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AUTONUM LICENSE AGREEMENT
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Copyright 1988
LINNELL & ASSOCIATES LTD
1218-545 The West Mall - Etobicoke - Ontario - Canada - M9C 1G6
(416) 621-7949 - Telex CNCP Dialcom 23:JLN001 - Fax (416) 620-7312
Industrial Control & Micro Computer Consultants
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This is a user supported software product. It is NOT public domain
software, nor is it free software. You are granted a limited license to
use this product on a trial basis. If you continue to use this
product after a trial period, you are expected to register by sending:
$25.00 U.S. $30.00 Canadian registration fee per copy. (Ont purchasers
add $1.75 PST)
which entitles you to one copy of the latest revision of the program(s)
and one year of free updates.
Contact us for information concerning low cost site licenses. If you
like the shareware concept - try before you buy - please support the
companies that provide it.
You are encouraged to distribute copies of this software providing that
you make no modifications to any of the files and that the copies that
you distribute, regardless of the means of distribution, contain all
files that came on your product diskette. You are specifically
prohibited from either selling this product or including it in any
software package for sale without written authority from Linnell &
Associates Ltd. Violators will be prosecuted.
DISCLAIMER
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This software product and associated instructional material are sold
"as is" without warranty as to their performance, accuracy, freedom
from error, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. The
entire risk as to the performance of the software is assumed by the
user.
Under no circumstances, whether in contract or tort, shall Linnell &
Associates Ltd. be liable for direct, indirect, consequential, special,
or exemplary damages such as, but not limited to, loss of revenue or
anticipated profits, lost business or other economic loss, arising out
of, or in connection with this agreement, or your use, or inability to
use any program or sub-program associated with this software product.
APPLICATIONS & USE
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AUTONUM is intended for use with batch files on IBM PC,XT,AT micro
computers. It's main applications lie in small business or similar
installations where it is desireable to use sequentially numbered
documents such as purchase orders, invoices, statements etc.
A typical installation would be as follows:
Batch files are prepared for Invoicing, Purchasing, Statements, Work
Orders etc accessed by either function key assignments or short
descriptive names such as 'INV', 'PURCH', etc. which switch directories
as necessary, call up the program, process the required application and
return you to your specified directory.
You use your favorite word processor to do the actual form filling, be
it Wordstar, Word Perfect etc. This program prepares a copy of your
basic form to be filled out and gives you the number to apply to it.
It can also be used in purchasing for example to look up the next
Purchase Order number quickly while on the phone to a supplier, without
continuing on into the form preparation until a later time.
TYPICAL BATCH FILE
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Filename 'INV.BAT'
ECHO OFF Turns off the screen while the batch file runs.
CLS Clears the screen
CD\FINANCE\INV Change directory to where invoices are located
AUTONUM Runs the AUTONUM.EXE program.
CD\WORK Returns you to your normal directory on completion
CLS Clears the screen
In our application here this handles our invoicing, a second batch file
'PURCH.BAT' deals with all purchase orders. In that case line 3 changes
directories to \FINANCE\PURCH.
INITIAL INSTALLATION
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The first time that you run AUTONUM on a new directory you will be
presented with a screen of information advising you to note down before
continuing such items as:
(1) The command used to invoke your word processor.
(2) Any prefix used on your document numbering such as PO, INV etc.
(3) The starting number of the form series.
(4) The name of the blank form which the program will copy for you to
fill out.
Note. The maximum combined prefix and form number is 7 characters.
You then have the option to continue and install the program or stop
and prepare the necessary data and blank form.
When you do install the program it produces a small file called 'FNREC'
which contains the up dates for serial number, word processor name and
other data the the program needs. If you destroy that file the next
time you run AUTONUM you will automatically be required to re install
it.
IN CONCLUSION
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The program copy on this disk is intended for demonstration and trial
purposes only. When you find how useful it is and send us your
registration we will send you a commercial free latest revision
together with any other current data or applications suggestions. You
will be entitled to free updates as they occur during the first year
and notification of any updates thereafter for purchase at reduced cost
on presentation of your original registered diskette.
Our office hours are 9 A.M. TO 5.0 PM Eastern Standard Time Monday to
Friday, Canadian Public & Civic Holidays excepted. Any personnel
answering the phones after those hours will not be qualified to assist
you in any manner so please do us both a favour, save your money and
call in the regular business hours or use fax.
Thank you for considering our product.
John T. Linnell.
President.
Linnell & Associates Ltd.