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Box 1163 Columbus, Indiana 47202-1163 From: Name _______________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ City __________________________ State ________ Zip _________ Area Code (______) Phone __________________________________ PRODUCT------------------------------- PRICE---- "Family-Tree, Etc" (Current Version) $ 35.00 5.0% sales tax (Indiana state residents) ________ -------- Total $_______ --------------------- F E E D B A C K ---------------------- I learned about FT-ETC from: [ ] - Friend [ ] - Genealogy Club [ ] - Computer Club [ ] - Magazine [ ] - Data Base Service [ ] - Other Comments: __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ I have a problem to report: Version:______ ________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Disclaimer of Warranty These programs are provided on an "AS IS" basis without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to performance and/or quality of these programs is with you. Should the program prove defective, you (not Pine Cone Software) assume the entire cost of all necessary repairs, servicing, or correction. In no event will Pine Cone Software be liable to you for any damages, in- cluding any lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use these programs. If you are a registered user of 'Family-Tree, Etc' feel free to write us if you have questions. You, as a customer, are considered a valuable resource ... if you have suggestions as to how this product may be improved, or if you have ideas for possible enhancements, please contact us. Pine Cone Software P.O. Box 1163 Columbus, Indiana 47202-1163 Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 1 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software Table of Contents Introduction ........................................ 2 Installation ........................................ 3 FT-ETC ....... Starting Family-Tree, Etc ............ 4 FT-ETC ....... How to Use Hi-Lite Menus ............. 4 FT-ETC ....... Main Menu ............................ 5 DEFAULTS ............................................ 5 DISK ..........Assign Default Disk IDs ............ 5 PRINTER .......Assign Default Printer Codes ....... 6 COLORS ........Assign Default Screen Colors ....... 6 CHARTS .............................................. 7 PEDIGREE ..... Standard Pedigree .................. 8 DESCENDANTS .. Indented Free-Form Descendants ..... 9 ANCESTORS .... Indented Free-Form Ancestors ...... 10 FAMILY ....... Family Groups ..................... 11 RELATIONS .... Family Relationships .............. 12 SCAN ......... Partial Name Scan/Search .......... 13 OPTIONS ...... Specify Global Output Options ..... 14 QUIT ......... Exit Charts program ............... 15 MAINTENANCE ........................................ 16 ADD NAME...... Add New Names & Relationships ..... 17 ADD PARENTS... Add Parents to Individual ......... 18 ADD SPOUSE.... Add Spouse to Individual .......... 18 CHANGE ....... Change Existing Names/Relationships 19 DELETE ....... Delete Existing Names/Relationships 20 QUIT ......... Exit Maintenance program .......... 21 REORG .............................................. 22 Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 2 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software INTRODUCTION Welcome to 'Family-Tree,Etc', a genealogy system for the IBM personal computer user (and also many others, such as the COMPAQ, AT&T 6300, IBM-PCjr, etc.) Collecting data and information about ones family origin is an interesting and rewarding pastime and hobby ... but may, if not properly approached, become a jungle of paperwork, losing much of the meaning and enjoyment that could have been derived from your efforts. The personal computer is an ideal tool to assist you in your search of your family tree ... providing the capability to quickly add new information, retrieve and update existing records, and the generation of meaningful charts to document your research. Family-Tree, Etc ... known to your computer as FT-ETC ... is a 'menu' driven system with single keystroke commands, scrolling, mini-windows and screen/printer/disk report capability. The system is currently designed to support a family tree with a maximum of 999 persons, consisting of the following data: Name of Individual 26 Characters Sex of Individual (Male/Female) Dates of Birth/Death/Marriage(s) 9 Characters Place of Birth/Death/Marriage(s) 20 Characters ea Mother/Father/Spouse(s) Names 26 Characters ea Note Pad, Free form text 10 lines @ 72 Characters Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 3 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software INSTALLATION Your FT-ETC distribution diskette contains the following files: FT-ETC.EXE Menu program FT-ETC-C.EXE Charts program FT-ETC-M.EXE Maintenance program FT-ETC-R.EXE Family-Tree Reorganization program FT-ETC.OPT Options file FT-ETC.TXT Documentation FT-DEMO.EXE Demonstration Program (Black & White) The following files will be created after the creation of the Family Tree data base: FT-ETC.DB1 Family-Tree 'Person' Data Base FT-ETC.DB2 Family-Tree 'Location' Data Base FT-ETC.DB3 Family-Tree 'Work' Data Base FT-ETC.DB4 Family-Tree 'Note Pad' Data Base FT-ETC.RPT DISKETTE option report file The distribution diskette is your 'master' copy and and should be duplicated ... with the duplicate becoming your everyday working copy of the system. The following directions explain how to make your duplicate copy: 1. Start your DOS system [Ctrl/Alt/Del] 2. Following your DOS system commands as when to swap/change diskettes, FORMAT a new diskette with the following command: A>format b:/s 3. Place a write-protect tab on the distribution diskette, and then COPY the FT-ETC programs/files to the newly formatted diskette: A>copy FT-ETC*.* b: 4. Optional - To provide more work space on your new diskette, you may want to delete [ERASE] the documentation and demonstration files from the newly created diskette: A>erase FT-ETC.TXT A>erase FT-DEMO.EXE 5. Optional - You may at some point in time wish to remove the Family-Tree Data Bases from the diskette (drastic!) and re- start from ground zero by creating a new data base using the MAINTENANCE Option. The following command will ERASE the data bases from the diskette: A>erase FT-ETC.DB* Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 4 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software FT-ETC, Starting Family-Tree, Etc To start the 'Family-Tree, Etc' system, you should be in DOS mode (not BASIC or BASICA) and have the DOS prompt character '>' on the screen ... key FT-ETC ... which is the name of the 'main' program on your diskette. A>ft-etc or A>FT-ETC After keying the above command, press 'Enter'. DOS will load the FT-ETC program, and shortly the Pine Cone Software logo will appear. Press 'Enter' to begin ... FT-ETC, How to Use Hi-Lite Menus Family-Tree, Etc ------------ Copyright 1984 Pine Cone Software DEFAULTS CHARTS MAINTENANCE REORG INFO PC-DOS Assign Default Disk Drive IDs, Printer Codes, Screen Colors =============================================================== The highlighted menu convention/technique is used throughout the entire system and operates in the following manner: . The items within the menu are shown in UPPER-CASE letters, with the current item being shown highlighted (bright) . The line below the item is a brief description of the high- lighted item . Any item may be highlighted by use of the 'cursor movement' keys (up/down/left/right arrow keys) to the right of the keyboard ... right/left arrows move the highlight ... and the corresponding item description is displayed . To select a item from the menu, either .. Highlight the desired item and press [Enter] .. Key the 1st character of the item name (Single key- stroke, [Enter] not required) EXERCISE: With CHART being the current highlighted item, select INFO by either pressing the right/left arrows or keying the letter [i]. You have how highlighted INFO with a description of 'General Information'. (Press [Enter] if you used arrow keys.) The 'General Information' explains the overall system module relationships and summarizes the capabilities of 'Family-Tree Etc'. At the bottom of the screen, notice the message Press [Esc] to Continue ... Pressing the [Esc] key, located on the top row of keys, will return you to the menu for another selection. Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 5 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software FT-ETC, Main Menu The MAIN menu functions available are summarized as follows: DEFAULTS ..... Assign Disk Drive IDs, Printer Codes, Screen Colors DISK ......... Assign Default Disk Drive IDs PRINTER ...... Assign Default Printer Codes COLORS ....... Assign Default Screen Colors 1-TEXT-A ......... Change (a) Main Text Color 2-TEXT-B ......... Change (b) Header Text Color 3-BACKGROUND ..... Change Background Color 4-BOX-TEXT ....... Change Window/Hi-lite Text Color 5-BOX-BACKGROUND . Change Window/Hi-Lite Background Color CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base REORG ........ Family-Tree Data Base Reorganization INFO ......... General Information PC-DOS ....... Return to PC-DOS System The DEFAULTs option permits the assignment of your unique values to be used for the Disk Drive ID assignments, Printer Control Codes and the use of Colors on the screen displays. DEFAULTS, DISK IDs Family-Tree, Etc ------------ Copyright 1984 Pine Cone Software DISK PRINTER COLORS Assign Default Disk Drive IDs =============================================================== FT.ETC.DB1 --- Data Base, Person ----> A FT.ETC.DB2 --- Data Base, Location --> A FT.ETC.DB3 --- Data Base, Work ------> A FT.ETC.DB4 --- Data Base, Note Pad---> A FT.ETC.RPT --- Reports on Diskette --> A FT.ETC-*.EXE - Programs --------> Default Drive FT.ETC.OPT --- Options ---------> Default Drive Selecting DISK results in the above screen, permitting the assignment of alternate disk drives to the main Family-Tree data bases and files. The default of 'A' is for a single drive system. The Disk Drive Identifier may be from A-F or 'blank' for the Default DOS drive. The assignable drives may be diskettes, hard disks, or RAM disks. After keying the drive identifiers, press [Enter] to continue. Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 6 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software DEFAULTS, PRINTER CODES The PRINTER options allows the assignment of printer control codes for non-EPSON/IBM printers. (The default Printer Control Codes are designed for the EPSON and IBM dot matrix printers.) To modify the codes, refer to your printer manual for the specific ASCII code values. Family-Tree, Etc ------------ Copyright 1984 Pine Cone Software DISK PRINTER COLORS Assign Default Printer Codes =============================================================== Attribute ASCII Printer Control Codes Normal: 10 Characters/Inch --> 18 6 Lines/Inch --------> 27,50 Compressed: 15+ Characters/Inch -> 15 8 Lines/Inch --------> 27,48 Forms: Form Feed (eject) ---> 12 +----------------------------------/ /-------------------------+ | For Non-Epson compatible printer/ /our printer manual for | | the proper codes for the specif/ /ions. Key the ASCII codes | | using decimal notation and sep/ /tiple codes with the comma. | |---------------------------EPS/ /ts---------------------------| | 10 Characters/Inch --> 18 / /orm Feed -----------> 12 | | 6 Lines/Inch --------> 27,5/ / | | / / | | 15+ Characters/Inch -> 15/ / | | 8 Lines/Inch --------> 2/ / | +------------------------/ /-----------------------------------+ After keying the printer codes, press [Enter] to continue. DEFAULTS, SCREEN COLORS Family-Tree, Etc ------------ Copyright 1984 Pine Cone Software 1-TEXT-A 2-TEXT-2 3-BACKGROUND 4-BOX-TEXT 5-BOX-BACKGROUND Change (a) Main Text Color =============================================================== Screen Color Test Pattern Pine Cone Software * FT-ETC * Family-Tree, Etc * Pine Con ine Cone Software * FT-ETC * Family-Tree, Etc * Pine Cone ne Cone Software * FT-ETC * Family-Tree, Etc * Pine Cone e Cone Software * FT-ETC * +--------------------------------+ Cone Software * FT-ETC * F| Pine Cone Software * FT-ETC * | Sone Software * FT-ETC * Fa| ine Cone Software * FT-ETC * F | | ne Cone Software * FT-ETC * Fa | +--------------------------------+ The COLORS Option permits the specification of colors for the 5 main areas of the screen, selecting the same option in succession (eg 3-BACKGROUND) will change the selected area to the next color. Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 7 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS Selecting CHARTS from the menu loads the chart program from diskette and displays the chart options in menu format. Using the left/right arrow keys shows the following capabilities of the Chart sub-system: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... PEDIGREE ..... Standard Pedigree Chart DESCENDANTS .. Indented Free-Form Descendants Chart ANCESTORS .... Indented Free-Form Ancestors Chart FAMILY ....... Family Group Charts RELATIONS .... Family Relationships SCAN ......... Partial Name Scan/Search OPTIONS ...... Specify Global Output Options QUIT ......... Exit CHARTS program The last two items on the menu (OPTIONS, QUIT) are not true charts, put provide the capability to route reports to your printer and/or diskette (OPTIONS) and a means of exiting the CHARTS sub-system and transferring to other Family-Tree functions. Based upon the type of Chart that you selected, a menu will appear to prompt you for parameters required and options available in chart generation. If you have not created your data base using MAINTENANCE, you will not be able to display CHARTS (no information to chart). Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 8 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS, PEDIGREE Selecting PEDIGREE from the Charts menu results in the following options: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... PEDIGREE ..... Standard Pedigree Chart SELECT ....... Select Individual to Chart RUN .......... Run Pedigree Chart Program GENERATIONS .. Set Number of Generations DATES ........ Set Print Birth/Death Dates NO ........... Do Not Print Birth/Death Dates YES .......... Print Birth/Death Dates [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen IDs .......... Set Print Individual Identification Numbers NO ........... Do Not Print IDs YES .......... Print IDs [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen NOTES ........ Set Print Note Pad Data NO ........... Do Not Print Note Pad YES .......... Print Note Pad [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name of the person that the chart is to be based upon. After high- lighting SELECT, a prompt message will replace the menu and you would key the name of the desired individual ... probably only as a partial character string ... and Charts will create a 'window' with basic information about the persons found with the specified character string within their name. To scroll to the next name, use the up/down arrow keys. After the desired individual is found, press the [Space Bar] to select, and the menu will reappear. Notice the Instructions on the lower line of the screen for the special key uses. . RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart. . GENERATIONS - Used optionally to control how many generations will be used in the chart. The default value is 4. . DATES - Used to control printing of birth/death dates on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the menu returns. . IDs - Used to control printing of the Internal System Identifiers on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns. . NOTES - Used to control printing of the Note Pad for the selected individual. If 'YES' is selected, the notes for the individual will be printed at the bottom of the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns. Family-Tree, Etc -------------------------------------------------- Page 9 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS, DESCENDANTS Selecting DESCENDANTS from the Charts menu results in the following options: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... DESCENDANTS .. Indented Free-Form Descendants Chart SELECT ....... Select Individual to Chart RUN .......... Run Descendants Chart Program DATES ........ Set Print Birth/Death Dates NO ........... Do Not Print Birth/Death Dates YES .......... Print Birth/Death Dates [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen IDs .......... Set Print Individual Identification Numbers NO ........... Do Not Print IDs YES .......... Print IDs [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen NOTES ........ Set Print Note Pad Data NO ........... Do Not Print Note Pad YES .......... Print Note Pad [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name of the person that the chart is to be based upon. . RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart. . DATES - Used to control printing of birth/death dates on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the menu returns. . IDs - Used to control printing of the Internal System Identifiers on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns. . NOTES - Used to control printing of the Note Pad for the selected individual. If 'YES' is selected, the notes for the individual will be printed at the bottom of the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 10 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS, ANCESTORS Selecting ANCESTORS from the Charts menu results in the following options: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... ANCESTORS .... Indented Free-Form Ancestors Chart SELECT ....... Select Individual to Chart RUN .......... Run Ancestors Chart Program GENERATIONS .. Set Number of Generations DATES ........ Set Print Birth/Death Dates NO ........... Do Not Print Birth/Death Dates YES .......... Print Birth/Death Dates [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen IDs .......... Set Print Individual Identification Numbers NO ........... Do Not Print IDs YES .......... Print IDs [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen NOTES ........ Set Print Note Pad Data NO ........... Do Not Print Note Pad YES .......... Print Note Pad [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name of the person that the chart is to be based upon. . RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart. . GENERATIONS - Used optionally to control how many generations will be used in the chart. The default value is 4. . DATES - Used to control printing of birth/death dates on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the menu returns. . IDs - Used to control printing of the Internal System Identifiers on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns. . NOTES - Used to control printing of the Note Pad for the selected individual. If 'YES' is selected, the notes for the individual will be printed at the bottom of the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 11 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS, FAMILY Selecting FAMILY from the Charts menu results in the following options: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... FAMILY ....... Family Group Charts SELECT ....... Select Individual to Chart RUN .......... Run Family Group Chart Program NOTES ........ Set Print Note Pad Data NO ........... Do Not Print Note Pad YES .......... Print Note Pad [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name of the person that the chart is to be based upon. . RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart. . NOTES - Used to control printing of the Note Pad for the selected individual. If 'YES' is selected, the notes for the individual will be printed at the bottom of the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 12 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS, RELATIONS Selecting RELATIONS from the Charts menu results in the following options: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... RELATIONS .... Family Relationships SELECT ....... Select Individuals for Relationship 1st .......... Select 1st Individual Name 2nd .......... Select 2nd Individual Name [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen RUN .......... Run Relationship Program [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the names of the persons for the relationship problem. After highlighting SELECT, a 1st/2nd Select menu will prompt for the names of the desired individuals. . RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 13 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS, SCAN Selecting SCAN from the Charts menu results in the following options: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... SCAN ......... Partial Name Scan/Search SELECT ....... Partial Name for Scan RUN .......... Run Search/Scan Program [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name of the person (or character string) that the listing is to be based upon. . RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested listing. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 14 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS, OPTIONS Selecting OPTIONS from the Charts menu results in the following options: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ... OPTIONS ...... Specify Global Output Options DISKETTE ..... Diskette-File Options OPEN ......... Start Writing to Diskette-File CLOSE ........ Stop Writing to Diskette-File PRINT ........ Print the Diskette-File ERASE ........ Reset/Empty the Diskette-File [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen PRINTER ...... Turn Printer Mode On or Off NO ........... Do not create Printer Reports YES .......... Create Printer Reports [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen WAITING ...... Turn [WAITING] Message On or Off YES .......... Pause at Bottom-of-Screen NO ........... Do not pause at Bottom-of-Screen [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . DISKETTE - The sub-menu provides the capability of capturing output charts and/or reports in a diskette file (FT-ETC.RPT). Using this facility permits the maximum data to be captured. .. OPEN - Begin writing reports to diskette .. CLOSE - Stop writing reports to diskette .. PRINT - Print the report diskette file. The output will be printed in a 'cut-&-paste' format ... with the system prompting for a print width. If a width greater than 80 is specified, the strips will be printed in condensed mode. Using a default of 80, columns 1-80 will be printed on the 1st page, 79-158 on the 2nd, and 157-236 on the 3rd. The column overlap between pages allow for alignment when pasting the pages together. .. ERASE - Will 'reset' the diskette file to the beginning. Be sure that you have issued a 'PRINT' prior to the eras- ing the current reports. . PRINTER - The sub-menu with a YES/NO option permits the charts/ reports to be routed to the (optional) printer in addition to be displayed on the screen. Based upon the chart type selected the printer line width will be set at either 10cpi or 15cpi, resulting in possibly more information being printed then displayed. . WAITING - The sub-menu with a YES/NO option provides the cap- ability of eliminating the prompt message to press [Esc] that is normally displayed when a the screen becomes full. This option is useful when creating printer and/diskette charts. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 15 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software CHARTS, QUIT Selecting QUIT from the Charts menu results in the following options: CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants ... QUIT ......... Exit CHARTS program CHARTS ....... Cancel Quit - Stay in CHARTS MAINTENANCE .. Exit Charts - Go to Maintenance Menu REORG ........ Exit Charts - Go to Data Base Reorganization PC-DOS ....... Exit Charts - Return to Disk Operating System [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . The keywords within the QUIT option permit the termination of the Charts sub-system and transfer to the specified system. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 16 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software MAINTENANCE Selecting MAINTENANCE from the menu loads the maintenance program from diskette and displays the maintenance options in menu format. Using the left/right arrow keys shows the following capabilities of the Maintenance sub-system: MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base ADD .......... Add New Names/Relationships to Data Base CHANGE ....... Change Existing Names/Relationships in Data Base DELETE ....... Delete Existing Names/Relationships in Data Base QUIT ......... Exit MAINTENANCE program The last item on the menu (QUIT) provides the capability to exit the Maintenance sub-system and transferring to other Family-Tree functions. Based upon the type of Maintenance that you selected, a menu will appear to prompt you for the required information. The following guidelines should be considered when entering data into the data base: . Names - The maximum length of a name is 26 characters. It is suggested that a consistent format be used throughout your data base. The following are typical formats: Frederick J Lastname Frederick J LASTNAME <--- Preferred format LASTNAME Frederick John LASTNAME, Frederick John . Places - The maximum length of a place name is 20 characters. It is suggested that a consistent format be used throughout your data base. The Birth/Death/Marriage Place fields are optional. . Dates - The maximum length of a date is 9 characters and should be coded in a ddmthyyyy format, with the year (yyyy) in positions in 6-9. The following are acceptable dates: 04JUL1776 1776 ?????177? 04jul1776 c. 1776 04jul177? jul1776 circa1776 1776 The Birth/Death/Marriage Date fields are optional. The system does limited editing of dates to ensure the correct date format, and will automatically right justify (positions 6-9) if only a year is entered in positions 1-4). In addition, if positions 3-5 contain numeric characters, a request will be made to re-enter the value. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 17 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software MAINTENANCE, ADD Selecting ADD from the Maintenance menu results in the following options: MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base ADD .......... Add New Names/Relationships to Data Base NAME ......... Add Individual Name/Sex/Birth/Death/Notes PARENTS ...... Add Parent Relationship to Individual CHILD-ID ..... Identify Child for Child/Parent Relationship PARENT-ID .... Identify Parents for Child/Parent Relationship JOIN ......... Establish Child/Parent Relationship [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen SPOUSE ....... Add Spouse Relationship to Individual INDIVIDUAL-ID Identify Individual for Marriage Relationship SPOUSE-ID .... Identify Spouse for Marriage Relationship JOIN ......... Establish Marriage Relationship [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen MAINTENANCE, ADD NAME NAME - Provides the capability of adding new persons to the data base. After selecting NAME, a 'window' will appear for keying basic information (Name, Sex, Dates/Places of Birth/Death and a Note Pad area). The 'tab-to-next-field' and 'tab-to-previous- field' keys, located to the left of the keyboard, may be used to 'skip' to the desired fields. After the information has been keyed, press [Enter] ... ([Enter] is only pressed once per 'window' ... key all of the information and then press [Enter].) The 'Name' and 'Sex' fields are required for all individuals ... dates/places and Note Pad usage are optional. Family-Tree, Etc ------------ Copyright 1984 Pine Cone Software NAME PARENTS SPOUSE Add Individual Name/Sex/Birth/Death/Notes Information =============================================================== +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Name: __________________________ Sex: _ | | Birth Date: _________ Place: ____________________ | | Death Date: _________ Place: ____________________ | +----------------------------------------------------------+ +-Note Pad Area (10 lines of 72 characters)--------------------+ | ____________________________________________________________ | | ____________________________________________________________ | . ____________________________________________________________ . . ____________________________________________________________ . . ____________________________________________________________ . . ____________________________________________________________ . | ____________________________________________________________ | | ____________________________________________________________ | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 18 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software MAINTENANCE, ADD PARENTS . PARENTS - This option provides the capability of establishing a child/parent relationship. The CHILD-ID and PARENT-ID items within the sub-menu will be used to identify the desired in- dividuals by specifying a name (or partial name). Names within the data base that contain the specified character string will be displayed in a window with related information. When the desired name is displayed within the window, the name is selected by pressing the [Space Bar]. The PARENTS menu will reappear. The JOIN option updates the data base to reflect the parent/child relation for the selected persons. Press [Esc] to return to the ADD menu. ** Before a Parent Relationship can be established, a SPOUSE relat- ionship must have been previously accomplished for the 'parents'. The PARENT-ID may consist of the name (or character string within a name) of either parent. MAINTENANCE, ADD SPOUSE . SPOUSE - This option provides the capability of establishing a marriage relationship. The INDIVIDUAL-ID and SPOUSE-ID items within the sub-menu will be used to identify the desired indiv- iduals by specifying a name (or partial name). When the desired name is displayed within the window, the name is selected by pressing the [Space Bar]. The SPOUSE menu will reappear. The JOIN option will display a mini-window to record the date/place of the relationship (optional information), and updates the data base to reflect the marriage relationship for the selected persons. If the selected individual has a marriage relationship prior to the JOIN, the JOIN will establish additional (2nd, etc) relationships. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 19 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software MAINTENANCE, CHANGE Selecting CHANGE from the Maintenance menu results in the following options: MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base CHANGE ....... Change Existing Names/Relationships in Data Base INDIVIDUAL-ID Identify Individual for CHANGE NAME ......... Change Name/Birth/Death/Note Information PARENTS ...... Change Parent Relationship of Individual MARRIAGE-INFO Change Marriage Date/Place of Individual [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . INDIVIDUAL-ID - Identifies the Individual that is to be changed by specifying the name or portion of the name. A 'window' is created with persons that have the character string as a portion of their name. Using the Up/Down cursor movement arrow keys, all persons may be viewed. When the correct person is located, press the [Space Bar] to select. . NAME - Permits corrections to be made to the name and other fields of the selected person. . PARENTS - Permits corrections to the child/parent relationship of the selected person. . MARRIAGE-INFO - Permits additions/corrections to be made to the marriage date and location information. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 20 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software MAINTENANCE, DELETE Selecting DELETE from the Maintenance menu results in the following options: MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base DELETE ....... Delete Existing Names/Relationships in Data Base INDIVIDUAL-ID Identify Individual for DELETE NAME ......... Delete Individual from Data Base PARENTS ...... Delete Parent Relationship of Individual SPOUSE ....... Delete Spouse Relationship of Individual [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . INDIVIDUAL-ID - Identifies the Individual that is to be to be the target of the delete. A name or portion of the name is entered and a 'window' is created with persons that have the specified character string as a portion of their name. Using the Up/Down cursor movement arrow keys, all persons may be viewed. When the correct person is located, press the [Space Bar] to select. . NAME - The selected individual will be deleted if ... .. does not have spouse * .. does not have children * . PARENTS - The parent relationship will be deleted from the selected person. . SPOUSE - The marriage relationship will be deleted from the selected person if ... .. does not have children * * If a child or marriage relationship exists, the children and/or spouse must be first deleted. Use the DELETE PARENTs to erase child/parent relationships. The INDIVIDUAL-ID specified would be that of the child. Use the DELETE SPOUSE to erase marriage relationship. After removing the relationship(s) the name(s) may be erased using the DELETE NAME. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 21 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software MAINTENANCE, QUIT Selecting QUIT from the Maintenance menu results in the following options: MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base QUIT ......... Exit MAINTENANCE program MAINTENANCE .. Cancel Quit - Stay in MAINTENANCE CHARTS ....... Exit Maintenance - Go to Charts Menu REORG ........ Exit Maintenance - Go to Data Base Reorganizatio PC-DOS ....... Exit Maintenance - Return to Disk Operating Syst [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . The keywords within the QUIT option permit the termination of the Maintenance sub-system and transfer to the specified system. Family-Tree, Etc ------------------------------------------------- Page 22 ------------------------------------------------------- Pine Cone Software REORG Selecting REORG from the menu loads and runs the data base re- organization program from diskette. After selecting REORG, there are no user parameters or information required ... just press [Enter]. REORG should be run after MAINTENANCE that has resulted in the ADD, CHANGE, or DELETE of Individuals or relationships, and prior to the use of CHARTS. (Multiple MAINTENANCE sessions may be run without a REORG, however after the last Maintenance session, REORG should be run to assure properly structured Charts.) Data Bases records created from prior releases of 'Family-Tree, Etc' have a layout/length that differs from the Version 3 system. REORG will automatically adjust, if necessary, data base records to be compatible with Version 3. After running REORG, do not use your data bases with a pre-Version 3 system. REORG ........ Begin Reorganization of Data Bases QUIT ......... Exit REORG program CHARTS ....... Exit Reorg - Go to Charts Menu MAINTENANCE .. Exit Reorg - Go to Maintenance PC-DOS ....... Exit Reorg - Return to Disk Operating System [Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen . The keywords within the QUIT option permit the termination of the Reorg sub-system and transfer to the specified system.