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.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
: AS-EASY-AS Ver. 5 :
: Copyright 1985-91, TRIUS, Inc. :
: P.O. BOX 249, North Andover, MA 01845 :
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :
: Orders ONLY!: 800-GOTRIUS (800-468-7487) :
: Office: 508-794-9377 :
: FAX: 508-688-6312 :
: BBS: 508-794-0762 :
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This file, READ.ME, contains a variety of recent changes, and other
useful information. It also lists the files distributed with Ver 5,
and explains how to upgrade from previous versions.
Please READ THIS FILE THOROUGHLY! It contains very important
information, and reading it now will probably save you time and trouble
later on!
You can print this file by COPYing it to your printer with the following
command:
copy READ.ME prn
If you want to look at the other On-Disk AS-EASY-AS documentation, see
the file list below, which lists all of the documentation files.
See information at the end of this file regarding On-Disk
Documentation.
For more information on technical support for AS-EASY-AS, please see
the user's manual.
Shareware and the Association of Shareware Professionals
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_______
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| ____|__ | Association of
| | |_| Shareware
|__| o | Professionals
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|___|___| MEMBER
The shareware concept has made it possible for you to obtain extremely
powerful software at a price you can afford, and it gives you the
opportunity to try the software before you register.
Shareware is kept alive by YOUR support.
Evaluate the program for 30-days and give copies to your friends for
evaluation. If, after the 30 days, you continue to use the program,
then register it by sending us the registration form included in this
help file or by calling 800-468-7487 (Orders Only!). You will
receive the Latest version, Printed manual, 90-day free Technical
Phone Support, BBS Technical Support, Quarterly Newsletter, and
Reduced price Upgrades.
Help support new developments in AS-EASY-AS, register your copy today!
Thank you for your support,
~~~~~~~~~~
AS-EASY-AS is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-
related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly,
ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a
dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical
support for member's products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at:
ASP Ombudsman
545 Grover Road
Muskegon, MI 49442-9427
or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
HIGHLIGHTS of AS-EASY-AS Ver. 5
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<*> 8192 rows by 256 Columns - Enough room for the most demanding user!
<*> Expanded memory and virtual (disk) memory models. Simulate EMS
on your hard disk, or floppy, to build huge spreadsheets!
<*> Multiple views (up to 6) of your worksheet with the ability to
Layer, Zoom, Size, Move each view.
<*> Fully Mouse compatible. Quickly expand column widths, move
around in the spreadsheet, highlight ranges, move views,...
<*> Powerful Graphics - BAR, STACKED BAR,LINE, XY ,PIE, HILO,
CUMULATIVE, AREA, RADIAL, POLAR, WALL, STRIP graphs with
options like Log Scales, Split Screen Graphics, Merged Graphs,
etc.
<*> Prints combined Text and Graphics on the same page using your
Dot Matrix, or Laserjet printer! GREAT for report and document
preparation!
<*> Print preview mode (Text and Graphics) complete with page
breaks, headers, footers, 200% zoom, ruler lines, etc.
<*> New cell formats including Box, Engineering and Label!
<*> Over 100 {MACRO} programming commands including FOR LOOPS, file
I/O, Comm Ports I/O, Pick Lists, etc.
<*> Over 100 @FUNCTIONS for Math, Statistics, Finance, Logic, Strings,
Dates, and even USER DEFINABLE functions!
<*> Spreadsheet Linking - You can now dynamically relate info in
your current worksheet to worksheet(s) on disk!
<*> BUILT IN UTILITIES, text FIND/REPLACE, MACRO recording,
AUDITING GOALSEEKING and more..... (Other spreadsheets sell
these features as expensive ADD-INS)
GETTING STARTED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The information provided below is to help you start the program for
your hardware configuration. For more details about the operation of
the program press the F1 (function) key once you have started the
program.
The following files are absolutely essential to run AS-EASY-AS:
ASEASY.EXE, ASEASY.MSG ASEASY.MNU
These three files need to reside in the same sub-directory. In addition
to that, if the files ASEASY.HLP, ASEASY.PRT, ASEASY.CFG, HTREE.EXE,
and any Addins, are going to be used, they HAVE to reside in the same
(ASEASY) directory as well.
AS-EASY-AS is started from DOS using the command:
A> ASEASY /Option1/Option2/Option3/..... [ENTER]
Where Option can be one or more of the following:
/P - Use alternate menu file (ASEASY.MN2) which
provides command compatibility with version
4.00 of AS-EASY-AS.
/ATT - Enables ATT display graphics
/AUTO=File... - Specify the worksheet to be loaded
when the program is started
/BK=x - Set screen blank-out period to x seconds
/DIR=Path.. - Set the Path to the WKS files
/E - Enables graphics for EGA
/EV - Enables Graphics for VGA
/H - Enables graphics for Hercules
/H2 - Enables graphics for Hercules, Video Pg. 2
/MONO - Changes colors to white on black (CGA card)
/NE - DO NOT use EMS even if found
/NT - No Turbo Keyboard, (Slow down Cursor).
/Q - Quick screen updating for CGA
/RA - Round Absolute (e.g. 1.6 to 2., -1.6 to -2.)
/VM=nn - Use Virtual (disk) EMS model, nn-Pages (2k each)
/VP=Path - Set Path for Virtual (disk) memory File
/V1 - Force CGA Emulation (normally on VGA Monitor)
Example:
A> ASEASY /H2/DIR=C:\Data [ENTER]
Starts AS-EASY-AS for a Hercules type monitor/card
combination, using the second page for graphics, and
instructs the program that the data files will be
located on drive C, in subdirectory "Data".
RUNNING AS-EASY-AS FROM ANY DIRECTORY
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1. Set a DOS environment variable (ASEASY) to the drive and path of
the ASEASYAS.EXE,.HLP,.MNU, .PRT and .MSG files (Note that these
files should be in the same directory). This can be done at the
DOS prompt by typing:
SET ASEASY=Drive:\Directory
and pressing [ENTER]. The command may also be included in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file so the variable is set automatically every time