Shareware registrations for Borderline Solitaire are handled by Kagi, a growing company run by Kee Nethery that processes registrations for several hundred authors. Kagi is NOT a software publisher, and they do not provide technical support for Borderline Solitaire or any of the other programs they handle. For technical support, contact the authors of the individual programs.
The “Kagi Online Order Processing” Service
The simplest way to register is via credit card over the web using the Kagi Online Order Processing service. The URL for this is <http://order.kagi.com/?ZTN&S> (or <http://order.kagi.com/?ZTN> if your browser cannot handle secure transactions). If you do not have a credit card, or if you do not want to send money over the net, read on...
The “Register” Application
Your copy of Borderline Solitaire should come with a small application called “Register”, which you use to create a customized registration form to send to Kagi. If you do not have the “Register” application, you should download a fresh copy of the whole Borderline Solitaire package. It is vital that you use the registration form since payments sent without the appropriate form can be delayed or lost.
When you launch the “Register” application, it puts up a window asking for all the necessary information. Type your name, postal address, and e-mail address in the corresponding boxes at the top of the window. So that we can contact you, you must provide either a postal or e-mail address (please note that we do not reply by FAX). If you do not have an e-mail address, you should check the “Postcard Receipt” box (which automatically adds $1 to your charge) at the bottom right of the window. Then, fill in the payment details at the bottom left of the window. Choose your method of payment from the popup and complete the relevant information (credit card number, type of currency, etc.) below.
Next, indicate the programs you want to register in the middle of the window. Type the number of copies you want to register into the “Single User” box. In most cases you should just type “1”. Do not type the shareware fee into this box since the “Register” application computes the fee for you. If you feel that the shareware program is worth more than the registration fee, you can add an optional bonus in the “Bonus US$” box.
Once you have filled in all this required information, the “Register” application displays the total amount at the bottom right of the window. You then need to create a registration form by clicking one of the following three buttons:
• Print... prints a hard copy of the registration form, which you then mail to Kagi.
• Copy... puts a copy of the registration form on your clipboard for you to paste into an e-mail message to send to Kagi. • Save... saves a copy of the registration form as a SimpleText document for you to print or e-mail later.
The Kagi Shareware e-mail and snail-mail addresses are given on the registration form.
After you register, Kagi Shareware automatically sends you an e-mail reply titled “Thanks for your payment”.
It can take Kagi up to a week to process a registration from the date they receive it (please make sure to factor in the delivery time if you use snail-mail). If you do not receive the “Thanks for your payment” e-mail message, contact Kagi at <admin@kagi.com> or the postal address given on the registration form to ask about the status of your registration. Keep in mind that some registrations can get lost in the mail on the way to Kagi. Also, sometimes the e-mail reply gets lost as well (America Online is particularly unreliable when it comes to receiving e-mail from the internet).
Once you have registered, you are considered registered for all future shareware versions of Borderline Solitaire, so you do not need to reregister or pay any additional fees when you upgrade to a new version.
Common Mistakes
• If you do not provide an e-mail address, you must give a snail-mail address and check the “Postcard Receipt” box (this automatically adds $1 to the charge).
• You must send the registration form to Kagi and not to the shareware author. Kagi's e-mail and snail-mail addresses are given on the registration form itself, under the words “Send this form to:”. In particular, do not send the form to the author's snail-mail address.
• Make sure you type your e-mail address correctly. If your e-mail address is wrong, you will not receive the registration key.
• Do not e-mail Kagi the “Register” application or send a screen shot of the “Register” window. You use the “Register” application to create a registration form (which consists of some text and possibly bar codes if you are using the printed version), and you then send that form to Kagi.
• Do not type the shareware fee into the “Single User” box. This box is for the number of copies you want to register, and in most cases you should just type “1”. The “Register” application automatically computes the total cost for you. Also, do not try to put an “x” in the “Single User” box; it only takes numbers.
• Do not give a FAX number as the only means of contacting you. We do not reply by FAX, so we need either an e-mail or snail-mail address. In particular, if you have a FAX number but no e-mail address, you still need to check the “Postcard Receipt” box.
• The “Register” program is not an order form. The program listed there is shareware, and it is assumed that you already have a copy of the program you register. Neither Kagi nor the shareware authors will send you copies of these programs. You can get it from my web site: <http://www.borderlinesoft.com/>.
