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Select an Application Type and Template<\/h1>\n

m-Power ships with over a dozen templates which gives you numerous options when deciding how an application should look and function. The first decision is what type of application to create. m-Power defines four general types: Retrievals, Reports, Summaries, and Maintenance Applications. Then, each of those application types has specific templates to select from. The templates define the general layout and functionality of the resulting application.<\/p>\n

To decide which type of application to create, ask this question: Will this application…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
List multiple or single rows of data?<\/td>\nShow sub- or grand-total data levels?<\/td>\nCreate a new data table?<\/td>\nMaintain data?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Build a Retrieval<\/a>
\nApplication. Select one of these templates:<\/p>\n
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  • Multiple Record Retrieval<\/li>\n
  • Single Record Retrieval<\/li>\n
  • Option List<\/li>\n
  • Row Level Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Build a Report<\/a>
\nApplication. Select one of these templates:<\/p>\n
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  • Report<\/li>\n
  • Report with Graph<\/li>\n
  • Ranking Report with Graph<\/li>\n
  • Interactive Report<\/li>\n
  • OLAP Pivot Table<\/li>\n
  • Cross Tab Report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Build a Summary<\/a>
\nApplication. Select this template:<\/p>\n
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  • Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Build a Maintenance<\/a>
\nApplication. Select one of these templates:<\/p>\n