Appointment Scheduler Version 3.0 Documentation Copyright (C) 1993, DataTek Computer Services. All Rights Reserved. --- Shareware Concept: Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to a myriad of benefits. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. --- Disclaimer / Agreement: Users of Appointment Scheduler must accept this disclaimer of warranty: Appointment Scheduler is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of Appointment Scheduler. Appointment Scheduler is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using Appointment Scheduler and continue to use it after a 30 day trial period, you must make a registration payment to DataTek Computer Services. Commercial users of Appointment Scheduler must register and pay for their copies of Apointment Scheduler within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting DataTek Computer Services. Anyone distributing Appointment Scheduler for any kind of remuneration must first contact DataTek Computer Services at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering Appointment Scheduler immediately. However DataTek must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of Appointment Scheduler. You are encouraged to pass a copy of Appointment Scheduler along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of Appointment Scheduler along with other benefits described below. --- Installation: To install Appointment Scheduler (AS), simply create a sub-directory and decompress the distribution file to this sub-directory. For the purpose of example we will assume that the user is copying the Appointment Scheduler .ZIP (ASXXXXX.ZIP) file from drive A to drive C. You will have to substitute whatever drive you intend to use. Change to drive C type C: [press Enter] make sure you're in the root directory type CD\ [press Enter] create the sub-directory type MD AS [press Enter] change to this new sub-directory type CD AS [press Enter] copy the compressed file to the sub-directory type COPY A:\ASXXXXX.ZIP C: [press Enter] de-compress the file type PKUNZIP AS.ZIP [press Enter] delete the .ZIP file type DEL AS.ZIP [press Enter] That's it! --- Overview: Appointment Scheduler is a complete electronic calendar and appointment system to keep your schedule organized and clear. AS uses intuitive screen design to make data entry and editing fast, easy, efficient and productive. --- Starting The Program: Start the program by typing 'AS' at the DOS prompt. The following screen will appear. In the registered version your name and serial number will appear and the question "Would you like to print the order form?" will not appear. Press 'Y' to print the order form and 'N' to skip the order form and enter the program. 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Date: Friday September 30, 1993 º º12 13 14 15 16 17 18º Today 1 1 1 1 1 º º19 20 21 22 23 24 25º at a 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 º º26 27 28 29 30 º Glance ÛÛÛ|ÛÛ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º 07:00 am Breakfast with John º º 07:15 am | º º 07:30 am | º º 07:45 am | º º 08:00 am | º º 08:15 am | º º 08:30 am º º 08:45 am º º 09:00 am Meeting with XYZ Company º º 09:15 am | º º 09:30 am | º º 09:45 am | º º 10:00 am º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Alt-D Delete Record(s) ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ When you launch AS, your cursor is in the calendar in the upper left corner of the screen. You may change dates by using the four arrow keys and the plus and minus keys or clicking on the boxes associated with these options. The keys available are: Alt-D Switch to the Delete Record(s) screen Alt-L Launch the Pop-Up calculator Left Arrow Move one day back in time Right Arrow Move one day forward in time Up Arrow Move seven days back in time Down Arrow Move seven days forward in time Plus Key (+) Move one month forward in time Minus Key (-) Move one month back in time **NOTE: AS processes the + and - minus keys by changing it's 'DATE' register by either +30 or -30 days. Therefore, you will move 30 days forward or backward and depending on you current date may not move into a different month. Ex. if you are on Oct. 1 and press the + key the date will change to Oct. 31 (30 days ahead) not Nov. 1. F10 - Quits AS and returns you to DOS. As you change dates, Today's Date and the Appt. Date are displayed in the command window. Here you will also find 'Today-At-A-Glance'. In the schedule window, the first 3 hours of that days schedule will appear if any exists. To select a date to edit, press Enter. --- Calculator: To activate the pop-up calculator, use the [Alt-L] key combination. You can activate the calculator from almost anywhere in the program. --- Today-At-A-Glance: This mini-schedule shows you the available time for the day currently highlighted in the calendar. The |'s mark every half hour and the DAAG runs the same period as the schedule itself, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm in 15 minute increments. Three characters are used to display the day's schedule graphically, they are: Ý First 15 minutes of a 1/2 hour period Þ Second 15 minutes of a 1/2 hour period Û The entire half hour is occupied Examples: 7 8 9 ÛÝ||| meeting scheduled from 7:00 am to 7:45am 7 8 9 Û|||| meeting scheduled from 7:00 am to 7:30am 7 8 9 Ý|||| meeting scheduled from 7:00 am to 7:15am 7 8 9 ÞÝ||| meeting scheduled from 7:15 am to 7:45am --- The Schedule: ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍËÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º SEPTEMBER 1993 º Appointment Scheduler v.3.0 º º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º S M T W T F Sº F2 Print F4 New Date F10 Quit Alt-L Calc º º 1 2 3 4º Today's Date: Friday September 30, 1993 º º 5 6 7 8 9 10 11º Appt. Date: Friday September 30, 1993 º º12 13 14 15 16 17 18º Today 1 1 1 1 1 º º19 20 21 22 23 24 25º at a 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 º º26 27 28 29 30 º Glance ÛÛÛ|ÛÛ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º 07:00 am Breakfast with John þº º 07:15 am | þº º 07:30 am | º º 07:45 am | º º 08:00 am | º º 08:15 am | º º 08:30 am º º 08:45 am º º 09:00 am Meeting with XYZ Company º º 09:15 am | º º 09:30 am | º º 09:45 am | þº º 10:00 am þº ÈÍÍ Alt-E Clear All Entries ÍÍ Alt-O Copy ÍÍ Alt-T Cut ÍÍ Alt-P Paste ÍÍͼ When you select a date, the command window will change to display your available options. They are: Alt-L Launch the Pop-Up calculator F2 Print Print the schedule for the appointment date currently displayed F4 New Date Exit the edit mode and return to the date selection mode F10 Quit Exit the program Along the bottom of the screen other commands will appear. They are: Alt-E Clear All Entries for this date. Alt-O Copy the currently highlighted item to be pasted elsewhere. Alt-T Cuts/Removes the currently highlighted item to be pasted elsewhere. Alt-P Pastes/Places a previously copied or cut item into the currently highlighted field replacing any text that is there. When you are in the edit mode, the 7:00 am line in the schedule window will change color. Whatever line is highlighted is the line you are currently editting. You can change lines by using the following keys: þ Up Arrow þ Down Arrow þ Page Up þ Page Down The symbol þ appears on the screen above. It represents the placement of graphic arrows that cannot be displayed in this type of printed document. When you are done editting, press F4 to select a new date, or F10 to Quit. Either key will save your data immediately. We usually use a | to express a continued appointment, you can use any character on the keyboard instead of re-typing and entire description. Ex. To express a 1 hour breakfast meeting you might choose to enter the data like this. 7:00 Breakfast with George & Mary 7:15 | 7:30 | 8:45 | This would block the 7:00 to 7:45am slots on the 'Day-At-A-Glance'. Any character in a time field will cause the Day-At-A-Glance to show that time slot as filled. --- Delete Record(s): The Delete Record(s) screen presents you with a list of dates for which data files are present. You may delete the data files associated with each by either pressing enter on the highlighted date or double-clicking on the highlighted date. To exit this section, press the F10 key. --- Print Schedule: When you press F2 to Print a Daily Schedule you will be presented with an option box. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º [F]ull Schedule º º [A]ppointments Only º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ If you pressed F2 in error you can cancel the print function by pressing the ESC key. If you want to print a schedule you may choose from a Full Schedule or Appointments Only. Full Schedule prints all the time slots for the day regardless of whether or not any of the time slots are used. Appointments Only prints only the time slots that are used. --- Error Codes: Error Description/Solution 25 Device Fault - Disk write error. Physical problem exists with the drive. Contact your service representative. 53 File Not Found - A file that Appointment Scheduler needs can't be found. 57 Device I/O Error - An error has occured between your computer and your hard drive. Contact your service representative. 58 File/Path already exists - The path already exists on the drive you are trying to install to. Choose another drive. 61 Disk is full - The drive you are working on is full. Choose another drive. 71 Disk not ready - Your floppy drive latch is not closed. Close the latch. 72 Disk media error - The floppy disk or hard drive has a media error. Contact your service representative. 75 Access denied - Your floppy diskette or hard drive is write protected. Remove the write protection feature. 76 Path not found - The program is looking for a path on the hard drive and cannot find it. 77 Invalid drive spec - The destination drive specified does not exist. Call DataTek Technical Support at 215-374-2097 if you are presented with any other error codes or need help correcting a problem or have any questions about Appointment Scheduler. --- Support: DataTek Computer Services in a small company that I run part-time from my home. Like many people I have a regular job that keeps my family fed. I am usually available every night between 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm Eastern time and from 8:00 am to 11:00pm on weekends. Occasionally I go out for an evening or go on vacation, but my answering machine is ALWAYS on and I will return your call assuming you leave a number and the best time to call you. I will be just as happy to help Shareware users as I am to help registered users, however, assuming there is a list of users for me to call, registered users will be moved to the top of it. Fair is fair. As far as I'm concerned support is perpetual. You can contact DataTek in any of the following ways: Phone: (215) 374-2097 during the hours listed above or leave a message at other times. BBS: (215) 374-3735 24 hours Mail: Kirk A. Wentzel DataTek Computer Services 547 Wunder Street Reading, PA 19602-2005 Benefits of Registration: By registering Appointment Scheduler you will receive the following: 1. The latest version of Appointment Scheduler and a laser printed manual. 2. An account on our 24-hour support BBS if you want one. 3. A certificate worth a 20% discount on one upgrade or 1 other DCS Software program. 4. Our quarterly newsletter to advise registered users of tips, tricks, new programs and new versions. 5. The header screen on AS will stop asking if you want to print the 'Order Form' and the ending screen will just go bye-bye 6. The watermark "Printed by Unregistered Appointment Scheduler" will be removed from the reports. 7. The undying gratitude of our programmers who strive to bring you quality, useful software at a reasonable cost. --- Customization: If you like, we would be happy to give you a quote on customizing Appointment Scheduler. While AS is a good all-around tool, there may be some companies or individuals who would prefer to have fields added, deleted, changed, etc. Import/Export Filters: If you have an existing database, and want to import it into AS or want to export AS to a specific database or other format, call us. While we intend to work on some inport/export filters ourselves, yours may not be among them. We'll be happy to quote a price on a specific filter or customize a filter for your needs. DATATEK REGISTRATION FORM AS 3.0 PROGRAM: # COPIES # DESIRED AMOUNT Appointment Scheduler ($25 per copy) 1 TO 5 _________ $________ Appointment Scheduler ($23 per copy) 6 TO 10 _________ $________ Appointment Scheduler ($21 per copy) 11 TO 25 _________ $________ Appointment Scheduler ($19 per copy) 26 TO 50 _________ $________ Appointment Scheduler ($17 per copy) 51 TO 99 _________ $________ 100 or more call us, we'll sharpen the pencil! - DISK** - $2 per Disk Handling Fee (add if a disk is requested $________ A single handling fee is charged regardless of the number of copies registered.) Specify disk: 360K, 1.2M, 720K, 1.4M: __________ -SALES TAX- Pennsylvania residents add 6.00% $________ (Philadelphia residents add 7.00%) TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $________ PAYMENT BY: Check/Money Order No.___________________ enclosed for $__________ MasterCard ___ VISA ___ American Express ___ Optima ___ JCB ___ Card # _________________________ Expiration Date: _____________ Signature _______________________________ Personal Checks: Allow 10 business days for check to clear. Purchase Orders: Accepted with prior credit approval. Credit Card Orders: Charges will appear on your bill from Dragon BBS. 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