Grid - CustomizeGenre flags indicate the music genre.

Overview

Each music item may have any number of genre flags associated with it.

CSDS comes with a few intrinsic genre flags:

• Patter (Pat)
• Singer (Sng)
• Round (Rnd)
• Line (Lin)
• Sing-A-Long (A)

The default abbreviation is shown above within parentheses.

Patter, Singer, and Round genre flags affect the CSDS music player. See Preferences - Music (2).

Up to 96 genre flags may be defined.

Genre flags may be used for any purpose.

Filters within a Music Grid (Music Database, Music Quick List, Music Queue, Music History List, etc) allow you to only show music with specific combinations of genre flags.

Adding or editing genre flags can be done via the CSDS main menu:

1. Music | Edit Database | Edit | Genre Flags...', or
2. Music | Genre Flags

Fields

• Genre name - the name of the genre flag.
• Abbreviation - an abbreviation for the genre flag.
• Use count - the number of times that the genre flag is referenced within the Music Database.
  A genre flag may only be deleted if the use count is zero.

Toolbar

• New - adds a new genre flag.
• Edit - edits the selected genre flag.
• Delete - deletes the selected genre flag.
• Show Music - displays a grid showing all music items that have the selected genre flag.
• Grid - displays the Grid - Customize dialog box.

Notes

Pressing the (Help) button displays the following:

How to Set Music Genre Flags for a Music Item

Setting music genre flags for a piece of music can be done several ways:

• From a Music Grid (Music Database, Music Quick List, Music Queue, Music History List, etc), right-click on an item and select 'Genre Flags...'.
  
   
• From the Music Player, press the 'Flags' button.
  
   
• Or, use the Music - Edit Item dialog box, General tab, Flags button.