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- ║ ~1bFamily Home Inventory - Copyright (C) 1987,1988~1e ║
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- ║ By the author Harlun E. Peterson ║
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- ║ F1 Program Overview F6 DELETE a Record ║
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- ║ F2 Warranty and Disclaimer F7 HOME INVENTORY Totals ║
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- ║ F3 Program MainMenu F8 VIEW a Record ║
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- ║ F4 ADD a Record F9 PRINT Menu ║
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- HOMINV.EXE is released to the public under the user supported
- SHAREWARE concept. This program can be distributed freely, but I
- urge you to fill out the registration form and along with $ 20.00,
- mail it to the address below:
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- Harlun E. Peterson
- 11386 54th St. N. E.
- Albertville, Mn.
- 55301
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- You should support SHAREWARE because:
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- - There is some really fantastic programs available
- through this concept, and if the authors of these
- programs are going to continue placing these prog-
- rams in the public domain, we must support them.
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- - Sooner or later you will realize what a great con-
- cept this really is, and start supporting it. At
- first, I didn't, but now find myself digging through
- all my old documentation I have printed, and sending
- the registration forms and contributions to the auth-
- ors, for the programs and utilities I use continuously
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- Family Home Inventory is a program I use for trying out and per-
- fecting dBASE III+ programming techniques I have discovered and
- obtained from books and associates. Some of the techniques may
- seem a little sophisticated for a simple program like this,
- but it is a useful program and I hope to use the techniques in
- more sophisticated programs in the future.
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- I can imagine what a trauma it would be to have your home dam-
- aged in a fire or tornado. It must be very difficult to deter-
- mine what was damaged and what the value of the damaged or dis-
- troyed items was.
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- If you use Family Home Inventory Program to record all your val-
- uables, you could keep printed records or even a floppy diskette
- with the program and all the files in it, in your safe deposit
- box. If a disaster damages or destroys your home at least you
- would have a record of all valuables, instead of having to try
- and construct a list for the insurance company when there is
- enough on your mind already.
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- So, there really is some value to a program like this. I hope
- you use it, and I truly hope you never need it for the purpose
- it was meant for.
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- Insurance agents and claim adjusters were spoken to, to determine
- what information is normally required by a insurance company when
- making a claim for lost, stolen, or damaged items. These are dis-
- cussed on the next page.
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- The records created and maintained in this program consists of the
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- * Description - up to 20 characters
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- * Serial Number - uo to 20 chatacters (if applicable)
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- * Quantity - up to 99
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- * Purchase Price - up to $ 99999.99
- (Enter unit or each price, the computer will
- calculate the extended price)
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- * Purchase Date - Important, but in a lot of cases you will
- have to guesstamate.
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- * Location - i. e. KITCH for kitchen, up to 5 characters
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- * Picture - Whether or not you have a photograph of the item
- (Would be a great help)
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- * Video - Whether or not you have the item on video tape
- (Better than a photo)
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- * Category - Category your item is in i. e. FURN for furniture.
- (Critical for the program, the program keys off
- this field much of the time.)
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- The program offers many different options for generating reports, these
- can be printed and stored in a safe place in case they are ever needed.
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- Moving around in "Family Home Inventory" is easily done most of the
- time by using the cursor keys on the right side of the keyboard.
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- WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
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- There is NO warranty with Family Home Inventory Program, expressed
- or implied. The author will not be held responsible for any claim
- by any party, for damages of any kind as a result of the use or
- inability to use this program. You must use it AS IS and at your
- own risk.
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- MAINMENU -
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- - Displays options for the following:
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- * Adding records to the database
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- * Changing or Modifying a record in the database
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- * Deleting records from the database
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- * Displaying Original Costs
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- * Viewing records in the database
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- * Printing reports
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- * Viewing Help Screen
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- * Viewing this documentation
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- FAMILY HOME INVENTORY PROGRAM COPYRIGHT (C) 1988 BY HARLUN E. PETERSON
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- Move the colorbar up or down with the cursor keys to position it on the
- option you wish to select. When the bar is positioned press Enter <─┘>,
- to execute that option. You can also press the letter adjacent to the
- option to execute it.
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- The <F1> key brings you to this Help screen and by pressing <F2> you can
- view the documentation for this program from the console (Monitor).
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- Hint: At any screen you can press <ESC> to return to the previous screen
- even though it is not given as an option. <ESC> will also return
- you to DOS at the MainMenu.
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- Each screen has a Help option you can select by pressing the <F1> key.
- A screen like the one you are viewing here will appear with general com-
- ments about that particular screen.
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- FAMILY HOME INVENTORY is released by the author under the SHAREWARE
- concept, which means if you decide to continue using this program, you
- must register with the author by completing the registration form in-
- cluded in the documentation and with a contribution of $20.00 sending
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- ADD A RECORD -
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- - Displays Category selection menu, select the
- category you want the item to be added to.
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- - By picking the Category from the Menu you are
- at the same time entering it into the category
- field for the record you are adding. When the
- data entry window appears the category field
- is already entered.
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- ADD A ITEM - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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- This screen presents a list of categories of which you must choose one.
- Move the colorbar up or down until it is positioned on the category you
- wish to put your item into. When the colorbar is positioned press Enter
- <─┘>, a window will appear to enter the rest of the data for the item
- you are adding to the database.
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- Selecting the asterisk (*) or pressing <ESC> will return you to the
- MainMenu.
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- When entering the qty, enter the unit (ea.) price if the qty is greater
- than one. The computer will calculate the total price and replace the
- purchase price with the total after the record is saved.
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- When you have completed the data entry press Enter <─┘> again or <ESC> to
- save the record, and return to the MainMenu.
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- MODIFY A RECORD -
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- - Displays Category selection menu, select the
- category the item you want to change is in,
- as you would if you were adding a record.
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- - A screen appears listing all item descriptions
- for the category you selected. At this point
- move the asterisk (*) adjacent to the descrip-
- tion of the item you want to change and press
- Enter <─┘>.
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- MODIFY A ITEM - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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- This screen presents a list of categories of which you must choose the
- the one the item you wish to modify is in.
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- Move the colorbar up or down until it is positioned on the category your
- item is in. When the colorbar is positioned press Enter <─┘>, a list of
- item descriptions in the category you selected will appear on the next
- screen. By selecting (*) all Items are displayed in alphabetical order.
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- There may be more than one page of descriptions, press <Pg Up> or <Pg Dn>
- to move from page to page. Move the asterisk (*) up or down, left or right
- to mark the item you want to Modify and press Enter <─┘> to select that
- item.
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- A window will appear with a record of the item selected, make your changes
- and press Enter <─┘> to save the changes and return to the MainMenu.
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- NOTE: When changing a record, the purchase price is reset to (0), you must
- re-enter the purchase price. This is done in case the qty. is changed
- and so the computer can re-calcualate the extended price.
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- DELETE A RECORD -
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- - Displays Category selection menu, select the
- category the item you want to delete is in,
- as you would if you were adding or changing
- a record.
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- - A screen appears listing all item descriptions
- for the category you selected. At this point
- move the asterisk (*) adjacent to the descrip-
- tion of the item you want to delete and press
- Enter <─┘>.
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- DELETE A ITEM - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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- This screen presents a list of categories of which you must choose the
- the one the item you wish to delete is in.
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- Move the colorbar up or down until it is positioned on the category your
- item is in. When the colorbar is positioned press Enter <─┘>, a list of
- item descriptions in the category you selected will appear on the next
- screen. By selecting (*) all Items will be displayed in alphabetical order.
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- There may be more than one page of descriptions, press <Pg Up> or <Pg Dn>
- to move from page to page. Move the asterisk (*) up or down, left or right
- to mark the item you want to Delete and press Enter <─┘> to select that
- item.
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- A window will appear with a record of the item selected. You are prompted
- to enter a (Y) to confirm the deletion of this record (item), enter "Y"
- to delete the record or press Enter <─┘> or <ESC> to return to the
- MainMenu.
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- INVENTORY TOTALS -
- - Displays Original (purchase price) costs
- by Category and shows a total of all items.
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- - Gives options to print a detailed report for
- each Category.
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- - Gives option to view data in Bar Graph form.
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- FAMILY HOME INVENTORY PROGRAM TOTALS
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- This screen displays the total Original (purchase price) costs for all
- Items by Category. The sum of all Items in all Categories is display-
- ed as a total for all Categories.
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- If you decide at this point you would like a detailed report for any
- one Category, you may generate one from this screen without having to
- return to the MainMenu and selecting the Print option. Just move the
- colorbar up or down until it is positioned on the Category you would
- like the report on and press <Enter>. Make sure the printer is ready
- and the paper is at the top of form. When the report is done printing
- you will return to this screen, either choose another report, <F2>
- for viewing a graph, or press <ESC> to return to the MainMenu.
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- This screen also gives you the opportunity to view your data in Bar Graph
- form, just press <F2> to view the graph.
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- NOTE: The total for any one category must be at least $1501.00,
- in order for it to register on this graph.
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- VIEW A RECORD -
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- - Displays Category selection menu, select the
- category the item you want to view is in, as
- you would if you were adding or changing a
- record.
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- - A screen appears listing all item descriptions
- for the category you selected. At this point
- move the asterisk (*) adjacent to the descrip-
- tion of the item you want to view and press
- Enter <─┘>.
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- VIEW A ITEM - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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- This screen presents a list of categories of which you must choose the
- the one the item you wish to view is in.
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- Move the colorbar up or down until it is positioned on the category your
- item is in. When the colorbar is positioned press Enter <─┘>, a list of
- item descriptions in the category you selected will appear on the next
- screen. By selecting (*) all items will be displayed in alphabetical order.
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- There may be more than one page of descriptions, press <Pg Up> or <Pg Dn>
- to move from page to page. Move the asterisk (*) up or down, left or right
- to mark the item you want to View and press Enter <─┘> to select that
- item.
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- A window will appear with a record of the item selected, when you are done
- viewing, press Enter <─┘> to return to the MainMenu.
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- PRINT MENU -
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- - Displays options for printing reports by Category,
- Description, and by Location. You may choose to
- print a report for a single Category.
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- PRINT MENU - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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- This screen presents you with a list of options of which you may choose
- one.
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- The first option prints all records by Category, the second by Descrip-
- tion, the third by Location. The fourth option will generate a report
- for just the Category you choose. This is done by selecting the Category
- from the screen that appears just as you do in the Change, Delete, and
- View options from the MainMenu.
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- Before selecting any of these options be sure the printer is ready and
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- Make sure your printer is ready and paper is at the top of form
- and press the letter "T" to print this documentation and regis-
- tration form. If you just want to print the registration form,
- print the file REGISTER.frm.
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- FAMILY HOME INVENTORY PROGRAM Registration form:
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- Name _________________________________________
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- Address _________________________________________
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- City,St._________________________________________
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- Zip _________________________________________
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- Registration $ 20.00 _______________________
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- I understand that this software is supplied without warranty,
- expressed or implied, and agree not to hold its author liable for
- any losses direct or consequential arising out of it's use.
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- Signature:______________________________
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- Send registration form and regisration fee to:
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- Harlun E. Peterson
- 11386 54th St. N.E.
- Albertville, Mn. 55301
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- Thank You for using Family Home Inventory and the contribution.
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