<> You can display information for each card in the set by selecting the "Next" and/or "Previous" pushbuttons. Select the "PgDn" and "PgUp" pushbuttons to skip forward or backward 10 cards. If you have defined any of the three optional flags, you can also select the corresponding pushbuttons at the bottom of the window to mark or unmark the currently displayed card with any of these flags. Otherwise, these buttons will be dimmed and cannot be selected. To select a pushbutton with a mouse, simply click on the button. To select a pushbutton from the keyboard, you can use the following keys: - Displays the next card in set - Displays the previous card - Skips forward 10 cards - Skips backward 10 cards To toggle any of the optional flags, press the TAB key repeatedly until the correct button is highlighted and then press ENTER. As each card is selected, S.C.I.M. will show the name and number of the card as well as the values and quantities for each card grade. The box in the upper right portion of the window shows which of the flags apply to the card. The check boxes in this area are for display only and cannot be selected. You can also use the menu bar at the top of the screen to search, edit, and report on this set. <> Select "Ok" to exit this set. Any changes that you have made to quantities, names, flags, and card values will be lost. Select "Cancel" to continue editing the current set. <> Reports may be formatted to your specifications. Some options may not apply to the report that you have selected. Each formatting option is described below: Range of Cards - Specify a range of card numbers to include in the report. The second number must be greater than or equal to the first number. Minimum Value - Any card with a mint card value lower than the value specified here will not be included in the report. Maximum Value - Any card with a mint card value greater than the value specified here will not be included in the report. Leave this field set to $ 0.00 if there is to be no upper limit. Only - You can designate up to 3 flags to meet your own needs. These check boxes let you create a report that shows only the cards that are marked with any or all of these flags. If any of the flags are unused, the corresponding check box is dimmed and cannot be selected. Sort By - Reports may be sorted by card number, name, or value. Indicate how the report is to be sorted by selecting the radio button next to your preference. You can also sort reports in either ascending or descending sequence. Select the UP arrow to sort in ascending order or the DOWN arrow to sort in descending order. Show Values - Select this check box if you want the report to show the value of each grade for each card. Show Quantities - Select this check box if you want the report to show quantities for each card. Printer/Screen/Disk - Select the device for this report. <> No help is available for this topic. <> Reports may be formatted to your specifications. Some options may not apply to the report that you have selected. Each formatting option is described below: Range of Years - Enter a range of years that will be covered by the report. The second year can be no earlier than the first year. Minimum Value - Any card with a mint card value lower than the value specified here will not appear on this report. Maximum Value - Any card with a mint card value greater than the value specified here will not appear on the report. Leave this field set to $ 0.00 if you want there to be no upper limit. Only - You can designate up to 3 flags to meet your own needs. These check boxes let you create a report that shows only the cards that are marked with any or all of these flags. If any of the flags are unused, the corresponding check box is dimmed and cannot be selected. Show Values - Select this check box if you want to show the value of each grade of each card. Show Quantities - Select this check box if you want the report to show quantities for each card. Sort By - The cards within each set may be sorted by card number, name, or value. Indicate how the report is to be sorted by selecting the radio button next to your preference. You can also sort reports in ascending or descending sequence. Select the UP arrow to sort in ascending order or the DOWN arrow to sort in descending order. Include - A report can contain any combination of baseball, football, and basketball cards. You can indicate the sports to be included in the report by selecting the appropriate check boxes. Printer or Disk - Select the device for this report. <> Enter a valid range of years to be covered by the report. The second year must be no earlier than the first year. <> You must select at least one sport to be included in the report. <> Before using a custom set that was not created within the system, you must inform the program of the new set by selecting the "Log a Custom Set" option of the Sets menu. <> Enter the name of a custom set. If this set has already been created, it will be loaded so that you can access it as you would any other. You can also select a set from the list box. If you want to create a new set, enter the name that you will use for the set. This name must be a valid DOS filename. <> S.C.I.M. was not able to create this custom set. The most likely cause for this error is that you selected an invalid name for the new set. The name of each custom set must be a valid DOS filename. <> You can use this option to automatically add additional custom sets without having to manually enter the data for each card in the sets. Simply enter the filename and select the "Ok" button. The program will then check the data directory to ensure that the file exists. If the file exists, it will be automatically logged into the system. You can then access the set as you would any custom set. <> This report shows the year, brand, quantities for each grade, and the total value for the card that you specify. Enter the following fields: Player - Use this field to specify the card name. This name must precisely match the name of the card as it appears in a given set. Range of Years - Enter a range of years that will be covered by the report. The second year can be no earlier than the first year. Lastly, select a radio button to indicate which sport the report is to cover. This report can only be directed to the printer. <> You must enter a beginning and ending card number for the report. The beginning number must be no greater than the ending number. <> You can enter a minimum and/or maximum card value for this report. Any card with a mint card value lower than the specified minimum value or greater than the specified maximum value will not appear on the report. Leave the maximum value field set to $0.00 if you want there to be no upper limit. <> Specify the year, brand, and sport of the set that you will use. Choose the sport by selecting the radio button next to your preference. You can type the year and brand directly into the appropriate entry fields or make a selection from the list boxes (A list box may be activated by pressing the TAB key repeatedly or with a single mouse click). You can select sets other than those included with S.C.I.M. by selecting "*** CUSTOM SET ***" from the list box on the right portion of the screen. Any year that you have entered will then be ignored. <> Select the check box for each brand that you want to include in the report. Only those brands that match the sport(s) that you chose will actually be included. <> Select the check box for each brand that you want to include in the report. Only those brands that match the sport(s) that you chose will actually be included. You must select at least one brand. <> No valid data files were found in your data directory. The most likely cause of this error is that an incorrect data directory was entered in the "Change Configuration" function. <> Enter the number of a card that you want to find. If an exact match is found, data for this card will be displayed. <> Enter a search string. When the program finds the next card name containing this string, it will display the data for that card. It is not necessary for an exact match to exist - any card containing the search string will be displayed. <> Select "Ok" to create an ASCII file in your data directory. This file will have the same name as the data file for the current set, but with a ".FIL" extension. <> Enter a new name for the currently displayed card or select "Cancel" to continue without changing the card name. <> Enter a new mint card value for the currently displayed card or select "Cancel" to continue without changing the current value. Values for the other grades will be updated automatically. <> You can change the quantity for any or all grades in either of two ways. You can simply enter the new quantity directly. Or, you can use the gray plus (+) and gray minus (-) keys to increase and decrease the currently selected quantity. <> Use this function to delete a custom set. Type the name of the set to be deleted directly into the entry field or select the set from the list box. Once a set is deleted, all information for that set is lost and cannot be recalled. <> Reports may be formatted to your specifications. Each formatting option is described below: Range of Cards - Specify a range of card numbers to include in the report. The second number must be greater than or equal to the first number. List - For the Card Grade Report, you must also choose a card grade to be covered by the report by selecting the appropriate radio button. Sort By - Reports may be sorted by card number, name, or value. Indicate how the report is to be sorted by selecting the radio button next to your preference. You can also sort reports in either ascending or descending sequence. Select the UP arrow to sort in ascending order or the DOWN arrow to sort in descending order. Only - You can designate up to 3 flags to meet your own needs. These check boxes let you create a report that shows only the cards that are marked with any or all of these flags. If any of the flags are unused, the corresponding check box is dimmed and cannot be selected. Printer/Screen/Disk - Select the device for this report. <> Reports may be formatted to your specifications. Each formatting option is described below: Range of Years - Enter a range of years that will be covered by the report. The second year can be no earlier than the first year. Include - A report can contain any combination of baseball, football, and basketball cards. You can indicate the sports to be included in the report by selecting the appropriate check boxes. Only - You can designate up to 3 flags to meet your own needs. These check boxes let you create a report that shows only the cards that are marked with any or all of these flags. If any of the flags are unused, the corresponding check box is dimmed and cannot be selected. List - For the Card Grade Report, you must also choose a card grade to be covered by the report by selecting the appropriate radio button. Sort By - The cards within each set may be sorted by card number, name, or value. Indicate how the report is to be sorted by selecting the radio button next to your preference. You can also sort reports in ascending or descending sequence. Select the UP arrow to sort in ascending order or the DOWN arrow to sort in descending order. Printer or Disk - Select the device for this report. <> S.C.I.M. uses values for six card grades. For a given card, however, only the mint card value is of any significance in itself. Each set assigns a specific percentage of this value to each of the remaining grades. You can use this window to make changes for any or all card grades. If you do make changes, all card values for this set will be determined by the newly entered percentages. <> This function lets you easily identify any card whose mint value matches or exceeds a specified value, or those marked as rookie or special cards. There is also an option to actually add these cards to your collection. You can enter the following fields: Minimum Value - The program will select all cards with a mint card value equal to or greater than the value entered here. You can leave this field set at 0.00 if you want to identify only rookie and/or special cards. Keep Rookie Cards - Select this check box if you want S.C.I.M. to identify each rookie card for you. Keep Special Cards - Select this check box if you want S.C.I.M. to identify each special card for you. Change Quantities - If you select this check box, the "Change Quantity" window is opened each time a matching card is found so that you can add the card to your collection. Card Number - After specifying the appropriate criteria, you can enter each card number in this field. As you enter each card number, the card name and mint value are displayed in the box at the right of the window. For each matching card, the program displays the message "Keep This Card" unless you have selected the "Change Quantities" check box. If you have selected the "Change Quantities" box, another window is opened so that you can add the card to your collection as described for the "Change Quantity" function. <> You will need to use this function at least once when first installing the program. Thereafter, you can use this function as often as needed to change any of the specified data. Enter each of the following fields: Data Drive and Path - Specify the disk drive and the path to the directory that will contain your data files. This entry must contain a single drive letter and a colon followed by a valid, absolute DOS path. That is, this path must already exist and must begin and end with a backslash (\). Flag <1,2,3> Name:You can use as many as 3 flags to identify cards that are important to you in some way (This is in addition to those cards marked as Rookie, Special, or Common cards). Use these fields to specify the titles that you will use to identify these cards. You will then be able to create reports listing only those cards marked with these flags. Compress/Normal Print:You can use these fields to specify the control sequences that switch compress print mode on and off. Each sequence may include up to five decimal ASCII codes. Most printers will not use all of the spaces. You can leave the leftover spaces set to zero. You can also select the "Colors" pushbutton to change the screen colors. Some color schemes may only be suitable for EGA/VGA displays. If your system does not conform to these standards, you will have to select one of the remaining schemes. <> An invalid data directory was entered. The entry must contain a single drive letter and a colon followed by a valid, absolute DOS path. That is, the path must already exist and must begin and end with a backslash (\). <> The menu bar allows you to activate most of the program's functions. This feature will operate differently, depending on whether you use a mouse or your keyboard. To use the menu bar with a mouse: 1. Place the mouse pointer on any menu bar item and CLICK to select the menu box for that item. 2. Place the mouse pointer on the function that you want to activate and CLICK to execute that function. To use the menu bar with the keyboard: 1. Activate any menu box by pressing the ALT key in combination with the first letter of any menu bar item. For example, you would activate the "Reports" menu box by pressing . 2. Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to position the highlight bar over the desired menu item and press ENTER to execute that function. You can also execute the function by pressing the menu item's highlighted letter. Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to move from one menu box to another. After you make a selection from a menu box, a program window will usually be opened. You will then still be able to activate the menu bar, but all menu items except for the "Help" item will usually be disabled.