Calendar Mate 2.1c Copyright (c) 1989,1990 Hawk Software January 18, 1990 _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER 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 If this is a registered version of Calendar Mate: ================================================= I would like to thank you very much for registering. To install this version, simply copy CALENDAR.EXE and CALHELP.DAT to the disk/directory where your shareware version resides. The printed manual has a registration form in the back. If you're already registered, you don't have to fill this form out again. If you have any comments or suggestions, please don't hesitate to call or write. If this is a trial version of Calendar Mate: ============================================ You should have the following files on the distribution diskette... CALENDAR.EXE - The program CALEVENT.DAT - The data file (for colour monitors) CALCOLOR.DAT - The data file (for colour monitors) CALMONO.DAT - The data file (for monochrome monitors) CALPARM.DAT - The system parameters file CALHELP.DAT - The system Help file CALMATE.DOC - The system documentation file. CONVPARM.EXE - A Parmfile conversion utility. ORDER.FRM - Convenient order form. READ.ME - This file. EPSON.PRD - Printer Codes for Epson FX, RX, LX and compatibles HPLJIIPP.PRD - Printer Codes for LaserJet II (portrait mode) HPLJIIPL.PRD - Printer Codes for LaserJet II (landscape mode) ROLAND.PRD - Printer Codes for Roland Printers To start up Calendar Mate, type in CALENDAR *************************************** * Initial Install of Calendar Mate * *************************************** If you have a monochrome monitor, copy the file called CALMONO.DAT to CALEVENT.DAT to get window shadings more appropriate for monochrome monitors. COPY CALMONO.DAT CALEVENT.DAT CALEVENT.DAT and CALCOLOR.DAT are identical files. They are both on the diskette so that if you copy the CALMONO.DAT over CALEVENT.DAT you still have a data file with default colours (in case you ever get a colour monitor). *************************************** * Upgrading Install of Calendar Mate * *************************************** If you are upgrading Calendar Mate and your existing program is older than Version 2.1b (the EXE file is dated before 1/1/90) then you'll have to run a program called CONVPARM. This program will increase the size of the array that holds the printer control codes that you define in option 5.1. The arrays have been increased from 8 bytes per command (a woefully small number if you have a LaserJet printer for instance) to 30. If you forget to do this, the program will remind you. *********************************************** * Printing Calendars * *********************************************** (1) In order to print calendars, your printer has to be able to print graphics characters. On the author's printer, (EPSON FX80 compatible) the printer must be set to IBM GRAPHICS mode. Either mode I or mode II will work. A printer can be put into IBM graphics mode in one of two ways... Either by flipping a dip switch or sending it an initial setup code. Neither way is particularly palatable from a research perspective. If your printer doesn't print properly and you'd like to persue it please drop the author a note on Compuserve (75130,1650) or phone Hawk Software at (519) 741-0724. We may have your printer's codes on file by then! If the printer isn't in the right mode, the calendar borders will come out as numbers or letters when the borders should look like continuous lines. (2) If you don't want (or are unable to) use double width characters and find that there's a gap down the right hand border of the calendar on the line where the month and year go, go into option 5.1 (printer parms) and blank out the 'Double Width' and 'Undo Double' fields. Just leave spaces there. The program will then print the line properly with the border character in the proper spot. *********************************************** * Changes from previous versions * *********************************************** As one starts a business and learns the ways of the world, it becomes apparent that organization is of paramount importance. Unfortunately, I have made a number of changes since October 11, 1989 (the release date of Calendar Mate 2.0) and haven't logged them all. You may find them and you may not -- a number of changes were to subtle bugs in the program. Here are some of the others... - You can add early warnings to non-repeating events - Some of the windows have been centered on the screen for appearance. - In Option 3 (Look at Events file), pressing the F8 key will sort the file by date or event name (whichever it currently isn't). - In 5.2, if you have Immediate Purge set to 'yes' you MUST have Autosort set to yes as well. This is now enforced by the program. - Prior to version 2.1b, the print calendar routine wouldn't check the year so non-repeating events would appear on subsequent year's calendars. This has been fixed. - When printing a calendar that has 6 weeks (such as December 1989), if you have set the system parms file (5.2) to print 132 columns wide, the program will ask you if you want to shrink the boxes vertically. If you ask it to do so, each box will be 4 lines high instead of 5. This will allow a calendar to print nicely using a certain commercial sideways printing product. - The julian date on the main menu should have 3 characters after the decimal point. i.e. January 1, 1990 is 90.001 and not 90.1 - There was sometimes a problem printing directly to a printer. A line feed would be issued but no carriage return. This has been fixed. - Some printer drivers are now supplied. Option 5.1 now has a further menu asking whether you want to use an existing driver or change the codes you have yourself. Have a look. It's pretty straight forward. - When you set up the printer codes, if you choose F10 to test them and your printer is 'not ready', the program will now detect it and warn you.