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DocketMinder The Lawyer's Assistant Release 2.0 Copyright (c) 1987, 1988 Joseph E. Root III Table of Contents IMPORTANT NOTES! .......................................... 1 NEW STUFF ................................................. 2 PROGRAM LICENSE ........................................... 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ....................................... 4 STARTING OFF .............................................. 6 INSTALLATION ...............................................7 HELP ...................................................... 9 LIMITATIONS ............................................... 9 PROGRAM OVERVIEW ......................................... 10 FEATURES ................................................. 11 FILES .................................................... 14 DOCKET ENTRIES ........................................... 16 UTILITIES ................................................ 16 REBUILDING INDEXES ................................... 17 REBUILDING THE DATA FILE ............................. 17 CUSTOMIZATION ........................................ 18 Printer control .................................. 18 Response to Service .............................. 21 Special Responses ................................ 22 General Configuration ............................ 22 Defaults ......................................... 23 AUTODOCKET ........................................... 23 SCRUB DATA FILES ..................................... 24 FLOPPY DISK SYSTEMS ...................................... 25 POP-UP DOCKET .............................................25 FINAL WORDS .............................................. 26 WARRANTY ................................................. 29 RELEASE LOG .............................................. 29 FEEDBACK ................................................. 30 DOCKETMINDER REGISTRATION ................................ 32 DocketMinder The Lawyer's Assistant Release 2.0 Welcome to DocketMinder, a program designed to maintain a docket for a lawyer or law firm. This file gives you some background information about the system -- the nitty-gritty details of using particular functions are found on the Help Screens, accessible from any point in the program. Those screens tell you how to use specific parts of the system; here, the goal is to give you a feel for the system as a whole. IMPORTANT NOTES! 1. If you used any previous release of DocketMinder to create docket files, you MUST convert your data files to conform to the Release 2.0 format. To do that, run the enclosed program DKT20CVT.EXE. See the Installation section for details. 2. To use a monochrome monitor, run the program by entering DKTMINDR /M. 3. Laser printer users -- see the Customization sec- tion of this manual for information on configuring the system to your printer. NEW STUFF. Additions for Release 2.0: -- Pop-up docket. You can run a list of items due in the next two weeks, shown automatically when you start up your machine. It's a horrible way to start the day, but your malprac- - 2 - tice carrier should like it. -- Increased field sizes. The client, matter and action fields are now all 50 characters long. -- Time of day field. On an optional basis, you can specify the time that an action is due. Lists or browses by Due Date are in order of time for each date. -- Default attorney. Also as an option, the system will automatically insert a specified set of initials in the first Attorney field. -- Improved monochrome compatibility. There's a small chance that most of the mono difficulties have been ironed out. -- Program integration. The program has been converted to a single .EXE file. This speeds up execution somewhat and eliminates the pile of overlay files. -- Help screen file. The file of help screens has been packed to about a third of its previous size. PROGRAM LICENSE. This software is released as "shareware" -- user supported software. The goal is to provide quality products at the lowest possible cost, by eliminating dis- - 3 - tribution and marketing costs. Also, by allowing you to test the program, you find out whether it will be helpful to you, given your equipment and working environment. Therefore, feel free to play with the system to your heart's content, and to distribute it (unaltered, please) via BBS's or otherwise. If you are going to use it in your practice or business, however, you should register your copy of the program. Note that the registration requirement holds even if you obtained your disk through one of the "distribution" sources that sell disks of shareware programs -- they aren't licensing the software, only making it available. Registration entails the payment of money, the age of free lunches not having arrived. What I'm proposing, however, is an arrangement that matches the way we really use software. Two forms of registration are available. Individual registration is $35, and entitles one person to use the program (on whatever machines that person owns or uses -- including the right to have the system running both on the lawyer's machine and a secretary's machine (for example) simultaneously). A firm (or corporation) registration is available at $100 for the first ten lawyers being served (not just ten copies of the program), plus $10 per additional attorney. The firm can then have as many copies of the system running as it desires. Just be reasonable. - 4 - Registered users will receive a distribution disk and can also obtain program updates at nominal cost, as well as sup- port via phone, mail or CompuServe. If this enterprise prospers, printed documentation may one day appear as well. A registration form appears at the end of this documen- tation. Use it -- it's a lot cheaper than guilt, and doesn't last half as long! SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. DocketMinder runs on any PC/MS- DOS system (IBM, compatible or clone), with at least 512k of RAM. A hard disk is helpful to operate the full program, but if you are running a floppy drive system, see the section entitled "RUN- NING ON FLOPPIES" for help. A color monitor (CGA or EGA) is recommended but not required. A printer is, of course, necessary if you want to produce hard-copy reports. See the CUSTOMIZATION section for information on adapting the system to particular printers. In addition, you MUST have a CONFIG.SYS file that specifies the number of files you can have open at any one time. DOS defaults to 8 open files, and then it takes five of them for itself, leaving you three. DocketMinder needs up to six files open at once, so a shortfall occurs, making the gnomes inside the machine very unhappy indeed. Instead of the joy of victory, you get the agony of an error message that says "Run-time error F0", and back to DOS you go. To correct this problem, either create a - 5 - CONFIG.SYS file with a line FILES=20 or add that line to your existing CONFIG.SYS file. If the last paragraph is gobbledegook to you, and you are getting the noted error message, then have a friend lend a hand, or consult the DOS manual (or better, a DOS guide written in English). STARTING OFF. DocketMinder is contained on two disks, or, if you downloaded the program from a BBS, in an ARC file. The A disk includes the main program files, as well as this docu- mentation. The data and Help files are on the B disk (or file). Create a new subdirectory for DocketMinder (for example, at a DOS prompt enter the command MD \DOCK), move to that subdirectory (e.g., CD \DOCK), and load the contents of both disks into that subdirectory. Odds are you don't need to be told this, but just in case: To run the program, go to a DOS prompt and type DKTMINDR, then hit the return key. For monochrome systems, add a "command line switch", /M, to the command, like so: DKTMINDR /M. If you don't understand the last two sentences, please spend a few minutes with the DOS intro manual before going further, or find a friend to help get you get started. The best way to gain familiarity with the system is to use it; you have a sample docket with the program, so you can - 6 - start it up and hack around, using the on-screen prompts and the Help Screens to figure out what's happening. When you are ready to begin entering your own docket, check out the utility section "Scrub Data Files" for a quick way to erase the sample docket. If you are new to computers, a couple of points: First, make a backup copy of the program disks before you do any- thing else. Then, experiment with the system -- the worst that can happen is that you make some mistakes and have to delete some junk entries, or in the extreme, you may manage to crash the system and have to start over. No big deal, either way. INSTALLATION. - New users: Set up a separate subdirectory on your hard disk (or see the section on floppy systems) and copy every- thing on the distribution disks (or from the .ARC files you downloaded) into it. That's it. - Old users: Copy everything EXCEPT the data and configuration files into your existing subdirectory. You can do that by copying the following files: DKTMINDR.EXE DKTSCR.* DKTREAD.ME DKT20CVT.EXE DKTNEW.EXE - 7 - OLDDKT.EXE DKTPOP.EXE Then convert your data by entering the following command at a DOS prompt: DKT20CVT The program takes over from there, automatically converting your data and configuration files to the new format. You are kept informed as the system works, and you have to press a key several times to keep things rolling. The first thing this utility does is to back up your data to a set of files called OLDFIL.xxx, so if something goes wrong you can recover the data and start over. See the "Scrub Docket" section for more explanation of how to restore such files. - Monochrome systems: To run on a mono monitor, run the program using the command DKTMINDR /M. This should work even for those systems using a color card into a mono screen. HELP. The Help Screens are an important part of the program, as they provide the basic information to explain what's going on. You can get help from almost anywhere on the system by pressing F1 or H, and the screen that appears will relate to what you are doing at the time. Once in the Help system, you can page forward or backward (by hitting N for next or P for previous screen) to review other screens. Hitting any key other than N or - 8 - P will take you back to where you were. Use these screens to gain a basic understanding of the system. Several screens, such as the one with Hints & Tips, can only be accessed from other screens. Feedback on improving the clarity and content of these screens will be appreciated. LIMITATIONS. Right up front, it should be clear that there are several things the system will not do. Primarily: 1. The system deals with dates from January 1, 1984 through December 31, 2083. That is a deliberate choice, designed to cut down keystrokes during data entry. You never have to enter the century, yet the system can keep track, given that limit. If you want to know the day of the week on which Stonewall Jackson won the battle of Chancellorsville, or to schedule a meeting for Christmas, 2099, forget it. 2. All files, both program and data (explained below) must be located on the same subdirectory as the DKTMINDR.EXE file. That may change in later releases, but there it is for now. 3. It may take effort or ingenuity, but you can crash the program. You should get plenty of warning, but if you persist, you probably will send the system South. If this happens, please see the section on rebuilding indexes and data files. Also, you might want to pay more attention next time. - 9 - PROGRAM OVERVIEW. DocketMinder is written in Turbo Pascal 4.0, using the routines provided in the Turbo Database Toolbox. The system is menu-driven, and is generally divided functionally. That is, the choices presented at any given time are those that a person working with a docket would want to have at that point (a reasonable person, of course, like me). For example, when you are looking at a complete docket entry, you can page forward or back to the next entry or the previous one, or you can edit or delete that entry, or you can go back to the main menu. Your choices at any point in the system are usually dis- played on the screen, with highlighted letters indicating the keys to hit. For most choices you don't have to hit Return. When in doubt, press F1 or H to see a Help screen. A bit of effort has been put into trying to make the system as "bullet-proof" as possible, meaning that you might be able to crash the program, but at least you have to work at it. If you have a problem, I'd appreciate hearing about it, as I'm sure there are innovative ways to invoke a crash that I haven't discovered. FEATURES. Needless to say, I think the program is pretty nifty, or I wouldn't be going to all this trouble. Some features that I think are at least "pretty good" are the follow- ing: - 10 - - Date handling: Full validation of due dates, including calculation of weekends and federal holidays, with the option to move the due date to the next business day. - Adding time: Edit a record (or add a new one) by adding a stated amount of time to a date -- you can quickly get the date 90 days hence. - Copying records: Create a new record from an old one, using everything from the old record except the due date and action, which you are prompted to enter. - Browsing: Find a record by paging through the docket, seeing one-line extracts from 15 entries at a time, arranged by client, due date, attorney or reference number. - Listing: Create a docket lising, to the screen, the printer or a disk file, arranged by client, due date, attorney or reference number. You can list the entire docket, or entries for one value or entries between a range of values. - Mass edit: Change or delete all entries with a chosen client, matter or attorney. - Multiple record creation: Create a series of entries with common basic information but different actions and due dates, related to a common date (e.g., a pretrial calendar). - 11 - - AutoDocket: Handle recurring situations in which an event triggers a series of docket entries by creating a template that specifies the action required and its time rela- tionship to the event. That template can automatically generate the required docket entries. - Response to Service: Create docket entries for responses to service of process, allowing for service by mail, automatically using time periods that you specify for up to four jurisdictions. - Context-sensitive help: You can get to a Help Screen from almost anywhere in the system, and the help will relate to what you are doing at the time. - Automatic purging: Sweep out old entries and save them to a text file for historical reference. - Time of day: If you want to be reminded of times that actions are due, you can include a Time field. Some shortcuts assist you in entering times using the fewest possible keystrokes, and you can see entries in time-of-day order for each Due Date. - Pop-up docket: See a list of items due in the next two weeks, automatically when you turn the computer on. The Pop-Up Docket section has details. - 12 - FILES. The core of the system consists of the primary file DKTMINDR.EXE, which includes all of the executable code. Data files are named DKTFIL.xxx. If these files are not present when you boot the system, new ones are created. DKTFIL.DAT contains the docket entry data, and DKTFIL.IDx (x being C, D, Y or R) holds the indexes ordered by client, due date, attorney and reference number, respectively. Sample data files are included in the distributed version of the program, to allow you to experiment without having to enter data. When you are ready to use the program for real, use the "Scrub Data Files" utility, or go into DOS and erase these files; the system will build new ones when it next is called. Note for techies: You may notice that the DKTFIL.DAT file does not shrink when you delete entries; the Turbo Database Toolbox routines keep a list of "holes" in the database where entries used to be, and it fills them when you add new entries. Help screen data is found in two files, DKTSCRN.DAT and DKTSCR.PTR. Several of the index files are really multi-level indexes. The client index is arranged by client, and within each client by matter, and within each matter by due date and time. The date index is ordered primarily by due date, but also indexes by client within a given due date, as well as by time of day (if used). Similarly, the attorney index is also ordered by due date for each attorney entry. - 13 - Two configuration files, DKTCFG.DAT and DKTADOCK.DAT, hold information for system and printer customization, and for the AutoDocket templates, respectively. The Customization sec- tion explains these features. In addition, a text file, DKTHIST.DAT is created or appended when you purge old docket entries using the CleanUp pro- cedure. (See the Help Screen for that procedure, which is called from the "Special" choice on the main menu.) You can use this file to hold old docket entries for historical reference. Two utility programs are also provided. DKT20CVT.EXE converts data from previous release to the current format, as explained in the Installation section. That program also runs two subprograms, DKTNEW.EXE and OLDDKT.EXE. DKTPOP.EXE runs the pop-up docket feature, covered in the section of the same name. DOCKET ENTRIES. Each docket entry is divided into "fields" that contain individual data elements. These fields have fixed lengths (Sorry about that -- I know variable lengths are sexy, but that's the way it goes). Data items recorded (with field length) are as follows: Client 50 characters Matter 50 " - 14 - Attorneys (1-3) 3 " Ref. No. 15 " Due Date 8 " Time 6 " Action 50 " Of these fields, three are "required" -- meaning the system will not accept an entry that does not include some information in these fields. You must have a client, a due date, and at least one attorney, or a new entry will not be added. UTILITIES. The utility routines help you maintain the system and customize it to your practice. These routines are not as intuitively obvious as the main program features, so we'll cover them here in some detail. The Utilities menu, called from the Main Menu, offers the following choices: REBUILDING INDEXES. Unfortunately, the indexing system is vulnerable to corruption if the system crashes for any reason. If you do crash, or if garbage starts appearing (particularly when browsing or editing), then you should exit immediately and rebuild your indexes. The main program's "Delete" procedure also looks for index problems, and if it finds one you will see a mes- sage advising you to rebuild indexes. Initiate this procedure by choosing the "Indexes -- Rebuild" option at the menu. The gnomes will take it from there, - 15 - showing you their progress as the routine runs. Note that a dif- ference between "Total Entries" and "Active Entries" will exist if you have deleted records and the system has not filled all the "holes" in the database. Of course, the best insurance against a crash is to back up data files regularly. You understand that, naturally, and will perform your backups faithfully. Sure. Just like I do. REBUILDING THE DATA FILE. You may encounter a situa- tion in which rebuilding the indexes does not solve a problem. At that point, you need to rebuild your data file completely. The "Data file -- Rebuild" option provides a routine that will look through your existing file and build a new one, using only records that are active (i.e., not previously deleted) and not corrupted by whatever damage a crash may have done. As with the Index Rebuild procedure, this function is entirely automatic, showing you its progress as it works. The indexes are automati- cally rebuilt at the end of this routine. My experience with this routine is that no valid data is lost in the rebuild process. Usually, previously deleted records (which contain a sampling of junk characters) find their way back into the file after whatever disaster you encountered, and these records get tossed in the rebuild procedure. But of course that's no guarantee! - 16 - CUSTOMIZATION. This option allows you to specify several customization items as well as providing for a printer setup table. A customization file with sample data (DKTCFG.DAT) is provided with the program, so you don't have to worry about making changes initially. The menu offers choices of "Printer Control", "Responses to Service" and "Special Responses." Printer control. Here you have the opportunity to specify the setup codes required by your printer for parameters such as form length, pitch, etc. Figuring out these codes is NOT EASY if you haven't done it before! I'd recommend that you try to print a list of the entire docket, using the default table supplied with the program. Then, try to insert codes for your printer only if that doesn't work. A default file is provided with the program, containing a "basic" printer table. The primary printer customization requirement concerns HP LaserJet printers. To run such a printer (or other laser printer using the HP command set), a special file DKTHP.CFG is provided, with printer data that seems to work on those systems. To use this file, delete the existing DKTCFG.DAT and rename DKTHP.CFG as DKTCFG.DAT. To do that, go to a DOS prompt in your DocketMinder subdirectory and enter the following commands, hit- ting return at the end of each line: DEL DKTCFG.DAT REN DKTHP.CFG DKTCFG.DAT The printer customization table is set up as follows: - 17 - The screen allows you to enter data for basic printer informa- tion, including form feed, page length, pitch, line spacing, line space execution, and left margin. That data should allow any printer to turn out adequate reports. Data for each control code is found on one screen line. Each line has three entries, starting with a query whether your printer expects an Escape character before the actual command. Next, you specify the command string, and finally any parameters sent following the command. The string can be any characters, but the parameters must be numbers. Exceptions to the line information above are the Page Length entry, which may allow two parameters, and the Line Space Execute entry, which has no parameter. (Didn't I promise this would be confusing?) The system parses this information to feed it to the printer in what I hope to be the manner your printer expects such data. If the Escape value is "Y", the Escape character (ASCII 27) is sent, together with whatever data is entered in the "String" field. Then, the ASCII code corresponding to the number you have entered in the parameter field is sent. Some examples: Form Feed is often a single ASCII code (usually #12), not an escape sequence. Thus, the entry for that line would have a "N" in the Escape column, the "String" entry would be left blank, and the parameter is set to 12. (Note that the default configuration file has this data.) Or, if your - 18 - the ASCII character (not the number!) corresponding to the length, you would enter "Y", "A", and "66" in the Page Length entry to set it up. I said it wasn't easy! If there is a printer code you want to include that isn't on the table (e.g., you want to print in NLQ mode), try inserting that code into the table in place of a code that you don't need (such as pitch, if your printer defaults to the pitch you want). Your printer doesn't know the difference, and it will just do as it's told, printing in NLQ or whatever. This stuff is tricky, at least to me, if for no other reason that the fact that it's difficult to get time on very many different printers. Any feedback about this feature would be greatly appreciated. Response to Service. This section allows you to enter the data used by the DocketMinder "Response to Service" routines. Those features, one for Federal Rules and the other for Local practice, allow you to calculate due dates in response to service of papers in the course of litigation, including a provision for adding time for service by mail. Here, you enter data for four jurisdictions (two for Federal Rules and two for Local), together with the number of days added for service by mail. Special Responses. This utility accepts the data to customize the "Special Responses" feature, which is designed to - 19 - cope with special due date calculations in which the final due date is counted from an intermediate date, which in turn is related to a specified start date. The data screen accepts data for two situations. For each, you enter information for the intermediate date (referred to as the "Offset") and for the due date. You can specify whether weekends and holidays count toward the calculation of each date, and the number of days, weeks, months or years General Configuration. You can specify two options from this menu. First, you can choose to include a time-of-day field for docket items. If you activate this provision, you will see a time field when the Docket Entry form is displayed; other- wise, that space is blank, and you aren't prompted for a time entry at all. Note that you can deactivate the feature without losing any data -- any previously-entered information remains in the file but is not displayed. Also, you can specify a "default" attorney -- a set of initials that is inserted automatically when creating a new entry. Defaults. If no configuration file exists, the system will use a set of default values. The same data is con- tained on the configuration file supplied with the program. AUTODOCKET. This subsystem allows you to set up templates for creating sets of docket entries in response to certain events. For example, when a patent application is filed, - 20 - one can file overseas within one year and retain the filing date of the US application. Thus, you might want to create docket entries at six months after filing to ask the client for a deci- sion on where to file, at nine months to follow up, at 11 months for an urgent followup, and at one year to mark the cutoff date. With AutoDocket, such procedures become fully automatic. You can create up to ten templates, which in turn can specify data for up to nine docket entries each. Each template includes a header, in which you set out the title to be used in selecting the template, the starting event (e.g., filing date), and whether the due dates run forward or backward from the start- ing point. Then, the data for each due date is entered, with the Action to be taken, the time units (days, weeks, months, years) used in counting and the number of units. Access to the routine is accomplished through a menu that offers the choices of adding or editing templates. If you choose to edit, you see the listing of exiting templates. After you select a template to work on, you are asked whether to edit or delete that entry. If you decide to delete the last entry, the system tells you that it's also wiping the AutoDocket data file (DKTADOCK.DAT). A new file will be created the next time you try to add a template. A sample file of templates is furnished with the program, to give you an idea how the system works. When you are ready to substitute your own data, you can either delete the file - 21 - from a DOS prompt (command: DEL DKTADOCK.DAT) or use the edit function to delete templates individually. SCRUB DATA FILES. Ever had a day when you wished your docket would just disappear? Or, more realistically, would you like to get rid of the sample files so that you can enter your own data? This is the place, in either event. A warning will appear, to make sure you really want to go forward, and if you say yes, your files are history. Well, not really. Actually, they are backed up to a set of files called OLDDKT.xxx, using the same filename extensions as the previous data files. When you go back to the main menu, you will be asked whether you want to create new data files. Just say yes, and you are back in busi- ness with clean files. If you goof up and want to restore the old files, enter the following command at a DOS prompt: REN OLDFIL.* DKTFIL.* FLOPPY DISK SYSTEMS. DocketMinder can run on a floppy system, but the disk will get crowded if you have all files on it. So, create a work disk, containing the following files: DKTMINDR.EXE DKTSCR.DAT DKTSCR.PTR DKTCFG.DAT DKTADOCK.DAT DKTFIL.* - 22 - POP-UP DOCKET. The utility program DKTPOP.EXE allows you to set up you system to show you a list of items due in the next two weeks, automatically at start-up. Basically, DKTPOP.EXE is a specialized portion of the main program that does nothing but run a two-week Due Date list. You can run it at any time, but to have it operate when you start your computer, include the following lines in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (or set up a new file with these commands: CD/DOCK [or whatever directory name you use] DKTPOP CD/ The resulting list will be displayed on the screen, and when you exit, it can be printed. This feature does not give you an access to the rest of DocketMinder, however. FINAL WORDS. Some otherwise undocumented stuff and thoughts on using the system. (These notes assume familiarity with the features discussed!): - The "Add Time" feature can be used to subtract time also, by putting a minus sign in front of the number. The system will tell you if you have tried to go too far. - Lawyers often have series of actions, related to a common date or to each other (a briefing schedule, or depositions at - 23 - weekly intervals, etc.). The system helps you cope with that situation in two ways. If the events are related to a common date (such as pretrial events set out in court rules as being set times before trial) then you can use the "Multiple Add" feature to set out the actions and dates. If the events are related to each other (such as a series of hearings at 30 day intervals), then create the first entry and use the "Copy" feature to create the rest of the records, using the "Add Time" feature to avoid thumbing through the calendar to get the right date thirty days hence. - Although the AutoDocket and Multiple Add screens appear to restrict you to creating dates either before or after the base date, you can set them up to generate sequences with dates on both sides of the base. To do so, first consider whether most of the dates will be before or after the base date, and make the "Forward/Backward" header choice accordingly. For example, to set up an AutoDocket template for real estate closings, you note that most actions occur after closing, so you choose to have the dates run "Forward". Then, for dates that go in the opposite direction, use a minus sign before the "Number of units" entry to specify the time relationship. Continuing the previous example, if final mortgage approval is due a week before closing, enter that action, with "W" for time units and "-1" for number of units. The only restriction on this technique is that you only have two numbers to work with instead of three. A more con- venient method to cope with this requirement will be forthcoming in a future release. - 24 - - If you need to calculate a date based on business days rather than calendar days, use the Special Responses feature. If the situation will recur, then set up the data using the Customization utility for that feature, or do a one-time calcula- tion from the Special Responses feature. Set the Offset period to 0 and then enter Response period as the desired number of business days, with 'N' in the "Weekends Count?" field. - Index entries are not case-sensitive, so you can type in a search request in all lower or upper case and the system will find what you are looking for. - The alleged wit and wisdom of the signoff screens has been gathered from a number of sources. Citations available. - The DocketMinder software and documentation is a copyrighted software product of Joseph E. Root III. DocketMinder is a trademark of Joseph E. Root III. WARRANTY. This program carries NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MER- CHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You are solely responsible for tracking your docket, and I accept no liability in the event that a due date is missed for any reason. - 25 - RELEASE LOG. Date Release Changes made No. 6/2/87 1.1 Original release 8/18/87 1.2 Fixed printing and color bugs; changed attorney index structure; added listing to disk, configuration, and rebuild data file features. 2/15/88 1.3 Fixed bugs in delete and copy functions; added Special Responses and AutoDocket functions; integrated Utilities and added Help screens to same. 6/8/88 2.0 Converted program to a single .EXE file; added Pop-Up docket; added Time-of-Day field; expanded size of Client, Matter and Action fields; reduce size of Help screen file; restored default attorney option; improved com patibility with monochrome monitors; fixed bugs intro duced in previous upgrades. FEEDBACK. I would appreciate hearing from you about the system, particularly if you find a bug. Anyone who locates a problem and sends a blank disk will get an update as soon as I've made the fix. Also, comments on needed improvements or new fea- tures will get the same treatment. - 26 - My address: Joseph E. Root III 33 Livingston Avenue Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 I'm an associate at Kenyon & Kenyon, One Broadway, New York, NY 10004, and can be reached there at (212) 425-7200. You can leave messages on the PCSI BBS (212) 529-4095, or CompuServe (74736,531). I hope you enjoy the program! DOCKETMINDER REGISTRATION Release 2.0 TO: Joseph E. Root III 33 Livingston Avenue Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 Please enter the following DocketMinder registration: Name: __________________________ Firm: __________________________ Address: __________________________ __________________________ City: __________________________ State: __________________________ Zip: __________________________ Type of registration: __ Individual ($35) __ Firm ($100) ___ total lawyers (over 10, $10 each) Amount enclosed: _____________ Comments: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________