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------- PSA Cards 2.7 for Windows 3.1 ------
VERSION 2.7 WILL READ FILES WRITTEN BY EARLIER VERSIONS.
VERSIONS OLDER THAN 2.62 WILL NOT READ VERSION 2.7 FILES.
IF YOU ARE RUNNING WINDOWS 95 OR WINDOWS NT 3.51 YOU SHOULD
BE USING PSA CARDS 2.7 FOR WINDOWS 95 / NT 3.51
DESCRIPTION
PSA Cards is an easy to use address program. It looks
like a card file and it works like a card file. Just
click on a divider tab or card to open or close it.
PSA Cards is also an OLE 2.0 container application.
This means that you can link or imbed objects
(pictures, maps, documents, sound and video clips)
created in other programs in your PSA Cards entries.
VERSION 2.7 NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES
* Added user specified text, tab, and entry colors
* Added Speed Entry command, including entering information from a
multiline edit field by highlighting text and clicking a field button.
* Added Tip of the day, including links to relevant topics in the Help file.
* Added OLE drag and drop.
* Added Select Current Group command
* Added warning to change envelope title when first or last name is changed.
* Added contact name to business name in locate dialog
* You can now edit group names. e.g. Change "Family" to "Pests".
* Added specification of exchanges as nnn-nnn in dialing setup, local / LD flags.
* Added warning if no response from modem.
* Added phone description field to dialing dialog for multiple phone numbers.
* Added option to flag all phone numbers in local area code as local calls.
* Added counter on dated field search results.
* Added button to sort phone numbers within an entry.
* Added user selection for new address default for Euro or US style postal codes.
VERSION 2.7 BUG FIXES
* Fixed a bug which caused printed output to always go to the default printer
regardless of the printer selected in the print setup dialog.
* Fixed a bug in the backup reminder feature that sometimes reminded the
user about backups too often.
* Fixed a bug that caused the phone page local/long distance flag to sometimes be
ignored.
* Fixed several bugs in importing from MS CardFile
* Fixed bug in dialing setup setting local/LD flags which sometimes caused
an exchange to be ignored.
* Fixed a bug in the phone dialer that sometimes locked up the program when
there were two modems installed.
* Made sure there is a space before the postal code when exporting addresses.
* Fixed number of changes in backup reminder to be less than
the reminder frequency.
* Fixed a bug that caused the program to stall when the printing area for
an address book became too small.
********************** INSTALLATION **********************
If you install PSA Cards 2.7 over a previous version,
be sure to use the install program. It installs new
system DLL's from Microsoft in your windows\system
directory.
INSTALLING FROM A FLOPPY DISK
Run the install program, install.exe from the Program
Manager.
INSTALLING FROM A DOWNLOADED PSA Cards ZIP FILE
1. Create a directory for the program on your hard
drive and copy the PSA Cards ZIP file to it.
2. Extract the program and help files by running
pkunzip in DOS or in a DOS window. This will make
18 files in the program directory. Eleven of these are
OLE 2.0 libraries from Microsoft. These files will be
installed in your windows\system directory. There are
seven files PSA Cards 2.7 files: cards.exe, cards.hlp,
readme.txt, register.txt, cardfile.msc, tips.txt, and
sample.car.
The last file is the installation program, install.exe.
If you wish, the PSA Cards ZIP file can now be deleted
from your hard drive. However, it would be a good idea
to back it up to a floppy disk before deleting it.
3. Run the installation program, install.exe, from the
Program Manager (Run... in the File menu) and follow
instructions.
INSTALL.EXE -- MORE DETAILED INFORMATION
The installation program will copy the PSA Cards files
to whatever directory you choose. The installation
directory can be the same as directory for the
downloaded PSA Cards ZIP file.
After copying the Cards files to the installation
directory, the install program will create a program
group and program items in the Program Manager. There
will be program items for PSA Cards, Cards Help, the
installation log, and this readme.txt file.
The OLE 2.0 dynamic libraries are supplied by Microsoft
for installation in systems running 16 bit versions of
Windows. That is, Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11
(Windows for Workgroups). If you are running a 32 bit
version of Windows, you should download or order the
32 bit version of PSA Cards.
In order to install the OLE libraries, the install
program checks to make sure that an existing version of
a library is not in use. If one is, a message box is
displayed asking the user to shut down all possible
applications and then try to continue the installation.
If MICROSOFT OFFICE is running, it will probably prevent
the installation of the OLE files. If there is a
problem with copying the OLE files, shut down MS Office
and try the installation again.
If this doesn't fix the problem, try shutting down and
restarting Windows. Then restart the installation. If
you already have the OLE 2.0 libraries, the install
program will compare library versions and will not
overwrite a newer library version with an older one.
The OLE 2.0 files are:
COMPOBJ.DLL
MFCOLEUI.DLL
OLE2.DLL
OLE2.REG
OLE2CONV.DLL
OLE2DISP.DLL
OLE2NLS.DLL
OLEPROX.DLL
STDOLE.TLB
STORAGE.DLL
TYPELIB.DLL
The OLE 2.0 libraries must be registered with the
REGEDIT.EXE program. REGEDIT.EXE is part of Windows.
REGEDIT.EXE is run automatically by the installation
program.
If you are running Windows 3.1, you must have the SHARE
command in your autoexec.bat file. The SHARE settings
/L: and /F: must be at least /L:500 and /F:5100. This
sets up range locking used by OLE 2.0 compound files.
The install program checks for the SHARE command. More
often than not, the install program from some other OLE
2.0 aware application will have already added SHARE to
your autoexec.bat. If you do get a SHARE message you
will need to edit your autoexec.bat file and add the
line:
SHARE /L:500 /F:5100
after the PATH command but before the WIN command. Use
an ASCII text editor such as Notepad or SysEdit to
change your c:\autoexec.bat file. If you are working
in DOS you can also use the DOS editor, EDIT. I could
have written the install program to do this
automatically, but I dislike (and distrust) install
programs that alter my autoexec.bat and config.sys
files.
If you are running MS-DOS 4.01, the SHARE statement
must be in your CONFIG.SYS file and the command is:
INSTALL=C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100
Of course, if your DOS directory is not C:\DOS, the
correct path to your DOS directory must be supplied.
IMPORTANT PRECAUTION -- Anytime that you change your
autoexec.bat (or config.sys) file you should make a
backup copy of it first. Just copy it to another file
such as autoexec.sav. Then if there is some mishap
with your autoexec.bat file you can restore it. Your
computer needs the autoexec.bat and config.sys files in
order to boot.
When you change your autoexec.bat file, you need to
reboot your computer before the changes will take
effect.
If you are running Windows 3.11 (Windows for
Workgroups) you do not need (and should not use) SHARE.
Range locking is a built-in part of Windows 3.11.
Finally, if you have set your TEMP entry in your
autoexec.bat to point to removable media, you should
change it back to point to a local hard drive. The
install program does NOT check TEMP entry.
LOADING A DATA FILE ON STARTUP
The installation program sets up PSA Cards to automatically
open the file "sample.car" each time you double click on
the PSA Cards icon. If you want to open a different file
on program startup, use the Program manager "Properties"
command to change the Command Line entry. The new data
file name replaces "sample.car" after the program name
(cards.exe). Be sure to leave a blank between the program
name and the file name.
REGISTRATION
Click on the Register command in the Help menu, then on
the Help button in the Register dialog box.
Registered users enable me continue to improve PSA
Cards and implement your suggestions. The income also
pays for the computer and software I use to do this.
If you use PSA Cards on a regular basis and find it
useful, please register. This version of PSA Cards
allows you to update your data file 20 times before
registering. After the 20th update you will still be
able to access your data, but will not be able to save
changes to the file until you enter your registration
code using the Registration command in the Help menu.
DISCLAIMER
Although PSA Cards has been carefully written and
tested, no claim is made as to its reliability and
freedom from bugs. This software is provided "as-is"
without warranty of any kind. In no event shall PSA
Software be liable for any damages whatsoever arising
out of the use or inability to use PSA Cards.
KNOWN PROBLEMS
* The Equation Editor for Microsoft Word does not always
work properly with OLE 2.0 container applications. This
version of PSA Cards will not recognize the Equation
Editor. Word itself and its other associated OLE
servers work OK.
* The Help buttons in the OLE dialog boxes for Change
Icon and the OLE File Browser do not do anything.
* Context sensitive help for the Object command in the
OLE menu does not link to the correct help topic.
These bugs are related to OLE 2.0 components supplied
by Microsoft.
BUG REPORTS AND FEEDBACK
Please send bug reports, and suggestions for new
features to CompuServe User ID 72064,1437, or
Internet: billr@FortNet.org or US mail to me
at the above registration address. I can't fix bugs
or add new features if I don't know about them, so let
me hear from you.
You can also get the PSA Cards news and download the
most recent ZIP file from the PSA Software web page:
http://www.FortNet.org/~billr
I hope that you find PSA Cards useful.
Bill Rogers