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Welcome to AMS! This file tells how to get going with AMS quickly, or how
to update your program from an earlier version.
To update quickly extract the files as described under QUICK INSTALLATION
and then proceed to the section called QUICK UPDATE.
To get started quickly the steps in this file are outlined below:
1. Be sure that your system meets the following minimum hardware and
software requirements:
A. IBM PC or compatible with at least a 386SX processor.
B. PC-DOS or MS-DOS version 3.3 or higher
C. 500 Kb total free memory of which 150 Kb must be conventional and
the remainder can be extended. (AMS will run faster with more
memory.)
D. Hard disk drive with at least 4.2 Mb available or 2.7 Mb if AMS is
expanded and installed in the \AMS directory. Additional space
will be required as action items are added.
E. Video monitor, preferably color
F. Printer
2. Follow the quick installation routine below.
3. The User's Manual and On-line Help have been integrated. From the Main
Menu select option "H" to access the help and complete the following:
A. Read the Chapter: Getting Started with AMS. This is a Shareware
program. Please read the license and registration requirements.
B. Read the Chapter: Managing Action Items With AMS. This is very
important!
C. Print the Chapter: Tutorial and Demonstration Files. Complete the
tutorial. This also is vary important.
If you read these sections and do the tutorial you will be well on your
way to effectively using AMS to manage your action items.
***** QUICK INSTALLATION
***************************************************************************
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you update from a version before 5.00 it should be
noted that AMS must be run with CONFIG.SYS file minimum settings of at
least BUFFERS=8 and FILES=45. These settings will NOT be checked during
the update process but if these minimum settings are not met AMS may not
run properly. These are minimum values and if you are running other
programs such as Windows significantly higher values of FILES may be
required. The CONFIG.SYS file should be checked and updated. Then the
computer should be rebooted before running AMS.
AMS may be provided in either of two formats. In the first it is a self
extracting file of the format AMSxxx.EXE where xxx is the version number.
In the second it is in the PKWARE ZIP format AMSxxx.ZIP where xxx is the
version number. (Occasionally bulletin board operators give AMS other
file names.)
If you are installing AMS using the self extracting format it is installed
as follows:
Create the \AMS directory using the following command pressing the <Enter>
upon completion. (On some machines the <Enter> key may also be labeled
<Return>.):
C:\MC\AMS <Enter>
Place the installation diskette in an available drive which will usually
be either "A" or "B". Select the drive in which the diskette is placed by
entering: "A:" and press the enter key. Then copy the compressed self
extracting file into a convenient directory of your choosing on the hard
drive.
A:\COPY AMSxxx.EXE C:\AMS <Enter>
Place the AMSxxx.EXE self extracting file in a directory by itself. Set
the current directory to the directory in which it resides:
C:\CD\AMS <Enter>
Extract the files by typing the file name (the xxx should be replaced with
the file version number) and pressing <Enter>:
C:\AMS\AMSxxx <Enter>
The decompressed files will be placed in the current directory after the
extraction is complete.
To install shift to the directory in which the AMS installation files are
located and type "INSTALL" followed by a space and the letter of the drive
on which the program is to be installed. As this will usually be "C" drive
it will be so assumed for the rest of this discussion and the entry should
look like this:
C:\AMS\INSTALL C <Enter>
This command will automatically install the program files on drive "C" in
directory "C:\AMS" and a small batch start up file "AMS.BAT" will be
placed in the root directory "C:\". If you install AMS from the \AMS
directory where you extracted the AMS files you will see a few messages
"File cannot be copied onto itself", this is not a problem.
When the file installation is complete AMS will initiate a start up and
display several screens that provided details for basic program
configuration. Follow the instructions on the screen. At the last screen
save the configuration entered as instructed. AMS will then continue by
indexing a number of files including the dictionary which may take some
time especially on slower machines.
A shareware and registration screen will then be displayed. Print a copy
of the Registration form by pressing <Y>. Then press any other key to
display the title and password screen. If a password was selected you must
enter it exactly and press <Enter>. If no password was entered just press
enter and the program Main Menu will be displayed.
Although AMS is a DOS based program it may be run from Windows. To
facilitate this an ICON file and a PIF file have been placed in the \AMS
directory. These are AMS.ICO and AMS.PIF and may be installed using
normal Windows procedures.
***** PRINTING THE AMS USER'S MANUAL:
***************************************************************************
The AMS User's Manual may be printed from the Help Menu. From the Main
Menu select option "H" to display the Help Menu. The AMS User's Manual is
then printed with option "!". The manual is about 60 pages long so be
sure you have enough paper in the printer.
***** HOW TO START AMS:
************************************************************************** Start AMS by entering "AMS" and pressing the enter key:
C:\AMS <Enter>
This will start the Action Management System Program. If the program has
not been registered a shareware and registration screen will appear. Press
any key other then <Y> to proceed. A title, copyright, and password screen
will be displayed and a password will be requested if one has been
entered. If no password has been entered just press <Enter>, and the Main
Menu will be displayed. If a password is installed it will be necessary to
enter the password before pressing <Enter>. The password must be entered
exactly using capital letters and small letters. These letters will not
be displayed as they are entered for security.
***** REGISTRATION, DISCLAIMER, AGREEMENT, AND LIMITATIONS
The registration form may be printed from the shareware screen displayed
on program start up by entering a <Y>. Please print and complete the
registration form. A copy is also provided at the front of this Users
Manual. When I receive your registration and the applicable fee I will
send instructions for disabling the shareware screen.
Users of the Action Management System must accept this disclaimer of
warranty: "The Action Management System is supplied as is. The author
disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without
limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any
purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
consequential, which may result from the use of the Action Management
System."
The Action Management System is a "shareware program" and is provided at
no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
friends, but do not give it away altered or as part of another system.
Such shared copies must be in the compressed self extracting file that
includes all the unaltered files that it contains.
The concept of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer
users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide an
incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you
find this program useful and find that you are using the Action Management
System and continue to use the Action Management System after a reasonable
trial period, you must make the registration payment. The registration
fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time.
Treat this software just like a book. This software may be used by any
number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to
another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one
location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read
by two different persons at the same time.
Commercial users of the Action Management System must register and pay for
their copies of the Action Management System within 30 days.
Evaluation copies of the Action Management System may be distributed
provided the cost is $10.00 or less and the program is distributed in an
unmodified form as described above. This is not to be construed as
representing the registration fee which must still be paid as described
above.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of the Action Management System along to
your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy
if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a
copy of the latest version of the the Action Management System system.
***** THE BIG PICTURE
**************************************************************************
Start AMS by entering "AMS" and pressing <Enter>:
You don't need to read the entire AMS User's Manual! To get up to speed
fast:
The User's Manual and On-line Help have been integrated. From the Main
Menu select option "H" to access the help and complete the following:
1. Read the Chapter: Getting Started with AMS. This is a Shareware
program. Please read the license and registration requirements.
2. Read the Chapter: Managing Action Items With AMS. This is very
important!
3. Print the Chapter: Tutorial and Demonstration Files. Complete the
tutorial. This also is vary important.
***** QUICK UPDATE
***************************************************************************
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you update from a version before 5.00 it should be
noted that AMS must be run with CONFIG.SYS file minimum settings of at
least BUFFERS=8 and FILES=45. These settings will NOT be checked during
the update process but if these minimum settings are not met AMS may not
run properly. The CONFIG.SYS file should be checked and updated. Then
the computer should be rebooted before running AMS.
If not already completed extract the files in either the \AMS directory or
another convenient directory. If the files are extracted in the \AMS
directory some files from the compressed file will overwrite the old
files. This is OK and no harm will be done to your data files.
To update AMS shift to the directory in which the update files reside and
type "UPDATE" followed by a space and the letter of the drive on which the
program is to be installed. As this will usually be "C" drive it will be
so assumed for the rest of this discussion and the entry should look like
this:
C:\UPDATE C <Enter>
This program will copy the new files into the \AMS directory over the old
program files but will not heart any data entered under a previous version
of AMS. If the new compressed file is extracted in the \AMS directory the
decompression program will ask you if you want to overwrite the existing
files, to which you should answer yes. Also when the UPDATE batch file is
run the message "File cannot be copied onto itself" will be displayed
several times and is not a problem. When AMS is started the appropriate
changes will be incorporated automatically upon the first program start
up. If this is the first time a dictionary has been installed it will
take some time to create the necessary indexes especially on older
machines.
A brief review of the version changes is included in the online help
chapter Program Update Summary.
Although AMS is a DOS based program it may be run from Windows. To
facilitate this an ICON file and a PIF file have been placed in the \AMS
directory. These are AMS.ICO and AMS.PIF and may be installed using
normal Windows procedures.
END:AMS_READ.ME