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- Upgrading Ample Notice from 1.3 to 2.0
-
- If you have been previously using Ample Notice 1.3, you
- probably have related files in the directory \AN. Running the
- installation program ANSETUP will (by default) place files in the
- a new directory \AN2 on a hard disk. We recommend that you
- proceed with the installation, and afterwards
-
- 1. Add \AN2 to your DOS PATH in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (ANSETUP
- will do this automatically if you let it).
- 2. Delete \AN from your DOS PATH.
- 3. Copy NOTES and ARCHIVE.CAL from your old Ample Notice
- directory to the new one. E.g.,
- COPY \AN\NOTES \AN2
- COPY \AN\ARCHIVE.CAL \AN2
- 4. Delete all files from the old AN directory and remove the
- directory itself. E.g.,
- DEL \AN\*.*
- RD \AN
-
- You will lose your old CONFIG.CAL file if you had one, but the
- syntax of this file has changed significantly since version 1.3
- and it's best to start from scratch. (See Section 8 of the manual
- for details on CONFIG.CAL.) However, the format of the NOTES file
- has not changed much and you can easily modify your existing file
- to meet the new expectations. Note categories have been extended
- to up to four characters, and the category definition has changed
- accordingly. An example in AN 1.3 might be:
- *C Automotive records (the definition)
- *C Change oil at 30000 miles (an entry)
- A new example:
- \C CAR=Automotive records (the definition)
- *CAR Change oil at 30000 miles (an entry)
- You can also use categories in appointments:
- \*CAR 9/15/90 60000 mile maintenance
- The easiest way to change existing categories to the new format is
- to simply change the definition line, e.g. from
- *C Automotive records
- to
- \C C=Automotive records
- If you have the patience, it will be worth your while to replace
- single-character codes with more descriptive codes of up to four
- characters. (CAR is easier to remember than C.)
-
- There are several new options that can be used in the NOTES
- file, but the extension of categories is the only one that
- requires modifying your old file.
-
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-
- As always, the complete manual for Ample Notice is included on
- disk. If you are a registered user of a previous version you can
- obtain the new manual for $3 ($5 foreign). If you are not a
- registered user we encourage you to support Shareware; see Section
- 11 of the manual or enter AN -I for details.
-
-