• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
      • Introduction to Data Dictionary
      • Organization
      • Dictionary Concepts
      • Data Dictionary Application
      • How to ...
        • Open an Existing Dictionary Application
        • Move Around a Dictionary
        • View the Dictionary Layout
        • Add Dictionary Elements
        • Modify Dictionary Elements
        • Add or Modify Levels
        • Add or Modify Records
        • Add or Modify Items
        • Add or Modify Value Sets
        • Linked Value Sets
        • Generate Numeric Value Set
        • Add or Modify Values
        • Undo and Redo Changes
        • Select Several Dictionary Elements
        • Insert Dictionary Elements
        • Delete Dictionary Elements
        • Move Dictionary Elements
        • Find Dictionary Elements
        • Document Dictionary Elements
        • Convert Items to Subitems
        • Select Relative or Absolute Positioning
        • Create Dictionary with No Record Types
        • Occurrence Labels
        • Add or Modify Relations
        • Print the Dictionary File
        • Save Dictionary as New File
        • Multiple Language Dictionaries
        • Dictionary Macros
        • Dictionary Analysis
        • Dictionary Security Options
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

View the Dictionary Layout

From the toolbar, press , or press Ctrl+L, or select Layout from the View menu. Any of these options will toggle the display of the current layout of the data dictionary. The display will appear in the lower half of the right-hand screen.
The layout shows you where, physically, each item in each record is located, how much space has been allocated to it, and if there are any gaps in your file (which is possible when the file's status is absolute). The color scheme denotes the following:
denotes the Record Type
denotes ID Items
denotes Record Items
denotes Subitems
  • Click on the item on the layout window to move the cursor to the specific item in the dictionary window.
  • Single click on an item to move to the item's definition.
  • Double click on an item to show its value set(s).
  • Press Ctrl+L a second time to close the view.