Issues

Fields:

Title	The title of the issue. The title is optional. Singles, such as 78s and 45s do not have titles and that is ok. When the ISSUES window is not in edit mode, the Title field acts as a lookup field to select an issue for display.
Cat. Num.	The catalog number for the issue. This field is optional, but is required if the issue has no title. Catalog numbers do not have to be unique, but the title/catalog number combination must be unique.
Label	The label for the issue. This field is a lookup field. The label entered must have been previously entered in the LABELS window. This field is required.
Artist	This is a lookup field. The artist entered must have been previously entered in the PERSONNEL window. The artist referred to in this field would be the name used to file the issue. If the issue is a compilation, it can have an artist name such as various. Of course, a "dummy" name such as "various" must be entered using the Personnel window. This field is required.
Format	The Format popup allows a selection of the format of the issue. This popup can be modified by using Set Popups window.
Verification	The Verification popup allows a selection of the verification status of the issue. This popup can be modified by using Set Popups window.
Issue Date	Use this field to enter the release date of the issue. The field is optional, but if used, a valid date must be entered.
Circa.	Use this to indicate the release date is approximate.
Volumes.	Enter the number of volumes for the issue. The field will default to 1, but should be changed appropriately for multi-volume sets.
Orig. Issue	Use to indicate that the issue is the original, or not a reissue.
Bootleg	Use this to indicate the issue is not an authorized release.
Private Issue	Use this to indicate that the issue was not under the auspices of an established label. This will handle items such as jam session tapes. Although, an item like this would not have a label, the label field is still required. To handle this, create a "pretend" label to use for these entries. e.g. "private"
On Hand	This checkbox was added to the program for discographers that wanted to track items that are in their personnel collection. But obviously, it could also be used to track if items are still in print or available at other places.
No Reports	If this box is checked, the issue will not apprear on any of the generated reports.

Buttons:

New Issue	Use this button to put the window into a mode that will allow adding a new issue. When this button is pressed, all fields will be blanked, and the Edit and Delete buttons will be changed to Save and Cancel respectively. Once the fields are entered, pressing the Save button will commit the new issue to the database. Pressing Cancel will revert the window back to the state it had before New was pressed. No changes will be saved.
Edit Issue	Use this button to put the window into a mode that will allow modifying an issue. When this button is pressed the Edit and Delete buttons will be changed to Save and Cancel respectively. Once the fields are modified, pressing the Save button will commit the changes to the database. Pressing Cancel will revert the window back to the state it had before Edit was pressed. No changes will be saved.
Delete Issue	Pressing this button will remove the issue from the database. This action is unrecoverable.
Display Issue	This button will open a window to display all the issue data as it would appear in the Issue Index report.
List Issues	This button is a drop-down menu of lists that can be generated from the Issues window. The lists are generated into a separate window. Selecting an item in a list will cause it to display in the Issues window. Complete issue lists can be generated by: Title Format Catalog Number Issue Artist Label

The image below shows the Issues window in Edit Mode in order to display fields that only disply in that mode.

Issue window when new button is pressed.

Buttons (in edit mode):

Save New Issue/Save Changes	The Edit Issue button is converted to the Save New Issue/Save Changes button when the window is in edit mode. The caption on the Save button will be Save New Issue if the New Issue button was pressed. The caption on the Save button will be Save Changes if the Edit Issue button was pressed. Once the fields are modified, pressing the Save New Issue/Save Changes button will commit the changes to the database.
Cancel New/Cancel Updates	The Delete Issue button is converted to the Cancel New/Cancel Updates button when the window is in edit mode. The caption on the button is Cancel New when the New Issue button is pressed. The caption on teh button is Cancel Updates when the Edit Issue button is pressed Pressing Cancel New/Cancel Updates will revert the window back to the state it had before the New or Edit button was pressed. No changes will be saved.
Left arrow near Labels field	The Labels field becomes a lookup field when the window is in edit mode. Use this button to navigate to the previous (in alphabetical order) label records.
Right arrow near Labels field	The Labels field becomes a lookup field when the window is in edit mode. Use this button to navigate to the next (in alphabetical order) label records.
Left arrow near Artist field	The Artist field becomes a lookup field when the window is in edit mode. Use this button to navigate to the previous (in alphabetical order) artist records.
Right arrow near Artist field	The Artist field becomes a lookup field when the window is in edit mode. Use this button to navigate to the next (in alphabetical order) artist records.

All other buttons are inactive when the window is in edit mode.

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Tracks section of Issues Window:

This section of the window uses the 2 step edit mode.

The window has 3 list-boxes. The top list-box lists all the performances associated with the issue. The middle list-box is the select list for the song lookup field. The bottom list-box will contain all entered performances of a song entered in the Song field.

Fields:

Song

Type in this field to find the title of a performance to add to the issue. Song is a lookup field and found entries will display in the list-box to the right as characters are typed. Select from the list when the appropriate entry is found. The list-box at the bottom of the window will display all the performances for the song name selected.

Buttons:

Add To Issue	Select a performance from the list-box at the bottom of the window and press Add to add the performance to the issue and the track list.
Remove From Issue	Select a performance from the track list at the top of the window and press Remove to remove the performance from the issue and the list.
Import From Issue	The Import button will retrieve track information from a different issue and add it to the current issue. Press Import and a window containing a list of all issues will appear. Scroll to the issue importing from and double click the entry. This will cause all tracks from that issue to be copied to the selected performance. This feature is especially handy when entering reissues and issue on multiple formats.
Import From Session	The Import button will retrieve performance information from a session and add all the performances to the current issue. Press Import and a window containing a list of all sessions will appear. Scroll to the session importing from and double click the entry. This will cause all performances from that session to be created as tracks.