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- ------- PSA Cards 3.0 for Windows 3.1 ------
-
- VERSION 3.0 WILL READ FILES WRITTEN BY EARLIER VERSIONS.
- VERSIONS OLDER THAN 3.0 WILL NOT READ VERSION 3.0 FILES.
-
- IF YOU ARE RUNNING WINDOWS 95 OR WINDOWS NT YOU SHOULD
- BE USING PSA CARDS 3.0 FOR WINDOWS 95 / NT 3.51
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- PSA Cards is an easy to use address program. It looks
- like a card file and it works like a card file. Just
- click on a divider tab or card to open or close it.
-
- PSA Cards is also an OLE 2.0 container application.
- This means that you can link or imbed objects
- (pictures, maps, documents, sound and video clips)
- created in other programs in your PSA Cards entries.
-
-
- VERSION 3.0 NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES
-
- General
- * Improved dialog for for field mapping in Import command
- * City, State ZIP line for mail merge
- * Metric units (mm) for measurements
- * Added Edit command to context (right mouse button) menus.
- * Option for dd-mm-yy Euro style dates
- * Multiple e-mail fields
-
- Printing
- * Separate fonts for return address, envelopes, cards, labels, address books.
- * Added command to print entry to right mouse button menu.
- * Made Print Current Entry the default if no check marks.
- * Added option to use Print Setup for envelope selection.
- * Added No. 9 envelope size - 3 7/8 x 8 7/8 and metric sizes.
- * Optional USPS format for addresses - all caps, no punctuation for envelopes
- and mailing labels.
- * Allow mailing label paper selection in print setup (including A4 size).
- * Custom mailing label sizes and more predefined label forms
- * Option for auto size on mailing labels.
- * Print manual double sided address books as two print jobs.
- * Allow address book paper selection in print setup (including A4 size).
- * Added new address book formats.
- * Changed print preview to retain print preview window size and state
- separately from the main window size and state.
-
- Entry Names and Entry Sorting
- * Program now sorts van, v.d., and von type entries properly
- * Option for displaying and printing using "last name, first name" style
- * Added contact name to sort strings for business entries and second name to
- sort string for reisidences.
-
- Dialing
- * Added multiple local area codes
- * Added TAPI to enable dialing out while waiting for FAXes
- (Windows 95/NT 4.0 only).
-
- VERSION 3.0 BUG FIXES
-
- * Fixed barcode logic to handle case: 1234 - 25 Ave. NE. i.e., the "-"
- between the street number and name.
- * Fixed barcode bug that occurred when street field had more than one line.
- * Fixed bug in phone editing dialog. Deleting all entries, including the
- "new" one caused a problem.
- * Fixed a bug that caused text in the Notes field to become scrambled when
- the main screen was scrolled.
-
-
- ********************** INSTALLATION **********************
-
- If you install PSA Cards 3.0 over a previous version,
- be sure to use the install program. It installs new
- system DLL's from Microsoft in your windows\system
- directory.
-
- INSTALLING FROM A FLOPPY DISK
-
- Run the install program, install.exe from the Program
- Manager.
-
- INSTALLING FROM A DOWNLOADED PSA Cards ZIP FILE
-
- 1. Create a directory for the program on your hard
- drive and copy the PSA Cards ZIP file to it.
-
- 2. Extract the program and help files by running
- pkunzip in DOS or in a DOS window. This will make
- 18 files in the program directory. Eleven of these are
- OLE 2.0 libraries from Microsoft. These files will be
- installed in your windows\system directory. There are
- seven files PSA Cards 3.0 files: cards.exe, cards.hlp,
- readme.txt, register.txt, cardfile.msc, tips.txt, and
- sample.car. The last file is the installation program,
- install.exe.
-
- If you wish, the PSA Cards ZIP file can now be deleted
- from your hard drive. However, it would be a good idea
- to back it up to a floppy disk before deleting it.
-
- 3. Run the installation program, install.exe, from the
- Program Manager (Run... in the File menu) and follow
- instructions.
-
-
- INSTALL.EXE -- MORE DETAILED INFORMATION
-
- The installation program will copy the PSA Cards files
- to whatever directory you choose. The installation
- directory can be the same as directory for the
- downloaded PSA Cards ZIP file.
-
- After copying the Cards files to the installation
- directory, the install program will create a program
- group and program items in the Program Manager. There
- will be program items for PSA Cards, Cards Help, the
- installation log, and this readme.txt file.
-
- The OLE 2.0 dynamic libraries are supplied by Microsoft
- for installation in systems running 16 bit versions of
- Windows. That is, Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11
- (Windows for Workgroups). If you are running a 32 bit
- version of Windows, you should download or order the
- 32 bit version of PSA Cards.
-
- In order to install the OLE libraries, the install
- program checks to make sure that an existing version of
- a library is not in use. If one is, a message box is
- displayed asking the user to shut down all possible
- applications and then try to continue the installation.
-
- If MICROSOFT OFFICE is running, it will probably prevent
- the installation of the OLE files. If there is a
- problem with copying the OLE files, shut down MS Office
- and try the installation again.
-
- If this doesn't fix the problem, try shutting down and
- restarting Windows. Then restart the installation. If
- you already have the OLE 2.0 libraries, the install
- program will compare library versions and will not
- overwrite a newer library version with an older one.
- The OLE 2.0 files are:
-
- COMPOBJ.DLL
- MFCOLEUI.DLL
- OLE2.DLL
- OLE2.REG
- OLE2CONV.DLL
- OLE2DISP.DLL
- OLE2NLS.DLL
- OLEPROX.DLL
- STDOLE.TLB
- STORAGE.DLL
- TYPELIB.DLL
-
- The OLE 2.0 libraries must be registered with the
- REGEDIT.EXE program. REGEDIT.EXE is part of Windows.
- REGEDIT.EXE is run automatically by the installation
- program.
-
- If you are running Windows 3.1, you must have the SHARE
- command in your autoexec.bat file. The SHARE settings
- /L: and /F: must be at least /L:500 and /F:5100. This
- sets up range locking used by OLE 2.0 compound files.
- The install program checks for the SHARE command. More
- often than not, the install program from some other OLE
- 2.0 aware application will have already added SHARE to
- your autoexec.bat. If you do get a SHARE message you
- will need to edit your autoexec.bat file and add the
- line:
-
- SHARE /L:500 /F:5100
-
- after the PATH command but before the WIN command. Use
- an ASCII text editor such as Notepad or SysEdit to
- change your c:\autoexec.bat file. If you are working
- in DOS you can also use the DOS editor, EDIT. I could
- have written the install program to do this
- automatically, but I dislike (and distrust) install
- programs that alter my autoexec.bat and config.sys
- files.
-
- If you are running MS-DOS 4.01, the SHARE statement
- must be in your CONFIG.SYS file and the command is:
-
- INSTALL=C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100
-
- Of course, if your DOS directory is not C:\DOS, the
- correct path to your DOS directory must be supplied.
-
- IMPORTANT PRECAUTION -- Anytime that you change your
- autoexec.bat (or config.sys) file you should make a
- backup copy of it first. Just copy it to another file
- such as autoexec.sav. Then if there is some mishap
- with your autoexec.bat file you can restore it. Your
- computer needs the autoexec.bat and config.sys files in
- order to boot.
-
- When you change your autoexec.bat file, you need to
- reboot your computer before the changes will take
- effect.
-
- If you are running Windows 3.11 (Windows for
- Workgroups) you do not need (and should not use) SHARE.
- Range locking is a built-in part of Windows 3.11.
-
- Finally, if you have set your TEMP entry in your
- autoexec.bat to point to removable media, you should
- change it back to point to a local hard drive. The
- install program does NOT check TEMP entry.
-
-
- LOADING A DATA FILE ON STARTUP
-
- The installation program sets up PSA Cards to automatically
- open the file "sample.car" each time you double click on
- the PSA Cards icon. If you want to open a different file
- on program startup, use the Program manager "Properties"
- command to change the Command Line entry. The new data
- file name replaces "sample.car" after the program name
- (cards.exe). Be sure to leave a blank between the program
- name and the file name.
-
- REGISTRATION
-
- Click on the Register command in the Help menu, then on
- the Help button in the Register dialog box.
-
- Registered users enable me continue to improve PSA
- Cards and implement your suggestions. The income also
- pays for the computer and software I use to do this.
- If you use PSA Cards on a regular basis and find it
- useful, please register. This version of PSA Cards
- allows you to update your data file 20 times before
- registering. After the 20th update you will still be
- able to access your data, but will not be able to save
- changes to the file until you enter your registration
- code using the Registration command in the Help menu.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- Although PSA Cards has been carefully written and
- tested, no claim is made as to its reliability and
- freedom from bugs. This software is provided "as-is"
- without warranty of any kind. In no event shall PSA
- Software be liable for any damages whatsoever arising
- out of the use or inability to use PSA Cards.
-
-
-
- KNOWN PROBLEMS
-
- * The Equation Editor for Microsoft Word does not always
- work properly with OLE 2.0 container applications. This
- version of PSA Cards will not recognize the Equation
- Editor. Word itself and its other associated OLE
- servers work OK.
-
- * The Help buttons in the OLE dialog boxes for Change
- Icon and the OLE File Browser do not do anything.
-
- * Context sensitive help for the Object command in the
- OLE menu does not link to the correct help topic.
-
- These bugs are related to OLE 2.0 components supplied
- by Microsoft.
-
-
- BUG REPORTS AND FEEDBACK
-
- Please send bug reports, and suggestions for new
- features to CompuServe User ID 72064,1437, or
- Internet: billr@PSA-Cards.com or US mail to me
- at:
-
- William L. Rogers
- PSA Software
- PO Box 271905
- Fort Collins, CO 80527-1905
-
- I can't fix bugs or add new features if I don't know
- about them, so let me hear from you.
-
- You can also get the PSA Cards news and download the
- most recent ZIP file from the PSA Software web page:
-
- http://www.PSA-Cards.com
-
- I hope that you find PSA Cards useful.
-
- Bill Rogers
-