PAGEMASTER - THE COMPLETE PAGING SOLUTION WINDOWS 95 VERSION 1.71 COPYRIGHT (C) 1993-1996 OMNITREND SOFTWARE, INC. INSTALLATION OVERVIEW The setup program provided by PageMaster installs all the necessary components. A program group will also be created from which you can launch the application. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE For extensive help on any of the dialog boxes presented by the Setup program during installation, press the F1 key or choose the Help button in the dialog box. To run Setup for installation of PageMaster: 1. If Windows 95 is not already running, follow the procedure for starting Windows 95. 2. Choose Run from the Start button. In the Command Line box, type the drive letter and path to the location of the PageMaster files, followed by \SETUP. For example, "G:\DOWNLOADS\SETUP". 3. Choose the OK button or press ENTER. THE INSTALLATION PROCESS There are four steps to the installation process. The Setup program does the following: 1. Asks you where to install PageMaster. Its default location is the C:\PageMaster directory. If this directory doesn't exist, Setup will create it for you. 2. Installs the PageMaster program files. 3. Creates a Start Menu item entitled "PageMaster". 4. Notifies you that setup is complete. DOWNLOADING NEW VERSIONS New versions of PageMaster are made available on CompuServe, America Online, and Internet on a regular basis. If you do not subscribe to any of these services, you can download the latest version from the Omnitrend BBS at (860) 676-1713. VERSION CHANGES The following changes were made from previous versions of the software: 1.71 o The main window can now be resized. o The column width settings on the pager list are now saved between runs of the program. o When entering a page message, the display indicating how many pages it will take to send the page now considers the signature, date, and time (if these are selected to be appended to the page message). o Added support for paging through PageMaster/ex, the paging gateway for Microsoft Exchange Server. 1.7 o Added TAPI support. o Added the option for a program icon to appear in the "system tray" on the taskbar instead of a taskbar button (see the Display tab on the Preferences dialog box). o For numeric pagers that utilize PIN numbers, added the ability to modify the delay time between sending the PIN number and the page message. o Added the ability to limit the number of times a scheduled page is rescheduled. 1.63 o Added back the DDE SendPage command removed in version 1.62. o Added a new command line switch, -Q, that prevents messages from appearing on the screen when using DDE, command line, or file sniff paging. o Added a new option that changes the behavior of the return key when entering a prompted message (see the Manual tab on the Preferences dialog box). 1.62 o DDE and command line paging can now page to groups. o Added a page queue for DDE paging. o Added the ability to enter service providers and to choose them when entering new pagers. o Added optional time and day of week limits to mail filters. o Added page progress information that is displayed on the status bar during the sending of a page. 1.61 o Added a groups manager, accessible from the Groups menu item on the Configure menu. o Added a failed page log o Added the ability to edit the information for multiple pagers simultaneously (see the Help button on the Configure Pagers dialog box). o Added the ability to delete multiple pagers (see the Help button on the Configure Pagers dialog box). o Added the ability to page directly from the command line (see the Command Line Parameters section of the help file). o Added a page confirmation dialog box that appears after a page has been delivered successfully. This dialog may be enabled and diabled from the Manual tab on the Preferences dialog box. o Allow pages, when viewed in the page log, to be resubmitted. o Allow scheduled pages that were missed (because PageMaster was not running) to be skipped. o Choosing the Resubmit button will now display a dialog containing the last message sent and allow it to be edited if desired. o More information on a pager can be imported and exported to text and comma-delimited files. 1.6 o The Find command now highlights the appropriate pager. o Added the ability to print selections from the page log. o Added support for numeric pagers that utilize PIN numbers. o Added support for Schedule+ 7.0 1.52 o Added the ability to automatically re-scan shared pager data at a user specified interval (see the Pager Data tab on the Preferences dialog box). o Added a command line switch, -S, that continuously "sniffs" for a text file containing messages to be paged. o Added more options on how a scheduled page may be automatically re- scheduled. Rescheduling can now be done as often as one minute. o Added the ability to specify a mailbox name in addition to the password. o Added the ability to modify the touch-tone character used to display a dash on the display for a numeric pager. 1.51 o Added support for reading a shared pager data file from an ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) data source. o Added the ability to change the function performed when double-clicking on a pager in the page list. Instead of editing the pager (default), PageMaster can be configured to send a page. o Added the ability to customize the pager list on the main display. 1.5 o Added support for sharing a list of pagers across a network. o Added the ability to change the inbox scan time for EMail. o The EMail password can now be stored in PageMaster so that it does not need to be manually entered each time PageMaster starts. o Added the ability to use tone or pulse dialing. o Added control for turning off the modem speaker. o Added a signature line that can be automatically appended to the end of all alphanumeric pages sent. o Added the ability to tag a date and/or time to the end of each alphanumeric page. o Added the ability to force alphanumeric pages to upper case. o Added the ability to reverse the paging order for messages that must be sent via multiple pages. o Added the ability to log incoming Caller ID calls. o Added keyword search on the TO field in mail filters. o Enhanced help file. 1.42 o Added the ability to view and clear page log files from within PageMaster. o Added a Caller ID "Pop-Up" window that appears on the screen when a call is received on the Call Monitor modem. 1.41 o Added the ability to set the baud rate for paging systems that support sending alphanumeric pages at greater than 300 baud. o When monitoring for events without the screen saver, PageMaster no longer displays the "Monitoring for Events" dialog box. Instead, the word "Monitoring" appears in the status bar. This allows movement and minimizing of the PageMaster window during monitoring.