Manipulating Documents

The topic describes how to manipulate documents in dbForge Schema Compare for SQL Server.

Managing Documents

The Windows Dialog Box allows you to switch between documents and manage them. To open it, select Windows on the Window menu. This dialog box allows you to save and close multiple documents at once, and activate a required document.

To save document(s), select required document(s) and click the Save button.

To close document(s), select required document(s) and click the Close Window(s) button.

Note

To close an opened document, click the document title with middle mouse button (mouse wheel).

To activate a required document, select the document and click the Activate button.

Navigating through the Document Views

Each SQL document includes different representations of the content - document views.

To switch to a specific view, click a button with the view name on the bottom pane of the document. Alternatively, select the required view on the shortcut menu of the document bottom pane.

You can also cycle through available views with the F7 key.

Working with Document Tab Groups

Multiple documents can be organized into horizontal or vertical tab groups for organizing a workspace for working with several documents at the same time. New document tab group can be created either by dragging a document to the required place or by selecting New Horizontal Tab Group or New Vertical Tab Group on the document header shortcut menu.

Documents can be moved between tab groups by dragging-n-dropping or by selecting a required command on the shortcut menu.

Restoring Tabs

Document tabs can be saved to cache and eventually be restored after the application crush or accidental closing. To customize the tab restore options, on the Tools menu, select Options.

In the Options dialog box, expand Environment, then expand Documents and select Restore. Set the time after which the data will be saved automatically and select restartable file types.

Document tabs will be restored automatically at the run of the application.