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   Introduction

   The ProDev*MEMBER Church Membership System is designed to allow you to
   quickly and easily add and modify Members, Spouses, Children and Visitors
   to your membership data files.  You can track all talents and
   accomplishments.  You can easily print a variety of Mailing Labels and
   Reports to help manage your church.

   When you are asked for a Password in the Tools Menu, the un-registered
   password is the word PASSWORD.

   When you are asked for the Giving Password, the starting default is the
   word GIVING.  You can change this password in the Modify Giving sub-menu.

   PLEASE NOTE - As you are building the Member/Visitor records, you MUST fill
   in the "Date Joined" to indicate to this system that the person is a member
   of your church.  If you are not sure of the date, I suggest that you use
   01/01/1899 so that the system will realize the person is a member.
   "Joined" may be changed to "Confirmed" or some other term by the "Change
   Field Titles" selection in the Setup Menu.

   If the date is BLANK ("  /  /    ") the system assumes the person is NOT a
   member of your church.  If you wish to blank a date, locate the cursor at
   the beginning of the date field and press Ctrl/Y (while holding down the
   Ctrl key, tap the Y key).

   BE SURE you look at the bottom of the screen if you don't know what to do
   next.  The messages there usually tell you all of the options available at
   any time.

                    When All Else Fails - Press F1 for Help!

   If you have below DOS 3.3, the F1 Help screens are not functional and some
   parts of the program won't function.

   To Install The System:

   1.   If you are installing from the DOS C:\> prompt . . .

        Insert the ProDev*MEMBER disk in drive A: and type ...

             INSTALL C:   (Enter)

        This will run the INSTALL program that will create the C:\MEMBER
        sub-directory and copy (and un-compress) all of the necessary files to
        the C:\MEMBER sub-directory (or whatever drive letter you type).


        To run the ProDev*MEMBER system from the hard disk, type the drive
        letter of the hard disk followed by a colon. For example "C:". You
        should see the hard disk prompt (such as "C>"). Then, type:

        CD\MEMBER   (Enter)
        MEMB        (Enter)

   2.   If you are installing from within Windows 3.x . . .

        Click on Files and click on Run.  Type A:INSTALL C: and click on Ok.
        Follow the screen instructions for the INSTALL program.

        After you Quit the Install program, click on Windows, highlight the
        Windows group in which you want to install the Member system and click
        on Ok.

        Click on Files, and click on New.  Option to create a Program Item and
        click on Ok.  Type the following information:

             Description: ProDev Member
             Command Line: MEMB.BAT
             Working Directory: C:\MEMBER

        Click on Change Icon.  You will see a message indicating no icons
        available.  Click on Ok.  Click on Browse.  Double click on the folder
        for C:\.  Double click on the folder for MEMBER.  Double click on
        MEMBER.ICO and then click on Ok.  Click on Ok again.

   3.   If you are installing in Windows95 . . .

        Click on Start.  Click on Run.  Type A:INSTALL C: and click on Ok.
        Follow the screen instructions.  When you Quit the Install program,
        you will find the MEMBER icon in Start | Programs.



   System Files

   The CONFIG.SYS File

   THE MEMBER PROGRAM WILL CRASH with a "DOS Error 3" at the middle of the
   screen when you try to Create, Modify or Print Labels or Reports, you will
   need to re-start the computer with a CONFIG.SYS file as described below.
   It will contain information that tells the PC that there will be more than
   3 files open at the same time.

   To create the CONFIG.SYS file, use the MEMBER program "Tools Menu", "Modify
   System Files" Sub-Menu to create or modify your CONFIG.SYS file.  Highlight
   that selection and press Enter.  You will be asked for the Password.  This
   is the Password you specified when you registered the program.  Press C to
   Create/Modify the CONFIG.SYS file.

   If you are creating the CONFIG.SYS file, just type in the following two
   commands and press F10 to save.  If you are modifying the CONFIG.SYS file,
   either modify these two lines (if they exist) or add them to the end of the
   CONFIG.SYS file.  Press F10 to save the changes. YOU MUST RE-START YOUR
   COMPUTER for the changes to take effect.

        FILES=30
        BUFFERS=15

   The FILES command can be higher than 30 if required by other software on
   your computer.  Having a large BUFFERS command usually slows your system
   and higher than 15 is not recommended.

   IF YOU HAVE BELOW MS/IBM-DOS VERSION 3.3, the program can have only 15
   files open at a time.  To stay within this limit, the program will disable
   the HELP screens to keep from opening too many files at a time.  However,
   some parts of the program that opens a lot of files may not function.

   The AUTOEXEC.BAT File

   Your computer looks at both the CONFIG.SYS file and the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
   at start-up time.  The AUTOEXEC.BAT file contains the commands that usually
   take you into a hard disk menu, Windows or some other shell type hard disk
   manager.  If you have DOS 3.3 or higher, you need the command SET
   CLIPPER=F:30 in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.


   As above, use the MEMBER program "Tools Menu", "Modify System Files"
   Sub-Menu to create or modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Highlight that
   selection and press Enter.  You will be asked for the password.  This is
   the Password you specified when you registered the program.  Then, press A
   to Create/Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

   If you do not already have an AUTOEXEC.BAT file, just add the command SET
   CLIPPER=F:30 and press F10 to save. If you are modifying an existing
   AUTOEXEC.BAT file, move to the beginning of the PATH line and press Enter.
   This should open up a blank line just above the last line.  Use the Up
   Arrow to move to the beginning of the blank line and type SET CLIPPER=F:30.
   If you will be running ProDev*MEMBER as a DOS application from Windows, add
   the command SET MEMBAK=Y after the SET CLIPPER command.  Press F10 to save.

   First Time Program Set-Up Options

   The first time you run the MEMBER program, the program to ask you for the
   program Set-Up defaults.  Highlight the "Set-Up" Main Menu.  Highlight each
   Sub-Menu with the cursor arrow keys and press Enter.

   Color/Monochrome Monitor - Highlight the "Monitor (Color/Mono)" Sub-Menu
   and press Enter.  Press C for a color monitor or an M if you have a
   monochrome (non-color) monitor.  Highlight "Save New Set-Ups" and press
   Enter to add this to the MEMBER.MEM file.

   Data File Drive & Path - Highlight the "Data File Drive & Path" Sub-Menu
   and press Enter.  The program will display the Drive and Sub-Directory
   where the ProDev*MEMBER system is installed.

   Printer Action Table - Highlight the "Printer Action Table" Sub-Menu and
   press Enter.  Using the cursor arrow keys, highlight the name of your
   printer.  If you do not see the name of your printer and have a dot matrix
   printer, start with the EPSONFX file.  If you have a laser printer, use the
   HPLASER.PAT file.  The Cannon laser printers use the EPSONLQ.PAT file.
   Appendix A of the manual will describe how you can create your own Printer
   Action Table file if you have a printer not shown.  After you select your
   printer, you will be asked for the default number of lines for report
   pages.  Use the default of 59 unless you are using paper stock longer than
   11 inches.  Highlight "Save New Set-Ups" and press Enter to add this to the
   MEMBER.MEM file.

   Label Printing Defaults - There are many types of label stock for both dot
   matrix and laser prin