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- * *
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- * V I D E O L I B R A R I A N *
- * Version *
- * 4.02 *
- * *
- * User's Guide *
- * *
- * by *
- * *
- * Lemuel D. Turner *
- * TurboSystemsCo *
- * P.O. Box 965368 *
- * Marietta, Ga. 30066-0007 *
- * 404-516-8575 *
- * 404-591-4988 (FAX) *
- ************************************************************
-
- (C) Copyright 1986-1993 Lemuel D. Turner
- (C) Copyright 1986-1993 TurboSystemsCo
- _______
- ____|__ | (R)
- --| | |-------------------
- | ____|__ | Association of
- | | |_| Shareware
- |__| o | Professionals
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- |___|___| MEMBER
-
- NOTE: The file format of version 4.0-02 is not compatible with earlier
- versions of Video Librarian. A conversion program is provided to all
- registered users to upgrade the old files to the new format.
-
-
-
- LICENSE AGREEMENT
- VIDEO LIBRARIAN PROGRAM
-
- (C) Copyright 1986-93 TurboSystemsCo and Lemuel D. Turner for this
- software, documentation, and user interface. Marietta, Ga. United
- United States of America. All rights reserved.
-
- TurboSystemsCo grants you without charge the right to reproduce,
- distribute and use copies of this "shareware" version of our
- VIDEO LIBRARIAN software product (including the on disk
- documentation), on the express condition that you do not receive
- any payment, commercial benefit, other consideration for such
- reproduction or distribution, or change this license agreement or
- copyright notice. *(Shareware distributors, user's groups and BBSs
- may charge a distribution/copy fee not to exceed $10.00, without written permission.)*
-
- The rights to receive any such financial or other benefit, and to
- modify the product or its components, are reserved exclusively by
- TurboSystemsCo.
-
- Support from users enables us to develop additional features and,
- future versions of the VIDEO LIBRARIAN product. Your payment of
- $34.95 + $4 S/H would be greatly appreciated; send your payment to:
-
- TurboSystemsCo
- P.O. Box 965368
- Marietta, Ga. 30066
-
- By sending in your payment, along with your name, mailing address
- version number, and where you heard about the VIDEO LIBRARIAN
- product and obtained your copy, your copy of VIDEO LIBRARIAN
- will be registered with us. This will enable you to receive (1)
- technical support, (2) announcements of future releases, the latest
- version, (3) a printed manual and discounts on additional programs
- from TurboSystemsCo, (4) the Vid Lib Catalog Database of 2000 movies.
- (5) One year free subscription to the Vid Lib Catalog Database
- quarterly update scbscription program. (6) The ability to enter
- your own report headings.
-
- THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- FITNESS OF PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PERFORMANCE, OR OTHERWISE; ALL
- WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED. BY USING THE VIDEO LIBRARIAN PRODUCT,
- YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER TurboSystemsCo NOR ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES,
- AFFILIATES, OWNERS, OR OTHER RELATED PARTIES WILL BE LIABLE TO
- YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THIS
- SOFTWARE, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER. EVEN IF WE ARE APPRISED
- OF POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OCCURRING.
-
- This software may not be reversed-engineered or disassembled,
- and includes certain trade secrets and confidential information
- of TurboSystemsCo.
-
- VIDEO LIBRARIAN is a trademark of TurboSystemsCo.
-
-
-
- TurboSystemsCo Products
-
- Vid Library Catalog (free when you register Video Librarian)
- -------------------
- The Vid Library Catalog is a database of 2000 movies complete
- with reviews in the memo field. The Vid Library Catalog database
- engine can merge all or selected movies to your regular Video
- Librarian datafiles. This library can save you hundreds of hours
- of inputing data. NOTE: A HARD DRIVE IS REQUIRED. Retail price
- is $15.95 but free when you register Video Librarian. You don't
- need to make an entry on the order form because it is included
- automatically when you register Video Librarian.
-
- Vid Library Catalog Subscription
- --------------------------------
- Four times a year (Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct) we publish a disk with
- new movie reviews plus additional older movies not included in the
- Vid Library Catalog. Each disk will contain a minimun of 500
- movies and probably more. By use of the database engine from the
- Vid Library catalog you can merge all or selected movies into
- Video Librarian. Retail price is $35.95 per year, but a one
- year subscription is included free with your Video Librarian
- registration. Renewal subscriptions are offered a discount.
-
- Book Librarian
- ---------------
- This easy-to-use database management system is ideal for managing
- your personal, church, club or coporate library. Capacity limited
- only by disk size. Each record can hold the following: Title,
- Author, Type, Subject, Edition, Pages, Copyright Year, Catalog#,
- ISBN, Purchase Date, Price, Publisher, Location, 2 note fields,
- anda Memo field. The memo field can hold up to 30 lines of infor-
- mation. It only uses disk space if the field (memo) is utilized.
- Prints numerous reports to the screen, printer or a disk file.
- Features context sensitive help, mouse support and much more. Also
- features outstanding search and find procedures.
- Retail price is $34.95 but your price is only *$14.95* if registered
- when you register Video Librarian.
-
- Household Register
- ------------------
- An outstanding easy-to-use menu driven home inventory program holds
- 99,999 items per database an can use an unlimited number of databases.
- Includes complete database management functions and full-featured
- reporting. Sends reports to the screen, printer, or disk file. A
- valuation report prints your inventory and summary/statistical analysis
- of total items by category, owner or location. This exceptional
- program will prove invaluable for organizing and reporting your
- valuables in case of loss, theft or natural disaster. Features
- include customizeable pop-up data entry menus; on-line help; prints
- warranty list showing expiration dates; includes sample database and
- much more. Regular price is $34.95, but only *$14.95* if registered
- when you register Video Librarian.
-
-
- TurboSystemsCo Products-cont
-
- SoundMasterDb Plus
- ------------------
- The best audio library/cataloger available. Handles all audio for-
- mats (CD's, Cassettes, Albums, Reel-to-Reel) through its advanced
- relational database design. Advanced data input/display screens
- store an unlimited number of songs per side. Nine reports that can
- be indexed six ways. Reports to screen, printer or disk. Quick FIND
- -SEARCH on single or multiple fields. Context sensitive help, on-
- line manual, built-in screen saver and much more. Regular retail is
- $35.95, but your price is *$14.95* if you register when you
- register Video Librarian.
-
- Paper Products (Can be ordered without registering a program)
- ---------------
- You can order the hard to find continous form 3 X 5 Index Cards
- and 2 1/2 x 4 Rolodex(R) cards. We also have custom labels
- designed to fit the spine and top of VHS Cassettes. We also
- stock regular labels (3 1/2 x 15/16). We also stock sheet labels
- and index cards for laser printers.
-
- TurboSystemsCo Order Form Part I
- -----------------------------------------------
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | Product Name: | Price | Qty | Cost |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | Video Librarian | $34.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | Book Librarian | *$14.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | Household Register | *$14.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | SoundMasterDb | *$14.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | Index Cards (1000) | $12.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | Rolodex(R) (1000) | $12.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | VHS Spine Labels(200)| $11.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | VHS Top Labels(200) | $11.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- |VHS Spine Labels(1000)| $45.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | VHS Top Labels (1000)| $45.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | Regular Labels(1000) | $ 7.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- Items Below are for laser printers only
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | VHS Label Set of 120 | $19.95 | | |
- | Spine & 120 Top | | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- |Laser Index Cards(150)| $21.95 | | |
- +----------------------+----------------+-----+--------+
- | Sub-Total | |
- | +--------+
- | Shipping/Handling ------------------------> | |
- | US $4.00 (1st item) +--------+
- | +$1.00 each additional item |
- | |
- | All Others $8.00(1st item) |
- | +$2.00 each additional item |
- | +--------+
- | ** $0.00 for catalog Total Enclosed | |
- +---------------------------------------------+--------+
- METHOD OF PAYMENT
- *Price if ordered when you register Video Librarian
- Disk Size: 3.5[ ] 5.25[ ] Laser Label Color: White Ivory Gray
- Blue
- (Circle Desired Color)
-
-
- TurboSystemsCo Order Form Part II
- -----------------------------------------------
- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Check[ ] Money Order[ ] VISA[ ] MasterCard[ ] AMEX/Optima[ ] |
- | |
- | Card Holder's Name: ____________________________________________ |
- | |
- | Card Holders Signature: ________________________________________ |
- | |
- | Card Number: __________________________________________ |
- | |
- | Exp Date: __________ (month/year) |
- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
- SHIP TO:
- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | NAME: _______________________________________________________ |
- | |
- | STREET: _____________________________________________________ |
- | |
- | _____________________________________________________ |
- | |
- | CITY: ________________________________ STATE: ____ ZIP _________ |
- | |
- | PHONE: __________________________________ |
- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
- Mail to: TurboSystemsCo
- P.O. Box 965368
- Marietta, Ga. 30066-0007
- If paying by credit card, you may place your order by
- calling 1-800-257-7221. 11am - 6:30pm Eastern Time Mon - Fri or
- FAX to : 1-404-591-4988 24hrs 7 days/week.
-
- Source of Shareware Program: _____________________________________________
-
- Source could be a Catalog Disk Vendor, BBS, Friend, Store, etc. Please
- provide the name of the Catalog, BBS or store.
-
- NOTE: If you bought the program in a store, please provide the name of the
- store and along with the name of distributor which should appear on the
- disk or packaging.
-
-
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
-
- Introduction
- Introduction ............................................. 1
- Features ................................................. 1
- System Requirements ...................................... 2
- Distribution Files ....................................... 2
- Disk Back-Up ............................................. 2
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- Getting Started
- Installing Video Librarian................................ 3
- Hard Disk System ..................................... 3
- Floppy Disk System ................................... 3
- Start-Up ................................................. 3
- Floppy Disk System ................................... 3
- Hard Disk System ..................................... 4
- Printer Set-up ....................................... 4
- Setup Window .............................................. 5
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- Data Entry
- Data Entry Screen ......................................... 6
- Command Menu .......................................... 6
- File Menu ............................................. 7
- Edit Keys ............................................. 7
- Keyboard and Mouse Usage .............................. 8
- Data Operations ........................................... 9
- Adding Records ........................................ 9
- Data Entry Fields .................................. 10
- Editing Records ....................................... 11
- Deleting Records ...................................... 11
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- Searching
- The Find Function ......................................... 11
- List Movie Window...................................... 13
- The Browse Function ....................................... 13
- The Search Function ....................................... 13
- Query Screen Fields ................................... 14
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- Reports
- Reports ................................................... 15
- Report Type Menu ...................................... 15
- List To Menu .......................................... 15
- List All .............................................. 16
- Sort By Menu .......................................... 16
- Spacing Menu .......................................... 16
- Report Formatter .......................................... 16
- Formatter Fields ...................................... 16
- Wrap Example .......................................... 17
- Print Labels .............................................. 17
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- Re-Index (Corrupt Files) ...................................... 18
-
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- CUSTOMER SUPPORT
-
- TurboSystemsCo has a strong commitment to customer support. We
- provide technical support only to registered users. However if
- you should experience problems getting the program to run on
- your systems prior to registering, we will attempt to resolve
- those problems.
-
- Lemuel D. Turner the owner and president of TurboSystemsCo and
- the author of Video Librarian is a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals. While we don't think you'll ever need
- it, by Mr. Turner's membership in the Association of Shareware
- Professionals, registered users have an additional avenue to
- resolve customer support disputes if they can not be resolved to
- the registered user's satisfaction. See statement below:
-
- Lemuel D. Turner is a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
- principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a share-
- ware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting that mem-
- ber directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help
- you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not
- provide technical support for member's products. Please write the
- ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon Mi. 49442-9427 or send a
- Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
-
- VIDEO LIBRARIAN is a fast easy to learn and use database manager
- that will help organize and keep track of your video library.
- With this program you can quickly search your video library files
- and print reports to the screen, printer or a disk text file. The
- program will also print labels to place on your VCR tapes for easy
- identification.
-
- FEATURES
-
- - Holds 21 Information Fields About Each Title
- -- Title, Star(first & last name), Co-star(first & last name),
- Cast, Rating, Director(first & last name), Company, Year,
- Comments, Tape#, Starting and Stop Counter, Recording
- Speed, Time, Critics, Color and Movie#.
- -- A memo field that can hold up to 62 lines of information about
- each title.
-
- - Database Management Functions.
- -- File Next, Prev, Find, Top, Last, Edit, Add, Del, Search,
- Report, Quit
-
- - Reports
- -- Six fixed format reports, plus a self design report and labels.
- --- Reports may be printed to screen, printer or disk text file.
- --- Tape labels can be printed on regular 3 1/2 by 15/16 labels
- or on special labels designed to fit the top and spine of
- VHS cassettes.
- --- One report can be printed on continuous form 3 X 5 cards.
- --- Laser printers supported for video cassette sheet labels
- and sheet 3 X 5 cards.
- - Context Sensitive Help
- -- Press F1 to bring up a relevant help screen at any point in
- the program.
-
- - Mouse Support
-
- - Screen Saver
- -- A built-in screen saver activates when the keyboard is not used
- at a user customizable interval.
-
- - Browse and Find Windows
- -- Moveable, scrollable, resizeable
-
- - Find any Title, Star, Co-Star, Director, Tape Number,
- or Movie# in approximately 1 second or less.
-
- - Search database on any combination of fields.
-
- - Can hold over 10 million titles, approximately 750 on a 360k floppy
- if memo field is not used. Will hold approximately 350 with
- each record having a three line memo field.
-
-
- =============================== 1 ==============================
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- To use VIDEO LIBRARIAN you will require:
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- IBM PC/XT/AT PS/2 or Compatible.
-
- At least 512k of memory.
-
- Two floppy drives or 1 hard disk and a floppy
- If installed on a floppy - floppy must 720K or
- greater.
-
- A color or monochrome display.
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- Printer (capable of print in compressed mode to use
- all the features of the program).
-
- MS-DOS/PC-DOS 2.1 or higher.
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- Supports both keyboard and mouse input.
-
-
- Your CONFIG.SYS file must have the statement, FILES=16. If the
- number is greater than 16 that's okay. Refer to your DOS manual
- if you are not familiar with the CONFIG.SYS file. The installation
- program will check this feature and set the files if desired.
-
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- THE DISTRIBUTION FILES
-
- The following files at a minimum should appear on your
- disk after the program is installed.
-
- VLB.EXE README.DOC SAMPLE.T3 REPORT.DSW ORDER.EXE
- VLB.DBW SAMPLE.TSC SAMPLE.T4 REPORT.DSH OPWIN.DSW
- VLB.DBH SAMPLE.T1 SAMPLE.T5 QUERY.DSW FORM1.DSW
- VLB.DOC SAMPLE.T2 SAMPLE.T6 QUERY.DSH FORM1.DSH
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- *VENDOR.DOC PRINTER.PTR EPSON.CFG MYVIDS.TSC MYVIDS.T3
- DBPMENU.MEN IBMPRO.CFG VLBFIX.EXE MYVIDS.T1 MYVIDS.T4
- SAMPLE.T7 HPII.CFG FILE_ID.DIZ MYVIDS.T2 MYVIDS.T5
- SETUP.DAT ORDER.DOC MYVIDS.T6
- ORDER.EXE MYVIDS.T7
- * May be deleted at the option of the vendor.
-
- BACKUP YOUR PROGRAM DISK
-
- Please make a backup copy of the program disk. If required,
- please refer to your DOS manual for back-up procedures.
-
-
- =============================== 2 ================================
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- INSTALL VIDEO LIBRARIAN
-
-
- Before continuing we remind you again to make a backup copy of
- the program disk. Refer to your DOS manual for back-up pro-
- cedures if required.
-
- HARD DRIVE:
- (1) Insert the Video Librarian disk into drive A or B. You should
- be at your hard drive command prompt (C:\> or any other hard drive
- letter designation. (2) Type A:\INSTALL or B:\INSTALL (3) Press the
- ENTER key. (4) Follow the on screen prompts and the program will be
- automatically installed on your hard drive.
-
-
- FLOPPY DRIVE:
- (1) Obtain a formatted disk or format a disk to place the program
- files on. (2) Place the program disk in Drive A or B. (3) Place
- the previously formatted disk in the opposite drive. (4) Log on
- to the drive that has the program disk, if it is drive A, you
- should see the A:\> prompt. (5) Type INSTALL and press the
- ENTER key. (6) Follow the on screen prompts.
-
- NOTE: If you downloaded this program from a BBS, after unzipping
- the program, just type install. The program can be installed
- from a hard disk subdirectory.
-
- START-UP
-
-
- To start the program after installation, type VLB and press the ENTER
- key. If the program fails to load perform the following to start the
- program, log to the drive that holds the program files and type:
-
- CD\
- CD\VIDEO40
- VLB
-
- Press the ENTER Key after each line above.
-
- FILE SELECTION
-
- Next the Video Librarian title screen is displayed.
- Press the spacebar to bypass the screen. Then the File
- Selection Screen is displayed. Use the cursor to select a data file.
- All Video Librarian data files have the extension .TSC. If you
- select a file with the extension .TSC the file will be displayed on
- the main data entry screen.
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- FILE SELECTION - cont
-
- To select a data file on a different drive, press the control key
- and the drive letter. For example to select a data file on drive
- B, press the control key and the letter B together. To create a
- data file press the F2 function key, enter a name for the file up
- to eight characters long. Do not enter an extension, the extension
- .TSC will be added.
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-
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- PRINTER SET-UP
-
- The first time you use Video Librarian or if you change printers,
- you must install your printer for use with Video Librarian. To
- install your printer, select fI)le from the Main Menu. Then
- select S)elect Printer from the next menu. The menu will display
- five selections. (1) Epson and Compatibles, (2) IBM Proprinter and
- Compatibles, (3) HP Laser Series II and Compatibles, (4) Generic
- and (5) TSC Printer.
-
- To select a printer, select the highligted letter or use the arrow
- key to move the cursor over the printer and press RETURN/ENTER.
-
- Most non-laser and some laser printers are compatible with the Epson
- or IBM ProPrinter. If your printer is not an Epson or IBM Proprinter
- check your manual, it is probably compatible with one or both.
- Select the appropiate printer. If you have a laser printer, select
- the HP Laser printer.
-
- If your printer will not work with any of the first three selections
- then you should select the Generic Printer. When you use the Generic
- printer printer control codes are not sent to your printer. You will
- not be able to print the Comprehensive and Index Cards unless you
- manually place your printer in compressed mode prior to starting the
- report. Also the headings will not be printed in bold.
-
- The final selection (5) TSC, is used to load a custom driver for your
- printer created by TurboSystemsCo. If none of the first three
- will work with your printer then contact TurboSystemsCo. We may be
- able to construct a driver for you. Please provide the manufactuer
- and model number.
-
- If you select one of the printers and the reports don't print
- correctly, always reset or turn your printer off then back on
- prior to trying another selection.
-
-
- NOTE: If you select the HP II driver, you must set the lines per
- page on the SetUp Window to 60. See next page for Setup window
- info.
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- ================================= 4 =================================
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- SETUP WINDOW
-
- The Setup Window allows you to select certain default values that
- effect how certain aspects of the program operates. To get to the
- Setup Window, choose fIle from the Main Menu and Setup from the
- next menu. The following items are displayed on the Setup Window.
-
- Automatic Field Capitalization
- Valid responses are Y(yes) or N(no). Select yes and the first letter
- of each word is automatically capitalized. Select no and the letter
- will have the case as typed.
-
- Start/Stop Field
- The field selects the counter format used by your VCR, ie numbers
- (001500) or time (01:52:31). Enter N for numbers or T for time.
-
-
- Printer Port
- Allows you to select the port to which your printer is attached.
- Leave a defauft LPT1 unless you know your printer is attached
- to another port.
-
-
- Lines/Page
- In most cases this should remain at 66. Two exceptions: (1) LASER
- PRINTERS SHOULD SET THIS TO 60. (2) European A4 size should set
- this to 72.
-
-
- Manual Feed Labels/Index Cards
- If your laser/inkjet requires manual feed enter Y.
-
-
- Movie Categories
- Edit the categories to display in the popup list in the category
- field.
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- ================================= 5 =================================
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- DATA ENTRY
-
- After the File Selection Screen is displayed, the Main Data Entry
- Screen is displayed. The screen contains 21 data entry fields, 1
- memo field and the Command Menu.
-
- The Command Menu provides Video Librarian with a selection of easy to
- use database management functions. Each menu item can be selected by
- pressing the highlighted letter, or by using the arrow keys to place
- the cursor over an item and pressing ENTER, or by using the mouse.
- The function of each menu item is provided below:
-
- ITEM FUNCTION
- ------- --------------------------------------------------------
- File see next section for explanation.
-
- Next Displays the next movie in index order.
-
- Prev Displays the previous movie in index order.
-
- Find Use this feature to rapidly locate any Title, Star, Co-
- Star, Director, Tape#, Category or Movie#
-
- Top Displays the first movie in index order.
-
- Last Displays the last movie in index order.
-
- Edit Edit the movie currently displayed on the screen.
-
- Add Add a new movie to the library file.
-
- Del To delete the movie displayed on the screen.
-
- Search Displays the Search Selection Screen. Search the lib-
- rary file using multiple selection criteria. Matches are
- displayed on the Data Entry Screen.
-
- Reports Displays the report selection screen.
-
- Quit Exits Video Librarian.
-
- F1 Displays context sensitive help about menu items or data
- entry fields. The F1 key is not displayed.
-
- Util Displays menu with the following selections (1) Copy -
- makes a copy of the currently displayed record. Useful
- when adding sequels. (2) Select Printer - see page 4.
- (3) Count Movies - displays the number of movies in
- database. (4) Adj Screen Saver - adjust the time before
- the screen saver displays when the keyboard is idle.
-
- ESC The same as Quit, also Alt+'X' has same function
-
- F3 Flush data in memory to disk.
-
- ================================= 6 =================================
-
- FILE MENU
- The file menu displays a sub-menu of items from the Main Menu
-
- ITEM FUNCTION
- ------- --------------------------------------------------------
- Open/New Allows you to open a file previously created, or to
- create a new file. This item displays the File Selection
- Screen which lets you open or create a file.
-
- Set Index The program uses 7 index fields; title, star, costar,
- directory, category, tape# and movie#. The index select-
- ion determines the order the movies are displayed when
- the Next, Prev, Last and Top menu items are selected.
-
- Select Printer - see page 4 for details.
-
- Setup - see page 5 for details.
-
- Movie Count Counts the number of movies in the library.
- Set Screen Saver - see ALT+V page 8.
-
- EDIT KEYS
-
- The edit key listed below are in effect when entering data into the
- Main Data Screen and other screens where data can be entered.
-
-
-
- KEY FUNCTION
- --------- --------------------------------------------------------
- F1 Displays help screen.
-
- F2 Displays file name field on Data File Selection Screen.
-
- F5 The field is deleted from the cursor position to the end
- of the field and the cursor is placed back at the left
- margin of the field.
-
- F10 The key is used to end editing. If on the main data entry
- screen, the data is written to a data file. On other
- screens, control will be returned to the menu.
-
- ESC Key is used to exit from data entry while using the Add
- or Edit functions. The changes made to the data entry
- screen are canceled.
-
- ENTER Pressing ENTER/RETURN while in a data entry field ends
- edit of the field and moves the cursor to the next field.
-
- BACKSPACE Causes the cursor to move to the left and erases the char-
- acter to the left.
-
- INS Toggles between insert and overwrite of characters.
-
- DEL Deletes the character under the cursor.
-
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-
-
- UP ARROW Moves the cursor to the previous field if not in the first
- field.
-
- DN ARROW Moves the cursor to the next field on the screen.
-
- L ARROW Moves cursor to left within a field. Does not delete
- characters.
-
- R ARROW Moves cursor to right within a field. Does not delete
- characters.
-
- PageUp In fields with popup list (rating, critics, speed and
- category) when pressed when the field is blank, moves
- to the next field - leaving the field blank.
-
- ALT+V Displays a screen to alter the delay before the screen
- saver/blanker appears. Valid entries are 0 and 5-600
- seconds. Enter 0 to disable the screen saver.
-
- ALT+M Allows direct edit of the memo field
-
- ALT+1 Selects Title as the primary index.
-
- ALT+2 Selects Star as the primary index.
-
- ALT+3 Selects CoStar as the primary index.
-
- ALT+4 Selects Director as the primary index.
-
- ALT+5 Selects Category as the primary index.
-
- ALT+6 Selects Tape# as the primary index.
-
- ALT+7 Selects Movie# as the primary index.
-
- KEYBOARD AND MOUSE USAGE
-
- Video Librarian can use both the keyboard and a mouse or a combi-
- nation of both. There are three direct equivalences between the
- mouse and the keyboard.
-
- * The left mouse button is exactly equal to the ENTER key.
- * The right mouse button is exactly equal to the Esc(ape) key.
- * The left and right button pressed together, (or the middle
- button in a three button mouse) is exactly equal to the F1 Key.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
- DATA OPERATIONS
-
- This section describes how to add, edit and delete records.
-
-
- * ADDING RECORDS
-
- Adding a record is the process of typing information into blank data
- entry fields or selecting items from a pop-up pick list.
-
- To add a record to your movie file select Add from the Command Menu
- by pressing A, or by using the mouse or arrow keys to highlight Add
- and pressing left mouse button or pressing the ENTER/RETURN key.
-
- Data entry begins with the Title field (top left) and proceeds left
- to right, top to bottom. At the bottom of the screen is the
- Comments area.
-
- This input area is two separate data entry areas. The first line with
- the N beside it is a one line 68 character input field called the
- note field. The three lines below the note field is a 62 line
- scrollable memo field. You can enter up to 62 lines of information in
- the memo field. This is a memo field is like a mini-wordprocessor,
- all edit keys work and words are automatically wrapped at the end of
- a line.
-
- NOTE: The memo field only uses space in the database if you enter data
- in it. The program uses 248 bytes of disk space for every 3 lines of
- data entered in the memo field.
-
- Three fields, Rating, Category and Speed have pop-up pick list that
- you can select items from instead of typing in information. When
- you enter one of the fields you can type in any information desired,
- or press the PageUp Key while the field is blank to display the pop-up
- pick list. To select an item from the list, move the cursor over the
- item with the arrow keys or mouse and press ENTER/RETURN or the left
- mouse button.
-
- Saving the movie information to disk is accomplished by pressing the
- F10 function key. If you press ESC or the right mouse button while
- in any field, the information is erased and is not stored on disk.
-
- You can use the up/down arrow keys and or the mouse to revisit any
- field and edit the information prior to pressing F10 or ESC. If in
- the memo field, you must press CTRL+PAGE-UP to exit the memo field
- and move back up to the note field.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
- * DATA ENTRY FIELDS
-
- Each record in the movie file contains the following fields.
-
- Field Contents
- ------------ --------------------------------------------------
- Title Holds the movie title, up to 40 characters. This
- is the primary index field. The first 25 characters
- are indexed.
-
- Rating Holds the MPAA rating of the film, ie G, PG, PG-13,
- R, NC-17, NR, X, XXX etc. Press ENTER/RETURN while
- field is blank for a pop-up pick list.
-
- Star(first) Enter the star's first name - up to 12 characters.
-
- Star(last) Holds the star's last name. Index field which allows
- rapids searches or to browse the database indexed by
- star.
-
- CoStar(first) Enter the co-stars's first name -up to 12 characters.
-
- Costar(last) Same as star last name except costar is used.
-
- Cast Holds the names of the remaining cast members. This
- is a scrollable field that will hold up to 60
- characters.
-
- Dir(first) Enter the movie director's first name.
-
- Dir(last) Same as star last, except director is used.
-
- Publisher Holds the name of the company that made or distrib-
- uted the movie.
-
- Category Holds the type of movie, such as comedy, action,
- drama etc. Press ENTER/RETURN while field is blank
- to select from a list of 17 categories.
-
- YEAR Holds the year the movie was copyrighted or released.
-
- TAPE# Stores a number to identify a VCR cassette tape.
- Numbering examples: (1) all numbers - 000001 to
- 999999. (2) letters and numbers - C00001 to
- C99999. **WARNING** all six spaces must be used
- for the tape index to work correctly. Enter 0's
- to fill in the blanks as shown above.
-
- START Holds the VCR counter number where the movie begins.
-
- STOP Holds the VCR counter number where the movie stops.
-
- SPEED Holds the speed at which the movie was recorded, ie
- SP, LP, SLP.
-
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-
- DATA ENTRY FIELDS - Cont
-
- Field Contents
- ------------ --------------------------------------------------
- TIME Holds the length of the movie in minutes.
-
- NOTE Used to store additional information about movie.
-
- MEMO 62 line scrollable memo area. Can be used to enter a
- synopsis or other information.
-
- CRITICS Four character field to hold a subjective rating of
- the movie. The popup list for this field has ratings
- from 1 - 4 stars (* - ****).
-
- COLOR Used to show if the movie is color, colorized or
- black and white.
-
- MOVIE# Each movie is assigned a number in this field. This
- field is not editable.
-
- * EDITING RECORDS
-
- To edit a record select Edit from the menu by pressing E or by using
- the arrow keys or the mouse. This function allows you to make changes
- to the record displayed on the screen.
-
- After you completed making changes to a field or fields, press F10
- and the changes are saved to your movie file.
-
- If you decide while editing the record that you don't want to save
- the changes, press the ESC key and the changes will be erased and the
- old information restored.
-
- You can jump directly to the memo field by pressing ALT+M. This only
- works if done prior to selecting Edit from the Main Menu.
-
- * DELETING RECORDS
-
- To delete the record displayed select the Del function from the com-
- mand menu. A prompt is displayed to confirm deletion of the record.
- Answer Yes to delete the record.
-
- SEARCHING
-
- There are two methods provided in the program to search your data-
- base, the FIND key and the SEARCH key. The FIND key also lets
- you look at your database in tabular format and is also explained
- in this section. The FIND function is quicker and easier to use
- but the Search function allows more complex searches.
-
- * THE FIND FUNCTION
-
- The FIND key rapidly locates a movie by Title, Star(last name),
- Co-Star(last name), Director(last name), Category, Tape#, Movie#.
-
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-
- * THE FIND FUNCTION - Cont
-
-
- When you select FIND from the command menu a pop-up menu with the
- following choices is displayed: Title, Star, Co-Star, Director,
- Category, Tape# and Movie#.
-
- Select one of the choices from the menu or press ESC to return to
- the Command Menu. If you select Title, the following prompt is
- displayed:
-
- Enter Title To Find or ENTER/RETURN For All _________________
-
- A similar prompt is displayed for the other choices if selected.
- The prompt above allows you to specify a string to search for, or
- just press ENTER/RETURN. If you press ENTER/RETURN key without
- entering a search string, then the data file is displayed indexed
- by the selected choice in the List Movie Window. The cursor will
- be placed at the beginning of the file.
-
- If a search string is entered, the data file is displayed in the
- List Movie Window and the cursor is placed on the first record
- that matches the search string. If the search string is not found
- then a prompt displays saying An Exact Match Not Found and the
- cursor is placed on the record that comes closest to matching the
- string entered.
-
- When using the FIND function the data base is displayed in a pop-
- up List Movie Window. You can use the arrow keys, mouse, Tab and
- Page-Up and Page Down keys to scroll through the data base. The
- Tab key moves the cursor right 10 characters, Shift+Tab moves the
- cursor left 10 characters. The Page Up and Page Down keys move the
- cursor up and down 10 lines respectively.
-
- A unique way to move through the data base or find a particular
- record is to type a letter or word from the keyboard while the
- List Movie Window is displayed. For example if the you typed the
- letter C then the cursor will move to the first entry or closest
- entry that starts with C. To move the cursor to another location
- in the C list type another letter, for example U which would disp-
- lay CU in the left lower corner of the window. The cursor would
- move to the CU location in the data base. If Star was selected for
- the index and you typed CRUISE, the cursor would move to Cruise in
- the data base. To erase the letters displayed in the lower left
- corner of the window press the Delete or Backspace key to erase the
- characters. You can enter other characters to move about the data
- base. For example enter the letter A to move to the top of the
- data base, then press Delete to erase the character and enter Z to
- move to the end of the data base.
-
-
- There are several options available to change the List Movie
- Window. The options are displayed at the bottom of the window.
- The options are (1) Brief, (2) Zoom (3) Resize and (4) move. The
- options are explained on the next page.
-
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-
-
-
-
- THE FIND FUNCTION - cont
-
-
- List Movie Window Options:
-
- (1) Brief - Limits display to only key fields. Can speed that rec-
- ords are accessed when paging around data in the find window.
- Press ALT 'B' to activate and deactivate.
-
- (2) Zoom - List Movie Window expands to full screen. Press ALT 'Z'
- to activate and deactivate.
-
- (3) Resize - Allows you to change the size of the window using the
- arrow keys or mouse. You can only change the position of the bottom
- and right side of the window. To activate press ALT 'R'.
-
- (4) Move - Allows you to move the window using the arrow keys or
- mouse. Press ALT 'M' to activate.
-
- Note: If only one record in the Database matches the search string
- entered then the record is displayed on the main data entry screen
- and not in the find window.
-
- Also pressing ENTER/RETURN when the cursor is over one of the records
- in the List Movie Window will display the movie on the main data
- entry screen.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- THE SEARCH FUNCTION
-
- The FIND function can only perform searches on one of the key fields.
- The search function can perform searches on up to 10 fields, while
- setting up specific search criteria using logical operators. When
- the Search menu selection is chosen, the movie Query Screen is
- displayed along with the menu choices Edit, Recall Quit.
-
- Edit allows you to fill-in the movie Query Screen, Recall will
- display previously saved selections and allows you to load them from
- disk and fill in the movie Query Screen. Quit will return you to
- the main data entry screen.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
- QUERY SCREEN FIELDS
-
- There are four fields on the screen used to set up the search cri-
- tiera: Field, Comparator, Value and LogOp.
-
-
- Field Press ENTER/RETURN to pop up a pick list of 22 fields
- that can be tested. NOTE: There are 4 fields for Star,
- Star_F, Star_L, STAR and *STAR. For example you would
- use Star_L if looking for a last name only match, ie
- "Fonda". Use STAR to match a first and last name, ie
- "Jane Fonda". *STAR is used to search the Star last
- name field, Co-Star last name field and the Cast field
- for a match. For example if you used *STAR = Fonda, the
- program will look for "Fonda" in the Star, Co-Star and
- Cast Field. CO-STAR and DIRECTOR lets you enter a first
- and last name to search for just as STAR does.
-
- Operator Press ENTER/RETURN to pop up a pick list or type in one
- of the seven operators. This field defines the type of
- test you want to make.
-
- Value Enter the value to be compared/tested.
-
- LogOp Select AND/OR from the pop up list to enter additional
- selection criteria. Enter "END" and/or press F10 to
- stop entering data.
-
- The combination of a Field, an Operator and a Value forms the basic
- selection criteria. When two basic criteria is joined together by
- a LogOp, this forms a selection pair.
-
- The program evaluates each selection pair separately and combines
- them progressively from top to bottom to determine if each record
- meets the selection criteria. You can enter up to five selection
- pairs on the screen.
-
- After pressing F10 the following menu is displayed: Continue Edit
- Save Quit. Quit returns you to the main data entry screen without
- performing a search. Save stores the selection criteria on
- screen to a file, you will be prompted for a file name. Edit lets
- you edit/change the criteria entered. Continue starts the search
- based on the criteria entered.
-
- A screen identical to the data entry screen is displayed with the
- prompt "****** Searching ******" at the bottom of the screen.
- When a match is found the following menu is displayed: "Next, Edit,
- Quit". The mouse does not work with this menu. Next starts the
- search process again to find the next match. Edit functions the
- same as on the data entry screen. Quit stops the search process
- and returns to the data entry screen.
-
-
-
-
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-
- REPORTS
- The report screen appears when Reports is selected from the command
- menu. On the screen is five menus which determine the type of
- report, where to list the report, whether to list all or some of
- the movies, the index to use, and line spacing.
-
- Upon arrival at the screen, the following menu is displayed:
- Edit, Continue, Quit. Edit allows updating of the screen, Continue
- will cause the report to be listed, Quit returns you to the data
- entry screen.
-
- REPORT TYPE MENU
- Small Report A pre-formatted report that can be listed to the
- screen printer or text file. Report list Title,
- Star, Category, Rating, Tape#, Start and Speed.
-
- Large Report A pre-formatted report that can be listed to
- printer or text file. Includes all fields in small
- report, plus Co-Star, Cast, Director and Speed.
-
- Labels - Reg Prints on 3 1/2 by 15/16 continuous form labels.
-
- VHS - Spine Prints on 5 13/16 by 3/4 specialty labels. Fits
- the spine of VHS cassettes. Contact author for
- source.
-
- VHS - Top Prints on 3 1/16 by 1 13/16 specialty labels. Fits
- Top of VHS cassettes. Contact author for source.
-
- Index Cards Prints all fields except memo on 3 X 5 continuous
- form index cards.
-
- Stars Pre-formatted report that can be listed to screen,
- printer or disk. Report contains Title, Star and
- Co-Star.
-
- Custom You select the fields to place in report. Select-
- ions are made using the Report Format Screen des-
- cribed later.
-
- Catalog-Memo Lists all fields plus the memo field information.
- One record per page.
-
- Catalog Lists all fields except memo, stop and note, 10
- records per page.
- LIST TO MENU
-
- Screen When selected the report is listed to your monitor.
-
- Printer When selected the report is listed to your printer.
-
- Disk When selected, you are prompted for a filename for
- the text file. Do not add an extension. The pro-
- gram adds the extension .TXT. The file created can
- be edited by any wordprocessor capable of reading
- ASCII text.
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-
- LIST ALL
-
- Yes List all movies in the data file.
-
- No When selected, you will set-up selection criteria using
- the Query Screen to list the desired movies.
-
-
- SORT BY MENU
-
- Select the sort order in which you want your report listed. Choices
- are Title, Star, Co-Star, Director, Category or Tape#. Selecting
- Title would cause the report to be listed in alphabetical order by
- title.
-
-
- SPACING
-
- Select Single or Double to print the Small, Large, Stars and Custom
- reports with single or double line spacing. Spacing has no effect
- on other reports.
-
-
-
- REPORT FORMATTER
-
- When Custom report is selected from the Report Type Menu, the Report
- Formatter screen is displayed after completing the current screen.
- From this screen you select the fields to be included in your report
- and how you want the fields formatted.
-
-
- REPORT FORMATTER FIELDS
-
- Print Field Enter the name of the field you want printed. Press
- ENTER/RETURN while the field is blank for a pop up
- list of fields to select from. Selecting STAR, CO-
- STAR or DIRECTOR from the list will print last name,
- first name of each. Choose L-MARGIN to set the size
- of the left margin.
-
- Field Width This is a display only field and you can not edit it.
- it displays the number of characters the selected
- field occupies.
-
- Print Width This field allows you to specify the width in charac-
- ters that you want the field to occupy on a line.
- The number is added to the Line Width displayed at the
- bottom of the screen.
-
- Wrap(Y/N) Select YES(Y) when the Field Width is greater than the
- Print Width and you want all the field information
- printed. The extra characters will be wrapped to the
- next line. The field information can occupy up to
- three lines if wrap is used.
-
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-
-
- REPORT FORMATTER FIELDS - Cont
-
-
- Wrap(Y/N) If you select NO(N) and the Field Width is greater
- than the Print Width, the extra characters are deleted.
-
- Selecting either YES or NO when the Field Width is
- less than or equal to Print Width has no effect on
- the printout.
-
- Line Width Display only field. The field displays the width the
- line will occupy as each Print Field and Print Width
- is selected. NOTE: If the Line Width exceeds 79 for
- screen reports, the report will not be formatted
- properly when listed. If listed to the printer, the
- report will switch from normal to compressed print
- if the line width exceeds 79. You can print line
- widths upto 130 characters to your printer with
- proper formatting.
-
- If you want to print long lines, I suggest you list
- the report to a disk, and import the report into
- your wordprocessor, format and print it out.
-
-
- Wrap Example
-
- This is a demonstration of the use and non use of Wrap on the Title
- field. The Field Width for Title is 40, the selected Print Width is
- 20. The first line of the example below is with YES for Wrap and the
- second is with NO for Wrap.
-
- Title Star Co-Star Year
- ------------------------------------------------------
- 1. Close Encounters of Dreyfuss Garr 1980
- The Third Kind
-
- 2. Close Encounters of Dreyfuss Garr 1980
-
-
- PRINTING TAPE LABELS
-
- Printing Tape Labels is a simple process with Video Librarian. If
- you want to print labels for all tapes, select the appropriate label
- from Report Type Menu and Yes from the List All Menu.
-
- If you want to print a portion of your tapes, select NO from the
- List All Menu. You will then enter the Query Screen. Enter the
- the first tape number you want printed in the first Search Value
- field following the "GE". Enter the last tape number you want
- printed in the second Search Value field. All tape number entries
- must contain six numbers, letters or a combination of numbers and
- letters.
-
-
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-
-
- RE-INDEX LIBRARY FILES
-
- Video Librarian datafile indexes are contained in 7 index files,
- *.T1 - *.T7 The "*" symbol represents the
- name of your datafile. Occasionly indexes become corrupted, that
- is the index looses its relationship with the datafile from which
- it was generated. One of the possible causes of corrupt index
- files are loss of power or a sever power spike while operating the
- program, or exiting the program without selecting *Quit* from the
- Main Menu. One of the symptons of corrupted index files, is finding
- your data out of order when using the find or browse screen.
- Another symptom is the receiving various error messages, such as
- "Duplicate Key", or "Unexpected End of File", etc.
-
- You *do not* need to Re-Index your files periodically as some
- programs require. Your index files are automatically maintained
- and optimized by the program. The *only* time you should
- Re-Index your files are when you have an indication that the
- indexs are corrupted. However, Re-Indexing when not needed will
- not hurt or help your files.
-
- To start the Re-Index program, type VLBFIX at the DOS prompt (ie)
- the same place that you type VLB to start Video Librarian. You
- then select your file just like when you start Video Librarian. You
- next will be asked "Purged Deleted Records", the default is "NO".
- If you answer Yes, the program will purge deleted records from
- your inventory file.
-
- When you delete a record using Video Librarian, the record is not
- physically removed from the disk. The deleted record is marked so
- it is not displayed. When you add a record, the program will use
- the space allocated to the deleted records if available. If you
- elect to purge deleted records when you re-index, the deleted
- records are physically removed from the inventory file, thus
- making the file size smaller.
-
- If you experience signs of corrupted index files, Re-index first
- by answering NO to the "Purge Deleted Records" question. If the
- problem continues, run again and answer "Yes" to the "Purge Deleted
- Records" question.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- END OF MANUAL
-
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