Edit or Add Gage

This is where you add the gages into the database or edit the existing ones. The fields displayed here are user definable in the Settings. There can be as many or as few as you want. 

Generate S/N - This is a handy button for finding the next serial number to use. If you use a system of consecutive numbers like 1001, 1002, 1003 etc., pressing this button will find the highest number already used and enter the next higher into the Serial Number box. If you want to use a standard prefix on the serial number, put the prefix in the Settings page. This will only work on a database field named "GageSN" and when all the serial numbers have the same format.  

Copy to New Gage - This will create a new gage and copy all the data to it except for the Serial Number. 

Add New Gage - This will create a new blank form for a new gage. 

Save Changes - Will save the edits you made. This form doesn't save the changed data until you save with this button. 

Cancel Changes - The form is reverted back to the original data in case you want to start over. You can revert after you press the save button. 

Test Points - This is where you enter the items that need to be tested during the calibration. This list is displayed on the calibration page every time you make a new calibration so you can fill in the actual results of these required tests. This is a plain text field so you can put anything you want here, like "Silver plated." On the results page you can also write anything you want as a checking result. To add more rows for new test points press the down arrow key or the insert key. Delete with right-click menu 

Picture and Memo and Hyperlink fields - In most places in Gage Control, in the grids and edit boxes, if a field has "PICTURE" or "MEMO" or "HYPERLINK" in the field name, then edit widows or file browsers popup when when the cell is double-clicked. In the Add/Edit Gage double click the item to bring up a Open Dialog for inputing a filename. You can right click on the item for a menu to display or run. In Gage Control you don't put pictures in the database, you only put the filename into a field. The pictures are displayed on the Edit Gage page when it finds the filename.
If there is a field in the database named "PictureLink" and it has a filename in it, that picture file will be loaded into the picture area on the right.

If "Hyperlink" is part of the filename you can display this file by right-click and choose "Run Hyperlink".

For instance you can have a PDF file name in the field it will open in the default PDF viewer.

Navigation Arrows - Forward and Back buttons move to the next or previous item in the Find Gage grid on Find Gage page. The list that the arrows are navigating through depends on what page you came from. So if you were on the Overdue page and went to the Edit Gae page, the navigation arrows would be going to the next and previous row in the Overdue page. And the page name is shown in red.