The Material Editor’s Change “All” or “File” functions allow you to make sweeping changes. For example, assume that you currently have 5 materials in a file called “HOLD” and you wish to move or change all of the file names to “READY”. The procedure is as follows:

Œ Highlight the field you wish to copy to the clipboard (in our example, the file name “READY”):

Press <F9> (or click on “Cut” on the menu bar at the top of the screen) to copy the highlighted information:

 The clipboard and its current contents (in our example, the file name “READY”) will appear on the right side of the dialog:

Highlight the field where you want to paste the clipboard contents and press <F9> (or click on “Paste” on the menu bar at the top of the screen):

Ž  The highlighted record will be changed to the contents of the clipboard (in our example, the file name “HOLD” for record 1 was changed to “READY”):

Highlight each field you desire to change and press <F9> to replace the current text with the clipboard contents. 

You can use <PgUp> and <PgDn> to change records on other pages. To disable this option, press <CTRL><F9> (or click on “Disable Cut” on the menu bar at the top of the screen).

For most changes, you can press <F2> for a list of valid field entries, if necessary.

NOTE: The sweeping changes feature is not available for 1) Material Comments or 2) Material Analysis.

Additional Information About Changing Materials

The Alloy Blending System contains several special options in the Master Directory that control how certain items in a material record can be changed. For example:

Special Option #61 - Reason for Cost/Quantity Changes is Required - If this option is set to YES, ABS will require the user to enter a reason when any cost or quantity change is made.

Special Option #63 - Validate Material Name with Name Table - If this option is set to YES, ABS will only accept material names that are validated in the Material Name File.

Special Option #64 - Validate Account Number with Account Table - If this option is set to YES, ABS will only accept account numbers that are validated in the Account Number File.

Special Option #65 - Validate Vendor Code with Vendor Table - If this option is set to YES, ABS will only accept vendor codes that are validated in the Vendor Code File.

Special Option #70 - Validate Material Type with Material Type Table - If this option is set to YES, ABS will only accept material types that are validated in the Material Types File.

Refer to the Directory Editor program for more details on these special options.

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