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- Washington Area dBASE II Users Group
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- The programs on this disk come from the library of
- the Capital Osborne Users group. Most of this text
- file comes from the CapOUG Library Index or from the
- group's newsletters. It was generously made
- available to us by Merrill M. Hessel, president and
- librarian of CapOUG. (See his copyright notice below.)
-
- Copyright 1983. This documentation in part or as a
- whole may not be reproduced in written or electronic
- form. Permission is given to Users Groups to
- distribute this documentation by disk provided this
- copyright notice is included. The documentation may
- be printed by private individuals only and may not
- be sold by anyone without the permission of M.M.
- Hessel, 6200 Winnebago Road, Bethesda, MD 20816.
-
- Contents of Disk:
-
- CHURCH.LBR Library with 24 files
- This CHURCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM was donated to CapOUG
- by Ralph Shipp. This is quite a sophisticated program
- and could be used for any group or business. You
- really need at least 160K capacity on each drive for
- this program. All the files on this disk should be
- put on a single disk along with the DBASE.COM & OVR
- file. The disk should be SYSGENNED. The disk is then
- put on DRIVE A:. On DRIVE B: put a cleanly formatted
- disk with the file FILE/5.DBF. Type: DBASE<cr>.
- When dBASE comes up, type: DO LOVE<cr>. This command
- file will bring up this set of programs and menus.
- It is easy for a non-computer person to be able to
- use it in a few minutes. The file on drive B has
- demonstration data and should be replaced by your
- actual data. I think it is a very useful system.
- Use it as a model for other programs such as inventory
- and card file databases.
-
- GENEALGY.LBR Library with 32 files
- This GENEALOGY SYSTEM was obtained from the OUF
- (Paris France Osborne Users Group) and written by
- Sam Washburn, an American in Paris. The DOC file is
- is rather extensive and very well written. It is
- extremely easy for the novice to use. Put dBASE in
- drive A: put this disk in Drive B:. After you enter
- dBASE then set default to B: and type the command DO
- EXPLORE. You will now get a screen enter: R and then
- enter 1100. You should now see the family tree of
- William the Conqueror.
- The genealogical data base program "EXPLORE" allows
- you to maintain a data base of people who are
- related to each other. You can add new people to the
- database and then link them together by indicating
- the direct relationships between the people.
- There are commands in the EXPLORE program that allow
- you to add and edit the people in your genealogy and
- their biographies. These commands use certain of the
- dBASE II functions (edit, browse, append) so you will
- need to know the control keys that are used in these
- commands ^Y,^Q,^W, etc. Otherwise the program is
- designed for a novice computer user. There are four
- help-screens.
- When you first start up it is useful to page through
- the help-screens as they contain information that is
- worth knowing right away.
-
- CHEKBOOK.LBR Library with 22 files
- This is a dBASE II CHECK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. It was
- revised and resubmitted by John J. Griffin
- (President of the Baltimore Osborne Users Group) and
- Steve Meginnis. They modified and extended the
- personal finance system on an earlier CapOUG disk.
- The following is a description of the system:
- * one keystroke command execution;
- * additional functions: VOID, REPORT,
- and EXIT;
- * check printing capabilities (user may
- have to modify to suit individual printers);
- * user menu ('MNU') files for easy
- individualization of the program;
- * error trapping functions;
- * current account balance information display;
- * built-in upper/lower case insensitivity;
- * quick payee and category entry for
- frequently used payees;
- * a database for your categories and
- category codes.
- GETTING STARTED: With dBASE in the A drive and
- this disk in drive B, at the dBASE "." type "DO
- B:$MENU". This causes the program to ask some
- preliminary questions and in time up comes the Main
- Menu. From here, select "A" to practice entering a
- few checks. I do not suggest trying the check
- printing until you have set up the program for your
- printer. Read the DOC file, which is well written
- and has many suggestions for setting up your accounts.
- (NOTE by John Weske, 11/30/84: John Griffin tells me
- these programs run fine under dBASE II v2.3x and v2.4,
- but that they hang up in v2.41. He says that all
- they need are a few CLEAR commands that he has not
- yet had a chance to put in.)
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- All three programs are set up for CP/M 80. To use them
- under CP/M 86 merely change the .CMD files to .PRG.
-