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Little Black Book/2
Version 1.23
December 27, 1993
Copyright (C) 1993
James E. Johnson Jr.
About Little Black Book/2
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Little Black Book/2 is a personal information manager which may be used to store
and manipulate the names, address, phone numbers, and other pertinent
information about groups of individuals. It is capable of storing up to five
different groups of people in each phone book. These groups could be business
contacts, friends, relatives, Christmas card lists, etc, they are determined
solely by you. It is also capable of dialing the phone, printing mailing
labels, printing a cardfile, and printing a personal address book to take with
you when a computer is unavailable.
Warranty
========
Little Black Book/2 is provided "as is" without any warranties (or conditions),
expressed or implied with respect to the software, including the implied
warranties (or conditions) of merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. The entire risk arising out of use or performance of the program
remains with you. In no event will the copyright holder be liable for any lost
profits, lost savings, incidental or indirect damages or other economic
consequential damages, even if I have been advised of the possibility of such
damages. In addition, I will not be liable for any damages claimed by you based
on any third party claim.
Shareware
=========
Shareware is the try it before you buy it concept of software marketing. It is
freely available by downloading it from various BBS's or one can easily and
legally give a copy to a friend. If you like the software and intend on
continuing to use it after the trial period of typically 30 - 45 days, you are
expected to register the software with the author. Shareware is not freeware.
It's continued use implies that it is a viable and needed tool. Registration
encourages the author to enhance the software's features, making it a better
tool for you the user, and also to create new software in the future.
Registration
============
Upon registration you will receive a license to use the latest version of the
Little Black Book/2 software personalized with your registation information
which consists of a registration "key" which is valid for all version 1.xx
releases. From that point on you may download newer versions from your favorite
BBS as they are released without re-registering as you will have a valid key
and the right to use that version.
Registation is (only) $10.
Please make checks payable to:
James E Johnson Jr.
6924 Vancouver Road
Springfield, VA 22152
Changes since Version 1.0
=========================
10 May 93 Adds (1) Registration information
Version 1.01 (2) Allows double clicking from main screen to pull up
modify screen
31 May 93 Adds (1) Sort order modification
Version 1.10 (2) Exporting to both comma-delimited files and in columns
(3) Dialing initialization & prefix strings
(4) Main window sizing (remembers last setting from shutdown)
Changes / Bug-fixes
(1) Dialing is no longer timer-based
5 Jun 93 Changes / Bug-fixes
Version 1.11 (1) Adds an option for adding additional <CR> for some
printers
6 Jun 93 Changes / Bug-fixes
Version 1.12 (1) If you select 0 column width when exporting in columns,
then the computer will determine the optimum width for
that particular field
(2) Commas within a field being exported in "Export Comma
Delimitted" are converted to semicolumns so as to not
screw up the field order
(3) Numeric data-entry fields converted to spin-button
controls (found in Import, Export, and Setup Printing)
14 Jun 93 Adds (1) Several new print options
Version 1.13 Changes / Bug-fixes
(1) The name was changed to Little Black Book/2. This was
necessary due to a title conflict with a DOS-based PIM
offering somewhat similar features. Now there should
be less confusion.
30 Sep 93 Adds (1) Three additional fields within the database were added,
Version 1.20 2-line street addresses, work phone number extensions,
and email addresses. An upgrade routine is provided in
the file UPGRADE.EXE which must be run before this
version of the software is ran, it converts the previous
style of database to the current one.
(2) The ability to print index cards was added, these cards
are extremely flexible and should acommidate and need
(assuming the database has all of the necessary
information). The only downside is that by being so
flexible it can be slightly difficult to use, but once it
set up after 10 minutes of effort on your part to meet
your exact needs, it can save enormous amounts of time.
(3) An address book can now be printed on paper with similar
features and caveats as the index cards above.
(4) Registration is now done entirely through software,
previously you would send me the registration fee and I
would mail you a floppy of the latest version of the
software. I learned however, that with only a $10
registration fee this was not a very profitable venture.
Instead of raising the registration, I lowered my costs.
Now, upon registration you will receive a letter
containing the registration info which you would can type
in under setup and "self-register", it is also your
license for future versions. If you desire a floppy, the
fee is $15 total which includes the license. Once you are
registered, the pull-down for registration will be grayed-
out and no longer available as it is no longer needed.
Likewise, the Telephone Support option will become
available to you under Help, and the application exit
messages will go away.
(5) Telephone Support is now available as an option under
Help, this is available only to registered users.
(6) Application exit messages have been added as an
"encouragement" for unregistered users to register.
Registered users will never see this feature.
(7) When dialing a work phone number you will be told after
dialing if there is an extension to be used (and what it
is). This software does not dial the number due to the
lack of standardization in which extensions are used, it
just tells you what is and lets you deal with it.
Changes / Bug-fixes
(1) There was a problem with saving a record which was missing
either the first or last name, this has been fixed.
(2) Dialing now requires you to explicitly state whether you
wish to dial the home or work phone number, this should
make dialing less confusing.
(3) The Setup Display feature has been enhanced. Previously,
it merely allowed you to click fields on and off to
determine what what was displayed, now it allows you to
determine the order they are displayed in.
15 Nov 93 Adds (1) The City/State/Zip trio is now coordinated during both
Version 1.21 data entry and data modification. Now if a Zip code has
been previously used you can have the software look up
the matching City/State for that Zip code.
(2) DTR & RTS are now forced high during dialing, this
"should" make it easier to use the dialing function for
those who use their modem for other things.
(3) Dialing is now fully multi-threaded.
Changes / Bug-fixes
(1) The Comment field now has a maximum of 256 characters,
previously it was only 32.
(2) The Email-Address field now has a maximum of 64
characters, previously it was only 32.
(3) A bug in printing mailing labels was corrected, version
1.20 introduced a problem with counting lines and thus
it made mistakes when trying to print labels (either to
short or to long).
(4) Mailing label printing used to leave blank lines if the
fields were blank, now the blank fields are "collapsed",
and the blank lines are no more.
(5) There is now an option to allow the user to determine
the number of blank lines between entries in the
address book when it is printed.
(6) Names of specific fields can now be printed (as an
option) in both the address book and address cards.
(7) The State will follow the City similar to the Last Name
following the First Name in both the address book and
cards.
(8) Long comments will now autowrap in both the address book
and cards.
18 Dec 93 Adds (1) Multimedia Aware feature have been added. Little Black
Version 1.22 Book/2 is now capable of displaying pictures and sound
with the assistance of other programs.
27 Dec 93 Changes / Bug-fixes
Version 1.23 (1) Fixed a FATAL error introduced by 1.22. It seems that
I introduced a bug that caused the software to crash
when adding a record if no previous record existed in
the database in version 1.22. This has been fixed.