Unix Manual for Music and Movie Hire Assignment

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Synopsis
Description
Files
Limitations
Warnings
Diagnostics

Name

Music and Movie Hire (MMH) - A program that manages a Music and Movie Stire.

Synopsis

java -jar "[path to Program Location]AssignmentTwo.jar"

Description

MMH is a Graphical program that manages Media in a store. Media can be a CD, DVD movie, Record or a Video. Media can be viewes, added edited and deleted in the store.

When the program starts there is initally no Media in the store.

Navigation

You can navigate through the Media in two ways, either sequentially with the Prev and Next button or using the tree. To use the tree, select out of the tree what Media item you wish to jump to and press Jump to Record This will take you to the record in the Store.

General Operations

To add a Media item, click the Add. Select what type of Media to add and type in the details of the Media in the fields. The Stock ID must be unique to the store or an error message appears. Press OK to complete adding the Media or Cancel to abort adding the Media.
To edit a Media item, navigate to the Media item you wish to edit. Click the Edit button and and make the changes needed. Click Update to save the changes or Cancel to retain the original information.
To delete a Media item, navigate to the Media item you wish to delete. Click the Delete button and confirm if you want to remove the Media item or not.

Saving and Loading Media into the Store

A Existing Store can be loaded from the File -> Open Existing Databse.... Select which database to open and click OK to load.
To save the current Store choose File -> Save Databse. Specify the filename of the file to save the database to and click OK to save.
To Import data from a Text file choose File -> Import -> From Fran's File. Specify the text file to import from and click OK.

Files

default_cd.gif Default CD Picture

default_dvd.gif Default DVD Picture

default_video.gif Default Video Picture

default_record.jpg Default Record Picture

blank.jpg A Blank Picture

Limitations

Requires the Java Virtual Machine with compatibility to Java 1.5 to be installed for execution.
Assumes target machine is enable to displays graphics.
Media can not change between types, ie a CD cannot be changed to a Record in the program.

Warnings

Display moves around sometime, this is because of Netbeand Form builder "Free Design" does some silly things when components are hidden or empty

The Navigation tree can lock sometimes, especially when deleting Media. It usually gets unlocked after another action, ie. Editing a record.

Diagnostics

Default pictures of the Media do not display The Application has to be started in the directory of which the program is in to read in the image files properly.

The picture files might be missing or cannot be read. Check if the pictures are in their correct path and are readable.

Error messages appear in the console when importing a text file. The text file has errors in it and the program is just outputting what lines the errors in.

`default_cd.gif`	Default CD Picture
`default_dvd.gif`	Default DVD Picture
`default_video.gif`	Default Video Picture
`default_record.jpg`	Default Record Picture
`blank.jpg`	A Blank Picture

Default pictures of the Media do not display	The Application has to be started in the directory of which the program is in to read in the image files properly. The picture files might be missing or cannot be read. Check if the pictures are in their correct path and are readable.
Error messages appear in the console when importing a text file.	The text file has errors in it and the program is just outputting what lines the errors in.