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Use the BK5WORDS program to make any changes to the words in this file. Brother's Keeper Copyright distributed as Shareware If you have 1 disk drive, insert DATA disk now, then push Enter to start. Push Enter to start Path - Reading Alt key file names in file marriages message lines - Output will be sent to (Press F9 to change output) Printer Screen Disk with codes Disk without codes - ADD Modify Name: Husband: Wife: Married: Born: Died: Child - - M F Spouse: Version - JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec If a "Path/file access error" occurs while opening the data files, then you may need to add the line: FILES=20 In your CONFIG.SYS file. See documentation, Appendix K. To print the doc file, put the BROTHER.DOC disk in the A: drive and type COPY A:BROTHER.DOC PRN If the you get the error 'permission denied' then remove write protection. If you get a disk full error, then your PROGRAM disk needs some free space. If you change CONFIG.SYS, you must re-boot. Type existing name + F8, or number, or new name, - marriage marriages Your PATH does not exist or your drive is not ready to write to. Error code is The path should be something like A: or B: or C: or C:\BK\ or blank. Your path is currently Trying to open file: You may need to change the path on options screen 1 push enter - You did not read the screen, but we shall proceed anyway INVALID COLOR CHOICES Background color may not equal form or data color. Background color may not be 8 more nor 8 less than form or data color. If you do not have color, try 7 15 0 on option screen 1 Push Enter Push enter to continue Be sure printer is ready - push Enter This routine will send to the printer the codes which are contained in the 3 strings from the options section. (Push Enter to exit) Print string Y N 4 = Reset printer (IBM or Epson) Esc @ Hewlett Packard Laserjet and Deskjet commands 5 = Reset printer (HP) 6 = Portrait mode 7 = Landscape mode 8 = 66 lines per page (or 44-47 landscape) 9 = 89 lines per page (or 63-66 landscape) 10 = 6 LPI 11 = 7 LPI 12 = 8 LPI 13 = IBM character set with graphic lines Send string number (1 - 13) Sent print string # Invalid value: or just Enter if finished. or ESC & Enter if finished. *UNKNOWN not entered That name not found Invalid number That person is not a male Push F1 if this is correct Husband or TAB to continue searching. F7 to abort Push F1 if this IS correct Husband or TAB if this is NOT the correct person. Wife This person already has the maximum of 8 wives. Push F1 to keep this wife, TAB to see next, ENTER to add new wife. F7=abort Marriage F1 to keep this wife, TAB to see FIRST wife, ENTER to add new wife. F7=abort - Push F1 to keep this wife, ENTER to add a new wife. F7 to abort. - or F7 to abort. That person is not a female Push F1 if this is the correct Wife or TAB to continue searching. F7 to abort Push F1 if this IS the correct Wife or TAB if this is NOT the correct person. - Name or number required Found a marriage for this couple already in the file. Push Enter Type marriage dates and places. Push F1 to move to child. Push F7 to abort. Sorry, but husband already has the maximum of 8 wives Sorry, but wife already has the maximum of 8 husbands Writing Husband, Wife, and Marriage to disk. - Children Push Enter to continue This couple already has the max of 24 children Previous child was: Type name or #, or F9 to see kids, F6 to goto Modify, or Enter if no more kids Type existing name or #, or new name, or ESC & Enter if no more children A person can not be a child of himself or herself. - - Child Sex: - Wives Husbands Push F1 if this is the right person or TAB to continue searching. F7=abort Push F1 if this IS the right person or TAB if not correct person. F7=abort Push F1 if this is the right person or F7 if it is not the right person. - Push F1 if finished with this family, or TAB to add another child. Type an M for male or a F for female - Error only 24 children allowed per marriage - Push enter - You have reached the limit of 24 children for this marriage. Push F1 - Child # Marriage - - or to change fields, F5 for message lines, F1 if finished with this person Husband Wife - FILE CONTAINS INVALID DATA. BACKUP DATA FILES THEN RUN BKUTIL5 CHOICE Q - external reports Individual add (single) (or type M to modify a report name or to delete a report) type the NUMBER of the report you want to modify or delete. Type in a new name for this report, or type DELETE to delete it. This routine will allow you to easily make a backup copy of your data files. - - - Put a blank formatted disk in either the A: drive or the B: drive. Copy the data files to the blank disk which is in drive (A or B) (or just push enter to cancel backup) Cancelled - Normally, people backup to A or B. Are you sure you want to back up to that drive? Y or N The drive can not be the same as your normal data location You will see a message saying the backup was successful when it is complete. There is already a file on the diskette which is larger than the file which is being copied. This routine will not copy over a larger file. If your files are too large to fit on a diskette, be sure to use DOS BACKUP program or a similar backup program. (Or ARC or ZIP the files, then COPY.) - - - - - BACKUP OF DATA FILES WAS SUCCESSFULL There is not enough room on that diskette to make a backup copy of Available space on diskette= Size of file to be copied= Insert another blank formatted diskette, push Enter to continue or ESC to stop BACKUP CANCELLED PRINT DISPLAY - Add names or link Modify or look bacKup data files Options Help Edit text file - - Stop - anCestors ahnentafeL Descendants Group sheets Tree of descendants Names-custom-birthday Word search Print strings Add one family at a time. If a person has multiple spouses, finish each family by pressing F1 until form is cleared again, and then enter the next spouse and family. You may use *UNKNOWN for the "spouse" of an unmarried person with kids - - Type NUMBER or NAME to modify or just push Enter if finished modifying. Type NUMBER or NAME to modify, or ESC then Enter if finished modifying. - - Push F1 if this is the correct person or TAB to continue search. F7=Abort Message lines for Do you want to delete a child from this family? What is the code number of the child to delete? That is not a code number of a child showing Do you want to rearrange the order of the children in this family? Type code numbers in correct order. You may not add or delete. F1=done. old new You must only use code numbers of the children shown. F1 when done. You have the same code number in two places - please correct it. or to modify person, F9 for next spouse, F6 goto Add, F1 if finished. or to modify person, or F M S # O Y R W D X, or F1 if done. or to modify person, or F M S # O Y R W D X, F6 goto Add, or F1 if done. 1234567890!@#$%^&*() push PageDown to return to bottom line or press F1 to clear screen. to add parents, use the normal Add routine F=goto Father M=goto Mother S=goto Spouse X=delete spouse W=rearrange R=Rearrange children W=rearrange spouses D=Delete child X=delete Spouse FMSOYRWDX - Do you want to rearrange the order of the spouses for this person? Spouse Type the numbers in the correct order. You may not add or delete. F1 if done - - You must only use marriage numbers of the spouses shown. You have the same marriage number in two places - please correct it. Do you want to delete a marriage record for this person? MARRIAGE NUMBER - What is the MARRIAGE NUMBER of the marriage to delete? That is not a marriage number of a spouse showing problem - spouse record did not show this marriage Age: # of press or to change fields, F1 if finished with this person No match found - - Push F1 if this is the correct person or F7 to abort search. VAN VANDER VON ST ST. DE MC MAC LE FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH EIGHTH NINTH TENTH ELEVENTH TWELFTH THIRTEENTH FOURTEENTH FIFTEENTH SIXTEENTH SEVENTEENTH EIGHTEENTH NINETEENTH TWENTIETH ONCE TWICE THRICE FOUR TIMES FIVE TIMES SIX TIMES SEVEN TIMES EIGHT TIMES NINE TIMES 10 TIMES 11 TIMES 12 TIMES 13 TIMES 14 TIMES 15 TIMES 16 TIMES 17 TIMES 18 TIMES 19 TIMES Error trying to open textfile called: Output will go to file: Ahnentafel Chart ancestors of: Please wait - reading ancestors Do you want relationships shown? Y or n Do you want today's date on each page? - Parents Great Grand Parents th Great descendants of: What is the maximum length of a printed line? Do you want each person's code number printed? Do you want the field printed? Do you want a blank line after each person? Print all message lines? (Y=YES N=NONE *=ONLY *) Number of lines per page Do you want relationships computed and printed? Compute how each person is related to: Searching for relationship between them. - did not find a relationship between them found relationship 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Are the above OK? TOO MANY LEVELS TO PRINT THEIR CHILDREN DESCENDANTS OF: AS RELATED TO: PAGE ( ) - - - m. $$ (MYSELF) (SISTER) th GREAT GREAT- GRAND MOTHER) DAUGHTER) th GREAT GREAT- GREAT GRAND AUNT) NIECE) - ALL names in NUMBER order ALPHABETICAL list BIRTHDAY list Choose a number (or just push enter) Start with person with code number Do you want today's date on each page? (Y or n) Birthday list - Do you want to include names for people with unknown birth dates? (y or N) Do you want to include names for people who have died? (y or N) Alpha list - You may include ALL names or just the descendants of someone. Do you want ALL names included? (Y or n) Push enter to create the file or type C to cancel NOT USED The file must be sorted before printing. If you have DOS 3.0 or higher, and have enough RAM memory, and if SORTF.COM and COMMAND.COM are available, then you should be able to sort it now by pressing Enter. If you are not able to sort from this screen, then use the batch file as described in the documentation. Push enter to sort, or N to not sort. Maximum number of generations to print: (2-21) Prepare printer and push <enter> Insert next page and push <enter> C S Executing If the sort was successful, you may print now using number 4 or 5 Create file for all descendants of: This person has no spouse or children to print Include spouse names also? (Y or n) If you wish, you may add additional people to the descendant list. Add this person to the list: - The file: ALPHA2.DTA does not exist. You must sort the file before printing Do you want to print each person's age? (y or N) Print their age as of Today, or as of their Birthday this year? (t or B) - - BIRTH2.DTA does not exist. - - January February March April May June July August September October November December , II , JR , SR , IV Number Name Birthdate Name Num Birthdate (Ages as of today) (Ages on their birthday) Push Enter to continue or ESC to quit 1 = find a word or date (no matter what field it is in) 2 = find words or dates in specific fields Choose 1 or 2 Search files for the following word(s) or name(s). results Type what you are searching for (or enter to quit) Searching for Press Esc to stop search End of Name and message file. Found matches. Push enter to search MARRIAGE dates and places or S to stop. Searching marriage file for End of marriage file. Found Entries which match OR & Search sources - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Push Esc to cancel printing - - - - - - - - - - - - - INTERRUPTED - Insert next page and push Enter (or Esc to quit) - - - - - - Type A to print Ancestors, or type a name or number to print one person. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - in: in: in: in: in: in: in: Father: Mother: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Do you want today's date on the page? - - - - - Born: Died: - - - - - - - - - (BROTHER) (HALF-SISTER) (HALF-BROTHER) COUSIN) FATHER) SON) UNCLE) NEPHEW) COUSIN, REMOVED) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Box charts (descendants) 4 family box charts Register style report 3 BKAA ancestor reports Utilities program gedcom import or eXport merge 2 data files split 1 database - - - - - You may use the BK5WORDS.EXE program to translate this program into any other language. The program has already been translated (at least partially) into the following languages: French Danish Polish German Norwegian Dutch You may get BK5WORDS from John Steed. Other languages may be available by this time. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Be sure your PROGRAM disk is NOT write protected. The options file will be written at the same location as your programs. The options file will contain the drive letter or PATH for the location of your DATA files. If you have a SINGLE DRIVE computer, be sure your data disk is in, then push enter. If you have a 2 DRIVE computer, be sure your data disk is in the B: drive, then below type B: and push enter. If you have a HARD DISK system, and you started this program from within the subdirectory where you want the data files, just push enter. If you want the data files in a different subdirectory, type it below. For example: C:\BK5\ Data Path is: - - Please read this screen since you are just starting. Some people do not read all the documentation prior to running a program. That's hard to believe isn't it? Well, we all like to get "hands on" experience. Feel free to try out the program, but please do not put in large amounts of data until you look over the documentation. There is a right way and a wrong way to ADD people. Enter the names in normal order, that is First Middle Last name. Type in a date either as 050454 or 5/4/54 and it will convert to 04-MAY-1954. (Read doc file for other date formats.) There are short-cuts so that you will not have to type the same locations over and over for different people. There are some fields which print only on certain reports so you may want to know that before deciding what to call each field. Some fields, such as Baptized and Other, can be changed for other uses Well, thanks for reading at least this much before starting. Type the letter C to continue. Take time to do it right, and you won't have to take time to do it over. Type what you are searching for in the appropriate fields. UPPER CASE or lower case makes no difference in this search. Leave a field blank if it does not matter what it contains. Press F5 to change an & to an OR. To find all the John Smiths, search for John & Smith. To find all the Smiths or Smyths, search for Smith OR Smyth. ABT CIR BEF AFT You only have disk space for more names on this disk Message lines for - Press F1 to start the search. Press F7 to abort the search now. Push or to change lines, F5 to edit text file, F1 if done with messages. - JR SR II III IV JR. SR. What is the name of the text file to edit? Include drive and path if different from program location. For example: B:SMITH.TXT To make the text file linked to a person, in a message line put $$ then the name of the text file. For example: $$B:SMITH.TXT (Do not type $$ above, only in the message line) To return to previous screen, leave name blank and push enter File: - THAT PATH DOES NOT EXIST THAT FILE IS TOO BIG TO EDIT WITH THIS EDITOR. Push Enter or Page down F7=delete blank line F9=insert line F1=done Writing lines to file 1 - computer number 2 - name (first middle last) 3 - name (last, first) 4 - sex 5 - birth date 6 - birth place date place 9 - death date 10- death place marriage 17- father's name 18- mother's name 19- spouse's name 20- marriage date 21- marriage place 24- number of marriages 25- number of children 26- Soundex code 27- last spouse's name 30- spaces or margin 31- extra CR/LF 32- father's number 33- mother's number 34- spouse's number 1 - Number, Name, Birth date 2 - CUSTOM designed report 3 - Prepare file for sorting 4 - Name, Number, Birth date 5 - CUSTOM designed report 6 - Prepare file for sorting 7 - Birthday list Choose 3 before 4 or 5. Choose 6 before 7. If you have a color monitor, type C then enter, if not just push enter. Baptized: Buried: Other: Ref: Occupation: Other: - - Options - Screen 1 Form Color . . . . . . . . . . . Data Color . . . . . . . . . . . Background Color . . . . . . . . Date format (0-9). . . . . . . . Months (0=CAPITAL 1=Lower case) Name for date below Born . . . . Name for date below Died . . . . Name for date 2 lines below Died Name for bottom line at left . . Name for bottom line in center . Name for date below married. . . Menu default. 1=Add 2=Modify . Special effects (0=No 1=Yes) . . Begin output (1=print 2=screen) Push Enter if 1 char (0=No 1=Yes) Character for # ASCII (35) Path for .DT5 data files . . . . The Path line above tells where the data files are located. Example: C:\BK5 You may have several sub-directories with different sets of files and may change between the sets by changing the Path line above. Push F1 if OK - or use TAB & SHIFT TAB to move to field to change - - - Printer Options - Screen 2 ASCII code for vertical (IBM=179) │ ASCII code for horizontal(IBM=196) ─ These codes are used ASCII code for corner (IBM=192) └ in the Tree routine. ASCII code for vert/right(IBM=195) ├ ASCII code for horz/down (IBM=194) ┬ Print generation bar (0=No 1=Yes) Printer is LPT1 or LPT2 (1 or 2) You can also use Utility program Heading date format (1 or 4) to pick a printer to set Pause after each page (0=No 1=Yes) up the codes below. Compress print . . . . . . . CHR$ ( ) Regular print . . . . . . . CHR$ ( ) Bold print on . . . . . . . CHR$ ( ) Bold print off . . . . . . . CHR$ ( ) Can it BOLD w/compress(0=No 1=Yes) Can printer backspace (0=No 1=Yes) Can it CR w/out LF (0=No 1=Yes) Graphics spacing - sideways (18) CR and LF for end of line (0-3) <--- 0=CRLF 1=LFCR 2=CR 3=LF Printer codes - string 1 . . . . Printer codes - string 2 . . . . Printer codes - string 3 . . . . Push F1 if OK - or use TAB & SHIFT TAB to move to field to change - - - - Character before last name [ Character after last name ] Label size (lines top to top) Which address lines to print Put changes in BKAUDIT 0=no 1=yes Show date of change 0=no 1=yes Character to never print message ASCII for vertical bar (124) CHR$( ) used in ancestor and group Enter will search exact names 0/1 Printer codes for superscript Printer codes to cancel super T to test printer - - If this prints in 2 different places, your printer can NOT backspace. If this line prints as 2 lines, your printer can NOT CR without LF. The word bold should print bold. This line should be compressed. The word bold will print bold and compressed if possible. (Press F5 to recall a previously saved CUSTOM report) DESIGN YOUR OWN REPORT Please choose the fields that you want printed. F1 when complete. F7 to abort Field Length Line length Regular or Compressed print or Quit? R or C or Q - Type a page heading if desired Heading: - Here is a list of your existing custom reports: Type the number of the report you want or press enter to create a new one F1 if format is correct. F5 to recall different one. - - A.num Num Name Name Sex Birth date Birth place Place Died Place of death Place Place Father Mother Spouse Marriage Place of marriage Place Marriages Children Soundex - Ceremony Div/sep End yr Page - - - - - - Report is finished. Do you want to save the format of this custom report? Y or N Type in a short description of this format: Saving the format - Report number Use ADD to add people to the file and to link people together. When linking to a person previously added, type the person's number, or type the name then F8 and the program will search for the person. Use MODIFY to correct any field, or to correct order of children or spouses. Also use MODIFY to delete the link between spouses or parents and child. To enter source/reference information press F6 while at a date or location. To repeat a previously entered location, type a few letters and press F8 key. To move between fields use TAB or for next, Shift-TAB or for previous To edit within a field use BACKSPACE DEL INS arrows HOME END ESC Type in names as First Middle Last. Use [ ] to surround two part last names. Type in dates as MMDDYYYY (2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year) The date will be converted to a standard format as set up in the options To set up an ALT key, type in any field then press and hold ALT and press F10 then while the field is blinking, press and hold ALT and press a key (A-Z) Whenever you want to repeat what was in the field, hold ALT and press the key Use OPTIONS to change colors, or to set up your printer codes. Also use the utility program to set up printer codes for several common printers. Complete documentation is in the file BROTHER.DOC To print it, put the disk containing BROTHER.DOC in the A: disk drive and type: COPY A:BROTHER.DOC PRN The changes between version 4.5 and version 5.0 are in the file CHANGES.DOC - Marr. Ceremony? Y/N: Divorced/Annulled/Separated: End Year: Push F1 if this is the person you were going to add or TAB if different. Use the Add routine to link this person to parents, spouse, and children. Use the Modify routine to make any changes to this person. Child has parents # & plus other parents Add to these parents also? Closing files Natural Adoptive Step Foster Other Name: Address: Phone: Enter mailing address or press CTRL-L to print label or press F1 to return. Select the location you want and press Enter. Or press F7 to select none. No more spouses in the file Last matching person. Push F1 if this is the correct person or F7 to abort. Press F8 to display the other set of parents for this person. Page number: Quality of data (0=poor 3=excellent): Enter a source or reference for this date/location. To search for an existing source, type the beginning words, then F8 There are no more matching entries. F1 if this is the right reference, or TAB to continue search, or F7 to abort Enter a source or reference for this date/location. Use the top 3 lines for common information, and use the page field for page or reel information. CREATING FILE: - OPENING FILE: Before starting Brother's Keeper you need to type BK5 to load BTRIEVE Brother's Keeper 5.0 DATA files NOT FOUND in directory: Do you want to create empty 5.0 DATA files? Y or N program ends - - - - - -