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- ---- How and why should I register MicroCook?
-
- If you like MicroCook and plan to use it past the 30 days
- evaluation period, you must register it. Registering MicroCook
- (or any other Shareware) is the only way you can legally use the
- program past this evaluation period. The Shareware principle is
- based on trust. If you like it and use it, you pay for it. Not
- too much to ask for?
-
- Registered users of the MicroCook database program will
- receive a KEY file that also will keep future versions of
- MicroCook, both DOS & Windows, registered for several years
- before it expire. At that time you'll have the option to upgrade
- for a small fee (less than full registration). See the
- documentation included with the version that "expired" your KEY
- file for details. Also unlimited technical support for as long as
- you own a registered version of MicroCook. The KEY file will also
- print your name, or the name of someone you give MicroCook to as
- a gift, on the bottom line of the monitor screen. Un-registered
- users that have questions during the evaluation period can
- contact me by mail, or on America On Line (TM), CompuServe (TM)
- or to norski@execpc.com on the Internet. And of course,
- registered users can also make use of these contacts.
-
- When you register you will receive a small "KEY file" with
- the serial number and your name. Place this file in the SAME
- directory as MCOOK.EXE. Please keep a copy of the Key file in a
- safe place. This file is for YOU only, and must NOT be
- distributed with any copies you give to your friends or upload to
- BBS's (which you are encouraged to do). The KEY disables all the
- "Please Register!" messages and the time delayed opening and
- exit screens so the program will start running without delay. I
- added these "features" as reminders to unregistered users, not to
- harass them. The unregistered version and the registered version
- are identical in functions, except for these messages.
- If your KEY file gets lost or damaged, send me a letter with
- an approximate date when you registered, to which name it was
- registered, and a check for $5.00 for handle shipping & handling.
- I'll then mail you a disk back a copy of the KEY file. If you can
- receive the Serial and Control number via e-mail, a new number is
- FREE. But I won't change the name of the user:)
-
- Also included with the registered copy of MicroCook are
- about 2,000 recipes, ready to be loaded into MicroCook. And just
- incase your hard disk mess up your recipe database, I have
- written a small program that will extract as many recipes as
- possible from the damaged MicroCook recipe database, and save
- them to a new database. MCDBFIX.EXE is another utility just for
- the registered user.
-
- You can receive your Serial Number and Control number for
- the KEY file via e-mail if you have a e-mail address. I'll send
- it as e-mail as soon as either CompuServe or PsL notify me that
- you have registered, or as soon as I receive a check or money
- order from you. This will remove the "Please register" messages a
- little faster. Instructions on how to create the KEY file will be
- included in the e-mail.
-
- If you have a lot of recipes in formats other than
- Meal-Master, MasterCook, or Edna's Cookbook that you would like
- to convert to MicroCook, please send an e-mail, call or write. I
- plan to add more conversions in the next version of MicroCook so
- I would like to learn more about the different PC cookbook
- formats that are in use. But please do NOT ask about QBOOK's
- ASCII recipes. It has a very free-form format, and is very hard
- to figure out correctly. I have gone through 100's of QBOOK
- recipes from various sources, and non are formatted the same way.
-
- To register by mail, fill out the registration editor in
- MicroCook (Print menu), and print out the filled out form. You
- can also use the REGISTER program from the DOS prompt, or RUN it
- from Windows. Internet users with a credit card can also register
- at Albert's Ambry. See ALBERTS.TXT. CompuServe users can register
- through Software Registration (GO SWREG), see SWREG.TXT for
- details. And if your choice is credit card and you don't have
- Internet access, see the CREDIT.TXT file. These files can also be
- printed from MicroCook. You also need to use the REGISTER program
- to create the KEY file if you received it as e-mail.
-