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*                        METZ Phones 5.01                        *
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*     This file contains important last minute information       *
* about METZ Phones.  You may want to print this file to make    *
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                       Trouble Shooting
Install hangs system:
    Try changing the "install=y" setting in the INSTALL.INI
[share] section to "install=n".  You will then need to manually
install SHARE if it is not already installed.

METZ Phones requires SHARE:
    The METZ Phones Install program will check to see if share is
installed on your system.  If it isn't, you will be asked if you
would like to have it installed for you.
    SHARE.EXE is included with DOS.  You can add share to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT so that share will be automatically loaded when you
start your system. The line you add will be similar to:
C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE
Make sure that this line appears before any line that may run
Windows.
    If you have Windows for Workgroups installed, share is not
required.  If you are using a Novell Netware Network, you do
not need to install share if the database and network path are
located on the network drive.


                     Dialing Phone Numbers

     The METZ Phones modem settings allow you to set the dialing and
long distance prefixes and current area code.  These settings affect
how a phone number is dialed.  Should you have some phone numbers
that need to be dialed as is, regardless of the dialing prefix, long
distance code, area code and dialing suffix values, place a "="
character at the beginning of the number.  The equal sign will be
ignored and the number will be dialed as is.


                       Ini File Settings

                          METZPHO.INI

     The METZPHO.INI file contains the various settings for METZ
Phones.  Following are the undocumented INI values which you may
find useful.  If the setting does not exist, simply add it.  Shown
are examples with their default values.  You will need to restart
Phones for any changes to take effect.

[METZ Phones]
ListCacheSize=200
ListExtendedSelect=TRUE
ListIndent=TRUE
ListActivate=FALSE
ReportFirstLast=FALSE

ListCacheSize - The List window displays various database records.
                By storing (or caching) the information it needs
                once a record has been accessed, performance
                improves considerably.  If you have a large
                database, you can increase this value to improve
                the List window performance.  METZ Phones will use
                some additional memory as a result, roughly 30-60
                bytes per record.  Setting this value to zero will
                disable record caching.

ListExtendedSelect - Setting this value to FALSE will change the
                     way the mouse can be used to select records
                     in the List window.  Records can then be
                     selected individually without holding down
                     the shift or ctrl keys.
ListIndent    - The List window displays records based on the
                currently selected sort order.  If the main sort
                field is blank, another field may be displayed in
                the first column, indented slightly.  For example,
                when you sort by Company, records without a
                company value will display the name indented
                slightly. If you want to disable the indentation,
                set this value to FALSE, and restart Phones.
ListActivate  - When you open a database from Phones, the Record
                View window is activated.  If you want the List
                window to be activated instead, then set this
                value to TRUE.
ReportFirstLast - When printing reports, names are printed as
                "lastname, first middle".  If you would rather
                have it print "first middle last", then set
                this value to TRUE.


                          METZPHO.ENV

     The METZPHO.ENV file contains the envelope settings for METZ
Phones.  Following are the undocumented INI values which you may
find useful.  If the setting does not exist, simply add it.  Shown
are examples with their default values.  You will need to restart
Phones for any changes to take effect.

[METZ Phones]
SavePrinter=TRUE

SavePrinter - By default, the Envelope printer settings will be saved.
              Set this value to FALSE if you do not want the printer
              settings to be saved.


                          METZPHO.LBL

     The METZPHO.LBL file contains the label settings for METZ
Phones.  Following are the undocumented INI values which you may
find useful.  If the setting does not exist, simply add it.  Shown
are examples with their default values.  You will need to restart
Phones for any changes to take effect.

[METZ Phones]
SavePrinter=TRUE

SavePrinter - By default, the Label printer settings will be saved.
              Set this value to FALSE if you do not want the printer
              settings to be saved.


                            METZ.INI

     The METZ.INI file contains the various settings for METZ
Software products.  Following are the undocumented INI values
which affect METZ Phones.  If you don't have a METZ.INI file in
your Windows directory, simply create the file from Notepad.

[METZ]
DateApp=control.exe

DateApp - This option determines what application is launched when
         you double click on the Date or Time display at the
         bottom of the application window.  The default
         application is the control panel (CONTROL.EXE).

                             WIN.INI
     The only use of the WIN.INI file by Phones is actually by the
Borland Paradox Engine.  The minimum default settings for METZ
Phones are as follows:

[Paradox Engine]
MaxTables=50
RecBufs=64
MaxLocks=32
MaxFiles=10
SwapSize=128
NetNamePath=C:\
UserName=Your Name Goes Here

MaxTables - Sets how many tables can be open at once.  The maximum
            value is 64.  If you want to run more than three
            copies of Phones at once, you may need to increase
            this value.
RecBufs   - Sets how many record transfer buffers are available at
            one time.  The maximum value is 512.
MaxLocks  - Sets the maximum number of record locks per table.
            The maximum value is 128.  Setting this option higher
            decreases performance on the network.  Phones only
            places one lock per table, per user.
MaxFiles  - Sets the maximum number of file handles for all
            applications (Paradox) in all windows.  The maximum
            is 255.
SwapSize  - determines the size (in kilobytes) of the swap buffer.
            The swap buffer functions as a cache.  A larger swap
            buffer reduces disk access for tables, but uses up
            memory that Windows might otherwise allocate to other
            purposes.  The maximum is 256.  Running more than
            three copies of Phones at once may require a higher
            value.
NetNamePath - location of the Paradox Network control file.  Even
            without a network, you must specify a valid path.
UserName  - sets your user name.  If you edit a record, Phones
            will tell other users that you already have the record
            locked, using this name.

     The minimum settings can be overridden by adding this same section
to the METZPHO.INI file, and setting the values you want overridden.
This will only be useful to reduce a value from the default, otherwise
you just need to change the WIN.INI setting.  NetNamePath and UserName
cannot be overridden in the METZPHO.INI.


                    Using DDE with METZ Phones

     METZ Phones supports DDE dialing.  The application is "METZPHO"
and the topic is "DIAL".  The following is an example of an Excel
macro which will dial the contents of the active spreadsheet cell:

   Macro to dial a phone number
   Assign Ctrl+D as the hotkey
   Select a phone number in your
   spreadsheet & press CTRL D to dial.
   =DIAL()
   =RETURN()
   DIAL
   =WORKSPACE(,,,,,,,FALSE)
   Establish the DDE connection
   =INITIATE("METZPHO","DIAL")
   Send the contents of the active cell
   which will be a phone number
   =EXECUTE($A$10,ACTIVE.CELL())
   Terminate connection
   =TERMINATE($A$10)
   =HALT()

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