Introducing SQL Anywhere Studio
The SQL Anywhere Studio online documentation features a number of tools to help you navigate through the information.
Online books (PDF) are exact copies of the printed documentation in PDF format, viewable with Adobe Acrobat. The presence and appearance of some of the following features depends on which version of Acrobat or Acrobat Reader you are using.
Bookmarks tab The Bookmarks tab displays a list of all the chapters in the current book. You can click any chapter or page to view the expand or collapse the headings and view the structure of the document. Clicking a heading displays the page in the right side of the window. The Bookmarks tab provides an overview of the structure of the book and quick access to specific chapters and pages.
Active links Active links, such as see also references, are highlighted in blue. When you move your cursor over the link, the hand turns to a pointing finger. Clicking the link takes you to the place in the documentation the link points to, either in the current book or in other books. Links between books do not work properly when Acrobat is run as a plugin to certain browsers. They do work properly in Internet Explorer, or when using Acrobat directly.
Forward/Back buttons The Forward and Back buttons at the top left side of the help window let you retrace your steps, and revisit the pages in the order you visited them. Each time you click the Back button, the topic moves to the most recently visited page prior to the one currently displayed. The Forward button becomes enabled after you click the Back button at least once, and remains enabled until you return to the most recently visited page.
Go to start/Go to end buttons Clicking the Go to start button returns you to the very first page of the book, and clicking the Go to end button advances you to the very last page of the book.
Online books are exact copies of the printed documentation in Microsoft HTML Help format.
Contents tab The Contents tab displays a list of all the books in the SQL Anywhere Studio collection. You can double click any book to view the chapters within that book, and you can click each chapter to view its pages. The Contents tab provides an overview of the structure of the documentation and quick access to specific chapters and pages.
Page header The page header is located at the top of each page and describes the location of the current page. The current location is described as book title > chapter title > page title. You can click the book or chapter titles to move to that part of the book. Notice that as you navigate through the pages on the right side of the window, the placeholder on the Contents tab on the left side of the window moves accordingly.
Index tab The index contains keywords associated with chapters and pages. You can type a word or phrase in the top box of the Index tab to jump to a topic in the index in the scroll box below. When you find the entry you are looking for, simply double-click the entry to display the page.
Search tab Type a word or phrase in the top box of the Search tab, and click List Topics to display all topics that contain that word or phrase in the scroll box below. If you want to find an exact match, put the word or phrase in double quotation marks ("). You can further refine your selection by selecting the checkboxes at the bottom of the page, or using Boolean search terms by clicking the arrow next to the search box. Search previous results lets you narrow your next search to the topics displayed in your previous search. Match similar words looks for words that are close in spelling to the searched word. Search titles only will search only the titles for the desired word. When you find the entry you are looking for, simply double-click the entry to display the page.
Favorites tab When you find a page that you know you want to access again, add it to your Favorites list for quick access. Display the page you want to save, click the Favorites tab, then click the Add button at the bottom of the window. Clicking Add adds the topic listed in the Current topic box (the topic to the Topics list. You can modify your favorites list by selecting a topic and clicking Remove. Favorites entries are preserved between upgrades of the online books.
Previous/Next buttons The Previous and Next buttons at the top right side of the help window are equivalent to turning the pages of a book. Previous turns the page back one topic (moves to the previous page in chronological order). Next turns the page forward one topic (moves to the subsequent page in chronological order).
Forward/Back buttons The Forward and Back buttons on the menu bar let you retrace your steps, and revisit the pages in the order you visited them. Each time you click the Back button, the topic moves to the most recently visited page prior to the one currently displayed. The Forward button becomes enabled after you click the Back button at least once, and remains enabled until you return to the most recently visited page.
Web Links button The Web Links button at the top of the help window offers quick access to iAnywhere Solutions resources, including the iAnywhere web site, tech support, registration, downloads, and the iAnywhere Solutions developer community.
Browse button Click the Browse button for quick access to tutorials, a list of actions you can perform, and a glossary of terms.
Collapse button Some pages contain headings that are collapsible, as indicated by the plus (+) or minus (-) sign immediately to the left of the heading. You can click the Collapse button to either close all the headings, or click the Expand button to open all the headings.
PDF button Clicking the PDF button opens the current book in PDF format.
SQL Anywhere Studio 9.0.2
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