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********** USING COINTRAX **********
Copyright Doug Scott - 1993
GENERAL INFORMATION & SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
This program will run on any system, using DOS 2.0 or higher and having a
minimum of 512k FREE RAM (640k is recommended). A color monitor is best. A
hard drive is STRONGLY recommended as the performance is greatly improved over
using a floppy drive. Config.sys must be set to minimum Files=30 and
Buffers=20.
When you run the self extracting file "COINS.exe", you should have the
following files:
Cointrax.Exe Coins.man
The first time the program is run, it will create 10 additional files:
Wrldcoin.Dat Wrldcoin.K03 Wrldcoin.k05
Wrldcoin.K01 Wrldcoin.K04 Wrldcoin.Mem
Coinco.Dat Coinco.K01 Coingrad.Dat
Coingrad.K01
At most stages of the program, you will see "F-1 = HELP" in the upper left
hand corner of the form or table on the screen. If this notice is present,
you can press the F-1 key to access the on-line help for that function.
To get out of any option, press the ESCAPE key until you get back to where
you want to be. Pressing CONTROL and ESCAPE will immediately take you back
to the last menu screen.
All printouts are formatted for 8.5 x 11 fanfold (continous) paper. All
printing routines were tested on a Panasonic 1124 printer in EPSON mode and
should work on most compatible printers.
GETTING STARTED
Type "COINTRAX" and press ENTER.
On accessing the Main menu screen, you will find the following options:
1) Open the World Coin Catalog
2) View/Update Country File
3) View/Update Grade Codes
4) Print the Shareware Registration
5) A program quickstart (by pressing F-2)
6) Exit (by pressing ESCAPE)
Program options 5 & 6 are accessed by pressing the specified key and are
self-explanatory. Option 4 will print out a fill the blank SHAREWARE
registration form on any EPSON compatible printer. Option 1 will access the
coin catalog main menu. Option 2 lets you view/edit the lookup tables for
the countries issuing coins in your collection and option 3 lets you
view/edit the condition grading codes. To choose options 1 - 4, simply use
the up or down arrow keys to HIGHLIGHT the choice and press the ENTER key to
select it.
When you open the coin catalog, you will see the main menu. You now have
the following options available:
Look for coin by Country of Coin Issue
" Year of Coin Issue
" Denomination of Coins
Make Printed Reports
ENTERING YOUR COIN COLLECTION:
To add a coin to the catalog, highlight any of the three LOOK FOR options &
press ENTER. Since there will be no coins to read the first time you open
the catalog, the program will automatically go to the coin information form.
Simply enter the coin information in the proper fields on the form. You must
enter the following: the issuing COUNTRY, the coin DENOMINATION, the YEAR of
issue, the descriptions for both the FACE and the REVERSE of the coin, the
GRADE or condition of the coin, and the LOCATION where you have the coin
filed or stored.
Entering the information:
COUNTRY: The country which issued the coin. You must enter the names
in the country file look up table before you can enter them into the
coin information form. If you type a country name not in the lookup
table or leave the field blank and press ENTER, the program will
automatically go to the lookup table. You must choose from the countries
already listed or add a new country name to use. (To enter a new name,
press the INSERT key, type the information into the space provided, and
press ENTER to save the new name to the table.) Use the up and down
arrow keys to HIGHLIGHT the correct country name and press ENTER to
import it to the Country field of the coin information form.
DENOMINATION: Enter the FACE value of the coin. Use what ever format
you wish, just be consistent
YEAR: Enter the year that the coin was issued and press ENTER.
MINTMARK: Enter the mintmark on the coin (leave field blank if there is
no mintmark.
FACE DESCRIPTION: Enter the information on the face of the coin. (See
a coin collector's catalog for what kind of information to enter here.)
REVERSE DESCRIPTION: (Same as Face description.)
METAL CONTENT: Some coins are also classed by their metallic makeup. If
the information is important for this coin, enter it here.
GRADE: This is the same as coin condition. A lookup table is available.
As with the Country field, you can use only the information listed in this
table. You can add codes to this table by following the same procedure
given for the Country file look up table.
YEAR BOUGHT: Enter the year that you bought or obtained the coin and
press ENTER.
COST: Enter the dollar amount you paid for the coin and press ENTER. If
you enter the decimal point in the typed entry, the program will
automatically place in the amount correctly in the field.
VALUE: This is the current appraised value of the coin. Enter the same
as for the cost field. Be sure to enter the date and source of the
appraisal in the notes field.
LOCATION: This is a 10 position field to record where you have the
coin filed or stored. Enter whatever you wish in this field, just as
long as it makes sense to you. After typing your entry, press ENTER.
NOTES: This is a 360 character field to record any other information
that you wish to keep on the coin. Press the ENTER key to save the
notes information.
To save the information you have entered on the coin information form, you
can press the CONTROL & ENTER keys at any time (provided you have filled in
all of the required fields) or you can press the ENTER key until you have
"passed" all of the information fields.
If you make an error,, you can correct it before you press the ENTER key by
simply using the backspace key. If you have already gone to another field,
press the up arrow key or the ESCAPE key to back up through the form to the
field you wish to correct.
If you wish to abort the entire record and have not yet saved it, you can
press the CONTROL & ESCAPE keys.
After you have completed the first coin, you will then go to the LOOK FOR
table you originally selected. To enter another coin, press the INSERT key
and enter the new information as outlined above.
LOOKING AT YOUR COIN CATALOG:
Now that you have entered some coins, you can use the other options on the
main menu.
The three LOOK FOR options allow you to view your coins listed alphabetically
by COUNTRY of issue, chronologially by YEAR of issue, or alphabetically by
the DENOMINATION. In each of the options, you enter your search criteria in
the field at the top of the viewing table. The program then highlights the
coin which most closely matches the search criteria. (EG: If you search by
country, and enter the letter G, the first country's name in your coin file
beginning with the letter G will be highlighted. As you enter additional
letters, your search criteria narrows.)
Each of the LOOK FOR tables displays 5 coins at a time. Use the up and down
arrow keys to scroll through the listings a coin at a time. Use the page up
and page down keys to scroll a page at a time. If you press the CONTROL and
the PAGE UP keys together, you go to the first coin in the list. Pressing
CONTROL and PAGE DOWN takes you to the last coin in the list. When you find
the coin you are looking for, HIGHLIGHT it and press ENTER. The coin
information screen will appear with all of the information currently in file
for that coin. You can now change any of the information in the record by
pressing ENTER until you get to the field to edit, making your changes and
pressing CONTROL and ENTER to save. By pressing the F-9 key you can print a
hardcopy of the coin information. If you did not make any changes to the
coin information, pressing the ESCAPE key will exit you back to the LOOK FOR
listing. The program also displays the number of coins currently in you your
catalog in the upper left corner area of each table.
DELETING A COIN:
If you wish to delete a coin from your catalog, HIGHLIGHT the coin on any of
the LOOK FOR listings and press the DELETE key. The information for that
coin will be displayed on the coin information form. If you still wish to
delete the coin from your catalog, press ENTER. You can abort the delete
routine by pressing ESCAPE. CAUTION: once you have deleted a coin, you can
not get it back. If you do accidently delete a coin, you must re-enter it
the same as a new coin.
MAKING PRINTED REPORTS:
The final option on the World Coin Catalog menu is for accessing the printed
reports function. Highlighting this option and pressing ENTER takes you to
the Printed Reports Option Menu. Make sure that you printer is on before
choosing any of the print options.
At this point, you can choose to print your entire coin catalog file
alphabetically by DENOMINATION, chronologically by YEAR OF ISSUE, or by the
File or Storage LOCATION. The listings for the entire collection will also
print the total number of coins listed in the collection and the total value
of the coin collection (based on the dollar amounts you have entered in the
VALUE field). You can also make printed listings for coins issued by a
specific COUNTRY. When you choose the specific country option, the Country
file lookup table will popup and you select the country you wish to print a
listing for. The listing for selected country is in a format similar to most
coin collector's price guides. This makes it easier to check and update the
current value of your coin collection. On completing the printed listing, the
program returns to the last screen you saw. You must press ESCAPE as many
times as necessary to get back to where you want to be in the program.
VIEWING/UPDATING THE COUNTRY AND GRADING FILES (options 2 & 3 of main menu):
The next set of menu options allow you to view and edit the current lookup
tables for countries issuing the coins in your collection or the grading
codes used. While viewing each of these lookup tables, you can select any
entry to edit (by highlighting it and pressing ENTER), select any entry to
delete (by highlighting it and pressing DELETE), or add a new entry (by
pressing the INSERT key, typing the new information in the space provided,
and pressing ENTER). Thus, you can work on these lookup tables while in the
coin information form or directly from the main menu.
SHAREWARE Policy and User Registration:
The concept of SHAREWARE is to try a program BEFORE you by it. If you like
the program and continue to use it beyond a specified period of time, you are
obligated to register your copy with the author. Since the registration fee
involved is usually small when compared to comparable commercial programs,
you can receive quality programs at very reasonable costs. Your registration
fee also supports the program authors and encourages them to produce more
quality products.
COINTRAX is distributed as SHAREWARE. You are allowed to use this program free
of cost for a 21 day trial period. You must register (or license) the program
if you continue to use it beyond this trial period. During the SHAREWARE trial
period, you may freely copy and distribute this program; provided that the
program is intact and in its original form (including all SHAREWARE notices),
and that no fee is charged for this distribution. Approved SHAREWARE vendors
may charge a nominal fee to cover their costs of distribution. SHAREWARE
vendors may also include other documentation and/or files on the disk with this
program, as long as no COINTRAX program files are deleted or modified.
This program, including this manual, is copyrighted, Neither the SHAREWARE
version nor the REGISTERED version may be modified in any way without the
author's prior written consent.
On submitting the required $15 (US) registration fee, the author will send
you a REGISTERED version of the COINTRAX program. This REGISTERED version will
contain the owner's name in the Main menu screen and on the catalog listing
printouts. You are allowed to make a back up copy of this REGISTERED version,
but MAY NOT distribute copies of it to others.
Thank you, Doug Scott