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MAGAZINE DATA BASE               Page  1

MAGBASE PROGRAM FILES

     For correct operation of this 
program the following files are all 
required to be present in the same 
directory.

            MAGBASE.PRG
            MAGBASE.RSC
            MAGBASE.HLP
            PRINTER.CFG
OPEN FILE                        Page  2

     When a .MAG file is loaded from 
disk its window appears on the desktop, 
displaying the BINDERS contained in the 
file.

     Each binder contains a number of 
MAGAZINES. A binder may be opened by 
double clicking on its name. The window 
will then display the list of magazines 
which are contained in the binder.

OPEN FILE contd...               Page  3

     Each magazine contains a number of 
ARTICLES which can be accessed by double 
clicking on the appropriate magazine 
name. The article form allows articles 
to be added to the list, deleted from 
the list, altered, printed etc..

     More than one file may be opened on 
the desktop - each is given its own 
window.

OPEN FILE contd...               Page  4

     A new file can be created by using 
the Open File menu option and entering a 
filename which does not exist on disk. 
Binders and magazines can then be added.







SAVE FILE                        Page  5

     Selecting the Save File menu option 
causes the current file (file whose 
window is at top) to be saved to disk 
under its current filename as displayed 
in the window title bar.

SAVE AS...

     This option allows the name of the 
current file to be changed and the file 
will be saved under this new filename.
DELETE FILE                      Page  6

     Allows files to be deleted from 
disk.

MERGE

     A disk file can be merged with the 
current file in memory. If the merge 
operation cannot be completed, due to 
insufficient memory space, a warning is 
given.

CLOSE FILE                       Page  7

     A file may be closed and deleted 
from memory by selecting the Close File 
menu option or by clicking on the 
window's close box.

     If the close box is clicked when in 
magazine level then the current binder 
is closed.



QUIT                             Page  8

     Selecting this menu option will 
cause the program to be terminated. Make 
sure all changes have been saved before 
selecting it.







ADD BINDER                       Page  9

     New binders can be added to the 
current file by selecting the Add Binder 
menu option. A dialogue box is displayed 
allowing the binder name and year to be 
entered.

     This operation can only be 
performed at binder level.



ADD MAGAZINE                     Page 10

     Magazines can be added in a binder 
which is already open. A dialogue box is 
displayed and the magazine date, volume 
and number can be entered.

ADDING ARTICLES

     Articles can be added through the 
article form (double click on the 
appropriate magazine).

RENAME MAGAZINE/BINDER           Page 11

     To change the binder/magazine data 
the binder/magazine must first be 
selected by clicking on it. The Rename 
option can then be selected from the 
EDIT menu and the data altered.

     To select more than one binder/
magazine hold down the SHIFT key while
clicking.


DELETE MAGAZINE/BINDER           Page 12

     A selected binder/magazine can be 
deleted by choosing the Delete option. 
This will cause all the articles and/or 
magazines in the selected magazine/ 
binder to be deleted from memory.






SORT ARTICLES                    Page 13

     This menu option allows the way in 
which the articles are to be sorted in a 
file. If there is more than one file the 
option to sort all files in memory is 
given. All articles subsequently entered 
will be sorted in this way.

     Binders and magazines are always 
sorted by date and year.


SEARCH                           Page 14

     To search for an article or 
articles the search data is entered in 
the Search Options dialogue box. This 
will initiate the search which will 
start at the first article in the first 
file. Once the first article has been 
found the next one can be located by 
clicking on the SEARCH button on the 
article form.


SEARCH contd...                  Page 15

     To search a field for more than one 
piece of information use the '\' 
character. e.g. Entering 'DTP\WORD' will 
find all occurrences of DTP and WORD 
separately.






RESET PRINTER                    Page 16

     The printer may be reset at any 
time by selecting this menu option. This 
will cause a title bar to be printed and 
the top of form to be set at the current 
printer head position.

     When a continuous print out reaches 
the end of a page the title will be 
printed out at the top of the next page.


PRINT MAGAZINE/BINDER            Page 17

     This option will print out all the 
articles in the selected binder or 
magazine.

PRINT FILE

     Will print all articles in the 
current file.



PRINTER.CFG FILE                 Page 18

     The PRINTER.CFG file is an ASCII 
file containing information used by the 
program to format the printer output.

     The file may be edited by any ASCII 
text editor or by FIRST WORD PLUS with 
WP mode off.

     The printer codes stored in the 
file must be in hexadecimal and 
separated by commas only.

