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Selection Lists for GrainSize, LabSuite, CLSuite4, Proctor and SHEAR

Last Revised April 8, 2008

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We've added a very handy new feature to our GrainSize, CLSuite4, LabSuite, Proctor and SHEAR programs: Selection Lists for the programs' "Sample Info." windows. With the new feature you can set up a list of standard entries for fields such as "Tested By", "Checked By", etc. so that you can select -- with a single mouse click -- from a list of personnel instead of typing in the same names over and over for every test you enter.

Sample Selection List

Selection Lists can also be used to easily insert boilerplate text into, for example, the testing remarks field. This can be very handy if the same basic text is always typed into a particular data entry field.

To use the new feature, first install the latest updates for your software from the links below:

Next, right-click on the field and select Make a Selection List. This shows an empty selection list box that you'll need to fill with selection entries (such as personnel names, or your test remarks boilerplate text). Right-click within the empty selection list and select Edit, Delete and Add Entries. When you've done the program will show the Selection List Editor dialog:

Selection List Editor Dialog

Each selection that you want to appear is typed on a separate line: Type a selection, then follow by pressing the Enter key (this will show up as a ¶ sign at the end of the entry). (You can delete entries by simply deleting the line of text that defines the entry, including the ¶ sign at the end of the line.) When you're finished, click OK to save the list.

Once you've created a selection list for a given data entry field, that list will automatically appear when you click in the data entry field, at which point you can either click on one of the items in the list (which will automatically fill in your data entry field with that item), or manually type data into your field.