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C H U R C H L I B R A R Y P R O G R A M
VERSION 1.2
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION/OPERATIONS MANUAL
FEBRUARY, 1992
Church Library Program
Copyright 1989, Lloyd C. Bowen, Jr.
All Rights Reserved
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction........................................1
Files Included in the Program Archive...............1
Summary of File Usage...............................1
System Requirements.................................1
Set-up and Operations...............................2
Summary of File Contents............................3
File #1 - BOOK.DBF...............................3
File #2 - RECORD.DBF.............................3
File #3 - MOVIE.DBF..............................3
System Overview ....................................4
Shareware Concept
Shareware is Copyrighted Commercial Software! You are allowed to try
before you buy, and freely give copies to your friends to try before
they buy. Only distributors authorized by the author may make any
charge for copies of Shareware programs. Anyone who finds the program
useful is required to send payment for use of the program to the author
or his listed agent.
The registration fee for the use of the Church Library Program is
$30.00. Please send registration fee to:
Lloyd C. Bowen Jr.
2213 Peach Tree St.
Amarillo, Texas 79109-1922
U.S.A.
Please reference "Church Library Program Version 1.2" in your letter.
Church Library Program Page 1
INTRODUCTION
This program was originally written for a local church, and they still
use it. I've had so many requests for copies that I decided to clean it
up a bit, compile it, and put it on the market. The index (.NDX) files
and the data base (.DBF) files used are fully compatible with Dbase III,
III+ and IV and can be used with these programs. Don't modify the
structure of the data bases though or they won't work. You can change
the indices as long as you don't change the file name. The following is
a list of the files in the self extracting archive (CLIBRARY.EXE):
Name Length
================= ========
BKTITLE.NDX 29184
BOOK.DBF 49418
LIBRARY.EXE 234224
LIBRARY.DOC 12491
MOVIE.DBF 10618
RECORD.DBF 4914
RECTITLE.NDX 2048
TYPES.NDX 4608
==== ========
Total 7 335014
The following is a list of the same files showing their use:
File Name USE
============ ========================================================
BOOK.DBF DUMMY DATA BASE FILE (149 RECORDS)
RECORD.DBF DUMMY DATA BASE FILE (12 RECORDS)
MOVIE.DBF DUMMY DATA BASE FILE (50 RECORDS)
RECTITLE.NDX INDEX FOR RECORD.DBF (INDEX ON TITLE1 TO RECTITLE)
BKTITLE.NDX INDEX FOR BOOK.DBF (INDEX ON TITLE1+TITLE2 TO BKTITLE)
TYPES.NDX INDEX FOR MOVIE.DBF (INDEX ON TYPE+TITLE TO TYPES)
LIBRARY.EXE FULLY EXECUTABLE PROGRAM (NEEDS ONLY .DBF & .NDX FILES)
LIBRARY.DOC THIS MANUAL
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
This program requires an IBM close compatible with a minimum of 384K
RAM. The sample data bases have a total of 211 records and the file
size for the data bases and indices is already 100790 bytes so you can
see that a hard disk will be required for any sizeable library. For
large libraries I recommend an 80386 machine with a fast hard drive.
The CONFIG.SYS file should contain the commands; FILES=20 and
BUFFERS=20, or higher.
ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATA FILES!!!
Church Library Program Page 2
SET-UP AND OPERATIONS
The use of this program is mostly self explanatory, but there are a few
things to learn. First extract all .EXE, .DBF, and .NDX files from the
self extracting archive. The .DBF and .NDX files must be on the same
disk and in the same directory. The executable file (LIBRARY.EXE) may
be anywhere as long as it is in the DOS PATH. ( Go to the drive or path
where the data files are, at the prompt type LIBRARY, press enter and
there you are. ) To extract the files place the disk with CLIBRARY.EXE
in an appropriate drive (A:), change the default to the area where you
want the files, type A:CLIBRARY and Press Enter.
Save the original archive file (CLIBRARY.EXE) for possible future use.
If you lose your DBF and NDX files you have to start over.
The first step is to go to one data base at a time (A = Record, B = Book
and C = Movie), and edit at least 2 records to show your own data. Then
delete the remaining dummy records and pack to remove the deleted
records. I recommend starting by editing record 1 & 2 in each data base
to read as you wish your first two records to read, marking the rest for
deletion, then quit to the main menu and pack each data base.
To add records go to that data base (A = Record, B = Book and C =
Movie), press A to append. This gives you a chance to copy the current
record or append blank. Should you want to copy a record, go to that
record prior to pressing A for append. You must then edit that record
and press Enter or PgDn when done. If you do not edit it won't copy.
The number (movie, record, or book) can be numeric, alphabetic or a
mixture. The Starring, Side 1, Side 2 or Subject fields can be
completely filled provided words are not split and the search program
will still find the name entered. Subjects (or Song Titles) should be
separated by semicolons (;) spaces are optional and subjects may carry
over from line to line provided they do not exceed 35 characters. A
subject card will be printed for each 35 characters or for each subject
separated by a semicolon. The entry t. anywhere will end subject
printing and placing it at the start will suppress subject printing.
The card print outs are set for 3 x 4 7/8 inch cards centered on a 6 7/8
inch wide tractor feed form made for library dewey decimal cards by
Gaylord. You may have to move your tractor feed 1/2 inch or so to the
right to print on standard 3 x 5 inch rolodex cards. The formats follow
Anderson except for the movie cards where Anderson doesn't include
some of the most wanted data. To have proper cards for film strips,
slide shows, etc. enter them in the Record data base.
NOTE: If you wish, the answer to "Do You Want Color (Y/N)" can be
entered as a parameter: LIBRARY Y or LIBRARY/Y - /is optional, Y
& C will give you color, "A" will ask, as will no parameter, and
any other will give you monochrome.
Church Library Program Page 3
File Structure
The following shows the structure of the Book data base (BOOK.DBF):
Field Field Name Type Width Dec Index
1 ACCESSION Numeric 6 N
2 TYPE Character 10 N
3 DEWEYNUM Character 9 N
4 DEWEYNAME Character 3 N
5 AUTHORLAST Character 20 N
6 AUTHOR1ST Character 20 N
7 TITLE1 Character 35 Y
8 TITLE2 Character 35 Y
9 PUBLISHER Character 30 N
10 YEAR Character 5 N
11 SUBJECT1 Character 35 N
12 SUBJECT2 Character 35 N
13 SUBJECT3 Character 35 N
14 SUBJECT4 Character 35 N
15 SOURCE Character 8 N
16 COST Character 6 N
** Total ** 328
The following shows the structure of the Record data base (RECORD.DBF):
Field Field Name Type Width Dec Index
1 TYPE Character 10 N
2 RECORDNUM Character 9 N
3 ARTIST Character 20 N
4 ARRANGER Character 20 N
5 TITLE1 Character 35 Y
6 SUBJECT1 Character 35 N
7 SUBJECT2 Character 35 N
8 SUBJECT3 Character 35 N
9 SUBJECT4 Character 35 N
10 SUBJECT5 Character 35 N
11 SUBJECT6 Character 35 N
12 YEAR Character 5 N
13 SOURCE Character 8 N
14 COST Character 6 N
15 DESC Character 35 N
16 AGEGROUP Character 5 N
** Total ** 364
The following shows the structure of the Movie data base (MOVIE.DBF):
Field Field Name Type Width Dec Index
1 TITLE Character 35 Y
2 MOVIENUM Character 9 N
3 POSITION Character 4 N
4 STAR1 Character 26 N
5 STAR2 Character 26 N
6 STAR3 Character 26 N
7 STAR4 Character 26 N
8 RATING Character 5 N
9 COLOR Logical 1 N
10 MINUTES Character 3 N
11 TYPE Character 7 Y
12 SUBJECT Character 35 N
** Total ** 204
Church Library Program Page 4
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
This program was written and compiled in "Clipper, Summer 87" and could
be modified for network use. This program has 4 major modules, a main
menu portion which is comprised of the main menu, the print procedures
and the global procedures and functions, a book portion which uses the
book data base and the bktitle index, a record portion which uses the
record data base and the rectitle index and a movie portion which uses
the movie data base and the types index.
The card outputs for the book and record files were taken from:
How to Classify and Catalog Media
Technical Processes Guide 2
Compiled by
Jacqulyn Anderson
Broadman Press
Nashville, Tennessee
The original card stock used was:
Catalog Number 1800
Continous Pin-Feed Catalog Cards
Available from:
Gaylord
Box 4901
Syracuse, New York
13221-4901
or
Box 60659
Los Angeles, California
90060-0659
(800)448-6160
Shareware Concept
Shareware is Copyrighted Commercial Software! You are allowed to try
before you buy, and freely give copies to your friends to try before
they buy. Only distributors authorized by the author may make any charge
for copies of Shareware programs. Anyone who finds the program useful
is required to send payment for use of the program to the author or his
listed agent.
The registration fee for the use of the Church Library Program is $30.00
Please send registration fee to:
Lloyd C. Bowen, Jr.
2213 Peach Tree St.
Amarillo, Texas 79109-1922
Please reference "Church Library Program Version 1.2" in your letter.
REMEMBER ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATA FILES!!!