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└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Copyright, 1991
by
dbF Software Productions
P.O. Box 37194
Cleveland, Ohio 44137-0194
Telephone (216) 491-4581 InterNET ah817@Cleveland.Freenet.edu
╔═════════════════════╗ Page 1
║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 1 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to ClasAdz! the premier network bulletin board want ad
system. What can you get from ClasAdz!? What do you want? This
system gives the System Supervisor (usually a Network
Administrator) all the manageability of an indexed database system
and gives the users the flexibility to post, change and delete
their own "want ads". The manual is designed for the System
Supervisor, who may or may not be the Sysop of the network. The
program user is only an F1 key away from extensive help screens and
does not require a user manual; however, the Supervisor - you - may
wish to "create" a user manual by editing this file.
The program is distributed as an executable file. The FoxPRO
2.0 source code is not available at any price (ok, we lied - there
is a price at which it is available but it's one of the larger
prime numbers known to mankind in this universe, aliens will, of
course, get a substantial discount with legal id and proof of non-
residence).
ClasAdz is installed in it's own subdirectory, tersely - but
inspirationally - named \adz. The program, on the other hand, is
called with the very simple command of "adz" (WITHOUT the quotes!).
We strongly recommend that the party who will be acting as
System Supervisor start the program the first time. Why you
wonder? Because once the System Supervisor PASSWORD is changed,
you need to know the PASSWORD to do Supervisor stuff to the program
(that's about as convincing an argument as you'll hear anywhere!).
The opening screen of ClasAdz is simulated in Figure 1. For
explanation purposes, we will always refer to screen displays in
the documentation as "simulated". This documentation is done using
a line length of approximately 65 characters - 15 characters less
than the standard 80 column monitor. While we think we're good, we
aren't that good. The documentation will approach the monitor
display, but some editorial license has been taken on the removal
of extra blank spaces, and a few commands and messages have been
truncated to fit.
╔═════════════════════╗ Page 2
║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 1 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
After display of our little intro, the main ClasAdz menu
screen is displayed, simulated in Figure 1 below. The screen is
keyboard sensitive to cursor movement, tab, enter, and one key
selection of menu items (reverse video letters), but really shines
with a mouse or trackman. A very terse explanation of the current
cursor position is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╔═════════════ClasAdz!════════════╗┌───Inspirational Message───┐│
│║ ╔═════════════╗ ╔═════════════╗ ║│Welcome to ClasAdz! ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│Change this message through││
│║ ║ ║ ║ Add Adz ║ ║│the Supervisor Stuff ││
│║ ║ View Adz ║ ║ Delete Adz ║ ║│Options. (The initial ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ Change Adz ║ ║│Supervisor Password is ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│"Waldo") ││
│║ ╚═════════════╝ ╚═════════════╝ ║│ ││
│║ ║│Use this system to ││
│║ ╔═════════════╗ ╔═════════════╗ ║│communicate Adz of various ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│types between your network ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│users! ││
│║ ║ Maintenance ║ ║ Quit ║ ║│ ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│For Help, use the F1 key. ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│ ││
│║ ╚═════════════╝ ╚═════════════╝ ║│ ││
│║ ║│ ││
│║ ╔═════════════════════════════╗ ║│ ││
│║ ║ What the heck is this (Help)║ ║│ ││
│║ ╚═════════════════════════════╝ ║│ ││
│║Select an Option or 'Q' To Exit║│ ││
│║ ║│ ││
│╚═════════════════════════════════╝└───────────────────────────┘│
│ Choose me to look at Ad ╚═ │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 1 ───────────────────────────┘
╔═════════════════════╗ Page 3
║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 1 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Selection of Maintenance is the first step towards making this
YOUR program. ClasAdz! is released with a default Supervisor
password of "Waldo" (you really do not want to know why!); the
first thing you want to do is get into the Supervisor Stuff, see
Figure 2, and change the password and inspirational message that
explains the password.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╔═════════════ClasAdz!════════════╗┌───Inspirational Message───┐│
│║ ╔═════════════╗ ╔═════════════╗ ║│Welcome to ClasAdz! ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│Change this message through││
│║┌─────────Maintenance────────┐ ║ ║│the Supervisor Stuff ││
│║│ ╔══════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║│Options. (The initial ││
│║│ ║ Users ║ │ ║ ║│Supervisor Password is ││
│║│ ╚══════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║│"Waldo") ││
│║│ │═╝ ║│ ││
│║│ ╔══════════════════════╗ │ ║│Use this system to ││
│║│ ║ Supervisor Stuff ║ │═╗ ║│communicate Adz of various ││
│║│ ╚══════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║│types between your network ││
│║│ │ ║ ║│users! ││
│║│ ╔══════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║│ ││
│║│ ║ Exit ║ │ ║ ║│For Help, use the F1 key. ││
│║│ ╚══════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║│ ││
│║│ │═╝ ║│ ││
│║└────────────────────────────┘ ║│ ││
│║╔═══════════════════════════════╗║│ ││
│║║ What the heck is this (Help)? ║║│ ││
│║╚═══════════════════════════════╝║│ ││
│║Select an Option, or 'Q' To Exit ║│ ││
│║ ║│ ││
│╚═════════════════════════════════╝└───────────────────────────┘│
│ Choose one... │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 2 ───────────────────────────┘
Select Supervisor Stuff and a Work Area window will popup and
immediately be overlaid with a password request screen as simulated
in Figure 3.
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║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 1 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╔═════════════ClasAdz!════════════╗┌───Inspirational Message───┐│
│║ ╔═════════════╗ ╔═════════════╗ ║│Welcome to ClasAdz! ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│Change this message through││
│║┌─────────Maintenance────────┐ ║ ║│the Supervisor Stuff ││
│║│ ╔══════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║│Options. (The initial ││
│║│ ║ Users ║ │ ║ ║│Supervisor Password is ││
│║│ ╚══════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║│"Waldo") ││
│║┌───────────────Work Area────────────┐ ││
│║│ │ this system to ││
│║│ │municate Adz of various ││
│║│ │es between your network ││
│║┌───────────────Passwords──────────────┐rs! ││
│║│Enter Supervisor Password │ ││
│║│Tap Enter when done, or <Esc> to exit.│ Help, use the F1 key.││
│║│(Entry will show as X's) │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║└──────────────────────────────────────┘ ││
│╚═════════════════════════════════╝└───────────────────────────┘│
│ Choose one... │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 3 ───────────────────────────┘
Entering the password "Waldo" will allow you into the Work
Area. Once in the Work Area you can set various options such as:
reindexing files, purging adz (auto default is 15 days after
posting - you can change that here), purging users, changing the
inspirational message (this option will be removed from anyone who
derides our message as un-inspirational!), running reports,
CHANGING THE SUPERVISOR'S PASSWORD, REGISTERING YOUR COPY, and
quitting - see Figure 4.
╔═════════════════════╗ Page 5
║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 1 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╔═════════════ClasAdz!════════════╗┌───Inspirational Message───┐│
│║ ╔═════════════╗ ╔═════════════╗ ║│Welcome to ClasAdz! ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│Change this message through││
│║┌─────────Maintenance────────┐ ║ ║│the Supervisor Stuff ││
│║│ ╔══════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║│Options. (The initial ││
│║│ ║ Users ║ │ ║ ║│Supervisor Password is ││
│║│ ╚══════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║│"Waldo") ││
│║┌───────────────Work Area────────────┐ ││
│║│ You are indeed the │ this system to ││
│║│ chosen one. │municate Adz of various ││
│║│ │es between your network ││
│║│ (∙) Index Files │sers! ││
│║│ ( ) Adz Purge │ ││
│║│ ( ) User Purge │r Help, use the F1 key. ││
│║│ ( ) Message │ ││
│║│ ( ) Reports │ ││
│║│ ( ) Password │ ││
│║│ ( ) Registration │ ││
│║│ ( ) Quit │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║└────────────────────────────────────┘ ││
│╚════════════════════════════════╝└────────────────────────────┘│
│ Choose one │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 4 ───────────────────────────┘
Change the password, put your company or network name into the
message block, and send the entire contents of your corporate
checking account to us. Well, we tried... Okay, don't raid the
corporate account, but do complete the registration form and
register your copy (fee required) to get technical support,
upgrades and sincere appreciation from some really nice people in
Cleveland - us!!
╔═════════════════════╗ Page 6
║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 2 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
USERS
Users is the second Maintenance area of ClasAdz that we will
explore (Figure 5). In this section, the individual users are
assigned password access to the system. The Supervisor can throw
out any user, or even just purge all adz placed by an individual
user; however, the user himself or herself adds their account.
This system was designed to minimize the Supervisor's involvement,
and having to establish an account for each user was determined to
be a job that the supervisor did not need.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╔═════════════ClasAdz!═════════╗┌────Inspirational Message────┐ │
│║╔════════════╗ ╔════════════╗║│ Welcome to ClasAdz! │ │
│║║ ║ ║ ║║│ Change this message through │ │
│║┌───────Maintenance───────┐ ║║│ the Supervisor Stuff │ │
│║│ ╔════════════════════╗ │ ║║│ Options. (The initial │ │
│║│ ║ Users ║ │ ║║│ Supervisor Password is │ │
│║│ ╚════════════════════╝ │ ║║│ "Waldo") │ │
│║┌──────────────Work Area───────────────┐ │ │
│║│ Use this to add a new name, or change│his system to │ │
│║│ your Password │nicate Adz of various│ │
│║│ Enter your 'User' Name: │ between your network│ │
│║│ │! │ │
│║│ │ │ │
│║│ │elp, use the F1 key. │ │
│║│ │ │ │
│║│ │ │ │
│║│ │ │ │
│║│ │ │ │
│║│ │ │ │
│║│ │ │ │
│║│ │ │ │
│║└──────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │
│╚═══════════════════════════════════╝└────────────────────────┘ │
│ Choose │
│ │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 5 ───────────────────────────┘
╔═════════════════════╗ Page 7
║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 2 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Users select and change their own accounts, with passwords
(simulated in Figure 6). One note though, ClasAdz is NOT
particularly secure. This program was not intended for any more
security than a classified ad section of the local newspaper, and
in fact IS MUCH LESS SECURE since nobody is being billed for the ad
space, and since it is primarily a database (or rather a related
group of databases). We do not recommend using ClasAdz to berate
the boss, schedule lunchroom protest meetings, or plot the
overthrow of governments (ours or anyone else's).
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╔══════════════ClasAdz!═══════════╗┌───Inspirational Message───┐│
│║ ╔═════════════╗ ╔════════════╗ ║│Welcome to ClasAdz! ││
│║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║│Change this message through││
│║ ┌───────Maintenance────────┐ ║ ║│the Supervisor Stuff ││
│║ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║│Options. (The initial ││
│║ │ ║ Users ║ │ ║ ║│Supervisor Password is ││
│║ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║│"Waldo") ││
│║┌───────────────Work Area─────────────┐ ││
│║│Use this to add a new name, or change│e this system to ││
│║│your Password │nicate Adz of various ││
│║│Enter your 'User' Name: JACKSON │ between your network ││
│║┌───────────────Passwords─────────────────┐sers! ││
│║│Enter Your Old Password │ ││
│║│Tap Enter when done, or <Escape> to exit.│lp, use the F1 key.││
│║│(Entry will show as X's) │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║└─────────────────────────────────────────┘ ││
│╚══════════════════════════════════════╝───────────────────────┘│
│ Choose one... │
│ │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 6 ───────────────────────────┘
╔═════════════════════╗ Page 8
║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 3 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
ADD, DELETE, CHANGE ADZ
Selection of the Add Adz/Delete Adz/Change Adz button (again,
through mouse or trackman point and click or keyboard selection)
will result in an immediate request for identification. A valid
user name (not necessarily a real name) input, as simulated in
Figure 7, will result in a request for that user's unique password,
as simulated in Figure 8.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╔══════════════ClasAdz!═══════════╗┌──Inspirational Message────┐│
│║╔════════════╗ ╔══════════════╗ ║│Welcome to ClasAdz! ││
│║║ ║ ║ ║ ║│Change this message through││
│║┌───────────────────────Change Your Adz─────────────────────┐ ││
│║│ Tap <Escape> to Exit │ ││
│║│ Who are You? JACKSON │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ││
│║║Maintenance ║ ║ Quit ║ ║│ ││
│║║ ║ ║ ║ ║│For Help, use the F1 key. ││
│║║ ║ ║ ║ ║│ ││
│║╚════════════╝ ╚══════════════╝ ║│ ││
│║ ║│ ││
│║╔══════════════════════════════╗ ║│ ││
│║║ What the heck is this (Help)?║ ║│ ││
│║╚══════════════════════════════╝ ║│ ││
│║Select Option, or 'Quit' To Exit ║│ ││
│║ ║│ ││
│╚═════════════════════════════════╝└───────────────────────────┘│
│ Choose me to add or change an Ad for You! │
│ │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 7 ───────────────────────────┘
╔═════════════════════╗ Page 9
║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 3 ║
╚═════════════════════╝
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│╔══════════════ClasAdz!═══════════╗┌──Inspirational Message────┐│
│║╔════════════╗ ╔══════════════╗ ║│Welcome to ClasAdz! ││
│║║ ║ ║ ║ ║│Change this message through││
│║┌───────────────────────Change Your Adz─────────────────────┐ ││
│║│ Tap <Escape> to Exit │ ││
│║│ Who are You? JACKSON │ ││
│║│ │ ││
│║│ Enter the Password for JACKSON. │ ││
│║│ Tap Enter when done, or <Escape> to exit. │ ││
│║│ (Entry will show as X's) │ ││
│║│ XXXX │ ││
│║└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ││
│║║Maintenance ║ ║ Quit ║ ║│ ││
│║║ ║ ║ ║ ║│For Help, use the F1 key. ││
│║║ ║ ║ ║ ║│ ││
│║╚════════════╝ ╚═════════════╝ ║│ ││
│║ ║│ ││
│║╔════════════════════════════╗ ║│ ││
│║║ What the heck this (Help)? ║ ║│ ││
│║╚════════════════════════════╝ ║│ ││
│║Select Option, or 'Quit' To Exit ║│ ││
│║ ║│ ││
│╚══════════════════════════════════╝└──────────────────────────┘│
│ Choose me to add or change an Ad for You! │
│ │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 8 ───────────────────────────┘
A matching user and password will allow access to the Adz
editing screen simulated in Figure 9. Again, mouse and keyboard
manipulation are supported, but you will have to break down and use
the keyboard to type in your ad. Just as an aside, for differently
enabled users, dbF Software Productions has released an utility
that does allow "typing" with a mouse - it is one of ten FoxPRO
utilities contained in our tool kit called Fox Tails I, contact us
for availability and pricing.
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║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 3 ║
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─────────────────Edit Your Adz Here!─────────────────┐────┐│
│ │ Who: JACKSON Date: / / │ ││
│ │ Contact: Time: │ugh ││
│ │ │──┐ ││
│ │Category │ │ ││
│ │Blurb │ │ ││
│ │Details memo <═══ <CTRL><PG DN> to go ════════════╗ │ ││
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘║ │ ││
│ ║│ Tap Enter when done, or <Escape> to exit. ║ │ ││
│┌───────────────Select one of these to move Pointer────────║─┐ ││
││ ║ │ ││
││< Add > <Prior > < Next > <Delete> < Quit > [ ] Cancel ║ │ ││
││ ║ │ ││
│└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║─┘ ││
│╔════════════════════════════DB.DETAILS════════════════════║══╗ │
│║ ║ ║ │
│║ <════════════╝ ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ <CTRL><PG DN> to get into adding or ║ │
│║ editing in this field from the "Details" ║ │
│║ field. <CTRL><W> to save and exit, <ESC> ║ │
│║ to exit and discard additions/changes. ║ │
│╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │
│ Choose me to add or change an Ad for You! │
│ │
└─────────────────────────── Figure 9 ───────────────────────────┘
Every program has one little quirk that drives the uninitiated
up short trees. Figure 9 simulates one in ClasAdz. The ad text is
contained in a memo field. Entry into the memo field is
accomplished by moving the cursor to the field displaying "memo",
then holding down the control <CTRL> key and tapping the <Pg Down>
key. After entering or editing the contents of the memo field,
<Esc> to exit without saving, hold down the control <CTRL> key and
tap <W> to save the contents. We apologize for the quirk - it is
FoxPRO's not ClasAdz.
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║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 4 ║
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Viewing Adz
Selection of View Adz will be the most often used command by
most users. The activity is fairly idiot proof, unless your idiots
are as inventive as some of our resident idiots, in which case -
good luck! Selecting View Adz from the main menu will result in a
screen display similar to Figure 10. Figure 10 is actually three
windows open simultaneously. The top window is a display of the
current adz on the system. The window responds to keys in the
middle window which we like to call the navigation window. <Next>
marches the current record pointer through the database one adz at
a time. <Prev> goes the other direction. <View> pulls up the
actual text of the adz capsulized in the second and third lines of
the middle window. <Other> does something different; it pops up a
window which allows rapid movement through the adz, or changing the
order in which adz are displayed, or allows the user to generate a
report of all adz that meet user selected criteria. <Browse>
shifts the top window into a mouse sensitive scroll enabled window
(users familiar with FoxPRO or Windows will very quickly aclimate
to the "hot bottons" on the window borders. For the uninitiated,
arrowheads on the left and bottom borders will scroll in the
direction they point (the diamond shows relative position in the
records), the double arrow in the lower left corner "splits" the
screen for viewing non-contiguous fields in the display. <Find>
allows the user to request records by content, poster (not
imposter) and category - in essence <Find> is a user query screen
with the code totally transparent to the user (nice huh??).
Navigation through adz is quick and easy once the user gets
the hang of it. On occassion, depending on what the user does and
in what order he or she does it, the top and/or the bottom window
may disappear. If that happens, simply click on <Next>, <Prev>, or
<Browse> to popup the missing window. The user cannot do anything
to the contents of the adz, except look at and print individual
adz, and look at or print detail or summary reports. The
Supervisor can delete adz and users at will (or maybe at won't,
it's all relative, or it's all absolute, depending on some or none
of the above, maybe).
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║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 4 ║
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ View Adz ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│░Category│Blurb │Who ░│
│░════════╪══════════════════════════════════════════════╪═════ ░│
│░FOR SALE│Complete Collection of Elvis Toenail Clippings│Wally ░│
│░For Sale│Waffle Makers 'r Us │DAVE ░│
│░WANTED │I need Ferrets (Don't we all) │JimBob░│
│░ │ │ ░│
│░ │ │ ░│
│░ │ │ ░│
│░ │ │ ░│
│░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
│ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ users! │
│╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗│
│║< Next > < Prev > < View > <Other > <Browse> < Find > < Quit >║│
│║ Category FOR SALE Date: 09/01/91 Time: 16:11:55 ║│
│║Desc: Complete Collection Elvis Toenail Clippings! Who: Wally║│
│╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝│
│ ║ ╔════════════════════════════════╗ ║ JIMBOB │
│FERRET │
│╔════════════════════════ DB.DETAILS ══════════════════════════╗│
│║ Parts of the Pelvis... Collector's dream, a real, true ║│
│║ piece of Elvis. Authentic as can be - actually dead ║│
│║ just like the King! Be the envy of your friends, meet ║│
│║ Geraldo in person, take a chance that might get Y*O*U ║│
│║ on the same stage with an UFO expert - or pilot! ║│
│╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝│
│ │
└────────────────────────── Figure 10 ───────────────────────────┘
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║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 4 ║
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Help
Context sensitive help is available just by hitting <F1>.
Since the help screens are designed to by context sensitive they
will be somewhat short. As simulated in Figure 11, the help screen
is mouse sensitive, and the border contains the same "hot buttons"
as the Browse feature described on page 11, PLUS the "hot buttons"
normally associated with FoxPRO - a triple bar in the upper right
corner to toggle the display between the size opened and a full
screen display just by clicking with a mouse; a solid rectangle in
the upper left corner to close the window just by clicking with a
mouse; and a small dot in the lower right corner for dynamic size
change of the window width and length. Additionally, the entire
bottom border is mouse sensitive to enlongation by dragging (for
those who are not WIMPS - that's Windows, Icons, Mice and Pointers
- dragging is the act of placing the mouse pointer on the border,
pressing and holding the left botton (right if you reconfigured the
blooming thing for left hand use) and moving the pointer).
Similar to Windows' help screens (though not as thorough, nor
as pretty - yet!), Adz help screens contain hot keys to get to
related issues, previous and next screens, and an index of help
topics. A typical help screen (the one showing how to handle memo
field editing) is displayed on page 14.
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║ ███ ███ ┌─────────┐║
║ │ ClasAdz │║
║ ███ ███ │ ░░░░░░░ │║
║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ └─────────┘║
║ Chapter 4 ║
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │■═══════════════════ Help ═════════════════════≡─┐ge──┐│ │
│ │║ │ The meat of the ad...put as much ║ │ ││ │
│ │║« Topics »│ info as you want. You can also ║ │ugh ││ │
│ │║ │ search for specifics by ║ │─┐ ││ │
│ │║< Next >│ tapping <Ctrl>-F... ║ │ │ ││ │
│ │║ │ ║ │ │ ││ │
│ │║<Previous>│ Either Double-click your mouse on ║ │ │ ││ │
│ │║ │ the field, or <Ctrl>-<Pg-Down> on ║ ┘ │ ││ │
│ │║<Look Up >│ it. After you've entered the stuff║ │ ││ │
│ │║ │ you want, either <Ctrl>-W or click║r──┐ ││ │
│ │║┌────────╖│ on the top-left of the box. Tap ║ │ ││ │
│ │║│See Also║│ <Escape> if you don't want to save║cel│ ││ │
│ │║╘════════╝│ your detail changes... ║ │ ││ │
│ │║ ║───┘ ││ │
│ │╔════════════════════DB.DETAILS═══════════════════════╗│ │
│ │║ ║│ │
│ │║ ║│ │
│ │║ ║│ │
│ │║ ║│ │
│ │║ ║│ │
│ │║ ║│ │
│ │║ ║│ │
│ │╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝│ │
│ │ Choose me to add or change an Ad for You! │ │
│ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ │ │ │
└────────────────────────── Figure 11 ───────────────────────────┘
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