Welcome to Comic Book Library!  With this program you  
  can keep track of your comic book collection. Whether  
  you are a casual buyer or a serious investor, this
  program will help you keep track of all the important  
  pieces of data on each book.  You can sort your
  library by title, writer, artist, hero, or villian.
  Also, print out detailed reports on each title or an
  overall listing of the library.  The Appraiser keeps
  you up to date with your collection's overall value.
  Have fun and, if you find this program useful, please  
  register it for future updates, etc.
  Here you can select by which sort field
  you wish to access the data base.  Also
  for easier data entry, access the title
  base and fill out all the requested info
  on each title.  This will make the regular  
  updating of your library less of a chore.
  You may also query the data base by first
  selecting a title, and then an issue. This  
  makes searching through a large library
  a lot faster.
  This is a record selection table.  It assists you in
  finding a book by the sort field you have selected.
  You can use the arrow, PgUp, or PgDn keys (Cntrl-PgUp  
  for top of list, Cntrl-PgDn for bottom of list) to
  highlight the book and press enter, or type in the
  first few characters in the search string and the
  program will jump to that record.  Then press Enter.
  To delete a record, highlight it and press Delete.
  To add a record, press Ins for a data input form.
  Once you are finished, the program will automatically  
  insert it in the proper sort order.
  This is the data input form for Comic Book
  Library.  The basic fields are required to
  be filled out (and will beep if you try to
  skip them) but the rest are there to be used
  if you wish to track that information.  For
  easier data input (if you have filled in the
  Title Data Base) press F5 at the title field.
  You will be given a list of titles to choose
  from.  Select one as you would from a query
  table.  The publisher, artist, writer, price,
  and value will be filled in as defaults.  You
  can still change these if you wish.  Also, press 
  F2 if you wish to enter free form comments.
  Type in the three letter abbreviation for
  the month of this issue.  If it is a biweekly 
  issue, use EDEC & LDEC for Early and Late
  December, DEC1 & DEC2, or whatever you wish.  
  Some issues are a part of a titled series in
  the comic.  If that is so, type in the name of  
  the story and issue within that story in the
  next two fields.  If there is no title, you
  can make up your own to remind you of the plot. 
  This is the cover price for the book.
  It is NOT the back issue price you may  
  have paid in the store.  This data is
  used to track appreciation in value.
  This is the current appraised value of
  the book.  This figure is used in the
  overall appraisal of your collection.
  Change this field as your book appreciates 
  in value.
  This is the report menu. You can either
  print a report on your entire collection
  which lists Title, Issue, Publisher, Value,
  Amount of each Book, and Total Value on
  each book (totalling the last three columns), 
  or on one title which lists Issue Number,
  Story Title, Book in Story, Value, Amount,
  and Total Value (again totalling the last
  three columns).
  This is the Title Data Base.  To select a
  record, just point and shoot.  To delete,
  highlight and press Delete.  To add, press
  Insert and fill out the form.  The record
  will be automatically inserted in sort order.  
  It is recommended that you fill out this data  
  base early to make future data entry less
  tedious.
  This is the Query Table for the Library.  
  It is not to be used for initial data
  entry, only for looking up a book or
  changing the data.  Select the title.
  The program will then list all books in
  your library with that title in issue
  number order.  Then select an issue
  number and press enter.  The record form  
  will then appear.
CSERIES :
HACCESS 
HCPRICE 
HCVALUE 
HMONTH  
HREPORT 
HSAGA   
HTABLE  
HTITLE  
MAINMENU
QTABLE  1