Publication Organizer

Creator

Molecule Software

Developer: Joshua H. Santiago. Please contact me at joshman1019@gmail.com for inquires

Purpose

The purpose of this application is to provide an easy management facility for organizing a collection of publications (magazines, newspapers, etc.).

1.4.0 Update Resource Requirement

You may download the DLL for the PDF report engine from https://github.com/joshman1019/PDF-Report-Generator

You may also clone the project and build the DLL from source by cloning the above referenced project

Use

To add a new publication

• click the Add New button on the main control strip.
• A panel will appear which allows you to enter information about the new publication
• Enter title, group, location, summary, and publication date.
• If a date range is desired, click the Date Range checkbox
• An additional date will appear which will allow you to enter the end of the date range
• Click the Add Record button to save the record to the database.
• Clicking cancel will close the new publication entry without saving

To Delete an existing publication

• Click on an existing publication entry in the publication list
• The Delete Selected button will become active
• Click the Delete Selected button
• A dialog will pop up confirming the deletion

To Edit an existing publication

• Click on an existing publication etnry in the publication list
• the Edit Selected button will become active
• Click the Edit Selected button
• A dialog will pop up which will allow you to edit the existing publication
• To save your edits, click the Save Edit button*
• Clicking cancel will close the edit publication entry without saving

To search publications

• At the bottom of the screen, select a search category from the dropdown box
• Enter your search in the textbox immediately to the right of the selected search category
• NOTE: Searching dates requires the user to enter a date in the following format mm/dd/yyyy, or m/d/yyyy
• Click the Search button
• If the search finds results, they will be displayed in the publication list above

Field Explanation

Title

The title of the publication to store

Group

Any grouping that you wish to assign to your publication (magazines, articles, newspapers, etc).

Location

The location where the item is being stored (Box24, Drawer19, Scanned, Etc.).

Summary

A brief summary of the publication

Publication Date

The date that the publication was published

End Date

If the publication spanned multiple dates, this is the last date of the publication NOTE: Searches involving publication dates will search between the two dates ranges