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Welcome to AMS! This file tells how to get going with AMS quickly.
To get started quickly the steps in this file are outlined below:
1. Follow the quick installation routine below
2. Print the User's Manual as described below
3. This is a Share Ware program. Please read the license and registration
requirements in the User's Manual sections
4. Read the Big Picture Overview
***** QUICK INSTALLATION
***************************************************************************
AMS is provided in a self extracting file of the format AMSxxx.EXE where
xxx is the version number.
If AMS was down loaded from a computer bulletin board it may also be
compressed and placed in a .ZIP .ARC or similar file. Place the compressed
file in a convenient directory on your hard disk drive other than the root
directory. Decompress the down loaded file using appropriate procedures
for your system.
If you are installing AMS from a distribution diskette it is installed as
follows: Place the installation diskette in an available drive which will
usually be either "A" or "B". Select the drive in which the diskette is
placed by entering: "A:" and press the enter key. (On some machines the
<Enter> key may also be labeled <Return>.) Then copy the compressed self
extracting file into a convenient directory of your choosing on the hard
disk which will be designated as \ZZZ:
A:\COPY AMSxxx.EXE C:\ZZZ
Place the AMSxxx.EXE self extracting file in a directory by itself. Set the
current directory to the directory in which it resides:
C:\CD\ZZZ
Extract the files by typing the file name (the xxx should be replaced with
the file version number) and pressing <Enter>:
C:\AMSxxx <Enter>
The decompressed files will be placed in the current directory after the
extraction is complete. (Do not try to run AMS from this directory.)
To install AMS type "INSTALL" followed by a space and the letter of the
drive on which the program is to be installed. As this will usually be "C"
drive it will be so assumed for the rest of this discussion and the entry
should look like this:
C:\INSTALL C <Enter>
This command will automatically install the program on drive "C" in
directory "C:\AMS" and a small batch startup file "AMS.BAT" will be placed
in the root directory "C:\".
When the file installation is complete AMS will initiate a startup sequence
that consists of seven screens that provided details for basic program
configuration. Follow the instructions on the screen. At the last screen
save the configuration entered as instructed.
A shareware and registration screen will then be displayed. Print a copy ot
the Registration form by pressing <Y>. Then press any other key to display
the title and password screen. If a password was selected you must enter it
exactly and press <Enter>. If no password was entered just press enter and
the program Main Menu will be displayed.
This will install the program files and demonstration files in the \AMS
directory.
***** PRINT THE AMS USER'S MANUAL:
***************************************************************************
The User's Manual is included in a file called AMS.DOC. It
can be printed using the DOS PRINT command. Set the directory
to the directory in which AMS.DOC resides. Then enter the
command to print the manual as follows:
C:\PRINT AMS.DOC
For more information on the print command refer to your DOS
User's Guide and Reference Manual.
***** HOW TO START AMS:
************************************************************************** Start AMS by entering "AMS" and pressing the enter key:
C:\AMS <Enter>
This will start the Action Management System Program. If the program has
not been registered a shareware and registration screen will appear. Press
any key other then <Y> to proceed. A title, copyright, and password screen
will be displayed and a password will be requested if one has been entered.
If no password has been entered just press <Enter>, and the Main Menu will
be displayed. If a password is installed it will be necessary to enter the
password before pressing <Enter>. The password must be entered exactly
using capital letters and small letters. These letters will not be
displayed as they are entered for security.
***** REGISTRATION, DISCLAIMER, AGREEMENT, AND LIMITATIONS
The registration form may be printed from the shareware screen displayed on
program startup by entering a <Y>. Please print and complete the
registration form. A copy is also provided at the front of this Users
Manual. When I receive your registration and the applicable fee I will
send instructions for disabling the shareware screen.
Users of the Action Management System must accept this disclaimer of
warranty: "The Action Management System 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 the Action Management
System."
The Action Management System is a "shareware program" and is provided at no
charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
friends, but do not give it away altered or as part of another system.
Such shared copies must be in the compressed self extracting file that
includes all the unaltered files that it contains.
The concept of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer
users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide an
incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find
this program useful and find that you are using the Action Management
System and continue to use the Action Management System after a reasonable
trial period, you must make the registration payment. The registration fee
will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. Treat
this software just like a book. This software may be used by any number of
people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so
long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's
being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different
persons at the same time.
Commercial users of the Action Management System must register and pay for
their copies of the Action Management System within 30 days.
Evaluation copies of the Action Management System may be distributed
provided the cost is $10.00 or less and the program is distributed in an
unmodified form as described above. This is not to be construed as
representing the registration fee which must still be paid as described
above.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of the Action Management System along to
your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy
if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy
of the latest version of the the Action Management System system.
***** THE BIG PICTURE
************************************************************************** START AMS BY ENTERING "AMS" AND PRESSING THE ENTER KEY:
Read section 2.0 of the User's Manual or Help Module B as they describe the
management framework in which AMS is to be used. This is just as important
as learning how to use the computer program and will have a strong bearing
on the successful implementation of the system. Section 3.0 includes a
brief tutorial using demonstration files that will provide a look at AMS
reports and provide hands on experience using AMS. Section 5.0 provides a
detailed description of the main program functions. Skim this section to
learn where to find the details. Section 4.0, 6.0, 7.0, and the Appendices
provide material for future reference as AMS is used. And of course read
1.4 on registration and legal stuff!
END:AMS_READ.ME