Index of HowTo tutorials for Starview version 6

Listed below is an index of the how to tutorials for StarView version 6.  They are listed roughly in order of experience needed with the program in order to understand how to do something (e.g. complex things are generally listed at the end of this list).

The topics are grouped into the following tutorials:

  1. Starting starview
  2. Simple Search
  3. Requesting Data
  4. The Environment
  5. Cross Qualification
  6. Modifying existing forms
  7. Creating new forms
  8. Exceptions
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  1. Starting starview
    1. Requirements
      1. What's a jvm and do I have the right one
    2. Downloading and Installing StarView
      1. Unix
      2. Windows
      3. Mac
      4. Other (Downloads jar file)
    3. Notes on Installing System wide Copy
      1. Global system setup file
    4. Running
      1. Initial Startup Information
        1. SMTP host?
        2. Netscape setup (UNIX only)
    5. Updates
  2. Simple Search
    1. Loading a form
      1. What are these forms, who made them, and what do I use them for
      2. What form for me
    2. Forms…a quick tour
      1. Button Bar
      2. Qualifiers
        1. Popup menus
        2. Rearranging the table rows
      3. Results form
        1. Notes on Tables/Lists
    3. Entering qualifiers
      1. Target Resolver
      2. Syntax of qualifiers
        1. Special info on coordinates
      3. Getting more information about a qualifier fields
    4. Searching
      1. Executing search
      2. Examining results
        1. Update vs. No Update mode
      3. Copying results into qualifications
    5. Viewing data
      1. DSS images/Overlays
        1. Passing coordinates back from Images
      2. Preview image
      3. Preview spectra
    6. Saving search qualifiers
      1. Save format
      2. Restoring
    7. Exporting results
      1. Custom formatting
        1. Selecting delineators
        2. Selecting fields
  3. Requesting Data
    1. Marking datasets
    2. Submitting request
      1. Data formats
      2. Delivery options
    3. Changing your Archive password
      1. If you know your old password
      2. If you do not know your old password
    4. Adding datasets directly
      1. By Hand
      2. From file
  4. The Environment
    1. Data Formats
      1. Prefetch count
    2. E-mail
    3. Servers
  5. Cross Qualification
    1. From screen
    2. From file
      1. Exported data from SV
  6. Modifying existing forms
    1. Changing the look of existing entries
      1. Moving to Edit mode
      2. Fields sizes
      3. Changing Tables appearances
    2. Adding fields
      1. Adding a single text field
    3. Storing forms
    4. Sharing forms
  7. Creating new forms
    1. Notes on db setup (only use one database on a form)
    2. Adding fields
    3. Notes on editing tables
    4. Rearranging qualifiers
    5. Adding Labels
      1. Making custom “tables” like the reference screens
    6. Storing Forms
    7. Sharing Forms
  8. Exceptions
    1. What is it and what can I do about it
    2. Saving to file
    3. Emailing developers
      1. What to tell us to help