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I WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN WITH ACCESSES AS WELL AS HAVING ACCESSES
IMPROVING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY. PLEASE, PLEASE CALL IF THERE IS
SOMETHING YOU WISH ACCESSES WOULD DO or if Accesses does
something that's "not enjoyable". PS. I also want to make $.
Accesses, Copyright 1991-1992, All Rights Reserved
SHAREWARE:
Accesses is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
friends, copy to bulletin boards, but do not alter the original
ZIP file.
You must read "Product Disclaimer & Registration Form" in
ACCESSES.HLP to be aware of the Disclaimer and to learn how to
TEMPORARILY REGISTER ACCESSES TO AVOID THE NAG Windows!
...CALL ME, CALL ME, CALL ME...
If you need assistance installing Accesses.
Please read at least until you see the asterisk separator.
ie: ************ so the INI file is properly setup!
Everyone should read CHANGES.TXT. CHANGES.TXT covers many user
requested additions to Accesses that are "special features" and
are sometimes not documented in ACCESSES.HLP.
ACCESSES.ZIP (sometimes called ACCESS.ZIP or ACC30d.ZIP) contains
all 5 programs and files for Windows 3.1 (and due to some cleaver
slight of programming are also Window 3.0 compatible). In the
WIN 3.1 mode Accesses supports Drag Drop and Font changes. All
but AccDrop is also Win 3.0 compatible. This ZIP file is a
complete package and contains:
README.TXT This file.
ACCESSES.EXE The main program. Places windows,
launches programs, launches whole
desktops, calls your phone, notifies
you when alarms are set, launches
programs based on alarm settings.
Accesses is a must for Intermediate to
Advanced Windows users. Supports Drag
Drop and Font Changes.
ACCCLIP.EXE "Ack Clip" is a Text format Clipboard
Stack saver. (beta release) Very Tiny!
Hopefully, intuitive because there is
no written documentation, yet.
ACCDRIVE.EXE Tiny pop-up that displays the free
drive space. Accesses must be running
before this program will operate since
Accesses provides "the engine" to run
the pop-up. The pop-up is a "bare bones"
program and will NOT operate without
Accesses! In Win 3.1, AccDrive can be
configured with a Program name for
Drag Dropping.
ACCDROP.EXE Windows 3.1 ONLY. Drag Drop program. Each
instance launched will launch Documents
Drag Dropped with the user defined
program. See ACCESSES.WRI. Accesses
must be running.
DAYALARM.EXE Tiny Calendar, daily alarm, and
date calculator. This program uses
the ACCESSES.INI file for initialization
data. The program was developed to
use less than 1% of your system
resources so it can be on your computer
all of the time. This program can be
launched without Accesses after Accesses
has built the INI file.
ACCKERNL.EXE AccKernl is not a "real Windows program"
but just a "Windows Command" that Windows
will run then close. See ACCESSES.WRI.
Place in Windows directory.
ACCESSES.HLP The help file in Windows HELP format,
ACCESSES.WRI An abbreviated Windows write Technical
document. Contains the Tutor.
CHANGES.TXT Required reading for previous Accesses
version users. VERY INTERESTING
READING FOR OTHERS!
NORTON.TXT An important note to Norton Desktop
users.
REGISTER.FRM Registration Information.
VENDOR.TXT Shareware and Vendor info.
ANTHEM.SND Small text format sound files that
BIRTHDAY.SND Accesses can read and send sounds
CHARGE.SND to your computer's speaker. (Drag and
LOSE.SND drop file name on Accesses or launch
MARY.SND from a timer, etc.) This function
SCALES.SND uses your computer's speaker and NOT
TWINKLE.SND your Sound board. (A poor-man's sound
WIN.SND feature.)
The confusion with Accesses name is that CompuServe is limited
6 characters and another Windows program is called ACCESS.
You MUST Place ACCESSES.EXE, ACCKERNL.EXE, ACCESSES.HLP and
ACCESSES.WRI in the same directory as the TASKMAN.EXE windows
program. You must have ACCESSES.HLP and and ACCESSES.WRI installed
for the installation to work properly. After about a week, you can
delete Accesses.hlp if you are short on disk space.
The TUTOR is in ACCESSES.WRI.
Accesses creates ACCESSES.INI when Accesses is 1st started & if an
ACCESSES.INI doesn't already exist. Accesses automatically updates
older version ACCESSES.INI files. IMPORTANT >> CLOSE YOUR OLD
VERSION OF ACCESSES.EXE BEFORE REPLACING IT WITH A NEW VERSION.
REMEMBER THREE IMPORTANT ITEMS FOR ACCESSES:
1. FILE EXTENSIONS ARE PREFERRED but not required
2. You MUST go thru the TUTOR in ACCESSES.WRI.
3. Use your phone number when testing the phone calling
function (and not mine).
To Norton Desktop USERS: READ NORTON.TXT.
Follow these steps BEFORE LAUNCHING ACCESSES for the 1st time...
During the installation process you will automatically be storing
currently opened window positions to your ACCESSES.INI file. All
of this can be easily edited by Accesses later but it helps to
do some now. You can easily modify the setup from Accesses later!
1. Make a backup copy of your SYSTEM.INI file NOW. I will ask
you if I can add taskman.exe=accesses.exe to your SYSTEM.INI file
during the installation. (This change is not required but strongly
recommended.
2. open one copy each of 5 or 6 of your most frequently
used programs before running ACCESSES. If you're running
windows in the Enhanced (386) Mode, open a DOS window as well and
place the DOS window where you want it to be placed.
If you are running Norton Desktop, restore (not maximized and
not minimized) the folders and drive windows of Norton.
Read NORTON.TXT.
3. For now, Close or minimize duplicate programs. For example,
Run only one 'Notepad'.
4. Move these programs to the window positions that you
want them to normally be in when in the 'Restored' (not maximized
and not minimized) positions. USE THE RESTORED POSITION for all
of these WINDOWS. Tutor explains how to change any or all of
these positions if you want to make changes later - it's easy.
3. Then launch ACCESSES for the 1st time.
************
I wish you the best computering,
Ted
I can be contacted at the following:
Address: T. F. Wall
Off the WALL Software
7680 Cottonwood Ln.
Pleasanton, CA 94588-4322 USA
Phone:
Registered users can call for product support, improvements and
others can make inquiries at the following:
Charge Cards cannot be accepted, use the TEMPORARY REGISTRATION
and mail a check.
510-484-4129 8am - 6pm (Pacific Time)
Site License agreements can be negotiated.
I can be contacted on CompuServe; although, I currently access
this system on a weekly basis.
COMPUSERVE ID 73747,1563
The latest version of ACCESSES can be found on the:
CompuServ - WINADV board (slow to receive updates)
CompuServ - ZNT:TIPS board (fast updates)
CompuServ - NORUTL board (fast updates)
Genie - PCSUPPORT, 15, 3, 8, 6
and ARCHIVES is found on the:
CompuServ - WINADV board
Genie - PCSUPPORT, 15, 3, 8, 6
Search CompuServe or Genie using WALL as a keyword.
FOREIGN REGISTRATIONS:
Users registering from outside the USA should include an extra
$2 US ($1 US from Canada) to cover the return postage.