The Set of Books option can be accessed by clicking on the Open icon on the Start ribbon. This option displays a list of all the available valid Sets of Books (databases) that are present in the "books" folder of the osFinancials5 installation folder. 

It also shows the Sets of Books stored in a different location, such as on another part of the hard disk or on a mapped drive on the network, which have been added to the list. The path or directory of these Sets of Books is set in the Properties of the Set of Books.

Open Set of Books screen 

To open a Set of Books: 

1. On the Start ribbon, select Open Set of Books (Alt + O). The "Set of Books" screen is displayed: 

2. Select the Set of Books which you would like to open.
3. Click on the Open button. 

Icons on Open Set of Books screen 

Browse 

The Browse icon will allow you to add a Set of Books to the List. 

To browse and add a valid osFinancials5 Set of Books to the Set of Books list: 

1. If you click on the Browse button, you may select from any other directory. The Browse for Folder screen is displayed. 
2. You must pick a valid osFinancials5 Set of Books. If the directory does not contain a valid Set of Books, it will not be added to the list. 

Purge list 

The Purge list icon is used to remove the chosen Set of Books from the list. However, this function does not delete the Set of Books from the directory. It's important to note that you cannot purge a Set of Books that is located in the osFinancials5 directory (books folder). To remove a Set of Books that is located in the books folder in the osFinancials5 directory, you will need to use the Delete Set of Books option which is located on the Start ribbon. If you want to remove a Set of Books from the list but keep the Set of Books, you will need to move the entire Set of Books folder out of the osFinancials5 directory using File Explorer or any other file/folder management program.

When you click on the Purge icon, the following confirmation message will be displayed: 

"This will seriously affect your Set of Books! Are you sure you want to clear this Set of Books?"

Properties 

The Properties icon will display the Name of the Set of Books (e.g. MYBOOKS) as well as the holding Directory for the Set of Books named in the list 

The Properties icon is used to display the name of the Set of Books (such as "MYBOOKS") as well as the holding directory for the Set of Books that is named in the list.

e.g. C:\osFinancials5\books\MYBOOKS\books.fdb. 

1. If you select a Set of Books and click on the Properties icon, the following screen is displayed: 
   
2. If you need to change any of the properties for the Set of Books, follow these steps:  

1. Enter the name of the Set of Books - Enter a valid name for the Set of Books. 
2. Server - If osFinancials5 is configured as a Multi-user product, enter the server details.
3. Enter the path where the Set of Books are stored - Enter the path or directory where the Set of Books is stored on your system.. 
4. Username - Enter a valid username for the Set of Books
5. Password - Enter a valid password for the Set of Books.
6. Databasetype - Select the appropriate database type from the following options:
1. Firebird - This is the default database type for all Sets of Books included in the osFinancials5 installation in the "books" and the "bin/Tutorials" folder.  Sets of Books (Firebird database type) may also be downloaded when you create a Set of Books using the "Let osFinancials help you to create a Set of Books?" option.
2. SharedDisk (Firebird) - For sharing in multi user setup for multi-user environment for Firebird databases.
3. MSSQL -  Microsoft SQL server - 
4. Mysql -  Not fully supported.
5. Postgress - Not fully supported.

3. Once done, click on the Change button to save the changes and to exit or close this screen.

Add 

If you click on the Add icon, the following two (2) options is displayed: 

1. Select Set of Books directory - On this screen, you need to enter the name of the Set of Books, Server name, path, user name and password. 
2. Creating Set of Books - Launch the Creation wizard (Start → Create Set of Books (F10)) on which you may create a set of books, copy a set of books, etc.

To change the Set of Books properties: 

1. If you click on the Add icon, and select the "Select Set of Books directory" option, the "Open" screen is displayed: 

2. Select a valid database (*.fdb - Firebird datbase) on your system and click on the Open button. The "Change Set of Books properties" screen is displayed:
   
3. If you need to change any of the properties for the Set of Books, enter the following: 

1. Enter the name of the Set of Books - Enter a valid name for the Set of Books. 
2. Server - This works, if osFinancials5 is configured as a Multi-user product.
3. Enter the path where the books are stored - Enter the path (i.e. directory (folder)) where the Set of Books is stored on your system. 
4. Username - Enter a valid username for the Set of Books
5. Password - Enter a valid password for the Set of Books.

4. Once done, click on the Change button to save the changes and to exit or close this screen.

Cancel button (right-click context menu)

The Cancel button on the Set of Books screen has a right-click context menu that provides four (4) options:

1. Purge invalid - This option deletes Sets of Books that are listed in Red - Font colour on the "Set of Books" open screen, indicating that they are either deleted, moved to another location, or stored on an unavailable or unmounted drive or network.
2. Purge not in this folder - This option does not delete the files from the directory. Sets of Books located in the "books" folder of the osFinancials5 directory cannot be purged using this option. To remove them, use the Delete Set of Books option in the Start ribbon.
3. Delete not local (Books this PC can not find) - This option removes Sets of Books that are not available on the current device.
4. Reinit version - This option updates the database of the selected Set of Books. Once finished, a confirmation message will be displayed.

Database version updated.