This tutorial will guide you through the initial steps of using JCards by showing you how to define the database fields for a simple task manager. This tutorial assumes that you are starting with a blank database - if you have any fields already defined select File | New to create a new, blank database.
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Now that you've defined the fields you'll notice that the main table view is only displaying the ID field. To change this click on the
button in the top right corner of the table. This displays all
the defined fields with a check mark against fields which are displayed in the table. Select the Summary, Start Date and Type fields.
You can now rearrange the columns by right-clicking on the field's column header and selecting move left or right. Try this by moving the Type field in between the ID and Summary columns.
Data can either be edited directly in the table (for most field types) or you can open the card and edit it there instead. To edit the data directly in the table just double-click the relevant cell. To open the card: