On Nov 12, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Richard S. Russell wrote:
Well, this one certainly made my eyeballs pop. Every single one of my users would try to lynch me if I cut them off from Find mode. Indeed, for the database of ophthalmological research findings, that's the primary mode they use, 10 to 1 over Browse mode.
<grin> Well, I don't think you should deprive your users of finding records, just not that way. There are better ways that don't leave open the possibility of users doing damage to the DB.
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