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* *
* METZ Phones *
* 1995 WINDOWS Magazine WIN100 Winner! *
* *
* This file contains important last minute information *
* about METZ Phones. You may want to print this file to make *
* it easier to read. *
* *
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How to update to Phones 5.5x from Phones 5.0x
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IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!
This version of Phones will modify your databases, making them
incompatible with previous versions. If you are using METZ Phones
on a network, all users will need to be updated if you will be sharing
any phone books.
Your existing settings and preferences will be saved.
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Summary of changes in Phones 5.51
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Several new features are in this version of METZ Phones. Here
is a summary of the changes. Please see the online help for details
about a particular feature. Click the Help button in any of the
dialog boxes to find out more about that dialog or command and to
answer any questions you may have.
A List Replace command has been added. It allows you to
search and replace text in one or more records.
A List Assign Categories command has been added. It allows
you to assign categories to multiple records.
A problem with a printer driver General Protection Fault has
been fixed.
The File Restore feature now has options on how to restore
records from a backup file. The options are displayed
after you select the backup file and press OK. You can use
this feature to perform some basic phone book synchronization.
New Dialing Codes table - choose Dial Dialing Codes from the
menu, then click the Help button for details.
New Import/Export file formats are now supported:
SYLK, Lotus, Excel
Improved dialing support for international numbers - see the
Dial Modem Settings Help topic.
A Mail Merge macro for Word 6.0 is installed if WinWord is
detected. The filename is METZMERG.DOC.
We are testing Phones under Windows 95 beta versions and have made
some minor changes as a result.
METZHK16.DLL replaces METZHOOK.DLL and fixes a DOS memory problem.
SH22W16.dll replaces METZOMEM.DLL.
METZHOOK.DLL, METZOMEM.DLL, METZCORE.DLL, and DLWBC31.DLL are no
longer used by METZ Phones. Other METZ Products may still need
them however.
New DDE commands have been added and documented in the online help.
List and Record windows now remember their maximized/minimized state.
Test Envelope now draws an outline of the envelope on the paper.
Some performance improvements have been made.
Hotkey Paste now displays up to 3 columns of information.
Improvements have been made to help us with technical support,
including better error messages.
New Rebuild Indexes dialog - improves performances and reduces disk
space. When you choose File New or File Rebuild Indexes you can
choose which database indexes are to be created.
New Find dialog features:
Begins With option
Now supports searching for blank or not blank (see online help)
Categories can now be summarized/joined - see the List View
by category options.
New Suffix field (for information like Jr., Sr., etc.)
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Trouble Shooting
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Install hangs system:
Try changing the "install=y" setting in the INSTALL.INI
[share] section to "install=n". You will then need to manually
install SHARE if it is not already installed.
METZ Phones requires SHARE:
The METZ Phones Install program will check to see if share is
installed on your system. If it isn't, you will be asked if you
would like to have it installed for you.
SHARE.EXE is included with DOS. You can add share to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT so that share will be automatically loaded when you
start your system. The line you add will be similar to:
C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE
Make sure that this line appears before any line that may run
Windows.
Microsoft has made a VSHARE.386 available for Windows 3.1
users who do not want to install the DOS share program. This
file goes into your SYSTEM.INI and provides the functionality
normally provided by the DOS share program.
If you have Windows for Workgroups installed, share is not
required. If you are using a Novell Netware Network, you do
not need to install share if the database and network path are
located on the network drive.
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Corrections to the manual
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METZCORE.DLL has been eliminated
METZHOOK.DLL has been replaced with METZHK16.DLL
METZOMEM.DLL has been replaced with SH22W16.DLL
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Ini File Settings
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METZPHO.INI
The METZPHO.INI file contains the various settings for METZ
Phones. Following are the undocumented INI values which you may
find useful. If the setting does not exist, simply add it. Shown
are examples with their default values. You will need to restart
Phones for any changes to take effect.
[METZ Phones]
ListCacheSize=200
ListExtendedSelect=TRUE
ListIndent=TRUE
ListActivate=FALSE
ReportFirstLast=FALSE
RecordChangeMsg=Yes
MinimumColumn=75
[Modem Settings]
BuildDCB=Yes
OnTop=Yes
WinFax=Yes
ListCacheSize - The List window displays various database records.
By storing (or caching) the information it needs
once a record has been accessed, performance
improves considerably. If you have a large
database, you can increase this value to improve
the List window performance. METZ Phones will use
some additional memory as a result, roughly 30-60
bytes per record. Setting this value to zero will
disable record caching.
ListExtendedSelect - Setting this value to FALSE will change the
way the mouse can be used to select records
in the List window. Records can then be
selected individually without holding down
the shift or ctrl keys.
ListIndent - The List window displays records based on the
currently selected sort order. If the main sort
field is blank, another field may be displayed in
the first column, indented slightly. For example,
when you sort by Company, records without a
company value will display the name indented
slightly. If you want to disable the indentation,
set this value to FALSE, and restart Phones.
ListActivate - When you open a database from Phones, the Record
View window is activated. If you want the List
window to be activated instead, then set this
value to TRUE.
ReportFirstLast - When printing reports, names are printed as
"lastname, first middle". If you would rather
have it print "first middle last", then set