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ENTERE REGISTRATION Name: -------------------------------------------------------------- Company: ----------------------------------------------------------- Street: ------------------------------------------------------------ City: State: Zip: -------------------------------- ------- ------------- DO YOU HAVE PKWARE'S PKUNZIP FILE COMPRESSION UTILITY? YES NO DISK SIZE: 5.25 3.5 DENSITY: 320 720 1.2 1.44 CIRCLE ONE: 80286 80386 80486 OTHER: ---------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PREFERRED MEMBERSHIP: $79 REGISTRATION: $49 To register as an Entere user please fill out this page and make check for the appropriate amount payable to Kayl Software. Send both to: KAYL SOFTWARE Suite 25 8380 Northgate Ave. Canoga Park, CA 91304 (818) 883-5723 EVALUATION: Do you like Entere? YES NO Comments: Possible improvements: Difficulties: Would you prefer a scrollable file menu? YES NO Would you prefer a version that utilizes the mouse? YES NO Please send your evaluation of Entere with or without registration to: KAYL SOFTWARE Suite 25 8380 Northgate Ave. Canoga Park, CA 91304 (818) 883-5723 Thank you. Dear Entere User, Entere is a shareware product, you may use it for free for two weeks, on a trial basis. However after that Entere may not be used at all, unless a valid registration has been sent. Crime doesn't pay, and you will be better off registering. It is not only your duty, but also in your best interest. Not only does registration give you the latest version, but it also gives you discounts on other Kayl software and places your name on our confidential mailing list so that you will know when the next version of Entere is available. New versions will be made available to registered users before the general public. Registration costs $49. Kayl Software is offering a Preferred Membership for an additional $30. Preferred Membership is a new kind of long-term relationship between the user and software producer. Since the bulk of the cost to a software company is programming, it should want to distribute each version to as many people as possible. Also the serious user who wants the latest version should not have to pay the full price for each upgrade. After paying a $79 start-up membership price the user can receive new versions of Entere for only $10, at the time of this writing. The preferred membership price represents more than just the initial costs, but also an investment in the Entere software line. For over a year Entere has been evolving feature by feature, now it is at a point where it can be distributed, but it will continue to evolve in the future. The Preferred Member will receive a coupon stating the amount of the renewal fee. When a new version is released, the user will receive an announcement and may send in the coupon with a check for the renewal fee, then an updated version of Entere and a new coupon with the same renewal fee will be sent to the user. I reserve the right to increase the registration price, Preferred Membership price and/or the renewal fee. I plan to increase the registration price and the Preferred Membership price only when a new version is introduced and expect to increase the renewal fee more often. So if you sign-up for the Preferred Membership you are acknowledging that you would like the current renewal fee whatever it may be, you may call to find out the current prices and renewal fee. Therefore it is important to register as soon as possible so that a low renewal rate will be obtained. Then for as many years as Entere is developed the latest version can be obtained for the renewal fee that was current at the time of registration. There are a lot of benefits to using Entere. I especially like the key placement and look forward to making other products such as possibly a spreadsheet, text editor and word processor. These will be Entere supplements that will cost extra, but may only be available to registered Entere users. I look forward to when most Entere users will only have a numeric keypad on their desk. Kayl Software is going in a completely different direction than everyone else. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Jim Kayl ENTERE THE DOS SUBSTITUTE Entere is a revolutionary utility program that makes the computer both easy to use and more productive. It is both user friendly and efficient, providing an environment where the user can load applications with the touch of a key, work with files with two. Entere allows the user to quickly access the power of DOS. Whether they are veteran DOS users, 'just get by' DOS users, or have no knowledge of DOS, they will find computing easier, faster, safer and more pleasurable with Entere. INSTALLATION: There are two ways to receive Entere. One is as a ZIP file called ENTERE.ZIP. You must have a registered copy of PKWARE'S PKZIP to unpack this Entere package. If you do, unpack ENTERE.ZIP's contents to the sub-directory you would like Entere to reside, preferably its own sub-directory called Entere. Go to that sub-directory and type {INSTALL}+{Enter} or {IEn} ({I}+{Enter}). I recommend this way. The other way to install Entere is to have a friend who has a copy, place a high-density disk in his disk drive and press {0*} from the Entere Prompt, then put the disk in your drive and type {INSTALL2} + {Enter} OR {I2En} with that drive the active drive. This is only if you do not have a registered copy of PKZIP. The installation program makes a sub-directory on the C: drive called 'ENTERE{}.' It also copies appropriate files to the sub-directory. The installation programs place two batch files on the C:\ directory called ENTERE.BAT and 0.BAT. These are used to start Entere. Use ENTERE.BAT when the system is first booted and 0.BAT to load Entere after it has been previously loaded on the system. BRUN45.EXE is also copied to the C:\ directory, this is required so that the Entere programs will run properly. The installation program also appends 'ENTERE' to the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Entere requires that DOS recognize the S: drive, so the 'LASTDRIVE=Z' command must be in the CONFIG.SYS file, refer to your DOS manual. CGA AND MONOCHROME MONITORS: When Entere is installed, it determines the kind of monitor you have. If you have a CGA or monochrome monitor, it will set the screen saver wait variable to -91304, for originality. This will cause Entere to restrict you from performing functions that use graphics, for example you can not graph number files on CGA and monochrome screens. If you replace your monitor with an EGA or above, then to unrestrict graphic operations reinstall Entere by entering {I} at the DOS prompt on the Entere directory. If you replace an EGA monitor with a CGA monitor for some odd reason, you must reinstall Entere immediately. THE ENTERE CONCEPT: Many things in life are difficult, but what is frustrating is that a lot of things don't have to be difficult. The problem is that when people create things like government forms and computer programs, they don't stop to think about the user of the product. They don't give the user or their time a second thought, but rather put their time and effort above their users even though the users greatly out number them. From the beginning if people had done their job in considering 'the many' when designing things, the world would be a more simple and productive place. Especially in the software world where one program designer's decision affects thousands of users. I can understand having hassles performing tasks that aren't in the mainstream, but to have hassle doing something like installing a program or making a macro is outrageous. I notice that people don't get mad at their computers when they have to write a report or input a table of numbers. They get mad when the software presents obsticles that shouldn't be. It's funny that software makers are proclaimed as brilliant when they aren't smart enough to make their programs easy to use. They say they are, but they're not. Companies write software with the idea that packaging is all that counts or doing certain, bragable feats is all that matters. When you buy software you are almost guaranteed to have hassles in one form or another from installing it, to utilizing it. Computer games are often purchased on a spur of a moment, on the basis that that day they could be played. I often hesitate to buy software because of the work involved in installing it and the difficulty in learning and entering the commands. In fact I have bought software that I've never used because I simply do not have the time to deal with it. The mouse was invented to make things easier. It helps in that area, maybe, but also clutters the desk and provides an unwanted work out. Personally, I am not a mouse marksman, and don't like missing, it can be dangerous. The Entere concept is that software should be hassle-free. You should be able to install it without any hassle, get by without having to remember what keys are needed, and not have to mess with a mouse. PROGRAM MANAGER: Entere can be used with multitasking software, but there are some good reasons to just use Entere for your program manager needs: 1) Entere consumes less than 1 meg of disk space. 2) Entere is reliable. It doesn't freeze on you and won't corrupt your files. If the power goes out or you turn the computer off, no damage will result if the hard disk isn't engaged when the power goes out. 3) When loading applications, you may send a starting macro to them. Macros are easy to make in Entere. 4) Entere loads in about three seconds. 5) You may load applications by hitting just one predefined key. 6) It doesn't require a mouse that takes up valuable desktop space. 7) Entere isn't difficult to setup. 8) It has a lot of utilities that can be used when switching between applications. 9) Entere doesn't cost $300! THE NUMERIC KEYPAD: While every other software company caters to the mouse simpletons and the shift F6 fanatics, Kayl Software has built its software around the numeric keypad. The numeric keypad is the greatist input device available. Almost everyone can touch type on the keypad, and it is the most efficient tool for entering numeric data. With Entere and the keypad you can point, enter numbers, and press enter, without reaching for anything. Eventually spreadsheet users will be able to work with just a numerical keypad on their desk, with the keyboard in a drawer somewhere, when Kayl Software releases its spreadsheet and they are registered Entere users. With Entere the user may do the following with just a numeric keypad. -Copy files and directories -Copy disks -Rename, clone, compare, delete and print files -Browse through ASCII files -Format drive A: or B: -Graph any number file -Enter predefined DOS commands -Run applications -Utilize an adding machine -Print directories -Check disk size and space -Print day planners LEARNING ENTERE: There are two ways to learn Entere. Through the school of hard knocks where you disregard the documentation and run it and see what happens. Of course do so at your own risk and I am not liable for you deleting all your files because you didn't know what you were doing. I do not in any way recommend this method. The other way is to read through this documentation while the program is run. Try each command on the computer after reading about it in the documentation. Do not memorize the key sequences listed in braces in the documentation, they are only to assist you in performing the commands on the computer while you read the documentation. Entere requires little memorization except for the secret keys that advanced users use! DAILY SET-UP: A daily set-up program is ran each day, it performs daily functions including aligning the current directories of each drive to the paths set on a previous date. It also stamps the run log with a date. DATA ENTRY: Entere displays the key needed to activate a command in a bright color, enclosed in braces, and followed by the command. The keys that Entere uses most are centered around the numeric keypad. This is so you can quickly enter commands with one hand, whether or not you can type. Drink some coffee and smile! In Entere and this documentation a key needed to initiate a command will be enclosed in braces. So you will quickly know what key to press. THE ENTERE PROMPT: While other shells rely on trees that look really impressive in their packaging, I chose to develop a more useful prompt that is similar to the DOS prompt. With it you can see what you have done and focus on the branch you are on. The Entere Prompt lists the sub-directories that are directly connected to the current directory, so it is not cluttered with all the directories on your drive. Pressing {0} will always lead to the Entere Prompt or the Entere Tree. You have the option of having either automatic DOS command entry or application running. Hit {Space} to toggle between the two. Automatic command entry allows you to enter a DOS command just by typing it in, automatic application running allows you to load an application just by entering the predefined initiator key, please see APPLICATION RUNNING later in the documentation. You can always enter a DOS command by typing a {Backspace} or a {\} first, or use the arrow keys to view previous DOS entries. HELP: Entere displays all the different keys used to initiate commands at the Entere prompt, along with the appropriate commands. However this takes up space. If you are real smart, and learn what {*}, {En}, {/}, {-} etc. do then you can disable it by pressing {Ins}, {Del}, {Home}, {End}, {Pgup}, or {Pgdn}, it doesn't matter which key you press. Press one of those keys again to inable the Help Display. MOVING AROUND: Pressing the {8} key will move left one drive, {9} will move right. Entere can not be stationed on the A: or B: drives, it is for the hard disk. Press {-} to choose a drive. From this menu, {-} or {1} will go to the C: drive, {2} will go to D:, etc. CHANGING DIRECTORIES: The sub-directories directly connected to the current directory are displayed on the Entere prompt. The sub-directories are numbered from {1} to {8} and {10} on. Hit the respective number to go the desired directory. To enter a two digit number type a {.} and then the number. For example enter {.11} to enter the number 11. To go to the parent directory press {Enter}. DOS SUBSTITUTE: Entere lets you enter DOS commands just as if you were at the DOS prompt. A command can be entered just by typing it in at the Entere prompt, just be sure that the command doesn't start with a key that Entere uses to initiate an Entere operation. Like 0,1,2,+, * etc. But if you come across a command that begins with a special hot key, simply type {Backspace} or {\}, then enter the DOS command. The command is recorded in a file that can contain up to 31 different commands. So at a later time the command can be brought back by using the {up}, {down} arrow keys, even after the computer has been turned off. If a command is used that is exactly the same as the last command entered it won't be added to the list, so there will be more room for different commands. Please note that when a DOS command is entered this way, it is with Entere taking up RAM. If complete memory is needed, hit {Esc} at the Prompt, to exit Entere, enter the command at the DOS prompt then type {0En} to reload Entere. Applications can be loaded from the DOS Substitute, but if you need all the RAM you can get, define an Application Run discussed later. DAILY JOURNAL: Entere offers ten individual journals, each can hold valuable notes and ideas you have while perusing your hard disk. Simply type in a note at the DOS Substitute and instead of hitting enter, hit a shift function key {shift F1-F10} and Entere will append (add) journal 1-10, respectively, with your note. If you want to delete an existing journal and enter a note press {alt F1-F10}. From the Entere Prompt type {shift F1-F10} to view a journal, respectively, or {alt F1-F10} to print it on the printer. ENTERE TREE: A tree has been developed that lists the directories on the current drive. Press {Num} to obtain the Entere tree. Press {Num} to toggle back to the Entere Prompt. To move around the tree press the following: {5} to go up one directory. {2} to go down one. {7} to go up five. {4} to go down five. {1} left. {3} right. All other keys work as in the Entere Prompt. TAKING DIRECTORY: Pressing {/} from the Entere Prompt will present a menu of the different types of directory listings you can have. Select the type and than an extension menu allows you to select an extension to list. Press {1-7} for one of the common extensions listed, {*} for all extensions. Press {A-Z} to enter a different extension then those presented. A record of previous extensions used is stored so that they can be quickly obtained at a later listing, just hit {8} to search back through the previous extensions, {9} to go forward. Press {+} or {En} to select an extension. {0} to exit. Type {-} to clear the previous extensions from Entere's memory. You may change the common extensions listed each time by editing the ENTEXT.DAT file in the ENTERE directory. Entere remembers the extension and the type you select and the next time you need to take a directory, if you want the same type and extension, enter {/*} from the Entere Prompt. {//} will take an often used directory of all the files in the current drive, displaying complete information. {/-} for a description without the extra information. Pressing {/Num} will allow you to take the directory of drives C-Z, simply enter {/Num1} for drive C:, {/Num2} for D: etc. To take the directory of drive A:, hit {/+}, {/En} for drive B:. A standard I've held has been to make the {+} stand for drive A: and {En} represent drive B:, when applicable. To format drive A: or B: hit {..+} or {..En}, respectively. Entere doesn't format the hard disk drives. MEMORY: Entere has a Memory Menu that allows you to use the DOS commands CHKDSK, FREE and MEM. Please refer to your DOS manual. Press {*} to go to the Memory Menu, press {*} again to use your previous Memory Menu selection. WORKING WITH FILES: {+} gives you the Copy Menu. The Copy Menu allows you to copy or move entire directories to other directories. It also allows you to copy, move, or delete files with a certain extension. It will give you adequate warning before deleting files. To copy directories, tag a directory by pressing {+1}, move to another directory then you can copy or move files to/from that directory from/to the tagged directory. {+1} tags the current directory. {+-} gives you the drive menu. So you can tag drives A-I, however what ever directory is active on that drive is the directory operated on. {+/} will change the function performed from copy to move to delete and back to copy, etc. {+6} lets you diskcopy two diskettes on the A: and/or B: drives. Press {+} for A:, {En} for B: once for the source than again for the target, refer to your DOS manual. SAFETY: Entere offers a safety that prevents you from inadvertantly copying over files. Hit {Num} from the Copy Menu or the File Menu to turn the safety on or off. A circle near the prompt indicates whether the safety is on or off. If it is red, it is off, if blue then it is on. If the safety is off, any files on the destination directory will be automatically copied over. Cloning files will also copy over files if the safety is off, if it is on it won't. INDIVIDUAL FILES: To work with individual files hit {++} for files on the current directory, {+En+} for files on drive A:, or {+EnEn} for files on drive B:. You may use secret keys to work with the files on drive A: or drive B:. Enter {.+} for A: {.En} for B:. The File Menu allows you to work with individual files and automatically chooses the format to display the files. If you have a lot of files in the directory, it will display them all, but if you have less, it will display more information. No matter how many files are on the directory, it will give the complete information of the highlighted file in the upper left corner of the screen. To move around the menu use the following keys: -{8} up one -{2} down one -{4} left one -{6} right one -{7} left one and up five -{1} left one and down five -{9} right one and up five -{3} right one and down five MARKING: Marking files can be fun. To mark a file in the File Menu press {5}, to unmark it press {5} again, it's a toggle switch. To mark a bunch of files at one time, wait until the next version. Marking a file will put a flag somewhere in the name, you'll know it when you see it. This is not just for fun, marking is useful because it's how you tell Entere what files to work with. MANIPULATION: To copy files to the tagged directory, mark them and hit {+}. Hit {/} to change from copy, move to delete and back again. Typing {.99} will delete the marked files. Entere will always prompt you 'Press {+} to delete files' before it ever deletes any files. Just type {0} for no. You might want to keep the copy function set to move so that it will always prompt you. Just type {0} if you just want to copy files, Entere gives you the right to choose. Pressing {.56} on a highlighted file will exit Entere and run that file. {.54} will run a file without removing Entere from memory. Press {*} to rename a file. {-} to clone a file, change the name and a replica of the file will be made. Press {En} to View the contents of a highlighted file. See View below. To print a file mark it and press {.10}. This will not only print out the file, but also print the filename, date and time before the text is actually printed. To print just the file, type {.20}. A mneumonic you may use is that if the command sends output to the printer, the initiating input will have a zero in it. For example to print the file directory, type {.40}. To load an application all you have to do is press the predefined initiator key. Discussed next. APPLICATION RUNNING: To run an application you may simply point to it in the File Menu and enter {.56} and it will run, but a better way of running applications, if you have to run them more than once, is to define a run. You may do this by simply pointing to it and hitting the {Space bar}. Then press the key that you would like to initiate the application followed by the start up macro that you would like to send to the application. You may input any key except [~] because that key is used to represent the enter key. Press {En} when you are done. For example to run a desired program, point to it and hit {SpAEn}, then simply press the letter A and it will run whenever you need to run it. You may use any of the keys on the keyboard that Entere doesn't use for the initiator key including upper and lower case letters. You may not use the function keys, the arrow keys or the insert and delete keys. An application defined by hitting the space bar will automatically make that sub-directory and drive the active directory and drive whenever the application is ran. Pressing {.55} instead of the space bar will cause the application to be loaded without the directory being changed from the directory that is active before the Application Run is initiated. VIEW: You may view an ASCII file. Just point to the file in the file menu and hit {En}. The Entere View gives you the right to choose. It lets you enter the number of spaces moved when the number keys are pressed. Press {-} then enter the number of columns moved to the left or right when you hit {4} or {6} respectively. That number times 24 divided by 80, truncated, is the number of rows shifted up and down when you hit {8} and {2} respectively. The other number keys are used as follows: {7}-Left and up {9}-Right and up {1}-Left and down {3}-Right and down {5}-Beginning of line {+}-Big page up {En}-Big page down {/}-Beginning {*}-End {Sp}-Search {0}-Exit GRAPHING: Entere offers a unique way to determine linear relationships in data. It will search through any ascii file and pick out numbers and graph them, automatically adjusting to the amount of data in the file and the size of the numbers. It will pick out numbers delimited by commas, spaces, anything other than a minus sign. Entere often picks out numbers that are irrelevant, like a date or index, but it will show relationships in the data if they exist. It's not perfect but it's also not a hassle. Entere ignores a date written in the ##/##/## format. To obtain a graph of a file, point to it and enter {.33}, that's all! Pressing {05} at the Entere Prompt will let you enter data to graph, enter the message and then the number for each bar on the graph. It will save a file and through the File Menu it can be graphed by pointing to it and pressing {.31} for a vertical bar graph, {.32} for a horizontal bar graph. {.34} will graph the numbers with months as labels starting with January. COMPARING FILES: You might want to compare two very similar files, for instance to verify that two tables of numbers are the same, or to see slight differences in two programs. Marking two files and pressing {.88} will compare them line by line, Entere will prompt you when it finds a difference in the programs. It will display the lines that are different and you can press a number key, {1-9}, to skip the two lines and continue searching the data for differences, or press {+} to advance one line in one file or {En} to advance the other. So it requires some participation, but Entere does the hard work. Hit {0} to exit. OPTIONS, OPTIONS: Typing {0} at the Entere prompt will give you an options menu, here commands are listed that are discussed later, hitting {0} again will give you a similar menu, and another {0} will give you a final menu. Hitting {0} a forth time will put you back on the Entere prompt. ADDING MACHINE: Enter {01} at the prompt for an instant adding machine. Enter a number, press {+} add, {-} subtract, {*} multiply, or {/} divide than another number to perform the operation. {Num} for options. Press any function key to save then numbers entered, if you hit {F1-F4} it will also exit, press {Esc} to exit without saving the data. When Entere saves a number file it includes the accumulated total, the product of your operations. To graph it without the total included you need to use the special {.35} graph program and {.36} print graph program. Highlight the saved number file and press {.35} from the File Menu to graph it, {.36} to print it. GRAPH: To make a number list, to graph, type {05}. Enter title than enter a series of messages and appropriate numbers. Enter {+}+{Enter} to graph entered numbers. {0}+{Enter} to exit. COLOR AND CURSOR CHANGE: To change the colors Entere uses enter {06}. To change the cursor enter {07}. DOS SUBSTITUTE AND TREE: To browse through previously entered DOS commands hit {08}. Entere will set the number keypad to arrows, so you may use the arrow keys to go up and down and edit the list of commands you have entered previously. When you exit the DOS Substitute to the Entere Prompt the keypad is automatically set to number input. Press {09} to switch between the Entere Prompt and the Entere Tree. PICTURE MAKER: While in Entere the DOS Substitute or the Application Runner if no key is pressed for a time period, Entere will cut to a Picture Maker. This produces a picture in the middle of your desk when the computer is not being used. Type {001} to activate the Picture Maker. To set the time Entere waits until it activates the Picture Maker, press {002}, Enter {0} and the picture maker won't be activated automatically. A very useful utility is the Date Maker, even if you're married, this utility displays the time and day in big bright numbers at random places on the screen. This allows you to quickly obtain the time and date from across the room, how about that! DAY PLANNER: Most calendars display dates by month. However Entere makes a Day Planner that displays days by week, so something that is due on the first of next month doesn't seem a month away. Press {004} to print out a day planner. CAVE CRUSADER: Cave Crusader is a spectacular fantasy game that actually could be similar to future reality. Press {005} to load Cave Crusader. Entere assumes that you have a C:\DOS\ directory with a version of GWBASIC in that directory. However the Cave Crusader game will be made available only to those who register. MESSAGE: A daily message will be displayed each time Entere is loaded if you enter {00En}. Enter that again to have a daily message not shown. DIRECTORY SETTINGS: When you're working on the computer, moving from drive to drive, it's nice that when you return to a drive it is set to the child directory you were at when you left. However when you reboot, the drives are reset to the root directory. Pressing {00*} will save the current drives' directory settings in Entere's infinitely superior memory. Then every morning it sets the drives to these sub-directories. UPDATE MAP: Entere stores a map of the directories on your drives. If you are fooling around with another shell or DOS and make a sub-directory or remove a sub-directory, you need to update your Entere map by pressing {0002} at the drive in question. REDEFINE KEYS: You may find that the keys Entere uses are not ideal for your particular keyboard. Perhaps it is as difficult to enter input as using another program. However you can redefine the keys used to initiate commands by typing {0005}. SECRET KEYS!: Entere has some special commands that are very useful, however they are only for the dedicated user who can actually remember what key sequence to input. These input sequences can be input from the Entere Prompt. {.+} will let you work with the files of drive A:, {.En} for drive B:. {..+} will format drive A:, {..En} for drive B:. When formating a diskette drive, Entere will ask you for the size, valid inputs are as follows: {320} Double sided, double density, 5.25" {720} Double sided, double density, 3.5" {1.2} Double sided, quadruple density, 5.25" {1.44} Double sided, quadruple density, 3.5" {.00} will send a copy of the directory listing to the printer, remember our little mnemonic, if it has a zero in it it involves the printer. {..0} will send a form feed. {...} to copy selected files to the tagged directory, Entere will give you the freedom to choose each file you want copied. {.LA} will cause my Laser Jet printer to not cut off data I send to it at the bottom of the page, maybe it'll work for yours. {.LW} will allow word wrap. {.L4}, {.L6}, {.L8}, {.L2} will cause your printer to print four, six, eight, and twelve lines per inch respectively. {.LN} will cause your printer to print normal {.LC} will cause it to print compressed. {.LP} for portrait. {.LL} for landscape. In order to accomodate users with just numeric keypads, Entere has key sequences that perform the same functions as respective characters that are not on the numeric keypad. They are as follows: {.9+} = {Esc} {.6+} = {Pgdn} {.3+} = {Backspace} {.3En}= {Space} Many Entere operations require lettered input, requiring a standard keyboard. But many don't and so a numeric keypad alone may be used, however all other software require a standard keyboard anyway so until a Kayl Software spreadsheet and/or data base is developed you must have a standard keyboard nearby. THE RUN LOG: Entere keeps a run log of the applications you run. Entere stamps the log file every time you load an application with the time and initiator key. It also adds the date every day that you use Entere. {0R} at the Entere Prompt will view it. The run log file is kept on the Entere directory and is called RUNLOG.ENT.