Keyboard Shortcuts and Useful Functions

Below is a list of keyboard shortcuts that you can use throughout the Order Manger. 

Take note of the location in which these shortcuts can be performed.

 

Shortcut Location What It Does
F1 Almost Everywhere Online Help:  Select a control on any form through out the program.  Click F1, a browser window will open and take you directly to the appropriate Knowledge Base article to help you with the problem.
CTRL+Shift+B Main Menu
Maintenance Menu
Break Mode:  Toggles "Break Mode" on and off.  This function is crucial for debugging an error.  "Break Mode" allows the code to stop at the exact line of code that is causing an error instead of jumping to an error trap.
CTRL+Shift+C Main Menu
Maintenance Menu
Connection Information:  Shows "Connection Information".  Useful if you are uncertain of the exact location and name of your data file, new orders and data archives folders, custom reports database, and more.

CTRL+Shift+C

 

View Orders

View Customers

 

Search By Company Name:

CTRL+Shift+D

Main Menu
Maintenance Menu

Open Data File:  Instantly closes the Order Manager and opens your store's data file. Note: This shortcut may not work for some versions of MS Access. It also does not apply to SQL data files.

CTRL+Shift+E

View Orders

Search by Email address:

Clean Tracking Table: In Version 5.9

CTRL+Shift+F Main Menu
Maintenance Menu
Fixup (The Magic Function!):  Compacts your Data File, unregisters and re-registers all DLL's and ActiveX controls, delete's bad references, rebuilds all indexes, deletes the INI file, recompiles the program and closes the Order Manager to be restarted.
Use this if you are experiencing unexplainable problems with references, indexes or general database problems.

Important Note: Versions 4.400, 4.401 and 4.402 - Before using this function, uncheck the Unique checkbox from the Customers>Phone row in the Indexes table. PERFORM THIS TASK WITH CAUTION; MAKE SURE YOU UNCHECK THE CORRECT CHECKBOX. For assistance, contact Stone Edge Technologies Technical Support at (610) 994-3699.

CTRL+Shift+F

View Customers

Search by First Name:

CTRL+Shift+I

Main Menu

Re-build Indexes: Must have all other users out of the program.

CTRL+Shift+L

Main Menu
Maintenance Menu

Clear Links:  Clears all links in the program file that are linked from external tables.  Restores linked tables back to the program defaults.  Use if experiencing inconsistent data or if you have moved or reinstalled the Order Manager.  Restart the Program after using.

CTRL+Shift+L

 

View Orders

Search By Last Name:

CTRL+Shift+N

Anywhere except View Inventory

View Inventory

Search By Last Name:

Search By Product Name

CTRL+Shift+O

 

Main Menu

View Orders

Search By Order Number

CTRL+Shift+R

Main Menu
Maintenance Menu

Compile and Save All Modules:  Compiles the program without entering the Visual Basic Editor.

CTRL+Shift+S

 

Main Menu
Maintenance Menu

Stack Controller Status:  Tells you the status of the "Stack Controller".  Great when you can't figure out why the Order Status System is not updating!

CTRL+Shift+S

 

View Inventory

Search By SKU

CTRL+Shift+T

 

Main Menu

Open Task List

CTRL+Shift+U

Main Menu
Maintenance Menu

Check Tables:  Checks all of your tables for accuracy and correctness.  This function will add any missing tables and fields to your data files as needed.

CTRL+Shift+W

 

Anywhere

Search By Web Order Number

CTRL+Shift+X

Main Menu
Maintenance Menu

Set Taxable:  Used to set ALL products to either taxable or non-taxable.  You will be prompted to confirm your choices before any changes are made.

CTRL+Shift+Z

 

Manual Orders

View Customers

Search by Zip Code:

CTRL+Shift+Z

Main Menu
Maintenance Menu

Manual Orders, Custom Fields tab

Zip And Send:  This function is intended to be used when you need to deliver your data file to Stone Edge for troubleshooting.  This will copy your data, compact it, remove all credit card information, then Zip the file and email it to Stone Edge Tech Support.

 

Updated 3/10/10

Modified 7/29/10