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MAIL MANAGER
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This is a demonstration of Object Base & Object Face Developers
ToolBoxes. The program provides the user with consistant user
interfaces and easy access to his data. ObjectBase and ObjectFace
ToolBoxes allow for this with the Minimum of Programming effort.
Both of the packages can be obtained from :
Harden Consulting
48 Red Post Crescent
Fairport, NY 14450 (716)425-4601
OVERVIEW
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This program implements a many to many relationship between com-
panies and individuals. The method of managing the information is
via either the Company record or the Person record. The relation
between the two is called a Contact. Contacts may be added and/or
deleted via the Company or Person Menus. The Database may be
queried to provide reports. The reports that are available are
mailling labels, and listings of the information contained in your
database. The choice is made through the Menu system.
MENUS
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All menus operate the same. A selection may be made by either
using the cursor control keys to move the highlight bar to the
desired selection then hitting the enter key or hitting the high-
lighted & capitalized character corresponding to your selection.
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DATA ENTRY FORMS
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All data entry forms behave the same way. You may move from field to
field by using the <up> and <down> arrow keys, <PgDn>, <PgUp> or the
<Return> key. While editing a field you have full editing capabil-
ity. You may move the cursor with the <left> and <right> arrow keys,
<Home> & <End> keys. There are two basic modes of editing: Insert
and Overwrite. When Insert is on (it will be indicated in the lower
right corner of the screen) characters entered from the keyboard
will push any characters under and to the right of the cursor, right
one character position. Any characters that exceed the field width
will be lost. In Overwrite mode a character entered from the key-
board will overwrite what ever is under the cursor. Pressing the
<Ins> key toggles between Insert and Overwrite modes. A character
may be deleted either by using the backspace or delete key. The
intire field can be cleared by pressing <Ctrl Y>. The original value
may be restored by pressing the <Esc> key.
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MAIN MENU HELP
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The selections that ╔═ MAIN MENU ═══════╗
are available to ║ Company Maint ... ║▒ Company Record Maint.
you are: ---------> ║ Person Maint ... ║▒ Person Record Maint.
║ Reports ... ║▒ Access Report Menus
║ Utilities ... ║▒ Screen Color, Data save
║ Quit ║▒ Quit Program
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COMPANY MAINTENANCE ...
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The Top level data will be the Company Information. The records are
arranged alphabeticly and can be found by using the alphabetic key.
While in this area you will be viewing the data from the company
perspective.
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PERSON MAINTENANCE ...
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The Top level data will be the Person Information. The records are
arranged alphabeticly and can be found by using the alphabetic key.
While in this area you will be viewing the data from the Person
perspective.
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REPORTS ...
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You will be presented with a choice of report formats and criteria
for selecting the records. Follow the menu prompts and you should
have no problems.
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UTILITIES ...
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The Utilities Menu gives you the option of Changing the color scheme
of any part or all of the program. You may also write any changes
to the data in the database files to disk.
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MENUS
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All menus will operate the same. A selection may be made by either
using the cursor control keys to move the highlight bar to the
desired selection then hitting the enter key or hitting the high-
lighted & capitalized character corresponding to your selection.
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COMPANY MAINTENANCE ...
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The Top level data will be the Company Information. The records are
arranged alphabeticly and can be found by using the alphabetic key.
While in this area you will be viewing the data from the company
perspective. You may add a Data in any of the files in the data base
that will be related in some way.
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The following choices ║ Edit company ║▒ Edit Current Rec
are available: -> ║ Find company ║▒ Find a company
║ Next company ║▒ Next Alpha Key
║ Prev company ║▒ Prev Alpha Key
║ Add company ║▒ Add a new Rec
║ Select/deselect ║▒ Toggle Select On/off
║ Contact add,next,del║▒ Manage Contacts
║ Quit company ║▒ Returns to Main Menu
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MENUS
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All menus will operate the same. A selection may be made by either
using the cursor control keys to move the highlight bar to the
desired selection then hitting the <Enter> key or hitting the high-
lighted, capitalized character corresponding to your selection.
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PERSON MAINTENANCE ...
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The Top level data will be the Person Information. The records are
arranged alphabetically and can be found by using the alphabetic
key. While in this area you will be viewing the data from the Person
perspective. You may add Data in any of the files in the data base
that will be related in some way.
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The following choices ║ Edit person ║▒ Edit Current Rec
are available: -> ║ Find person ║▒ Find a Person
║ Next person ║▒ Next Alpha Key
║ Prev person ║▒ Prev Alpha Key
║ Add person ║▒ Add a new Rec
║ Select/deselect ║▒ Toggle Select On/off
║ Contact add,next,del║▒ Manage Contacts
║ Quit Person ║▒ Returns to Main Menu
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MENUS
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All menus will operate the same. A selection may be made by either
using the cursor control keys to move the highlight bar to the
desired selection then hitting the <Enter> key or hitting the high-
lighted, capitalized character corresponding to your selection.
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COMPANY RECORD EDIT
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The company record being displayed may be changed as desired. You
have full control over editing. Those characters that should be
capitalized will automatically be capatilized. Fields that need
formatting will be automatically formatted.
<PgDn> for editing commands.
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║ Form Editing Control ║
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║ Rtrn Next Field exits form when ║
║ at last field. ║
║ Next, Prev Field. ║
║ PgDn Last Field. ║
║ PgUp First Field. ║
║ Ctrl Z Exits Edit Mode. ║
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Field Editing Controls
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║ Cursor control ║ Insert & Delete ║
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║ -> Right one Char ║ <Del> Deletes Char under cursor ║
║ <- Left one Char ║ <BckSp> Deletes Char Left of cursor║
║ Home Beginning of Field║ <Ins> Toggles Ins mode On/Off ║
║ End End of edit string║ <Ctrl Y> Blanks Field ║
║ ║ <Esc> Restores field to Original ║
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COMPANY RECORD ADDITION
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You have selected to add a Company Record to the data file. If this
is what you wished to do then fill in the fields using the following
editing commands or hit Ctrl Z to exit edit and Respond No the the
prompt that will ask "Do you want to add this Record?".
<PgDn> now for Editing commands.
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║ Form Editing Control ║
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║ Rtrn Next Field exits form when ║
║ at last field. ║
║ Next, Prev Field. ║
║ PgDn Last Field. ║
║ PgUp First Field. ║
║ Ctrl Z Exits Edit Mode. ║
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Field Editing Controls
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║ Cursor control ║ Insert & Delete ║
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║ -> Right one Char ║ <Del> Deletes Char under cursor ║
║ <- Left one Char ║ <BckSp> Deletes Char Left of cursor║
║ Home Beginning of Field║ <Ins> Toggles Ins mode On/Off ║
║ End End of edit string║ <Ctrl Y> Blanks Field ║
║ ║ <Esc> Restores field to Original ║
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COMPANY CONTACT MAINITENANCE
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You may add, delete and view various contacts. If you select Add
then you will be prompted for a Last Name. Enter the last name of
the person you wish to add as a contact associated with the company
being displayed on screen. When this is done the person data file
will be searched and the closest match will be displayed. You may
accept this person or continue the search or add a new person to the
person data file.
COMPANY ADD CONTACT
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You have selected add a contacts. You will be prompted for the
contact's Last Name. Enter the last name. When this is done the
person data file will be searched and the closest match will be
displayed. You may accept this person or continue the search or add
a new person to the person data file, or abort the Add command.
FINDING A COMPANY
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Enter Up to 12 characters to form an alphebetic search string.
Nothing but alphebetic characters are allowed and should be the part
of the company name that the telephone directory would use to order
this company alphabeticly. The fewer characters used the more likely
you are not to go past it. Once the key has been entered the system
will find the first record that either matches the key or is the
next larger. If it is not the correct record select Next or Prev
from the menu until the record is found.
PERSON RECORD EDIT
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The Person record being displayed may be changed as desired. You
have full control over editing. Those characters that should be
capitalized will automatically be capatilized. Fields that need
formatting will be automatically formatted.
<PgDn> now for editing commands.
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║ Form Editing Control ║
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║ Rtrn Next Field exits form when ║
║ at last field. ║
║ Next, Prev Field. ║
║ PgDn Last Field. ║
║ PgUp First Field. ║
║ Ctrl Z Exits Edit Mode. ║
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Field Editing Controls
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║ Cursor control ║ Insert & Delete ║
╠══════════════════════════╬═════════════════════════════════════╣
║ -> Right one Char ║ <Del> Deletes Char under cursor ║
║ <- Left one Char ║ <BckSp> Deletes Char Left of cursor║
║ Home Beginning of Field║ <Ins> Toggles Ins mode On/Off ║
║ End End of edit string║ <Ctrl Y> Blanks Field ║
║ ║ <Esc> Restores field to Original ║
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PERSON RECORD ADD
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You have selected to add a Person Record to the data file. If this
is what you wished to do then fill in the fields using the following
editing commands or hit Ctrl Z to exit edit and Respond No the the
prompt that will ask "Do you want to add this Record?".
<PgDn> now for Editing commands.
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║ Form Editing Control ║
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║ Rtrn Next Field exits form when ║
║ at last field. ║
║ Next, Prev Field. ║
║ PgDn Last Field. ║
║ PgUp First Field. ║
║ Ctrl Z Exits Edit Mode. ║
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Field Editing Controls
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║ Cursor control ║ Insert & Delete ║
╠══════════════════════════╬═════════════════════════════════════╣
║ -> Right one Char ║ <Del> Deletes Char under cursor ║
║ <- Left one Char ║ <BckSp> Deletes Char Left of cursor║
║ Home Beginning of Field║ <Ins> Toggles Ins mode On/Off ║
║ End End of edit string║ <Ctrl Y> Blanks Field ║
║ ║ <Esc> Restores field to Original ║
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FINDING A PERSON
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Enter Up to 11 characters of individuals last name to form an
alphebetic search string. Nothing but alphebetic characters are
allowed. The fewer characters used the more likely you are, to find
a key to match. Once the Key has been entered the system will find
the first record that either matches the key or is just larger. If
it is not the correct record select Next and/or Prev from the menu
until you are satisfied that the record does not exist and must be
added or it is found.
COMPANY CONTACT ADDITION
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You have selected add a contact. You will be prompted for the
contact's AlphaKey. Enter it. When this is done the company data
file will be searched and the closest match will be displayed. You
may accept this company or continue the search or add a new company
to the company data file, or abort the Add command.
CONTACT MAINTENANCE
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You may add, delete and view various contacts. If you select Add
you will be prompted for a AlphaKey. Enter the Characters that
would alphabeticly order this company. When this is done the company
data file will be searched and the closest match will be displayed.
You may accept this company or continue the search or add a new
company to the company data file.
DELETING A CONTACT
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The currently displayed contact can be deleted or you may select
any other existing contact by going throught he list of contacts.
Once the proper contact is displayed select < Del this Contact >
from Menu. The program will confirm that this what is desired
before continuing.
REPORTS
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You will be presented with a choice of report formats and criteria
for selecting the records. Follow the menu prompts and you should
have no problems.
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MENUS
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All menus will operate the same. A selection may be made by either
using the cursor control keys to move the highlight bar to the
desired selection then hitting the Enter key or hitting the high-
lighted, capitalized character corresponding to your selection.
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UTILITIES
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You have been presented with choices for performing some system wide
housekeeping. You may edit all the colors used within the program
by selecting Color select option.
You may save the data base files as they are currently configured by
selecting the saVe data option. By selecting this option you are
assured that all changes that have been made are written to disk in
case of a power outage, etc.
COLOR SELECTION
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Select the portion of the program that you would like to modify and
then select the area of that portion to be modified. To select a
color use the cursor control keys to move the box to the color
combination you desire and hit the <Return> key. The next time that
color is used it will be the color that you just selected. Once you
are satisfied with the selections that you have made, select save
Defaults from the Color Select Menu and the next time you use the
program the colors that you selected will be loaded. If the program
is used on a different monitor type than you were using when the
configuration file was last saved the default values for the type
monitor in use will be set and a new file will have to be created
by selecting the prefered colors and then selecting the save
defaults function.
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REPORT FORM
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The destination of the report is selected via a pick list that will
be presented to you. If a disk file is selected then you will be
prompted for the name you wish to use. The Selection criteria is
based on All, flagged, unflagged.
<PgDn> now for Editing commands:
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║ Form Editing Control ║
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║ Rtrn Next Field exits form when ║
║ at last field. ║
║ Next, Prev Field. ║
║ PgDn Last Field. ║
║ PgUp First Field. ║
║ Ctrl Z Exits Edit Mode. ║
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Field Editing Controls
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║ Cursor control ║ Insert & Delete ║
╠══════════════════════════╬═════════════════════════════════════╣
║ -> Right one Char ║ <Del> Deletes Char under cursor ║
║ <- Left one Char ║ <BckSp> Deletes Char Left of cursor║
║ Home Beginning of Field║ <Ins> Toggles Ins mode On/Off ║
║ End End of edit string║ <Ctrl Y> Blanks Field ║
║ ║ <Esc> Restores field to Original ║
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LABEL HELP
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The destination of the report is selected via a pick list that will
be presented to you. If a disk file is selected then you will be
prompted for the name you wish to use. The Selection criteria is
based on All, flagged, unflagged.
<PgDn> now for Editing commands:
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║ Form Editing Control ║
╠════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Rtrn Next Field exits form when ║
║ at last field. ║
║ Next, Prev Field. ║
║ PgDn Last Field. ║
║ PgUp First Field. ║
║ Ctrl Z Exits Edit Mode. ║
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Field Editing Controls
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║ Cursor control ║ Insert & Delete ║
╠══════════════════════════╬═════════════════════════════════════╣
║ -> Right one Char ║ <Del> Deletes Char under cursor ║
║ <- Left one Char ║ <BckSp> Deletes Char Left of cursor║
║ Home Beginning of Field║ <Ins> Toggles Ins mode On/Off ║
║ End End of edit string║ <Ctrl Y> Blanks Field ║
║ ║ <Esc> Restores field to Original ║
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TEST PRINT HELP
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A Sample label will be output to the printer. After it prints you
will be queried if it is aligned properly. If it is select YES. If
NO then adjust the labels in the printer and try again.