MONTANA DEPARTMENT RSH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



1.4 USING THE SYSTEM 



1.4.1 Starting the MRIS Reporting Program Software 



Change to the directory containing the RPSTREAM.EXE program and the MRIS 

 data (called MRIS if you have not changed that during the INSTALL program). At the 

 DOS prompt, type RPSTREAM and press Enter. 



Several screens will be displayed after you press the Enter key that indicate the 

 software is loading. The initialization process takes from a few to several minutes, 

 depending on the personal computer you are using. When the system is loaded you 

 will see the following screen (Figure 1). The first time you load the program, all the 

 indices will need to be built which takes additional time. 



Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks 



Montana Rivers Information System 



Test Data 



Select an Option 



09/23/1993 



Step 1: Set up the Search 

 Step 2: Select a Report Format 

 Step 3: Produce the Report 



UTILITIES 

 Verify Search Criteria and Report Format 

 Retrieve a Report Control File 

 Save a Report Control File 

 Count Records Matching Search Criteria 

 Override Default Report Order 



Exit the Program 



- menu 



-Format 



Brief Stream Report 



-Order- 



Strean RRN 



Status box/ 



\status box 



Figure 1. Main Menu 



1.4.2 Main Menu or Opening Screen 



The Main Menu or opening screen presents three required steps for creating data 

 retrievals. The Main Menu also displays several utility options and two status boxes 

 at the bottom of the menu (Figure 1). The status boxes indicate the currently selected 

 report output format (left hand) and the indexing order (right hand) that will be used 

 to search through the database records. 



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