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- UK Pocket Directory v2.5 for the Psion Series 5
- ================================================
- (C) UK 1997,1998 Steve Litchfield
-
- (with original help from Stefan Smith - see 5alive.psionking.com
- for more quality Psion information from Stefan)
-
- Released as fully working shareware December 10th 1998 ...
-
- UK Pocket Directory is a complete UK-specific database, covering business,
- travel, leisure and utility categories, plus many, many others. It uses
- the power of the Series 5 Data application to provide search and browsing
- functions.
-
- Registration address (send cheque for 12 pounds - payable to Steve
- Litchfield - or equivalent to):
-
- Steve Litchfield
- 22 Grays Crescent, Woodley, Berks RG5 3EN, United Kingdom
-
- or register electronically on-line with a credit card at
- http://www.reg.net/product.asp?ID=1334
-
- UK Pocket Directory update information and new versions can be found at
- http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/
-
- UK Pocket Directory is shareware. This does not make it a free program!
- Yes, you can give it to friends and colleagues. Yes, you can keep a
- copy on your Psion without registering and we won't mind too much.
- But **please** play fair with shareware:
-
- - If you find it genuinely useful
- - If you want to reward the compilers for the hard work in researching it
- - If you want to have a say in what categories are included in future
- versions
-
- ... then you should register. It's only a small one-off fee and you're then
- registered for life.
-
- All information in the database is collected, filtered and compiled
- from public domain sources or from hobbyists in various fields with
- their kind permission. If *you* notice an error, please get in touch.
- There are various prizes and incentives to reward useful corrections.
-
- Installation.
- ------------
- If you unzipped UK Pocket Directory OK, you should have ended up with
- 2 separate files. One will be this text file 8-)
-
- The other is ukpd.sis. If you know what a .SIS file is, just double-click on
- it in Win95 Explorer or tap on it on the Series 5 and you'll be installed in
- no time.
-
- If you *don't* know what a .SIS file is, this must be one of the very first
- third party applications you've ever installed. Don't worry, it's all quite
- painless:
-
- IF you have the older PsiWin 2.01 or if you've downloaded UK Pocket Directory directly
- onto the Psion 5, the best way to proceed is to copy the .SIS file into a
- suitable place on your Psion. If the .SIS file appears on the system screen
- with a question mark beside it, this just means you haven't yet upgraded your
- Series 5 to accept EPOC install files. Grab a copy of the special INSTEXE.EXE
- program from the same place as you obtained UK Pocket Directory and tap on
- it on your Psion. You should now see a nice little icon beside the ukpd.sis file
- and can tap on it to complete your installation.
-
- IF you have PsiWin 2.1 or above, just double-click on the file to launch EPOC
- Install on the PC itself and to complete the UKPD installation.
-
- If all went well, you should now have a new "Directory" icon on your
- Extras bar.
-
-
- Copying information into another Psion application
- --------------------------------------------------
- Simply highlight the information you wish to copy in UK Pocket Directory and
- use either Control-C or the silk-screen Copy button. Paste into the other app.
-
-
- Hints and tips
- --------------
- Note that the searching process usually takes place *without* a flashing
- 'Searching' message etc. This is due to the way Psion implemented the
- help engine software. You can tell how many matches the software is
- finding by looking at the record no. legend (bottom-centre of the
- screen), which will say 1/n, where n is the number of matches so far.
-
-
- Launching STD Database v2.4
- ---------------------------
- UKPD can also launch Stefan's UK STD codes database in parallel. A copy
- of STD codes in the right format can be downloaded from the same place
- as UK Pocket Directory. Install the STD database as UKStd.hlp
- in the main \System\Apps\Director folder and the UK Pocket Directory
- launcher application will then work with it as well.
-
-
- Small print:
- ------------
- 1) To speed up registrations, you can quote your email address for
- quick return of your registration code, or use the Internet RegNet
- scheme.
-
- 2) On-line support for UK Pocket Directory and other versions can be
- found on the World-Wide-Web at http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/
-
- 3) If you give UK Pocket Directory to a friend (as is encouraged with
- shareware!), then make sure you do *not* give your friend your
- "Director.reg" registration file, as this is unique to you and
- contains *your* name, and subsequent piracy will tell the world who
- started the outbreak!
-
- 4) Thanks to all the contributors out there, who have supplied ideas,
- support, bug-reports, data etc. You are too
- numerous to mention!
-
-
- Contact information:
- --------------------
- Steve Litchfield (slitchfield@cix.co.uk)