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Relative Software Innovations
1515 N. Town East Blvd., Suite #138
Mesquite, Texas 75150
(214) 681-8131
HomeWorks Personal Possessions Version 1 Contents
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C O N T E N T S
Warranty ..................................................... I
The Shareware Concept ........................................ I
CHAPTER ONE
DOS Basics
Dir ..................................................... 1.1
ChDir or CD ............................................. 1.2
MkDir or MD ............................................. 1.3
Copy .................................................... 1.4
Del or Erase ............................................ 1.5
Type .................................................... 1.6
Disk Files
Batch Files ............................................. 1.6
Executable Files ........................................ 1.7
Archive Files ........................................... 1.7
ASCII Text Files ........................................ 1.7
CHAPTER TWO
Program Installation
Self-Extracting EXE ..................................... 2.1
Archive Files ........................................... 2.1
Loading The Program ..................................... 2.2
On-Line Help ............................................... 2.3
Key Guide .................................................. 2.3
Main Menu .................................................. 2.3
CHAPTER THREE
Home Inventory
Menus ................................................... 3.1
New File ................................................ 3.1
Adding Records .......................................... 3.1
Deleting Records ........................................ 3.2
Sorting Records ......................................... 3.2
Viewing Lists ........................................... 3.2
Viewing Reports ......................................... 3.2
Printing Lists .......................................... 3.3
Printing Reports ........................................ 3.3
Find ................................................... 3.3
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Find Next ............................................... 3.4
Quit .................................................... 3.4
CHAPTER FOUR
AudioFile
Menus ................................................... 4.1
New File ................................................ 4.1
Adding Records .......................................... 4.1
Adding Tracks ........................................... 4.2
Editing Tracks .......................................... 4.2
Edit ..................................................4.2
Insert ................................................4.3
Delete.................................................4.3
Cancel.................................................4.3
Deleting Records ........................................ 4.3
Sorting Records ......................................... 4.3
Viewing Lists ........................................... 4.4
Viewing Reports ......................................... 4.4
Printing Lists .......................................... 4.4
Printing Reports ........................................ 4.4
Find ................................................... 4.5
Find Next ............................................... 4.5
Quit .................................................... 4.5
CHAPTER FIVE
VideoFile
Menus ................................................... 5.1
New File ................................................ 5.1
Adding Records .......................................... 5.1
Deleting Records ........................................ 5.2
Sorting Records ......................................... 5.2
Viewing Lists ........................................... 5.2
Viewing Reports ......................................... 5.2
Printing Lists .......................................... 5.3
Printing Reports ........................................ 5.3
Find ................................................... 5.3
Find Next ............................................... 5.4
Quit .................................................... 5.4
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WARRANTY
Relative Software Innovations specifically disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties
of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of a defective diskette
is expressly limited to replacement of the diskette. If the diskette
should fail, return it to RSI with a brief statement describing the
defect.
Relative Software Innovations shall not be liable for indirect,
special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use
of this product.
THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT
HomeWorks Personal Possessions is distributed as shareware.
Shareware is commercial software distributed in an unconventional
manner. Microcomputers copy information very easily. Instead of
trying to frustrate this through copy protection, shareware takes
advantage of it to reach as many users as possible at the lowest cost.
Anyone may copy a shareware program and distribute it to whomever they
desire, provided they do not charge a fee for the program or alter it.
Shareware isn't free. Serious shareware is as polished as any
conventional commercial product, and represents just as much
programming effort. If you use it regularly, the authors expect
compensation.
However, unlike conventional distribution, shareware allows you
to evaluate the product before you decide to purchase it. The price
is often lower, as well, because there are no advertising, packaging,
or distribution costs.
It can only work with your support. If you are still using a
shareware product after a couple of weeks, then it is obviously worth
something to you, and you should register it.
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C H A P T E R O N E
DOS BASICS
If you are new to DOS or computing in general, here are some basics
to help you install and operate our programs and programs in general.
DOS stands for disk operating system and coordinates all the drivers
your computer needs to function (i.e. keyboard, monitor, CPU, printer,
etc.).
o DIR
Dir is used to look at the files on the drive or directory you are
currently in. If you are in the root directory of the C drive, your
prompt should look something like this:
C:\>
To look at the files and subdirectories on this drive type:
DIR
and press the <Enter> or <CR> key.
The directory listing will look similar to the following:
Volume in drive C has no label
Volume Serial Number is 157A-6C23
Directory of C:\
AUTOEXEC BAT 155 11-28-90 3:15p
COMMAND COM 247556 05-25-90 10:55a
CONFIG SYS 264 11-28-90 3:15p
DOS <DIR>
README DOC 1256 08-05-90 11:33p
NOTES TXT 4044 05-25-90 12:10p
HOMEWRKS <DIR>
7 file(s) 253275 bytes
32267435 bytes free
C:\>
The listing shows filenames and extensions, the size of the file,
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and the date time it was created. It also lists any subdirectories
that exist in the current directory.
When you view a directory that has many files and some scroll off
the screen, use the /p switch to view the files one page at a time
or the /w switch to show the filenames and directory names listed
across the width of the screen in columns (i.e. dir /p or dir /w).
You can also use wildcards (* and ?) for viewing files in direct-
ories. Typing:
DIR *.exe
lists all the files in the current directory with an .EXE extension.
DIR ???.*
lists all files in the current directory with a filename up to three
characters and any extension.
o CHDIR or CD
To change the current directory on your disk, type:
CHDIR [drive:]path
or CD [drive:]path
drive: specifies the drive on which you want to change
the current directory. If you are changing directories on
the current drive, the drive specification is optional.
path specifies the directory to which you want to change.
If you want to change to a directory on the current drive named
ACCOUNTS, type:
cd \accounts
If you wanted to change to the CHECKING subdirectory in the
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ACCOUNTS directory, type:
cd \accounts\checking
To move back to the parent directory (ACCOUNTS), type:
cd..
To move back to the root directory from any directory or sub-
directory, type:
cd \
o MKDIR or MD
To create a directory on your disk, type:
MKDIR [drive:]path
or MD [drive:]path
drive: specifies the drive on which you want to create
the new directory. If you are creating the directory on the
current drive, the drive specification is optional.
path specifies the name and location of the new directory.
If you want to create a directory on the current drive named
ACCOUNTS, type:
md \accounts
If you wanted to create subdirectories in the ACCOUNTS directory,
either change to the ACCOUNTS directory or include it in your path:
cd \accounts <--- Change to ACCOUNTS directory.
md checking <--- Create CHECKING subdirectory.
md savings <--- Create SAVINGS subdirectory.
or md\accounts\checking <- Create CHECKING subdirectory.
md\accounts\savings <- Create SAVINGS subdirectory.
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o COPY
To copy files to another directory or disk, type:
COPY [drive1:][path1\]filename.ext [drive2:]path2
drive1: specifies the drive from which you are copying
the specified files. If you are on the drive that holds the
files, the drive specification is optional.
path1 specifies the directory where the files you want to
copy are located. If you are in that directory, the path is
optional.
filename.ext specifies the files you want to copy.
Wildcard characters (* and ?) can be used.
drive2: specifies the drive on which you want to copy
the specified files to. If you are only copying files to an-
other directory on the current drive, the drive is optional.
path2 specifies the directory where you want to copy the
files to.
If you want to copy a file named mytext.txt to drive A, type:
COPY mytext.txt a:
To copy certain files or a group of files, you can use the * and
? wildcards. The asterisk can substitute for all or part of a file
name or extension. The question mark wildcard substitutes only for
a single character.
If you wanted to copy all .TXT files in the current subdirectory
to the ACCOUNTS directory, type:
COPY *.txt \accounts
To copy a group of files that start with the letter c to drive B,
type:
COPY c*.* b:
or to copy all files in the SAVINGS directory from drive C to the A
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drive (where the A drive is the current drive), type:
COPY c:\savings\*.*
To copy an ASCII text file named MANUAL.DOC to your printer, type:
COPY manual.doc prn
or COPY manual.doc LPT1
To make a copy of a file into the same directory, you must give
it a new filename. To make another copy of CHAPTER1.DOC, type:
COPY chapter1.doc chapter2.doc
Chapter1.doc and chapter2.doc are identical files except for the
name.
o DEL or ERASE
To delete or erase files from a disk, type:
del [drive:][path\]filename.ext
or erase [drive:][path\]filename.ext
drive: specifies the drive from which you are deleting
the specified files. If you are on the drive that holds the
files, the drive specification is optional.
path specifies the directory where the files you want
to delete are located. If you are in that directory, the
path is optional.
filename.ext specifies the files you want to delete or
erase. Wildcard characters (* and ?) can be used. USE WITH
CAUTION!
To delete a file named TEMP.DAT in the current directory, type:
DEL temp.dat
or ERASE temp.dat
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To delete all .TXT files on drive A in the OLDFILES directory,
type:
DEL a:\oldfiles\*.txt
or ERASE a:\oldfiles\*.txt
o TYPE
To view text files you use the TYPE command. To see the contents
of your autoexec.bat, type:
TYPE autoexec.bat
For more on viewing files, see ASCII Text Files later in this
chapter.
DISK FILES
o BATCH FILES
A batch file (.BAT) contains commands to simplify common tasks.
If you wanted to back-up your data files in the DATA directory to
drive A on a regular basis, you could enter the command:
COPY \DATA\*.DAT A:
in a batch file named BUPDATA.BAT and just type BUPDATA to run the
file. If you wanted to run a program that you use on a regular basis,
you could enter the necessary commands to go to the directory that
holds the program and start the program EXE (executable) file:
CD\ASTRONMY <--- Change to the ASTRONMY directory.
ASTRONMY <--- Run the ASTRONMY.EXE program.
CD\ <--- Go back to the root directory when
the program ends.
To create a small batch file from the command line, use the COPY
command. The input will be coming from the keyboard (or CON) and
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output to the file named MYFMT.BAT. At the DOS prompt, type:
COPY CON myfmt.bat
The cursor will move to the beginning of the next line and wait
for you to enter the contents of the file. Enter a command on each
line, then press ENTER. After all the commands have been entered,
press CTRL+Z and press ENTER to create the file on the disk.
To create a batch file that will format a 360k floppy disk in
drive A, which is a high density drive, type:
format a: /f:360
and then press CTRL+Z and press ENTER.
To run this batch file, you only need to type the name of the
batch file (myfmt) to format a 360k disk in drive A.
o EXECUTABLE FILES
An EXE extension normally means an executable program file. Just
type the filename and it loads and runs the file. A COM file is
similar to an EXE file in that it loads and runs when its name is
typed from the command line.
o ARCHIVE FILES
An EXE extension can also mean it is a self-extracting archive
file. An archive file is one file that has several files compacted
inside of it. Archive files have a .PAK, .ZIP, .EXE, .LZH, or .ARC
extension. All but self-extracting files use an unarchiving utility
to expand the individual files from the archive file back to their
original state. A self-extracting file, as the name implies, will
extract all the files when the archive filename is entered at the
command line.
o ASCII TEXT FILES
Plain ASCII files are files that contain text without any special
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formatting characters like word processors use. LST, DOC, TXT, and
other extensions are used to specify text files. They can be viewed
from the DOS command line or with the use of text editors.
To view a text file named README.1ST from the command line, type:
TYPE readme.1st
If there are more lines than can be viewed on one screen, you can
use the PAUSE key on your keyboard (if applicable), use CTRL+S key
combination, or use the MORE command.
To temporarily stop a command, press the PAUSE key or CTRL+S. To
restart the command, press any key except the PAUSE key. You can
stop and restart the output of a command as many times as needed.
To use the MORE command, use the pipe (|) followed by the MORE
command:
TYPE readme.1st | MORE
or use the MORE command followed by the redirection character (<)
and then the filename:
MORE < readme.1st
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