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Table of contents Introduction Preface Requirements Installation Usage Basics Requesters The File Requester The Directory-Requester The Screenmode-Requester The Font-Requester The Color-Requester Entry fields Sub-Records Mark Songs Control Codes The Main Screen The Records Window The Pull-Down-Menu The Record Control Window The Song Control Window The Note Window The CD-Player The Search-Window The Selection-Window The 'Change file'-Window The Printing-Window The File-Manager The List Screen The Pull-Down-Menu The List Window The Settings Screen The Pull-Down-Menu The Program Settings Window The Printer Settings Window The F-Key Settings Window The Mixed Settings Window The Screens Settings Window The Path Settings Window Introduction Preface Welcome to "MusicManIII V3.00" MusicManIII is a program, to help you managing your LP-, MC-, CD- and Single collection. Powerful features as Searching, Selecting, List Viewing, Printing and many more will help, i.e. print Covers for your MCs. If you own many music articles and you need fast access to an album or song, or if you are often asked "Do you own 'ABC' from 'XYZ'?", you will soon love MusicManIII. You are often searching for songs with a certain length? Or for a song having a playing time up to (at least of) anything? Why don't you ask MusicManIII? Just have a look on MusicManIII, you will not regret. Much fun and success with MusicManIII! Andreas Mair Requirements MusicManIII requires at least the following configuration: - Amiga computer with any processor of the Motorola 680x0 series - 1.0MB RAM - Kickstart and Workbench V37 (AmigaDOS V2.04) - reqtools.library V38 Recommended configuration: - Amiga computer with at least MC68020 processor - Harddrive - cdplayer.library (if you want to use the integrated CD player) - xpkmaster.library - xpk Sublibraries of your choice (if you want to create packed backups) Installation Please uses the supplied install program. Usage Basics In MusicManIII three screens may be opened: - the main screen - the list screen - the preferences screen There will be opened different windows on these screens. After starting MusicManIII you will see the record window, which gives you information of an album. Optionally the windows "Record control", "Song control", "Note" and CD player" may be open. One of these windows active, you will get the pull down menu of the main screen while pressing and holding the right mouse button. This pull down menu will be described later. If you select in this pull down menu "File" and then "Show list..." (or shorter: "File/Show list"), the list screen and the list window will open. In this window all records of the current file are displayed one below the other. This screen may also be configured, so that it will not open but all windows that should open on it will use the main screen instead. Selecting "Preferences", "Set" and "Program", "Printer", "F- Keys" or "Mixed" (or shorter: "Preferences/Set/Program" etc.) will open the preference screen. This screen may also be configured, so that windows that should open on it will open on the main screen. Requesters MusicManIII takes use of man requesters of the "reqtools.library" by Magnus Holmgren. Following chapters will explain the usage of the used requesters. If you have already work with the "reqtools.library" and if you are familiar with its usage, you may skip this part. All others will learn the basic usage. For detailed information you should look up the original documentation. The File Requester The file requester is used if you have to enter a file- and path name. Following gadgets are available: ListView-Gadget In the big ListView-Gadget the contents of directories are shown. You may change the appearance of this list with the preference program for the "reqtools.library". Files and directories are displayed in different colors. Directories are marked with "drawer" in the right column, too. In the right column of files the size is shown. Pressing the left mouse button above a directory name twice will show this directory afterwards. Pressing the left mouse button twice above a filename will close the requester and return the filename (including path name) to MusicManIII. Pattern This entry field displays the current pattern. The ListView- Gadget displays files only if they match this pattern. Normally you do not have to edit this patterns because MusicManIII offers you a pattern that fits the current situation, for example only display preferences or MusicManIII files. You will find more about patterns in your AmigaDOS manual. Entry fields Beyond the "pattern" entry field two more entry fields are present. The above one contains the path name shown in the ListView-Gadget, the other one contains the current filename. Entering a non-existent filename in the filename field and pressing "OK" will create a new file. Get The current directory is read in again. .info This option lets you activate or deactivate the displaying of ".info" files. OK Closes the requester and returns the selected file to MusicManIII. Volumes A list of all available drives is shown in the ListView- Gadget. Pressing the right mouse button above the requester has the same effect. Parent This will bring you back to the parent directory. Example You are in "SYS:". You click the left mouse button above "Prefs" and will find yourself in "SYS:Prefs". Click with the left mouse button in "Parent" to get back to "SYS:". Cancel Closes the requester without returning anything to MusicManIII. The Directory-Requester This requester looks like the file requester, so only the differences are explained: ListView-Gadget Only directories are displayed clearly and can be selected. Files are ghosted. Pattern, .info These gadgets are not available. Entry fields Only the path name gadget is available. OK Closes the requester and returns the selected path to MusicManIII. New, Volumes, Parent, Cancel These gadget have the same functionality as in the file requester. The Screenmode-Requester In this requester you can select the screen mode, the number of possible colors and the width and height of the screen. Following gadgets will help you: ListView-Gadget Here you will find all possible screen modes. Press the left mouse button on the mode of your choice to select it. Overscan Select the overscan mode of your choice: - Regular size - Text size - Graphics size - Maximum size Width Enter the width of your choice in the entry field or choose the option "Default" to get the default width. Height Enter the height of your choice in the entry field or choose the option "Default" to get the default height. Colors Select the number of colors you like to have. Autoscroll If this option is active and the screen's height and/or width is greater than the visible part of the screen, the visible part will be scrolled depending on the position of your mouse. OK Closes the requester and uses the changes. Cancel Closes the requester without using the changes. The Font-Requester In this requester you can select the font of your choice: Following gadgets will help you: ListView-Gadget All available fonts are displayed. The number behind the font's name is its the size. Entry fields The left entry field displays the name of the currently selected font. The right one shows the size. If you want to use a size which is not shown in the list you can enter it in that entry field. The wanted size will be calculated. Attention: If you choose to large fonts, it may happen that some windows will not fit in the screen. In this case the font "topaz" with size 8 will be used. Bold, Italic, Underline You may set the text attributes "bold", "italics" and "underlined" with these options. The Color-Requester In this requester you can change the colors. Following gadgets are available: Palette Colors This gadget displays all available colors. Press the left mouse button above the color you want to change. Copy Press the left mouse button above the color that should be copied to the already selected color. Swap Press the left mouse button above the color that should be exchanged with the already selected color. Spread Press the left mouse button above the color you want to spread to. The color will spread from the first to the last color. Red, Green, Blue Use this to set the colors wanted values. OK Closes the requester and uses the colors. Undo Undoes all made changes. Cancel Closes the requester without using the changes. Entry fields This chapter describes the entry fields used in MusicManIII. You are confronted with entry fields every time you do an input, for example songs or interpreters. In MusicManIII a user friendly line editor is integrated to make this inputs much more comfortable. The usage is compatible to the string gadgets of the AmigaDOS while having additional features. You will find a complete description of all keyboard commands in the following: Backspace Deletes the character in the left of the cursor. DEL Deletes the character under the cursor.. CursorLeft The cursor is moved one character to the left. CursorRight The cursor is moved one character to the right. CursorUp In the songs ListView-Gadget the cursor is moved one line up. In strings gadgets the previous string gadget will be activated. CursorDown In the songs ListView-Gadget the cursor is moved one line down. In strings gadgets the next string gadget will be activated. Return, Enter This leaves the current line. If you've changed to the edit-mode with "Record/Edit" before and you press one of these keys in a string gadget the cursor is moved to let you enter the first song. If you are already entering songs and you are in the most right column (depending on your preferences) the edit-mode will end. ESC Undoes all changes to the current line before leaving it. Please read the previous paragraph to learn which gadget is activated afterwards. TAB Leaves the current line. Pressing TAB at the most right column in the songs ListView-Gadget (depending on your preferences) will add songs to the current list. Shift+CursorLeft Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. Shift+CursorRight Moves the cursor the end of the line. Shift+CursorUp Moves the cursor to the first song of the current side. Shift+CursorDown Moves the cursor to the last song of the current side. Shift+Backspace, right Amiga+Backspace This will delete all characters from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line. Shift+Del, rechte Amiga+Del This will delete all characters from the current cursor position to the end of the line. Shift+TAB This leaves the current line and jumps to the previous entry field. Ctrl+CursorLeft Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current word. Ctrl+CursorRight Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word. Ctrl+CursorUp Moves the cursor to the first line of side a. Ctrl+CursorDown Moves the cursor to the first line of side b. Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3 Changes the edit mode for the current line: 1: abc=abc 2: abc=ABC 3: abc=Abc These functions are only available while editing songs. You'll find more information on edit modes in chapter... Ctrl+c Exchanges the character left of the cursor with the character under the cursor. While typing at high speed it may happen that one enters two letters the wrong way. Use this feature to correct them. Ctrl+i Toggles between insert and overwrite mode. Ctrl+k This will delete all characters from the current cursor position to the end of the line and puts it into a buffer which can be inserted by pressing Ctrl+y. Ctrl+q, rechte Amiga+q Undoes all changes to the current line. Ctrl+w This will delete the word the cursor is placed in. Ctrl+x, rechte Amiga+x This deletes the contents of the current line. Ctrl+y This inserts the text cut with Ctrl+k. Ctrl+u This delete from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line. rechte Amiga+z Changes the character under the cursor: lower case to upper case and vice versa. Alt+CursorLeft If you are in the songs ListView-Gadget the cursor will placed in previous left column. Alt+CursorRight If you are in the songs ListView-Gadget the cursor will placed in next right column. F-Tasten The text set in the "F-Key" preference window is inserted. HELP This will show all supported shortcuts. Shift+HELP This will display the definition of the F-Keys. Ctrl+HELP If you are about to enter an interpreter or a type, this shortcuts will open a window displaying all already entered interpreters or types. Use the cursor keys to select the wanted and press Return to put in the entry field. Pressing Esc to cancel this function. This function is only available if the options "Use MusicManIII.Art" and "Use MusicManIII.Int" in the "Program" preference window are active. Sub-Records MusicManIII offers the possibility of creating sub-records for a record. It's useful if you want to manage double CDs. In MusicManII every CD had to be created as a standalone record, but now with MusicManIII you only have to create a record and to create a sub-record for the second CD. Sub-records are available in all modes. There is a maximum of 255 sub-records. Mark Songs This function should make it easier to manage medleys. In existing CD bases there are only two ways for entering medleys: first enter the medley name and in the following lines enter the songs. Or you only enter the medley name. Method 1 has the disadvantage that if you print a sorted list of songs the songs of the medley are split. Method 2 has the losing of information as disadvantage. This is where "Mark Songs" comes in: enter your medleys with name and songs, select the color (= number) for marking by using "Song/Mark/Change color" and select for every medley song "Song/Mark/Mark: xx". All songs marked with the same color are managed as an unit, that means in the above mentioned example only the medley name is used for sorting and all contained songs would follow directly. The medley name is the first song marked with the color. The number of possible markings depends on the number of colors of the main screen. On a screen with 4 colors 3 colors are useable. The background color removes the dependency of a song to a medley. If you want to enter more than 3 medleys you have to increase the number of colors in the "Screens" preference window. Control Codes MusicManIII uses ESC control codes for printer functions not accessible with the "printer.device" by sending them directly to the printer. These control codes may differ from printer to printer. Predefined are codes needed for the "Epson LQ- 570+" (ESC-P2) printer. If your printer offers the Epson mode (ESC-P2) no problems should occur. Otherwise you have to look up and enter the control codes yourself. A control code is a set of ASCII codes. You may enter them as characters in quotations (e.g. "A"), hex number with a "$" (e.g. $0D) or as decimal number (e.g. 27). The codes have to be separated by commas. As almost all control codes start with ESC you do not have to enter it as a number (27) but you can enter ESC instead. Example: ESC, "M", 15 These control codes make 20cpi character width active in the "Epson LQ-570+" printer. The Main Screen On the main screen the records window is always opened: The Records Window This window contains following entry fields: Interpreter The interpreter of the album. The maximum length is 30 characters. Title The album's title. Maximum length: 30 characters. This field is deactivated in the single mode. No. The number of the album. Maximum length: 5 characters. This field is set automatically while creating records. This number must not be the same as the number of the record. It is used while printing to have a consistent numbering no matter what the sorting order's like. If you want to load a record having a specific number, just click into the "?"-Gadget and type the wanted number in the opened window. Recorded The recording year with a maximum length of 4 characters. While creating records this field is set to the current year. This field is only available in the MC mode. Released The releasing year with a maximum length of 4 characters. Type The type of music of the album. Maximum length: 20 characters. This field is only available in the MC mode. Tape The name of the cassette. Maximum length: 10 characters. This field is only available in the MC mode. Additionally following gadgets are available: Length This field contains the calculated playing time of the shown side. Playing time The rectangle contains the calculated playing time of the whole album. In the MC mode you can set the length of the cassette by using the Cycle-Gadget. Dolby With this Cycle-Gadget you can set the Dolby noise reduction. This field is only available in the MC mode. Source With this Cycle-Gadget you can set the source used for recording. This field is only available in the MC mode. Recording methode Here you can select the wanted record method of a CD. This gadget is only available in the CD mode. Cassette type Select the wanted type of you MC. This gadget is only available in the MC mode. A Side / B Side With this gadget you can select the side to show. This gadget is not available in the MC mode. Sub-record With this scroll bar you can select the sub-record to show. You will find more information on sub-records in chapter "Sub-Records" on page 12. ^ Increases the record number. The number is increased by (from right to left) 1, 10, 100, 1000 or 10000. v Decreases the record number. The number is decreased by (from right to left) 1, 10, 100, 1000 or 10000. F This will show the first record. G This will get (load) the record with the shown number. L This will show the last record. The big range with the scroll bar on the right is used to enter the songs of an album. Every album may have a maximum of 255 songs with 30 characters each. The range is split into five pieces: The first column on the left contains the number of the song with a maximum of 3 characters. Additionally it contains the marking of the song. You will find more information on marking in the chapter "Mark Songs" on page 13. The second column contains the song's name, the third the song's length with a maximum of 5 characters (including ":"). To enter the counter instead of the length (that is to not include ":" automatically) you have to change the setting for "Counter instead of Length" to "Counter" in the "Program" preference settings. The next column contains the "beats per minute" (BPM) with a maximum length of 3 characters. The last column is the "special" column. It can be used to enter additional information such as the interpreters of the songs of a sample CD or the composers. A maximum of 30 characters is available. To edit a song's name, length, the BPM or the special entry press the left mouse button above the corresponding column of the song. Pressing the left mouse button above song's number the corresponding song is made the current one, that is it will be displayed with an other color and the functions of the "Song" pull-down-menu and of the song control window use it for there operations. The Pull-Down-Menu The pull-down-menu is displayed if you press the right mouse button. The screen's title will change and "Project Record Song File Macros Settings" is shown. If you move the mouse's cursor onto one of these words while still pressing the right mouse button more menu items will appear depending on the mouse's position. These items may display sub-item or start functions if you release the right mouse button above them. If an item's name ends with "..." it means that selecting (= releasing the mouse button) it will open a dialogue window. If it ends with "?" it means that this is an option that may be set active (with a checkmark) or inactive (without a checkmark). The status toggles every time you select this item. If an item's name displays ">>" at its right side it means that sub-items will appear if you keep holding the left mouse button while you point at it. After explaining the basics of using pull-down-menus the single items will be explained. Project Following items are available: Create MC This function is not yet available. Import This function is not yet available. Export This function is not yet available. Print The "Printing" dialogue will be opened. You can output the record(s) on your printer or in an ASCII file. This window is explained in chapter "The Printing-Window" on page 33. About More sub-items are available: File This will display the current mode, filename, number of records in this file, number of records of all files of the current mode, the number of selected records and the input done with "Lent to". Program The program's name, version, copyright and the name of the ARexx port are displayed. Author The program's name, version, copyright and the authors name and address are displayed. User The registered version will display name, address and registration number of the user. The demo release will display the name of the FD series the key was created for and the limits for records and files that are supported and the day of expire, if any. Distribution The current distribution notes are displayed. Iconify All windows on the main screen and the main screen itself are closed and as much memory as possible is freed. Additionally a small window named "MusicManIII" is opened on the workbench. To get back into MusicManIII activate the window with a mouse click and then press the right mouse button. To quit MusicManIII directly press the left mouse button above the window's Close-Gadget and confirm the security check. Help-Mode This will toggle the help mode. With the help mode set active selecting functions (menu items, gadgets) will show an explaining help text for it. Close Workbench With this option you may close the workbench and free some memory. If there is a program's window opened it can't be closed. If there happens an error while opening or closing MusicManIII will tell you in a message. Quit Program This will quit MusicManIII after a security check. If you change the current record and didn't save it yet, MusicManIII will save it, ask you or do nothing, depending on your settings. Changed settings will be saved too. Record The following items are available: Load A window will open where you can enter the number of the record you want to load. Save This will save the shown record. This item is only available if the record has changed. Lend A window will open where you can enter the name of the person you lent the current album to. Returning an empty string will set the field to "Nobody". Enter The edit mode is activated. The cursor is set into the "Interpreter" entry field and you can jump to the next entry field by pressing TAB or CursorDown. Press SHIFT+TAB or CursorUp to jump to the previous entry field. Press RETURN to jump to the entering of first song. As long as you use TAB to jump to the next line songs will be added. Press RETURN to quit the edit mode. Please note that RETURN only has this function if the next entry field is in the next line and not if there are still columns to skip to (the number of available columns depends on your settings). Clear This will clear all entry fields, sub-records and songs. Create All entry fields, sub-records and songs are cleared and the edit mode (see above) is activated. If you press RETURN to quit the edit mode the record will be saved. The record is sorted into the file so that the sorting order for interpreter and title still is OK. The entry field "No." is set to the new numbers of records. Sub-record This items displays two sub-items: Create A sub-record is appended. Delete The shown sub-record is deleted. If it's the last one it can't be deleted with this function. Use "Record/Delete" therefor. You'll get more information on sub-records in chapter "Sub- Records" on page 12. Delete The current record will be deleted after a security check. Copy This function is not yet available. Undo This function is not yet available. Control window This option will toggle the record control window. The status of this option is saved in the preferences and is available after the next program start. The record control window is described in the chapter "The Record Control Window" on page 25. Note window This option toggles the note window. The status of this option is saved in the preferences and is available after the next program start. The note window is described in the chapter "The Note Window" on page 27. CD-Player This option toggles the CD player. The status of this option is saved in the preferences and is available after the next program start. The CD player is described in the chapter "The CD-Player" on page 28. Song The following items are available: Mark Following sub-items are shown: Mark The current song is marked with the number of the color shown behind "Mark". You'll find more information in chapter "Mark Songs" on page 13. Change color You can change the color songs are marked with in the color requester. You'll get more information in chapter "The Color-Requester" on page 8. Append A new song is appended to the existing list. A maximum of 255 songs are allowed per side. Insert A new song is inserted before the current song. A maximum of 255 songs are allowed. Delete This deletes the current song. Up The current song is moved up a position in the list. Down The current song is moved down a position in the list. Control window This option will toggle the song control window. The status of this option is saved in the preferences and is available after the next program start. The song control window is described in the chapter "The Song Control Window" on page 26. File The following items are available_ Load A window is opened to open another MusicManIII file and to change the mode. This window is described in chapter "The 'Change file'-Window" on page 32. Show list The list window is opened. Depending on your settings it will open on the additionally opened list screen or on the main screen. This window is described in the chapter "The List Screen" on page 36. Sort This function is not yet available. Search The "Search"-window will open. You can search for interpreters, titles, songs, song length, types and free time. You'll get more information in the chapter "The Search-Window" on page 29. Selection More menu items are displayed: Create The "Select"-window will open. You can select interpreters, titles, types and releasing years. This window is described in chapter "The Selection-Window" on page 31. Free The selection is freed. You'll working with the whole file afterwards. Save as You can save the selection to another file. Chose path and filename in the file-requester. The new created file will be added to the files list so that you can open it later. You'll get more information on the file-requester in the chapter "The File Requester" on page 3. Create Additional items will be shown: - MusicManIII.Int - MusicManIII.Art These functions are not yet available. Save Additional items will be shown: - Index - MusicManIII.Int - MusicManIII.Art These function are not yet available. Manager The "File-Manager"-window will open. You can add, delete, reorganise files, make backups, append files to the current file and change filename and path. You'll find more information in chapter "The File-Manager" on page 35. Macros These functions are not yet available. - Start learning - Stop learning - Assign Macro - Load - Save Settings The following items are available: Create Icons With this option you can chose whether to create icons to new created MusicManIII files or not. Therefor the following icons are needed in "ENV:MusicManIII/": - def_MC.info - def_CD.info - def_Lp.info - def_Single.info Set The following sub-items pop up: Program The Program-Settings-Window will open. It'll be described in the chapter "The Program Settings Window" on page 41. Printer The Printer-Settings-Window will open. It'll be described in the chapter "The Printer Settings Window" on page 43. F-Keys The F-Key-Settings-Window will open. It'll be described in the chapter "The F-Key Settings Window" on page 44. Mixed The Mixed-Settings-Window will open. It'll be described in the chapter "The Mixed Settings Window" on page 45. Depending on your settings for the preferences screen these windows will open on the preferences screen or on the main screen. Last saved The settings saved in the file "ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" are set. Default The settings saved in MusicManIII itself are set. The settings "number of files", "filename" and "number of records" aren't changed. Load Select the MusicManIII settings you want to set in the file- requester. You'll find more information on the file- requester in the chapter "The File Requester" on page 3. Save The current settings are saved in "ENV:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" and "ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs". Save as Select the file the current settings should be saved in in the file-requester. You'll find more information on the file-requester in the chapter "The File Requester" on page 3. The Record Control Window The following functions are available: Load A window will open where you can enter the number of the record you want to load. Create All entry fields, sub-records and songs are cleared and the edit mode (see above) is activated. If you press RETURN to quit the edit mode the record will be saved. The record is sorted into the file so that the sorting order for interpreter and title still is OK. The entry field "No." is set to the new numbers of records. Delete The current record will be deleted after a security check. Clear Alle Eingabefelder werden gelöscht bzw. auf "0" gesetzt. Alle Songs werden ebenfalls gelöscht. Enter The edit mode is activated. The cursor is set into the "Interpreter" entry field and you can jump to the next entry field by pressing TAB or CursorDown. Press SHIFT+TAB or CursorUp to jump to the previous entry field. Press RETURN to jump to the entering of first song. As long as you use TAB to jump to the next line songs will be added. Press RETURN to quit the edit mode. Please note that RETURN only has this function if the next entry field is in the next line and not if there are still columns to skip to (the number of available columns depends on your settings). Save This will save the shown record. This item is only available if the record has changed. Undo This function is not yet available. Lend to A window will open where you can enter the name of the person you lent the current album to. Returning an empty string will set the field to "Nobody". Note This option toggles the note window. The status of this option is saved in the preferences and is available after the next program start. The note window is described in the chapter "The Note Window" on page 27. Copy This function is not yet available. Create SR A sub-record is appended to the current record. You'll find more information on sub-records in the chapter "Sub-Records" on page 12. The Song Control Window Following functions are available: Mark The color-requester will open where you can select the color you want to use to mark the current song. You'll find more information on the color requester in the chapter "The Color- Requester" on page 8. Read the chapter "Mark Songs" on page 13 to learn more about marking songs. Append A new song will be appended to the existing list. A maximum of 255 songs is allowed. Insert A new song will be inserted the existing list before the current song. A maximum of 255 songs is allowed. Delete This will delete the current song. Up The current song is moved up one position in the list. Down The current song is moved down one position in the list. The Note Window In MusicManIII it is possible to add a note to every record. These notes can be up to 255 lines long with 255 characters each line. You can anything you want as a note, e.g. what's necessary for you but MusicManIII does not yet support. The note is displayed in the big ListView-Gadget. To alter the it click into the "Edit"-Gadget. The editor set in the environment variable "EDITOR" will be started. Close the window by using the "OK"-Gadget the use the changes or by using "Cancel" to use them not. The CD-Player MusicManIII now also contains a simple CD player. If your Amiga is equipped with a CD-ROM drive, you can play music CDs. The available gadgets are described in the following: |> Start playing. [] Stop playing || Toggle pause mode. << Fast backward. >> Fast forward. |< Jump to the previous song. >| Jump to the next song. ^ Eject CD. Read in The length of the songs of the inserted CD are read and copied into the songs ListView-Gadget. The Search-Window In this window you can enter search patterns to find a specific record. You can enter patterns for the following fields: Interpreter The wanted interpreter. Title The album's title. This entry field is not available in the Single mode. Song The wanted song. Length The song length to search for. Enter the length and end your entry with "+" to find lengths greater or end with "-" to find lengths lower than your entry. To find the exact length you'll have to enter only the wanted length. Type The wanted type of music. Free time This entry field is only available in the MC mode. A cassette is looked for that only has the entered time free. End your entry with "+" to find free times greater or end with "-" to find free times lower than your entry. To find the exact free time you'll have to enter only the wanted length. You'll find more information on patterns in your AmigaDOS manual. Furthermore the following gadgets are available: Range Select the range to search: Beginning-End Searches the whole file from the first to the last record. Beginning-current Position Searches the file from the beginning to the current record. current Position-End Searches the file from the current record to last one. Direction The direction of searching: Forward Searches from the lower to the upper limit. Backward searches from the upper to the lower limit. File(s) This function is not yet available. After you've done all your entries end settings press "OK" to start searching or press "Cancel" if you don't want to search. If a record is found you are asked if it is the wanted and you want to stop searching or if you are looking for another one and therefor want to continue searching. If no record is found the record shown before searching was started is shown again. The Selection-Window With this function you can select your file, i.e. you don't have to work with the complete file but with a selection. Use the following gadget to create your selection: Interpreter, Title, Type, Released Enter a valid pattern. You'll get more information on patterns in your AmigaDOS manual. Start selection with "OK". Press "Cancel" if you don't want to select. To work with whole file again you have to free the selection. Use "File/Selection/Free" or "Project/Selection/Free" if you are on the list screen. The 'Change file'-Window In this window you can change the current file and mode. Chose the wanted mode by clicking the corresponding gadget "LP", "MC", "CD" or "Single". Then select the wanted file in the ListView-Gadget. Press "OK" to load the selected file or "Cancel" to abort. The Printing-Window Use this function to output the shown record or the current file on your printer or in an ASCII-file. Following gadgets are available: Quality Select the wanted quality of printing: - (N)LQ - Draft You can set the default of this gadget in the "Printer" settings window. 80 chars/line (Std=69) Use this option if you want to print with a condensed writing. If this option is active in a line of a MC cover 80 characters instead of 69 are printed. You can set the default of this option in the "Printer" settings window. Sort-Mode This function is not yet available. The output is always sorted for interpreters and titles. Select This function is not yet available. Output to You can chose if you want output to the printer or into a file. If output goes to a file you can enter a filename in the "Filename" entry field. The default is the path name and filename of the current file with the suffix ".prt" instead of ".mm3". Filename Enter the path name and filename or select it in the file- requester that opens if you press the "?" gadget. Mode Select what you want to output: Record The current record is output. In the MC mode the printing can be used as a MC cover. List All records of the current file are output as a list. The first column shows the number of the record (that one you entered in the "No.:" entry field). Then the interpreter, title and type are output. You can disable the output of the number in the "Printer" settings window. In the MC mode the output for each record uses two lines. The first one contains the data of the A side, the second one those of the B side without repeating number or play- ing time. In the single mode the first song name is output instead of the title. Format This function is not yet available. What to output This function is not yet available. Range This function is not yet available. Print This will start the output. The "Printer" window is closed afterwards. Settings The "Printer" settings window will open. You'll find more information on this window in the chapter "The Printer Settings Window" on page 43. Cancel Closes the "Printer" window without printing. The File-Manager The List Screen On this screen a window will open showing the current file as a list. This screen contains the following pull-down-menu: The Pull-Down-Menu Project Selection Additional sub-items are shown: Create The "Select"-window will open. You can select interpreters, titles, types or the year of release. This window is described in the chapter "... Free The selection is freed. Afterwards you will work again with the whole file. Save as Use this function to save the current selection to a file. Chose the wanted path and filename in file-requester. The newly created file will be appended to mode's file list so that you can load it later. You'll find more information on the file-requester in the chapter "The File Requester" on page 3. First record to show A window will pop up where you can enter the number of the record you want to be displayed in the first line of the list. Show first page Use this to display the list beginning with the first record. Show last page Use this to display the list ending with the last record. How much records are shown above depends on the screen's height and the font's height. Information A window will open displaying the following information: Records The number of records in the current file. Selected The number of selected records. Interpreter, Title, Type, Released The patterns for the selection are shown. Help-Mode This will toggle the help mode. With the help mode set active selecting functions (menu items, gadgets) will show an explaining help text for it. Quit The window and screen are closed without loading a new record. The List Window In this window the contents of the current file is listed. The first column will show the number of the record, the second one contains the interpreters, the next one the title of the album and the last one shows the type of music. In the Single mode the first song is displayed instead of the album's title. In the MC mode each record is displayed in two lines. The first one contains the data of the A side, the second one displays those of the B side without showing the record's number twice. If you move the mouse's pointer above the list, the record under the pointer is hilighted. Press the left mouse button to close the window and the screen and load that record in the record window. The following gadgets are present: <<<< Moves back 1000 pages. <<< Moves back 100 pages. << Moves back 10 pages. < Moves back 1 page. > Moves forward 1 page. >> Moves forward 10 pages. >>> Moves forward 100 pages. >>>> Moves forward 1000 pages. The Settings Screen This chapter describes the various settings of MusicManIII. The settings are done in four windows which are described in the following. Each window contains three gadget with the same function: Save This will close the screen and the window. The settings are saved in ENV:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" and "ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs". Use This will close the screen and the window. The settings are saved in ENV:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs". Cancel This will close the screen and the window without saving the settings. Each window contains the same pull-down-menu, too, which is described in the following: The Pull-Down-Menu Project Open The file-requester will open where you can select the file which MusicManIII settings are to be set. You'll find more information on the file-requester in the chapter "The File Requester" on page 3. Save The current settings are saved in "ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" and "ENV:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs". Save as The file-requester will open and you can select the file in that the current settings should be saved. You'll find more information on the file-requester in the chapter "The File Requester" on page 3. Quit The window and screen are closed without using the changes. Edit Default The settings saved in MusicManIII itself are set. The settings "number of files", "filename" and "number of records" aren't changed. Last saved The settings saved in the file "ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" are set. Undo all All changes made in the current settings window are undone. Undo The last made change is undone. Options Create Icons With this option you can chose whether to create icons to new created MusicManIII files or not. Therefor the following icons are needed in "ENV:MusicManIII/": - def_MC.info - def_CD.info - def_Lp.info - def_Single.info The Program Settings Window In this window's upper left group you can select the mode and file that should be opened after starting MusicManIII. First click on "LP", "MC", "CD" or "Single" to chose the mode and then select the wanted file on the ListView-Gadget. In the upper right group the following gadgets are present: Startup Here you can select the behaviour of MusicManIII after starting up: Load first Load the first record. Load last Load the last record. Append You may start entering a new record. Show list Open the list window. Save-Mode Here you can select MusicManIII's behaviour if a record has been edited but not saved yet, but after the current action the changes would be lost. The following possibilities are available: Automatic Records are always saved automatically. Ask This will remind the user whether he wants to save the record now or not. User The user has to care for saving the records himself. MusicManIII does not warn if changes will get lost. Input-Mode Here you can set MusicManIII's behaviour if you have to enter songs and special-fields: abc=abc MusicManIII will not alter your inputs. abc=ABC MusicManIII will alter your inputs to upper case. abc=Abc MusicManIII will alter every first letter of a word to upper case. Close Workbench Here you can set whether MusicManIII should close the Workbench at start-up or not. A closed Workbench will give you a little more memory. If closing fails, because some programs have still opened windows on it, an error message will be given. Case Sensitive Use this option to set whether MusicManIII should search and select case sensitive or not. If this option is active "Text" and "TEXT" are different words. Input Song Length Here you can set whether you want to enter the song's length or not. Input BPM Here you can set whether you want to enter the "beats per minute" (BPM) to each song or not. Input Special fields Here you can set whether you want to enter the special field to every song or not. In the lower group you can do the following settings: Input Length/Counter Here you can set whether you want to enter the MC's counter or the song's length in the MC mode. If the settings is "Length" your inputs will automatically inserted a colon. Use MusicManIII.Int This function is not yet available. Use MusicManIII.Art This function is not yet available. Auto-Load records Use this option to specify whether you want records to load automatically or not. If this option is on every time you change the record's number with the arrow gadget the record with the new number gets loaded. That means you do not have to use the "G"-gadget anymore. The Printer Settings Window In the Printer Settings Window you can change settings for printing. The following gadgets are available: Quality The Quality of printing: (N)LQ Draft Print record numbers Use this option to set whether record numbers are to output or not. Print list numbers User this option to set whether record numbers are to output in the list mode or not. 80 chars per line (Default=69) Use this option to set whether a condensed writing should be used for printing or not. If this option is on 80 characters instead of 69 are printed in one line of a MC cover. Skip Perforation Use this option to set whether the perforation of fanfold paper should be skipped or not. Center printing Use this option to set whether you want to print your lists centred or not. ESC-Codes MusicManIII uses some function of the printer directly without the "printer.device" because the "printer.device" does not support them. You'll find more information on ESC codes in the chapter "Control Codes" on page 14. Currently the following codes are used: Condensed This control code should set a font with 20cpi (Characters per inch) on your printer. It is used to print 80 instead of 69 characters in one line of a MC cover. The F-Key Settings Window In this setting window you can define your F-Keys. You can define any text on them that should be inserted if you press that key in an entry field. The following gadgets are available: F1-F10 Enter the wanted text here. Please check the "Qualifier"- Gadget to enter the text for the right qualifier. Qualifier Select the qualifier that has to be pressed together with the F-Key here. The following qualifiers are available: - None - Shift - Ctrl - Alt - right Amiga Print F-Keys This function will print the current F-Key definition on your printer after performing a request. The Mixed Settings Window In this window you can set the values of the Cycle-Gadget - Sources - Dolby - Playing times - Cassette types - Recording methods in the main window. The usage is equal for every group: ListView-Gadget Select the wanted entry here. String-Gadget Alter the selected entry here. New Use this to add a new entry and then enter the text in the String-Gadget. Del This will delete the selected entry. Up Use this to move the selected entry up one position in the list. Down Use this to move the selected entry down one position in the list. Additionally the following two gadgets are available: Screen Preferences A window will open where you can pre-set the screens MusicManIII uses. You'll find a description of this window in the chapter "The Screens Settings Window" on page 46. Path Preferences A window will open where you can set the help's, macro's and file's path. You'll find a description of this window in the chapter "The Path Settings Window" on page 47. The Screens Settings Window In this window you can define the screens MusicManIII uses. The following gadgets are available: Main screen, List screen, Prefs screen Select the screen for that you want to change the settings. Screenmode The Screenmode-Requester opens where you can select the wanted screenmode. This gadget is only available if the option "Open on main screen" is on. You'll find more information in the chapter "The Screenmode-Requester" on page 5. Font The Font-Requester opens where you can select the wanted font. This gadget is only available if the option "Open on main screen" is on. You'll find more information in the chapter "The Font-Requester" on page 7. This gadget is not available if the option "Open on main screen" is on. Colors The Color-Requester opens where you can set the screen's palette. You'll find more information on the chapter "The Color-Requester" on page 8. This gadget is not available if the option "Open on main screen" is on. Open on main screen If this option is on the depending screen will not open but all windows that are to open on it are opened on the main screen. This option is not available if you are doing the settings for the main screen. Public Screen Use this option if you want the screen to be a public screen. On public screens other programs can open there windows. The following screen names are used: Main screen: "MMIII" List screen: "MMIII_List" Preferences screen: "MMIII_Prefs" Clone Workbench If this option is on the screen will be opened with the same settings as the Workbench. OK This closes the window and uses the changes. Cancel This closes the window without using the changes. The Path Settings Window In this window you can set the paths MusicManIII should use. You can enter the path name by using the keyboard or you can select it by using the Directory-Requester that pop up when you click in the "?"-Gadget. You'll get more information on the usage of the Directory-Requester in the chapter "The Directory-Requester" on page 5. MusicManIII allows you to pre-set the following paths: Default Path The path to your MusicManIII files. Help Path The path to the MusicManIII online help file. Macro Path The path to your MusicManIII-ARexx-Pograms. Close the window with "OK" to use the changes or with "Cancel" to lose the changes.