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 This program, Card Data Maintenance, is the heart of the RADIO MUSIC LIBRARY, 
 the data maintenained by this program is used to print cards, generate music 
 lists and reports, produce reporting playlists for record companies and trade 
 publications and to control the entire music library of the radio station.


 The information on the following screens details each entry, it's uses and 
 the different types of entries that are available.










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 Song Title - This is a thirty character field, for the actual title of the  
              song.  The first character of each word is automatically 
              capitolized.  Other characters within a word may be capitolized 
              using the shift keys as needed.Leading words, such as "The" or 
              "A" should be placed at the end of the title, seperated from the 
              rest by a comma. 


 Artist     - This is a thirty character field, for the actual name of the 
              Ariist or Band.  The first character of each word is automatically 
              capitolized.  Other characters within a word may be capitolized 
              using the shift keys as needed.  Remember to enter the name of 
              an individual LAST NAME first, seperating the last and first 
              names with a comma.  Leading words, such as "The" or "A" should 
              be placed at the end of the name, seperated from the rest of the 
              name by a comma.


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 Album Title - This is a thirty character field for the actual title of the 
               record album.  The first character of each word is auto-
               matically capitolized.  Other characters within a word may be 
               capitolized using the shift keys as needed.Leading words, such 
               as "The" or "A" should be placed at the end of the title, 
               seperated from the rest by a comma. 

 Catagory    - This is a three character field for the catagory assigned to 
               the song.  All three of the characters of any entry are 
               converted to upper case upon entry.  This entry is verified 
               against the data stored within the Catagory Code Data File, and 
               an entry must exist in the Catagory File before it can be used 
               in this program.  Once all of the entry for a screen in 
               completed, the program will display the description for this 
               code.



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 Media/Source - This is a two character field used to specify the media 
                available for the on-air staff for this song.  All characters
                are converted to upper case upon entry.  The term media is 
                used to specify either an album, single, compact disk, cart, 
                twelve inch single, etc.  All entries to this field are 
                verified against the data stored within the Media Code Data 
                File, and an entry must be in the Media File before it can be 
                used in this program.  Once the entire screen has been 
                entered, the description for this code will be displayed. 

 Genre/Type   - This is a three character field used to specify the music 
                genre to which this song belongs.  Genre is used to specify 
                such music types as Heavy Metal, Swing, Dance or any other 
                genres,  types or styles of music that the station may play.  
                All entries to this field are verified against the data stored 
                within the Genre Code Data File, and an entry must be in the 
                Genre File before it can be used in this program.  Once the 
                entire screen has been entered, the description for this code 
                will be displayed. 
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 Length       - This field is for the actual playing length of the song.  


 Intro Length - This field is for the actual length of that portion of the 
                song which is considered the intro.  For most vocals, that is 
                the portion leading up to the vocal, for instrumentals that is 
                the section which leads up to the main theme.  


 Tempo        - This single character field is to represent the reletive tempo 
                of the song.  The only valid entries are "S" for slow, "M" for 
                medium, "F" for fast and blank for undetermined.


 Ending       - This single character field represents the type of ending this 
                song contains.  The only valid entries are "C" for cold, "F" 
                for fade and blank for undetermined.

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 Sequence Number - This three digit numeric field is used by the Music 
                   Director to set up a number scheme for building a playlist.
                   This number will almost exclusively be used with the 
                   currents and is required by the portions of the system 
                   which generate playlists for reporting to record companies 
                   and music trade publications.  This field may also be used 
                   with other songs to put together any type of sequential 
                   listing with an arbitrary number sequence.










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 Daypart Matrix  - The dayparting matrix in the center of the screen is used to  
                   daypart a song.  There are entries for every hour from 6 am 
                   to 5 am.  To turn a song off for a given hour (daypart) the 
                   operator simply has to enter an  "X" into the box under that 
                   time.  When cards are printed, the dayparting information is 
                   printed along with the grid for notations by the on-air 
                   staff as to the date the song was played.

 Active/Inactive - This single character field determines if a song is 
                   currently active or inactive.  If a card is to be printed 
                   for this song and used regularly it is active (default), 
                   however, if the song is no longer in use or is only used 
                   for special occasions it should be flagged "I" for 
                   inactive.  The only valid entries for this field are "I" 
                   for inactive or "A" for active.



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 Card Print Date - This field should be updated each time that a card is 
                   printed.


 Add Date       - This date field defaults to the original date that the data 
                  for each individual record was entered.  Once entered, this 
                  date should not be changed.


 Update Date    - This date field defaults to the original date that the data 
                  for each individual record was entered.  Once entered, this 
                  date should be updated each time that the record is changed 
                  in any way by the user.


 Relase Year    - This field is for the actual release year of the song, if 
                  known.  This field is used by some of the report options.

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 Label/Company - This is a three character field used to specify the record 
                 company or label which distributes this song.  All entries to 
                 this field are verified against the data stored within the 
                 Record Company File, and an entry must be in the Record 
                 Company File before it can be used in this program.  Once the 
                 entire screen has been entered, the description for this code 
                 will be displayed. 


 Notes         - This is a forty character free-form comment field. Any 
                 comments about the song may be entered into this field.  
                 There is no adjustment for case anywhere within this field.






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KEY         FUNCTION         COMMENT
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 F          Find Record.     With this function you can find a record in any
                             file by any key.

 E          Edit Record.     Edit the highlighted record.

 D          Delete Record.   The highlighted record and subrecords are deleted.

 A          Add Record.      Allows addition of a new record to the file.
 C          Copy Record.     Same as Add but copies fields from current record.

 Q          Quit to Menu.    Quit back to the main menu.

 N          Next Record.     The next record will be displayed.
 P          Previous Record. The Previous record will be displayed.

 T          First Record.    The first record will be displayed.
 L          Last Record.     The last record will be displayed.

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                         ─* EDIT MODE KEYS *─
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F1          Abort Edit/Add.  This key may be used to Abort the Edit or Add
                             functions.  The data files will not be updated.
F5          Delete Field.    The field is deleted from the cursor position to
                             the end of the field and the cursor is placed at
                             the left margin of the field.
F9          Done Edit/Add.   This key is used to end editing. The record is
                             written to the data files.
Tab key     Skip to margin.  This function will skip to start or end of field
                             contents.
─┘ key     End field edit.  This key will end editing in the current field.
                             The cursor is moved to the next field.
─          Backspace.       This key will cause the cursor to move left and
                             erase the character to the left.
Ins         Insert Toggle.   This key will toggle the insert mode On/Off.
Del         Delete char.     The character under the cursor will be deleted.
           Field Up.        This key is used to move to the previous field.
           Field Down.      This key is used to move to the next field.
           Cursor Left.     This key moves the cursor to the left.
Ü           Cursor right.    This key moves the cursor to the right.
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