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CDStore 3.0 <-------------------> Copyright 1990-1991 by John Lullie Please send suggestions, comments or bug reports to: GEnie: UserID - J.LULLIE OR Write to the address listed below... CDStore is ShareWare! The Un-Registered version is freely distributable and may be uploaded anywhere you choose provided that the files included in this archive are left intact and un-modified. The REGISTERED version however is NOT freely distributable nor is it subject to sale by anyone other than the author. Doing so is considered a breach of the authors copyright! If you decide to use CDStore - PLEASE send a ShareWare fee of $20. In return, I'll send you the fully functional version of CDStore (the latest version of course), and a Laser Printed Users Guide. The OnLine Registration Form: ----------------------------- To make registering a bit easier, select the menu option called "Registration Form" in the Project menu of CDStore. By filling the form out, printing and mailing it to me, it will help me process your registration that much faster. (I've had a couple of users write what looked like two different ZIP codes and tracking them down took a while). Please send to: John Lullie 10701 SW 10th Court Davie, FL 33324 Thanks! New Plug-In's Feature!: ---------------------- By the way... There is a new "Plug-In's" option in CDStore 3.0 that allows adding mini plug-in programs to be added to CDStore. This allows for almost unlimited features for the program. The ideas have to come from you. If you have and suggestions, please feel free to add them in the "Comments" field in the Registration Form. I've included a demo of the first Plug-In program called "CDMover". This Plug-In allows you to move CD's from one category to another and is a breeze to use. There will be more Plug-In's on the way and posted on GEnie and CompuServe as they become available. (For those of you using BookStore, The Plug-In's feature will be added by the time you read this. VideoStore and SubStore will be next.) IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM CDStore 2.0x: -------------------------------------- Because of the added features of version 3.0, changes to the way the data file is handled was necessary. Now that 3.0 has categories, your old record file will have to be comverted (or categorized) via the CD-Converter program supplied with CDStore 3.0. Please read the "CD-Convert.notes" file and use CD-Converter's On-Line Help for details on how to use the program. The program is fast and very easy to use. INSTALLING CDStore ON YOUR HD: ----------------------------- Simply copy the CDStore DRAWER to any directory you wish. Please make sure all of the contents within CDStore's drawer stay with it. Open the CDStore drawer and double-click the "Setup" icon. This will copy a couple of needed files to your system. One of which is needed to launch CDStore and the other is a font that CDStore uses for its Preview screen. GETTING STARTED: --------------- When you are ready to start, double-click the CDStore icon to start the program. You are presented with the Main CDStore screen. This screen has all the tools needed to add, edit, trash, print, categorize, count and search CD's. More on all this later... THE LIST WINDOWS AND MODE BUTTONS: ================================= CATEGORIES: ---------- Displays the all the current User-Defined Categories. Click once on the one you want and any CD's entered for that category will be displayed in the CD's List window. CD LIST WINDOW: -------------- On the left half of the screen below the Categories window, you'll see the CD's List window. This window holds the entire list of CD's for the current category selected. TITLES AND ARTISTS (MODE) BUTTONS: -------------------------------- "Titles" & "Artists") tells CDStore to display the Titles or Artists of the stored CD's. Click once on a CD Title and you will see the Title, Artist(s) and Comment for the selected CD. You may have noticed that each time you click on either button (Titles or Artists) the Status Box (located on the right of the screen) tells you what is happening. This Status Box displays different information depending the mode of operation. ADDING/DELETING A CATEGORY: -------------------------- To add a new category, select the "Add Category" menu option from the Edit menu. A dialog box will prompt you for the name. Press RETURN after typing in the new name or click the Cancel button to abort the process. To delete a category, select the "Delete Category" menu option from the Edit menu. A requester will prompt you to confirm your actions and give you a chance to change your mind. ADDING A NEW CD: --------------- QUICK NOTE ABOUT RECORD FILING: The entries you type in are written directly to disk AFTER pressing return in the second or third field. This would be either the Artists field or the Comment field (if it's enabled). Therefore, there is no menu option or button for saving the file, it is done automatically. To add a new CD, click once on the "Add CD" button located at the top of the screen. The Status Box will display "Add a New CD...", the fields Title, Artists and Comment will be cleared and the cursor will be placed into the Title field ready for your input. Enter a new title for your CD and press return. The cursor will be placed into the Artists field ready again for your input. Enter the artist of your new CD and press return. If the Comment field is enabled, enter a comment and press return. Your new entry will be entered into the List window and saved to disk. NOTE: When "Adding" or "Editing" records you must press [RETURN] in the "Artist" or "Comment" field for the new or edited records to be accepted. EDITING A RECORD ENTRY: ---------------------- To Edit a record, click on the "Edit CD" button and select the entry you want to edit in the List Window. Make your changes followed by a return in the Artists and/or Comment field. Whether or not your made changes to these two fields makes no difference. CDStore waits for a RETURN key in the Artists field or the Comment field (if it's enabled). NOTE: Your changes will be entered AFTER you have pressed the return key in the Artists or Comment field. If you do not wish to edit anything in the Artist or Comment field, simply press return to save your changes. TRASHING A CD: ------------- To Trash or delete a CD from the record, you need to select a CD in the List Window, then click on the "Trash CD" button. A requester will prompt you to confirm your actions and give you a chance to change your mind. UnDo A TRASHED ENTRY: -------------------- The "UnDo Trash" menu option is for re-calling trashed entries. If you happen to delete an entry by accident - select "UnDo Trash" from the Edit menu. SEARCHING: --------- Clicking on the "Search" button will put the cursor into the Title field and await your input. Type in either the Title name or Artist(s) name that you want to find and press return. The search will begin and stop at the first instance that matches what you've entered. If the text you entered WAS found - you'll be prompted by a requester to continue the search for the next match or cancel the search all together. You don't have to enter the entire name for the search to be effective, nor is it case-sensitive. For example, If we were looking for "Star Wars" - we could simply type "star" (without the quotes of course) and CDStore would stop at every record that contained the letters "star". (i.e. - "Star Trek", "Star Wars", "Starbuck", "Shining Star" and so forth). The more characters you type in - the narrower the search. The search applies to either field and does not matter which field you type in your search text. Searching applies to Artists as well as Titles. SORTING RECORDS: --------------- Sorting in CDStore 3.0 in now automatic and set in the Preferences Dialog box. (See Preferences below) PREFERENCES: ----------- To open Preferences, select the "Preferences" menu item under the Project menu. A dialog box will open and present several default options that you can configure for CDStore. Each item is described below: Always Start With: ----------------- Selects a category that you would like CDStore to always open with (as if you clicked on it). Always Sort By: -------------- Automatic sorting options. Default is sort by Title. Comment Field (on/off): ---------------------- If ON, the Comment field will always be active when CDStore starts. If OFF, the Comment field will always be disabled when CDStore starts. The Comment Button on the Main screen will temporarily override this option. Speech Device: ------------- If ON, the Amiga's internal voice is used in some of the warning requesters. Verify Quit: ----------- If ON, you will be prompted before quiting CDStore. Warning Beep: If ON, CDStore will sound a mild alert beep when if needs your attention. THE QUEUE WINDOW: ---------------- If you are familiar with one of my other programs called "SubStore", the Queue window works in a similar fashion. Basically, the Queue is used for queing individual entries. These entries may then be sent to your printer or exported (as text) to a file. To open the Queue window, select "Open Queue Window" from the Edit menu. While this window is displayed, clicking on an entry in the CD List box on the Main screen will add that CD to the Queue window. If the Artists button in the Queue is ON, the Artist(s) will be added also. If the Comments button in the Queue is ONm the comment (if there is one) will be added as well. The Trashcan will remove a selected line in the Queue window. For example, to remove the line "Elvis' Golden Records" from the Queue, select it and click on the Trashcan. Only one line at a time may be removed. The CLR button will clear everything in the Queue window. The Arrow/Disk button allows you to export the contents of the Queue to an ASCII (text) file. The Printer button of course sends the contents of Queue to your Printer. The View button opens a larger window for viewing the contents of your queue. The Exit Queue button closes the Queue window. PRINTING RECORDS: ---------------- Clicking on the "Print" button will open the Print/Page-Setup window. You will see two Format Icons, a Line Space toggle button, Header Specs with Date and Title options, Tab bar with a Fill character option. You will also see a Preview window below that displays your current records in the format selected. To the left and right (upper half) of the screen are two more buttons - "Print" and "Exit". Each of these functions are explained below: -Format Icons: These icons control the print format of your records. * The first icon will print each record on a single line. * The second icon will print each record on two lines. The Print formats are as follows: 1-Line Title, Artist(s) 2-Lines Title, Artist(s) Simply click once on one of the icons and the Preview window will display the change accordingly. -Line Spacing (On/Off): "On" - will insert a blank line between each record for a more legible printout. "Off" - will remove blank lines if they are there and the printout will have NO blank lines between records. -Header Specs: This option allows you to add a date and title to the printed page. To add the current date to your header, turn the date button on. If you want to include your own title, click the title button and the title field will become active. The [X] simply button clears the title field for you. All of the header information will be printed at the top of your page. -Print Button: (In the Page-Setup window): (Make sure your printer is on and ready.) This button will print the records to your printer using the format options you've selected. -Exit Button: This button will exit the Print/Page-Setup and return you to CDStore's main window. CDStore MENUS: ------------- Project Menu: About - Shows the program version and other stuff. Preferences - Opens the Preferences dialog box. Save Backup - Saves a backup of all your records. Load Backup - Loads the last backed-up copy of your CD library. NOTE: This will OVERWRITE your current CD library. Plug-Ins - Stand-Along modules for expanding the functions of CDStore via Plug-In mini programs. Included is the CDMover module. More Plug-In's on the way... (See the Doc file for "CDMover" for more info.) Standby - Turns CDStore into an icon and places it on the WorkBench. Quit - Exits CDStore. Edit Menu: Undo Trash - Undeletes the last deleted record. Whenever an entry is deleted, it is copied to a buffer and held there until another entry is deleted. Add Category - Opens a requester for adding the new category name. Delete Category - Opens a warning requester before deleting the selected Category. Total ALL CD's - Displays the total number of ALL CD's in ALL categories. Clear Fields - Clears the Title and Artist fields. This will not delete any records but simply clear anything currently in the fields. Open Queue Window - Opens the Queue window for working with individual Entries. (See "The Queue Window") TRACKS SCREEN: ------------- CD Categories List Box: Like the main window, this List Box displays all categories. Click once on a category to display the CD's in that category. CD Titles List Box: This List Box displays the actual CD titles (like on the main window). Click on a CD title to begin entering the Tracks for that CD. CD Tracks List Box: This is were the Tracks (song titles) are displayed as they are entered. ADDING TRACKS: ------------- To add the Track titles to a CD, select one in the CD titles List Box. Enter the number of the track in the "TRACK#" field and press RETURN. The cursor will be placed in the "SONG" field. Enter the title of the song and press RETURN. Basically, that's all there is to it. Auto Count Button: ----------------- Normally, you would enter the track titles in numerical order (i.e 1,2,3 etc.) If the "Auto Count" button is on and you've entered the first track title, then the TRACK# field will increment by one and put the cursor directly into the song field. The track number will have already been entered for you. However, if you don't enter them in sequential order or don't want to enter ALL the CD's titles, then you're better off leaving the Auto Count button off. Auto Save Button: ---------------- Saves the CD Tracks to disk after each new entry. If this button is off, save your tracks manually by clicking the "Save" button under the Tracks List Box. Search Button: (Under the CD titles List Box) ------------- Calls up a small requester for you to enter search text. Type in part of the title you're looking for and press RETURN. This is a single shot search. Therefor, the more detailed your search text is - the better chance you have of finding what you're looking for. Edit Button: ----------- Puts the CD Tracks List Box in "Edit Mode". What this does is allow you to click on a track entry and make changes to it. Pressing RETURN in the Song field will record and save your changes. NOTE: Clicking on an entry in the Tracks List Box will also toggle the "Edit Mode" to ON. Delete Button: ------------- To delete a track entry from the Tracks List Box, click the Delete button. UnDo Button: ----------- This button will Un-Delete your last deleted track entry. Save Button: ----------- Save the track list entries for the current CD to disk. If the "Auto Save" button is ON, you won't ever have to click on the save button. KEYBOARD COMMANDS: ----------------- Preferences LAmiga-P Save Backup LAmiga-B Plug-Ins LAmiga-I Quit LAmiga-Q (Also on Print/Setup and Tracks screens) UnDo Trash LAmiga-Z Clear Fields LAmiga-C Open Queue LAmiga-O Most requesters can be closed (Canceled) with the ESC key. Enjoy the program! John Lullie