We have compiled a list of questions that Helix users most frequently ask our Tech Support staff. The questions are arranged by category, and the categories are organized alphabetically. To help you locate the answer to your question more efficiently, the following is a list of the categories, plus some additional cross-referenced terms and phrases to make it easier to find the answer to your question. A version of this Help file is also available as Chapter 9 of the Helix Reference Manual.
Categories and cross-references (categories are grouped only to make scanning the list simpler):
Abacus Questions
Auto-Scrolling
Backing Up
Calculation Questions — see Abacus Questions
Calculation Retain — see Defaults, also Abacus Questions
Calculations on a Form — see Status Windows, also Abacus
Questions
Copying Helix
Defaults
Delete — see Where Did It Go?, also Dump and Load for
discussion of how to do a mass delete or delete all
Disappearing Data (as “my data disappeared”) — see Where Did
It Go?
Disk Space
Dump and Load
Duplicate
Entering data: Some Pointers
Error handling — see Sliding, Zooming, Popping, also Why? Beep
Exporting data — see Dump and Load
Form (View) Questions — see also Template Questions
Formatting — Display
Formatting — Data Entry
General Helix Questions
Hot Spots — see Template Questions
Importing Data — see Dump and Load
Lists and Problems with Lists
Phone Support
Pictures
Posting Questions
Printing Questions
Query Questions
Registration
Saving Data — see Backing Up
Selectable Rectangles — see Form (View) Questions
Shortcuts — see also Duplicate
Sliding, Zooming, Popping: Error Handling — see also Why? Beep
Status Windows
Subforms, How-to — see also Form Questions
Speeding Things Up — see also Status Windows
Template Questions — see also Form Questions
Throwing Things Away
Validation
"View By" Mode — see Shortcuts
View Questions — see Form Questions, Template Questions