Finding Locations
The Find tab is used to search for locations that match a set of criteria.

Input
The input panel is used to enter the search criteria.

The wildcard character '*' can be used in any text field (but not the date modified field) to indicate that any string of zero or more characters will match. The string  'a*', will match any string that starts with 'a'. The string '*a*b' will match any string that contains the letter 'a' and ends with the letter 'b'. The string '*b' will match any string that ends with 'b'.

Output
The table has the matched locations. The columns in the table are resizable. Table rows can be selected using the standard windows method.

Status Bar
The number of locations found is displayed in red in the status area at the bottom of the window.

Find Button
When the Find button is clicked the search is started and the results are displayed in the output panel.

Clear Button
When the Clear button is clicked the search criteria in the input panel is reset and and the table is removed from the output panel.

Delete Button
When the Delete button is clicked the locations selected are deleted from the database.

Map Button
See the Creating Maps topic for details.

Edit
To read or update a location, select the location in the table, then click the Edit tab.

To create a new location based on an existing location, select a location in the table then click the Edit tab.

To create a new location not based on any existing location, unselect all locations in the table (or click the Clear button), then click the Edit tab. If you have selected an entry in the table and want to do this then just click the Clear button in the edit panel to start with an empty form.

See the Editing Locations topic for details.

Convert
To convert coordinates of a location in the table, select the location, click the Convert tab, then click the Convert button. See the Coordinate Conversion topic for details.