C!T ROM 5/ctrom5b.zip/ctrom5b/DOS/KALENDER/EZDIARY2/FILE6.HLP

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                      EZDIARY
                       v. 2
                       11/94


   This product is shareware, and as such requires
  that the user pay a registration fee for use
  longer than 2 weeks. Registration of this product
  is $22.00 (twenty-two  U.S.) and is payable
  to:

                     Stephen Testa
                   315 Cedar Circle
                   Spencerport, NY, 14559

  This product is 'Use at your own risk'
  which means that the author is not in any
  way responsible for any damage incurred by this
  program. This program may be freely distributed,
  so upload it anywhere you like as long as all the
  files are present and unaltered (see the end of
  this document). If the user registers this product
  before any, more expensive, updates are released,
  the user will be automatically registered for all
  updates.

   EZDiary is a small, easy to use, quick, and
  RELIABLE diary program. I wrote it because I lost
  data in other programs. I did sacrifice storage
  space for reliability and speed, but think that
  this is the best way to go. I also did not want to
  be stuck using this or any other program, because a
  program that I like better might come along, so I
  programmed it to be flexible enough to let a user
  convert this diary type to another.

 Requirements:
   EZDIARY requires a computer to have at least a VGA
  card and a color monitor.

 Installing EZDIARY:
   Put the uncompressed files in a new directory and
  run the install program. This will only create a
  HELP subdirectory in the current directory and move
  the .hlp files there. It will then delete the
  install program. EZDIARY can be run as a stand
  alone file if on-line help is not desired.

 Creating a new diary:
   A new diary can be created either at the startup
  screen or by selecting DIARY under file. Either
  way the procedure is the same. After selecting this
  choice, the user will be asked to name the diary.
  This must be no greater than 8 characters and not
  contain an extension. This is because .cat is
  appended to the given name and this is the filename
  under which the diary is saved. Then the user will
  be asked for a password. Any password will do, but
  remember that the program will even check for
  capital letters. If your not concerned about
  protection, then just hit the enter key, so that
  you do not have to worry about forgetting your
  password. The user will then be prompted for a
  description of the diary. This is only for your own
  information. You can view this information anytime
  by selecting the DIARY INFO option under the EDIT
  menu. SAMPLE.CAT is provided for a sample diary;
  press enter for its password. It can be deleted
  after installation. Diary data files will always
  be saved into the same directory as the EZDIARY
  executable program. This can not be changed.

 Creating entries in the diary:
   A new entry can be created by selecting the ENTRY
  option under the FILE menu. The user will be asked
  for a date that corresponds to each diary entry.
  Just hitting enter will select the current default
  date listed in the menu. The user will then be
  asked for a heading, which will also be appended
  to its entry. The heading must be restricted to 18
  characters (just keep it within the window). Date
  and heading information is important for 2 reasons.
  First, when you want to open an entry for reading
  or editing, you will select it based on its date
  and/or heading. Second, any keyword searches will
  look at the header for matches. It is important to
  remember to hit the ESCAPE key when you are finished
  entering an entry. This gets the program out of edit
  mode and reactivates the menu system. Also, there
  is no auto-save function when you exit the program
  so make sure you save each entry before exiting.
  The screen will tell you if the current entry is
  saved.

 Saving a diary entry:
   All entries must be explicitly saved. Highlight
  and select the SAVE option under the FILE menu.
  For a new entry the entry is saved with the date
  and heading that the user just gave it. For a
  previously saved entry opened with the open command,
  the program will open a window that contains the
  entry's old date and header.  You can keep them by
  pressing ENTER or change them. Then you will be
  asked if you want to save it as a new entry or
  overwrite the old entry. If you save an entry twice
  in a row, it will not overwrite itself. All entries
  are saved in encrypted form to protect against
  anyone trying to read the diary out of the program.

 Reading or editing entries:
   Any entry can be opened by selecting the OPEN
  option under the FILE menu. A window with a list of
  the dates and headings of all the entries within the
  active diary will appear and the user can highlight
  and select any one of them. If you just want to read
  the entry do not save it when exiting edit mode
  (ESCAPE key). If you want to edit it then remember
  to save it when you exit edit mode. If you are
  writing an entry and hit escape to get out of edit
  mode you must save the entry and reopen it to
  further edit it.

 Deleting entries:
   Any entry within the active diary can be deleted by
  selecting the DELETE option under the EDIT menu. A
  window with a list of all the entry's dates and
  headers will appear. ANy one highlighted and
  selected will be deleted.

 Changing and transfering diaries:
   Any diary can be made active by selected it from
  either the startup window or by selecting the DIARY
  option under the EDIT menu. This latter method can be
  used to transfer entries from one diary to another.
  First open the entry to be transfered. Then open
  the diary to transfer the entry to. Right away
  select the SAVE option. The old entry is still
  active and so will be saved in the new diary. You
  can not open any diary without knowing its password.

 Seaching text:
   Selecting the SEARCH option under the EDIT menu
  will produce a prompt for the user for a keyword
  to search the headings and entries of the active
  diary. Any exact matches will produce a window with
  the headings and dates of entries containing matches
  for the user to select from.

 Importing and exporting text:
   Any ASCII text file can be imported into EZDIARY by
  selecting the IMPORT option from under the TEXT
  menu. It does not matter if the text is delineated
  or not, but will be truncated at 2622 characters
  (about 500 words or one written page). The user
  will be prompted for a filename that contains the
  text to import. Once in the active entry window it
  can be saved into the diary as described above.
  Exporting text is similar, except that the user
  will be prompted for a filename to save the current
  active entry in. The text will be saved in a non-
  delineated format. This function is provided so
  that the user can read the entry from within any
  other program, or import it into another diary-like
  program.

 Printing:
   Either the current entry can be printed or the whole
  diary. This is done by selecting the ENTRY or DIARY
  options under the PRINT menu, respectively. The user
  must have a parallel printer online and connected to
  LPT1 - LPT4. Otherwise, a message will be displayed.
  The printer setup should be adjusted to fit that
  mentioned above and the option can be selected again.
  Diary printing will print, with margins, one entry
  per printed page. Printing is possible on dot matrix
  and laser type printers. Postscript printers MUST
  not be in postscript mode (either pull the cartridge
  or deactivate it from within the software that came
  with the printer).

 Blanking the screen:
   Selecting BLANK from the menu will blank the screen
  for whatever reason. To get the program back the
  user must type and enter the password of the
  currently active journal. This provides protection
  so that the user can leave the computer while in the
  program.

 Help:
   Besides this file, the program has online help.
  Selecting the F1 key while highlighting any option
  will produce a help screen for that particular
  option. The F1 key searches the HELP subdirectory
  created with the install program for the proper
  .hlp file. The subdirectory and .hlp files can be
  deleted with no harm to the program if the user
  desires.

 Editing entries:
   All entries are created and edited in the same
  manner. Text entered is automatically formatted
  to one space between words at the end of each line.
  Editing keys are as follows:

   The BACKSPACE, DELETE, HOME, END, and ARROW keys
  work as expected. Ctrl-RIGHT ARROW positions the
  cursor at the first character of the next word.
  Ctrl-LEFT ARROW positions the cursor at the first
  character of the previous word. The BACKSPACE key
  will reformat the whole entry in the same form that
  the entry will be saved as (i.e. one space only in
  between words) if pressed in the upper left corner
  of the entry. The editor can be put into INSERT
  mode, but do not have it enabled when wordwrapping
  as it will cause a program abort! The Ctrl-Z
  combination will delete the current line of text.
  The ESCAPE key will exit edit mode.

 Notes:
   The active diary name is listed on the menu line
  and the active entry heading is listed in edit
  mode directly above the editing screen.

   The program uses the computers date as the current
  date so make sure your computers date is correct
  (can be changed with the date function in dos).

   Because I do not compress the data files (to make
  the program very fast), the diary files can become
  relatively large. One year of entries will take
  almost 1 meg of disk space. For me this is not a
  problem but if it is you could do two things.
    a). Create more than one diary, maybe limiting
  each one to a size that can be backed up onto disk
  easily.
    b). Compress the diary <*.cat> files with your
  favorite compression program. Pkzip works really
  well, compressing these *.cat files up to 100 times.
  The file EZDIARY.QQQ is an example of a batch file
  that can be run if you have a pkzip and pkunzip
  program specified in your dos path command in your
  autoexec.bat file. The above file can be renamed
  to a .BAT file and run everytime you want to run
  EZDIARY. This will compress and decompress your
  files before and after running the program. Pkzip
  and Pkunzip are registered trademarks and owned by
  their owners. They require registration just as
  this program does. It is very important for you
  to back up your .CAT diary files regularly. It is
  the responsibility of the user to ensure you are
  protected from file damage or loss.

   The user can escape out of all windows.


       Stephen Testa
       315 Cedar Circle
       Spencerport, NY, 14559

   This is version 2 of EZDIARY and is archived into
  EZDIARY2.???

   All Rights Reserved by and for Stephen Testa.

   For distribution all 23 files must be present
  and unaltered. Files included are:

  INSTALL.BAT  EZDIARY.EXE  EZDIARY.DOC
  EZDIARY.QQQ  FILE1.HLP    FILE2.HLP
  FILE3.HLP    FILE4.HLP    FILE5.HLP
  FILE6.HLP    FILE11.HLP   FILE12.HLP
  FILE13.HLP   FILE14.HLP   DOS31.HLP
  DOS32.HLP    EDIT21.HLP   EDIT22.HLP
  EDIT23.HLP   EDIT24.HLP   PRINT41.HLP
  PRINT42.HLP  SAMPLE.CAT