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┌────────────────────────────────────╖ │ ║▐ │ Album Trax ■ Version 1.1 ║▐ │ ║▐ │ November 1, 1991 ║▐ │ ║▐ │ Saugatuck Software Inc. ║▐ │ ║▐ ╘════════════════════════════════════╝▐ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Album Trax Version 1.1 User's Guide Saugatuck Software Inc. P.O. Box 2238 Westport, Connecticut 06880 i LICENSE AND WARRANTY NOTICE Album Trax and this documentation are: Copyright (c) 1990,1991 by Saugatuck Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. LICENSE AGREEMENT Non-Registered Users: You are granted a license for 30 days to review Album Trax in order to determine if it meets your requirements. If after this evaluation period you decide to continue to use Album Trax, you must register this software with Saugatuck Software Inc. See page iii for registration information. Registered Users: This Software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another so long as there is NO POSSIBILITY OF IT BEING USED AT ONE LOCATION WHILE IT'S BEING USED AT ANOTHER. Saugatuck Software Inc. authorizes you to make archival copies of the software for the sole purpose of backing up our software and protecting your investment from loss. WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER SAUGATUCK SOFTWARE INC. MAKES AND YOU RECEIVE NO WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR IN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Saugatuck Software Inc. does not warrant that the operation of the program will be uninterrupted or error free. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN NO EVENT WILL SAUGATUCK SOFTWARE INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS, COSTS OF COVER OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE PROGRAM OR ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF SAUGATUCK SOFTWARE INC. OR ANY AGENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. ii Album Trax v1.1 Registration Form ───────────────────────────────── Name: ________________________________________________ Company: ________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ City: ________________________________________________ State: ________________________ Zip Code: ___________ Phone: ________________________________________________ Where did you receive Album Trax? _______________________ __________________________________________________________ Comments: _______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Registration - $25.00: $ (Check or Money Order) ─────── Shipping outside U.S. - $5.00: (Payments MUST be in U.S. Dollars/U.S. Bank) ─────── Subtotal: $ ─────── Connecticut Residents Add 8% Sales Tax: ─────── Total: $ ═══════ Remit to: Saugatuck Software Inc. P.O. Box 2238 Westport, Connecticut 06880 iii ■ Contents ______________________________________________________________________________ Getting Started ............................................... 1 Introduction .............................................. 1 Features .................................................. 1 Quick Start ............................................... 2 Printing the User's Manual ................................ 3 Configuring Album Trax ........................................ 4 ALBUMCFG.EXE - The Album Trax Configuration Program ....... 4 Command Line .............................................. 4 Commands .................................................. 5 Database ............................................ 5 Printer ............................................. 6 Colors .............................................. 7 Video ............................................... 11 Reset ............................................... 12 Menu ................................................ 12 Quit ................................................ 13 Album Trax Commands ........................................... 14 Introduction .............................................. 14 Command Line .............................................. 14 Commands .................................................. 15 File ................................................ 15 Add ................................................. 19 Browse .............................................. 23 Locate .............................................. 25 Print ............................................... 26 Tools ............................................... 28 Quit ................................................ 30 ■ Getting Started ______________________________________________________________________________ Introduction ──────────── The Album Trax professional database system was developed specifically for an audio collection. Professionals as well as the casual audiophile will benefit from Album Trax's efficiency in organizing CD's, records and tapes. Features ──────── ■ Pull-down menus, pop-up windows, DESQview aware and mouse support. ■ Context sensitive help is always available with over 50 individual help screens. ■ Album Trax's intuitive data entry form makes entering your audio collection a snap. ■ Each record can handle a total of 48 songs with a field available for comments. ■ Virtually unlimited capacity. Album Trax can manage over two billion records. ■ FAST record searching for either records or songs. ■ Locating records and songs can be done for exact matches or for the closest match. ■ Browse records by Artist, Title, Year Recorded, Category, Label or Date Modified. ■ Print options allow you to print either individual records or all records matching your search criteria in detail or summary format. ■ Print records to Printer, Disk or in Rolodex format. ■ Multiple indexing system with all indexes stored in one file. ■ Variable length records provide efficient use of disk space. ■ Tools to Compress databases and Rebuild indexes. ■ Fully configurable. User selectable colors, default filenames, video settings and more. Album Trax User's Guide Page 1 ■ Getting Started ______________________________________________________________________________ Quick Start ─────────── 1) Album Trax consists of the following files: ALBUMTRX.EXE - Album Trax. ALBUMTRX.DOC - What you're reading now. ALBUMTRX.HLP - The Album Trax Help file. ALBUMTRX.TRX - The default database, created by ALBUMTRX. ALBUMTRX.IDX - The default index, created by ALBUMTRX. SAMPLE .TRX - A sample database... SAMPLE .IDX - ...and it's index. ALBUMCFG.EXE - The Album Trax Configuration Program. ORDER .FRM - The Album Trax Registration Form. STRIPHI .COM - Album Trax Documentation print utility. LASER66 .COM - Utility to set laser printer to 66 lines. Create a Directory [i.e. MKDIR C:\ALBUMTRX] and copy the above files to it. 2) Now, to get started, just type ALBUMTRX at the DOS command prompt. Note: Laptop users type ALBUMTRX /W Monochrome users type ALBUMTRX /M If you have difficulty seeing the mouse cursor, type ALBUMTRX /WM Album Trax will create the default database ALBUMTRX.TRX and the default index ALBUMTRX.IDX. To start adding records, use the "Add" command and just follow the instructions on the screen. You can obtain HELP at any time via the F1 key. If you want to "look around" before you start entering records, use the "File/Load" command, move the selection bar to SAMPLE and press <ENTER>. Now use the "Browse" command to view the sample database. The sample database contains over 200 records and it will give you a good indication of the power, speed and flexibility of Album Trax. Album Trax User's Guide Page 2 ■ Getting Started ______________________________________________________________________________ Printing the User's Manual ────────────────────────── To print this documentation, set your printer for six lines per inch, and ten characters per inch, then use the DOS PRINT command: PRINT ALBUMTRX.DOC You may also use redirection: TYPE ALBUMTRX.DOC > LPT1 Note: If you are using a laser printer, you can use the supplied program "LASER66.COM" to set your printer to 66 lines per page. LASER66 will send the following command to your printer: "<ESC>E<ESC>(10U<ESC>&l66p2e7.6c66F" Note: If your printer does not support the IBM extended character set, use the supplied program "STRIPHI.COM" to print this documentation. STRIPHI 'strips' ASCII characters above 127. ╒═══════════╕ UMMMMMMMMMMM8 If: │ │ Prints as: 3 3 ╘═══════════╛ TMMMMMMMMMMM> use STRIPHI, which will print the box as: +===========+ | | +===========+ Enter "STRIPHI ALBUMTRX.DOC PRN" to send the output directly to your printer, or "STRIPHI ALBUMTRX.DOC ALBUMTRX.BAK" to send the output to a file. Album Trax User's Guide Page 3 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ ALBUMCFG.EXE - The Album Trax Configuration Program ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── Album Trax stores it's configuration information in "ALBUMTRX.EXE" (this method is used as opposed to a separate configuration file). In order to configure Album Trax, both "ALBUMTRX.EXE" and "ALBUMCFG.EXE" must reside in the current working directory. Please remember that since the configuration information is written to the executable file "ALBUMTRX.EXE", the file's time and date will be updated and it's CRC value will change. Note: ALBUMCFG.EXE is not needed to run Album Trax, therefore, you may want to move ALBUMCFG.EXE to a separate disk after configuration to conserve disk space. Command Line ──────────── Command Line Syntax: [d:][path]albumcfg Command Line Switches: /c - CGA snow elimination /b - BIOS screen writing /w - B/W text attributes /m - Monochrome text attributes Note: Laptop users type ALBUMTRX /W Monochrome users type ALBUMTRX /M If you have difficulty seeing the mouse cursor, type ALBUMTRX /WM Album Trax User's Guide Page 4 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ Commands ──────── When you start ALBUMCFG, you will be presented with the following menu: Album Trax Configuration v1.1 F1=Help ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ╒══════════╕ │ Database │░░ │ Printer │░░ The remainder of this chapter │ Colors │░░ will go through each config- │ Video │░░ uration option. │ Reset │░░ │ Menu │░░ │ Quit │░░ ╘══════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░ 1) Database ─────────── ╒══════════╕ │ Database │░░ │ ╒═════════════════════════════╕ │ │ Mixed Case Data Entry : On │░░ │ │ Default File Name │░░ │ ╘═┌─Enter Default Database:───────────────┐ │ Me│ C:\ALBUMTRX\RECORDS │░░ │ Qu└───────────────────────────────────────┘░░ ╘══════════╛ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░ Mixed Case Data Entry: When entering data, characters are forced to upper-case or lower-case depending on the prior character. This speeds data entry as you do not have to use the shift key. If you prefer not to use this feature, then press <ENTER> to toggle "Mixed Case Data Entry" to Off. Default File Name: When you run Album Trax, the "Default Database" is the file that is used as the current database. If this file does not exist, Album Trax will create it, and you will see the following message before Album Trax starts: ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Building RECORDS.TRX and RECORDS.IDX │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ Album Trax User's Guide Page 5 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ You can use any valid DOS filename including path, however, you do not need to include file extension as .TRX is assumed (if you specify an extension, it will be ignored). Note: If you specify an invalid path, Album Trax will exit with the following error message: Abnormal program termination! Database Error. Error reading or writing file: "C:\BADPATH\RECORD.TRX" 2) Printer ────────── ╒══════════╕ │ Database │░░ │ Printer │░░ │ ╒═════════════════════╕ │ │ Port : LPT1 │░░ │ │ IBM Graphics : On │░░ │ │ Default File Name │░░ │ ╘═┌─Enter Default File Save Name:─────────┐ ╘══ │ C:\ALBUMTRX\ALBUMTRX.FIL │░░ ░░└───────────────────────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Port: Press <ENTER> to toggle between LPT1 and LPT2 to select the printer port. IBM Graphics: Some printers cannot support the IBM extended character set. When you print a record, if underlined words such as: Side 1 Side 1 ────── Prints as: DDDDDD then toggle "IBM Graphics" to Off. Default File Name: Album Trax has the ability to save records to a disk file in the same format as when you use your printer. This is useful if you want to save your records to a file for printing later. When you select "Print/File" in Album Trax, the "Default File Name" will be supplied for you. You can then either press <ENTER> to add records to that file, or you can change the name before saving. Album Trax User's Guide Page 6 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) Colors ───────── ╒══════════╕ │ Database │░░ │ Printer │░░ │ Colors │░░ All window, text and message colors │ ╒════════════════╕ are easily selectable to suit your │ │ Windows │░░ personal taste. │ │ Menus │░░ │ │ Input Fields │░░ ╘═│ Clock │░░ │ Fill Character │░░ │ Help │░░ ╘════════════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ After you select an item you will be presented with a color selection chart and a "Sample Window." As you move the color selection box (with either the cursor keys or a mouse), the "Sample Window" will reflect the changes. <ENTER> will record the selection, while <ESC> will cancel it. Note: The colors changes for the configuration program itself will not take effect until after you "Quit" and restart ALBUMCFG. ┌────────────Text────────────┐ │ │░░ │ ┌───┐■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ │ ■ │■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ └───┘■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ ┌────────[ Sample Window ]────────┐ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ ▒File▒ Update 1:10a │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ ┌─────────┐ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ │▒Load▒▒▒▒│░░ ┌─────────────┐ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ │ Create │░░ │ │ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ │ Drive │░░ │ Window Text │ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ └─────────┘░░ │ │ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░ └─────────────┘ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ ╓─────────────────────────────╖ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ ║ ║ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ ║ Title: Abbey Road ║ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ ║ Artist:▒The Beatles▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ║ │░░ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ │░░ │ ║ ║ │░░ │ │░░ │ ╙─────────────────────────────╜ │░░ └────────────────────────────┘░░ └─────────────────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Album Trax User's Guide Page 7 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ Windows: ╒════════════════╕ │ Windows │░░ │ ╒════════╕ │░░ │ │ Text │░░ │░░ │ │ Border │░░ │░░ │ │ Title │░░ │░░ │ │ Shadow │░░ │░░ ╘═╘════════╛░░═══╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ The Window Text, Border, Title (and messages) and Shadow are selectable with the "Windows" menu. Examples of windows that are effected are the "Main Menu" and the "Browse" and "Locate" windows. You can disable the "Shadow" by selecting the first box in the color selection chart. Menus: ╒════════════════╕ │ Windows │░░ │ Menus │░░ │ ╒═════════════════════╕ │ │ Window │░░ │ │ Border │░░ │ │ Text │░░ ╘═│ Quick Sel Character │░░ │ Non-selectable Text │░░ │ Selection Bar │░░ ╘═════════════════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ "Menus" effect the pull-down menus used in Album Trax. The menu Window, Border and Text color can all be changed. When you are presented with a pull-down menu, the choices can be selected either by moving the "Selection Bar" and pressing <ENTER> or by pressing the "Quick Selection Character" (i.e. 'F' in File). The color of both the selection bar and the quick selection character can be changed. If a choice is non-selectable (i.e. "Pg 1" while viewing page one) you cannot move the selection bar to that choice and the quick selection character is disabled. A color of black or dark grey is suitable for "Non-selectable Text." Album Trax User's Guide Page 8 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ Input Fields: ╒════════════════╕ │ Windows │░░ │ Menus │░░ │ Input Fields │░░ │ ╒══════════════╕░░ │ │ Descriptions │░░ │ │ Input Fields │░░ ╘═│ Text │░░ ╘══════════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ The data entry form ("Add" from the Album Trax Main Menu) consists of input fields for you to record the informa- tion to be stored by Album Trax. The color of the input field "Descriptions" such as 'Title' and 'Artist' can be changed as well as the color of the "Text" that you actu- ally input. The "Input Field" color is the background color of the field where the selection bar is currently located. Clock: The current time is always available in Album Trax in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Select the first color if you want to turn the clock off. Fill Character: "Fill Character" is the background of the Main Menu screen. When you select Fill Character, you will be presented with the following characters from which you can select as the background 'Fill' character: ┌────────────────Fill Character───────────────┐ │ . ! . \ # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 │░░ │ 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I │░░ │ J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ │░░ │ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u │░░ │ v w x y z { | } ~ Ç ü é â ä à å ç ê ë è ï │░░ │ î ì Ä Å É æ Æ ô ö ò û ù ÿ Ö Ü ¢ £ ¥ ₧ ƒ á í │░░ │ ó ú ñ Ñ ª º ¿ ⌐ ¬ . . ¡ « » █ ▒ ▓ │ ┤ ╡ ╢ ╖ │░░ │ ╕ ╣ ║ ╗ ╝ ╜ ╛ ┐ └ ┴ ┬ ├ ─ ┼ ╞ ╟ ╚ ╔ ╩ ╦ ╠ ═ │░░ │ ╬ ╧ ╨ ╤ ╥ ╙ ╘ ╒ ╓ ╫ ╪ ┘ ┌ ▄ │░░ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Select the first character if you do not want a background character. Album Trax User's Guide Page 9 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ Help: ╒════════════════╕ │ Windows │░░ │ Menus │░░ │ Input Fields │░░ │ Clock │░░ │ Fill Character │░░ │ Help │░░ ╘═╒═════════════════╕ │ Window │░░ │ Text │░░ │ Selection Bar │░░ │ Referenced Text │░░ ╘═════════════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ┌────────────[ Help ]─────────────┐ │ │░░ │ Album Trax │░░ │ (c) Saugatuck Software Inc. │░░ │ ─────────────────────────────── │░░ │ │░░ │ Sample Text: │░░ │ │░░ │ Press F1 at any time for │░░ │ context-sensitive help │░░ │ │░░ │ │░░ │ See Also: ▒About▒▒▒▒▒ │░░ │ Help Index │░░ │ │░░ └─────────────────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Context sensitive help is always available in Album Trax via F1. There are over 50 Help Screens that are exten- sive enough that this User's Manual will not be needed too often. Most of the Help Screens are "Referenced" to related topics in hyper-text format, so that you can navigate through the help topics by moving the "Selection Bar" and pressing <ENTER>. Select a color for the Help "Window" and "Text" then select colors for the "Selection Bar" and "Referenced Text." Album Trax User's Guide Page 10 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ 4) Video ──────── ╒══════════╕ │ Database │░░ │ Printer │░░ │ Colors │░░ │ Video │░░ │ ╒══════════════════════════════════╕ │ │ Direct Screen Writing : On │░░ │ │ BIOS Screen Writing : Off │░░ ╘═│ Color Text Attributes : On │░░ │ Monochrome Text Attributes : Off │░░ │ CGA Snow Elimination : Off │░░ ╘══════════════════════════════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Direct Screen Writing / BIOS Screen Writing: The Fastest video performance is obtained by use of "Direct Screen Writing", however this can create problems with some multi-tasking software. If you experience problems with your multi-tasking software, toggle "BIOS Screen Writing" to On. Note: Album Trax is DESQview aware. Color Text Attributes: If you have a black and white monitor, or a laptop computer, toggle "Color Text Attributes" to Off. Monochrome Text Attributes: If you have a monochrome monitor, toggle "Monochrome Text Attributes" to On. CGA Snow Elimination: The fastest performance is obtained with "CGA Snow Elimination" set to Off. Some CGA monitors, such as the original IBM CGA experience 'snow' and flicker when the screen is updated. If you experience this problem, toggle "CGA Snow Elimination" to On. Album Trax User's Guide Page 11 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ 5) Reset ──────── ╒══════════╕ │ Database │░░ │ Printer │░░ │ Colors │░░ │ Video │░░ │ Reset │░░ │ ╒════════════════════════════════╕ │ │ Yes - Restore Factory Settings │░░ ╘═│ No - Continue w/User Settings │░░ ╘════════════════════════════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ If any time you want to restore the "original settings" that Album Trax came with, you can do so by selecting "Yes - Restore Factory Settings." 6) Menu ─────── ╒══════════╕ ╒══════════╕ │ Database │░░ │ Database │░░ │ Printer │░░ │ Printer │░░ │ Colors │░░ │ Colors │░░ │ Video │░░ │ Video │░░ │ Reset │░░ │ Reset │░░ │ Menu │░░ │ Menu │░░ │ ╒══════════╕ │ ╒══════════╕ ╘═│ Category │░░ ╘═│ Category │░░ │ ┌──────────────────┐ │ Format │░░ ╘═│Rock │░░ ╘═┌──────────────────┐ │Jazz │░░ │Album │░░ │Fusion │░░ │CD │░░ │Popular │░░ │DAT │░░ │New Wave │░░ │EP │░░ │Classical │░░ │Single │░░ │Soundtrack │░░ │78 │░░ │Industrial │░░ │Cassette │░░ │Country & Western │░░ │Tape │░░ │Other │░░ │Video │░░ └──────────────────┘░░ │Other │░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ └──────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Album Trax User's Guide Page 12 ■ Configuring Album Trax ______________________________________________________________________________ When entering records in Album Trax, "Category" and "Format" will present you with a pop-up window with up to 10 user-defined selections to assist you with data entry (a blank entry removes a selection). Enter your selections and then save them by pressing <Ctrl-Enter>. "Other" will allow you to enter any Category or Format. 7) Quit ─────── ╒══════════╕ │ Database │░░ │ Printer │░░ │ Colors │░░ │ Video │░░ │ Reset │░░ │ Menu │░░ │ Quit │░░ ╘═╒═════╕══╛░░ │ Yes │░░░░░ │ ╒═════════╕ ╘═│ Save │░░ │ No Save │░░ ╘═════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░ After you configure Album Trax you must save the settings and colors that you selected. Select "Quit/Yes/Save" to save the current settings and Exit, or select "Quit/Yes/No Save" to Exit without saving your changes. Album Trax User's Guide Page 13 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ Introduction ──────────── The Album Trax professional database system was developed specifically for an audio collection. Professionals as well as the casual audiophile will benefit from Album Trax's efficiency in organizing CD's, records and tapes. Command Line ──────────── Command Line Syntax: [d:][path]albumtrx <[d:][path]database> Note: If you specify the optional Album Trax database and it does not exist, it will be created and you will see the following message: ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Building DATABASE.TRX and DATABASE.IDX │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you specify an invalid path, Album Trax will exit with the following error message: Abnormal program termination! Database Error. Error reading or writing file: "C:\BADPATH\DATABASE.TRX" Command Line Switches: /c - CGA snow elimination /b - BIOS screen writing /w - B/W text attributes /m - Monochrome text attributes Note: Laptop users type ALBUMTRX /W Monochrome users type ALBUMTRX /M If you have difficulty seeing the mouse cursor, type ALBUMTRX /WM Note: See "Configuring Album Trax" to make settings permanent. Album Trax User's Guide Page 14 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ Commands ──────── When you start Album Trax, you will be presented with the following menu: ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Add Browse Locate Print Tools Quit 1:10a │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The remainder of this section will discuss each command and the options that are available. 1) File ─────── File ┌───────────┐ │ Load │░░ The File command has a number of │ Create │░░ options that deal primarily with │ Copy │░░ Album Trax files, such as Loading, │ Append │░░ Creating, Copying, Appending and │ Count │░░ Counting. You also have options │ Drive │░░ for changing the Drive and │ Directory │░░ Directory to facilitate File │ OS shell │░░ commands and also for Jumping to │ About │░░ DOS. The About command will give └───────────┘░░ you a system information summary. ░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Load: ┌───────────┐ │ Load │░░ │ ╒════════╕│░░ │ │..\ │░░░ │ │.\ │░░░ │ │DOS\ │░░░ │ │ALBUMTRX│░░░ │ │JAZZ │░░░ │ │RECORDS │░░░ │ │ROCK │░░░ └─│SAMPLE │░░░ ╘════════╛░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░ Before any Album Trax functions can be preformed, a database must be loaded. When you start Album Trax, the database specified on the command line is loaded, or if none is specified, then the default database is loaded (see "Configuring Album Trax"). Album Trax User's Guide Page 15 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ Use "Load" to change the current database. Any database that exists on the current drive can be loaded (to load a database that is located on another drive, use the "Drive" command first). You will be presented with all available Album Trax data- bases in the current working directory (without the .TRX extension) as well as DOS directories. If you select a directory, you will be presented with a listing of data- bases in that directory. Select "..\" to move to the parent directory. By selection of directories, you can navigate through the current drive searching for Album Trax databases. Once you locate the database that you want to use, move the selection bar (or type the first letter of the filename) and press <ENTER>. All Album Trax operations will now be performed on this database, as indicated in the bottom status line. Create: ┌───────────┐ │ Load │░░ │ Create │░░ │ ┌─Enter Name of Database to Create:──────┐ │ │ │░░ │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘░░ │ Dr░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ Directory │░░ │ OS shell │░░ │ About │░░ └───────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░ When you select "Create" you will be presented with an input field. Once a name is entered, pressing <ENTER> will prepare a blank database and index and will automatically be loaded so that you can immediately begin to add records to the new database. Note: If you enter the name of an existing data- base, you will be given a warning that the old database will be destroyed. Album Trax User's Guide Page 16 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ Copy and Append: ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ Load │░░ │ Load │░░ │ Create │░░ │ Create │░░ │ Copy │░░ │ Copy │░░ │ ╒════════╕│░░ │ Append │░░ │ │..\ │░░░ │ ╒════════╕│░░ │ │.\ │░░░ │ │..\ │░░░ │ │DOS\ │░░░ │ │.\ │░░░ │ │ALBUMTRX│░░░ │ │DOS\ │░░░ │ │ROCK │░░░ │ │ALBUMTRX│░░░ └─│SAMPLE │░░░ └─│ROCK │░░░ ╘════════╛░░░ │SAMPLE │░░ ░░░░░░░░░░ ╘════════╛░░ ░░░░░░░░░░ Copy: The "Copy" command will make a copy of the selected data- base and is useful in backing up your data. The Album Trax copy command is not the same as the DOS copy command. Album Trax copies data record by record, removing any unused deleted space (when a record is deleted, it will remain in the database until you add a record that will fit in it's space). The database will also be resorted by Artist and Year for faster operation. Note: The "Compress" command will also remove unused deleted space and resort the data- base. This process can take awhile depending on the size of the database that you are copying, however you can cancel "Copy" by pressing <ESC>. Append: "Append" is similar to "Copy", with the only difference being that you can add records from one database to an- other. This is useful if you want to consolidate data- bases. If you interrupt this process by pressing <ESC>, then only the records up to the point you pressed <ESC> will be appended. Note: Album Trax does not check for duplicate records. Note: If the database you specify to append to does not exist, it will be created, and the "Append" command will now be identical to "Copy", except that <ESC> will only inter- rupt the process and you will have created a partial database. Album Trax User's Guide Page 17 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ Count: Count will report the number of records in the current database. To count records in another database, use the "Load" command first. After viewing the following screen, press any key to continue: ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ There are 832 Records in "RECORDS" │░░ └──────────────────────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Drive and Directory: ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ Load │░░ │ Load │░░ │ Create │░░ │ Create │░░ │ Copy │░░ │ Copy │░░ │ Append │░░ │ Append │░░ │ Count │░░ │ Count │░░ │ Drive │░░ │ Drive │░░ │ ╒════╕ory │░░ │ Directory │░░ │ │A:\>│░░ │░░ │ ┌─Enter New Directory:──┐ │ │C:\>│░░ │░░ │ │ C:\ALBUMTRX │░░ └─│D:\>│░░──┘░░ └─└───────────────────────┘░░ ╘════╛░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░ Drive: When you select "Drive", Album Trax will present you with a list of available drives on your system. Move the selection bar to the drive you want to change to (or press the drive letter) and press <ENTER>. You must use this command if you want to load a database from another drive. Directory: The Directory command lets you set a new current drive and/or directory by prompting you for the new drive and/or directory name. The prompt is initialized to the current drive and directory, so you can also use this command to examine the current drive and directory settings. OS shell: The OS shell command starts a DOS command processor so that you can type commands exactly as if you were at the normal DOS prompt. It is important that you do not Album Trax User's Guide Page 18 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ execute any memory resident programs while in a shell, as you will leave a hole in memory and may crash Album Trax. When you have finished entering DOS commands, type "Exit" to return to Album Trax. About: "About" will report information about your system. For example: ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ DOS version: 3.31 BIOS programs dated: 01/29/87 │ │ Color Graphics Adapter Math co-processor not present │ │ 1 Parallel Port 2 Serial Ports │ │ Memory: │ │ Free Used Total │ │ ──── ──── ───── │ │ DOS conventional memory: 280k 360k 640k │ │ EMS 4.0 expanded memory: 80k 944k 1024k │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 2) Add ────── Once you have Created or Loaded an Album Trax database, you are ready to add your audio collection. Note that the default Album Trax database is automatically loaded when you start Album Trax. The default is "ALBUMTRX.TRX", however, you can specify your own default. See "Configuring Album Trax" for instructions. When you select "Add", you will be presented with the following data entry screen: ╒═[ Alt-Q to Quit ]═══════════════════════[ F1 - Help ]═╕ │ │ │ Title: Year: 19 │ │ Artist: Label: │ │ Category: Format: │ │ │ │ Side 1 Side 2 │ │ ─────────────────────── ─────────────────────── │ │ 0:00 0:00 │ │ 0:00 0:00 │ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ │ 0:00 0:00 │ │ │ │ Comments: │ │ │ ╘═[ Adding to "RECORDS" ]══════[ PgDn - Sides 3 and 4 ]═╛ Album Trax User's Guide Page 19 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ Data entry is quite simple, and after adding a few records you will see how easy it will be to organize your audio collection. First enter the 'Title' of your album, CD or tape. Now press <ENTER> to process the field and automatically proceed to the 'Artist' field. After entering the artist you will see that when you move to the 'Category' field the following menu pops-up: ┌───────────────────┐ │ Rock │░░ │ Jazz │░░ │ Fusion │░░ │ Popular │░░ │ New Wave │░░ │ Classical │░░ │ Soundtrack │░░ │ Industrial │░░ │ Country & Western │░░ │ Other │░░ └───────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ You can select a 'Category' by moving the selection bar or by pressing the quick selection character. If none of the suggested categories fit your record, then just select 'Other' and enter any category that you wish. These categories are user-defined. See "Configuring Album Trax". Note: You are not limited by the predefined categories. You can enter any category you wish by selecting 'Other'. After entering 'Year' and 'Label' you will automatically move to the 'Format' field and the following menu will pop-up: ┌──────────┐ │ Album │░░ │ CD │░░ │ DAT │░░ │ EP │░░ │ Single │░░ │ 78 │░░ │ Cassette │░░ │ Tape │░░ │ Video │░░ │ Other │░░ └──────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░ Album Trax User's Guide Page 20 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ As with 'Category', these selections are user-defined. Select 'Other' to enter any format that you wish. You now are ready to enter the individual songs and their playing times (Album Trax allows you to enter up to 48 songs per record). Enter the name of the first song, press <ENTER>, and then enter the playing time. Use the <TAB> key to skip pass unused fields. Once Page 1 is completed, press <PgDn> for Page 2. If needed, you can always go back to Page 1 with <PgUp>. To record a 'Comment' for the record, you can quickly jump to the last field by pressing <Ctrl-End> to move to the end of the 'Comment' field, then <Home> to move to the beginning of the field. Before saving the record, you may want to go back to a field to make a change. By use of the following keys you can easily navigate the form: Home - Beginning of Field End - End of Line/Field Ctrl-Home - Beginning of First Field Ctrl-End - End of Last Field Tab - Next Field Shift-Tab - Previous Field Arrow keys - Cursor Movement Ctrl-LeftArrow - Word Left Ctrl-RightArrow - Word Right PgDn - Page 2 PgUp - Page 1 Note: If you accidentally erase or edit a field, use <Ctrl-R> to restore the original field. Now that the record is complete, you still need to save it to disk for permanent storage. <Ctrl-Enter> will save the record, but will first ask: ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ Is this information correct? N │░░ └────────────────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Enter 'Y' to process the form, or 'N' to continue with this record. Note: F10 will save the record without the confirmation message. Album Trax User's Guide Page 21 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ After the record is saved, all the fields will be cleared for you to enter the next record. When all records are entered, press <Alt-Q> to return to the Main Menu. Note: Be sure to save the current record with <Ctrl-Enter> or F10 before you enter <Alt-Q>. The following is a summary of all editing keys available: Data Entry and Cursor Movement ────────────────────────────── Enter - Process Current Field Ctrl-Enter - Save Record F10 - Save Record Without Confirmation Home - Beginning of Field End - End of Line/Field Ctrl-Home - Beginning of First Field Ctrl-End - End of Last Field Tab - Next Field Shift-Tab - Previous Field Inserting and Deleting ────────────────────── Ins - Toggle Insert Mode Del - Delete Character at Cursor BackSpace - Delete Character Left Ctrl-BackSpace - Delete Word Left Ctrl-T - Delete Word Right Ctrl-U - Delete to End of Field Ctrl-Y - Delete to End of Form Ctrl-R - Restore Original Field Other Editing Keys ────────────────── Shift-F1 - Display Registration Number Arrow keys - Cursor Movement Ctrl-LeftArrow - Word Left Ctrl-RightArrow - Word Right PgDn - Page 2 PgUp - Page 1 Alt-Q - Quit Data Entry Album Trax User's Guide Page 22 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) Browse ───────── Browsing records allows you to view all records in a selected database sorted in one of the following orders: ┌──────────┐ │ Artist │░░ │ Title │░░ │ Category │░░ │ Year │░░ │ Label │░░ │ Format │░░ │ Date │░░ └──────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░ The first six choices are fairly obvious, however, "Date" needs a little further explanation. The "Date" command will sort the current database in the order of when you entered or last modified a record (the date of last modi- fication will be indicated in the upper-right hand corner of the screen). This command is very useful in updating hard copies of your records. For example, to print out all records that you added or changed in the last month, just select "Browse/Date" then "Last." Now just "Print" the Last record, go to the "Previous" record and continue until you have printed all new or modified records. After selecting a sorting option you will be presented with the following screen and options: Pg 1 Pg 2 Next Prev First Last Edit Delete Print Find Quit ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ "Who's Next" by The Who │ │ Recorded in 1971 on MCA │ │ [Rock Album] │ │ │ │ Side 1 Side 2 │ │ ─────────────────────────── ─────────────────────────── │ │ Baba O'Riley 4:59 Getting In Tune 4:49 │ │ Bargain 5:33 Going Mobile 3:40 │ │ Love Ain't For Keeping 2:11 Behind Blue Eyes 3:40 │ │ My Wife 3:35 Won't Get Fooled Again 8:31 │ │ Song Is Over 6:16 │ │ │ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ │ │ │ Comments: Lent to Tony 4/2/90 │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Album Trax User's Guide Page 23 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ While in "Browse", the following options are available to you: Page 1: View Page 1. Non-selectable while viewing Page 1. Selectable with <PgUp> or '1'. Page 2: View Page 2. Non-selectable while viewing Page 2 or if only one page. There will be an indication in the lower-left hand corner of the screen if there is data on Page 2. Selectable with <PgDn> or '2'. Next: View the next record. Selectable with '+', 'N' or Space Bar. Previous: View the previous record. Selectable with '-' or 'P'. First: View the first record. Selectable with <Home> or 'F'. Note: In "Locate" the first record matching the search criteria will be displayed. Last: View the last record. Selectable with <End> or 'L'. Note: In "Locate" the last record matching the search criteria will be displayed. Edit: Edit the current record. You will be presented with a data entry form identical to the one you used to originally "Add" the current record to Album Trax. You will be able to change any field while in Edit mode. Alt-Q will allow you to abort Edit. Selectable with 'E'. Album Trax User's Guide Page 24 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ Delete: Record will be irrecoverably removed from the database. You will first be presented with a confirmation message. Selectable with 'D'. Print: Print the Current Record or Records matching the search criteria to: 1) Printer 2) File 3) Rolodex The printer port (LPT1 or LPT2), the default Filename and IBM graphics can be configured (see "Configuring Album Trax"). Rolodex will send a summary to 2 x 4 inch rolodex cards. Find or Scan: Find an "Exact" match or Scan for the "Closest" match. Quit: Return to Main Menu. 4) Locate ───────── Locate gives you many options for searching for records or individual songs in an Album Trax database. After selecting "Locate" select either "Record" or "Song": ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ │ Record │░░ │ Record │░░ │ ┌──────┐░░ │ Song │░░ └─│ Find │░░ └─┌──────┐░░ │ Scan │░░ │ Find │░░ └──────┘░░ │ Scan │░░ ░░░░░░░░ └──────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░ Now decide if you want to "Find" an exact match, or "Scan" for the closest match. For example, if you "Find" the Artist 'Neil Young', you will miss records listed under 'Young, Neil'. A "Scan" for 'Young', however will locate records for 'Neil Young', and 'Young, Neil' as well as 'Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young' and 'Paul Young'. Album Trax User's Guide Page 25 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ After selecting either "Find" or "Scan" you will be presented with the following pop-up window for "Record": ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Title: │░░ │ Artist: │░░ │ Label: │░░ └─────────────────────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Note: Only ONE field needs to be entered to perform a search. It is NOT necessary to enter ALL fields. Or the following pop-up window for "Song": ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Song: │░░ └───────────────────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ If you are locating a "Record", you will be presented with the first matching record in the database in the same format and with the same options as "Browse" (see "Browse" for available options once a record is located). Remember that since the first record in the database that matches your search criteria is located, no sorting is performed. If you are locating a "Song", a maximum of 200 matching songs will be presented and you will have the option of saving the selected songs to a file, or printing them. Note: The 'Comment' field is also searched. You will find Album Trax's searching ability to be extremely fast and flexible in both "Find" and "Scan" mode. 5) Print ──────── ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │ Printer │░░ │ Printer │░░ │ ┌─────────┐ │ File │░░ └─│ Detail │░░ └─┌─────────┐ │ Summary │░░ │ Detail │░░ │ Rolodex │░░ │ Summary │░░ └─┌──────────┐ └─┌──────────┐ │ Artist │░░ │ Artist │░░ │ Title │░░ │ Title │░░ │ Category │░░ │ Category │░░ │ Year │░░ │ Year │░░ │ Label │░░ │ Label │░░ │ Format │░░ │ Format │░░ └──────────┘░░ └──────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░ Album Trax User's Guide Page 26 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ Print allows you to print an entire database using a variety of sorting options. You can also save to a file for printing at a later time. Note: To print selected records, see "Browse" or "Locate" Note: Some printers cannot support the IBM extended character set. When you print a record, if underlined words such as: Side 1 Side 1 ────── Prints as: DDDDDD then see "Configuring Album Trax" to toggle "IBM Graphics" to Off. Printer: Printing records can be accomplished in summary format, standard 8½ by 11 inch format or 2 by 4 inch Rolodex cards. By using the Rolodex format, you can maintain a hard copy of your collection in a Rolodex file. The Summary Format is as follows: 1: "Nightcaller" by A.P.B.; 1983 MCA [Rock Album, 37:35] 2: "Jailbreak" by AC/DC; 19?? Atlantic [Rock Single, 9:23] 3: "Five A Side" by Ace; 1974 Anchor [Rock Album, 35:59] 4: "Reactor" by Neil Young; 1981 Reprise [Rock Album, 38:53] 5: "Sex (I'm A...)" by Berlin; 1982 Geffin [Rock Single, 7:20] The 8½ by 11 inch format is similar to the data entry screen format with the addition of the playing times being totaled: |o|----------------------------------------------------------|o| |o|──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────|o| |o| "Who's Next" by The Who |o| |o| Recorded in 1971 on MCA |o| |o| [Rock Album; Total Time: 43:14] |o| |o| Comments: Lent to Tony 4/2/90 |o| |o|══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════|o| |o| |o| |o| Side 1 Side 2 |o| |o| ─────────────────────────── ─────────────────────────── |o| |o| Baba O'Riley 4:59 Getting In Tune 4:49 |o| |o| Bargain 5:33 Going Mobile 3:40 |o| |o| Love Ain't For Keeping 2:11 Behind Blue Eyes 3:40 |o| |o| My Wife 3:35 Won't Get Fooled Again 8:31 |o| |o| Song Is Over 6:16 |o| |o| ───── ───── |o| |o| 22:34 20:40 |o| |o| ═════ ═════ |o| |o|══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════|o| |o|----------------------------------------------------------|o| Album Trax User's Guide Page 27 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ The Rolodex format looks like: |o|-----------------------------------|o| |o|┌─────────────────────────────────┐|o| |o|│ │|o| |o|│ "Who's Next" │|o| |o|│ by The Who │|o| |o|│ 1971, MCA │|o| |o|│ [Rock Album; Total Time: 43:14] │|o| |o|│ Lent to Tony 4/2/90 │|o| |o|│ │|o| |o|│ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │|o| |o|└───────┘ └───────────┘ └───────┘|o| |o|-----------------------------------|o| File: Printing to a file is in the identical format of printing to the "Printer." Printing to a file is useful if you do not currently have access to a printer and want to save records to a file for printing at a later date. After selecting a sorting option you will be presented with the default filename as selected in "Configuring Album Trax." Press <ENTER> to use the default filename, or enter a new name. Note: If the file already exists, then the records will be appended to the end of the file. 6) Tools ──────── ┌──────────┐ │ Rebuild │░░ "Rebuild" and "Compress" are two │ Compress │░░ database file maintenance options └──────────┘░░ that are available in Album Trax. ░░░░░░░░░░░░ Rebuild: Rebuild is only needed if the Album Trax database index file (.IDX file) becomes corrupt or is miss- ing. Rebuild will recreate the index so that you can access the database. Only use this option if you receive an error message telling you to use Album Trax User's Guide Page 28 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ "Rebuild" or an error message relating to the index file. Depending on the size of the database "rebuild" can take awhile and the process cannot be interrupted. Note: Rebuild will not work if the data has become corrupted. If this occurs you will most likely receive an "Error reading or writing file:" error. Should this occur, most likely it was the last record entered that became corrupted. You can attempt to fix the data by using the "File/Copy" command to copy the data to another file. "Copy" will copy all records, skipping any records that are corrupted. Compress: Album Trax is extremely efficient in saving data. Variable length records are used, thereby utilizing disk space efficiently and the space occupied by deleted records is reused, therefore there is no need to purge deleted records (deleted records are retained until a record is added that will 'fit' in it's space). After awhile however, there may be some wasted space and this is where "Compress" is useful as it will remove any deleted records and any wasted space. "Compress" will also resort the database by "Artist" and "Year" thereby increasing performance. Depending on the size of the database "Compress" can take awhile, however, the process can be cancelled by pressing <ESC>. Note: Due to Album Trax's efficient database management, you should not need to "Compress" a database too often. Note: If updating from v1.0 to v1.1, run "Compress" to adjust for v1.0's incorrect recording of "Total Time" Album Trax User's Guide Page 29 ■ Album Trax Commands ______________________________________________________________________________ 7) Quit ─────── ┌─────┐ │ Yes │░░ Select "Yes" to end an Album Trax │ No │░░ session or "No" to continue. └─────┘░░ ░░░░░░░ Alternatively, you can Exit Album Trax from almost anywhere with Alt-X, where the following window will pop-up: ┌────────────────────┐ │ Exit Album Trax? N │░░ └────────────────────┘░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 'Press Y' to end the session, or 'N' or <ENTER> to continue. Album Trax User's Guide Page 30 ■ Index ______________________________________________________________________________ A ─────────────────────────── ─────────────────────────── Album Trax Commands Mixed Case Data Entry 5 About 19 Monochrome Text Attributes 11 Add 19 Non-selectable Text 8 Append 17 Port 6 Browse 23 Printer 6 Command Line 14 Quick Selection Character 8 Compress 17, 28, 29 Quit 13 Copy 17 Reset 12 Count 18 Restore Factory Settings 12 Create 16 Save 13 Delete 25 Selection Bar 8 Directory 18 Shadow 8 Drive 18 Text 8 Edit 21, 22, 23, 24 Title 8 File 15 Video 11 Find 25 Windows 8 First 24 Consolidate 17 Last 24 Current database 5, 16, 18, 23 Load 15 Locate 25 D Next 24 ─────────────────────────── OS shell 16, 18 Date 23 Page 1 24 Deleted records 29 Page 2 24 Duplicate records 17 Prev 24 Print 26, 27, 28 E Quit 30 ─────────────────────────── Rebuild 28, 29 Editing keys 22 Tools 28 Artist 19, 20, 23, 25, 29 F ─────────────────────────── B Features 1 ─────────────────────────── Backing up 17 H ─────────────────────────── C Help 10 ─────────────────────────── Category 19, 20, 23, 26 P Comment 19, 21, 26 ─────────────────────────── Configuring Album Trax Playing times 21, 27 BIOS Screen Writing 11 Printer 6, 25, 26, 27, 28 Border 8 Printing 3, 27, 28 CGA Snow Elimination 11 Clock 9 Q Color Text Attributes 11 ─────────────────────────── Colors 7 Quick Start 2 Command Line 4 Database 5 R Default File Name 5, 6 ─────────────────────────── Direct Screen Writing 11 Rolodex 27, 28 Fill Character 9 IBM Graphics 6 S Input Fields 9 ─────────────────────────── LPT1/LPT2 6 Save 21 Menu 12 Sort 23