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Introduction To Your MusicDB
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Welcome to Your MusicDB 
Your MusicDB has been designed to provide a means for easily maintaining music collections for all types of media (LPs, CDs, books, etc.) It is written using Java, so it will run on any operating system that supports Java2 (1.3 or higher). The Java runtime environment is freely available for Microsoft Windows and many other operating systems from the Sun Corporation.
Key Features:
- Runs on any Java enabled platform (1.3 or higher)
- Free artist databases (as they become available)
- Full search capability, by song or album
- Configurable "Look & Feel" plus skins
- Special large font "Look & Feel" for visually-impaired
- Import data from text files
- Multiple artists in same database
- Extensive notes capability by song or album
- Maintain cover images
- Data stored only once and re-used when needed to minimize storage requirements
- Pre-defined reports
- Integrated report designer for creating custom reports
- Merge databases of individual artists into a single database
- Create individual artist database from a multiple artist database
- Automatic database compression to minimize storage requirements
Minimum Requirements
The minimum requirements for running:
- CPU Intel Pentium Compatible Processor at 400 MHz or higher
- RAM Minimum 64MB, but 128MB is recommended.
- Disk space 5MB free disk space recommended.
- Operating systems Microsoft Windows (98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP), Solaris, Linux, Unix and all other Java-enabled platforms running Java 1.3 or higher
Terminology
For ease of use, most windows use explorer/view model. The explorer is on the left side of the window and displays a scrollable list of items (songs or albums) and the view occupies the right side showing the detail for the selected item in the explorer. Your MusicDB also uses tables extensively with a convenient navigator at the bottom
Figure 1 -- Explorer-view model
Table Navigator Buttons
The navigator buttons can be used to change the selected table row, add new rows, delete rows, and move
rows up or down. Some if the buttons will only appear in the navigator when the operation is
available. The text box
displays the current
selected row along with the total number of rows in the table.
Button Description First Row Previous or up one row Next or down one row Last row Add a new row below selected row Delete selected row Move selected row(s) up Move selected row(s) down Display more information
Explorer Icons
The icons below are used in album explorers to provide a visual indication of the album type.
Icon Description Cassette or 8-Track CD, CD-2Fer, Mini-CD 8-Track DVD LP, LP-10", 45 RPM Book-Text Book-Music Albums In personal Collection Video All other media
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