MONTANA DEPARTMENT HSH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



3.4 Using a Record Number File 



A Record Number File can be retrieved by pressing Step 1: Set up the Search, and 

 then highlighting Use a Record Number File from the lower portion of the Select a 

 Category menu (Figure 2). By highlighting this option, a screen similar to the one shown 

 in Figure 20 will appear. 



Montana Rivers Information System 



Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks 

 Use a Record Nunber File 



11/11/1993 



Select a Record Nmiser file 



Streams in up mo with pure 012 



UESTMO.RNF 



-Format 



Brief Stream Report 



-Order 



Stream RRN 



Figure 20. Using a Record Number File 



From this menu, select the WESTMO.RNF by moving the highlight bar to the selection 

 and pressing Enter. Return to the Main Menu and select Verify the search criteria and 

 format to view the search criteria that goes along with the records selected. From the Main 

 Menu, produce the report to the screen to view the records saved. At this point, you could 

 further narrow your search using other menu items, 



3.5 Save a Pile This option allows you to save your report to a file for further editing 

 before you print it, or include it in another document as a table. The difference between 

 Save A Record Number File and this option is that the records are only available in the 

 report and would not be able to be modified or reselected. To produce the report, enter 

 Step 3 and select Save to a File. A screen similar to Figure 21 will appear, allowing you 

 to enter a file name. Enter WSTCTMO.WP for a file name. The report will take some 

 time to produce (the program is finding the records that you queried and writing them to 

 a file); you may want to do some other work at this time or continue to familiarize yourself 

 with the manual. You will know the report is working by the changing matched and 

 scanned status boxes in the bottom left hand comer. When the report is finished, you will 

 be returned to the Main Menu. From here, you can exit the program by highlighting Exit 

 the Program from the Main Menu; (see Section 4 to review exiting the system). DO NOT 

 delete any files at this point, so you can continue with the exercises. Once you exit the 

 program, you will be returned to the DOS prompt in the MRIS directory. 



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