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Welcome to PPCS! This file tells how to get going with PPCS quickly, or
how to update your program from an earlier version.
To update quickly extract the files as described under QUICK INSTALLATION
and then proceed to the section called QUICK UPDATE.
To get started quickly the steps in this file are outlined below:
1. Follow the quick installation routine below
2. Print the User's Manual as described below
3. This is a Share Ware program. Please read the license and registration
requirements in the User's Manual sections
4. Read the Big Picture Overview
***** QUICK INSTALLATION
***************************************************************************
PPCS is provided in a self extracting file of the format PPCxxx.EXE where
xxx is the version number.
If PPCS was down loaded from a computer bulletin board it may also be
compressed and placed in a .ZIP .ARC or similar file. Place the compressed
file in a convenient directory on your hard disk drive other than the root
directory. Decompress the down loaded file using appropriate procedures
for your system.
If you are installing PPCS from a distribution diskette it is installed as
follows: Place the installation diskette in an available drive which will
usually be either "A" or "B". Select the drive in which the diskette is
placed by entering: "A:" and press the enter key. (On some machines the
<Enter> key may also be labeled <Return>.) Then copy the compressed self
extracting file into a convenient directory of your choosing on the hard
disk which will be designated as \ZZZ:
A:\COPY PPCxxx.EXE C:\ZZZ
Place the PPCxxx.EXE self extracting file in a directory by itself. Set
the current directory to the directory in which it resides:
C:\CD\ZZZ
Extract the files by typing the file name (the xxx should be replaced with
the file version number) and pressing <Enter>:
C:\PPCxxx <Enter>
The decompressed files will be placed in the current directory after the
extraction is complete. (Do not try to run PPCS from this directory.)
To install PPCS type "INSTALL" followed by a space and the letter of the
drive on which the program is to be installed. As this will usually be "C"
drive it will be so assumed for the rest of this discussion and the entry
should look like this:
C:\INSTALL C <Enter>
This command will automatically install the program on drive "C" in
directory "C:\PPCS" and a small batch start up file "PPCS.BAT" will be
placed in the root directory "C:\".
When the file installation is complete PPCS will initiate a start up
sequence that consists of seven screens that provided details for basic
program configuration. Follow the instructions on the screen. At the
last screen save the configuration entered as instructed.
A shareware and registration screen will then be displayed. Print a copy
ot the Registration form by pressing <Y>. Then press any other key to
display the title and password screen. If a password was selected you must
enter it exactly and press <Enter>. If no password was entered just press
enter and the program Main Menu will be displayed.
This will install the program files and demonstration files in the \PPCS
directory.
***** PRINT THE PPCS USER'S MANUAL:
***************************************************************************
The User's Manual is included in a file called PPCS.DOC. It can be
printed using the DOS PRINT command. Set the directory to the directory
in which PPCS.DOC resides. Then enter the command to print the manual as
follows:
C:\PRINT PPCS.DOC
For more information on the print command refer to your DOS User's Guide
and Reference Manual.
***** HOW TO START PPCS:
**************************************************************************
Start PPCS by entering "PPCS" and pressing the enter key:
C:\PPCS <Enter>
This will start the Professional Photo Catalog System Program. If the
program has not been registered a shareware and registration screen will
appear. Press any key other then <Y> to proceed. A title, copyright, and
password screen will be displayed and a password will be requested if one
has been entered. If no password has been entered just press <Enter>, and
the Main Menu will be displayed. If a password is installed it will be
necessary to enter the password before pressing <Enter>. The password
must be entered exactly using capital letters and small letters. These
letters will not be displayed as they are entered for security.
***** REGISTRATION, DISCLAIMER, AGREEMENT, AND LIMITATIONS
The registration form may be printed from the shareware screen displayed
on program start up by entering a <Y>. Please print and complete the
registration form. A copy is also provided at the front of this Users
Manual. When I receive your registration and the applicable fee I will
send instructions for disabling the shareware screen.
Users of the Professional Photo Catalog System must accept this disclaimer
of warranty: "The Professional Photo Catalog System is supplied as is. The
author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without
limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any
purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
consequential, which may result from the use of the Action Management
System."
The Professional Photo Catalog System is a "shareware program" and is
provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it
with your friends, but do not give it away altered or as part of another
system. Such shared copies must be in the compressed self extracting file
that includes all the unaltered files that it contains.
The concept of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer
users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide an
incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you
find this program useful and find that you are using the Professional
Photo Catalog System and continue to use the Professional Photo Catalog
System after a reasonable trial period, you must make the registration
payment. The registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
computer at any one time. Treat this software just like a book. This
software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from
one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it
being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a
book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time.
Users of the Professional Photo Catalog System must register and pay for
their copies of the Professional Photo Catalog System within 30 days.
Evaluation copies of the Professional Photo Catalog System may be
distributed provided the cost is $10.00 or less and the program is
distributed in an unmodified form as described above. This is not to be
construed as representing the registration fee which must still be paid as
described above.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of the Professional Photo Catalog System
along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register
their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will
receive a copy of the latest version of the the Professional Photo Catalog
System system.
***** THE BIG PICTURE
**************************************************************************
Read section 2.0 of the User's Manual or Help Module B as they describe
the management framework in which PPCS is to be used. This is just as
important as learning how to use the computer program and will have a
strong bearing on the successful implementation of the system. Section
3.0 includes a brief tutorial using demonstration files that will provide
a look at PPCS reports and provide hands on experience using PPCS.
Section 5.0 provides a detailed description of the main program functions.
Skim this section to learn where to find the details. Section 4.0, 6.0,
7.0, and the Appendices provide material for future reference as PPCS is
used. And of course read 1.4 on registration and legal stuff!
***** QUICK UPDATE
***************************************************************************
If not already completed extract the files in a directory separate from
the \PPCS directory in which PPCS is installed.
To update PPCS type "UPDATE" followed by a space and the letter of the
drive on which the program is to be installed. As this will usually be "C"
drive it will be so assumed for the rest of this discussion and the entry
should look like this:
C:\UPDATE C <Enter>
This program will copy the new files into the \PPCS directory over the old
program files but will not heart any data entered under a previous version
of PPCS. Then start the program as normal and the appropriate changes
will be incorporated automatically upon the first program start up.
A brief review of the version changes is included in the file PPCS.REV.
This file should bring you up to date with the new changes in this version
of PPCS.
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