by Tony Danher | Jul 5, 2013 | Chris21 Customisations, Chris21 Tutorials
Using Field Definitions when customising Chris21 forms If you are customising Chris21 forms there are two processes to consider. The first is the Data Dictionary (DMA) where you create the field on the Chris21 file and the second is Field Definitions (FLD), where you...
by Tony Danher | Jun 27, 2013 | Chris21 Customisations, Chris21 Tutorials
Customising Chris21 – How to create a new field I have written in the past about customising Chris21 and how to do it properly. From my experience I have seen many examples of bad customisations and have helped clients to fix these so that they don’t continue to...
by Tony Danher | Apr 18, 2013 | Chris21 Menu Designer, Chris21 Tutorials
Create a menu with the Chris21 menu designer There will be times when you will need to create a new menu using the Chris21 menu designer. The system does have what are called ‘Master’ menus that you can use, however you can’t make any changes to...
by Tony Danher | Mar 10, 2013 | Chris21 Reports, Chris21 Tutorials
There will be occasions when you will want to retrieve data from Chris21 that show specific calculations. Calculated Fields can help you to achieve this. You might be asked to project a salary increase for a group of employees for budget purposes. In this example, you...
by Tony Danher | Jul 1, 2012 | Chris21 Reports, Chris21 Tutorials
One of the questions I get asked a lot by Chris21 users is about linking files in Chris21 reports. You might be asking the same question. It’s not really very intuitive, so if you have been wondering how to do this you’re not alone. If you need to write Chris21...