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- ■ DARN! Don't Forget!■
- Version 3.0
- (c)EmmaSoft 1989, 1990
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- An Annual Events Reminder for Computers
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- ■WHAT IS DARN!?
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- DARN! is a simple program with a simple task: to remind you of
- events that occur on the same day each year. Tax payments,
- dividends, mortgage payments, even birthdays and anniversaries
- are entered onto a master list (which can hold up to 300 such events).
- A reminder appears on your screen a number (you set) of days before
- an event. The reminder is repeated through the day of the event.
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- DARN! is not a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) program. Thus it
- takes absolutely no memory from your other applications.
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- DARN! was written by Dan Veaner. I can be reached to answer
- questions at EmmaSoft, or on Compuserve 71460,2644.
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- ■SHAREWARE
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- DARN! is Shareware. Shareware distribution gives users a chance to
- try software before buying it. If you try a DARN! and continue using
- it, you are expected to register. This allows you to try the
- program before you buy it. When you register your copy of DARN!
- you will recieve the latest version of DARN! . You will also be
- assigned a serial number which entitles you to technical support.
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- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
- and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
- exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
- programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
- of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
- and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
- distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
- and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
- specific group.
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- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
- should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
- whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
- fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
- And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
- has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
- product, you don't pay for it.
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- YOU MAY:
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- -Use this program.
- -Make copies of it (if you copy all the original files including
- this documentation. You may not copy some of the files without all
- of them).
- -Give copies to friends (if they like it they must register).
- -Distribute it on a shareware disk provided the cost of the disk is
- less than $6. You must contact EmmaSoft before doing this.
- -Enjoy it.
- -Register it.
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- YOU MAY NOT:
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- -Alter the program.
- -Distribute altered files.
- -Receive money for the program. --------------Page 2
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- If you like DARN! and use it please register your copy after 30
- days using the form at the end of this manual.
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- ■LICENSE AGREEMENT AND WARRANTY:
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- License
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- 1. You may use the program on a single computer at one
- time. You may not copy the program and
- accompanying materials except for backup purposes
- or to distribute it as shareware (see above).
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- 2. You may not make copies of the program for sale.
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- 3. This software is copyrighted, and all rights
- therein are reserved for EmmaSoft. Registration
- or purchase of this product does not transfer any
- right, title, or interest in the software except as
- specifically set forth in this agreement. You are
- hereby notified that the software product is protected
- by United States Copyright Law, and you may be held by
- responsible by EmmaSoft for any infringement of
- such rights or violations to this agreement.
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- 4. This license is effective until terminated. You
- may terminate it at any time by destroying the
- program and all copies of it. It will also
- terminate if you fail to comply with any term or
- condition on this agreement. You agree upon
- termination to destroy the program together with
- all copies of the program.
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- Warranty
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- 1. This program is provided "as is" without warranty
- of any kind, either expressed or implied, including
- any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a
- particular purpose. In no event shall EmmaSoft be
- held liable for any loss of profit, special,
- incidental, consequential, or other similar claims.
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- 2. EmmaSoft does warrant that the magnetic media on
- which the software is furnished is free of defects
- of materials and workmanship under normal use for
- 60 days, provided that EmmaSoft provided your copy
- of the program on such media. If during this period
- the diskette should become defective it may be returned
- to EmmaSoft for replacement without charge.
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- TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
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- Only registered users may get technical support. When you register
- you are assigned a serial number (this will be on your disk label)
- which you must provide when asking for tech support. EmmaSoft is
- open M-F 9-Noon, 1-5 and sometimes on Saturdays. The number is
- (607) 533-4685.
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- ■SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- DARN! works on IBM PCs, XTs, ATs, 80386 and most compatible
- machines with 80 x 25 character displays including monochrome,
- Hercules, CGA, EGA and VGA.
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- ■INSTALLATION
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- DARN! can be used on hard or floppy disk systems. As with most
- programs it works more elegantly on a hard disk. The best way to
- use DARN! is to load it before the first utility called in your
- "autoexec.bat" file.
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- DARN! comes with an automatic installation program. Type
- "install<Enter>" to start the program.
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- What the Installation program does:
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- 1. It installs DARN! from any disk to any disk
- 2. It allows you to read the "readme" file
- 3. It makes life easy.
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- What it doesn't do:
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- 1. It doesn't change any files including autoexec. bat and
- config.sys. I hate it when installation programs noodle
- with my files, so this one won't noodle with yours.
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- To manually install just copy the program and all its files to the
- directory you plan to use, and add the loading commands to your
- autoexec.bat file.
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- ■GETTING DARN! TO LOAD
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- Starting with Version 3.0 you can call DARN! from any disk and/or
- directory provided you set the "ANCAL" DOS environment variable.
- We strongly suggest you write this and the DARN! command into your
- autoexec.bat file. It should go something like this:
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- SET ANCAL=C:\DARN tells DARN where its files are
- ANCAL calls the program
- 1STPROG 1st program you use after booting
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- (Replace "C:\DARN" with the drive/directory YOU are keeping the
- DARN! files in.)
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- Place the commands as shown just before the first utility you
- normally load.
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- If you only want DARN! to come up the first time you turn on or
- boot your computer each day you may do this. In your autoexec.bat
- file use the following command:
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- ANCAL ONCE
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- ■USING DARN!
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- Most days you will only need one key for this program: the exit
- key (<F10>). DARN! will appear on your screen with the events for
- the day. Once you have viewed them press <F10> to exit the
- program. (You may also use the <Esc> and <q> keys to exit.) Use
- <Ctrl><Break> to Quick Quit.
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- In the Main Screen use the following keys:
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- <q> Quit the program
- <Esc> Quit the program
- <F10> Quit the program
- <F1> Go to the Action Menu
- <F9> See today again
- <Alt><d> Pick a day you want to view
- <Alt><t> See today again
- <Alt><s> Set How many days to see ahead*
- <Alt><h> Help Screen
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- THE ACTION MENU CHOICES:
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- <F1> VIEWING the events list
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- Once you are in the viewing section use the following keys:
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- <q> Go back to Main Screen
- <Esc> Go back to Main Screen
- <F10> Go back to Main Screen
- <Up> Go back one entry
- <Page Up> Go back one entry
- <Up Arrow> Go back one entry
- <Home> First entry on the events list
- <End> Last entry on the list
- <F2> Edit the entry you are viewing
- <F3> Delete the entry you are viewing
- <F4> Search for an entry
- <F5> Print the list to your printer (goes to stdprn)
- <Alt><h> Help Screen
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- When searching type in all or part of the name or event you are
- searching for and press:
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- <Enter>
- <h> Search forward from here in the list
- <b> Search forward from the beginning of the list
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- When editing type all information onto the screen.
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- <Enter> Goes to next field
- Arrow Keys Move around the form
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- When on the last field press <Enter> then <Enter> again to accept
- your changes and any other key to go back to editing.
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- *Press F9 after setting number of days to see revised list
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- <F2> Add Entries
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- DARN! will prompt you to add entries. There are three parts: date,
- name, and event. If the event is a birthday or anniversary DARN!
- senses this and also prompts for a number (age). There are some
- conventions you must follow here:
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- Date: You must use the mm/dd format.
- You may enter the date in many ways as long
- as there is a slash(/), dash(-), or space( )
- between the month and day. Examples:
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- 05/08
- 5-8
- 05 8
- 5/08
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- Name: Names may be up to 25 characters long,
- but no longer.
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- Event: Events may be up to 15 characters
- long, but no longer.
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- Age: Type the age of the person (or the number
- of the anniversary) this year, even if the event
- has passed. For example Bob is 45 in May and Betty
- is 45 in December. This is July. Type "45" in
- both cases. If you don't include an age here it
- won't show on the main or view screens. However,
- you can add an age later using the Edit (<F2>)
- facility in the View (<F1>) section.
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- You don't have to enter a name or event, but you do have to enter
- a date. You can enter anything under name or event. For example
- a name entry could be "Quarterly Income Tax" with the event entry
- "first quarter." Or name could be "Mother's" with event being
- "birthday."
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- <F3> Quick Sort and Save
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- When DARN! saves a list it sorts all entries by date. Pressing
- this key sorts and saves the list to the same file name. (If your
- list is "sample.drn" it will be overwritten. If you are simply
- updating a list this is a quick way to save it. WARNING: Don't
- press this key if you want to keep the old version of the list. In
- that case use <F6>.
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- <F4> New Events List
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- If you want to start a new events list from scratch use this
- option. Make sure you save <F6> it before exiting the program.
- Be careful not to use <F3> to save unless you want to write over
- the old list.
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- <F5> Load a List
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- Use this option to load a different events list. (You will
- usually use only one list and so won't need this often.) Type the
- name of the list WITHOUT the extention (.drn). Thus if you are
- loading the sample.drn list type "sample".
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- <F6> Save
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- This option is used to save your changes or new list. You may use
- the same name, in which case the old list will be overwritten, or
- you may choose a new name, thus keeping a backup copy with the old
- name. The last name saved (or loaded) will load automatically the
- next time you start the program.
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- <F7> Program Information
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- This tells you a little about the program.
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- <F8> Export List to Ascii File
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- As of Version 3.0 DARN! can export its Events Lists in ascii format,
- using two varieties of field delimiters. You may choose to delimit
- fields by quotes or back-slashes. When you choose quotes the file
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- "04/15","Dave's","Birthday","27"
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- If you choose slashes:
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- 04/15\Dave's\Birthday\27\
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- The order of the fields is always:
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- date name event number_of_birthday_or_anniversary
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- ■ABOUT EMMASOFT
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- EmmaSoft is an independent software development company.
- We develop programs for Business, Programmers, and Theatre
- technicians. Call or write for more information.
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- EmmaSoft also sells bulk preformatted 5½" DSDD diskettes.
- Call or write for our excellent prices.
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- ■WHAT'S NEW IN DARN!
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- Version 2
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- 1. The "once" feature is added. DARN! now loads once a day if
- you don't want it to appear each time you reboot.
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- 2. Database extended from 200 to 300 entries.
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- 3. Internal databse handling bugs fixed.
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- 4. Custom message capability added.
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- 5. Inimake integrated into main executable file, and made
- easier to use. Pressing <r>eset sets DARN! to use the
- sample.drn file provided with the software.
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- Version 3
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- 6. <Esc> and <q> keys added to make exiting functions and
- the program easier.
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- 7. Executable file renamed from DARN.EXE to ANCAL.EXE
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- 8. DARN automatically sets itself up for monochrome systems.
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- 9. F9 redisplays long lists of events
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- 10. List viewing capabilities added. DARN now views forward,
- backward, and goes to the beginning or end of the list.
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- 11. Lists are sorted by date.
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- 12. Search functions added.
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- 13. Print function added.
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- 14. Ability to remember age or anniversary number added.
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- 15. ANCAL environmental variable added for finding files
- from any directory
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- 16. Viewing events for any day (alt-d) added
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- 17. Date entry simplified so the user can use single or double
- digit numbers for month or day separated by a slash, dash,
- or space
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- 18. Help screens added
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- 19. Exporting events list to ascii file capability added
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- 20. Expanded action menu displays name of current Events list
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- 21. Added ability of user to set how many days ahead DARN shows
- on the main screen (alt-s)
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- ASP:
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- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle
- works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with
- an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The
- ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member,
- but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to
- the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or send a Compuserve
- message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536
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- ORDERING DARN!:
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- The registration fee for DARN! is $10. (NY residents please add
- sales tax.) Each additional copy is $10.
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- CUSTOM MESSAGE
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- DARN! may be customized to display a message of your choice on the
- screen. This message is encrypted in the program and always
- displays. There is a one time set up fee for this message, and
- then you may order as many copies of DARN! on disk at the regular
- price at any time. This message may be up to 59 characters long.
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- 1 time set up fee: 30.00
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- CUSTOM CALENDAR
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- If you want to give DARN! away with your own events list we can set
- this up for you. Again, there is a one time set up fee, then each
- copy of DARN! you purchase will come with this list.
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- 1 time set up fee: 20.00 plus $1 per entry (minimum 10 entries)
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- Registration Form
- ---DARN! Don't Forget!---
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- If you use DARN! for 30 days or more you must register your copy.
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- Custom Calendar Set Up:_____________
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