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- ** MOVIE SELECTOR ** Page 1
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- The MOVIE SELECTOR screen is displayed if you choose to just display some
- movies from the SELECT REPORT TYPE LISTING screen or if you choose to create
- a Sub-File from the UTILITY screen. The purpose of this screen is to allow
- you to selectively choose the movies you want included in your report or
- Sub-File. Selections of the movies that you require from the library file
- are made through entries in four fields.
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- 1. Field Enter the field name on which you wish to restrict output.
- In addition to the 15 field names displayed on the screen,
- you may use three additional field names, STARF for the
- star's first name, COSTARF for the co-stars first name,
- and DIRECF for the director's first name. Using the field
- names STAR, COSTAR and DIRECTOR is for their last names.
-
- 2. Comparator Requires entry of one of the comparators listed in the
- screen window.
-
- 3. LogOp Requires entry of one of the logical operators (and -- or).
- The word END is type in this field if the column is not
- filled, to end data entry on the screen.
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- 4. Value Enter a constant against which you want the comparison made.
-
- ** Examples **
-
- LogOp Field Comparator Value
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- YEAR GE 1985
- AND RATING EQ PG
- AND TIME LE 100
- END
- This example would select those movies in your library file that were made
- in or after 1985, that were rated PG and had a running time of 100 min or less.
-
- STAR EQ EASTWOOD
- OR STAR EQ REYNOLDS
- AND CATEGORY EQ A
- This example would select those movies in your library file that starred
- either Eastwood, or Reynolds that were in the Action category.
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