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["@6",6]
["Welcome to Chapter 11.  In this chapter we'll examine the",0]
["concept of 'layering' that allows you to design  the program",0]
["to your needs.",0]
["[Note that the screens in the Category Select menu were recently",0]
["rearranged and, therefore, look different from this tutorial.",0]
["The logic, though, is the same.]",0]
[null,0]
["@6",6]
["With this option, you can \"layer-in\" up to 99,999,999 different layers",0]
["or  groupings of records in the Master File.  Once you identify a  new",0]
["group  of  records,   you  can  separate them by  assigning  a  unique",0]
["CATEGORY number to the group while you are entering their  information",0]
["into  the  Master  File.   From that point on,  anytime  you  wish  to",0]
["segregate  that  block  of  records from either  the  Master  File  or",0]
["Activity  file,  just go to the Main Program Menu and enter the Select",0]
["Category option.",0]
[null,0]
["@6",6]
["All records have a default category of '1'.  If you were to look at",0]
["the entry in the Master File for the 'NBF199' truck that you entered",0]
["earlier, you would see in the bottom left corner:",0]
["-        Category of Maintenance:",0]
["-                  1",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Maintenance and Service Call Activity Tracking System ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ",0]
[null,0]
["ACS",0]
["Main Program Menu",0]
[null,0]
["ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿           ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿      ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿",0]
["³  03/18/87   ³           ³ Please Choose One ³      ³  06:10:33    ³",0]
["ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ           ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ      ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["1)  Master file options",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["2)  Other Options",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["3)  Select Category",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["X)  Exit System",0]
[null,0]
["Category of maintenance: ALL",0]
["@11",11]
["Here is the Main Program Menu.  Observe the last line on the screen.",0]
[null,0]
["@31",31]
["2",0]
["23",0]
["11",0]
["=====>",0]
["23",0]
["52",0]
["<=====",0]
["@27",27]
["3",0]
["This menu shows that 'ALL' categories have been selected.",0]
["To change it, select 3.",0]
[null,0]
["ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Maintenance and Service Call Activity Tracking System ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ",0]
["Select the Category for reports and to do quick searches for data.",0]
["-",0]
["-",0]
["You can have 99,999,999 categories.  A zero is not a category.",0]
["Enter a zero if your want ALL categories combined for current",0]
["reporting and sorting purposes.",0]
["Category        :       0",0]
[null,0]
["This becomes your permanent default value unless you change it later.",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["Enter an \"H\" if you want Help",0]
["-",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["Enter a \"C\" if you want to Move all items in one category to another.",0]
["[Will convert all records in both the Prospect and activity files]",0]
["[to the new category number]",0]
["@11                               -",11]
["At the Select Category menu, you have 3 options: to change the category,",0]
["to look at the Help file, and to move all records in one category to another.",0]
["For now, let's change the category to '1'.",0]
[null,0]
["@30",30]
["1",0]
["8",0]
["34",0]
["8",0]
["1",0]
["@2",2]
[null,0]
["ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Maintenance and Service Call Activity Tracking System ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ",0]
[null,0]
["ACS",0]
["Main Program Menu",0]
[null,0]
["ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿           ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿      ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿",0]
["³  03/18/87   ³           ³ Please Choose One ³      ³  06:10:58    ³",0]
["ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ           ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ      ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["1)  Master file options",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["2)  Other Options",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["3)  Select Category",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["X)  Exit System",0]
[null,0]
["Category of maintenance: 1",0]
["@11",11]
["Observe that the 'Category' statement on the bottom has changed",0]
["from 'ALL' to '1'.",0]
[null,0]
["@31",31]
["2",0]
["23",0]
["11",0]
["=====>",0]
["23",0]
["52",0]
["<=====",0]
["@27",27]
["1",0]
["To see if it has changed on the other menus, enter a '1'.",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["Dallas Truck Maintenance Tracking System",0]
["ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ",0]
["ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ¸",0]
["³      Master File Menu and Other Primary Functions      ³",0]
["ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´",0]
["³                                                        ³",0]
["³        A to ADD data--Master file                      ³",0]
["³        G to GET/EDIT data--Master file                 ³",0]
["³        1 for Activity file.                            ³",0]
["³        2 for Search through Service Call data          ³",0]
["³        3 for Billings reports.                         ³",0]
["³        4 for Appointments                              ³",0]
["³        5 for Service Call and Activity reports         ³",0]
["³        6 for automatically creating future Activities. ³",0]
["³        H for Help.                                     ³",0]
["³                                                        ³",0]
["³        R to RETURN to prior menu.                      ³",0]
["³                                                        ³",0]
["ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ¾",0]
[null,0]
["Category of maintenance (defaults to ALL): 1",0]
["@11",11]
["As you look at the Master File Menu, you can see that this",0]
["statement has changed on this screen also.",0]
[null,0]
["@31",31]
["2",0]
["22",0]
["7",0]
["=====>",0]
["22",0]
["64",0]
["<=====",0]
["@27",27]
["R",0]
["If you were to add a record into the Master File, it would",0]
["have a 'Category' assigned to it of whatever category you",0]
["had selected.",0]
["Rather than add any records now,  let's return to the Main Program Menu",0]
["by entering an 'R.",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Maintenance and Service Call Activity Tracking System ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ",0]
[null,0]
["ACS",0]
["Main Program Menu",0]
[null,0]
["ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿           ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿      ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿",0]
["³  03/18/87   ³           ³ Please Choose One ³      ³  06:11:37    ³",0]
["ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ           ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ      ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["1)  Master file options",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["2)  Other Options",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["3)  Select Category",0]
[null,0]
[null,0]
["X)  Exit System",0]
[null,0]
["Category of maintenance: 1",0]
["@27",27]
["X",0]
["Enter an 'X' to exit the program",0]
[null,0]
["@6",6]
["Whenever you select a category and then exit the system,",0]
["the program remembers that more recent category when",0]
["you start back again.",0]
["-",0]
["In addition to setting a category, you can also renumber records in",0]
["on category to another .",0]
["With  option  'C',  you  can  renumber all items in  one  category  to",0]
["another.  With this option, you can move all records within a category",0]
["to  another  category or combine different categories  into  the  same",0]
["category.",0]
[null,0]
["@6",6]
["This concludes Chapter 11.",0]
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[null,0]
["@5",5]