`allegro-C  `  

?     `How can I help you`    ?

`%#uw!`

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

`Create a New Database`    

`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=x var m\if "alc" h alcm\if "a99" h doku 
?xxx=^bx h orda
?Standard Schema=h acb-1
?Use Your Own Databases=x index |4 db
?Create a New Database=h newh
?Start=x set dn`find #26`sho rec`index |4shakesp
?allegro-C  =h allegro