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MESSAGE-A-DAY SHAREWARE USER'S GUIDE
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Version 1.1
by
Sensation Software
5846 Pavo Street
Long Beach, CA 90808-3718
(310) 420-8325
FAX (310) 982-1352
CompuServe ID: 70054, 2661
May 1, 1992
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Member of the
Association of Shareware Professionals
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The Message-A-Day menuing software is NOT "Public
Domain" and it is NOT "Freeware". Message-A-Day is a
copyrighted software product developed and owned by
Sensation Software, located in Long Beach, California,
U. S. A. Sensation Software, grants you without
charge the right to reproduce, distribute and use
copies of this version of our Message-A-Day shareware
software product, subject to the limitations specified
below, and on the express condition that you do not
receive any payment, commercial benefit, or other
consideration for such reproduction or distribution, or
change this license agreement or the following
copyright notice which appears in the software,
documentation, user interface, menus and magnetic
media: (C) Copyright 1991 Sensation Software. All
rights reserved worldwide.
Limitations: You may make and keep one (1)back-up copy
of the software for your personal use, provided that
(i) you copy all the copyright, trademark, and other
information indicated on the initial screen display (or
on the diskette label, for the registered version disk
onto your backup diskette label, and (ii) you have
registered. Also you may distribute copies to other
persons, but solely for their evaluation (i.e., to
decide whether to continue using the product and
therefore register) and solely for evaluation by such
other persons during that thirty (30) day period.
Message-A-Day must NOT be sold or otherwise provided as
part of a larger system, or as a part of a more
inclusive product or service, without express written
consent and licensing from Sensation Software.
The rights to receive any such financial or other
benefit, and to modify the product or employ its
components in any kind of derivative work, are reserved
exclusively by Sensation Software. Support from users
enables us to develop additional features and future
versions of the Message-A-Day.
SOFTWARE LICENSE AND AGREEMENT:
YOU MAY NOT; modify, translate, reverse engineer,
decompile, disassemble, create derivative works based
on, or copy (except for a backup copy) the program or
the accompanying documentation;
Sensation Software will not be liable for special,
incidental, consequential, indirect or other similar
damages even if we or our agent have been advised of
the possibility of such damages. This means Sensation
Software is not responsible or liable for damages or
cost incurred as a result of loss of time, loss of
data, loss of profit or revenue, or loss of use of the
software.
IBM and PS/2 are registered trademarks of the IBM Corp.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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PLEASE READ...
If you enjoy using Message-A-Day Software you are expected to
register this software. We are constantly upgrading our
software and adding new messages to it. It is registrations
like yours which allow us to continue offering you quality
software like this.
When you register, please fill out the questionnaire section
and add your comments about our software.
REGISTERED USERS BENEFIT FROM THE FOLLOWING:
* One Year FREE Supply of Additional Messages
* Free Technical Support
* Notices Of Software Updates And New Message Types
* Documentation
TO REGISTER MESSAGE-A-DAY, PLEASE SEND $14.95 TO:
Sensation Software
5846 Pavo Street
Long Beach, CA 90808-3718
(310) 420-8325
* Please use the enclosed registration form.
* To print the registration form, press [F10] from the main menu,
after the message screen appears choose the "Registration"
Option and following the directions.
* Please add $5.00 for shipping and handling.
Thank You!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Message-A-Day Features . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installation Of Message-A-Day . . . . . . . . . 3
Using Message-A-Day Software . . . . . . . . . 4
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Type Of Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Program Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Display Message Time . . . . . . . . . . 6
Screen Type . . . . . . . . . . 6
Display Famous Events . . . . . . . . . . 7
Upper/Lower Case . . . . . . . . . . 7
Input Personal Message . . . . . . . . . . 8
Editing Key Summary for Personal Message . . . . 9
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About the AUTOEXEC.BAT file . . . . . . . . . . 11
Message-A-Day Not Appearing After Rebooting . . . . 11
Page 1
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR Message-A-Day
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* IBM PC, XT, AT, 386, 486, PS/2 or Compatible
* Hard Drive
* 320 K memory
* Color or Monochrome Monitor
* One Floppy Drive
* At least 250,000 bytes free on the hard disk
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LEGEND
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Special notations in this manual have the following
meanings:
[Esc] = Press the Escape key
[Enter] = Press the Enter key
[F10] = Press the [F10] key
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Thank you for using Message-A-Day
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Your day will now be a little lighter, a little
brighter now that you are using Messages-A-Day.
Each day you will be renewed with a inspirational,
humorous or a personal message. Message-A-Day is just
what the doctor ordered first thing in the morning.
Message-A-Day will be displayed each time you boot up,
getting your day started and getting you moving.
The people at Sensation Software have spent hours
searching for just the right quote or joke to bring for
your enjoyment. Wonderful quotes from famous people,
histerical jokes from not so famous people,
insprirational sayings from the masters. We hope that
you enjoy each and every one of them.
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Message-A-Day FEATURES
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Message-A-Day has the following features:
* Great messages
* Ability to enter you own personal message
* Simple and easy menu functions
* Easy-to-use install program
* User choice of message type
* Non-memory resident, no program conflict
* Control length of message display time
* Gives you ideas for meetings and presentations
* Optionally display famous daily events
* Display messages in either upper or lower case.
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INSTALLATION OF Message-A-Day
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Before you use Message-A-Day for the first time, it
must be installed on your hard disk. The following
explains how to install Message-A-Day:
1. Please complete and return your registration form.
Choose the REGISTRATION option from the main menu. This
will enable you to receive:
* One Year FREE Supply Of Additional Messages
* Free Technical Support
* Notices Of Software Updates And New Message Types
* Documentation
2. Insert the Message-A-Day program disk in drive A:
and close the door (this install procedure assumes
drive A:)
3. Type: A:INSTALL
4. Press [Enter]. Message-A-Day's installation program
will now appear.
5. Message-A-Day first verifies that you really intend
to install the Message-A-Day program. If you wish to
install, press the "Y" key.
6. CHOOSE DEFAULT DRIVE
This verifies again on which hard drive you wish to
install Message-A-Day. The most commonly used drive is
C, but it is possible to install Message-A-Day on any
hard drive partition (C,D,E,F...), if they exist.
7. SPECIFY WHICH FLOPPY DRIVE
The Install program needs to know in which floppy drive
the Message-A-Day Program diskette is located, so
information can be copied from it. Enter "A" or "B".
Message-A-Day is now installed. You can re-boot your
system to display the first message.
Note:
If Message-A-Day does not appear after re-booting your
computer, then you need to check the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
Check for a statement that branches around the command:
C:\MSGADAY\MSGADAY C
Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and place the command:
"C:\MSGADAY\MSGADAY C" in the first few lines of the
the file. Please see the "About The AUTOEXEC.BAT File"
section for more information - Page 11.
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Using Message-A-Day Software
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Message-A-Day software comes with all options pre-set. The
only thing you really need to do is to turn on your
computer. But, if you wish to make changes, it's very
easy to do. The following section explains how to
changes the different options in Message-A-Day
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MAIN MENU
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To display the main menu, simply press [F10] immediately
after the message appears.
Or, to start up Message-A-Day from DOS, enter the following:
1. CD\MSGADAY
2. MSGADAY C (assumes installation on drive C:)
3. Then press [F10] after message appears
You will now see the Message-A-Day logo and the main menu screen.
You now have the following choices:
* Registration
* Type Of Message
* Program Options
* Input Personal Message
* Exit
The following section explains each option:
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TYPE OF MESSAGE
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This option sets the type of message you wish to have
displayed. You can set the display message to the
following message types:
* Humorous - Displays a funny messages
* Inspriational - Displays an inspirational message
* Murphys - Displays a Murphys Law type message
* Personal - Displays your own personal message
(see Input Personal Message section)
* All The Above - Displays of all the above messages
To make a selection, move the up or down arrow key to
the option you wish and press [Enter]. You may also
just touch the highlighted character in the list to
choose. The program saves your changes automatically
and returns to the main menu.
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PROGRAM OPTIONS
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The Program Options section adjusts the following parameters:
* Message Display Time
* Screen Type
* Display Famous Events
* Upper/Lower Case Letters
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Message Display Time:
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You can set the length of time, in seconds, the message
is displayed before the screen is blanked and the
computer continues.
You can set the time from 0 to 60 seconds, depending on
your preference.
TIME ZERO (0)
The time, zero (0) seconds, forces the user to press
[Enter] before continuing.
Message-A-Day comes with this option pre-set to ten (10) seconds.
You may also press the highlighted key (M) to change
this option
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Screen Type:
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This selects the type of monitor you have. If you have
a color monitor, choose COLOR. If you have a monochrome
(one color) monitor, choose MONO.
This option is pre-set by you in the install program
You may also press the highlighted key (S) to change
this option
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Display Famous Events:
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This option controls whether a famous event is
displayed each day along with the other message. Famous
events are; Presidents birthdays, Holidays, and other
date specific information.
If you wish to display famous events, press [Enter]
until this option is "YES".
If you do not wish to display famous events, press
[Enter] until this option is "NO".
You may also press the highlighted key (D) to change
this option.
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Upper/Lower Case
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This option controls the displaying of the messages in
either upper or lower case. If you choose Upper, then
the entire message will be displayed in Upper case.If
you choose Lower, then the message wil be displayed in
a combination of Lower and Upper case.
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INPUT PERSONAL MESSAGE
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This option gives you the posibility of entering your
very own messages to display each and every day. It's
easy and fun to use this option.
You may want to use this option at certain times in
your life. For instance, if you dieting-give yourself
several postive messages. If your studying for school-
put in information that you need to know for your mid-
term. If your trying to project self esteem, put a
motivating message that you see first thing in the
morning.
Anything you wish can be put in the personal message
section.
After choosing this from the main menu, just enter your
message. You have up to 120 characters (about 36 words)
that you can enter. After you have entered your
message, press [Enter] to save.
Message-A-Day tells you how many personal messages that you have
by giving the number of records counts.
You can edit or view previous messages by pressing the
[Up] or [Down] arrow keys. When you get to a message
that you wish to edit, use the [Right] or [Left] arrow
and edit your message. After your finished editing your
message, press [Enter] to save your message. You must
press [Enter] after you finish editing, otherwise the
message will not be saves and you will loose your
edits.
The following keys are active in the Input Personal
Message option.
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EDITING KEY SUMMARY FOR PERSONAL MESSAGES OPTION
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When you select the Personal Message option, you have
several keys which assist you in editing. The editing
keys are designed to be compatible with other popular
editors. The description of each key is shown below.
[Up Arrow] -Moves backwards one record in the file.
[Down Arrow] -Moves forward one record in the file.
[Home] -Places cursor on the first character.
[End] -Places the cursor on the last character.
[Ins] -Turns insert mode ON or OFF.
[Del] -Deletes a character.
[BackSpace] -Delete previous character.
[F10] -Saves your work and exits.
[Ctrl]+[Left arrow] -Moves cursor left to start of next
word.
[Ctrl]+[Right arrow]-Moves cursor right to start of next
word.
[Ctrl]+[End] -Deletes to the end of the line.
[Esc] -Returns to the previous menu.
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REGISTRATION
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This option allows you to print the registration form
and to view company information about Sensation
Software.
To print the Registration form, just press [Enter] from
this screen. Please answer all questions on the form
and mail to Sensation Software.
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EXIT
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Returns you to the Message screen.
Page 11
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ABOUT THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE
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The AUTOEXEC.BAT file is a special file which is
executed every time you start your computer. In this
way, you can process specific commands every time your
computer is started, saving you from typing the command
in every time.
This file is why Message-A-Day appears after you turn
on your computer.Heres a general set of commands for
the AUTOEXEC.BAT file using Message-A-Day:
PROMPT $P$G
PATH C:\;C:\DOS
C:\MSGADAY\MSGADAY C
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Message-A-Day NOT APPEARING AFTER RE-BOOTING
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If after re-booting, Message-A-Day does not appear, then you have
a statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file that branches
around the statement; C:\MSGADAY\MSGADAY C.
In the example below, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file has a
statement; F:\NETWORK.BAT. After the file;
F:\NETWORK.BAT is executed it doesn't return control
back to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. In this situation, the
statement; C:\MSGADAY\MSGADAY C is never executed and
hence Message-A-Day will not appear after re-booting.
PROMPT $P$G
PATH C:\;C:\DOS
F:NETWORK.BAT
C:\MSGADAY\MSGADAY C
To remedy this, edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT and move the
NETWORK.BAT after the C:\MSGADAY\MSGADAY C statement,
for example:
PROMPT $P$G
PATH C:\;C:\DOS
C:\MSGADAY\MSGADAY C
F:NETWORK.BAT
Now the Message-A-Day software will be executed and it will
continue after to process the NETWORK.BAT file.
If you have further questions, refer to Microsoft MS-
DOS User's Guide & User's Reference for more detail.