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Post Haste is a utility for companies that wish to reduce the input time
involved in creating mailing databases and avoid input errors.
You simply type in the postcode and Post Haste will provide the street
and town all you need to do is insert the house number.
Post Haste includes the Post Codes of the United Kingdom and is updated
quarterly . It will work in conjunction with your word processor or
existing mail system. This demonstration module is limited to Reading
Post Codes. A full UK demonstration version is available at £49.00 vat
incl refundable with order and is limited to 14 days use.
Post Haste can reduce postage costs because it can also provide the sort
codes or grid references. Costings and how to buy are included at the
end of this manual.
This software was written by:
Macdonald Associates Ltd. Your dealer for Post Haste is :
Kamco
Pan European Software LTD
Unit 17
Chiltern Business Village
Arundel Road; Middlesex
UB8 2SN
Tel : 0895 271 919
Fax : 0895 272 060
Contents
Getting Started...................................1
Using this manual.................................2
System Requirements...............................3
Setting a Footer..................................4
Changing the Output Format........................5
Loading Post Haste................................6
Multiple Copies...................................7
Using Post Haste..................................8
Writing to File...................................9
Integrating Post Haste............................10
Using Auto Start..................................11
Tutorial..........................................12
Some example postcodes............................13
How to buy and costings...........................14
1. Getting Started
This section provides a step by step guide
to installing Post Haste. Each topic is
developed in greater detail later in the
manual.
1. Place the installation disc in disc
drive A: (or if applicable B:) ,
type A: (or if applicable B:) ,
and press [Return].
2. Type install and press [Return].
3. Press [F10]. This will install the
programme onto your C: drive.
4. When the process is complete, type
ph and press [Return]. Post Haste
will then indicate that it has been
loaded into memory.
5. Type autostrt and press [Return].
Post Haste will automatically
appear.
6. Type in the postcode. An example is
RG3 6YP. This demonstration module
will only provide addresses with a
Postcode in Reading.
2. Using this manual
This manual is intended to lead you through
the operation of Post Haste. Clearly, it
may describe a topic that you already
understand. If this is the case, then you
should move on to the next section.
Sometimes, the manual uses different
typefaces:
Italics are used to refer to names, or
other sections in the manual.
A bold typeface is used to describe
something that can be entered by the user.
This typeface is used to describe something
that Post Haste would display on the
screen.
Special keys are also displayed in bold
enclosed in square brackets. For example
[F10] means that you should press the
function key with F10 on it.
3. System requirements
Post Haste runs on any IBM PC or compatible
running MS-DOS version 3.1 and higher, or a
similar operating system. For the full
version, less than 11Mb of hard disc space
is needed, although this demonstration
requires only 0.3Mb.
Post Haste runs as a TSR, this means that
it runs at the same time as your other
programs, and waits for you to give it a
command. To do this, Post Haste needs just
37k of memory while it remains resident.
Post Haste can be loaded into high memory
if you have it available on your machine.
4. Setting a Footer
You can configure Post Haste to do this type
config at the Dos prompt of the directory
into which you installed the programme files
and for example choose Miscellaneous on the
main menu.
The Comment field contains the text that
appears at the bottom of the Post Haste
window. Initially this field is blank. For
example, you can add comments to new users
on how to use Post Haste, or you can add
your company name to the window.
5. Changing the Output Format
Choose Miscellaneous again on the main
menu.
Fixed Fields can contain either Yes or No.
If it is set to Yes, then each of the four
lines in the Post Haste window refers to
one of Street Name, Locality, Town and
County. If an address has no locality, then
this line will be left blank. This is
useful if your mailing software has named
fields for street, locality, town and
county. If Fixed Fields is set to No then
the address will be moved up to avoid gaps.
The Output Format specifies the order in
which the address lines will be inserted
into your software. The default setting is
1,2,3,4,P.. This specifies that each of the
four address lines should be inserted in
order, with the Postcode at the end. If an
address line is missing (i.e. it is blank),
then no extra carriage returns are
inserted. This is ideal for addresses that
will be inserted into Word processor
documents.
If you have a mailing program with fixed
fields, then you want a carriage return to
be inserted regardless of whether the
address line is blank. In this instance you
would set the Output Format to be
1.2.3.4.P. and the Fixed Fields field to
Yes.
Note that in the last example, the fields
were separated by full stops. This
indicates a hard carriage return, which
will be inserted regardless of the address
line's contents. If it had been separated
by a comma, then blank lines are absorbed.
6. Loading Post Haste
When you are ready to load Post Haste,
carry out the following steps, starting
from the DOS prompt:
1. Type cd \ph and press [Return] to
change to the correct directory.
2. Type ph and press [Return].
3. Post Haste will then indicate that
it has been loaded into memory.
You can put these commands i