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- THE CD LIBRARY V1.10
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- Written by Ben Van Hool
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- Copyright (C) 1993
- Belgium
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓█████ INTRODUCTION █████▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ │
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- HOW THE CD LIBRARY WAS BORN
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- Since my CD collection is becoming pretty big, it's easy to have a list
- around, with all the CD's I possess. But what I hate is that you lend some
- of your favourite CD's to a friend, and never get them back. Often I forgot
- whom I gave them to, and after a while I even forgot that I ever bought that
- CD ! To solve all these problems, I decided to write myself a program good
- enough to keep track of these things. It took me a while to do all the
- writing, but I think the result is quite good. Even more, I think it's worth
- the money I spend already on lost CD's.
- I tried to incorporate other people's needs, so the program can be used by
- anyone who wants to. I hope I succeeded ...
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- WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT
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- Each CD Library file (.CDL) can keep up to 500 records (Do you have that many
- CD's ?). The records can be sorted, printed out, edited later, etc. just like
- a real database. But what's more important (that was at least my need) is the
- 'borrower' field and the in/out status. Each record (CD) has an in/out field
- which can be turned on or off. The status 'in' means that the CD is available,
- while 'out' means that ... yes, that's right.
- When a CD is out, you can fill out the 'borrower' field, so you know exactly
- which CD has been borrowed by whom. When the CD comes back in, you simply
- turn the in/out field off and the borrower field is cleared automatically.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓█████ SHAREWARE CONCEPT █████▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ │
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- IMPORTANT
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- This product is released as shareware, which means that it is not in the
- public domain, nor is it free. All rights are reserved and stay with the
- author. you are granted a 30-day trial period. If, after that period, you
- decide to keep using the product, you should register it.
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- DISCLAIMER
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- The author can not be held responsible for any damage or loss of data
- caused to you, your soft- or hardware by the use of this product.
- Nor is he bound to keep writing future versions of the CD Library.
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- REGISTRATION
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- The shareware version is a fully working version (I say fully !). Every
- function should work normally (except for all the bugs that are still in
- it ...). The only limitation I put in it, is that only the first 25
- records of a file can be accessed. It simply means that you can not create
- CD libraries with more than 25 records in it.
- Consider it as a kind of insurance, to ensure myself a descent living.
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- To register your copy of the CD Library, you should read the REGISTER.FRM
- file. After paying your registration fee, you will receive a code, which
- you can use to generate a key. This key will clear the first screen, saying
- you are not registered, put your name in the 'registered to' box and ...
- allow you to create libraries of up to 500 records.
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- Just remember that a lot of time and work has been put in the making of
- this program. I know very well that it's not the 'Best Shareware Program
- ever', but the registration fee is reasonable. It's up to you to decide
- whether you register or not, and that you keep the shareware concept
- working...
- Unregistered users, just do me one favour : even when you think this
- product is useless, pass it to friends and place it on your favourite
- BBS'es. Other people may benefit from the use of this product.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓█████ USAGE █████▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ │
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- I will not explain you in depth every detail or function that is in the
- program, since it is very easy to use, even if you do not know anything
- about computers.
- Although, some important remarks ...
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- 1. The following files need to be in the SAME directory, and are all
- nessecary to make the program working :
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- CDLIB.EXE Main executable.
- CDLIB.MNU File which contains all the menus.
- CDLIB.PHD File needed to print to file or printer.
- CDLIB.UNR A key for Unregistered users.
- [ not needed any longer after registration ]
- CDLIB.KEY Your registration key.
- [ only needed after registration ]
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- 2. It's best to run the program from a hard drive. It will work very
- slow from floppy, since not all the menus stay in memory all the
- time, so a lot of swapping has to be done. While running from a
- hard drive, you will not notice any of this.
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- 3. For everything you do, every item you choose from the menu, an
- expenation is given in the bottem of the screen. Each item is
- explained as good as possible.
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- THE MENUS
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- Main menu
- ┌────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬───────┐
- │ Load │ Save │ New │ Add │ View │ Edit │ Sort │ Print │
- ├────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴───────┘
- │ Search │ About │ Exit │
- └────────┴────────┴────────┘
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- Load : Load a .CDL file into memory.
- All files created with the CD Library have the extension .CDL
- When entering a file name in the program you should not ad this
- extension or try to add another one.
- Save : Write a .CDL file to disk.
- Same remark as above : do not enter an extension.
- New : Create a new .CDL file. Unregistered users will be able to
- create libraries up to 25 items. Once you register, you can
- expand these libraries (by just adding new items) up to 500
- records.
- Add : Add new records to a library.
- To stop adding records, just press escape. The record you are
- currently in will then be lost, so make sure you are standing
- on a blank record.
- View : Simply scroll through the records by using the page up and
- page dosn key. Escape quits viewing.
- Edit : This mode allows you to edit earlier inputted records.
- Backspace : Toggles the borrower field on or off. When you
- turn the field on, a blank line will pop up, asking
- you to enter the name of the borrower. Entering a
- blank line here, will not turn on the 'in/out' mode.
- When the in/out mode is on (this is when a CD has
- been borrowed by someone), and you turn it off by
- pressing the backspace key, then the borrower field
- will be cleared and the status will be turned off.
- Tab : Start editing the fields. You can run through the
- fields by pressing tab a few times. When the in/out
- status is on, you will be able to edit the
- 'borrower' field too. Making this field blank, turns
- off the in/out status.
- While editing a field, you can press escape to clear
- the line at once. Pressing escape again, before you
- typed anything else, pops up the line again.
- Sort : Allows you to sort your records. It's up to you whether you
- want to sort them on the 'Band', 'Title', 'Style' or 'Year
- field.
- Choosing the 'Sort order' option in the menu, allows you to choose
- between ascending (up) or descending (down) order.
- The defauls set in the program are : 'Title' & 'Ascending'.
- If you want to use these defaults just choose 'Go' to start
- sorting, otherwise set your defaults before choosing 'Go'.
- Print : Unregistered users will only be able to print to the printer.
- Registered users can print to a .TXT file, and edit this file
- with their default editor. This file can then be used in other
- applications.
- !! Make sure the printer has been turned on before you start printing
- to it, or the program will halt with an error. Sorry for the
- inconvenience, but this problem has not yet been solved.
- Search : When you enter a search string, the program will search all
- record & fields for match. The program will stop after each
- matching item. You can then choose to continue searching, or to
- quit.
- About : Display the about screen. When you plan to register, check this
- screen to see, if the address and account number are the same
- as mentionned in the REGISTER.FRM
- Exit : Leave the program.
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