Icons represent objects. The attributes of an object are contained within the icon. Opening the icon allows the user to look inside the object.

The opposite of export, will enter data into a relation, record by record. (Formerly known as "Load")

Sets the ordering of data for display and retrieval purposes.

Data in an inert field is not stored in the database. It is data used as a trigger or only needed for temporary functions. Non-inert data are stored in the database.

Builds an index on a text data type field and increases speed of searching the contents of that field.

Used on a template to designate field and record labels for entry and list forms.

Horizontally scrolling dots that indicate that there must be something done to complete the current form.

See "Client/Server"

More than one computer connected to each other.

A field that allows calculations of numbers. Used for storing data.

Operating systems perform basic tasks such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers.

Osmosis, by Common Ground Softworks, enables a Helix application to operate on theWorld Wide Web with a web-browser interface.

Allows the storage of picture files external to Helix to be stored within.

A menu where a mouse click allows selection from a list of options that pop up. A static popup is a menu with options that are specified when the field is formatted. A dynamic menu has options that are taken from a relation in the database.

The posting icon lets users and application designers set up forms in which certain form operators (in particular, enter, delete, print, dump all) make modifications to data not viewed on the screen.

A power query gives you the ability to construct easily modified query expressions containing complex, multi-variable criteria using simple expressions connected by AND and OR.