`allegro-C  `  
Software for  Windows 10/64bit 

V42

?     `How can I help you`    ?

`Use your own databases`

`Use the DEMO Database`
A good way to make yourself familiar

`Create a New Database`    

`Catalog Your Own Databases`
If you already have any

`Main Menu`

The allegro DEMO Database 
`Start`

Contents: This database contains records of all types possible under the standard schema. 
There is a list of `Record Types` with sample records for every type. 

New Data Entry: There are `Entry forms` assisting in this task.

Further: `Ordering functions`, and `Circulation` 

The `Standard Schema` is documented in the handbook. 

For novices:
Try truncation in index 1: go to `Shakespeare` and press the comma: the entries will be truncated at the comma, which means all entries for the same last name will be contracted on one line. The same can be done in index 5 ( `Series`) using the semicolon, this way one gets to see how many titles there are in the database for every series. 
Another truncation option is the "fixed truncation": In index 4, for example, enter the beginning of a title and add a ?, like `Shakesp?`. All index entries will be truncated to that same length. 

Many functions, also for ordering and circulation, have been implemented using the`FLEX Language`, being the macro language of the system.

?Hilfekonzept=h help 
?Use the DEMO Database=h =The allegro Demo Database 
?How can I help you=h cath 
?Record Types=?|1zz 
?Shakespeare=?|1shakesp 
?Series=?|5c 
?Shakesp?=?|4Shakesp? 
?Ordering Functions=x var #20(e" : ")\ins #uV1\display p d-orda\h orda 
?Circulation=h alfa 
?Entry forms=h input 
?FLEX Language=h flex 
?Main Menu=h doku 
?xxx=^bx h orda 
?Standard Schema=h acb-1 
?Use your own databases=x index |4 db 
?Eigene Datenbanken benutzen=x index |4 db 
?Catalog Your Own Databases=X _find-db 
?Create a New Database=h newh 
?Start=x set dn`find #26`sho rec`index |4shakesp 
?allegro-C  =h allegro