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T H I S I S M I N E =========================== Version 1.0 Copyright (c) August, 1990 Lansford Software Owasso, OK. 74055 TIM Documentation page 1 - - - - - - N O T I C E - - - - - - This documentation and accompanying programs are not intended for distribution or use in countries other than the United States of America. This program is distributed under the "Shareware" concept. You are free to make copies of this program and associated files for sharing with others. You may evaluate this program for a period of 45 days. If you find the program useful, you should register your copy with the author by sending payment in the form of check, or money order, in U.S.A. funds, payable on a U.S.A. bank. The registration fee is currently $30.00. Please help support the "Shareware" concept by registering. There is no warranty of any kind, written, expressed, or implied and Richard Lansford, Lansford Software will not be liable for any damages, direct, or indirect, caused by the use of this program, or the failure of this program to operate or perform as expected or desired by the user. Richard Lansford will not be liable for any damage to any data, equipment, or property which may be caused by the use of this program, either direct or indirect. Type "TIM" at the DOS prompt and press ENTER to invoke the program. Do not attempt to run PRUN.EXE. The first time the program is executed, it will build the data files which are used to store the data. There will be four database files created. TIM Documentation page 2 ----------------------- OVERVIEW ------------------------------- TIM is a personal inventory type program which will keep track of all your worldly goods. It can be used by any individual who has personal belongings. Persons with several rent houses will also find it useful, as will almost any small company. You can keep inventory records for several different locations or houses and know what items are at which house or location. There are several reports which can be printed on your printer. 1. Complete listing by item 2. Complete listing by category 3. Serial number listing 4. Complete listing by room 5. A summary of value by category 6. Export records to a comma delimited ascii file All items on the main menu can be chosen either by highlighting the item with the cursor and pressing ENTER, or by pressing the corresponding letter and then pressing ENTER. TIM Documentation page 3 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: A color monitor is required. A Monochrome monitor wil work, but some words will be hard to see. Hard Drive Installation: Create a subdirectory called TIM. Type MD C:\TIM Copy all files to this subdirectory. Place original disk in drive a. Type copy a:*.* c:\TIM Place original disk in a safe place for future use. At the C: prompt type cd \TIM, then at the C: prompt type TIM to execute the program. Floppy Drive Installation: Create a working copy of the original floppy disk. Place original disk in drive a. Type diskcopy a: a: Place original disk in a safe place for future use. At the A: prompt type TIM to execute the program. TIM Documentation page 4 MAIN MENU OPTIONS A. UPDATE HOME INVENTORY ITEMS Choose this option to view a table of items you have input into the data base. You will be asked to select a sorting method for viewing the records. The sorting options are: Item, Category, or room. Move the cursor to the your choice and press ENTER. If no items exist in the database, you will be presented with a form for input of new items. If items exist in the database, you will be presented with a table showing the items you have input. You may highlite an item and press ENTER to see more information about it, and/or make changes to it. To add a new item, press the INSERT key. You will be presented with the form for input of new items. This is the same form used to make changes to existing items. When you reach the LOCATION, ROOM and CATEGORY fields, you may press ENTER to display a list of available choices. You can move the cursor to the proper selection and press ENTER. Your selection will be placed in the form automatically for you. While viewing the table of items, press ESCAPE to return to the main menu. To delete a record, highlite the record with the cursor and press the DELETE key. You will be asked to confirm the deletion of the record. While viewing this table, you may print two reports. One is a serial number list which only prints records which contain a serial number. The other report will list all items sorted by item. The command keys used to print these reports are listed at the bottom of the screen. B. UPDATE ROOMS IN THE HOUSE Choose this option to display a table showing the rooms you have input, sorted by ROOM. If you have not entered any rooms, you will be presented with a form to add a new room. If rooms exist in the database, you will be presented with a table showing all the rooms in the data base. You may highlite a room and press ENTER to make changes to it. To add a new room, press the INSERT key. You will be presented with the form for input of new rooms. This is the same form used to make changes to existing rooms. While viewing the table of rooms, press ESCAPE to return to the main menu. To delete a record, highlite the record with the cursor and press the DELETE key. You will be asked to confirm the deletion of the record. TIM Documentation page 5 C. UPDATE CATEGORIES Choose this option to display a table showing the categories you have input, sorted by CATEGORY. If you have not entered any categories, you will be presented with a form to add a new category. If categories exist in the database, you will be presented with a table showing all the categories in the data base. You may highlite a category and press ENTER to make changes to it. To add a new category, press the INSERT key. You will be presented with the form for input of new categories. This is the same form used to make changes to existing categories. While viewing the table of categories, press ESCAPE to return to the main menu. To delete a record, highlite the record with the cursor and press the DELETE key. You will be asked to confirm the deletion of the record. Examples of categories could be: Stereo Equipment, Furniture, Software, Dishes, etc. D. BROWSE INVENTORY ITEMS This option will display one record at a time on the screen. You can use the cursor keys and the page up and page down keys to browse through the records. This screen will show all the information about each record. You can use the same command keys for deleting, adding and changing as in the other tables described above. E. UPDATE PROPERTY LOCATIONS This option will allow you to input addresses, notes, etc. for the property locations you where your inventory is kept. You must input a location code for each location. It must be unique and can be made up of any two character combination of your choosing. There is also a place for keeping notes about the location, such as renter's name, when the property was rented, etc. U. PRINT CATEGORY SUMMARY TOTALS This is a report which will be printed on your printer. You will be asked for a location. The report will print for only one location at a time. A table will be displayed with a list of the available locations and you can select the proper one with the cursor. After selecting, you will be prompted to press ENTER to print the report or press ESCAPE to abort and/or change the location. This report prints only totals for each category for the location selected. V. PRINT INVENTORY LIST BY ITEM This is a report which will be printed on your printer. You will be asked for a location. The report will print for only one location at a time. A table will be displayed with a list of the available locations and you can select the proper one with the cursor. After selecting, you will be prompted to press ENTER to print the report or press ESCAPE to abort and/or change the location. This report will print each item you have input for the location selected. It will be sorted by item name. TIM Documentation page 6 W. PRINT INVENTORY LIST BY ROOM This is a report which will be printed on your printer. You will be asked for a location. The report will print for only one location at a time. A table will be displayed with a list of the available locations and you can select the proper one with the cursor. After selecting, you will be prompted to press ENTER to print the report or press ESCAPE to abort and/or change the location. This report will print each item you have input for the location selected. It will be sorted by room. X. PRINT LIST BY CATEGORY This is a report which will be printed on your printer. You will be asked for a location. The report will print for only one location at a time. A table will be displayed with a list of the available locations and you can select the proper one with the cursor. After selecting, you will be prompted to press ENTER to print the report or press ESCAPE to abort and/or change the location. This report will print each item you have input for the location selected. It will be sorted by category. Y. PRINT SERIAL NUMBER LIST This is a report which will be printed on your printer. You will be asked for a location. The report will print for only one location at a time. A table will be displayed with a list of the available locations and you can select the proper one with the cursor. After selecting, you will be prompted to press ENTER to print the report or press ESCAPE to abort and/or change the location. This report will print each item you have input for the location selected. It will print only records which have a serial number. If you do not input a serial number for any of your items, they will not be printed on this report. Z. PRINT RECORDS TO DISK This option will allow you to print all records for a selected location to an ascii file. You will be asked to input a location code for the report. You can type in a code or press F10 to pick the location from a table. After selecting the desired location, you will be asked for a name for the file. Type in a legal DOS file name and press ENTER. You can use up to eight characters plus a three character extension. (example: Inventor.Rpt.) If a file exists in the current directory with the same name, it will be erased and the new file written in it's place. The ascii file can be edited with a word processor or text editor. This file can be copied to another disk or directory before this option is selected again, to keep from destroying it. It can also be imported into other data base programs. QUIT Choose this option to end the program and return to DOS. Unregistered versions will return to the shareware information screen and you will have to press ESCAPE from there to return to DOS. TIM REGISTRATION FORM #1054u Version 1.00 To become a registered user of TIM, complete and return this form along with the indicated license fee. The license fee should be paid by check or money order in U.S.A. funds, payable on a U.S.A. bank. Send to: Lansford Software P.O. Box 164 Owasso, OK 74055-0164 U.S.A. Name: ___________________________________________________ Company: ___________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ City: _____________________________ State: ___ Zip: _____ Please accept this registration for TIM version 1.0. I agree to your disclaimer of all warranties and the restrictions on copying. ________________________________________ _______________ SIGNED DATE LICENSE FEE QTY LICENSE TYPE EACH TOTAL AMT ___ Registration Fee $ 30.00 $ _______ You will be mailed a disk with the most current version of TIM. I Prefer 3 1/2" ____ or 5 1/4"____ diskette Add $1.00 for 3 1/2" diskette $ _______ Subtotal $ _______ Oklahoma residents add 7 1/2% sales tax. TAX $ _______ TOTAL $ _______ Comments:___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ TIM Documentation page 8 HISTORY VERSION 1.0 August, 1990 NEW (first release)