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  1.                 A   P R A Y E R   D I A R Y   (Ver 1.0)
  2.  
  3.  Philippians   4
  4.   6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
  5.  supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known
  6.  unto God.
  7.   7  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall
  8.  keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
  9.  
  10.  
  11.         Welcome to your very own Prayer diary!
  12.  
  13.   The purpose of this program is to allow you to enter the date of a
  14. prayer request, a description, and the date of the answer.  This
  15. way requests to God may be recorded and used for remembrance or
  16. testimony.
  17.  
  18.   Your prayer diary will allow you to edit requests, print requests,
  19. and purge old requests if desired.  You may also generate reports
  20. with many selection options.
  21.  
  22.  
  23.      Written Nov 1993, by Alan Yusko  (This is a FREEWARE program)
  24.      The Seed Sowers BBS (416) 498-5259/5962
  25.  
  26.  
  27. DISCLAIMER:  This program is accepted as-is.  By using it you are
  28. accepting any and all risks.
  29.                                              
  30.  
  31.   The following is a brief description of the program:
  32. After the introduction the following screen is displayed.  Request
  33. number 1 is the first displayed.  At the bottom of the screen you
  34. have a command line.   (Commands: d,u,n,e,r,pur,init,h,q ?)
  35. Have a look at the first screen... and right after that is a
  36. description of all the available commands.
  37.  
  38.  
  39.  
  40.                    A   P R A Y E R   D I A R Y   (Ver 1.0)
  41.  
  42.  1   931129 Pray for the SON-net Bible based computer network                   
  43.      Home base is The Seed Sowers BBS (416) 498-5259/5962                       
  44.                                                                                 
  45.  2          ....empty....                                                       
  46.                                                                                 
  47.                                                                                 
  48.  3          ....empty....                                                       
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  50.                                                                                 
  51.  4          ....empty....                                                       
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  54.  5          ....empty....                                                       
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  56.                                                                                 
  57.  6          ....empty....                                                       
  58.                                                                                 
  59.                                                                                 
  60.  7          ....empty....                                                       
  61.                                                                                 
  62.  Commands: d,u,n,e,r,pur,init,h,q ?                                             
  63.  
  64.  
  65.  
  66.                    A   P R A Y E R   D I A R Y   (Ver 1.0)                      
  67.                                                                                 
  68.                         ****  HELP SCREEN ****                                  
  69.                                                                                 
  70. D.......Down 1 screen                                                           
  71.                                                                                 
  72. U.......Up 1 screen                                                             
  73.                                                                                 
  74. N.......Go to reqest number                                                     
  75.                                                                                 
  76. E.......Edit a request ... then give the request number to edit                 
  77.         This option allows you to create your requests.
  78.                                                                                 
  79. R.......Report menu                                                             
  80.                                                                                 
  81. PUR.....Purge menu.  A range of requests may be deleted                         
  82.                                                                                 
  83. INIT....Initialize ALL the data.  Wipes out everything!                         
  84.                                                                                 
  85. H.......Brings up the help screen
  86.  
  87. Q.......Quit the program
  88.                                                                                 
  89.  
  90.                                                                                 
  91. Hit Enter to continue?                                                          
  92.  
  93.                                                                                 
  94.                                                                                 
  95.   Not too hard isn't it.  Move around the database with a 'd=down'
  96. or a 'u=up' or a 'n=goto number'.  Just play a bit with the commands
  97. and get a feel for the program.
  98.  
  99.   Now to give you a brief description of the fields on the screen.
  100. Here is entry number 1:
  101.  
  102.  |--- request count
  103.  |     |---- Enter date
  104.  |     |               |--- description (2 lines)
  105.  V     |               |                       Answer date -------|
  106.        V               V                                          V
  107.  1   931129 Pray for the SON-net Bible based computer network                   
  108.      Home base is The Seed Sowers BBS (416) 498-5259/5962                       
  109.  
  110.  
  111.   The next screen we will look at is the reporting option. ('r')
  112. When you enter 'r' from the main command line the following screen
  113. comes up:
  114.  
  115.  
  116.  
  117.                    A   P R A Y E R   D I A R Y   (Ver 1.0)                      
  118.                                                                                 
  119.                                                                                 
  120.                                                                                 
  121. Entry selection:                                                                
  122. Date range     :                                                                
  123. Month selection:                                                                
  124. Answered only  :                                                                
  125. Unanswered only:                                                                
  126. Date Type:       ANSWERED                                                       
  127. LINES per page BREAK  60                                                        
  128.                                                                                 
  129.   1............Range selection: # TO #                                          
  130.   2............Date range YYMMDD TO YYMMDD                                      
  131.   3............Month selection                                                  
  132.   4............Answered Prayers only                                            
  133.   5............Unanswered Prayers only                                          
  134.   6............Toggle date type                                                 
  135.   7............Change default lines per page                                    
  136.   .............Enter 'PRINT' to begin reporting (HELP for assistance)           
  137.                                                                                 
  138.                                                                                 
  139. Command: ?                                                                      
  140.                                                                                 
  141.                                                                                 
  142.    From this screen you select your desired options and then type in
  143. the word 'print' to begin printing.  If you are in need of some help
  144. then type in the word 'help' and the below screen will come up:
  145.  
  146.  
  147.                    A   P R A Y E R   D I A R Y   (Ver 1.0)                      
  148.                                                                                 
  149.                         ****  REPORT HELP SCREEN ****                           
  150.                                                                                 
  151. -ENTRY SELECTION: enter a range FROM and TO. The report will only look          
  152. at entries between the FROM and TO.                                             
  153.  
  154. -DATE RANGE: enter a range FROM and TO.  The report will only look at           
  155. dates between these two dates.  Format is YYMMDD                                
  156.  
  157. -MONTH SELECTION enter the desired month for the report.  Only months           
  158. matching this entry will be selected.                                           
  159.  
  160. -ANSWERED ONLY: this will cause only answered prayers to be included            
  161. on the report                                                                   
  162.  
  163. -UNANSWERED ONLY: this will cause only unanswered prayers to be                 
  164. included on the report                                                          
  165.  
  166. -DATE TYPE: this tells the program which date to look at for the DATE           
  167. RANGE and MONTH SELECTION option.  It will either be answered or unanswered.    
  168.  
  169. -LINES PER PAGE: the default is 60.  If you wish to change this then            
  170. enter the new number here.  A page break will occur after this many lines       
  171.                                                                                 
  172.                                                                                 
  173.                                                                                 
  174.                                                                                 
  175. Hit Enter to continue?                                                          
  176.                                                                                 
  177.                                                                                 
  178.   This screen describes all the options in the reporting menu.  Just
  179. hit enter from here and the report menu will return.
  180.  
  181.  
  182.   Thats about it...the program is pretty well straight-forward and
  183. you should be up and going quickly.
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