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- -> This file explains how to install EASI-PLAN Pro.
-
- -> The file has been supplied as an integral part of the shareware
- version of EASI-PLAN, a financial planner for new/small
- businesses, specially developed for use on a 'try-before-you-buy'
- basis by Invest-Tech Limited. For contact details, see end of this
- file.
- **********************************************************************
- Contents
- --------
-
- 1. How to install & run EASI-PLAN Pro
-
- 2. Things to know before exploring EASI-PLAN
-
- 3. Running the registered version of EASI-PLAN through Windows
-
- 4. Other Information
-
- **********************************************************************
- 1. How to install & run EASI-PLAN Pro
- ---------------------------------------
-
- EASI-PLAN can be installed via Windows (recommended) or DOS.
-
- Via Windows:
- -----------
- a) Unzip the supplied archive file "EASI*.ZIP" (most probably you have
- already done this if you are reading this message).
- b) Move all the extracted files into a new sub-directory (EASIP3 is
- the recommended name).
- c) Use Program or File Manager ("File | Run") to run "Easiplan.exe".
- This installation program will extract files, create a new Program
- Group, and set up icons for EASI-PLAN and its text files within this
- Group.
- d) Switch to the EASI-PLAN Program Group, click on the "Try Easi-Plan"
- icon and away you go..
-
- Note: If you register your copy of Easi-Plan, refer to Section 3
- below about running the registered version of EASI-PLAN through
- Windows.
-
- Via DOS:
- -------
- a) Unzip the supplied archive file "EASI*.ZIP" (most probably you have
- already done this if you are reading this message).
- b) Move all the extracted files into a new sub-directory (EASIP3 is
- the recommended name).
- c) Unzip a further file called "EASIPLAN.EXE" which will be located
- within the EASIP3 sub-directory. Note that this is another archive
- file and is NOT an executable - if you try to run it directly from DOS
- as an executable you will get an error message.
- d) Run an introductory program called GO.BAT by typing "GO". This will
- lead you into EASI-PLAN. If your PC uses a very old display, do not
- select this option - choose e) below.
-
- *or*
-
- e) Type "EP MASTER" to load EASI-PLAN along with a set of specimen
- assumptions in a file called MASTER.ASS.
-
- Notes:
- (1) If you register your copy of Easi-Plan, refer to Section 3
- below about running the registered version of EASI-PLAN through
- Windows.
-
- (2) If you register your copy of EASI-PLAN and wish to continue
- running it through DOS, you should type "EP X". Press RETURN to
- ignore the 'File does not exist' message and then use the cursor
- keys and RETURN to select the desired *.ASS file in response to the
- instruction "Enter Data File Name" which appears at the top of the
- screen. If more than five such data files exist, press the F3
- Function Key to display them all within a larger window.
-
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- 2. Things to know before exploring EASI-PLAN
- --------------------------------------------
-
- Before exploring EASI-PLAN, you need to know that:
-
- All commands are executable from a Main Menu, sub-menus
- or function key menus. At any stage, the Main Menu can be
- retrieved by pressing the F10 function key once. You can
- access context-sensitive Help Pages by pressing F1 at any
- time.
-
- Whenever a report is being displayed on the screen, you can
- use certain function keys to perform the actions explained
- in the menu strip displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Additional function key commands can be used to call up
- special facilities for entering data etc. These can be
- accessed by holding down the ALT key on the keyboard while
- tapping one of the indicated function keys (press ALT+F1
- for help).
-
- If you get lost at any stage, try pressing the function key F10
- to return to the Main Menu. If a system error is encountered,
- press the RETURN key (or CTRL+BREAK) and then F10. If a 'secured
- cell' message is encountered, press RETURN to clear it.
-
- **********************************************************************
- 3. Running the registered version of EASI-PLAN through Windows
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- (This is only relevant if you have remotely upgrade your copy of
- EASI-PLAN to the registered version and wish to run it on an ongoing
- basis through Windows - see Register.txt and the Upgrade command in
- the Main Menu.)
-
- If you are already running the shareware version of EASI-PLAN through
- Windows, you will *still* need to follow most of the procedure
- described below. You should open the Properties box for your
- installed copy of EASI-PLAN (click on the EASI-PLAN icon and use
- Program Manager's File Properties command) and then follow the
- instructions given below for steps 4 & 5.
-
- To set up the registered version of EASI-PLAN to run within Windows,
- run Program Manager and proceed as follows:
-
- 1. Select the Applications Group which you want to contain EASI-PLAN.
- 2. Select File and New options from the Program Manager's menu.
- 3. When the New Program Object box appears, select Program Item
- and OK.
- 4. When the Program Item Properties box appears, proceed as
- follows:
-
- - Type "EASI-PLAN Pro" as the Description.
- - Type "C:\EASIP3\EP X" as the Command Line. Make sure you enter
- a single space between EP and X. This command assumes that
- EASI-PLAN has been installed to the EASIP3 sub-directory on
- a hard disk called C.
- - Enter "C:\EASIP3" as the Working Directory.
- - Select Change Icon and select OK when the Change Icon message
- box appears.
- - When the next Change Icon box appears, enter
- "C:\EASIP3\EASIPLAN.ICO" as the File Name and select OK.
- - Once you return to the Program Item Properties box select
- OK twice to complete installation.
-
- 5. To run EASI-PLAN within Windows, double-click on its icon and
- wait while it loads. Press RETURN to ignore the 'File does not
- exist' message and then use the cursor keys and RETURN to select
- the desired *.ASS file in response to the instruction 'Enter
- Data File Name" which appears at the top of the screen. If more
- than five such data files exist, press the F3 Function Key to
- display them in a larger window.
-
- ***** If using Windows 3.1 - WATCH OUT ****
-
- If you try to display graphs when running EASI-PLAN in a DOS Window
- within Windows 3.1 (i.e. less than full screen) when running in
- Enhanced Mode, the graphs may not show and the display may lock. To
- unlock it, return to a full DO screen by pressing ALT+RETURN. Always
- use a DOS full screen when displaying EASI-PLAN graphs.
-
- **********************************************************************
- 4. Other Information
- --------------------
-
- The following text files contain more detailed information about
- EASI-PLAN etc.:
-
- Register.txt - Registration details, form etc.
- Readme.txt - Comprehensive introduction to EASI-PLAN
- Manual.txt - Manual for EASI-PLAN
-
- **********************************************************************
- EASI-PLAN (c) Copyright Invest-Tech Limited 1992-97
- All Rights Reserved
-
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-
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-
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- Internet: brianf@iol.ie
- WWW Site URL: http://www.planware.ie/resource/planware/
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