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Little Black Book/2
Version 1.20
September 30, 1993
Copyright (C) 1993
James E. Johnson Jr.
About Little Black Book/2
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Little Black Book/2 is a personal information manager which may be used to store
and manipulate the names, address, phone numbers, and other pertinent
information about groups of individuals. It is capable of storing up to five
different groups of people in each phone book. These groups could be business
contacts, friends, relatives, Christmas card lists, etc, they are determined
solely by you. It is also capable of dialing the phone, printing mailing
labels, printing a cardfile, and printing a personal address book to take with
you when a computer is unavailable.
Warranty
========
Little Black Book/2 is provided "as is" without any warranties (or conditions),
expressed or implied with respect to the software, including the implied
warranties (or conditions) of merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. The entire risk arising out of use or performance of the program
remains with you. In no event will the copyright holder be liable for any lost
profits, lost savings, incidental or indirect damages or other economic
consequential damages, even if I have been advised of the possibility of such
damages. In addition, I will not be liable for any damages claimed by you based
on any third party claim.
Shareware
=========
Shareware is the try it before you buy it concept of software marketing. It is
freely available by downloading it from various BBS's or one can easily and
legally give a copy to a friend. If you like the software and intend on
continuing to use it after the trial period of typically 30 - 45 days, you are
expected to register the software with the author. Shareware is not freeware.
It's continued use implies that it is a viable and needed tool. Registration
encourages the author to enhance the software's features, making it a better
tool for you the user, and also to create new software in the future.
Registration
============
Upon registration you will receive a license to use the latest version of the
Little Black Book/2 software personalized with your registation information
which consists of a registration "key" which is valid for all version 1.xx
releases. From that point on you may download newer versions from your favorite
BBS as they are released without re-registering as you will have a valid key
and the right to use that version.
Registation is (only) $10.
Please make checks payable to:
James E Johnson Jr.
6924 Vancouver Road
Springfield, VA 22152
Changes since Version 1.0
=========================
10 May 93 Adds (1) Registration information
Version 1.01 (2) Allows double clicking from main screen to pull up
modify screen
31 May 93 Adds (1) Sort order modification
Version 1.10 (2) Exporting to both comma-delimited files and in columns
(3) Dialing initialization & prefix strings
(4) Main window sizing (remembers last setting from shutdown)
Changes / Bug-fixes
(1) Dialing is no longer timer-based
5 Jun 93 Changes / Bug-fixes
Version 1.11 (1) Adds an option for adding additional <CR> for some
printers
6 Jun 93 Changes / Bug-fixes
Version 1.12 (1) If you select 0 column width when exporting in columns,
then the computer will determine the optimum width for
that particular field
(2) Commas within a field being exported in "Export Comma
Delimitted" are converted to semicolumns so as to not
screw up the field order
(3) Numeric data-entry fields converted to spin-button
controls (found in Import, Export, and Setup Printing)
14 Jun 93 Adds (1) Several new print options
Version 1.13 Changes / Bug-fixes
(1) The name was changed to Little Black Book/2. This was
necessary due to a title conflict with a DOS-based PIM
offering somewhat similar features. Now there should
be less confusion.
30 Sep 93 Adds (1) Three additional fields within the database were added,
Version 1.20 2-line street addresses, work phone number extensions,
and email addresses. An upgrade routine is provided in
the file UPGRADE.EXE which must be run before this
version of the software is ran, it converts the previous
style of database to the current one.
(2) The ability to print index cards was added, these cards
are extremely flexible and should acommidate and need
(assuming the database has all of the necessary
information). The only downside is that by being so
flexible it can be slightly difficult to use, but once it
set up after 10 minutes of effort on your part to meet
your exact needs, it can save enormous amounts of time.
(3) An address book can now be printed on paper with similar
features and caveats as the index cards above.
(4) Registration is now done entirely through software,
previously you would send me the registration fee and I
would mail you a floppy of the latest version of the
software. I learned however, that with only a $10
registration fee this was not a very profitable venture.
Instead of raising the registration, I lowered my costs.
Now, upon registration you will receive a letter
containing the registration info which you would can type
in under setup and "self-register", it is also your
license for future versions. If you desire a floppy, the
fee is $15 total which includes the license. Once you are
registered, the pull-down for registration will be grayed-
out and no longer available as it is no longer needed.
Likewise, the Telephone Support option will become
available to you under Help, and the application exit
messages will go away.
(5) Telephone Support is now available as an option under
Help, this is available only to registered users.
(6) Application exit messages have been added as an
"encouragement" for unregistered users to register.
Registered users will never see this feature.
(7) When dialing a work phone number you will be told after
dialing if there is an extension to be used (and what it
is). This software does not dial the number due to the
lack of standardization in which extensions are used, it
just tells you what is and lets you deal with it.
Changes / Bug-fixes
(1) There was a problem with saving a record which was missing
either the first or last name, this has been fixed.
(2) Dialing now requires you to explicitly state whether you
wish to dial the home or work phone number, this should
make dialing less confusing.
(3) The Setup Display feature has been enhanced. Previously,
it merely allowed you to click fields on and off to
determine what what was displayed, now it allows you to
determine the order they are displayed in.