To effectively use Dexterity Utilities, you must
understand how it works with dictionaries. A dictionary can be
accessed in one of three ways:
A source
dictionary is opened in read-only mode. You’ll open a
dictionary as a source dictionary when you want to generate reports
about the dictionary or when you want to transfer resources from
one dictionary to another dictionary.
An editable
dictionary is opened in read/write mode. You’ll open a
dictionary as an editable dictionary when you want to update or
modify resources in it.
A destination
dictionary is opened in write mode. You’ll open a
dictionary as a destination dictionary when you want to transfer
resources to it from a source dictionary.
You can’t open a dictionary in
more than one mode at a time. For instance, you can’t open the same
dictionary as both a source and editable dictionary at the same
time. Also, you can’t open a dictionary with Dexterity Utilities if
the dictionary is in use by another application.
You can close a single dictionary by choosing the
appropriate Close option from the File menu. All dictionaries are
closed when you quit Dexterity Utilities. Dictionaries are also
closed automatically when you open a different dictionary in the
same mode. For example, if Dictionary A is open as a source
dictionary, and you choose to open Dictionary B as a source
dictionary, Dictionary A will be closed automatically.
You can use the Dictionaries menu to help keep
track of which dictionaries are open.
