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- Time is Money
- Version 2.2a
- Copyright (c) 1986 - 1991 by Custom Data Solutions
- All Rights Reserved
- Written by Martin Schiff
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- Time is Money(TM) is a Shareware time and expense billing and accounting
- system that will allow you to completely automate your billing and
- receivables. It supports time billing in any increment, and also the sale
- of equipment or fixed price contracts. Time is Money (for the sake of
- brevity I will sometimes refer to Time is Money as TIM) facilitates the
- time recording and billing process for anyone who bills by time and
- project. It is a versatile time and expense billing system that maintains
- records, automatically generates invoices, and keeps a history of the
- payment of those invoices. TIM is not a complete accounting system. No
- general ledger or payables system is included, but it will handle all your
- time and expense billing requirements. Some of the features included in
- this version of TIM are:
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- Time recording in any increment by project
- Expense or fixed price contract recording
- Maintenance of client list
- Print labels
- Maintain client credit balances for retainers
- Bill to/Ship to reference
- Inclusion of contact name on "Attention:" line of
- invoice address
- Automatic generation of invoices for all unbilled time
- and expenses by project for one or all clients
- All clients and projects can be billed for their
- unbilled time with one menu selection
- Statements of account by client
- Unbilled time and expense reports
- Pro-forma invoice
- Sales tax reporting and recording
- Unpaid bill report
- New printer support module with support for laser printers
-
- Although many time billing systems are available, very few can handle
- equipment sales as easily and as effectively as TIM. Additionally, the
- source code is included in the registration package, allowing TIM to be
- customized to your own specifications. Finally, TIM is designed to be
- simple to operate yet versatile.
-
- PURCHASING TIME IS MONEY
-
- Time is Money is being distributed as user supported software
- (Shareware). That is, if you are using TIM in your business you should
- pay for it based on the schedule below. Please send all payments to:
-
- CUSTOM DATA SOLUTIONS
- 248 Wood Lake Drive
- Maitland, Florida 32751
-
- or phone (407) 767-9278 to order by MasterCard or Visa.
-
- I hope you will register this copy as an indication of your support for
- the Shareware concept. Registration is required if you are using this
- program in a business environment after initial testing. Please send in
- the registration form provided in the file license.txt with your
- registration.
-
- You may ask what will I receive in return if I pay for the program? Well,
- besides the satisfaction of paying for a program that you use and from
- which you derive benefit, you will receive the following based on the
- amount you send:
-
- $50 - Basic shareware registration package
- 1. The latest shareware version of the program
- 2. 1 hour of telephone support
- 3. Installation guide
- 4. On-line documentation
- 5. Unlimited support on the CONSULT forum on CompuServe
- 6. Free sign up kit and connect time for CompuServe
-
- $95 - Deluxe commercial distribution version (not shareware)
- 1. The latest shareware version of the program
- 2. 2 hours of telephone support
- 3. Installation guide
- 4. A FoxPro version of the program (if requested) which
- includes a FoxPro runtime, and a command prompt
- that allows you to create new reports, and do
- your own queries on the databases.
- 5. Unlimited support on the CONSULT forum on CompuServe
- 6. Free sign up kit and connect time for CompuServe
- 7. Printed user manual
-
- Additional support will be charged at $60 per hour computed by the minute
- at the discretion of the support personnel. In many cases there will be
- no charge for the additional support.
-
- Support or registration may be paid for by Mastercard, Visa, or by sending
- a check in advance. For $200 per year, you can receive unlimited free
- support, and free updates as they are issued.
-
- I am eager to hear suggestions, compliments and criticisms about Time is
- Money. If you are a registered user, and I feel that your suggestion will
- add to the value of the program, it is quite likely that I will implement
- it very quickly and send you a new version of the program at no charge.
- Custom modifications can also be implemented at an agreed upon charge. If
- you are not a registered user, I would still like to hear your comments,
- etc.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- Time is Money version 2.2 requires an IBM-PC/XT, AT or compatible computer
- with a hard disk having at least 900K of free space, and approximately
- 450K of free ram memory after loading DOS and your normal operating
- environment. It will run on either color or monochrome systems, and can
- utilize practically any printer. Other versions of Time is Money which
- will run on systems with less memory are available on request to
- registered users. Also, a FoxPro version is available which has a command
- line interface that simulates the command prompt in FoxPro.
-
- If you are installing Time is Money from a distribution disk that has the
- files INSTALL.EXE and this README.DOC file, then you should first create a
- directory for your Time is Money program files (we recommend the name TIM)
- by typing MD\TIM <Enter> at the DOS prompt (i.e. C>) of your hard drive.
- Then make the TIM directory your current directory by typing CD\TIM
- <Enter>. Next, you should place the distribution disk in your floppy disk
- drive, and type A:INSTALL <Enter> to install the program. You will get a
- message explaining the installation procedure, and when you respond with a
- Y (for Yes) the files will be extracted from their archive into your TIM
- directory. If you are installing from your hard disk, just copy the
- INSTALL.EXE file into your TIM directory, and type INSTALL <Enter>, then
- delete the archive file when installation is complete with the command DEL
- INSTALL.EXE <Enter>.
-
- When you have completed the installation procedure, type TIM <enter> to
- install and run the program. If you are using a previous version of Time is
- Money, and are a registered user call for an update program before
- installing this version.
-
- In order to run Time is Money, you must have a CONFIG.SYS file in the root
- directory of your boot disk. It must have the following minimum values:
-
- FILES=30
- BUFFERS=15
-
- If you do not have a CONFIG.SYS file, you can create one as follows. At
- the DOS prompt of your hard disk (i.e. C>) type the following and press
- the <Enter> key after each line:
-
- CD\
- COPY CON: CONFIG.SYS
- FILES=30
- BUFFERS=15
-
- Then press function key F6 (it will display ^Z) and the <Enter> key. You
- will get the message "1 file copied." You must reboot your computer
- before the change will take effect.
-
- STARTING PROGRAM
-
- The shareware version of TIM is started by typing START <Enter> from within
- the TIM directory (type CD \TIM <Enter> to get into the TIM directory) .
- Once you are at the main menu, you should press function key F1 to read
- the on-line manual. The manual is available at almost any point during
- program operation, so if you have a question about what you are doing at
- any time just press F1.
-
- The FoxPro version is started by typing FOXR TIMFOX from the DOS
- prompt in the TIM directory.
-
- Thanks to Russell Freeland for his LIGHTBAR.BIN program, and Andrew
- Schulman for his PAGES program upon which the on line help facility is
- based. This program was compiled with the Clipper compiler by Nantucket.
- And finally, thanks to you for using and registering this software.
-
- Thank you very much for your interest in Time is Money, I look forward to
- hearing from you.
-
- Sincerely,
- Custom Data Solutions
- Martin Schiff, President and author of Time is Money
-