
January 26, 1994




Dear Access Developer:


Enclosed please find your free Demo copy of Beyond Contacts. We at
Beyond Solutions, Inc. would like to thank you for the opportunity to add
our application to your development resources. Beyond Contacts was developed
from the ground up to provide flexibility of data structure in adding
Contact Management to other Access developed applications. Our design
mission was to offer Access Developers contact management without spending
endless hours reinventing the wheel.

Sincerely,Tom Walker, Account Manager


Installation Instructions for Beyond Contact v1.0

Step 1: Insert the Beyond Contacts demo disk into drive 'A'.

Step 2: Copy the file name "DEMO.MDB" to any subdirectory of choice.

Step 3: Copy the "SPLUS.DLL" to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
	It is recommended that you rename your CURRENT "SPLUS.DLL"
	for recovery purposes, if necessary.

Step 4: Copy the file name "TEST.DOC" to your Word for Windows subdirectory.
	The default for the DEMO is "C:\WINWORD", but can be changed to the
	path of your choice from the Mail Merge Docs form window.

Step 5: Launch Access and open database "DEMO.MDB".

Note: The following features require other Microsoft applications;

	Scheduling of phone calls, meetings or tasks, require
	Microsoft Schedule+.

	Sending and receiving E-Mail, requires Microsoft PC Mail.

	Word Processing, Mail Merge functions require 
	Microsoft Word for Windows version 2.0.

	These Microsoft applications are sold separately.

Beyond Contacts is a Software Development Kit for Access positioned to
provide Contact Management to developers. Our design mission was to offer
Access developers a springboard for their vertical market. 

Unlimited Contacts - Unlimited Addresses - Unlimited Phone Numbers: Through
its use of a normalized data structure, Beyond Contacts allows quick and
easy access to contact information. Add as many contacts with an individual
profile as you like to any company. Add as many kinds of salutation,phone
number, address, category or source as you like. Beyond Contacts provides
list boxes for those data entry fields that are common to all contact
profiles. Double click in any of these fields to add a new listing 
of source, category, etc.

Source Code: Beyond Contacts provides complete source code and documentation
to all forms, queries, macros, reports and function modules.

Contact Transaction History: Beyond Contacts records each action performed
for a contact. This history file provides ample report information that may
be required for reports. Drill down on an individual within a company and
view Action Information. Schedule a meeting, phone call or task and Beyond 
Contacts displays last, current and next action for that contact.
Click on Meeting, Task or Phone Call icons to record in Contact History.

Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Links: Beyond Contacts provides a robust menu of
options for connecting to other Microsoft applications such as 
Word for  Windows, PC Mail and Schedule Plus. Other applications may be
added onto forms if they are registered as a windows applications.

Query by Form: Sorting is a breeze by using the Query by Form feature.
Add or delete fields to query according to needs. Click on Query by Form
icon to bring up selection box.

Search by Company: Beyond Contacts has three ways to find a company. 
	1. Open pull-down list and scroll to preferred listing.
	2. Open pull-down list and begin typing company name until field 
	   shows your choice. 
	3. Use alphabet icons at bottom of screen to bring up first listing 
	   under chosen letter.

Mail Merge: Beyond Contacts uses Microsoft Word for Windows as the printing
engine. Select single or multiple contacts to any merge document.
Print immediately or batch. Contact correspondence is recorded in history
file.

Scheduling of Events: Beyond Contacts uses Microsoft Schedule Plus

	E-Mail: Beyond Contacts uses Microsoft PC Mail.
	Send contact ststus to other users on network.
	Send E-Mail messages or documents to contacts.

* Note: Limits are determined by available disk space.

