- Library Manager
uses standard Windows95 navigation techniques, so if you are familiar with other Windows programs you should have no difficulty at all.
- Menu
- The main Menu provides access to the various parts of the program and is described in detail in section 7, the Menu System.
- Taskbar - Notice the small blue icons on the area immediately under the Menu items, this is the Taskbar. The buttons are "flat" style buttons, so only the icons show unless they are active and you move the cursor over them with the mouse. When a Taskbar button is available for use it is undimmed and has a "tool tip" available telling you its purpose. The first seven icons are for navigation on a Browse and are almost identical to the VCR buttons that appear on the bottom of some Browses and are used for the same purpose. Skipping the check mark button for now, the next three buttons (starting with the + (Plus) mark) are for Inserting, Changing, and Deleting individual records respectively. If left-clicked with the mouse, they will call a Form designed to do what you requested. The check mark button is used to call a secondary Browse from a Form to look up an existing entry (location, subject, or author's name) to fill a data field.
Exhibit IV - Main Menu and Taskbar
- VCR
buttons are used on some Browses (see the primary Browse in Exhibit I) as mentioned above, while others use Scrollbars on the right and bottom where necessary. Of course, you can also use the up-arrow and down-arrow keys on your keyboard while in a Browse.
- While in a Form, the TAB key or the mouse can be used to move between fields, while the mouse is best used to access Menu and Toolbar items, Tabs, and to move from one part of a window to another.
