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Y E A R P L A N N E R version 2.89 ______________________________________________________________________________ FLOWSOFT custom programming William A. Anderson Owner & Author 875 Franklin Rd. #1635 Marietta, Ga. 30067 404-428-4028 C O N T E N T S ______________________________________________________________________________ 1 Introduction Page 1.1 Program Description & Requirements........ 1 2 Getting Started 2.1 System Installation....................... 2 2.2 Starting the Program...................... 3 2.3 Main Menu Explanation..................... 4 2.4 Initializing a New Year................... 5 2.5 Setup - Printer, Color, Pause Time........ 6-7 3 Other Functions 3.1 Working on the Calendar................... 8-9 3.2 The Overlay Template...................... 10 3.3 Jumping to a Specified Day................ 11 3.4 Function Keys Explained................... 12 3.5 Onscreen Summary.......................... 13 3.6 Printing the Wall Planner................. 14 3.7 Add/Update Important Dates................ 15 3.8 Insert Important Dates into Year.......... 15 4 Registration 4.1 Year Planner Software License Agreement... 16 4.2 Registration Form and Support Info........ 17 1.1 Program Description Year Planner is an organizing tool which mimics the familiar "write- on, wipe-off" wall planner calendar system most businesses use to schedule important events. You are allowed to write deadlines, appointments, and other important information into "day blocks" which can later be printed out in a large standard calendar format. Information can be easily updated or erased altogether and reprinted. Features include an overlay template to apply similar messages in many "day blocks", an onscreen year summary so you can see the whole year at a glance, large calendar printouts, and all major holidays already built in. >>>> System Requirements: * 520K of main memory. * One 5 1/4 " floppy drive. * One hard disk drive. (optional) * IBM PC or compatible. * files=40 and buffers=40 in CONFIG.SYS file. Page 1 2.1 System Installation Floppy Drive System: To install the year planner program on a floppy drive system, just copy the calendar.exe and setup.exe files over to a blank, formatted floppy diskette. You will have more than enough space on the floppy diskette to hold the program, the yearly data files, and the printer control codes setup file. Hard Drive System: To install the year planner program on a hard disk, you should first create a new subdirectory on the hard disk and then copy the calendar.exe and setup.exe files to the newly created subdirectory. The commands to create the new subdirectory are: C>cd \ goes to the root directory C>md calendar makes a new subdirectory called calendar C>cd \calendar goes to the calendar subdirectory (C> is the DOS prompt and is not part of the command) Once you have created the new subdirectory, you should copy the calendar.exe and setup.exe program files to the subdirectory. Use the DOS copy command to do this. Make sure you are in the calendar subdirectory before issuing this command. The command has the following format: C>copy d:\path\calendar Where d:\path\ is the pathname for the location of the calendar.exe file. For example, if the file was in the root directory on drive A then the copy commands would look like this: C>copy A:calendar.exe C>copy A:setup.exe As another example, if the calendar.exe file were in a subdirectory called XTALK on drive C then the commands would look like this: C>copy C:\xtalk\calendar.exe C>copy C:\xtalk\setup.exe Page 2 2.2 Starting the Program Floppy Drive System: 1) Insert the floppy diskette created in section 2.1 into drive A. 2) Make sure you have the A> prompt. 3) Type CALENDAR and then press 'enter'. 4) The main menu will appear. Hard Drive System: 1) Go to the subdirectory created is section 2.1: C>cd \calendar 2) Type CALENDAR and then press 'enter'. 3) The main menu will appear. Note: In the current version, you have the ability to create more than one calendar file. You can enter the calendar file name on the command line when you start the program (CALENDAR filename) or, if you don't enter it on the command line, you will be prompted by the program to enter a calendar file name. Page 3 2.3 Main Menu Explanation --------------------------------------------------- | Wall Planner v2.89 Main Menu | | | | W) Work on Calendar. | | O) Onscreen Summary. | | P) Print Wall Planner. | | I) Initialize file for a New Year. | | A) Add/Update Important Dates. | | D) Insert Important Dates into Year. | | S) Color & Printer Control Codes Setup. | | X) Exit to DOS. | | | | Enter Option... | |-------------------------------------------------| | If you find this Wall Planner useful, | | please register for support and updates | | by sending $10 to the address below. | | Thank You! | | | | FLOWSOFT custom programming. | | 875 Franklin Rd. #1635 | | Marietta, Ga. 30067 | | 404-428-4028 | --------------------------------------------------- To use the year planner menu system simply press the letter next to the option you want to choose. Option Refer to Section ---------------- --------------------- W 3.1 O 3.5 P 3.6 I 2.4 A 3.7 D 3.8 S 2.5 X Simply exits to DOS. Page 4 2.4 Initializing a New Year Before doing anything such as entering appointments or printing a calendar, you must first initialize the calendar file for the year you would like to work with. To do this, choose option I on the main menu. After entering the name of the file that you want to initialize, you will get the following prompt: Enter year (YY): .. Esc to Exit. After you enter the year, the calendar file will be initialized. All "day blocks" will be set equal to spaces. After the file has been initialized, you will get the following prompt: Do you want to insert Holidays in calendar ? (Y/N)... If you answer Y to the prompt, all major holidays will be automatically inserted in the last line of the appropriate "day block". If you answer N to the prompt, all "day blocks" will remain blank. Note that all year's are supported up to year 1999. And holidays are included only for years 1987 thru 1989. Future holidays and years will be updated on a yearly basis or as needed. Page 5 2.5 Setup - Printer, Color, Pause Time. The setup routine is option S on the main menu, so press S now. The following printer setup menu will appear: ---------------------------------------- | | | LPT1 Printer Setup Menu. | | | | E) Epson and Compatibles. | | N) NEC. | | O) Okidata. | | T) Toshiba. | | R) Radio Shack. | | I) IBM. | | C) Custom Printer Setup. | | M) Return to Menu (without saving).| | | | | | Enter Option... | | | ---------------------------------------- If your printer is listed on the menu above, then simply press the letter corresponding to your printer. Otherwise, press C for custom printer setup. Whether you choose a specific printer or custom setup, the next screen you get will be the custom printer setup screen: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Enter the following control codes for your printer. There | | are 10 spaces available for each set of codes. Usually, | | just 1 or 2 codes are needed for each printer mode, so just | | enter the values necessary starting from the left, leaving | | the unused values blank (or 0). All numbers are in decimal: | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | 8 lines per inch : 27, 48, ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ...| | | | 6 lines per inch : 27, 50, ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ...| | | | Condensed (16.7 cpi): 15, ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ...| | | | Regular (10 cpi) : 18, ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ...| | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | Is everything correct ? (Y/N)... | | Press F10 when finished. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 6 2.5 (continued) If you chose a specific printer on the first menu, then the codes for that printer will appear on the screen above; otherwise, the codes will be blank. If you need to enter codes for your printer, look them up in your printer manual and enter them on the screen above. Press F10 when you have entered the last code. The codes will be stored on disk and you will proceed to the next screen. The decimal codes can usually be found in a table in the back of your printer manual or in a section that describes the different printer modes and tells you what codes to send from software to put your printer into that mode. Color Setup: After you are finished entering the printer control codes, you will get the following color setup screen: ---------------------------------------- | Color Setup Screen. | | | | M) Monochrome Mode. | | F) Change Foreground Color. | | B) Change Background Color. | | D) Change Border Color. | | S) Save Colors. | | | | Enter Option... | | | ---------------------------------------- To change the screen colors, simply press the appropriate key corresponding to the area that you want to change. Eight colors are available for each area of the screen. As you press F, for example, the foreground color will change each time the F key is pressed. Note that the foreground color cannot be the same as the background color. If you are using a monochrome monitor, just press M on the menu above. When the colors are set the way you want them, press S to save the color setup. Error Message Pause Time: The next screen you will get is: ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Enter the number of seconds you would like error messages | | to be displayed on the screen (1-10 secs): .. | ------------------------------------------------------------------- To finish the setup routine, just enter the number of seconds that you want all error messages to be displayed on the screen. Page 7 3.1 Working on the Calendar This option allows you to enter appointments, schedules, important dates, etc into "day blocks". Eight "day blocks" at a time will be displayed on the screen. The screen window looks like this: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |F ............... |S ............... |S ............... |M ............... | |r ............... |a ............... |u ............... |o ............... | |i ............... |t ............... |n ............... |n ............... | | ............... | ............... | ............... | ............... | |A ............... |A ............... |A ............... |A ............... | |u ............... |u ............... |u ............... |u ............... | |g ............... |g ............... |g ............... |g ............... | | ............... | ............... | ............... | ............... | |2 ............... |2 ............... |3 ............... |3 ............... | |8 ............... |9 ............... |0 ............... |1 ............... | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |M ............... |T ............... |W ............... | | |o ............... |u ............... |e ............... | | |n ............... |e ............... |d ............... | | | ............... | ............... | ............... | | |S ............... |S ............... |S ............... | | |e ............... |e ............... |e ............... | | |p ............... |p ............... |p ............... | | | ............... | ............... | ............... | | |2 ............... |2 ............... |3 ............... | | |8 ............... |9 ............... |0 ............... | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- F1-ClrLine F2-Jump Pgup/PgDn CtrlLeft-Left Ctrl S-Sw Mode CtrlA-ApTmp F3-ClrBox F10-Save Esc-Exit CtrlRight-Right Ctrl W-Wrap CtrlE-EdTmp The "day block" that you are allowed to change is always the second one on the top row (Aug 29 above). In standard format, the entire year is laid out like this: Jan 1 ............................. 31 Feb 1 ......................... 28 Mar 1 ............................. 31 Apr 1 ........................... 30 May 1 ............................. 31 Jun 1 ........................... 30 Jul 1 ............................. 31 Aug 1 ............................. 31 Sep 1 ........................... 30 Oct 1 ............................. 31 Nov 1 ........................... 30 Dec 1 ............................. 31 Page 8 3.1 (continued) Use the PgUp and PgDn keys to move up and down between months and use the CtrlLeft Arrow and Ctrl Right Arrow cursor movement keys to move left and right between days of a month. With all movement keys, make sure you are moving to a valid day. For example, you cannot move up to the 30th day in February. Entering Appointments: To enter an appointment or other information just type the information into the appropriate "day block" and then save it. A "day block" is saved by pressing the F10 function key or by moving on to another "day block". Make sure all "day blocks" are saved before pressing Esc. Pressing Esc just returns back to the main menu without doing any saving first. Refer to sections 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 for more information about working on a calendar. Page 9 3.2 The Overlay Template The overlay template is used to apply the same information into several "day blocks" without having to retype it every time. There are two functions involved: Ctrl E will allow you to edit the template and Ctrl A will allow you to apply the template to the current "day block". Editing the template: While working on a calendar, press Ctrl E and the following screen will appear: -------------------- |T ............... | |E ............... | |M --Vacation--... | |P ............... | |L ............... | |A ............... | |T ............... | |E ............... | | ............... | | ............... | -------------------- Press F10 when finished editing template. Just type in the information you want the template to hold for you until you apply the template. For example you could put "--Vacation--" in the template and then apply the template to the days that you will be on vacation. Applying the template: To apply the template, you should first go to the day that you want to apply the template to and then simply press Ctrl A. The template will be applied to the current day. Note that lines which were not entered in the template will not erase information that was in the "day block" before you applied the template. To apply the template to another day just move to another day and press Ctrl A again. Page 10 3.3 Jumping to a Specified Day While working on the calendar, you may want to move quickly to a specific day of the year. To do so press the F2 function key and you will be prompted to enter a day in the form MMDD: Enter Date to Jump to (MMDD): .... Esc to Exit. After a valid month and day are entered, you will return back to the main working screen. The day that you jumped to will now be the current day. Make sure days are entered in the form MMDD. For example, March 2 should be entered like this: 0302. Page 11 3.4 Function Keys Explained On the bottom of the main working screen, you will see displayed the following function key abbreviations: F1-ClrLine F2-Jump Pgup/PgDn CtrlLeft-Left Ctrl S-Sw Mode CtrlA-ApTmp F3-ClrBox F10-Save Esc-Exit CtrlRight-Right Ctrl W-Wrap CtrlE-EdTmp These keys are explained below: Function Key Explanation ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ F1 This key will clear the current line that you are on within a "day box". F2 Jump to a specific day. Refer to section 3.3 F3 This key will blank out the entire "day box". F10 This key will save the current "day box". PgUp Moves up one month. With all movement keys, make sure you are moving to a valid day. For example, you cannot move up to the 30th day in February. PgDn Moves down one month. Ctrl Left Arrow Moves left one day. Ctrl Right Arrow Moves right one day. Del Deletes the one character at the cursor location. Esc Exits and returns back to the main menu. No saves are done first. Ctrl A Apply the template. Refer to section 3.2 Ctrl E Edit the template. Refer to section 3.2 Ctrl S Switches between the standard display mode and an optional display mode where you see 8 contiguous days on the screen at a time. Ctrl W Toggles word wrap on and off. If word wrap is on, then words will automatically wrap to the next line when entering day blocks. Page 12 3.5 Onscreen Summary This option allows you to look at the whole year at a glance. Choose option O on the main menu and a summary like this one will appear: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1987 Jan |X| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |X| | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Feb | | | | | | | | | | | |X| |X| |X| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Mar | |X| |X| | | | | | | | | | | | |X| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Apr | | | | | | | | | | | |X| | | | |X| |X| | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- May | | | | | | | | | |X| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |X| | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Jun | | | | | | | | | | | | | |X| | | | | | |X| | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Jul | | | |X| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Aug | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |X|X|X| --------------------------------------------------------------- Sep | | | | | |X|X| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |X| | |X| | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Oct | | |X| | | | | | | | |X| | | |X| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |X| --------------------------------------------------------------- Nov | | |X| | | | | | | |X| | | | | | | |X| | | |X| | |X| | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Dec | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |X| | | | | | | | |X| | | | | | | Press any key to return to main menu... The X's appearing in the onscreen yearly summary above mean that you have entered something for that day or that day is a holiday. Page 13 3.6 Printing the Wall Planner This option allows you to print a calendar for a range of months. Choose option P on the main menu and you will get the following prompt: --------------------------------------------------- | | | 1987 | | | | Enter Month (MM) From: .. | | | | To: .. | | | --------------------------------------------------- Just enter the range of months you want to print calendars for. After the month ranges have been entered, you will be asked whether or not you want to print in condensed mode and/or whether or not you want to print using graphics characters. Please be sure you have entered your printer control codes (section 2.5) correctly before executing this routine. If you print in condensed mode, the calendar will be printed in 8.5 x 11 format, otherwise it will be printed in 14 x 11 format. Both formats should print in 8 lines per inch mode. Note (8 lpi): If your printout is longer than one 11" page, then your 8 lines per inch control codes are not working or you reset or turned off your printer after the codes were sent to the printer. Note (graphics): In order to print graphics, your printer must be able to accept graphics characters. Refer to the DOS manual and look under the "graphics" command. Page 14 3.7 Add/Update Important Dates Option A on the main menu allows you to maintain a file of important dates such as birthdays and anniversaries which can be inserted into your calendar files every year. These dates should fall on the same day every year. Choose option A, and the following menu will appear: ----------------------------------------- | | | Date (MMDD) Description | | | | | | | | | | | | 0716 Billy's | | 1030 Tom's | | 1203 Jessica's | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------- [F1]-ClrFld [Up]-Up 1 line [PgUp]-Up 1 page [F10]-Save [Esc]-Exit [Down]-Down 1 line [PgDn]-Down 1 page Simply enter the important dates, then press F10 and Esc. The file will be sorted by date, saved to disk, and you will return back to the main menu. Use the up, down, PgUp, and PgDn keys to scroll within the list. 3.8 Insert Important Dates into Year This is option D on the main menu. It will simply insert the dates in the important date file into the current calendar year file. Page 15 4.1 Year Planner Software License Agreement 1) License: You have the non-exclusive right to use the enclosed program. If you find this program to be useful, then you must register for support by sending $10 to FLOWSOFT custom programming. 2) Copyright: This program and its related documentation are copyrighted. You may copy the program and the related documentation for distribution to friends via diskette or electronic bulletin board service. 3) Term: This license is in effect until terminated. You may terminate it by destroying the program and documentation and all copies thereof. This license will also terminate if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this agreement. 4) Warranty: If within thirty (30) calendar days of purchase you find that this product does not perform in accordance to our (Flowsoft custom programming) claims, return it to the place of purchase, and request a refund of the purchase price less a $15 handling fee. Flowsoft custom programming will honor this warranty if the purchase is made directly from Flowsoft custom programming. Retail stores and other distributors are not obligated to be bound by the terms of this warranty. 5) Limitation of Liability: Neither Flowsoft custom programming nor anyone else who has been involved in the creation, production, or delivery of this program shall be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages arising out of the use, the results of, or inability to use this product even if Flowsoft custom programming has been advised of the possibility of such damages or claim. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you. 6) Update Policy: In order to be able to obtain updates to this program, the licensee must complete and return the registration form in section 4.2. If the registration form has not been received by Flowsoft custom programming, Flowsoft custom programming is under no obligation to make available to you any updates even though you have made payment of the applicable update fee. 7) Misc: This license agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia and shall inure to the benefit of Flowsoft custom programming, its successors, administrators, owners, heirs, and assigns. 8) Acknowledgment: You acknowledge that you have read this agreement, understand it, and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions. You also agree that this agreement is the complete and exclusive statement between the parties and supersedes all proposals or prior agreements, verbal or written, and any other communications between the parties relating to the subject matter of this agreement. Page 16 4.2 Registration Form and Support Info This form must be completed and returned to Flowsoft custom programming along with a $10 registration fee before you will be eligible to receive support for the product. This form will also entitle you to receive future update notices on the product. Year Planner version 2.89 Name: _________________________________________________________ Company Name: _________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ City, State, Zip Code: ________________________________________ Phone Number: _________________________________________________ Type of Computer: _____________________________________________ Number of Floppy Drives: ______ Number of Hard Disks: ______ Return To: Flowsoft custom programming 875 Franklin Rd. #1635 Marietta, Ga. 30067 404-428-4028 Support Prices: For telephone support, you will be billed at the rate of $5.00 per 15 minutes of support (15 minute minimum). For onsite support, you will be billed at the rate of $50.00 per hour. Please call Flowsoft custom programming for quotes on custom jobs, tape to disk conversions, and other software packages like our FLOWMAIL PLUS v4.3 bulk mailing system. Page 17