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- M U S I C L I B R A R Y
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- Copyright (c) Dec 1990 CMM Consulting
- Anthony, FL 32617-1739
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- Music Library Documentation Page 2
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- - - - - - - N O T I C E - - - - - -
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- This documentation and accompanying programs are not intended
- for distribution or use in countries other than the United States of
- America.
- This program is distributed under the "Shareware" concept. You are
- free to make copies of this program and associated files for sharing
- with others.
- You may evaluate this program for a period of 30 days. If you find
- the program useful, you should register your copy with the author by
- sending payment in the form of check, or money order, in U.S.A. funds,
- payable on a U.S.A. bank. The registration fee is currently $20.00.
- Please help support the "Shareware" concept by registering.
- There is no warranty of any kind, written, expressed, or implied
- and Christopher Murphy, CMM Consulting will not be liable for any
- damages, direct, or indirect, caused by the use of this program, or the
- failure of this program to operate or perform as expected or desired by
- the user. Christopher Murphy will not be liable for any damage to any
- data, equipment, or property which may be caused by the use of this
- program, either direct or indirect.
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- Type "MUSIC" at the DOS prompt and press ENTER to invoke the
- program. The first time the program is executed, it will build the data
- files which are used to store the data. There will be three database
- files created. One is for the program information, one is for the
- medium codes, and the third is for the style codes.
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- Music Library Documentation Page 2
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- Table of Contents
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- General Overview .......................................... 3
- Main Menu ................................................. 4
- Data Entry ................................................ 5
- View Menu ................................................. 6
- Print Menu ................................................ 7
- Help Features ............................................. 8
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- Music Library Documentation Page 3
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- Overview
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- Music Library was designed to keep track of a personal music
- collection. It is broken down into a series of menus, tables, forms,
- and reports. If you are the type that hates to read documentation then
- type GO at the DOS prompt to start the program. Music Library has a
- screen blanker that will blank the screen after ten minutes of
- inactivity. As you browse through the program, there is limited help
- available by pressing F1. This help should be all that is needed to
- run the basic program. To return to a previous screen highlight Quit
- and press enter or press the ESC key.
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- Music Library Documentation Page 4
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- Main Menu
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- There are four function on the main menu. They are enter data,
- view data, print reports, and quit. There are two ways to select a
- function. The first way is to use the arrow keys to highlight the
- function and press enter. The other method is to press the first
- letter of the function name to highlight it and then press enter.
- To exit the program select the quit option and press enter.
- Depending on the version you have this will either exit the program or
- bring up the opening screen again. If the opening screen appears then
- press ESC to exit the program. Each of the other three functions will
- be discussed separately.
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- Music Library Documentation Page 5
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- Data Entry
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- The first screen that appears after selection Enter Data is a
- quick search of existing recordings. Use this feature to insure that
- the recording is not already entered. The recordings on the screen are
- in order sorted by recording title. You can use the arrow keys to
- search the data or you can use the locator. To use the locator type in
- the title of the recording that you are searching for. The keyboard
- will be scanned for any key pressed and will jump to the first record
- that starts with that letter.
- Once you have determined if the recording is already entered you
- have three options to choose from. Press INS to enter a new record.
- Press Del to remove an existing record. Press enter to modify a
- existing record.
- No matter what key you press the entry form is the same. The
- only difference is the heading. The heading will either say adding
- a record, deleting a record, or modifying a record. As you enter the
- data there are two fields that have menu support. They are style and
- medium. If you press enter on a blank field here a table will pop up
- with appropriate choices. You can add additional choices by pressing
- the INS key and then filling out the form. You can also remove choices
- by pressing the DEL key. Once the proper choice is highlighted press
- enter and it will be automatically placed on the entry form. You can
- also enter the first letter of you selection on the data entry form
- and then press enter. This has the same result as the locator field.
- After the form is completed press enter and you will return to
- the Quick find screen with the new selection added. To return to the
- main menu press the Ctrl-Esc key combination.
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- View Menu
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- The View Menu has seven different reports that are printed to the
- screen. They are Artist, Album Label, Recording Medium, Style, Title,
- and Year.
- The first report is artist. This menu acts the same as all menus
- in the program. Either use the arrow keys or press the first letter of
- the function. This repot will display the artist and title sorted by
- the artist name. There is a locator field here that will all you to
- find any artist name by typing it in. It works the same as the locator
- fields in the data entry quick find field.
- The album label report displays the Label, artist, and title
- sorted by the label name. This screen also has a locator field that
- will allow you to access the labels faster.
- The recording medium report will display all recording of a
- certain medium. You will be prompted for the recording medium desired
- before the report appears. If you are unsure of the mediums that are
- available the press enter on the blank field and a window will pop up
- giving you the acceptable choices. You are not able to add addition
- choices at this time since the data base would not have any in the
- records. Additional medium choices must be entered while entering new
- data. This report also contains a locator field to access a certain
- title faster. At the bottom of the screen a total number of recordings
- is posted.
- The style report is similar to the medium report except that you
- will be promoted for a music style. It has a pop up window similar to
- the medium report that will give you acceptable styles. This report
- also has a locator field for faster access. At the bottom of the
- screen is a total number of recordings of that style.
- The title report displays artist and title sorted by title. You
- can locate a title faster with the locator field or you can browse all
- the entries with the arrow keys.
- The final repot is the year report. It displays year and title
- sorted by year. There is a locator filed to access any year faster or
- you can browse using the arrow keys.
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- Print Menu
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- There are four reports that are sent to the printer. They are
- Artist, Medium, Style, and Title.
- The Artist report prints artist and title sorted by artist. It is
- a hard copy version of the Artist View screen.
- The Medium report prints artist, title, cost, and medium grouped
- by mediums. Each medium is then sorted by the title. It prints a
- total number of recordings per medium and a total for all mediums. It
- also gives a total value of each medium and a total value for all
- mediums. This is a good inventory report for insurance or tax
- purposes.
- The style report prints artist, title, style grouped by style.
- Each style is then sorted by title. At the end of each style a total
- number of recording by style is given.
- The final report is the Title report. It is the same as the
- artist report except the data is sorted by title.
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- Help Features
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- Several areas of this program have help screens build right in.
- To access these help screen press the F1 key. They are designed to
- give you a quick synopsis of the function without having to look for a
- manual.