the database view to a 'quick report' layout. |
| Ctrl-6 | Change the database view to a 'custom' layout. |
| F1 | Show the help screens. |
| F2 | Edit the present cell (i.e. the present field of the present record). |
| F3 | Toggle between a table layout and a form layout. If the present layout is a split layout then the focus moves between the table and layout sections. |
| F4 | Activate the memo writer for the present cell. |
| F5 | Tag or untag the present record. |
| F6 | When not editing a cell, the whole record is highlighted. When editting a cell the entire cell contents are copied to RapidFile's own clipboard. |
| F7 | Move the highlighted record to be below (after) the current record. |
| F8 | Copy the contents of the current field of the highlighted record to the current field of the current record. |
| F9 | ? Unknown |
| F10 | Pop-up the most recently used menu. |