5.1 Introduction

• Upon first entering, the database loaded will be the one that was saved in your REBEL.CFG-file. You can change this (also during a game) by loading a different one via menu "DB-FILES"-load-database or by simply clicking on the displayed name of the database.
• the database uses files with the extensions .DAT, .IX1 , IX2, IX3 and .IX4. If one of the first three files is missing you'll receive an error message. The same applies for making a new database when one of these files already exists.

To view the next games in the database, you have two possibilities:

• You click on top of the screen on the arrow down button (or the PG-DN key) and the next 20 or 40 games will appear (with arrow down button (or the PG-UP key) you can scroll back for 250 pages);
• You click on top of the screen on the letter of the alphabet (or the corresponding key) and again 20 games become visible, starting with the selected letter.
• in the comment section, extra information is available for the game that the scroll bar is located on.
• selected games will be represented as inverse text font
• when a search function is active, the game will be preceded by a "*"
• above the comment section, 6 buttons appear:
  • "Load" (shortcut ALT+L): this will load selected games. You can only activate this when games have been selected.
  • "Delete" (shortcut DEL): this will remove all selected games from the database. Before this will actually take place, you will be prompted for confirmation. Deleted games will be stored in the "TRASH.DAT" database for reasons of security. You can only activate this when games have been selected.
  • "Game overview" (shortcut ALT+G): the game where the selection cursor (>> <<) is on, will be displayed in 15 small boards. For more info on this topic we refer you to chapter 15.3.
  • "Cancel sel." (shortcut ALT+C): this cancels the selection with the result that no game is selected anymore. The buttons "load", "delete" and "cancel sel." will grow pale.
  • "Select all" (shortcut ALT+A): all games will be selected taking into account a former search action. For instance: if you have asked for games that ended with a draw, then all games ending in a draw will now be selected. This can be very convenient to export this selection to another database. Maximum number of games will be 10,000.
  • "­EVALUATE­" (shortcut ALT+M): this will cause Rebel to evaluate the endposition of the game where the selection cursor (>> <<) is on. You can only activate this when two small boards are also visible.
• you select a game by clicking on it, clicking again will deselect the game (shortcut INS)
• you select more than one game by clicking the first one and KEEPING THE MOUSE BUTTON PRESSED until you have pointed to the last game you want to be part of the selection
• if you only want to load one game, immediately click with LEFT button
• if you only want to select a game, click with RIGHT button (shortcut INS)