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Household Register
Version 2.12s
by
Lemuel D. Turner
Member Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP)
(C) 1989-1991 By Lemuel D. Turner and TurboSystemsCo
Mailing Address: TurboSystemsCo
P.O. Box 965368
Marietta, Ga. 30066
To Start: type HR
Note: Version 1.0 and 1.1 files are not compatible with version 2.0 +
Registers users are provided with a conversion program to convert 1.0
and 1.1 files to the 2.0 + format.
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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Household Register is a full featured menu driven easy to use program
that maintains a detailed list of everything you own. Each item is
automatically categorized by location, category, owner and item. The
user can easily customize the pop-up menus for the Location (24 sel-
ections), Category (24 selections) and Owner (8 selections) fields.
The pop-up menus can be turned off if desired and data can be typed
directly into the three fields rather than using menu selections.
Each database can hold 99,999 items the program supports an unlimited
number of databases. On screen help is provided for each screen and
help lines are automatically displayed for each data entry field.
The comprehensive reports section of the program lets the
user examine every aspect of his/her possessions. The total value
report lists the inventory items and computes the total value of the
inventory using purchase price or replacement price. A five page
summary report computes the total value by category, location or
owner and provides many valuable statistics about the inventory, such
as the percentage change between the purchase price and replacement
price. A warranty report is also provided that will prove invaluable
in tracking warranty information. A total of seven reports are avial-
able which can be listed to the screen, printer or a disk text file.
Also reports can be printed on continous form Index or Rolodex cards.
The full featured and comprehensive search/selection module lets
the user list only those itmes that meet the selection criteria.
A sample database is included to allow quick examination of the pro-
gram.
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INSTALLING HOUSEHOLD REGISTER
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HARD DRIVE:
The diskette that your copy of Household Register was distributed to
should not be used for running the program. You should first make a
back-up copy of the distribution disk and then install Household
Register on either your hard or floppy disk system.
We recommend that you create a sub-directory that will contain the
Household Register program and associated files. The following DOS
commands will create a sub-directory for Household Register:
C>CD\
C>MD\HR
Once you have created the new sub-directory, select the new sub-directory
by entering:
C>CD\HR
Insert the Household Register distribution disk into drive A. Next, copy
the contents of the Household Register distribution diskette onto your
hard disk by executing the following command:
C>COPY A:*.*
NOTE: If your Household Register disk is not in the A drive, you must use
the drive letter of the disk that contains the program in the above state-
ment, ie if loading from the B drive use C>COPY B:*.*. Also if you hard
drive is not C, substitute the correct letter for C.
To run Household Register type HR and the program will load.
INSTALLING HOUSEHOLD REGISTER ON A FLOPPY DISKETTE:
Please don't use Household Register distribution diskette to
run the program. Make a back-up copy of the distribution disk
prior to proceeding. Refer to your DOS manual for details if
you are unfamiliar with disk copying procedures. Using your
backup copy of the distribution disk, type HR at the DOS prompt
and the program will load and run.
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GETTING STARTED
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After typing HR a shareware notification screen is displayed,
just press any key and then the Household Register Main Menu is
displayed. We recommend the following to familiarize yourself
with the program:
1. Select Item # 7 from the Main Menu to print out the on-disk
users manual. The program is very straight forward and easy to
use but having the printout of the manual may be helpful if you
have a question over some feature.
2. If you have an old type CGA color card installed you may
notice some screen flickering, if this is the case select item
#2 from the Main Menu and the install Video Screen will be
displayed. On this screen press S to cycle to snow, then press
function key F10 to save the set-up to a parameter file. Next
press ESC to exit the screen and then press 9 on the Main Menu
to exit Household Register. Re-start Household Register by
typing HR and the screen flicker or snow will have disappeared.
The Install Video Type/Colors screen also can be used to change
some colors used in the program, but for now we recommend that
you use the default selections. You can experiment with the
color scheme at a later time.
3. If you have an Epson or Epson compatible printer, you can
skip this step. Next install your printer for use with House-
hold Register. Select item #4 "Install Printer" from the Main
Menu. As of the time this is being written, the program only
has built support for Epson printers but by the time you read
this you may be able to select from several printers. Press H
for help from the printer installation screen to get the
details on installing any printer for use with Household
Register. Basically, if your printer is not Epson compatible,
you will have to find in your printer manual the codes to turn
on and off the following: (1) Normal Print (Can be 10 or 12
characters per inch); (2) Compressed Print (Must be 15 Charac-
ters per inch or greater); (3) Bold or Emphasized Print; (4)
Underline. Now for those of you who can't find the codes or
don't have a printer manual, you still should be able to print
all the reports, except the index cards and rolodex cards. Use
the printer installation screen, add your printer and leave
blank the on/and off codes. Select your printer from the
installation screen so the blank codes are saved to the printer
definitions file. If you can manually select compressed print
on your printer, you can print on the index and rolodex cards.
Manually place your printer in compressed mode prior to print-
ing the cards.
4. We have included a sample data file with the program for
you to use to get quickly familiarize yourself with all the
features of the program. To use the sample database, select
item #1 "Update Household Register" from the Main Menu, the
program will load and the the file selection screen is
displayed.
Press return to load the sample datafile and enter the main House-
hold Register program. When you get ready to start your own
household datafile, press ESC at the on the file selection screen
and enter a name for your datafile. The