Category : Dbase (Clipper, FoxBase, etc) Languages Source Code
Archive   : LIBCAT12.ZIP
Filename : READ.ME

Welcome, and thanks for downloading this copy of Questar's
Library Catalog database program. I hope it helps you to become
more efficient when interacting with your library, clippings
file, or any other collection of data that would benefit from
cataloging.

Like any other surrogate database, this Library Catalog is
only as good as the data in it. If you have a very extensive
collection of data items, you should know that it will take you a
while to enter the data, and there's no easy way around that.

On the other hand, I have found, in many different
experiences, that the power of aggregated data is awesome. We
just don't know how much data we have until an efficient software
package can sort and select it for us. Imagine walking into the
local library and having no index or catalog to help us locate
relevant books or data. I'm betting the same is true of your
"library", however large or small it may be.

Included in this package is a very small sample database that
you can play with until you understand how the menus and screens
work. Before you start cataloging your own data, you should
delete these records. You may either move from record to record,
selecting the Delete option for each one, then Pack the database;
or, if you're dBase proficient, you can USE LIBRARY and then ZAP
the database. Either way, you'll then have an empty database
ready to accept your specific data.

There are four "canned" report formats included in the
package for your immediate use: BOOKS, AUTHORS, LOCATION, and
LOANERS. See Appendix C for sample runs from the sample database.

Finally, this is a SHAREWARE product. If you use Library,
and find it to be of benefit, you should make a $15 Shareware
payment to Questar Associates. These payments will encourage
additional work on Library and lead to enhancements and revisions
that will make it even better. All users making the requested
Shareware payment will receive the next revision at no cost.

Above all, use and enjoy Library. Your comments and
suggestions are always appreciated and welcome.