Features of the Tool List Data Base:

Top Grid 

Top Grid  -- The top grid is the list of CNC programs or operations. Clicking and highlighting one of these rows will bring up the corresponding tool list in the bottom grid.

A new operation can be entered by highlighting any row and pressing the Insert button on the top buttons, or by pressing the INSERT key on the keyboard.

With the top heading row you can modify the grid display. You can move the order of the columns temporarily by dragging them with the right mouse button on the heading to the new position (you change them permanently in the Settings dialog). Change the width of the column by dragging the separator line with the left mouse button. Drag the red separator bar up or down to show more of the top or bottom grid.

The top grid is always sorted according to Part Number.

Bottom Grid 

Bottom Grid – The bottom grid displays all the tools for the operation highlighted in the top grid. One row is one tool. Add a new blank tool either by going down past the end of the list with the down arrow key on your keyboard, or a blank row can be inserted above the highlighted row with the INSERT key on the keyboard.
Which fields that are displayed and the column titles and widths are set in the Settings dialog. You can move the columns around and change the widths temporarily by dragging them.

The bottom grid is not sorted according to tool number, so the tool numbers don't have to be in order. The bottom grid is sorted by a sequence number field which is used automatically by the up and down arrows to move tools to the proper display order. 

There is a memo field for each tool that is shown in a separate box at the bottom. In here you can optionally type in any number of lines of extra information. It can also be included in the Report for each tool.

Search 

Entering characters into the search box does an automatic incremental search on Part Number in the Top Grid

Copy Tool List 

When you want to make another tool list that has similar items, use the Copy Program button and it will duplicate all the operation info including all the tools into a new operation. Then you can make any changes to it. A dialog box asks for the new part number (which is optional). Since the top grid is sorted by part number, you may have to search for the new tool list if you change the part number

Delete Program 

Deletes the current tool list and all its tools.

Delete Tool 

This button will delete the current tool and put the information into a buffer so that you can Paste it in some other tool list if desired. Tools can also be permanently deleted by pressing the Control-Delete keys

Print 

Displays a preview of the printed tool list. The template for the printed tool list is created and changed in the Report Editor.

Pictures 

The Picture Files field is a place where you can list individual BMP or JPG bitmap files. If you take picture of your machine setup for this operation, you can list them here where they can be easily accessed with the built-in picture viewer.

Move Tool 

When you need to change the position of a tool in the tool list, highlight the tool you want to move and click on the up or down arrow. This will move that tool one line up or down in the database.  

Settings 

Grid Settings – Choose what data base fields to display in the top and bottom grids, and their column headings and widths. 

Pick List – Each column can have a drop down list of items to choose from.

Tool Library 

If you have some standardized tools that you use all the time and want to be able to get the tool information and easily put it in the new tool list you are making, you can use the Tool Library to store your tool info. This way, you can just pick the tools off the library list and stick them in the new tool list.

Report Editor 

Tool Lists are printed using report templates which can be created and customized using the built-in report editor. 

Setup Data 

The Setup Data field is a place for storing long descriptions and instructions for this operation. The information can optionally be printed out in the Tool List Report .

Hint: If after installing, ToolList doesn't run on your computer, you may need the latest data components upgrade from Microsoft here and here