ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º ** AS-EASY-AS ** º º ** Ver. 4.00 ** º ÉÍÍÊÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÍ» º (C) Copyright 1985 - 1989 º º º º TRIUS, Inc. º º 231 Sutton Street, Suite 2D-3 º º North Andover, MA 01845 º º Tel. (508) 794-9377 º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ This file contains information to get you started as well as last minute information that did not make it in the first printing of the manual. Start Up Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information provided using a basic system configuration. For more details refer to the user's manual. Some basic information about the operation of the program can be accessed using the F1 (function) key once you have started the program. This will invoke the help screens that provide information about the functions, commands, features, etc. HIGHLIGHTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o 8192 rows by 256 Columns- Uses Sparse Memory Matrix for efficient storage. o POPUP or PANEL menus - You decide which is best for you! o Powerful Graphics- Can create BAR, STACKED BAR,LINE, XY ,PIE, HILO, CUMULATIVE, AREA, RADIAL SEMI-LOG and LOG-LOG graphs on your Epson compatible printer , All without ever leaving the spreadsheet! o Intelligent Recalculation - Its blazing speed derives from the fact that it only calculates those cells it needs to calculate. o Over 100 {MACRO} programming commands.... o Over 80 @FUNCTIONS for Math, Statistics, Finance, Logic, Strings, Dates, and even USER DEFINABLE functions! o Spreadsheet Linking - You can now relate information in your current worksheet to worksheet(s) on disk. o NO INSTALLATION, On almost every IBM PC compatible it will run immediately without time-wasting hardware installation. ( Runs on CGA,MONO,MGA,EGA,AT&T .... video/graphics cards. ) The only installation options are default user settings, e.g., 43 Line EGA, colors, International punctuation, Add-in specifications, etc. o HELP screens , built right into the program , over 50 pages... o BUILT IN UTILITIES, text FIND/REPLACE, MACRO recording, AUDITING GOALSEEKING and more..... (Other spreadsheets sell these features as expensive ADD-INS) o Highly LOTUS/123 compatible (1-2-3 trademark of LOTUS Development Corp.) GETTING STARTED --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information provided below is to help you start the program for your hardware configuration. For more details about the operation of the program press the F1 (function) key once you have started the program. This will invoke the help screens that provide information about the functions, commands, features, etc. AS-EASY-AS is started from DOS using the command: A> ASEASY /Option1/Option2/Option3/..... [ENTER] Available Options ----------------- CT- Center character used for column headings. MY=x- Set currency character to x (Default is $). TP=x- Set Column heading character to x. E - Enhanced Graphics Display, 640x350 (AUTODETECTED where possible) H - Hercules Graphics Display, 720x348 at page $b800 (AUTODETECTED) H2- Force Hercules Graphics to second page at $b000. ATT - Enable AT&T Graphics Display, 640x400 AUTO=- Direct ASEASYAS to autoload designated filename DIR=C:\ASEASY - Set the Directory PATH used when accessing data. SET=$MGFB - Set Colors (in hexadecimal) WHERE: M = Menu Color G = Graph Color (applicable on color monitors) F = Foreground Color B = Background Color Example: A> ASEASY /H2/DIR=C:\Data [ENTER] Starts AS-EASY-AS for a Hercules type monitor/card combination, using the second page for graphics, and instructs the program that the data files will be located on drive C, in subdirectory "Data". RUNNING AS-EASY-AS FROM ANY DIRECTORY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Set a DOS environment variable (ASEASY) to the drive and path of the ASEASYAS .EXE, HLP, PRT and MSG files (Note that these files should be in the same directory). This can be done at the DOS prompt by typing SET ASEASY=Drive:\Directory and pressing [ENTER]. The command may also be included in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so the variable is set automatically every time you start your computer. 2. Make sure that the directory, where the ASEASY.EXE file is located, is included in your system's Path command. If done correctly, typing ASEASY and pressing [ENTER], from any directory, will start the program. ADD-INS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 4.00 of AS-EASY-AS supports the development and use of Add-In programs. These programs can either be self-standing executable programs that automatically shell to DOS but do not involve the AS-EASY- AS worksheet in RAM, or they can be developed to access the current worksheet data. The information necessary to access the worksheet data in RAM, for such Add-In programs, is contained in the AS-EASY-AS developer's package (not shareware). For more information on the developer's AS-EASY-AS package and possible distribution of Add-Ins, please contact TRIUS, Inc. at (508) 794-9377. Add-Ins are installed using the command /WSheet, General, Install, Addin. The menu presented allowes you to Create a new AddIn (i.e., install it), Delete an Addin (i.e., de-install it) or Reset (De-install) all AddIns. Once prompted for, type the name of the Addin program (.EXE file) and press [ENTER]. You need to Save the newly generated configuration file (ASEASY.CNF), that contains the info about the AddIns. Once installed, the Addin menu may be accessed by typing /User, AddinName. Two sample Add-In programs are provided on this diskette, LNDSCAPE.EXE and ZOOM.EXE. These Add-Ins are already installed in ASEASY.CNF for you. To de-install them, use the information provided in the previous paragraph. LNDSCAPE.EXE allows some rudimentary sideways printing (on a dot matrix printer) from within an AS-EASY-AS worksheet. It is invoked with the command /U, and by selecting Lndscape from the presented menu. Once invoked, the Menu options of LNDSCAPE are as folows: RANGE: Specify the print range LINEFEED: Advance the paper one line PAGEADV: Advance the paper to the next TOF OPTION: Invoke the Options menu MARGIN: Set the page bottom margin LINESPACE: Set the line spacing (# dots/line) CHARSPACE: Set the character spacing PGLENGTH: Set the page length (# lines) WIDTH: Set the page width (# characters) QUIT: Return to the main PORTRAIT menu GO: Start Printing Sideways QUIT: Return to the AS-EASY-AS Ready mode The other Add-In provided on this diskette, is ZOOM.EXE which provides the user with information similar to that provided by the Range, Audit, Overview command. To invoke it, use the command /U and select ZOOM from the presented menu. The Menu options of ZOOM are as folows: RANGE: Set the range to audit VIEW: Display the usage of the specified range QUIT: Return to the AS-EASY-AS Ready mode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------