Centaurus Personal Information Manager (CsdPim) Ver 2.1
Copyright (c) 1998 Centaurus Software Design
All Rights reserved

This file contains important information about CsdPim,
Please read this entire file.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. General Description
2. Program Operation
3. System Requirements
4. Installation
5. Program Files
6. Shareware Registration
7. Getting Help
8. Uninstalling
9. Copyright Notice, Distribution License, and Warranty


1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Centaurus Personal Information Manager is a program for Windows 95 
that enables you to manage and print personal information.  There are 
four main panels:

Contacts: Maintain information on your contacts.  Clicking on the 
label captions changes the sorted order in the list box.  You are also 
able to create a mail merge file from this data.

Card File: Maintain any type of information in a card file type format.

Memos: Create up to 12 memos.

Calendar: Schedule appointments and maintain annual events, such as 
birthdays or other reoccurring events.  If Notify is enabled, you 
will be reminded by a pop up window whenever you start the program.

All program functions can be performed by the mouse or Shortcut Keys.


2. PROGRAM OPERATION

The ToolBar: Consist of 10 icon buttons.  These are: Contacts, Memos, 
Card File, Calendar, Notify, Print, Options, About, Help, and Exit.

The Options Window: Used to set program defaults and options.
See the program help file for more details.


3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

486 or better PC
24 meg RAM or better
Microsoft Windows 95
VGA or SVGA monitor
10 meg of free disk space for program files 


4. INSTALLATION

CsdPim21.zip will have extracted 5 installation files as listed below:

PimSetup.exe
Disk1.bnd
Disk2.bnd
Disk3.bnd
ReadMe.txt

There are two methods available for installation:

To install directly from the hard disk:

Click the Start Button and then click Run.  Click Browse, locate the
directory where you have previously unzipped CsdPim21.zip, then
click on PimSetup.exe, and then click OK.  Follow the instructions 
provided by the setup program.  When prompted to insert disk 2 and 
disk 3, click OK. 

To create installation diskettes:
You will need three 1.44 Mb blank formatted diskette.

Label the 1st diskette: "Centaurus PIM, ver 2.1, disk 1 of 3
Copy to this diskette the PimSetup.exe, ReadMe.txt, and Disk1.bnd 
files that were extracted from CSDPim21.zip.

Label the 2nd diskette: "Centaurus PIM, ver 2.1, disk 2 of 3
Copy to this diskette, the Disk2.bnd file that was extracted from 
CSDPim21.zip.

Label the 3rd diskette: "Centaurus PIM, ver 2.1, disk 3 of 3
Copy to this diskette, the Disk3.bnd file that was extracted from 
CSDPim21.zip.

Diskette Setup Instructions:
Insert the 1st diskette in drive A:, click the Start Button and click 
Run.  Enter a:\PimSetup.exe, then click OK.  Follow the instructions 
provided by the setup program.


After you have successfully installed the CsdPim program, you can 
delete all the files (PimSetup.exe, Disk1.bnd, Disk2.bnd, Disk3.bnd, 
and ReadMe.txt) that were extracted from CsdPim21.zip from your hard 
drive, as they are no longer required.  You might want to keep 
CsdPim21.zip for archiving purposes.


5. PROGRAM FILES

These system files will be installed in your \windows\system 
directory if they do not exist, or if the existing installed files 
are not current versions:

MSVBVM50.dll	Visual Basic Virtual Machine
StdOle2.tlb	OLE 2.20  for Windows NT and Windows 95
OleAut32.dll	OLE 2.20  for Windows NT and Windows 95
OlePro32.dll	OLE Property Support DLL
AsycFilt.dll	OLE 2.20  for Windows NT and Windows 95
ComCtl32.dll	Custom Controls Library
ComCat.dll	Component Category Manager Library
DAO350.DLL	DAO 3.5 Object Library
Dao2535.tlb
Mfc40.dll	MFCDLL Shared Library 
MSJtEr35.dll	Jet Database Engine Error DLL
MSJInt35.dll	Jet Database Engine International DLL
MSVCRT40.dll	C Runtime Library Forwarder DLL
MSJet35.dll	Jet Engine Library
VBAJet32.dll	Visual Basic Expression Service Loader
VB5DB.dll	Visual Basic OLE Database Library
MSRD2x35.dll	Red ISAM
MsRepl35.dll	Replication Library
ODBCJt32.dll	ODBC Desktop Driver Pack 3.5
ODBCJI32.dll	ODBC Desktop Driver Pack 3.5
ODBCTL32.dll	ODBC Helper Function DLL

These files are installed in the selected installation directory:

CsdPim.exe	Centaurus PIM program file                 
CsdPim.hlp	Centaurus PIM help File
CsdPim.mdb	Centaurus PIM database file
CSdPim.ini	Centaurus PIM init file


6. SHAREWARE REGISTRATION

This program is an unregistered version for evaluation use only.  It 
is distributed as Shareware, which is based on the honor principals 
allowing you to try before you buy.  You may use this program for a 
trial period of 14 days at no cost.  During this evaluation period, 
printing and mail exporting functions will be disabled.

If you continue to use it beyond the trial period, you are required 
to pay a registration fee of $20.00.  Upon doing so, you will receive 
a registration code with instructions to register the program.  This 
will eliminate the registration reminder screen from appearing every 
time you start the program and enable printing and mail exporting 
functions.


7. GETTING HELP

We are very interested in feedback from users.  If you have any 
questions, comments, suggestions, or difficulty in installing or 
using Centaurus PIM, please contact us by email, or write us 
directly.

Email address:	centsoft@aol.com

Centaurus Software Design
PO Box 1382
Auburn, NY  13021     USA


8. UNINSTALLING

Using the Windows Explorer, go to the directory where you installed 
CsdPim, and double click on unstall.exe.


9. COPYRIGHT NOTICE, DISTRIBUTION LICENSE, AND WARRANTY

Copyright Notice: Centaurus PIM, Version 2.1, Copyright (c) 1998, 
Centaurus Software Design, All Rights reserved.

Distribution License: CsdPim may be freely distributed via OnLine 
Services, Bulletin Board Systems, or Shareware Venders provided that 
the CsdPim21.zip file is not altered in any way.

Warranty: The Centaurus PIM program is believed to be accurate and 
reliable.  The authors assume no responsibility for its use.  This 
software is provided as is and without warranties as to performance, 
or any other warranties whether expressed or implied.  Because of the
various hardware and software environments into which this program may
be put, no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered.  
The user must assume the entire risk of using this software.

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