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; This is a text file for AEORDER.EXE or AEORDER.COM, a menu-driven ; environment for screen/printer formatted output. Place AEORDER and this ; file in the same directory and type AEORDER. ; ; If editing this file to incorporate your Registration License Number to ; earn Finders Fees, be SURE to use a word processor which creates ; ASCII files. Work only on a back-up copy--just in case. Go to the bottom ; of the file and replace "INAPPLICABLE" with the number found on the disk ; containing your registered copy. Be sure not to alter ANYTHING else. Doing ; so not only violates the copyright but can make this file unusable with ; AEORDER. When done, check results by running each menu choice and ; confirming that proper contents (and only proper contents) are displayed. ; Thereafter, you may distribute the revised file along with shareware ; copies of the program (but NOT registered copies, of course) to begin ; earning Finders Fees. The copyright requires that all associated files be ; distributed as a set and, except for your registration number, no ; alterations of any kind may be made. ; 19 April 1990 6 PRINTOK TITLE: ADVOCATE PRODUCTS / ORDER FORM *********************************************** ADVOCATE ENTERPRISES PRODUCTS -- and -- LICENSING/UPGRADE REQUEST FORM *********************************************** Copyright (c) 1989-90, J.W. Olsen All Rights Reserved Advocate Enterprises, Ltd. Chicago ~ (Menu) ================= Run-Time Menu ================= = = = Q - QUIT Program = = A - ALL SECTIONS = = = = 1 - Introduction (please read first) = = 2 - Products for General Computing Needs = = 3 - EZSYSTEM Publishing Productivity Tools = = 4 - Credits = = 5 - License/Upgrade Request Form = = = =================================================== ~(Section 1) << INTRODUCTION >> This file introduces selected software products of J. W. Olsen / Advocate Enterprises, Ltd., and outlines distribution methods. The final section may be printed as an order form for end-user licenses or upgrades. (For other than single-site or single-user license or for distribution rights, please contact us. Address and phone [voice and 24-hr. modem] information appears in the request-form section.) J.W. Olsen / Advocate Enterprises, Ltd., has developed diverse software products for clients, graphic artists and the general computer public since 1985. Other than dedicated software expressly written for a client, products come in two "flavors": registered for full usage by the end user and "try-before-you-buy" shareware. These categories, as well as a sampling of recent products, are outlined in this file. For further information on these or custom products, please contact us. Product descriptions, prices and other information contained herein are subject to change without notice. While every effort is made to assure accuracy, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to supersede, expand, restrict or otherwise modify the terms and conditions found within the license agreement provided with each product. REQUIREMENTS OPERATING SYSTEM: MS-DOS/PC-DOS (v. 2.0 or later) or CP/M (any version). For CP/M, be sure to specify computer make/model for proper screen codes; submission of a copy of the video codes page from your operator's manual with license request is recommended. For MS-DOS or PC-DOS, specify 5.25" or 3.5" disks. MEMORY: 128K for products with a filetype of ".EXE," 64K for products with a filetype of ".COM" (MS-DOS/PC-DOS); 64K for all products (CP/M). DISK CAPACITY: One floppy or hard disk. (Hard disk recommended for 9OCLOCK.) THREE "FLAVORS": REGISTERED, SHAREWARE & FORTHCOMING The following codes apply to all products of Advocate Enterprises and are found in product descriptions in later sections of this document: [R] = registered [S] = shareware [F] = forthcoming soon All programs of Advocate Enterprises are copyrighted. REGISTERED: Normal licenses permit a single user (at home, office-- wherever) OR all users at a single, fixed site (but not both) to use a given product. Inquire for multi-user or multi-site licenses. SHAREWARE: This is a distribution concept which is growing in popularity. It places a lot more trust in you, the end user. A shareware product generally is essentially the same as its registered counterpart, but is distributed under special "try-before-you-buy" terms defined by the copyright holder. If you like the product, you send for a registration license and in the meantime freely use the shareware copy. If you can't use it, you're honor bound to erase the shareware version or pass it along to others who perhaps can--provided you make its files available as a complete set and without alteration of any kind except as expressly provided in related documentation, and don't charge more than nominal copying/shipping charges. (For Advocate Enterprises products, we define that to mean no more than $10 for our products and/or any additional products distributed with them.) And that's it--nothing to return, no hassles, no paperwork. Nothing could be simpler and everyone gains. But please note that keeping your end of the bargain is more than a legal commitment, it is an ethical one. Authors continue to distribute via shareware (an economical way to promote their products) only so long as users follow through on their part of the arrangement. If a shareware approach doesn't pay the rent, you find products that turn commercial--and we all lose. Please remember that if you obtain a shareware product from a third party, you have NOT bought the product or registered it. You've merely paid someone for the convenience of finding, possibly testing, announcing availability, copying and shipping. Not bad for $10 or so, huh? But the shareware author has, at that point, not been paid a single penny for his or her work. (In fact, s/he has gone to some expense just to get the product to you for evaluation.) If anyone has misled you about this fact or you paid more than $10 for any Advocate Enterprises shareware product, please notify us. So what do you get when you do register a shareware product? 1) The latest, full-featured version and all associated materials. (We are among the most active developers; unlike some others, we add small or large enhancements to many products virtually every month.) 2) When appropriate, an installation program to change a program so its default condition is to function in user-preferred ways rather than as released. (E.g., ADIR's default is to display files alphabetically; this may be changed to display them by filesize or filetype without having to specifically request this when the program runs.) Or, if applicable (see individual program's documentation), you may enclose a copy of your favorite Configuration File of user preferences and they'll be included as automatic "default" settings every time you run the program. 3) When appropriate, a conversion program to alter Configuration Files created with prior versions to the format used by the latest version. 4) Telephone and 24-hr. computer modem call-in support. 5) Notification of significant enhancements, and receipt of same for the cost of copying/shipping ($10 as of this writing). 6) For some products, a registration number with which you can earn a tidy Finders Fee for introducing others to our products. 7) The satisfaction which only comes with integrity, and the knowledge that you are supporting the continuation of no-risk shareware products. FORTHCOMING These products have yet to be officially released to the public. Through this "advance-reservation" option, you gain several advantages: 1) License fees are generally significantly less than the anticipated price at which the product will be released. 2) You'll receive the the first official release of the product IMMEDIATELY. The lag time between release and availability through normal channels generally involves several months while distributors print catalogs, place orders, etc. During that time, you'll have full access to the new capabilities. 3) Prior to formal release, we usually prepare interim versions which also will generally be sent to you. Not only does this provide you with still earlier access to the new capabilities, but it gives you the unique opportunity to influence what enhancements may be added before formal release. In other words, you help the program become what YOU would like it to be. And, you'll be aiding others in the user-supported software community at the same time. (Note: "Interim version" does NOT mean "bug-infested." It is a tentative "final" version subject to constructive enhancement.) ~ (Section 2) << PRODUCTS FOR GENERAL COMPUTING NEEDS >> (Note: Codes at the end of each product description are defined in Section 1.) DIRECTORY UTILITIES: If you've been unsatisfied with programs to manage your directories yet didn't want to be required to run a large, sluggish, memory-hogging program or shell, DIRUTILS are for you! Member programs--which may be executed separately (or from a shell/menu program of your own, if you prefer), and which are licensed together and separately--are small, extremely fast yet exceptionally powerful and innovative. ADIR, The Multi-Path Directory Sorting & Display Program, can be used like any other sophisticated DIR program for a fast directory of filenames and filesizes without all the clutter of the alternatives. But it really shines when you want to COMPARE directories, or different groups of files in the same directory. You may select up to FOUR file specifications. For example, "ADIR *.COM *.EXE *.BAT" displays all executable files on the current drive, something like this: ADIR v. 1.13 Path 1: *.COM Path 2: *.EXE Path 3: *.BAT ========== 1 ============ 2 ============= 3 ============= 4 =========== ADIR.COM 9911 | YOUR.EXE 110289 | YOUR.BAT 128 | YOUR.COM 10201 | | | ======================================================================= 1: 2 file(s) of 20112 bytes (20 kilobytes used, 4922 free) 2: 1 file(s) of 110289 bytes (108 kilobytes used, 4922 free) 3: 1 file(s) of 128 bytes (1 kilobyte used, 4922 free) "ADIR A: C:\UTILS:" might be used to check a subdirectory on your hard disk against a floppy's contents. If a single specification is entered, matching files display across all four columns; if two specs are entered, matching files of each are displayed two-across. For three or four specs, each is given a dedicated column. ASCOUT is now THE "file-finder" against which all others must be compared. You can search for MULTIPLE file specifications--on MULTIPLE drives, "normal" or "close approximation" searches, and you can specify a BEGINNING directory for the search (rather than having to search the entire drive). ASCOUT also "remembers" the drive and/or beginning directory unless you change it later on the command line. And with a copyrighted algorithm, you can restrict "matched" filenames to certain dates--BEFORE, SINCE or on a given date . . . even BETWEEN two dates! All of these various features can easily be combined in a single request. NO other program comes close to ASCOUT! ATREE is somewhat similar to your operating system's TREE program but is about twice as fast and much, much more useful. (We gave up on even using "tree" programs until we wrote ATREE.) Its display is far more compact yet more readable than TREE. And its display includes handy enumeration, full path to each directory on the same line, amount of disk space and percentage of the drive it occupies, followed by a summary line of total number of directories, space occupied and total percentage occupied. And unlike TREE, screens (or printed pages) may be paused--or not) . . . and more. CDX (Change Directory Extended): We believe this is the fastest change-directory program around. It also permits you to change drive AND directory in a single command, as simply as "CDX D:A". And unlike competitors which insist on slow "tree" displays which often require paging through several screens, CDX generally fits all directories on a single screen (about 100). You may use this display each time, or avoid it entirely by entering your command at the operating-system prompt. (If you enter an erroneous command, a helpful display and prompt automatically appear.) And more! You'll find unending uses for DIRUTILS programs--and registered users of the full package will receive planned DIRUTILS programs when available--at only the upgrade handling fee (currently $10) rather than at the increased registration fee anticipated! MS-DOS/PC-DOS: [R][S] CP/M: [F] QUICK EXTRACT, The Text-File Passage-Extraction Program: An essential tool for writes and software developers, QEXTRACT efficiently gathers and copies user-selected passages from an existing file to a second, new file without affecting the original. May be used as simply as entering filenames, yet provides various options for those who need or want them. Works with virtually ANY word processor or text editor. A "must-have" for anyone who works with text files of any kind. [R][S] QUICK HELP AND QUICK TEXT: Two separate programs for the price of one! You're using a dedicated version of QHELP right now (modified to run only QORDER's text file). QTEXT.COM is a very small, fast, single-file alternative. (If a self-running README.COM or similarly-named program accompanies the program you're now using, it's a copy of QTEXT.COM.) Both programs format and present ordinary text files created by virtually any word processor. QHELP automatically formats screen or printer output from a menu-driven environment. QTEXT is for simpler applications--often used for one- or two-screen text. One copy of QHELP can run an unlimited number of text files. For example, you might have one general text file with several sections, each providing a brief screen or two about, say, word processing, data processing, etc. In turn, each such section might end with a comment such as "type QHELP PROGRAMX to learn more about PROGRAMX." QHELP automatically finds and runs a default file ending with ".HLP" when the user types QHELP (which may be renamed HELP, if you prefer). By appending the name of any file ending with the ".HLP" suffix (suffix may be omitted), that file is run instead. The file for the earlier example would be named PROGRAMX.HLP. Both programs are indispensable for providing "how-to" information for colleagues, family members and others using your computers or for whom you provide advice and assistance. Licenses also are available for software developers and other distributors to include these programs with their products. [R][S] QWIKMATH: The most comprehensive programmers' calculator on the market today--providing extensive features while being easy to use. It offers: * A complete range of arithmetic and bitwise operators. * Values may be entered in binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal, with results always displayed in all radices (as well as their ASCII or extended scan code equivalents, where applicable). * A special "Character" value-entry mode permits you to press any ASCII or extended scan code key(s) and instantly see their values in all of the above radices, plus the visual character or symbol which would be displayed if that value were used for screen output. * The ability to perform calculations in 32-bit, 16-bit and 8-bit values. * A 16-level "undo" feature to escape erroneous entries or freely experiment in a "what if" session without losing the results of prior operations. * The ability to freely combine and move between all of the above conditions at any time at the touch of a key. * Context-sensitive, built-in help screens. * Executable as a stand-alone or "stay-resident" program. (The user may freely alter the TSR "hotkey" at any time.) * After installation, results of the most recent operation and user configuration preferences are automatically saved. They may be acted upon, discarded, or altered at will. [R][S] 9 O'CLOCK (MS-DOS/PC-DOS only) This is the COMPLETE time-tracking system--with extensive features while easy to use. It can time up to nine simultaneous events--even while your computer isn't running. Each clock may have an attached note and tracking code . An alarm clock can pop up a reminder of your choice while foreground programs run. Available in two versions, 9 O'CLOCK PROFESSIONAL provides extensive billing features for later analysis or printout with the accompanying advanced data base manager. For those who don't bill for their time, our 9 O'CLOCK PERSONAL replaces financial functions with expanded clock attached-note capabilities. 9 O'CLOCK may be run as a TSR (background) program or a stand-alone application, and can export its data to files compatible with most word processor, data base and spreadsheet programs. Its own virtually unlimited data base holds more than 2 billion records. 9 O'CLOCK PERSONAL: [R][S] 9 O'CLOCK PRFOESSIONAL: [R] OTHER PRODUCTS: Advocate Enterprises offers a variety of other software products--available for public sale and as private, dedicated products. Staff also serve as consultants on computer applications, systems and more. A complete typesetting and graphic design department provides true phototypesetting, layout and related services directly from virtually any file or from hardcopy originals. Feel free to contact us at the address or voice/modem phone numbers provided on the request form in the last section. ~ (Section 3) << EZSYSTEM PUBLISHING PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS >> The following products are for typesetters, desktop publishers and those who work with files for these environments. Additional products are planned, and others may be created on request. Have a need or idea? Contact us! Our address and voice/modem phone lines appear in the final, request-form section. Codes at the end of each product description are defined in Section 1. EASYTYPE: Our flagship EZSYSTEM program, EASYTYPE, The Intelligent Word Processing to Typesetting Translator, remarkably converts files from virtually any word processing program directly into a typesetting file for virtually any typesetting system. (A single copy can be used with MULTIPLE typesetters!) All "soft" and "hard" line ends (those which wrap around during reformatting and those which don't, respectively) are preserved. All other codes are translated--NOT discarded or passed through unchecked as in most alternatives. "Open" and "Close" quotation marks are converted perfectly--eliminating THAT headache forever. Macro keys, which add tremendous power if and when desired, are a keystroke away. Personal preferences can be saved to an unlimited number of permanent Configuration Files for future use. EASYTYPE is extremely easy to use, yet offers the most sophisticated capabilities for those who need them. We could say so much more about this product, but space confines us. We'll only add that unsolicited compliments have confirmed that EASYTYPE is better--and faster--than the comparable product by the leading typesetting manufacturer, Compugraphic, itself. Once tried, you won't be able to get along without it. Period. [R][S] EZREMAKE: Remember how problematic it was to remake selected passages after outputting type? You wasted time resetting the whole job. Or, you output a section but missed a critical code or bit of text? Or, you set changes separately and crossed your fingers nobody would ever use the unfixed original later? Or . . . .With EZREMAKE those days are gone forever. EZREMAKE extracts ONLY the passages you want, automatically accompanied by just the right formatting codes! Note: A comparable program, QEXTRACT, is available for direct use on ordinary word processor files which don't involve typesetting or desktop publishing codes. [R][S] EZFORMAT: (MS-DOS/PC-DOS only) This program provides a variety of invaluable, powerful, yet easy-to-use services for your typesetting files. Want to break it into smaller units? You can do so in various ways. Want "step-and-repeat" capabilities? With EZFORMAT, you've got it, again complete with options to spare. Best of all, do you want to have TOTAL pagination control of a publication project? Here, this tool REALLY shines! EZFORMAT can break pages to a specified number of lines, add headers and footers (each of which may be varied for left- and right-hand pages, and each of which can be restylized at any point), leave a defined amount of for artwork to be stripped later and much, much more! Other features (too numerous to list here) include the ability to keep charts or any other text together as a unit rather than allow it to split across pages. And in all cases, you can later freely edit the file without affecting EZFORMAT's ability to reapply the same instructions again and again. Difficult to use? Not at all! The simple codes you insert probably are as easy or easier than those you now use for your typesetting editor program. (Most features even can be entered from an EZFORMAT menu, if you prefer.) [F] ~ (Section 4) << CREDITS >> QUICK EXTRACT, QEXTRACT, QUICK TEXT, QTEXT, QUICK HELP, QHELP, ADIR, ATREE, ASCOUT, CDX, CHANGE DIRECTORY EXTENDED, DIRUTILS, QWIKMATH, 9OCLOCK, 9OLOG, EZSYSTEM Publishing Productivity Tools, EASYTYPE, EASY REMAKE, EZREMAKE, EZFORMAT and EASY FORMAT are trademarks of, and copyright (c) 1986-90 by, J.W. Olsen / Advocate Enterprises, Ltd., all rights reserved. Compugraphic is a registered trademark of Agfa/Compugraphic. WordStar is a registered trademark of MicroPro Corporation. ~ (Section 5) ******** ADVOCATE ENTERPRISES LICENSE / UPGRADE REQUEST FORM ******** Fees are for single-user or single-site licenses. Inquire for others. Offers subject to change without notice. Orders: ADVOCATE ENTERPRISES, 117 W. Harrison Bldg., 6th Floor Mail Stop A-408, Chicago, IL 60605. Info: 312-939-3300 (voice, weekdays) or 312-939-4411 (modem, 24 hrs.). *********************************************************************** Product Shareware Trial [a] Registered Total DIR UTILITIES ____ x $10.00 -or- ____ x [b] = $_________ 9 O'CLOCK ____ x 10.00 -or- ____ x [c] = _________ QHELP/QTEXT ____ x 10.00 -or- ____ x [d] = _________ QUICK EXTRACT ____ x 10.00 -or- ____ x $19.95 = _________ QWIKMATH ____ x 10.00 -or- ____ x 24.95 = _________ EASYTYPE ____ x 10.00 -or- ____ x 49.95 = _________ EZREMAKE ____ x 10.00 -or- ____ x 39.95 = _________ EZFORMAT ...................... ____ x 20.00[e] = _________ Quantity: ____ Subtotal: $_________ For "Quantity" of 2 or more, see table below.......DISCOUNT: -_________ Upgrade(s) [circle products above] ____ x $10.00 = +_________ Outside the U.S./Canada, please add $5.00 foreign shipping: +_________ [U.S. dollars only, drawn on U.S. bank] TOTAL ENCLOSED: $_________ NOTES: [a] SHAREWARE handling fee may be applied to registration of same product within 90 days. [b] DIRUTILS: $30 for complete package; or, $15 for first member program, $5 each additional program ordered at the same time. [c] 9 O'CLOCK: PROFESSIONAL version, $69.95, PERSONAL version, $29.95. [d] QHELP/QTEXT: $39.95 for-profit corporate version, $19.95 individual/nonprofit version. [e] PRE-RELEASE EARLY-BIRD SAVINGS RESERVATION: Substantial price increase planned upon formal release. ____ Contact me about software for special applications. ____ Contact me about a distributorship license. **** DISCOUNTS **** name______________________________________________ Registrations % 2-5..............20 address____________________________________________ 6-50 ............30 51-100...........40 city/state/zip_____________________________________ 101-250..........45 251-500..........50 daytime phone ( ) ____________________________ 501+........Inquire ******************* operating system: ____ CP/M--enter CP/M make/model: ___________________ ____ MS-DOS/PC-DOS--circle DOS disk type: 3.5" 5.25" [FOR OFFICE USE] R:__________ F:_________ Referral #: [INAPPLICABLE] Reg #:___________________________________ PRODUCTS/AEORDER.WSD [19D0] ~