You can get information about one of the following aspects of the trading layouts by pressing on the corresponding titles, otherwise press on the button "Exit Help":
The trading database
The transaction database
E Exit Help
E About Michael's Stamp Collection
P.S.: Do not be surprised if you can't read the help screen when there is no record present in the relation. Since the help pages are just layouts, they wont show then (that is the reason for the dummy entry inBa the delivered package). Just add a new empty record and you will be able to read the help again.
For information about the other parts of the package (i.e. inventory and catalog) please see the corresponding help entries in the respective file. In the catalog file you will also find the copyright and other important information.
Transactions OverviewB
Transaction#
E wanted by
Country
Category
Shade
Paper
Others
used vs mint
Quantity
used vs mint
Quantity
returned at
interested
Uhr Uhr
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Sent List
Trade Partner OverviewB
Transaction#
Country
Category
Shade
Paper
Transaction#
Country
Category
Shade
Paper
Others
E Condition
Quantity
returned at
interested
Uhr Uhr
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Sent List
Date of Issue
Denomin.
Description
cription
E4 (3 sfr. catalog value = ca. 0.75 US$ catalog value)
Colour
A#+ 3 sfr.
catalog value < 10 sfr.
A#* 10 sfr.
catalog value < 50 sfr.
# catalog value
50 sfr.
Trade Partner QuestionB
EmPlease enter the name of the trading partner (or part thereof) into the field below and press the RETURN key
Trade partner:
Trade Transaction QuestionB
Please enter the transaction number of the trading transaction (or part thereof) into the field below and press the RETURN key
Transaction #:
Help TransactionsB
The file "Transactions" contains all the information about a trade transaction either based on number of stamps or by value. A transaction is normally formed by one swap of stamps.
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The transaction database
E%Michael's Stamp Trading: Transactions
Comment
Quantity Received
Transaction#
Trading partner
Quantity Sent
Commit state
Qty Received
Qty Sent
per Tradingpartner
overall
E Date Sent
Date Received
Value Received
Value Sent
Value Received
Value Sent
Qty Received
Qty Sent
Value Received
Value Sent
Sent & Received
Michael Rys (rys@inf.ethz.ch)
E 930422-01
30.70
60.25
E 22.4.1993
2.5.1993
AxReceived: USA (200 fine quality, returned 74), Germany (90 fine)
Sent: Switzerland (180 incl. 1 Minisheet counting as 4)
800.40
1300.45
Quantity Received
Transaction#
Trading partner
Quantity Sent
Commit state
E Date Sent
Date Received
Value Received
Value Sent
Description of the fields:
EnThis field is the key for the entry and can be anything you like. However, it has to be unique for each entry.
EPState of the transaction. It is either "Send", "Received", or "Sent & Received".
E;Name, Address and anything else about your trading partner.
How many stamps you actually kept or sent (and the partner kept). I normally write the number of totally received/sent stamps into the comment field (see example).
E>Same as quantity, just for values. The currency can be chosen.
E&The date the stamps arrived/were send.
E"Any comment about the transaction.
Comment
The two summary sections summarize per trading partner (if sorted), respectively for all selected entries. The value fields do not make any automatic currency conversion, therefore you may get strange results if you mix different currencies.
In a second layout "Overview" you can get an overview over the transactions per trading partner. Use the sort command provided in the Special menu to sort the entries.
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Help TradingsB
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The file "Trading List" contains all the information about the sent/received stamps of a country/motive/area. The possible domain of the stamps for this database is given by the referenced catalog.
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E About Michael's Stamp Collection
The trading database
Description of the fields:
You will actually need two files, a "Sent List" and a "Want List". Both files have exactly the same structure, therefore just copy the File "Trading List" and name the two files accordingly.
In the following, only the main layout for entering a traded stamp called "Tradings" will be explained. All other layouts use the same fields and are just different views used by the commands which will be described below.
Country
Denomination
Description
Catalog value
E"Michael's Stamp Trading: Sent list
used vs mint
Repeat Reference
Sort by Country
Search
Print
Date of Issue
Category
Shade
Paper
Others
Quantity
Transaction#
Paid Amount
Trading Partner
Trade Quantity
Trade Value
Sort by Transaction
returned at
Most of the fields are described in other help pages (e.g., in the catalog file or in the description of the transaction database) or are selfexplanatory. Just enter the transaction number and the necessary infBoormation about the stamp and all the remaining fields should be automatically looked
up. In addition there are:
Paid Amount
EIIf you bought the stamps, you can enter the price you paid in this field.
returned at
If you/your partner returned the stamp, tick the box and enter the date (probably related to the received or sent date of the transaction).
EnIf the returned stamps was returned in hope to receive a replacement, tick this field to later find it easier.
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E`Besides the commands provided by the grey buttons, the Special menu provides two other commands:
Transaction overview
Trade Partner overview
Executing this command will prompt you for the transaction number and if given will search for all entries which this number matches at least partially. Then it automatically sorts the found entries by the tran
BQsaction numbers and displays it in an overview layout which then can be printed.
Executing this command will prompt you for the name of the trading partner(s) and if given will search for all entries which matches them at least partially. Then it automatically sorts the found entries by thBSe catalog numbers and displays it in an overview layout which then can be printed.
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