m-Power Manual

Data Upload Template   Based on overwhelmingly positive feedback from the Project Exchange, mrc is excited to announce the release of the Data Upload Template as a standard template with m-Power (available beginning with the March 6th, 2012 update of m-Power). The features of this template include: The ability to allow end users to upload Read the rest of this document »

Changing Maintenance Modes via URL Parameters   When you utilize a Single Record Maintainer, you can set the default mode of the application to be either Add, Update, or Delete. But what if you want an application to add and update, for instance, based on what link a user clicks? Rather than making three separate Read the rest of this document »

Redirecting a Maintainer Application to Another Page   There will be numerous times you wish to redirect to another page after a user has performed an action on a file (Update, Delete, or Add). One of the most common uses of the redirect is after you have a user fill out a form. Once this Read the rest of this document »

Using Prompt Maintainers within a Retrieval   The purpose of this document is to explain the process needed to have a user interface in which end-users enter a value on a Prompt page, then are redirected to a retrieval. The retrieval shows them the appropriate information based on the data entered from the Prompt. To Read the rest of this document »

Adding an Auto Sequential Field to your Maintenance Application   There will be many times when, on any data entry screen, you will want your key field to automatically query the database to see what the last number being used was and increase that by one. Using an Auto Sequential field will eliminate your end Read the rest of this document »

Adding Time, Date, and User into Maintenance Applications for Auditing Purposes   When you utilize maintenance applications for your end users, you will, more likely than not, want to record when and who have made changes to your data. Doing this with mrc is a breeze. After you have selected the appropriate files and fields Read the rest of this document »

Upload Files to Server   One feature of Maintainers is to allow the uploading of files from your client machine to the server. This feature is unique in the fact that it will also add a record to the database, as well as upload the specific file to the server. To begin, create a maintenance Read the rest of this document »

Grid Update Maintainer   The Grid Update Maintainer extends much of the same functionality available in other m-Power maintenance templates with the added feature of updating and deleting multiple records at one time. Unlike the Work-with maintainer, the ability to add and copy records is not provided. Creating the Grid Update Maintainer When creating an Read the rest of this document »

Re-Order Maintainer   The Re-order maintainer is a useful template for re-sequencing sequential table data. The template uses drag and drop functionality making it easy to re-order your records. Creating the Re-Order Maintainer A re-order maintainer updates only one field within a table, a re-order field. To create a re-order maintainer, the table that you Read the rest of this document »