MAIN MENU Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to change selections, and press the ENTER key to select. Alternatively, key in the first letter of your choice. NEW Opens a new file. EDIT Opens an old file for editing. LOG Displays a list of all opened files. The list is searchable and scrollable and can select a file. CONFIG Configuers the Cabinet. Specifies which applications are accessible, and the location of the Cabinet's files. OPSYS Allows temporary exit to DOS. Program parameters remain intact. DELETE Deletes a file. QUIT Exits to DOS. NEW FILE WINDOW Opens a new file. DATE The system date appears. It can be overwritten. FILE Enter a filename. Up to of 8 Characters. Must be acceptable to DOS, otherwise you will get an error message. A serial number, that increments by one with each new file, can be made part of the file name. The serial number can be overwritten. File names are saved with the CAB extension. You will be alerted if you specify a file name that already exists. CLIENT The name of the client. Up to 11 characters. TITLE The file's title. Up to 37 characters. VALUE A value associated with the file. Up to 4 characters. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to change fields. ESCAPE to save and ex SELECT A FILE TO EDIT Point to a file from the displayed directory by using the UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT ARROW keys. HOME will point to the first file. END to the last. PAGE UP and DOWN to scroll. ENTER to select and exit. ESCAPE to exit without selecting. LOG Lists old files, opening dates, clients, titles and value. It first displays the last 20 opened files, but can be scrolled fully. Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys, PAGE UP and DOWN to scroll. HOME for the first opened file. END for the last. The line at the top of the page appears highlighted. Press the ENTER key to select the file name appearing on that line for editing. Selecting a non-existing file will result in an error message. Lines with a star following the file name have been transferred to an archive directory by the ARCHIVE program. On color monitors, they appear in red. The LOG can be SEARCHed for any string. The search is not case sensitive. Type F, preceded by your search string. If located, the line containing the string will appear in reverse video. Type N or press the SPACE BAR to search for the next occurance. All searches start from the top line on the page. ALT-E to edit the LOG file. ESCAPE to exit the editing and save. CONFIG Configuers the Cabinet. Specifies which applications are accessible, and the location of the Cabinet's files. Use the UP ad DOWN ARROW keys to move up and down lines. Use the ENTERand TAB key to move left and right. Enter the DIRECTORY without preceding or trailing '\'. Ex, APPL\CAB. Enter the LISTING as you would like it to appear in a menu. You will be selecting applications by keying in their first letters. EVERY APPLICATION MUST START WITH A DIFFERENT LETTER. LOC xxxx is the full path spec for file xxxx. Ex, C:\APPL\CAB. The trailing '\' is optional. US (mm-dd-year) or EUropean (dd-mm-year) date will determine the way the date is displayed. CABINET ID will be displayed to identify the cabinet when first called. Up to 4 characters. Press ESCAPE to save and exit. DELETE Deletes a Cabinet file. Point to a file from the displayed directory by using the UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT ARROW keys. HOME will point to the first file. END to the last. PAGE UP and DOWN to scroll. ENTER to select. You will be asked to confirm deleting the file. If you confirm, the file is deleted, and you return to the Main menu. The LOG will not be marked for files deleted with DELETE. ESCAPE to exit without selecting. THE CABINET LAUNCHING AN APPLICATION Key in the FIRST LETTER of an application appearing at the bottom of the page to make it current. An APPLICATION WINDOW will prompt for a FILE name and an accompanying COMMENT. FILE name can be up to 50 characters long to allow for a full file path if necessary. Compose the COMMENT using the Cabinet EDITOR commands. Press ESCAPE to save the COMMENT and launch the application. REVIEWING FILE RECORDS Highlight file records using the UP and DOWN arrow keys, PAGE UP and DOWN. HOME will point to the first file record. END the last. Press ENTER to view the file in the highlighted record. ESCAPE to return to the Main menu. Press ALT-E to edit the CABINET FILE. ESCAPE to save and exit. THE CABINET EDITOR COMMANDS The EDITOR is initially in the INSERT mode. The INSERT key toggles the OVERWRITE/INSERT mode. The cursor's shape changes to show the current mode. Scroll with the UP and DOWN ARROWS, PAGE UP and DOWN. Press the HOME key to go to the beginning of a line. Press the END key to go to its end. TAB will position the cursor under the next letter on the previous line. F5 to erase a line. WORDWRAP is active. ESCAPE to save and exit.