CDManager V1.03 for Windows 3.x Users manual (Engelsk / English) Contents 1.0 INFORMATION 1.1 What are cdm 1.2 In the future 1.3 History 1.4 Distrubution , Copyright and how to register 1.5 Archive contents 1.6 How to get in touch with the programmer 1.7 Installation 2.0 PROGRAMFUNCTIONS 2.1 Menus 2.2 Speedbuttons 2.3 The statusbar 1.1 What are cdm CDManager are a databaseprogram that are used to store information about CD's , like songname , groupname , songcategory and if the record are out on loan. You can enter as many records as you like in the database and as many songs as you like in each record. The only thing that limits the amount of records in the database are ,the memory and harddisk space in your machine. CDManager works with so called linked lists , who are based on the recordcode. If you are viewing the record with code ' 000 ' , then cdm displays the songs and loaninformation that has code ' 000 '. I wrote CDManager because i needed an easy to use but yet powerful database to store my CD's in. I hope that you will find this program useful. 1.2 In the future I am going to release upgrades as frequent as possible and i will listen to your (the users) ideas and try to please you , within limits. 1.3 History For a complete history and the latest news , turn your browser to http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-16023 1.4 Distrubution , Copyright and how to register CDManager are written by and copyrighted to Peter Johansson. The author shall not be held responsible for any damages, whether they be direct, indirect, consequential, or coincidental that may arise from the use of this software. The author leaves no warranties. You installs and uses this software AT YOUR OWN RISK. How to register CDManager are Shareware , therefor you must register as a user and pay a fee to continue using this software after a period of 30 days. The unregistered copy of cdm allows only 11 records. The fee are 40 SKR or 10 US$ (Exchange included) cash only please. When you have registered , you will reseave a disk containing the registered copy that will allow as many records as you like. If you decide to register as a user , send the REGISTRATIONFORM and the MONEY in an envelope to me , my address is listed under section 1.6 in this document. Distrubution. You may distrubute the UNREGISTERED copy of cdm as you like ,provided that the archive is intact and no files are modified,added or removed. The REGISTERED copy of this archive may NOT under any circumstance be distrubuted. 1.5 Archive contents This archive contains the following files. Filename Deskription BC45RTL.DLL Borland DLL BIDS45.DLL Borland DLL BWCC.DLL Borland control library OWL250.DLL Borland DLL CDM.EXE CDManager programfile MAN_SWE Users manual (Swedish) MAN_ENG Users manual (English) REG_ENG Registrationform (English) REG_SWE Registrationform (Swedish) FILE_ID.DIZ A short description. 1.6 How to get in touch with the programmer If you have questions , bugreports or ideas so please contact me. If you have access to e-mail please use it, but you can ofcourse use the postaddress if you like or step into my homepage on the internet, where you can download the latest betaversion or unregistered version. When you register you must use the postaddress beacuse it's hard to send money in an e-mail (for now , anyway). Here are my adresses. postaddress : Peter Johansson Krönikegatan 11c 703 72 Örebro Sweden E-mail : peter.johansson@mbox9.swipnet.se Internet : http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-16023 1.7 Installation Installing cdmanager are very easy , follow these steps. 1. Create a directory called 'cdm' (or what you want it to be) 2. Unzip the archive into that directory. 3. Make a icon in the desktop (see windows manual for details). Thats it... 2.1 Menus FILE Open This opens a file dialogbox where you choose which file to load. Choose a filename and press 'OK' , or press 'Cancel'. Save When you choose this function cdm saves your work with the filename that are displayed in the statusbar at the bottom of the screen. If you don't have any filename selected cdm opens the saveas dialogbox and you can choose a filename. Save as This opens the saveas dialogbox , you use this dialogbox to select path and filename for your datafile. Choose a filename and press 'OK' , or press 'Cancel'. Print When you choose this function cdm opens the dialogbox 'Printout Control'. Here you can choose to print out a list over all records in the database or you can print out the information about the record that are currently displayed. If you want the list then you choose 'List of all records' or if you want a printout of the current record choose 'This Record' and press 'OK'. Choose 'Cancel' if you don't want any printout. The field 'Lines on page' are used to set the number of lines on one page. The default value are set to (50) for the list and (20) for the record, these defaults are used on a standard A4. In the record printout are only the songs counted (one song = one line) and in the list printout ,everything counts but the headers. Exit Exits the program and saves your work. DATABASE New Record This menuitem opens the dialogbox 'New Record' , where you enter information about the new record you wish to add to the database. If the recordcode you choose allready exists ,then cdm displays a errormessage. The record that exist will not be changed. If you leave a field empty , then cdm sets the text 'NoName' in that field. The recordcode you choose can not be changed later. TIP!! If you use only numbers as recordcode , enter a zero (0) before the number. The code 10 would be 010 , and the code 1 would be 001. Then cdm sorts the data in a better way. Delete Record This opens a requester that asks if you really want to delete ' THIS ' record. ' THIS ' is the record that you are currently viewing , choose 'Yes' if you want to delete this record or choose 'Cancel' to abort. When you delete a record all songs and loan-information that belongs to this record will also be deleted. Edit Record Opens the dialogbox 'Edit record information' , here you can change any information about this record . You can't change the recordcode. If you leave a field empty cdm sets the text 'NoName' in that field. New Song Opens the dialogbox 'New song' , here you enter information about a new song. The songnumber are set automatically and increases with every song that you enter for this record. If you leave a field empty cdm sets the text 'NoName' in that field. Delete Song Opens the dialogbox 'Work with song-Delete' and displays how many songs this record have. To delete a song choose a song number and press 'Ok' . If you don't want to delete any song press 'Cancel'. Edit Song Opens the dialogbox 'Work with song-Edit' and displays how many songs this record have. To edit a song choose a song number and press 'Ok'. Then the dialogbox 'Song/Group data' opens and you can change the information in that song. If you leave a field empty cdm sets the text 'NoName' in that field. Sort by code Sorts the records by Recordcode (default) Sort by recordtitel Sorts the records by Recordtitel. Sort by company Sorts the records by Company Sort by producer Sorts the records by Producer Sort by year Sorts the records by Year Search This menuitem opens the dialogbox 'Search'. Enter a searchword and set the searchoptions ,one of the options must be tagged. Press 'Search' and the search begins ,when finnished cdm displays a dialogbox with information about the number of matches found or if no match is found the text 'Found no match in database' are displayed. If there are any matches cdm opens a list displaying the found string and the recordcode the string belongs to. If cdm found more than 10 matches then you use the menuitems 'Next 10 songs' or 'Prev 10 songs' in the menu ' View' to change page. You can view the searchresult again by choosing 'View-Searchreslut'. VIEW First Record Displays the first record in the database. Previous record Displays the previous record in the database. Next record Displays the next record in the database. Next 10 songs Displays next 10 songs or the searchreslut depending on screenmode. If you have the screenmode 'Record data' or 'Songlist' then cdm displays songs and if the screenmode are set to 'Searchresult' then cdm displays searchreslut. Prev 10 songs Displays the previous 10 songs or the searchreslut depending on screenmode. If you have the screenmode 'Record data' or 'Songlist' then cdm displays songs and if the screenmode are set to 'Searchresult' then cdm displays searchreslut. Next match in database When cdm has completed a search and found matches ,you use this function to display the next searchmatch. The record that contains the match are displayed with the match in red text. To exit this function choose 'View / Record data' , 'View / Songlist' or 'View / Searchresult. First match in database When cdm has completed a search and found matches ,you use this function to display the first searchmatch. The record that contains the match are displayed with the match in red text. To exit this function choose 'View / Record data' , 'View / Songlist' or 'View / Searchresult. Record data This function sets the screenmode 'Record data' and displays a record. Songlist (sorted) This function sets the screenmode 'Songlist' and displays a sorted list of all songs in the database and which recordcode they belong to. Searchresult (list) This function set the screenmode to 'Searchresult' and displays a list containing the searchresult. If no search has been made this functioncall has no affect. LOAN Record out Opens the dialogbox 'Loan Control - record out' , where you can mark this record as 'out on loan'. Enter name and a date and press 'Ok' and the record are marked as out on loan. Record back Opens a requester with the question 'Mark this record as not out on loan ?'. Answer 'Yes' if you want to mark this record as not out on loan. If you attempt to return a record that isn't out on loan , cdm returns a errormessage. 2.2 Speedbuttons Cdm has a speedbar at the top of the screen with the following functions. The following buttons has the same function as the menuoptions Print , New Record , Edit Record , New Song , Delete Song , Edit Song , Search , Record out , Record back , About or ' ? '. The following buttons has more that one function depending on screenmode Previous Record: In 'Record data' displays the previous record and if you have used 'View - first match in search' then the first searchmatch are displayed in red text. Next Record: In 'Record data' displays the next record and if you have used 'View - first match in search' then the next searchmatch are displayed in red text. Next 10 songs: In 'Record data' and 'Songlist' displays the next 10 songs and in 'Searchresult' the next 10 matches. Prev 10 songs: In 'Record data' and 'Songlist' displays the previous 10 songs and in 'Searchresult' the previous 10 matches. 2.3 The statusbar The statusbar are located in the bottom of the screen and displays information about which file that are loaded , number of songs in the database and what the database are sorted by. It also gives you information about some functions. End of file... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CDManager V1.0 (C)1996 P.Johansson E-Mail : peter.johansson@mbox9.swipnet.se Windows are a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------