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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
This disk contains the four programs of the Medlin
Accounting Shareware System:
PC-GL Double Entry General Ledger
PC-AR Accounts Receivable
PC-PR Payroll Writing
PC-AP Accounts Payable
The requested registration fee is $35 for each program and
entitles you to telephone support and a configuration program to
change several parameters of the registered program. To
register, send a check to:
Jerry Medlin
P.O. Box 357
Napa, CA. 94559
You may also use the registration form at the end of this
manual, or to charge using Master Card or Visa, call (707) 255-
4475 between the hours of 8AM to 6PM, Pacific time.
The programs are the files with an extension of EXE. So
the file named PC-GL.EXE is the General Ledger program and the
file named PC-AR.EXE is the Accounts Receivable program. If you
have been using earlier versions of the programs with COM file
name extensions, you should erase them from your working disk or
subdirectory. The new programs will use the data created by the
old programs.
INSTALLING THE PROGRAMS ON A FLOPPY DISK
You may run the programs on the supplied disk to try them
out, but eventually you will want to install the programs
properly to give yourself more disk space for data. If your
business is small, you can use the same disk for program and
data, but most applications will require a data disk and a
program disk.
Installing the programs requires making a program disk and
a data disk and then copying the programs to the program disk.
Create a data disk by putting your DOS disk in drive A: and
a blank disk in drive B: and type: FORMAT B:
Then, create a program disk by putting another blank disk
in drive B: and type: FORMAT B:/S
Next, move the formatted program disk to drive A: and put
this disk in drive B: and type: COPY B:*.EXE A:
If you are running PC-GL for the first time, you should
also copy the standard chart of accounts to your data disk. Put
the data disk in drive A: and this disk in drive B: and type:
COPY B:PC-GL.COA A:
To run any program, place the program disk in drive A: and
the data disk in drive B: and type the name of the program
followed by B:. IE. type PC-GL B: to run the PC-GL program or
PC-AR B: to run PC-AR. If you have the configuration programs,
you may use them to permanently set B: drive as the data drive
and it will then be unnecessary to type the B: after the program
name. A configuration program is provided to registered users
of each program.
IMPORTANT ! If you have been using earlier versions of PC-
GL, PC-AR, PC-PR or PC-AP, you must erase the old versions of
the programs from your program disk. Put the program disk in
drive A: and type:
ERASE A:PC-*.COM
ERASE A:??CONFIG.COM
INSTALLING THE PROGRAMS ON A HARD DISK
To install the programs on a hard disk, you must create a
subdirectory and copy the programs to the subdirectory. You can
call the subdirectory anything you wish, but I will use the name
ACCT for this example. If you wish to use another name, just
substitute it for ACCT in these directions.
First place this disk in drive A: and in response to the
C:> prompt type:
CD\
MKDIR ACCT
COPY A:*.EXE ACCT
If you are running PC-GL for the first time, you should
also copy the standard chart of accounts to your data disk. Put
the data disk in drive A: and this disk in drive B: and type:
COPY A:PC-GL.COA ACCT
To run a program, first change to the subdirectory by
typing: CD \ACCT and then type the program name. IE. type
PC-GL to run PC-GL or PC-AR to run PC-AR.
IMPORTANT!! If you have been using earlier versions of PC-
GL, PC-AR, PC-PR or PC-AP, you must erase the old versions of
the programs from your hard disk. To do this type:
ERASE \ACCT\*.COM
ERASE \ACCT\??CONFIG.COM
INTEGRATING THE PROGRAMS
With the exception of PC-AP, the programs are not
"integrated". That means to get the sales totals from the
Accounts Receivable program to the General Ledger program you
must make a journal entry. Likewise, the payroll totals should
also be entered each month into the general ledger program.
Once you are familiar with the programs this takes only a few
minutes per month and is more convenient than having all of the
sales and payroll detail transferred to the general ledger
program automatically. The PC-GL manual includes a section on
posting payroll and sales data to the General Ledger.
ADDING COLORS
The configuration program available to registered users
will allow you to specify a data path and colors for each
program. You may also specify add the desired data path and
colors by adding them to the command line separated by blank
spaces. The commands should be in the following order: DATA
PATH, BORDER COLOR, DATA COLOR, PROMPT COLOR AND BACKGROUND
COLOR. For example, if you run PC-GL by typing:
PC-GL B: 3 14 10 1
That will tell the program to look for data on the B: drive and
use Cyan borders, Yellow data, Light Green prompts with a Blue
background.
These programs have been developed and refined over a
period of five years. I'm sure you'll find them better than
anything else available. So, relax, take a deep breath and get
your books in order.
MEDLIN SHAREWARE ACCOUNTING Remit to: Jerry Medlin
REGISTRATION FORM P.O. Box 357
Napa, CA. 94559
PC-GL General Ledger Program ($35) ________
PC-AR Accounts Receivable Program ($35) ________
PC-PR Payroll Writing Program ($35) ________
PC-AP Accounts Payable Program ($35) ________
Total Enclosed ________
Name: ________________________________________________________
Company:________________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________
City: __________________________ State _______ Zip ___________
Payment by: Check _____ MC _____ VISA _____
Card no.: _____________________________________________________
Expiration:________________
Cardholder
Signature _____________________________________________________
Where did you get our program?__________________________________
Sorry, no CODs or Purchase Orders.
Latest version of all four programs and configuration programs
for registered programs will be mailed by First Class Mail.