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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 27-Oct-1996
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Year Input Programmer Tool
- Version: 1.10
- Version Date: 28-Oct-1996
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Demonstration product, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: YearIn v1.1 - Demonstrates a routine that
- properly handles two-digit year inputs and
- differences for the current and next century.
- In addition, this routine is incorporated
- into an edit box that expands a two-digit
- year into a four-digit year when you move
- away from it. Registered users will receive
- the source code for this routine and edit
- box. FileJockey shareware: $10 to $5000 (CIS:
- GO SWREG #11545). [Windows 3.1]
- Reason for version: year differences; dynamic edit box
-
- Category: Database applications; Software tools & add-
- ins; For multiple programs
- Keywords: 2000 CENTURY MILLENNIUM YEAR DATE CLOCK C C++
- FORTRAN COBOL
- Required Packages: YEARIN11
- This Package: YEARIN11
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80286 (AT))
- Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.0
- Standard RAM: 640K
- Hard Drive Space: 128K
- Required:
- Keyboard
-
- Orders:
- Address: FileJockey Software
- 289 S. Robertson Blvd.
- Suite 373
- Beverly Hills, CA 90211
- USA
-
- Support:
- Address: FileJockey Software
- 289 S. Robertson Blvd.
- Suite 373
- Beverly Hills, CA 90211
- USA
- FAX: (310) 278-8495
- CompuServe: 71573,1023
- Internet: 71573.1023@compuserve.com
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- YearIn 1.1 Quick Guide
- DEMO: Two-Digit Year Input or Difference
- Copyright (c) 1995-1996 by David M. Wincelberg
-
-
- Overview
-
- This program demonstrates a routine that properly handles two-
- digit year inputs and differences for the current and next
- century. For example, 98 converts to 1998 and 3 becomes 2003.
- The pair of partial years (90, 95) converts to (1890, 1995) for a
- difference of 105 years. In addition, this routine is
- incorporated into an edit box or data-entry field that expands a
- two-digit year into a four-digit year when you move away from it.
- Thus, YearIn's year-resolution routine virtually eliminates the
- need to enter four-digit years and allows databases that use two-
- digit years to continue to be usable in the 21st century.
-
- To use YearIn in Windows 3.1 or 95, start YEARIN.EXE, click
- on the Input menu, and select either A Year, Year Difference,
- Examples, or Dynamic Edit Box. For the first option, enter a
- one-, two-, or three-digit year and click on the OK button or
- press Enter to close the dialog box. The input and the result
- will appear in a scrolling list in YearIn's main window. In
- addition, you may set the active year in this dialog box to some
- year other than the current one. For example, try entering 98
- for active years 1996 and 2000. You will get the same four-digit
- year.
-
- The year-difference option will produce a dialog box that
- accepts a pair of two-digit years and allows setting the active
- year and the minimum difference between years. Try entering 90
- and 95 to get a difference of 105 years. The inputs and outputs
- for this calculation will also appear in the main window. The
- primary benefit of the year-difference logic is that databases
- that use two-digit years to store birth and current (or death)
- years do NOT need to be modified. Following is the sample output
- from this program that is generated by selecting the Examples
- option.
-
-
- Input(s) Full Year(s) Difference Active Year MinDiff
- -------- ------------ ---------- ----------- -------
- 98 1998 1996
- 3 2003 1996
- 98 1998 2000
- 3 2003 2000
- 3, 98 1903, 1998 95 1996 25
- 90, 95 1890, 1995 105 1996 25
- 3, 98 1903, 1998 95 2000 25
- 90, 95 1890, 1995 105 2000 25
- 75 1975 1996
- 75 2075 2060
-
-
- Selecting the Dynamic Edit Box option will present an edit
- box (or data-entry field) that converts a partial year input into
- a four-digit year when you move away from it by clicking on
- another entry field, selecting a button, or using a keyboard
- command. This edit box is designed to relieve data-entry
- personnel from repeatedly having to type all four digits of an
- input year.
-
- YearIn is a freely-distributable $10 to $5000 shareware
- program by FileJockey Software, which can be reached by e-mail
- (71573.1023 @compuserve.com) or postal mail (289 S. Robertson
- Blvd., Suite 373, Beverly Hills, CA 90211). Registered users
- will receive the C/C++/Fortran/COBOL source code for this routine
- and the C++ source code for this edit box. FileJockey Software
- is also maintaining a list of year-2000 articles in YR2000.TXT in
- CompuServe's OAFORUM and PCPROG forums.
-
-
-
- Files in YearIn.ZIP
-
-
- README.TXT This file.
-
- WHATSNEW.TXT Describes changes since version 1.0.
-
- YEARIN.EXE Windows 3.1 program to demonstrate the year-
- conversion routine.
-
- YEARIN.HLP Full documentation file in Windows 3.1 help
- format. This file can be run from the
- Windows 3.1 Program Manager and the Windows
- 95 Explorer.
-
- YEARIN.REG The license-and-registration payment form.
-
- FILE_ID.DIZ Description of YearIn to be used on-line or
- in catalogs.
-
- VENDINFO.DIZ Contains vendor-distribution information in a
- computer-readable format. It also has YearIn
- installation instructions, much of
- README.TXT, and a copy of the license
- agreement. The first part of VENDINFO.DIZ is
- human readable, while the second part
- requires a program such as the free VENDVIEW.
- On CompuServe, GO ZENITH for this viewer as
- file VNDVUE.ZIP in Library 6.
-
-
-
- To print this file from DOS, enter:
-
- COPY README.TXT > PRN
-
- This file is formatted for printing on any printer. (Ignore the
- characters at the left margin -- they tell the printer to advance
- to the next page.) To see this file on the screen, use an editor
- or enter:
-
- TYPE README.TXT | MORE
-
-
- All (registered) trademarks and (registered) service marks are
- properties of their respective companies.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- FILE_ID.DIZ 434 28-Oct-1996 01:10a E07904F4
- YEARIN.EXE 94176 28-Oct-1996 01:10a BACB150F
- YEARIN.HLP 33532 28-Oct-1996 01:10a B541948B
- YEARIN.REG 1405 28-Oct-1996 01:10a 5C6EFBC4
- README.TXT 5949 28-Oct-1996 01:10a 042E4332
- WHATSNEW.TXT 1466 28-Oct-1996 01:10a 66808F69
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- To install YEARIN onto disk, make a new directory and change to it using
- DOS commands such as:
-
- c:
- md \yearin
- cd \yearin
-
- Copy YEARIN.ZIP file to this directory and expand it:
-
- copy [drive:][directory]yearin.zip
- pkunzip yearin
-
- where [drive:][directory] specifies the location where YEARIN.ZIP is
- currently stored. Alternatively, use a program such as WinZIP or Norton
- Navigator for Windows 95 to copy or move the .ZIP file and unzip the
- individual files.
-
-
- Windows 3.1:
- If desired, copy YEARIN to a group from File Manager by first opening
- File Manager and the group. Then find YEARIN.EXE and drag it with your
- mouse to the group.
-
-
- Windows 95:
- If desired, use Explorer to find YEARIN.EXE and right drag it to your
- desktop. After confirming your action, this will create a shortcut for
- running YEARIN.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- FileJockey Software hereby alerts you that YearIn 1.1 and its
- accompanying documentation are provided "AS IS" without warranty of any
- kind. You assume all risks involving use of this Software and its
- results and performance.
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- This is a legal agreement between you ("Licensee") and FileJockey
- Software ("Licensor"). Licensor owns all worldwide rights, title,
- copyright and other interests in and to the demonstration computer
- program identified as YearIn 1.1 ("Software"). By using the Software,
- you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms:
-
- 1. Licensor grants to Licensee the non-exclusive and non-assignable
- right to use the Software without paying a fee to Licensor.
-
- 2. Licensee may distribute copies of the Software and related files to
- others provided Licensee informs the recipients that the Software is
- subject to a license agreement. The attached VENDINFO data record is
- hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the
- distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby
- authorized.
-
- 3. Licensor hereby alerts Licensee that the Software and accompanying
- documentation are provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind.
- Licensee assumes all risks involving use of the Software and its results
- and performance.
-
- 4. Licensee hereby acknowledges that Licensor bears no responsibility
- or liability which may arise or result from Licensee's use of the
- Software. Licensee hereby waives and releases Licensor from any and all
- claims for damages, losses and costs therefrom. In no event shall
- Licensor's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for
- license and registration, regardless of the form of the claim.
-
- 5. This license agreement shall be construed and enforced in
- accordance with the laws of the State of California. This agreement may
- not be modified except by written instrument signed by both parties. If
- any provisions of this agreement are found to be invalid or
- unenforceable by the operation of the law, then invalidity or
- unenforceability of such provision(s) shall not affect the validity or
- enforceability of the other provisions of this agreement. Any dispute
- arising from this agreement shall be submitted to California courts
- located in Los Angeles County, and Licensee hereby submits to the
- jurisdiction of such courts.
-
-
- ===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
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