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BOX OFFICE MANAGER
Version 2.0
Copyright (C) 1990
by
Jerold A. Garber
All rights reserved
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FOOTHILLS SOFTWARE
1515 Shenandoah Drive
Boise, Idaho 83712
(208) 336-3539
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Files - Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Files - Program generated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hard disk installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Floppy disk installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Starting the program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Manual style and the tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Program configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Season configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Season tickets configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Flex Pass configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Season pricing configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Top level menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ticketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Returning tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Viewing available seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Displaying season shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Performance Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adding an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Deleting an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Utilities Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Changing program configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Season Ticketing Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fixed ticket pricing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Test ticket printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
End of Season Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seating Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Viewing the hall seating files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating the hall seating plans . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Optional manual method for naming rows and seats . . . 18
Multiple hall use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
And finally... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Foothills Software BOX OFFICE MANAGER p. 2
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Introduction
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BOX OFFICE MANAGER is designed for schools, theatre groups,
churches, community concert associations - any group that needs
to be able to manage a box office selling tickets to events.
The program is designed to readily accommodate a wide variety of
"theatres", especially those needing a fast and convenient means
of managing the sale (or free distribution) of tickets for
multiple performances and/or multiple shows/events in a season.
Features include:
- Handles completely reserved seating.
- Ability to configure seating for up to 4800.
- Up to 8 different seating sections.
- Up to 24 rows in each section.
- Up to 25 seats in each row.
- On screen display of each section individually.
- Virtually instant display of available seats.
- Revenue tickets (up to 6 different prices by section).
- Season ticket seat selection.
- Complimentary ticketing.
- Blocking out of seats for sight lines or other uses.
- Optional ticket printing in one of two styles.
- Tickets printed on readily available stock.
- Custom ticket printing routines are available.
- Provision for returned tickets.
- Unlimited number of performances.
- Full on screen and printed reports for each show.
- End of season cleanup of obsolete files.
- Display of all shows in the season sorted by name/date.
- Monochrome or color display options.
- Easy program installation and use.
- Full instruction manual on disk.
- Step by step installation and running tutorial.
- Sample files for demonstration and practice.
- Runs on all IBM-compatible.
Foothills Software offers:
- Telephone support (most evenings and weekends).
- Prompt response to questions by mail.
- Custom programming for ticket printing.
- Discounts on related software.
- Upgrades as available at very reasonable prices.
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Foothills Software BOX OFFICE MANAGER p. 2
Foothills Software BOX OFFICE MANAGER p. 3
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Files - Distribution
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On your distribution disk you should find the following files:
BOM.EXE - The main program
BOM.DOC - This manual
HALLPLAN.FIL - A sample "hall" configuration
SECPLAN1.FIL - A sample seating section file
SECPLAN2.FIL - A sample seating section file
PERFINDX.FIL - A sample performance index file
REGISTER.FRM - A form to register your use
BOM_READ.1ST - An information/update file
Files - Program generated
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BOX OFFICE MANAGER will generate