# IUA Hints

Some Hints For Using IUA

The Duplicate Key

While you are entering data into the fields of a record in IUA there is a shortcut to save you lots of time. It is called the "duplicate" key. In Windows systems, this key is F5. It operates as follows. F5 will fill the field your cursor is standing in with the contents of the same field from the last "SAVED" record. Therefore, if you are entering many records with similar data (for example the city is the same on many records), press [F5] when you reach the city field on each record, and filePro will keep filling in this field for you automatically.

Insert Mode - Toggle

In version 5.0 and later, you can toggle between "Insert" and "Overwrite" modes by pressing [Alt] [F9] or the equivalent keys in *NIX which is typically [Ctrl] [Z]. Refer to the terminal guide for your specific terminal if the aforementioned keys do not work.

Last Record

If you want to quickly get to the last record, while using in the Index Selection in "Inquire/Update/Add", press F7 when prompted for the index value. This will take you to the last record for the selected index.

Today's Date

If your cursor is in a date field and you want to enter today's date, all you have to do is put a forward slash ( / ) as the first character in the field and press ENTER. Today's date will fill in automatically. The same is true for time fields, except that to insert the current time into a time field, you must put a colon ( : ) as the first character.

Key Table & User Count

On *NIX systems, try pressing [ESC] [?] to display the "Key Table" for your system. [Alt] [F10] will display the "Key Table" on Windows systems. The registered License # and session count for the product you are in will display at the bottom. The session count may be different depending on the program and how many sessions you license that program for..