Music Manager Help Index

To learn how to use Help, press F1 or choose Using Help from the Help menu.

General Information

ASP Ombudsman Statement

Registration Form

Contacting Super Tools

Keyboard Help

Music Manager Accelerator Keys

Working with Databases

Creating New Databases

Opening Databases

Saving Databases

Saving Databases with a New Name

Printing Database Files

Selecting Fields to Print

Setting View Preferences

Displaying Record Indexes

Displaying All Record Fields

Selecting Fields to Display

Displaying the Status Bar

Working with Records

Adding Records

Deleting Records

Editing Records

Moving and Searching through Music Manager

Searching Records

Repeating Searches

Going to a Specific Record

Configuring Optional Settings

Changing General Preferences

Selecting Sort Options

Changing the Current Display Font


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Music Manager Registration Form

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Music Manager Keys
Music Manager Accelerator Keys

The following accelerator keys are recognized in Music Manager:

Key(s)	Function

Up Arrow	Scrolls up one record in the database

Down Arrow	Scrolls down one record in the database

Left Arrow	Scrolls the database records to the left

Right Arrow	Scrolls the database records to the right

PgDn	Scrolls forward one screen

PgUp	Scrolls backward one screen

Home	Moves the screen all the way to the left

End	Moves the screen all the way to the right

Insert	Displays the add record dialog

Delete	Deletes the selected record

Enter	Edits the selected record

F4	Displays the Go To dialog

F3	Repeats last search

F10	Displays the Preferences Dialog

F11	Displays the Font Dialog

F12	Displays the Sort Dialog

Alt+F3	Displays the Search Dialog

Ctrl+Home	Moves to the top of the database

Ctrl+End	Moves to the bottom of the database

Ctrl+A	Displays the add record dialog

Ctrl+D	Deletes the selected record

Ctrl+E	Edits the selected record

Ctrl+N	Creates a New Musicman database

Ctrl+O	Displays the File Open dialog

Ctrl+P	Displays the Print database dialog

Ctrl+S	Saves the currently loaded database


Creating New Databases

This option is only required for creating a new database if Music Manager is currently loaded with another database.

To create a new database:

+	Choose New from the File menu.

Related Topics

Opening Databases


Opening Databases

To open an existing database:

1.	Choose Open from the File menu.  MusicMan uses the common dialog for opening files.

2.	Use the Drives drop down list box to select the drive that the database is located under.

3.	Use the directories list box to select the directory that the database is located under.

4.	Select the database file from the files list box and then click OK.

NOTE:	Double-clicking a file produces the same effect as a single-clicked followed by OK.

Related Topics

Creating New Databases

Saving Databases


Saving Databases

This options will save the current database loaded under the same name.

To save the current database:

+	Choose Save from the File menu.

Related Topics

Saving Databases with a New Name

Creating New Databases

Opening Databases


Saving Databases with New Name
Saving Databases with a New Name

To save the current database with a new filename:

1.	Choose Save As from the File menu.

2.	To save the new file in a different drive and directory, select the request drive and directory from the common dialog box.

3.	To save the new file under an existing file, move to the Files list box and choose a file by single clicking the selection.

4.	You can also type in the full path and filename in the edit box.  If no extension is given for the filename, Music Manager will use "MMD".

5.	Choose OK to save the new file or Cancel to abort the operation.

Related Topics

Saving Databases

Creating New Databases

Opening Databases


Printing Database Files

To print a database file:

1.	Choose Print from the File menu.

2.	To have the filename printed as a header for the output, click on the Print filename as Header check box.

3.	To have the page numbers printed on the bottom of each page of the output, click on the Print Page#s as Footer check box.

4.	To print the index numbers for each record, click on the Print Record Indexes check box.

5.	Select the Print Format:

+	To print the database as viewed in the MusicMan window, click on the Table radio button.  The records will be printed side-by-side.

+	To print the database in a label format where the fields are displayed vertically, click on the Label radio button.

6.	Select the Range:

+	To print the entire database, click on the All radio button

+	To print a range of records, click on the From radio button and enter the first record to print and the last record to print.  (Hint: if you have the View Index set, each record will display an index number beside it)

7.	By default, the fields that are currently displayed in the MusicMan window are the fields that will be printed.  To add or remove fields for printing, click on the fields button and select the fields to print.

8.	Choose OK to print, or Cancel to abort the operation.


Selecting Fields to Print

To select fields to print:

1.	From the Print dialog, click on the fields button.  The Print Fields button will be displayed.

2.	By default, the currently selected fields that are displayed in the main window are selected to be printed.

3.	Select the fields that you would like to print if they are different from the already selected fields.

4.	Choose OK to accept the changes or Cancel to abort the operation.


Displaying Record Indexes

To toggle display on/off for record index numbers:

+	Choose Index from the View menu.

Related Topics

Displaying all Record Fields

Selecting Fields to Display

Displaying the Status Bar


Displaying All Record Fields

To display all the record fields:

+	Choose All from the View menu.

Related Topics

Displaying Record Indexes

Selecting Fields to Display

Displaying the Status Bar


Selecting Fields to Display

To select fields to display:

1.	Choose Partial from the View menu.

2.	Click on the check boxes next to the fields to display.

3.	Choose OK to accept the changes or Cancel to abort the operation.

Selecting all the fields in the dialog box results in the same operation as selecting All from the View menu.

Related Topics

Displaying Record Indexes

Displaying All Record Fields

Displaying the Status Bar


Displaying the Status Bar

The status bar displays a brief help description any time a menu item is highlighted.  The status bar also displays status messages on long operations such as sorting, and reading/writing to files.  The total record count is also continuously displayed on the status bar.

To toggle display on/off for the Status Bar:

+	Choose Status Bar from the View menu.

Related Topics

Displaying Record Indexes

Displaying All Record Fields

Selecting Fields to Display


Adding Records

To add a new record to a database:

1.	Choose Add from the Record menu or press Ctrl-A.  You can also press the Insert key from the keyboard.  You can use your mouse to move to different fields by clicking when the mouse's cursor is in the desired field or by pressing the Tab key until the cursor appears in the desired field.

2.	Enter the artist or band in the Artist field.

3.	Enter the title in the Title field.

4.	Enter the record label in the Label field.

5.	Enter the music classification in the Class field.

6.	Enter the media format in the Format field.

7.	Enter the sort name in the Sort field.  This field allows a unique field to be used for primary sorting.  For example, if the artist name is "The Cars", instead of defining the artist field as "Cars, The", define as titled and then use the sort name field to define "Cars" as the sort name.

8.	Enter the year the record was produced in the Year field.

9.	The final field in the Add record dialog box is labeled "Keywords".  This field is designed to allow the collection owner to define any unique keywords to associate with the record.

10.Choose Add to add the new record to the database.  The Title bar will reflect the addition by incrementing the record counter.

11.To exit the dialog box, choose Close.

If sorting is set for automatic sorting, the new record(s) are added to the current database listing in the sorted order defined by the sort options.  Otherwise, the record(s) is added to the end of the listing and sorted during the next sort operation.

Related Topics

Music Manager Keys

Deleting Records

Editing Records


Deleting Records

To delete an existing record in database:

1.	Select the record to delete.

2.	Choose Delete from the Record menu or press Ctrl-E.  You can also press the Delete key from the keyboard.

3.	If confirmation is set, a message box is displayed to verify the operation.

4.	Choose YES to delete the record, NO to abort.

Related Topics

Music Manager Keys

Selecting Confirmation Settings

Editing Records


Editing Records

To edit an existing record in database:

1.	Select the record to edit.

2.	Choose Edit from the Record menu or press Ctrl-E.  You can also double-click on the line containing the record to edit.  If the record is highlighted, pressing the Return key on the keyboard will also edit the record.

3.	Update the information for the selected record.

4.	Choose OK to accept the change or Cancel to abort the operation.

Related Topics

Music Manager Keys

Deleting Records


Searching Records

You can find records by searching for a string that may be contained in a field of a record.  Music Manager searches forward from the current selected record to the end of the listing.  If the end of the listing is reached without finding the string a message is displayed.

To search for a string in a record:

1.	Choose Find from the Search menu.

2.	Enter the string to search for.

3.	To make the search case sensitive, click on the Case Sensitive check box.

4.	To select the fields to search:

+	Click on the Fields button and the "Select Fields to Search" dialog is displayed.

+	Select only the fields you want the search to perform the operation on.  Only the fields that are currently displayed are allowed to be selected.  All others are grayed out.

5.	Choose OK to perform the search or Cancel to abort the operation.

Related Topics

Repeating Searches


Repeating Searches

To find the next occurrence of a string:

+	Choose Find Next from the Search menu or press F3.

Related Topics

Searching Records


Going to a Specific Record

To go to a specific record:

1.	Choose Goto from the Search menu.

2.	Enter the index number of the record to jump to.

3.	Choose OK to goto the record or Cancel to abort the operation.


Selecting Confirmation Settings
Changing General Preferences

To change preferences:

1.	Choose Preferences from the Options menu.

2.	Click on the check box next to Confirm delete operations if you want to verify record deletions.

3.	Click on the check box next to Confirm System settings if you want to be asked to save the current Music Manager settings when exiting the program.

4.	Click on the check box next to Auto load last file used if you want the last file that you had open to be opened automatically when MusicMan start.

5.	Choose OK to keep the settings or Cancel to abort the operation.

Related Topics

Selecting Sort Options


Selecting Sort Options

To select sort options:

1.	Choose Sort from the Options menu.

2.	Select the 1st key field by clicking on the radio button beside the field name.  Select Ascending or Descending order.

3.	Select the 2nd key field by clicking on the radio button beside the field name.  Select Ascending or Descending order.  Select None to ignore 2nd key field.

4.	Select the 3rd key field by clicking on the radio button beside the field name.  Select Ascending or Descending order.  Select None to ignore 3rd key field.

5.	Check the Auto Sort check box to perform sorts automatically after adding or editing records.

6.	Choose OK or Cancel to abort the operation.

Related Topics

Selecting Confirmation Settings


Changing the Current Display Font

To change the current Display font:

1.	Choose Font from the Options menu.

2.	Select the Font name for the new font from the Font name list box.

3.	Select the Font style for the new font from the Font style list box.

4.	Select the preferred size from the size list box.

5.	Choose OK to accept the new font or Cancel to abort the operation.