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READ.ME file for PAGE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER version 1.12
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SOFTWARE
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Page Financial Controller is an integrated system for
UK businesses. Single-user and multi-user modes are both
available (see pricing below). Each file may contain up to
two million records. It performs the following functions:
Sales Ledger, and Statements.
Invoicing, with Discounts.
Purchase Ledger, with Remittances.
Nominal Ledger, Cashbook, and VAT.
Stock (Inventory) Control.
Sales and Purchase Order Processing.
Bill of Materials. Parts Explosion.
Sales and Purchase Histories.
Job Costing.
Data Import and Export.
Page Financial Controller runs on IBM-PC compatible
computers with:
640K RAM or more. [Versions up to v1.05: 512K]
MS-DOS 2.00 or higher (for multi-user
usage, a hardware network is required).
Colour or monochrome monitor.
Hard disk. [Versions up to v1.05: dual floppy]
DISK CONTENTS
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The following files are provided with the shareware
version of Page Financial Controller. If any of these files
are missing from your disk(s), you should contact your
shareware vendor.
READ.ME
README.111 and README.112
MANUAL.EXE
PA-TUTOR.DOC
PA-SHORM.DOC
ORDER.ME
INSTALL.EXE
PAGEV112.EXE
PAGEINIT.EXE
PAGE.EXE
INSTALLATION AND TUTORIAL
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Firstly COPY the supplied disks. Do NOT use the
original (master) disks for anything. Keep them safe
instead. Use the copies to work with.
Secondly PRINT the TUTORIAL. This includes vital
information, such as how to INSTALL the Page software. You
cannot run Page directly from the installation disks (or
even from copies of them). The software must first be told
by the installation routine which hard disk it is using.
Print the tutorial by 1) putting this disk in drive A:,
2) connecting your printer and switching it on with at least
52 sheets of 80-column (or wider) paper ready, and 3) at the
A> prompt entering MANUAL. Follow the instructions you are
given on the screen.
If you are printing with an HP-Laserjet type printer,
the tutor will be printed with pretty boxes, and with neat
margins of different size on either side of the paper,
suitable for back-to-back photocopying and binding. If you
have an Epson-type printer, then the boxes will not be as
pretty. Any other printer will not give the margins on
either side of the 80-column paper.
Follow the instructions in the tutorial. It is
ESSENTIAL that you do follow the tutorial all the way
through. Firstly, it is one way of checking that the
software has reached you in good condition. Secondly, there
are many operating instructions which are only dealt with in
detail in the tutorial. The reference manual may deal with
some operating points only in the briefest way, if at all.
So do NOT skip, say, the Job Costing section in the
tutorial, simply because you do not use Job Costing. This
section of the manual might, for example, describe in detail
some advanced aspect of printing spooled reports which is
not covered in detail elsewhere.
After working your way through the tutorial, then print
the Short Manual included with this shareware version of
Page. It will take 43 sheets of paper. You print it in a
similar way to the tutorial (as described above).
Also TYPE any other README files included. For example,
README.112 tells you the improvements up to version V1.12.
REGISTRATION AND SUPPORT
========================
Shareware is a method of software distribution that
lets you "try before you buy". You have not bought this
software. The shareware vendor from whom you obtained this
software has only charged you for the disks, duplication
service, and postage and packing. The software was free.
You have not paid us for this software. We have
received nothing from your shareware vendor. You are welcome
to use the software for only the purposes of evaluating and
testing the system. This is the limit of the software
licence which we grant shareware users. As soon as you are
using Page for your normal business purposes, you should pay
us a registration fee in order to obtain from us a full
licence. This is not the same as implying that you have
received anything less than the full Page system, because
you have. There are no parts missing from the shareware
version of Page. It is a full and complete package. As you
may have guessed, WE RELY MAINLY UPON YOUR HONESTY to pay us
a registration fee, when you use Page in everyday use.
Registration of the single-user version costs £199 plus VAT.
(Correct at time of writing, prices are likely to increase
in the future. All business is done subject to our terms
of trade, copies of which are available upon request.)
Registration will bring you:
1) The latest version of Page Financial Controller (which
will be "compatible", in other words you will NOT need to
re-enter all your data).
2) A professionally printed manual.
3) A Disk Doctor program to help rescue corrupted files.
4) 90 days access to telephone or write-in support. This
service offers you a reasonable amount of the type of advice
relating to the operation of Page software which can be
given in writing or on the telephone. It does not extend to
consultancy.
*** The Multi-User version is available for £399 plus VAT for
2-users
*** Each extra user costs £50 plus VAT up to a max of 63.
Also available is the Multi-Currency version of Page. This
costs £299 + VAT for the single user version and £499 + VAT
for a 2-user LAN version. Extra users cost £75 + VAT.
The Multi-Currency version has facilities to handle up to 20
different currencies and exchange rates. Exchange rate
fluctuations are handled accordingly, with reporting available
in each currency as required.
Please register with:
*************************************************
* *
* SHAREWARE PUBLISHING 3a Queen Street, Seaton *
* Devon EX12 2NY TELEPHONE (0297) 24088 *
* All major credit cards accepted *
* *
*************************************************
Please make sure we are told:
1) Your name, company name, and address
2) If you have 5 1/4" or 3 1/2" disks
3) The version of Page you are using
4) Where you obtained the shareware.
Alternatively, print and fill-in the file ORDER.ME which can
be found on this disk. (COPY ORDER.ME PRN from a suitable Dos
prompt)
You will receive in return:
1) A copy of the latest version of Page
2) An invoice/receipt, stating that you
are now a licenced user. (This
licence is the only thing that you
are legally "buying")
3) Details of how to contact your Page
telephone support line
4) A copy of the printed Page manual
5) Upon returning your registration
card, the latest Page Disk Doctor program.
The authors and copyright holders of Page are: Page
Consultants, PO Box 164, Southampton SO9 7LL. Shareware
Publishing publish, distribute and register Page on our
behalf, and provide your initial support services.
GETTING HELP AND SUGGESTING IMPROVEMENTS
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If the Page disks your shareware vendor has provided
seem to be damaged, please contact your shareware vendor.
If you have find problems either installing Page, or getting
it running initially, please contact either your shareware
vendor, or Shareware Publishing on (0297) 24088. Either will
be happy to give you enough assistance to get you running in
order to evaluate Page.
You are welcome to write to Page Consultants at the PO
Box number given above with any suggestions for improvements
to the Page software. All letters are read, and many changes
to Page have resulted from suggestions by users. If you are
a registered Page user (i.e. have paid your registration fee
to become an official user) then you can equally make such
suggestions for improvements to your telephone support line.
PLEASE bear in mind that all the above companies, Page
Consultants and Shareware Publishing
are just that - companies and neither user groups nor clubs.
If you approach them to ask for their professional advice,
you are doing the same as if you went to a solicitor, or to
an accountant, or to a doctor in private practice. There is
a presumption in English law that if you ask someone, who is
in the business of selling professional assistance, for that
professional assistance, then you are offering to pay for it
at the usual rate. If you want to ask for a little free help
then, for your own protection, ensure that you it make clear
that you are not a paying customer to avoid embarrassment.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE, AND NOTICE OF LIMITED LICENCE
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Page Financial Controller is released as shareware, as
described above. The copyright is retained by the authors,
and the rights to all intellectual property therein. To
attempt to disassemble, reverse-engineer, or patch (alter)
the software is a breach of any licence, and may give rise
to legal redress.
NO FURTHER LICENCE is granted to users than that
licence that is specifically granted below.
YOU MAY FREELY use this software to evaluate and test
PROVIDED you intend, in good faith, to become a registered
user as and when you use the software in regular or real-
life use for over 90 days.
YOU MAY FREELY copy and distribute the software, for
shareware purposes, PROVIDED you copy ALL the software,
including this document, and do not alter the disk contents
in any way. (We may revoke this last licence at discretion.)
You may not charge ANY fee for a copy without first obtaining
a license from the publisher.