HomeCraft Software - ORGANIZE! YOUR COLLECTION (OYC)

Conversion Utility - To convert files created by The Software
Guild's MUSIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.

Conversion Instructions

1) Install HomeCraft's OYC software on your hard disk.

2) Copy the GUILD.EXE file to the directory that contains the OYC
software.

3) If your Music Library System file is on a floppy disk, put that
disk in a floppy disk drive.  Otherwise, these instructions assume
that the Music Library System files are on a hard disk in the same
computer as the OYC and GUILD.EXE software.

4) Set the DOS prompt so that it is set for the drive and directory
containing the OYC software.  Type GUILD and push ENTER.

5) The conversion utility will ask for the drive, path and filename
that identifies the Music Library System files.   Enter this
information.  The filename used is always MUSIC.  Thus, if the Music
Library System is on the "C" drive in a directory called "MLS", you
would enter:  C:\MLS\MUSIC

Do not enter the filename extension of ".DAT".

6) Next you will be asked for the number of entries you have in the
Music Library System.  If you do not know this number, run the Music
Library System to make a note of the total number of listings shown
in the upper right corner.

7) The conversion process will now take place.  You will see each
entry flash onto the screen as it is converted.  When the conversion
is done type: OYC CONVT at the DOS prompt and OYC will start up and
use the converted file.

You can rename the converted catalog file (now named CONVT) using
the "Rename" feature on the Utilities Menu.

You can change the lines - add more lines, change their lengths,
change their titles, etc. - using the "Set Up Catalog Format"
feature on the Utilities Menu.

If you have put several types of information on a single line in the
Music Library System, you may want to split that information among
several lines in OYC.  The easiest way to do this is to add the
additional lines you want to use to the CONVT catalog.  You can then
use the F1/F2 (browse) feature of the Edit Mode to move through the
entries and copy the information (manually, by retyping it) from the
Music Library System lines to the new lines you have added to the
format.  When you are done, use the "Set Up Catalog Format" feature
to set the lines containing the duplicated information from the
Music Library System to zero length - and they will go away.

You can then re-arrange the order of the lines, if you wish, using
the "Copy Entries" feature on the Utilities Menu.