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- While You Were Out Shareware Version 2.1
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- While You Were Out is a telephone message system like the pink While
- You Were Out note pads. WYWO manages all phone messages for various users
- and can be used on any DOS 3.1 or higher compatible network or on a standalone
- computer system. WYWO lets you send messages to other users, store incoming
- messages on file, paste messages to the Clipboard, and print messages. You
- can also use passwords to protect other users from reading your messages.
- The Shareware Version 2.1 of WYWO is a 20-User version. A history of bug
- fixes and changes to WYWO are in the file WYWO.HST.
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- If you make use of WYWO and would like the commercial version 2.1 which
- eliminates the shareware screen and includes the complete printed documentation,
- you can register it by mail, CompuServe mail, voice, or fax direct from Caliente.
- The following fees apply for the specified versions:
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- 20-User Version 2.1 - $69.95
- 50-User Version 2.1 - $159.95
- 100-User Version 2.1 - $299.95
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- While You Were Out Installation
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- To install While You Were Out:
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- 1. Create a WYWO directory where all data files and programs will reside.
- 2. Copy all files to the WYWO directory.
- 3. If upgrading from a previous versoin of WYWO, run the WCONVERT.EXE
- program described below.
- 3. From Windows, run WSETUP described below to create the user names
- and directories.
- 4. Run WYWO from Windows.
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- Running the WCONVERT.EXE program
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- WCONVERT.EXE is a conversion program for those who have a version of WYWO prior
- to Version 2.1. WCONVERT must be run from DOS from the WYWO directory before
- using any of the Version 2.1 programs. WCONVERT will convert every user's
- USER and new message files to the new Version 2.1 format which allows for
- increased text in the message field and for a new Operator field.
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- Running the WSETUP.EXE program
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- WSETUP.EXE is the administration program for WYWO. It is used to set up
- all of the user names and directories for the WYWO system. It is also used
- for clearing user's passwords should they forget them. WSETUP creates a
- file called WYWO.DAT in the directory dedicated for the wywo system. With
- WSETUP, you will be able to add, modify or delete users that are in the
- WYWO.DAT file of the WYWO directory. To add a user, click on the
- Add button and fill in the name of the new user. Click on OK to enter the
- name into the system. You can modify the user's name or clear the user's
- password by either clicking on the Modify button after clicking on the
- user to be modified, or just double-click on the user name itself. You can
- then change the user's name or clear the user's password. To delete a
- user, select the users name and click on the Delete button. Click on
- the Save button when all users have been added, or click on Cancel to
- ignore any new changes. You are now ready to run WYWO.
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- Running the WYWO.EXE program
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- WYWO.EXE is the main WYWO program for sending and retrieving WYWO messages.
- Once the WYWO sheet is on the screen you are ready to send and receive
- telephone messages. By selecting the Help button, you can get help on using
- any of WYWO's functions. This is the on-line manual. To get the complete
- printed documantation, fill out the enclosed order form for version 2.1
- and send to Caliente International specifying which version (number of users)
- to purchase.
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- Version 2.1 now has on Options screen which is available from the Help menu.
- From this screen you can set the default user, new message alarm time, message
- save options, and enter your own message types.
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- If you would like WYWO to be loaded each time you run windows so it is always
- checking for incoming messages, add WYWO.EXE to the Load= line of the WIN.INI
- file.
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- To specify a specific default username when running WYWO, pass the name
- on the command line for the WYWO icon or from the Program Manager. This name
- will override the default user name specified in the Options screen.
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- Running the WMONITOR.EXE Program
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- WMONITOR.EXE is a new addition to the WYWO family of programs. It acts as a
- system message rack/message board similar to the message racks used on many
- secretaries desks. It is great for those users with or without a network that
- want to monitor all new WYWO messages that come in at a central location.
- WMONITOR will check for all new messages in the system at 30-second intervals
- and display the names of users with new messages. The users can then read
- their messages from WMONITOR by double-clicking on their name or selecting
- their name and clicking the Read Messages button. WMONITOR can be used in
- two modes: One for displaying new message names as a message board whick will
- show the number of new messages as small WYWO sheets following the users name,
- or bye displaying a message rack with a picture of the number of WYWO sheets
- sitting in their message "slot".
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