3.01.01 Dialog Boxes
Quick Bid uses a database to store all information. When making changes with a dialog box, changes are not written to the database (committed or saved) until the dialog box is closed by clicking "OK" or the "Apply" button.
Dialog boxes that pertain to information that can be either Master or Bid-Level display "Master" or the Bid Name in the title bar.
When you edit most Master records, you affect all Bids in the database. Exceptions include: Items, Payroll Classes, and Assemblies already inserted into a Condition.
Editing a Bid-Level record only affects the current Bid, no other Bids in the database are affected.
Dialog boxes may be "OK" or "Select/Cancel",
depending on how they were invoked - when a user clicks on the Lookup
button 
for a field (when assigning a Condition to an
Area, for example), a "Select/Cancel"
dialog box opens. When there is no choice possible (when opening
the Bid Areas dialog box from the Cover Sheet or a Master List for editing
for example) only an "OK" button is shown.
(example of a dialog box showing "OK")
(example of a dialog box showing "Select" and "Cancel")
When editing database tables, avoid adding, then deleting or modifying records within a dialog box without saving the changes. For example, when adding Bid Areas, it is best to add all of the Areas required and close the dialog, then, if changes are needed, re-open the dialog box, make the changes and close it again. (Do not add, then delete, then ADD more without clicking the OK button between changes.)
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