Master Library

This is a list of all library items.  Following is an explanation of the parts of the Master Library screen.

Sort by

• Acquired: data is sorted by acquired date and time.
• Item: data is sorted by the item name.
• Creator: data is sorted by the content creator

Click a column header.  Then start typing a search string

• click a column header.  Then type a search string (no need to click on another field...just begin typing a search string).  The number of items will be reduced as you type to show you only items containing your search string.  Pressing the <Backspace> key reverses the operation.
• multiple columns can be sorted by clicking one column header, holding down <Ctrl> and clicking the 2nd column header, and so on.  Then, when you finally type a search string, the 1st sorted column will be searched.

Items counter

• shows how many items (rows) are currently listed.  This number changes as search strings are typed

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Browse Columns

Checkboxes (on left side of browse list) with Windows-style selection

• one or more of these boxes can be tagged (i.e. checkmarked).
• tag a box by pointing the mouse pointer over it and left-clicking
• tag several consecutive rows by tagging a box, as explained above; then tag another while holding the <Shift> key.  All rows in between will be tagged.
• tag several non-consecutive rows by tagging one, then tag the next while holding the <Ctrl> key, and so on.
• they can be untagged by holding the <Ctrl> key while left-clicking on them again
• consecutive rows can be untagged by holding the <Shift> key while left-clicking on them again
• right-clicking on a row in the browse list displays a menu containing tagging options
• • Tag - tag the selected row 
  • Filter On - display only tagged rows
  • Filter Off - display all rows
  • Invert - reverses, so tagged rows becomes untagged and untagged rows become tagged
  • Tag All - tag all rows, visible or not
  • UnTag All - untag all rows, visible or not

Acquired

• the date and time the file was downloaded, or manually entered into the library

Bookmark (Bkmk)

• toggle this on and off by clicking the black diamond at the bottom of the column

Rights legend and toggle buttons

• toggle rights on and off by clicking the corresponding button near the bottom of the rights columns

Item & Type

• the filename after it has been processed by DLRoundup to be more readable and user friendly
• type is the file extension

Drive & Folder

• pointing the mouse pointer at this column displays the folder in the help tip
• this column is normally mostly closed to conserve space, but can be opened more by dragging its right border to the right to expose the hidden folder

Creator

• the creator of the file's content, not necessarily of the file itself.  This could be an author, composer, graphic artist, musician, videographer, etc.

Publisher

• the publisher of the file's content

Merchant

• the merchant or vendor who supplied the file

Genre

• what kind of content, such as IM, Graphics, etc.

Group

• multiple items can be associated to one another by entering the same group for each item.  For instance, several parts of a product could be grouped together

Category

• the defaults are Doc, Aud, Vid, Img or s/w.  Can have subcategories separated from the main category by a colon, such as Aud:Guitar

Id

• each item has a unique Id assigned by the system as one way the item can be quickly and uniquely looked up

Batch

• each automatically cataloged item is assigned a batch number by the system to identify when it was cataloged, and to make it easy to un-Catalog its batch

Content yr & mo

• the date the content was created, as opposed to the date the file was created

Launch Date

• when the [Launch] button on the Library screen is clicked to launch a file, the Launch Date (and Time and Count, although these two fields are hidden and can be exposed by dragging the right border) is updated

Warranty Expiry

• the date a product's warranty/guarantee expires.  Hidden by the right border is the number of warranty/guarantee days

Notes

• free form notes

Keywords

• pointing the mouse pointer at this column displays any keywords in the help tip
• this column is also normally mostly closed to conserve space, but can be opened more by dragging its right border to the right to expose its contents

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Change or Delete Tagged Row(s) button

• when one or more rows are tagged, this opens a screen that lets certain fields of the tagged rows be changed en masse, or that lets all tagged rows be deleted en masse

Search List Box

• To search, drag a column value from above and drop it below.  Then click the [Search] button.
• do this, and the number of items displayed in the Master Library browse will be reduced to show only the items matching the search criteria.  Multiple column values can be dragged and dropped here.  They can be 'AND'ed and/or 'OR'ed together into a complex search statement

[Autosize] button

• click this to resize the browse columns to fit their displayed content
• click it again to return to previous column widths

[Launch] button

• click this to launch the selected file.  This opens the Windows application currently associated with the file, and then loads the file into it.  This is the equivalent of double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer, or right-clicking the file and clicking Open

Words of Wisdom/Inspiration/Humor (at bottom of screen)

• some motivational thoughts to help brighten your day.  If they bother or distract you, they can be removed by closing DLRoundup and renaming WOW.tps in DLRoundup's program folder to something else, like WOW1.tps.

Note: Right-clicking on a browse row reveals a menu that also contains some of the above options.