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Flags - Can I add some more?

Is it possible to add some more "flags" so I can divide my Hoedowns and Singing calls tunes up into smaller groups.

There is currently one flag for Hoedowns -- (P) Patter and two flags, I think, for Singing calls -- (S) Singing and (A) Sing along.

Then there is one for Rounds (R) and one for Line Dances (L).

I would like to be able to sort the tunes by "effect". For me, that would be something like "Rousers - Patter and Singing", Cruisers - both P and S, and possible a couple of others as spares. I was thinking that perhaps they could be labelled in the program as S1, S2, S3, P1, P2, P3 etc. which would enable each caller to subdivide his records according to his own ideas.

CSDS currently allows for 32 music flags. You can add and delete flags as you choose.

To add a flag,

go to Music | Edit Music Database.
do one of the following:

from the menu, select Flags | Edit Flags; or
click the 'Edit...' button immediately above the list of flags for the currently displayed record.

the 'Edit Music Flags' dialog box appears.
To add a flag, select an unused entry, enter the prose name for the flag, then enter a single character to be used to designate the flag.
The 'Clear' button to the right of each entry allows you to delete the flag.
When you're done, click the 'OK' button to save the changes.

In your case, I'd suggest adding the following flags:: Rouser -- "R" flag; Cruiser -- "C" flag

Note that the letter corresponding to the flag must be unique, so that, in the above case, if you added Rouser (R), then you'd have to give Rounds (R) a different letter.

Then, for your 'Patter Rouser' records, mark both the 'P' and the 'R' flags. For 'Singing Cruiers', mark both the 'S' and the 'C' flags.

You could also add a flag for seasonal or holiday records such as Christmas, Halloween, St. Patricks Days etc.

Other users add flags for categories such as 'Gospel', 'Rock', 'Country', 'Patriotic', etc.

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