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CALENDAR WISE Version 1.0 Released 1/25/92 CALENDAR WISE BLUE CANNON SOFTWARE P. O. Box 7641 Charlotte, NC 28241-7641 USA REGISTRATIONS: 1-800-779-0850 SUPPORT LINE: (704) 398-0850 FAX: (704) 398-0928 EXT. 22 COMPUSERVE MAIL: 70372,421 Member of The Association of Shareware Professionals(ASP) Copyright (C) 1991,1992 Michael G. Buchanan All rights reserved world wide VERSION 1.0 USERS OF CALENDAR WISE MUST ACCEPT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: CALENDAR WISE 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 CALENDAR WISE. Welcome to CALENDAR WISE. This program is a multi-subject planner/tracker that simulates a desktop blotter or popular write-on/wipe-off wall calendar. It looks just like a large desktop calendar on your screen. It lets you keep all of your important scheduling and tracking information at the tip of your fingers. Any information entered with a recurring frequency will appear when you need to see it. Enter your friends, relatives, or business contacts birthdays once, and you'll see them every year when you need to. Schedule information, Track information, See information! CALENDAR WISE is the easiest to use and most logical way to view and utilize vast monthly planning. Press <F10> from the opening screen to see a demo of CALENDAR WISE screens, read the CALENDAR WISE examples below, and give it a try, because you'll wonder how you ever did without it! CALENDAR WISE FEATURES * 100 different calendars allow you to keep unrelated planning separate. * Multiple calendars can be referenced at once to view or print together. * Information is easily entered using recurring yearly, monthly, daily and weekly frequencies. * Any item can be copied and pasted instantly. * Reminders can be attached to an item. * Items can be searched for and located quickly. * The format of the calendar can be quickly changed so that different numbers of weeks can be viewed. * Text size can be changed allowing more information to be viewed. * Customize all of your calendars colors. * Calendars can be printed to printer or file. * CALENDAR WISE can run on a network with unlimited users. *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* EXAMPLES BEST ILLUSTRATE CALENDAR WISE APPLICATIONS. *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* CALENDAR NOTE Birthdays, Anniversaries: Enter a 'Y' frequency, and relatives, friends, and associates birthdays will appear every year. Holiday Schedule: Keep work holidays here and quickly merge them into other calendars. Vacation Schedule: Keep track of an entire departments Vacation schedule. Work Schedule: Schedule employees to work. Enter 'W' frequency for employee that works every Thursday. Merge in the Holiday Schedule, cross reference it with Vacation Schedule, easily delete an occurrence from the Work frequency if there is a conflict. Pull all store schedules together for an overall view Bill Payment Schedule: Enter an 'M' frequency for bills due monthly.If insurance is due quarterly, enter an 'M3' frequency. Three months from now it will appear. Keep P. O. Box, Business license renewal dates. Enter them once and forget about them. Training Schedules: Schedule separate classes in separate calendars. Easily mark 5 day training class, paste in other weeks. Schedule instructors, equipment. View calendars together for printing or to find scheduling conflicts. Other Ideas: College student class schedule; Softball league play; Managers could keep daily commitments in separate calendars, so that a meeting can be scheduled by looking at the attenders schedules of availability; Nightly banking computer runs could be separated by checking, savings, mortgage processing so that each department could view the schedule kept in data processing; Schedule of auto maintenance to keep track of when oil changes are needed or when they were done; Family doctor and dentist appointments; History of employees absenteeism, comp days, etc.; And on and on................. TABLE OF CONTENTS I: TECHNICAL INFORMATION A. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS B. PROGRAM AND DATA FILES C. NETWORK CONSIDERATIONS II: USER INFORMATION A. CALENDAR LIST B. MAIN MENU C. CALENDAR D. EDITING DATA E. CALENDAR MENU III: REGISTRATION INFORMATION A. REGISTRATION B. PRICING STRUCTURE C. PAYMENT METHODS D. EXPLANATION OF SHAREWARE E. DISCLAIMER, AGREEMENT F. OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT IIII: APPENDIX A. CRITICAL ERROR MESSAGES ================================================================= I: TECHNICAL INFORMATION ================================================================= A. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1. IBM PC or compatible 2. VGA or EGA monitor. 3. DOS 3.01 or higher. 4. 512K RAM 5. Hard drive. ----------------------------------------------------------------- B. PROGRAM AND DATA FILES These 7 files need to be included in the CALENDAR WISE package. CW.EXE : executable file CW.HLP : online help file CW.DOC : CALENDAR WISE manual README.DOC : installation instructions REGISTER.DOC: registration form, survey VENDOR.DOC : shareware vendor information SYSOP.DOC : BBS information These files are created by CALENDAR WISE. USER.INF : user registration information CONFIG.INF : configuration information MAIN.TTL : file containing calendar names MAIN.INF : file containing calendar layouts, colors CLNDR*.STT : data file containing nonrecurring items CLNDR*.FRQ : data file containing recurring items CLNDR*.NOT : data file containing notes "*" is for position on calendar list, from 1 to 100 ----------------------------------------------------------------- C. NETWORK CONSIDERATIONS If you run CALENDAR WISE on a network, you will encounter a warning screen when attempting to edit a calendar that is currently opened for update by another user. You may open the calendar in view-only mode. If you open the calendar for updating, it is possible that all changes someone else is currently making will be lost or all changes that you make will be lost. It simply is a matter of whomever saves their calendar last, erases the others changes. This same warning can appear in a single user environment (i.e. if the calendar file is open and power is lost, or some other reason causes the calendar file to not be closed properly). Simply choose "OVERRIDE FOR UPDATING" to circumvent the warning and reset the file status. ================================================================= II: USER INFORMATION ================================================================= A. CALENDAR LIST Touch any key as the colors are changing and the calendar list will appear. 100 different calendars are available, 10 on each page. Any character can be typed as the calendars name. Calendars can be marked for menu operations such as move, delete, or merge calendars. A demo can be run showing sample calendars. Movement Keys... Up arrow - Previous calendar Down arrow - Next calendar Left Arrow - Previous calendar list Right Arrow - Next calendar list Page up - Previous calendar list Page down - Next calendar list Action keys... F1 - Help F2 - Mark calendar for viewing multiple calendars together. - Mark calendar for setting default colors. - Mark donor calendars of a merge operation. - Mark source calendar for a move operation. F3 - Mark recipient calendar for a merge operation. - Mark destination for a move operation. - Mark calendar for a delete operation. F10 - CALENDAR WISE demo. Escape - Main Menu Enter - View calendar(s). F2 - Marking calendars for viewing. This function allows you to view multiple calendars at the same time. By pressing F2, an asterisk will appear to the left of the selected calendar's name. Any number of calendars can be chosen for viewing and printing simultaneously. The Enter key also chooses a calendar to view so remember that this calendar will appear if the selection box is not around a previously marked F2 calendar. Also, while viewing multiple calendars, no changes will be saved to any calendars chosen. 'Multiple Calendars" will appear at the top of the calendar when multiples have been chosen. This feature can be extremely handy to determine multiple managers availability when scheduling a meeting, or to see all employee vacations or work schedules in different departments. It provides a quick overview of any or all calendars. F2 - Marking calendar for setting default colors. After customizing a calendar's colors, the colors can be designated as the default colors. The default color scheme will appear upon entering a new calendar. The default colors will also appear in the preset color schemes(see DISPLAY - SCREEN COLORS <F10>). By pressing F2, an asterisk will appear to the left of the calendar's name. You should then press Escape to get to the menu. SET DEFAULT COLORS is located under OPTIONS. After setting the default colors, any changes to the colors of the calendar selected will not affect the default color scheme. F2, F3 - Marking calendars for merging This function allows you to merge the contents of one or several calendars into another calendar. By pressing F2, an asterisk will appear to the left of the donor calendar's name. By pressing F3, a hyphen will appear to the left of the recipient calendar's name. Any number of calendars can be selected as donors, but only one calendar may be selected as the recipient of the merge. You should then press Escape to get to the menu. MERGE CALENDAR is located under OPTIONS. You will be asked to verify the calendar to be merged. If you select "YES", you will then enter the merged calendar. When exiting this calendar you may still choose to not save any changes, in effect leaving the recipient calendar as it was prior to the merge. This feature can be extremely handy if holidays are kept exclusively in one calendar. This way, when a new calendar is started, they can be easily merged in. F2, F3 - Marking calendar for moving This function allows you to move all of the information associated with a certain calendar to another location on the calendar list. Prior to moving a calendar, the source and destination must be chosen. By pressing F2, an asterisk will appear to the left of the calendar to be moved. By pressing F3, a hyphen will appear to the left of the destination on the calendar list. You should then press Escape to get to the menu. MOVE CALENDAR is located under OPTIONS. Only one source and one destination may be chosen. You will be asked to verify the calendar to be moved. If a calendar exists at the destination, you will be asked if you want to overwrite it. F3 - Marking calendar for deleting This function allows you to delete all of the information associated with a certain calendar. Prior to deleting a calendar, one calendar must be chosen. By pressing F3, an asterisk will appear to the left of the calendar to be deleted. You should then press Escape to get to the menu. DELETE CALENDAR is located under OPTIONS. You will be asked to verify the calendar to be deleted. *** NOTE - Possible File Status Error Encountered. If you run CALENDAR WISE on a network, you can encounter an error when attempting to delete, move, or merge a calendar that is currently opened for update by another user. You must make sure that the calendar is in the correct status before CALENDAR WISE will allow this operation. You can do this by simply choosing to view the calendar, and when the "CALENDAR IN USE" screen appears, choose "OVERRIDE FOR UPDATE". Make sure that no one is actually updating before you choose to override the file status. Upon exiting this calendar, the file status will be set correctly so that you can attempt the delete, move, or merge operation. This same error can appear in a single user environment (i.e. if the calendar file is open and power is lost, or some other reason causes the calendar file to not be closed properly). Simply choose "OVERRIDE FOR UPDATING" to circumvent the warning and reset the file status. ----------------------------------------------------------------- B. MAIN MENU The main menu is accessible by pressing <Escape> from the calendar list. Information and several options are available from the main menu. Movement Keys... Up arrow - Previous submenu selection Down arrow - Next submenu selection Left arrow - Previous menu selection Right arrow - Next menu selection Letter - Menu selection beginning with letter Action keys... F1 - Help F10 - CALENDAR WISE demo. Number - Submenu selection of corresponding number Escape - Calendar List Enter - Select INFORMATION - REGISTRATION FORM This displays the registration form for CALENDAR WISE. THE INFORMATION ENTERED IN THE NAME FIELD APPEARS ON ALL CALENDARS VIEWED AND PRINTED. Please fill in the REGISTRATION FORM screen and attach a copy of the PRICING STRUCTURE screen. You may print them by using the <Print Screen Key> or alternately print REGISTER.DOC from the DOS prompt(i.e COPY REGISTER.DOC PRN). Use one of the payment options listed on the PAYMENT METHODS Screen to submit your registration fee. ******IMPORTANT****** We will return your registration number to you to enter on this screen. Your registration number is based on the information entered in the Name field, so please be sure that this is what you will want to appear on all calendars. If the registration number and Name field do not match, 'UNREGISTERED COPY' will replace the Name field monthly, and appear on all calendars. INFORMATION - PRICING STRUCTURE This displays registration prices for CALENDAR WISE. For more information refer to sections IIIA,B,C of this manual - (REGISTRATION, PRICING STRUCTURE and PAYMENT METHOD). INFORMATION - FEE INFORMATION This displays registration fee information for CALENDAR WISE detailing the separate registration packages. For more information refer to sections IIIA,B,C of this manual - (REGISTRATION, PRICING STRUCTURE and PAYMENT METHOD). INFORMATION - PAYMENT METHODS This displays payment method information for CALENDAR WISE. For more information refer to sections IIIA,B,C of this manual - (REGISTRATION, PRICING STRUCTURE and PAYMENT METHOD). INFORMATION - COPYRIGHT This displays the BLUE CANNON SOFTWARE, CALENDAR WISE Copyright Notice. CALENDAR WISE is shareware. Please read the section of the manual regarding ASP (Association of Shareware Professionals) Ombudsman, and the explanation of shareware. INFORMATION - DISCLAIMER, AGREEMENT This displays the disclaimer and trial use agreement that users of CALENDAR WISE must accept. For more information refer to sections IIIE,F of this manual - (DISCLAIMER AGREEMENT, OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT). INFORMATION - SHAREWARE EXPLANATION Since CALENDAR WISE is a user supported program, an online explanation of shareware is included. For more information refer to sections IIIE of this manual - (SHAREWARE EXPLANATION). INFORMATION - PROGRAM FILES The 7 files listed on this screen are included in the CALENDAR WISE package. INFORMATION - PRINT THE MANUAL Included with CALENDAR WISE is a file called 'CW.DOC'. This manual can be printed via this selection. You've probably figured this out. OPTIONS - MOVE CALENDAR This function allows you to move all of the information associated with a certain calendar to another location on the calendar list. Prior to moving a calendar, the source and destination must be chosen. By pressing F2, an asterisk will appear to the left of the calendar to be moved. By pressing F3, a hyphen will appear to the left of the destination on the calendar list. Only one source and one destination may be chosen. You will be asked to verify the calendar to be moved. If a calendar exists at the destination, you will be asked if you want to overwrite it. OPTIONS - MERGE CALENDAR This function allows you to merge the contents of one or several calendars into another calendar. By pressing F2, an asterisk will appear to the left of the donor calendar's name. By pressing F3, a hyphen will appear to the left of the recipient calendar's name. Any number of calendars can be selected as donors, but only one calendar may be selected as the recipient of the merge. If you select "YES", you will then enter the merged calendar. When exiting this calendar you may still choose to not save any changes, in effect leaving the recipient calendar as it was prior to the merge. This feature can be extremely handy if holidays are kept exclusively in one calendar. This way, when a new calendar is started, they can be easily merged in. OPTIONS - DELETE CALENDAR This function allows you to delete all of the information associated with a certain calendar. Prior to deleting a calendar, one calendar must be chosen. By pressing F3, a hyphen will appear to the left of the calendar to be deleted. You will be asked to verify the calendar to be deleted. OPTIONS - SET DELETE DATE In order to save processing time, disk space, and memory, old data will automatically be deleted. You will be asked to enter a date. All nonrecurring items prior to this date will not be saved when saving calendar data. All recurring items with an ending date prior to this date will not be saved when saving calendar data(i.e. All occurrences for a recurring item are prior to this auto-delete date.) OPTIONS - EDIT DATE AND TIME This function allows you to edit your computer's current system date and time. The date is in MM/DD/YYYY format. The time is in military (24-hour) HH/MM/SS format. OPTIONS - PRINTER SETUP Choose the default printer port for printing. An asterisk appear next to the current setting. OPTIONS - SET DEFAULT COLORS After customizing a calendar to your taste, you can then set the default color setting to your colors. All new calendars entered will use the color scheme, and all calendars already setup will have access to the default color scheme. (Check DISPLAY - SCREEN COLORS (F10) in section IIE). By pressing F2 while on the calendar list, an asterisk will appear to the left of the calendar's name. You will be asked to verify prior to setting default colors. After setting the default colors, changes to the selected calendar colors will not affect the default settings. EXIT - EXIT TO DOS ----------------------------------------------------------------- C. CALENDAR The default layout for a calendar is 5 weeks by 7 days. Appearing in the upper left corner is the registered owners name, from the REGISTRATION FORM screen. Top center is the calendar name from the calendar list, or 'Multiple Calendars". Top right is the currently displayed month and year. Vertically on the right is todays date, and across the bottom is a status line with certain key function reminders. The highlighted box moves around the displayed days using the arrow and page keys. If more information exists for a day than can be displayed, a small box appears around the date. Movement Keys... Up arrow - Previous week Down arrow - Next week Left arrow - Previous day Right arrow - Next day Page up - Previous month Page down - Next month Backtab - Previous day Tab - Next day Home - Beginning of week End - End of week Action keys... F1 - Help F5 - Copy F6 - Paste Escape - Menu Enter - Edit day F5 - Copy Move the day selection box to the day containing the desired data. By pressing F5, the item for the selected date is copied into memory. If you want to copy the fourth item displayed into memory, press F5 four times. The item copied appears across the bottom of the screen. If this item is not recurring, pasting(<F6>) will simply place it on the new day. If this item is recurring, pasting will use the day being pasted as the beginning day, calculate the duration of this item and subsequently calculate the corresponding ending day for the item pasted. It is important to know that pasting uses the day you are currently on as the beginning day. Therefore if you are pasting a monthly frequency item from the 31st of a month onto the 30th of another month, this item will appear on the 30th and not at the end of every month, even if the 30th is the last day of the month. This feature can be extremely handy when scheduling infrequent items on many days. A workers name can easily be copied to memory and then added to all of the days he is scheduled (i.e. this Thursday, next Monday, next Wednesday). A five day stint in Atlanta can easily be added to the first week of May, second week of September, etc.. F6 - Paste By pressing F6, a previously copied item(see F5 under Calendar and Edit Day) will be inserted on this day. If the item to be pasted is not recurring, pasting will simply place it on the new day. If the item is recurring, pasting will use the day being pasted as the beginning day, calculate the duration of the item to be pasted and subsequently calculate the corresponding ending day for the item pasted. This feature can be extremely handy when scheduling infrequent items on many days. A workers name can easily be added to all of the days he is scheduled (i.e. this Thursday, next Monday, next Wednesday). A five day stint in Atlanta can easily be added to the first week of May, second week of September, etc.. F9 - Search again A previous search operation can be repeated. If the last search was successful, this search starts with the day following where the day selection box is located. If the last seacrh was unsuccesful, the search starts with January 1 of the next year to search. ----------------------------------------------------------------- D. EDIT DAY Fields... Title Eleven characters are available. This field is what appears on the calendar. If more than eleven characters are needed, the notes field is available on the right. A second title line can be used as well, allowing both lines to be viewed on the calendar(for example, FAMILY on the first line, REUNION on the second line). To delete an item, simply space out this field. Remember that deleting an item will delete all occurrences of an item. Use F7 to delete only one occurrence from a recurring item as described below. Frequency The frequency field consists of two parts, the frequency type and the frequency number. Four frequency types are available. Yearly, Monthly, Daily and Weekly. The first letter must be in the first position of this three position field. When the frequency is entered default data will appear in the other fields. The day you are editing will appear in the beginning field and 12/31/9999 will appear in the ending field. The frequency number pertains to how many weeks apart, how many years apart, etc.. For every five years, enter Y5; for semiannual, enter M6; for biweekly, enter W2; and for every 4 days, enter D4. If this field is left blank, it will be replaced with a 1. You may also make a frequency moveable. This is a monthly or yearly frequency item that doesn't happen on the 15th every month, for instance, but rather on the first Tuesday of every month. See F4 below. Beginning Date The Beginning field denotes when the first occurrence of this item will be. If the frequency for an item is monthly starting March 31, all occurrences of this item will be at the end of the month. Likewise if you want an item to fall on the end of each month starting February 28, type 31 in the day portion of this field. For processing speed reasons, the earliest beginning date year allowed is 1978. On your personal calendar of birthdays, put the birth year in the notes field. Ending Date The Ending field denotes when the last occurrence of this item will be. If you are entering an event that happens for the next x frequencies (i.e. W2 for 10 times, M1 for the next 18 months), simply press any nonnumeric key while in this field. An asterisk will appear to the left. Now enter x in the month portion of the ending date field, rather than the actual ending date. The actual ending date will be calculated when you press Enter. Notes This seventeen character field is provided so that more information can be attached to an item. Every where this item appears, so will this note. This feature can be extremely handy on your calendars of bills due, to see how much you insurance due quarterly will be, or how much your mortgage payment is. Movement Keys... Up arrow - Previous item Down arrow - Next item Left arrow - Previous character Right arrow - Next character Page up - Save data, Previous data page Page down - Save data, Next data page Backtab - Previous field Tab - Next field Home - First field End - Last field Insert - Toggle insert/overwrite mode Action keys... F1 - Help F4 - Moveable frequency F5 - Copy F7 - Delete day from item Escape - Calendar Enter - Save data F4 - Moveable frequency By pressing F4, an asterisk will appear to the left of the frequency field. the item within the edit box will then have a moveable frequency. "Moveable" means that this item has either a yearly or monthly frequency, but each occurrence does not happen on the same date. Rather each occurrence happens at the same point in the month, relative to the first week of the month. (i. e. the first Tuesday of each month, the second Friday of every other month, political elections held on the first Tuesday of November every four years.) To make an non-moveable item moveable, or a moveable item non- moveable, you must be editing on the beginning date of the frequency item. F5 - Copy By pressing F5, the item inside of the edit box is copied into memory for later use in pasting. See also F5 and F6 under Calendar. If this item is not recurring, pasting(<F6>) will simply place it on the new day. If this item is recurring, pasting will use the day being pasted as the beginning day, calculate the duration of this item and subsequently calculate the corresponding ending day for the item pasted. This feature can be extremely handy when scheduling infrequent items on many days. A workers name can easily be added to all the days he is scheduled (i.e. this Thursday, next Monday, next Wednesday). A five day stint in Atlanta can easily be added to the first week of May, second week of September, etc.. F7 - Delete one occurence of a recurring item By pressing F7, an asterisk will appear to the right of the frequency field. The occurrence of the item on the day being edited will be deleted from occurrences of this item. Actually what happens is two recurring items are created; one starting with the item's beginning day and ending with the occurrence previous to the day being edited; and one starting with the next occurrence following the day being edited and ending with the item's ending date. This feature can be extremely handy when softball is scheduled for the next 14 weeks, yet no games are played on Memorial Day and the team has a bye on the fifth week. * Note - Pageup and Pagedown save the data prior to displaying the next page. This may cause confusion as to what you are viewing if you have deleted some information on a page and are now looking at the next page. You may think that you are not seeing some data on the new page that you expected. Press Pageup to view the data you expected to be here. Of course you must have more than 10 items on a day to encounter this. ----------------------------------------------------------------- E. CALENDAR MENU Movement Keys... Up arrow - Previous submenu selection Down arrow - Next submenu selection Left arrow - Previous menu selection Right arrow - Next menu selection Letter - Menu selection beginning with letter Action keys... F1 - Help Number - Submenu selection of corresponding number Escape - Calendar Enter - Select DISPLAY - GRID SIZE Each calendar can be viewed displaying anywhere from 1 to 25 weeks at a time(depending on your monitor). An asterisk appears to the left of the current selection. DISPLAY - TEXT SIZE Each calendar can support large or small size text. Small text allows more items to be viewed on the calendar for each day. DISPLAY - SCREEN COLORS Action keys... Left arrow - Change color Right arrow - Change color F1 - Help F10 - Display various preset color settings Escape - Menu, don't save color changes Enter - Save color changes Each calendar can support various colors. The dates for the current month (i.e. month name displayed in the upper right corner) should be set to contrast with the not current month color. Text without a frequency can be set to a different color than text with a frequency. By pressing F10, several preset color schemes, including the default color setting (See OPTIONS - SET DEFAULT COLORS in section IIB). Custom coloring is available for: Border Color Calendar Color Calendar Grid Color Day Selection Box Color Menu Color Menu Text Color Current Month Color Previous/Next Month Color Recurring Text Color Nonrecurring Text Color PRINT - PRINT WEEK The first print option available is printing information by specifying a beginning and ending date range. If more information exists on a day than you have allotted room to print, an asterisk will appear to the left of the appropriate day on the printout. Fields... Filename If you wish to print a calendar to a file so that you may move the file to another computer attached to a printer, or want to import it into a word processor, enter the filename here. A blank filename will route the calendar to the printer. Beginning The default beginning date will be the same as the upper left hand day of the calendar that appears on the screen. Ending The default ending date will be the same as the lower right hand day of the calendar that appears on the screen. If you want to print x weeks from the beginning date, simply press any nonnumeric key while in the ending date field. An asterisk will appear to the left. Now enter x in the month portion of the ending date field. The actual ending date will be calculated when you press Enter. Items Per Day This specifies how many rows each printed day will contain. The default is the number of days that can be displayed on one day on the screen. If more information exists on a day than you have allotted room to print, an asterisk will appear to the left of the appropriate day on the printout. Weeks Per Page This specifies how many weeks will be printed before a forms feed is sent to the printer. * Note - You may have to manually set your printer to 12 characters per inch or higher, or to landscape, to fit the calendar on the page. PRINT - PRINT MONTH The second print option available is printing information by specifying a beginning and ending date range, one month per page. If more information exists on a day than you have allotted room to print, an asterisk will appear to the left of the appropriate day on the printout. Fields... Filename If you wish to print a calendar to a file so that you may move the file to another computer attached to a printer, or want to import it into a word processor, enter the filename here. A blank filename will route the calendar to the printer. Beginning The default beginning date will be the same as the current month indicator that appears in the upper right hand corner on the screen. The day portion of this field is not used. Ending The default ending date will be the same as the current month indicator that appears in the upper right hand corner on the screen. The day portion of this field is not used. If you want to print x months from the beginning date, simply press any nonnumeric key while in the ending date field. An asterisk will appear to the left. Now enter x in the month portion of the ending date field. The actual ending date will be calculated when you press Enter. Items Per Day This specifies how many rows each printed day will contain. The default is the number of days that can be displayed on one day on the screen. If more information exists on a day than you have allotted room to print, an asterisk will appear to the left of the appropriate day on the printout. * Note - You may have to manually set your printer to 12 characters per inch or higher, or to landscape, to fit the calendar on the page. PRINT - PRINT THE MANUAL Included with CALENDAR WISE is a file called 'CW.DOC'. This manual can be printed via this selection. You've probably figured this out. PRINT - PRINTER SETUP Choose the default printer port for printing. An asterisk appear next to the current setting. OPTIONS - SEARCH An item can be quickly located by entering the text to search and the beginning day. The text field only compares against the title field of an item, not the notes field. A match does not need to be the entire title you are looking for, and the matching is not case-sensitive. You will be returned to the calendar screen following the search. Press F9 to find the next occurrence or to search the next year if no match was found. OPTIONS - GO TO MONTH Rather than paging thru multiple months to see a particular month, you may enter the date here and immediately it will be displayed. The day portion of the date field is not used. Also available here is the same feature for automatic date calculating available throughout the program. Press any nonnumeric key and an asterisk will appear. Enter 06 in the month portion of the date field and you will go 6 months ahead. OPTIONS - NAME CALENDAR The name of this calendar is entered here. It will appear on the top of the screen, the top of printed calendars, and on the calendar list. You are initially prompted to type the calendar name. It can be changed by returning here and retyping it. OPTIONS - EDIT DATE AND TIME This function allows you to edit your computer's current system date and time. The date is in MM/DD/YYYY format. The time is in military (24-hour) HH/MM/SS format. INFORMATION - REGISTRATION FORM This displays the registration form for CALENDAR WISE. THE INFORMATION ENTERED IN THE NAME FIELD APPEARS ON ALL CALENDARS VIEWED AND PRINTED. Please fill in the REGISTRATION FORM screen and attach a copy of the PRICING STRUCTURE screen. You may print them by using the <Print Screen Key> or alternately print REGISTER.DOC from the DOS prompt(i.e COPY REGISTER.DOC PRN). Use one of the payment options listed on the PAYMENT METHODS Screen to submit your registration fee. ******IMPORTANT****** We will return your registration number to you to enter on this screen. Your registration number is based on the information entered in the Name field, so please be sure that this is what you will want to appear on all calendars. If the registration number and Name field do not match, 'UNREGISTERED COPY' will replace the Name field monthly, and appear on all calendars. INFORMATION - PRICING STRUCTURE This displays price information for CALENDAR WISE. For more information refer to sections IIIA,B,C of this manual - (REGISTRATION, PRICING STRUCTURE and PAYMENT METHOD). INFORMATION - FEE INFORMATION This displays registration fee information for CALENDAR WISE detailing the separate registration package. For more information refer to sections IIIA,B,C of this manual - (REGISTRATION, PRICING STRUCTURE and PAYMENT METHOD). INFORMATION - PAYMENT METHODS This displays payment method information for CALENDAR WISE. For more information refer to sections IIIA,B,C of this manual - (REGISTRATION, PRICING STRUCTURE and PAYMENT METHOD). INFORMATION - COPYRIGHT This displays the BLUE CANNON SOFTWARE, CALENDAR WISE Copyright Notice. CALENDAR WISE is shareware. Please read the section of the manual regarding ASP (Association of Shareware Professionals) Ombudsman, and an explanation of shareware. INFORMATION - DISCLAIMER, AGREEMENT This displays the disclaimer and trial use agreement that users of CALENDAR WISE must accept. For more information refer to sections IIIE,F of this manual - (DISCLAIMER AGREEMENT, OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT). INFORMATION - SHAREWARE EXPLANATION Since CALENDAR WISE is a user supported program, an online explanation of shareware is included. For more information refer to sections IIID of this manual - (SHAREWARE EXPLANATION). INFORMATION - PROGRAM FILES The 7 files listed on this screen are included in the CALENDAR WISE package. EXIT - EXIT THIS CALENDAR This will return you to the calendar list. An option to save any changes is displayed prior to leaving this calendar. All menu colors, attributes, and data will be updated if save is chosen. The auto-delete date also appears on this screen. All nonrecurring items prior to this date will not be saved when saving calendar data. All recurring items with an ending date prior to this date will not be saved. (i.e. All occurrences for a recurring item are prior to this auto-delete date.) EXIT - EXIT TO DOS This will return you to the DOS prompt. An option to save any changes is displayed prior to leaving this calendar. All menu colors, attributes, and data will be updated if save is chosen. The auto-delete date also appears on this screen. All nonrecurring items prior to this date will not be saved when saving calendar data. All recurring items with an ending date prior to this date will not be saved. (i.e. All occurrences for a recurring item are prior to this auto-delete date.) ================================================================= III: REGISTRATION INFORMATION ================================================================= A.REGISTRATION BLUE CANNON SOFTWARE markets CALENDAR WISE via the shareware marketing channel. Revenue is collected from satisfied customers who have evaluated the program and wish to continue to use it. Satisfied customers are premium advertisers and distributors of the software. If you like CALENDAR WISE, please register. On the REGISTRATION FORM screen, there is a Registration Name field. THE INFORMATION ENTERED IN THE NAME FIELD APPEARS ON ALL CALENDARS VIEWED AND PRINTED. Please fill in the registration form and attach a copy of the pricing screen. You may print them by using the <Print Screen Key> or alternately print REGISTER.DOC from the DOS prompt(i.e COPY REGISTER.DOC PRN). ******IMPORTANT****** We will return your registration number to you to enter on this screen. Your registration number is based on the information entered in the Name field, so please be sure that this is what you will want to appear on all calendars. If the registration number and Name field do not match, 'UNREGISTERED COPY' will replace the Name field monthly, and appear on all calendars. Use one of the payment options listed under PAYMENT METHODS in section IIIC to submit your registration fee. ----------------------------------------------------------------- B.PRICING STRUCTURE PERSONAL COMPUTER USE Number Amount Registration (no shipping and handling fee) - $25 ____ ______ Registration package (includes a manual) - $30 ____ ______ NETWORK COMPUTER USE Each server on local area network (2 manuals)- $150 ____ ______ LICENSES Limited site license(10 computers, 3 manuals)- $195 ____ ______ Limited site license(40 computers, 4 manuals)- $395 ____ ______ Limited corporate license(90 computers, 5 manuals) - $595 ____ ______ Unlimited site license (10 manuals) - $495 ____ ______ Unlimited corporate license (20 manuals) - $1195 ____ ______ MISCELLANEOUS Additional disks - $2.00 ____ ______ Additional manuals - $5.00 ____ ______ North Carolina residents add 4% sales tax ______ Shipping/Handling: USA-$3.00 CANADA-$4.00 All others-$7.00______ SUBTOTAL:______ Less $1.00 survey discount and/or $5.00 distribution discount (-)______ TOTAL:______ REGISTRATION FEE INFORMATION $25 Registration includes: 1. A license to continue use of the current version installed. 2. Technical support via mail or Compuserve mail. 3. Upgrade notices for major revisions of CALENDAR WISE. $30 Registration and Network registration includes: 1. The latest CALENDAR WISE disk. (5 1/4 or 3 1/2). 2. Typeset CALENDAR WISE USER MANUAL. 3. Technical support via phone, fax, mail or Compuserve mail. 4. Upgrade notices for major revisions of CALENDAR WISE. 5. Discount offers for upgrades. All licenses include all of the benefits of the $30 registration. A $1.00 discount can be earned by completing the survey information located in REGISTER.DOC. A $5.00 discount is offered if you complete the distribution information located in REGISTER.DOC. This entails uploading CALENDAR WISE to a Bulletin Board or giving a copy to your PC club's IBM disk librarian. Foreign customers please send an international postal money order if you are unable to make payment with a check from a U.S. bank. International postal money orders should be available at your local post office. They can be purchased in your local currency. Next best would be a cashiers check, or lastly cash. Site orders please contact BLUE CANNON SOFTWARE for a site agreement and additional information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- C.PAYMENT METHODS BLUE CANNON SOFTWARE Accepts VISA, Mastercard, and DISCOVER. MAIL: Fill out the REGISTRATION FORM online. <Print Screen Key> the form and the PRICING STRUCTURE screen. Mail your registration with a check, money order, or credit card information to the address listed on the COPYRIGHT screen and in the manual. PHONE: Have the name you wish to appear on all of the calendars already selected, and your credit card information available. Our number is listed on the COPYRIGHT screen and in the manual. FAX: Fill out the REGISTRATION FORM online. <Print Screen Key> the form and the PRICING STRUCTURE screen. Be sure to complete the credit card information. Our Fax number is on the COPYRIGHT screen and in the manual. COMPUSERVE MAIL: Make a copy of REGISTER.DOC to upload. Fill out this copy. Be sure and complete the credit card information. Our Compuserve ID is listed on the COPYRIGHT screen and in the manual. Note: Rather than using print screen, you may alternately print REGISTER.DOC. Don't edit REGISTER.DOC because it is a file to be distributed and you wouldn't want your information in it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- D.EXPLANATION OF SHAREWARE Shareware is not a type of software, but rather a form of marketing and distribution. Users are given a chance to try software before spending the sometimes outlandish fees for retail software. If you try a shareware program and continue to use it you are expected to register it. Individual programs differ on details of registration and levels of support offered. It is important to know what is supplied with your registration, whether continued support, upgraded programs, or printed manuals will be available. Copyright laws apply to both shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights The main difference, however, is that shareware authors specifically grant the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their software. When looking for software, you should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether commercial or shareware. Shareware makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy, the ultimate money-back-guarantee. Most likely shareware can deliver a lower priced product because there is no overhead marketing and distributing. ----------------------------------------------------------------- E.USER AGREEMENT If you find this program useful and find that you are using CALENDAR WISE and continue to use CALENDAR WISE after a reasonable trial period(60 days), you must make a registration payment to BLUE CANNON SOFTWARE. The appropriate amount is stated on the pricing schedule and continued use is only valid for the amount received. If in the future you are no longer using CALENDAR WISE in the way it was originally registered, you must register again. ----------------------------------------------------------------- F.OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for member' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman as 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a Compuserve message via Compuserve Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. The ASP Ombudsman may also be contacted by FAX: (616) 788-2765. In communication with the ASP Ombudsman, please include a telephone number and/or FAX if available. ================================================================= IIII: APPENDIX ================================================================= A.CRITICAL ERROR MESSAGES If you encounter a critica error message(i.e. one that halts processing, consult this table for an explanation of the message. If you cann not resolve the problem, call for technical support. Number Explanation 7 Out of Memory 24 Device Timeout 25 Device Fault 51 Internal Error 57 Device I/O Error 61 Disk Full (should only run CALENDAR WISE from a hard drive) 67 Too Many Files (Increase config.sys "files=" command, check your DOS manual) 68 Device unavailable 71 Disk Not Ready (should only run CALENDAR WISE from a hard drive) 72 Disk Media Error