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Win - O - Dex
A Quick Operational Guide!
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Well, for those of you who are heavily into Windows and are
asking, "Where the !@#$%" is the Online Help?", I have
included this small file to clear up any potential problems
or questions.
Although I could have included the standard Windows help
system (gee, and I just LOVE doing all that extra work
and stuff <grin>), the truth of the matter is, I designed
Win-O-Dex to be so intuitive and easy to use that a Help
System would be unnecessary. While I feel that, for the
average computer user, Win-O-Dex IS intuitive, it is a bit
different from most standard Windows applications.
Where Are the Menus?
Well, ah, there AREN'T any menus!!! Everything in Win-O-Dex
is button-controlled. A summary of the buttons follows:
A-Z Buttons Used to find the first record having a
last name starting with the letter.
New Click this button to add a new entry. This
MUST be clicked BEFORE you start to enter
the item!!!
Save Clicking on this button saves the record
on screen, whether it was a new record or
an old one being updated.
Delete This will delete the displayed record from
the database.
Find Clicking here brings up the Query Screen.
Next Displays the next record in a query. So, if
you had clicked on 'B', clicking on Next
would display the next 'B' record.
Previous Same as Next, only going backwards! <grin>
Print Prints the ENTIRE form, to include buttons,
icons, etc. on the printer. Think of this
as a 'Print Screen' key.
About Displays the 'About' screen, which details
version and registration information.
Telephone
Buttons Will dial the telephone number in their
section (personal or business). Configure
your comm information first!! Note that you
have the ability to 'dial 9' first. This is
great in an office environment where you
have to dial 9 to get an outside line.
Note Button Lets you add any notes you wish to the
person's record.
Computer
Button Brings up the Communications Configuration
screen. If you plan on using the dialer,
you must tell Win-O-Dex the Com Port(1or2)
that your modem is on, and whether you
have pulse or tone dialing service.
Printer
Button Lets you print all the records in the
database, or brings up a query screen to
print only selective records.
Out Disk
Button Allows you to export all or selected
records to an ASCII file. You may either
export ALL records or some records. You
are displayed an EXPORT MENU before you
export the records.
In Disk
Button Allows you to import records into the database
from an Ascii file. Like the Export function,
you will be displayed an IMPORT MENU - the only
difference being that you may not import notes
into the database, and that all imported text
is changed to upper case.
Export/Import
Menus Here's where WINODEX really shines! You may be
VERY selective as how you EXPORT/IMPORT records.
Either function allows you to deal with Comma
delimited, carriage return delimited, or enclosed
quote/comma delimited formats. An example of each
is:
Comma Delimited: Johnson,Fred,Q
Carriage Return Johnson
Delimited : Fred
Q
Quote-Enclosed "Johnson","Fred","Q"
Comma Delimited
YOU decide what to export or import. For example, say
you needed to dump the names and home addresses of all
your entries to a comma-delimited ASCII file. Making
things a little complicated, the program that will
make use of the data expects the zip code as the first
field. No problem! Just click on all the fields you need
(note that the spin buttons change color when you go
and activate a field). Then, just click on each field's
position button to determine where it is dumped to the file.
For example, you click on home zip code and last name, and
choose zip code to be first in the file and last name to
be second. For a comma-delimited file, the result is:
01111,Johnson
Again, YOU decide what you wish to save, and in what
format. You may also choose to put the data into
upper/lower case first. Please note that if you
decide to export notes, they will be added to the end
of the record automatically. Importing is just as simple!
Help Note
Button Displays this help text.
Stop Sign
Button Exits Win-O-Dex
See how simple everything is???
The Query Screen
This is where you can get fancy with Win-O-Dex. By
specifying a field, an action, and a comparison,
you can query the database to find what you need.
Some examples:
1. You want to find all the records with the person's
first name starting with 'M':
Field to Compare: First Name
Action : * Pattern matching
Comparison : M
2. You want all the people who were born after 01/01/60:
Field to compare: BirthDay
Action : > Greater than
Comparison : 01/01/60
Everything is fairly straightforward, and should be pretty
easy to figure out.
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