home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Amiga MA Magazine 1998 #3
/
amigamamagazinepolishissue1998.iso
/
bazy
/
genealogist
/
readme
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-05-21
|
7KB
|
174 lines
___ ___ _ ____ _ _
/ __| / _ \ | | / __ \ | \ | |
/ / / / \ | | | / / \ \ | \ | |
| | | | |_| | | | | | | | \ | |
\ \__ | | | | | | | | | |\ \| |
\__ \ | | | | | | | | | | \ |
\ \ | | _ | | | | | | | | \ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
__/ / \ \_/ | | | \ \__/ / | | | |
|___/ \___/ |_| \____/ |_| |_|
============================================
SCION GENEALOGIST
============================================
[Formerly known as ArJay Genealogist]
SPECIAL NOTE: This programme is supplied fully functional.
It is NOT disabled or "crippled" IN ANY WAY.
============================== THE LEGAL STUFF ================================
DISCLAIMER
----------
No guarantee of any kind is given that the programme(s) described in this
document are 100% reliable. You are using this material at your own risk.
The author is not responsible for any damage caused by the use or misuse of
this documentation and/or the programme(s) it describes. Any damage resulting
from the use or misuse of this documentation and/or the programme(s) it
describes is the sole responsibility of the user her/him self.
The names and events used in the supplied sample database "Example" are
purely fictitious, and any resemblance to actual events or persons (living or
dead) is entirely coincidental.
COPYRIGHT
---------
Scion Genealogist © Copyright 1993-1994 Robbie J Akins, Wellington, NEW
ZEALAND. All rights reserved. This programme is FREEWARE (although any
donation would be gratefully received) and is NOT to be sold (although a
nominal charge may be made for copying). No commercial usage is permitted
without written permission from the author. Everything in this distribution
must be kept together in original unmodified form (including documentation
and copyright notices). The programme and related files may be included in
Public-Domain collections, including Fred Fish's Amiga Disk Library
(including CD-ROM versions of it).
The distribution file may be uploaded to Bulletin Board Systems or FTP
servers. If you want to distribute this programme you must use the original
distribution archive.
If you have suggestions or remarks about this programme, or if you find any
bugs, please contact the author:
Robbie J Akins
5 Austin Street
Wellington 6001
NEW ZEALAND
EMAIL: rakins@BCLEng.co.nz
To assist me, it would be appreciated if you could tell me the model of
your Amiga, what operating system version you are using, and whether or not
you have a hard disk drive.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| AmigaGuide®, AmigaGuide.info, amigaguide.library, © Copyright 1992 |
| Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
| Reproduced and distributed under license from Commodore. |
| |
| AMIGAGUIDE® SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE; |
| NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE. ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY |
| OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED. |
| |
| AmigaGuide® and amigaguide.library distributed under the AmigaGuide® |
| Electronic Product License Agreement 03-Feb-1993. They are not to be |
| distributed further except as part of Scion Genealogist. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
=========================== END OF THE LEGAL STUFF ===========================
PROGRAMME DETAILS
-----------------
This is a specialised database for keeping track of genealogical information.
It features a full, easy to use, Intuition interface with key short-cuts for
most gadgets.
The programme is totally non-sexist and secular in nature, and correctly
handles multiple marriages, "unconventional" marriages, adopted children, and
unmarried parents.
The printed reports include descendant and pedigree charts, personal details
reports, family group sheets, and index lists of people and families.
Free-form note files can be created using any editor, and IFF pictures can be
viewed using any IFF viewer, from within the programme.
Other features include dynamic on-screen ancestor and descendant charts,
extensive on-line context-sensitive help (using "AmigaGuide", © Commodore
Business Machines), flexible "regular expression" searching, and multiple
ARexx ports with extensive command set.
Locale support for alternative languages. Currently German, Dutch and
French supported.
Can be used with PAL or NTSC. Works with floppy and/or hard disk drives.
Hard disk drive strongly recommended.
Maximum number of people per database = 999
Maximum number of marriages per person = 10
Maximum number of children per family group = 40
REQUIREMENTS
------------
1 Mbyte of RAM required for maximum sized database. Reduced size databases
possible with 512 kbytes.
Kickstart/Workbench v2.04 (or later) required. Version 2.10 (or later)
required for locale support (alternative languages).
Any preferences supported printer capable of printing 80 columns in normal
mode, and 130 columns in condensed (fine) mode. Back-spacing capability
required for printing pedigree charts.
ON-LINE HELP
------------
Scion Genealogist uses "amigaguide.library" to provide the on-line, context-
sensitive help.
"amigaguide.library" is installed using the supplied "Install" script -
accessible from the WorkBench by clicking on the "Install" icon. The
installation script will install "amigaguide.library" in the LIBS: directory,
(and a custom "sciongen.font" in the FONTS: directory). The script will NOT
copy these files if it detects a more recent version of these files already
installed, and will request confirmation of all actions.
Once the Amigaguide® help system is installed, on-line help is available
from within Scion Genealogist by pressing the "HELP" key.
If the mouse pointer is positioned over a gadget when the "HELP" key is
pressed, help on that particular gadget will be displayed.
If a menu item is being selected when the "HELP" key is pressed, help on that
particular menu item will be displayed.
If the mouse is NOT positioned over a gadget when the "HELP" key is pressed,
the main help contents screen for the programme will be displayed.
CREDITS
-------
Thanks to Jan van den Baard for "GadToolsBox" © Copyright 1991,92 Jaba
Development - it certainly made programming the user interface a lot
less painful!
Particular thanks also to the following people for their invaluable help
and suggestions:
Ralf Schulz in Borsfleth, Germany
Freddy Ariës in Harreveld, The Netherlands
Peter Billing in Yinnar, Australia
Nick Kurn in Addlestone, England
Alain Bourgery in Charleville-Mézières, France
German translation: Ralf Schulz
Dutch translation: Freddy Ariës
French translation: Alain Bourgery