After you have created your forms, you can run the application to start entering data in CSEntry.

Press ; or press Ctrl+R; or select Run from the File menu to launch CSEntry. You will see a screen that looks like this:

The first row, Input Data File, lists the file name where entered data will be saved. If you want to select an existing file, you can click on the button to select it. Otherwise, you must give the name of the file and the desired data source (generally either CSPro DB or text).

In addition to this row, there may be rows where you can specify the names of lookup files, external files, and the paradata log.

After specifying the file names, CSEntry may ask for the operator's ID. CSEntry keeps track of the operator's keying record and can display the operator statistics in CSEntry. You can turn off this option in the data entry options.

You will, of course, want to test the behavior of your data entry application before using it in a production environment, so this is just a quick way to launch CSEntry. When your application is ready for production, you can launch CSEntry independently of CSPro. For assistance with this, see Run Production Data Entry.