Video Librarian Version 4.10 by Lemuel D. Turner Member Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) (C) 1986-1994 By Lemuel D. Turner and TurboSystemsCo Mailing Address: TurboSystemsCo P.O. Box 965368 Marietta, Ga. 30066-0007 404-516-8575 FAX 404-591-4988 Registration Price: $34.95 + 4.00 S/H (US/Canada), $8.00 (Non-US) To Install: Type INSTALL To Start: Type VLB *NOTE Disk vendors may delete this file (VENDOR.DOC) from disks distributed to end users if addition space is required on the distribution disk. _______________________________________________________________________ PROGRAM DESCRIPTION _______________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Version 4.0+ file format is not compatible with earlier versions. A conversion program is provided to registered users to update earlier file formats to the 4.0+ format. VIDEO LIBRARIAN is a fast easy to learn and use database manager that will help organize and keep track of your video library. With this program you can quickly search your video library files and print reports to the screen, printer or a disk text file. The program will also print labels to place on your VCR tapes for easy identification. Features mouse support, context sensitive help, movable, resizeable, scrollable pop-up browse and find windows. ______________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL FEATURES _______________________________________________________________________ - Holds 21 Information Fields About Each Title -- Title, Star(first & last name), Co-star(first & last name), Cast, Rating, Director(first & last name), Company, Year, Comments, Tape#, Starting and Stop Counter, Recording Speed, Time, Movie#, Critics, and Color. -- A memo field that can hold up to 62 lines of information about each title. - Database Management Functions. -- File, Next, Prev, Find, Top, Last, Edit, Add, Del, Search, Report, Quit - Reports -- Six fixed format reports, plus a self design report and labels. --- Reports may be printed to screen, printer or disk text file. --- Tape labels can be printed on regular 3 1/2 by 15/16 labels or on special labels designed to fit the top and spine of VHS cassettes. --- One report can be printed on continuous form 3 X 5 cards. - Context Sensitive Help -- Press F1 to bring up a revelavant help screen at any point in the program. ______________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL FEATURES - cont _______________________________________________________________________ - Mouse Support - Screen Saver -- A built-in screen saver activates when the keyboard is not used at a user customizable interval. - Find Windows -- Moveable, scrollable, resizeable - Find any Title, Star, Co-Star, Director, Tape Number, Category or Movie# in approximately 1 second or less. - Search database on any combination of fields. - Can hold 10 million titles, approximately 750 on a 360k floppy if memo field is not used. Will hold approximately 350 with each record having a three line memo field. ______________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS ______________________________________________________________________ (1) 512K RAM (2) Printer (3) Color Monitor & Hard Drive Recommended If installing on a floppy - must be 720K or greater ______________________________________________________________________ SERVICES PROVIDED TO REGISTERED USERS ______________________________________________________________________ (1) The latest version of Video Librarian without the shareware registration screens. (2) A printed manual. (3) Customer Support by phone or mail by a member of ASP. (4) Advisement of upgrades which are provided at low cost. (5) Catalog of addtional products and discounts on additional product purchases. (6) The Vid Library Catalog Database of 7000 movies. (7) Free 1 year subscription to the Vid Library Catalog Database quarterly update subscription. REGISTRATION PRICE: $34.95 ______________________________________________________________________ DISTRIBUTION PERMISSION ______________________________________________________________________ Permission is granted to shareware vendors, users groups and BBSs to add Video Librarian to their libraries and distribute the program as long as the shareware distribution/marketing method is explained, ie additional payment to the author is required for use past the evaluation period. ______________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT HISTORY ______________________________________________________________________ Version 3.0 Released Sep 1991 Version 3.5 Released Feb 10, 1992 Version 3.51 Released Mar 1, 1992 Version 3.52 Released Mar 16,1992 Version 3.53 Released Jun 07,1993 Version 4.0 Released Dec 01, 1993 Version 4.01 Released Dec 15, 1993 Version 4.02 Released Dec 29, 1993 Version 4.10 Released May 22, 1993 3.5 Changes Changes: (1) Added memo report - prints memo contents. (2) Added catalog report. (3) Added utility menu that allows printer selection from main menu. Deleted the DBPRINST.EXE program. HP Laser Printer support improved. (4) Category index now modifed to list titles in alphabetical order when the Browse and Find functins are used. (5) Tape labels are much eaiser and faster to print due to modifications to the query screen and use of an index search instead of a sequential search. (6) Fixed bugs in index cards that caused the Star to be printed twice. (7) Fix bug that sometimes caused the Browse screen not to display. 3.51/2 Changes (1) Fixed several small bugs that ocurred while printing some types of tape labels. 3.53 Changes (1) Allows user to manually flush index file data from from memory to disk by pressing the F3 key. (2) Automatic flush of datafile data from memory to disk after each entry/update added. 4.0 Changes (1) Doubled capacity of memo field - now holds up to 62 lines. (2) Allow switching database files without exiting program. (3) Three new fields - Critics, Color and Movie#. (4) Allows laser printers to print sheet video cassette labels and 3 x 5 index cards. Also fixed bug that caused the program to crash when printing to HP IIP and HP IIIP printers. (5) Labels and Index cards now printed in regular print instead of compressed print. (6) Allows user to select the primary index. (7) Start/Stop counter info can be entered in numerical format (01400) or time format (01:34:00). (8) Users can define their own categories for use in the popup pick list displayed in the category field. (9) Automatic capitilzation for data entry can be enabled/disbaled. (10) Screen saver can be disabled. (11) This version traps printer errors. (12) Can set the lines per page for reports. (13) The memo field can now be edited without going through all the prior fields. Just press ALT+M 4.01 Changes (1) Changed fields with popup picklist to allow any entry. (2) Corrected a bug in the screen saver disable feature that caused problems on some systems. Also moved the feature from the setup window to a seperate menu item on the file menu. 4.02 Changes (1) Added printer driver for Cannon BJC-600. (2) Allows user to view and/or print manual during installation. (3) Fixed bug that caused some items on the set-up window to revert to the default values when the program was exited. 4.10 Changes (1) Added feature to allow direct edit of any field by pressing the ALT key plus the highlighted letter in the field label. (2) Allow the user to activate the popup pick list by pressing the PageUp or Enter key. Must make choice on the SetUp Window. (3) Movie # field is now editable.