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.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
: AS-EASY-AS Version 5.50 Copyright 1985-92, TRIUS, Inc. :
: P.O. BOX 249, North Andover, MA 01845 :
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :
: Orders ONLY!: 800-GO-TRIUS (800-468-7487) :
: Info: 508-794-9377 FAX: 508-688-6312 BBS: 508-794-0762 :
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This READ.ME file contains information about AS-EASY-AS that
did not make it to the printed manual of Ver. 5.50
It also lists the files distributed with Ver 5.50, and
explains how to upgrade from previous versions.
Please READ THIS FILE THOROUGHLY! It contains very important
information, and reading it now will probably save you time and
trouble later on!
You can print this file by COPYing it to your printer with the
following command:
copy READ.ME prn
If you want to look at the other On-Disk AS-EASY-AS documentation, see
the file list below, which lists all of the documentation files. See
the end of this file regarding the On-Disk User's Manual.
Shareware and the Association of Shareware Professionals
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_______
____|__ | (tm)
--| | |-------------------
| ____|__ | Association of
| | |_| Shareware
|__| o | Professionals
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|___|___| MEMBER
The shareware concept has made it possible for you to obtain extremely
powerful software at a price you can afford, and it gives you the
opportunity to try the software before you register.
Shareware is kept alive by YOUR support.
Evaluate the program for 30-days and give copies to your friends for
evaluation. If, after the 30 days, you continue to use the program,
then register it by sending us the registration/order form included in
this help file or by calling 800-468-7487 (Orders Only!). You will
receive the Latest version, Printed manual, 90-day free Technical
Phone Support, BBS Technical Support, Quarterly Newsletter, and
Reduced price Upgrades.
Support new developments in AS-EASY-AS, register your copy today!
Thank you for your support,
AS-EASY-AS is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-
related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly,
ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a
dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical
support for member's products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at:
ASP Ombudsman
545 Grover Road
Muskegon, MI 49442-9427
or send a Compuserve message via CMail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
GETTING STARTED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The information provided below is to help you start the program for
your hardware configuration. For more details about the operation of
the program press the F1 (function) key once you have started the
program.
The following files are absolutely essential to run AS-EASY-AS:
ASEASY.EXE ASEASY.MSG ASEASY.MNU ASEASY.FNT
These files need to reside in the same sub-directory. In
addition to that, if the files ASEASY.HLP, ASEASY.PRT, and
ASEASY.CFG are going to be used, they HAVE to reside in the same
(ASEASY) directory as well.
AS-EASY-AS is started from DOS using the command:
C:> ASEASY /Option1/Option2/Option3/..... [ENTER]
Where Option can be one or more of the following:
/4 - Special case for loading WKS files created and last saved
with Version 4.00 of AS-EASY-AS.
/P - Use alternate menu file (ASEASY.MN2) which provides
command compatibility with version 4.00 of AS-EASY-AS.
/ATT - Enables ATT display graphics, video mode $48
/ATT2 - Enables ATT display graphics, video mode $40
/AUTO=File... - Specify the worksheet to be loaded
when the program is started
/BK=x - Set screen blank-out period to x seconds
/BM - Bypass Mono Detection Scheme
/CFG=xxx - Specify the configuration file to use
/CTR - Center column identifying letters
/DIR=Path.. - Set the Path to the WKS files
/DW - Color protected cells after /RL command is used
/E - Enables graphics for EGA
/EM - Enables mono EGA Mode
/EV - Enables Graphics for VGA
/EVM - Enables Graphics VGA mono mode
/H - Enables graphics for Hercules
/H2 - Enables graphics for Hercules, Video Pg. 2
/MONO - Changes colors to white on black (CGA card)
/NE - DO NOT use EMS even if found
/NT - No Turbo Keyboard. Also disable status blinking.
/NR - No recalc Linking. Forces Manual Recalc.
/NW - Use Nth bin model rather than Nth+1 (default)
/Q - Quick screen updating for CGA
/RA - Round Absolute (e.g. 1.6 to 2., -1.6 to -2.)
/UK - Set the currency to £ and @DATE to DD/MM/YY
/VM=nnn - Use Virtual (disk) EMS model, nnn-Pages (4k each)
/VP=Path - Set Path for Virtual (disk) memory File
/V1 - Force CGA Emulation (normally on VGA Monitor)
/XM=nnn - Use only nnn pages of EMS (each page is 16K)
Example:
A> ASEASY /E/DIR=C:\Data [ENTER]
Starts AS-EASY-AS for an EGA type monitor, and instructs the
program that the data files will be located on drive C,
in subdirectory "Data".
Ordering Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Remember that a shareware copy is an EVALUATION copy that you can use
for up to 30 days. If you continue to use the program, Registration
is Required! You may register using the order form in the ORDER.ME
file, or by calling TRIUS, Inc. and charging your purchase on your
credit card. We suggest that you call, since prices are subject to
change without notice.
You may also order your copy on-line by calling our TRIUS Support BBS
at (508) 794-0762 [2400,N,8,1 - 24 hrs].
If you live outside the US and Canada you may want to contact
TRIUS, Inc. for a dealer in your country. Purchasing through
these dealers can save you the delay and inconvenience which
may be involved in dealing with currency conversions and
international shipping and in many cases will provide you with
faster technical support.
Files on the AS-EASY-AS Distribution Disk(s)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Disk #1 (5.25" disks)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ASEASY.F55 - Compressed Archive
READ.ME - Start-Up instructions (This file)
ORDER.ME - Ready-to-print order form
LICENSE.DOC - Please Read This!!
VENDOR.DOC - Info on Distributing Shareware Copies
INSTALL.EXE - Automated SetUp File
Disk #2 (5.25" disks)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ASA55U.DOC - Information about files on Disk #2
ASA55U.EXE - Archived Sample Worksheets, etc.
If your copy of the program came on a 3.5", then all the
above files should be on a single disk.
To Install on Floppy or Hard Disk:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Although the program will work if installed on 360k diskettes, we
recommend that the program is installed either on a hard disk, or a
high density floppy diskette, since this will permit the help file,
the printer setup files, and other auxiliary files, to be available
to the user.
* If you Install and run AS-EASY-AS from a floppy disk, without
* Expanded memory (EMS), or if the /NE command line switch is
* used, and you remove the AS-EASY-AS program disk from
* the drive while the program is running, you will get an
* error message and will be instructed to re-insert the disk.
If installing on 360k disks, you need to have at least two 360
drives, e.g., A and B. You cannot install the program on a
computer with a single 360 K disk drive and no Hard Disk!
* Place the AS-EASY-AS original diskette in drive A: (or B:)
* Make sure the current logged drive is A: (Type A:, or B:, and
press ENTER, if it is not).
* Type INSTALL and press [ENTER]. Then, follow the simple on-screen
instructions to install your copy of the program on the desired disk(s)
and/or subdirectory.
Note: If you are installing on 360K floppy disks, you will
need multiple blank formatted diskettes!
On-Disk Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The installation process extracts a file called ASEASY.MAN. This is a
ready-to-print formatted, User's manual for the program.
Following the installation, make sure that the ASEASY.MAN file is
indeed on your default directory. Then, to print this manual:
(1) Make sure that the your printer is ON and there is enough
paper in it (the manual is about 102 pages).
(2) From the DOS prompt, type
COPY ASEASY.MAN PRN and press [ENTER]
Note that if your printer is connected to a SERIAL port,
then you need to use the command COPY ASEASY.MAN COM1, or
COPY ASEASY.MAN COM2 (depending on which serial port your
printer is connected to).
New Features/User's Manual Changes - AS-EASY-AS Ver. 5.50
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. On some systems (in particular older 486 CPU systems), you
might experience difficulties running AS-EASY-AS v5.5 in
windowed mode, under MS Windows 3.1. In order to avoid such
difficulties, make sure you create a .PIF file to run the
program (check your Windows manual for info on .PIF files).
When setting up the .PIF file, make sure the minimum
conventional RAM requirement is set to at least 400K and,
also, make sure that the EXCLUSIVE operation box has been
selected.
If you are still having difficulties, you might need to turn
the 80387 off and use the program's 80387 emulation instead.
To do that, prior to running Windows, at the DOS prompt, type
'SET 87=N' (without the quotes) and press [ENTER].
2. The Data, Input, Form command has been significantly
enhanced. For starters, the number of fields that may be
defined, is no longer limited to 20. When AS-EASY-AS is run
in Graphics modes, up to 50 fields may be used with the Data,
Input, Form.
Furthermore, the cell immediately above each field, may now
contain a number of field characteristics, as described below.
Please, note that the basic operation of the command has not
changed, i.e., only the row containing the field definitions
needs to be highlighted, NOT THE LINE ABOVE IT!
The field characteristics contained in each cell are separated
by a semi-colon. The cell entry also starts and ends with a
semi-colon. Here are the various options available:
?c,r - Locate the field at column(c) and row(r).
Example: ?10,5
Cx - Set the color for this input field to x
Example: C5
P - Make the entry proper case (capitalize first
letter)
U - Make the entry all upper case
L - Make the entry all lower case
Rx,y - Accept only values that are in the range x to y.
Example: R1,100
Some more examples combining the above options:
;?5,15;C2;P;
Locate the field at column 5, row 15 set the color to 1
(blue), and make the entry proper case.
;?10,22;C$12;R-1,10000;
Locate the field at column 10, row 22, set the color to 1
(blue), and limit numeric entries to the range -1 to
10,000.
3. A new command line switch was implemented, to allow the user
to limit the amount if expanded memory used by the program.
(In earlier versions, ALL detected expanded memory would be
used). The command line switch is:
/XM=nnn
where nnn is the number of 16K pages of EMS to be used. For
example, using /XM=10 would instruct the program to only
use 16k * 10 = 160K of expanded memory.
The limit is 500 pages (8 Mb).
4. A modification was made so that when a user uses the /NE
command line switch (No Expanded), the program does NOT use
expanded memory to load the overlays, as well. Instead, the
overlays are loaded from disk as needed.
5. Two new information screens were added to the program.
The /Sheet, Status command now displays important information
regarding the user's Hardware, Memory Usage, Command Line
Switches active, etc. The /Graphics, Metrics screen displays
important information regarding the current graph settings,
Print Device, etc.
6. If a cell containing a real value greater that 9.9E+14, is
formatted using the fixed format option, then the cell displays
!!!!!!!! as an indication to the user that the selected
format is inappropriate. The display may be reset by either
formatting the cell using the Scientific format, or by
resetting the cell format (/RFR command).
7. One of the new features of AS-EASY-AS is its ability to plot
functions, not just discrete data. This is done using an expression
based on an internal variable, @X, as one or more of the intended Y-
Ranges. Please note the following:
- The Y-Ranges should be defined as a SINGLE cell containing a
formula using the @X variable.
- The Y-Range scale should be manually set, unless one, or more, of
the Y-Data ranges is made up of discrete data.
Example: Cell Contents Comments
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
A1 1 X-Data
A2 2 ''
A3 3 ''
A4 4 ''
A5 5 ''
B1 +2*@X^2 Function
1. Set X-Range to A1..A5 (Use the /GRX command sequence)
2. Set A-Data Range to B1 (Use the /GRA command sequence)
Note: Single cell used as the A-Data range!
3. Set the Y-Scale to manual (Use the /GSYM command sequence)
4. Set the Upper Y-Scale to 30 (Use the /GSYU command sequence)
5. View the graph (use the /GV command sequence)
Modification in Release 5.50B
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A. A modification was made to accommodate users who have a need to access
files created with Version 4.00 (and may be early releases of version
5.00) of AS-EASY-AS.
If you access .WKS files created (and last saved) with Version 4.00,
it is possible that 0 values in your worksheet will appear as an
exponential value with a very large, negative exponent. In order to
avoid that, start the program using the /4 command line switch, e.g.,
ASEASY /4
If the .WKS file is then saved with version 5.50 of AS-EASY-AS, it
will be automatically converted so you will not need the /4
command line switch when you access the file again. (Note that if
the file was created/saved with version 5.01c and later, you do not
need to use the /4 command line switch).
B. A problem was corrected with @MOD function that might force the
program into a loop if a value larger that a long integer was used as
an argument.
C. A modification was made to the Bar and Stacked Bar graphs so that the
lower axes limits are not forced to zero if Logarithmic scales are
selected.
D. A correction was made to the on-line help facilities, to avoid
temporary, miscellaneous string corruption of some help screens.
E. A modification was made to the /File, Import, Dbase, Browse module to
accommodate files containing more that 31000 records.
F. The /Data, Question, Extract command was modified so that it
now Erases any data in the output range prior to extracting the
New data.
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