Use Menu

1 Find

Before finding anything, there needs to be some data in the database. Go to Add if this is the first time through.

After some records are entered, find may be used.

At the bottom of the screen the Secondary Menu is displayed. What do these commands do?

Secondary Menu

Find

Returns to the FIND   GLASGOW screen.

Goto

goes to a RECORD number, in this case, 2.

Info

gives Information of the amount of storage used on the Z88 and information of the database.

Printout

1 Print

2 Setup

sets which FIELD is required to be printed.

3 Exit

Exits this menu.

Search

Entering a name (or several names) will match the name(s) and display the record that matches if found.

Selecting search again displays CONTINUE and REDO.

• Continue continues the existing search
• Redo allows another search.

View

Views the RECORD again.

 2 Add

Add allows the individual fields to be entered into the record after the structure has been defined.

Now that the database has been described, the data may be entered.

If a blank line is entered the CONTINUE FINISH prompt is displayed.

When all the FIELDS are entered, select Finish and then either Save, Edit or Abort. Saving this entry selects the next record (ADD 2) to be entered.

Use to move up a level to finish adding.

 3 Edit

Edit allows records to be changed. Selecting displays the first record with the Secondary Menu

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Secondary Menu

Edit

Edits the current record.

Find

Look for what is selected in any field.

Goto

Goto a record number.

Help

Displays the cursor commands.

Kill

Deletes the current record.

Move

Moves the record to a different place.

View

Display the current record.

 4 Order

Displays the order that the fields are in the record.

 5 Structure

There is a choice.

Revise

This is where the structure may be built when creating the Database or revising it.

The FIELD NAME can be up to 12 characters long. It is used to remind the user what field is being entered or viewed.

Selecting S displays ST which allows text and numbers to be entered.

Selecting T displays TEL for Telephone numbers.

Selecting N displays NO for Natural numbers.

Selecting I displays INT for Integer numbers.

View

 6 Quit

Moves up to the Use menu.