Master Control Version 1.0 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 Master Control must accept this disclaimer of warranty: Master Control 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 Master Control. Master Control 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 Master Control and continue to use it after a 30 day trial period, you must make a registration payment to DataTek Computer Services. Commercial users of Master Control must register and pay for their copies of Master Control within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting DataTek Computer Services. Anyone distributing Contact Manger 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 Master Control immediately. However DataTek must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of Master Control. You are encouraged to pass a copy of Master Control 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 Master Control along with other benefits described below. --- Installation: To install Master Control (MC), 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 Master Control.ZIP (MCXXXXX.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 MC [press Enter] change to this new sub-directory type CD MC [press Enter] copy the compressed file to the sub-directory type COPY A:\MCXXXXX.ZIP C: [press Enter] Decompress the file type PKUNZIP MCXXXXXX.ZIP [press Enter] delete the .ZIP file type DEL MCXXXXX.ZIP [press Enter] That's it! --- Overview: Master Control is a complete electronic desktop that allows you to easily use your computer efficiently and productively. MC includes our popular Contact Manager and Appointment Scheduler programs and adds an Application Launcher, pop-up Calculator, File Manager, To Do List, Notes & Reminders List and much more. MC is mouse aware but NOT mouse dependent and uses intuitive screen design to make data entry and editing fast and easy. The program is mouse aware so you may use the keyboard function keys or use the mouse to click on the menu to activate the desired task. --- Starting The Program: Start the program by typing 'MC' 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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This is the only place where the screen saver will activate automatically. (Some of the routines we use in MC ignore the TIMER function which is normally used to activate any screen saver. We're working on enhancements to the routines to solve this shortfall.) --- Main Screen The main screen for MC will show you the list of available options, today's date, current time and, if registered, the 'Registered To' name. The options are: Application Launcher Contact Manager File Manager Appointment Scheduler Calculator System Information To Do List Notes/Reminders Utilities Quit Choose a function by using the up and down arrow keys to highlight the function you want, then press Enter, or you can simply double-click on the function you want to start. Below the selection menu you'll see an option to engage then Screen Saver. Press F10 to do so. You should always engage the screen saver when you will not be working on the computer for a while. The Utilities function will display a sub-menu that allows you to choose from the following list: Set Mouse Sensitivity Format Diskette Shell to DOS Quit to Main Menu You can select these items in the same way that you select an item from the Main Menu. The F10 - Screen Saver option is also available from this screen. --- Application Launcher The Application Launcher is a menuing system and allows to you to list your programs and startup commands and then launch the programs from within MC. The menu is mouse aware and you can launch a program by pressing enter when the program you want to start is highlighted or double-click on a program title. You move around the menu by using the up and down arrow keys. --- Add a Program to the Menu To add a new program to the menu, click on the Add box or press 'A'. A new box will appear in place of the menu. You will need to enter the Application Name and then enter the series of commands needed to start the program. For example, if you wanted to add Quattro Pro which is located in your G:\QPRO directory, your screen might appear like this: Application Name: QUATTRO PRO Launch Command(s): G: CD\QPRO Q You can add this item to the menu by pressing F1 (Save) or cancel the entry by pressing F2 (Cancel). In essence the Application Launcher saves your commands to create a batch file. When you choose this program from the menu the batch file is created, the Application Launcher removes itself and Master Control from memory and runs the batch file. Commands are automatically added to the batch file to restart MC when you are done with the application. --- Change the Commands for an Existing Menu Entry To change the launch commands for a program on the menu, use the arrow keys to highlight the item you wish to alter then click on the Change box or press 'C'. A new box will appear in place of the menu showing the name of the application and the current launch commands for that program. Use the arrow keys to move around the command window and change whatever needs to be changed. You can save these changes by pressing F1 (Save) or cancel the update by pressing F2 (Cancel). --- Delete a Menu Entry To delete a program on the menu, use the arrow keys to highlight the item you wish to delete then click on the Delete box or press 'D'. The item will be removed from the menu and the menu will be re-displayed. --- Quitting the Menu To quit the Application Launcher without making a choice, click on the Quit box or press 'Q'. Your cursor bar will then move back to the MC Main Menu and the Application Launcher menu will be cleared from the screen. --- Contact Manager: Contact Manager is a complete electronic tracking system to keep up with customer/clients. CM is mouse aware but NOT mouse dependent and uses intuitive screen design to make data entry and editing fast, easy, efficient and productive. All data for each client is contained on a single screen. Contact Manager creates one database which you can subdivide into groups for organizational purposes. The program is mouse aware so you may use the keyboard function keys or use the mouse to click on the menu to activate the desired task. --- Mouse Editing: When editing the data fields you may press F4 to advance through the fields one at a time or simply click on the single field you want to edit. When you are done click anywhere off the highlighted field and your data will be saved. You may also use the mouse to move around inside the edit field. When you click on a field, the field and any data in it change colors and the cursor is placed at the beginning of the field. If you need to edit something at the end of the field, just place your mouse cursor where you want to start the edit and click once. --- Command Function Keys: You may access the function commands in three different ways. 1) Press the F10 key or click on the F10 Menu block to view the pop-up menu. Then using the arrow keys to move to the option you want and press 'ENTER'. 2) Press the F10 key or click on the F10 Menu block to view the pop-up menu. Then double-click on the option you want. 3) After a while you'll memorize the options, just press the function key or function key combination for the option you want. F1 - Next Record - CM automatically starts you out at record #1. F1 allows you to page up through the records one at a time. You may also click on the '>' symbol at the bottom of the screen. F2 - Previous Record - Used to page down through the records one at a time. You may also click on the '<' symbol at the bottom of the screen. F3 - Add Record - Use this key to add a new record to the file. (See Adding New Data below.) F4 - Update Record - Use this key to change existing data by advancing through the fields one at a time. Pressing 'ENTER' will NOT clear a field. **Note: You may also change data by clicking on the field you wish to change. When done, click anywhere on the screen to stop editing that field. Mouse editing will not advance you through the fields in sequence. **Note: Two additional keys are available while editing, Alt-C - Clears a field completely, Alt-R will Restore the field just cleared as long as you have not exited the field. F5 - Tag/Untag - Used to tag and untagged record or untag a tagged record. Tag is used for some printing operations, Add Group Comments, & Mail Merge. You may also click on the 'TAG' box at the top of the screen to change the tag status. F6 - Mass Tag/Untag - Use this option to tag all the records in the file or all the records in a group if Match Group was used prior to using this option. F7 - Match Group - CM can separate records in groups assigned by you. To restrict viewing to only the records in a specific group, use this option. A list of valid groups will be displayed and you may either use the arrow keys or the mouse to select which group you wish to view. You may also select a group by clicking on the 'MATCH GROUP' box in the lower right section of the screen. The Match Group box is 2 columns by 10 lines. If you have more than 20 groups you may view the additional groups by using the arrow keys. The data in the box will scroll to accommodate your viewing. *NOTE: The default group is 'ALL' this displays all entries for all groups. To return to the default group from a specific group, select 'ALL' in the match groups box. F8 - List Groups - Used to view a list of the existing groups, click anywhere on the screen or press 'ENTER' to see additional groups or close the box. F9 - Print Options - Displays the Print Options Available (see below) Ctrl-F10 - Quit - Ends the program and returns you to the Master Control menu. Alt-F1 - Re-Index - CM has a built in function to compress the files and discard any deleted records. Use this function from time to time to clean up the data files. Also removes incorrect group names that were originally misspelled and have been corrected. Alt-F2 - DOS Mail Merge - This option creates a Mail Merge file of all TAGGED records for use with various word processors. The format for the merge file is: * Record Start Company Name Address #1 Address #2 City, State Zip[-Zip+4] ** Record End The merge file will be created in the CM directory and is named MAILMRG.DAT. Alt-F3 - Add Group Cmnt - This option allows you to add a single line comment to all TAGGED records. Alt-F4 - Backup Data - Copies all data files to the SAVE sub-directory created by INSTALL. Alt-F5 - Restore Data - Copies all data files previously saved from the SAVE sub-directory to the CM directory. WARNING: Restore will ask you if you are sure you want to continue. If you choose Y you existing data WILL BE OVERWRITTEN with the data previously saved. Alt-F6 - Search Forward - Use this key to search for a keyword. Search starts at record number 1 and ascends through the file sequentially. When a match is found, CM asks if you if you want to 'Use This One?', Press Y or N or click on the Y or N. CM looks for the keyword in the Company Name, City, and Contact Name fields only. As you are searching a 'gas gauge' will appear below the Match Group Field displaying CM's progress through the file. Alt-F7 - Search Backward - Same as Search Forward except that this option starts at the last record in the file and descends through the file to record number 1. When a match is found, CM asks if you if you want to 'Use This One?', Press Y or N or click on the Y or N. CM looks for the keyword in the Company Name, City, and Contact Name fields only. As you are searching a 'gas gauge' will appear below the Match Group Field displaying CM's progress through the file. Alt-F8 - Search Topic - Searches the topic fields for a match to the keyword you enter.When a match is found, CM asks if you if you want to 'Use This One?', Press Y or N or click on the Y or N. As you are searching a 'gas gauge' will appear below the Match Group Field displaying CM's progress through the file. Alt-F9 - Delete Record - Use this option to delete a record. Alt-L - Launches the Pop-Up Calculator, press F7 to send your data to the printer. Alt-C - Launches the Pop-Up Calendar, the following keys are active: Left Arrow Minus 1 day Right Arrow Plus 1 day Up Arrow Minus 1 week Down Arrow Plus 1 week + Plus 1 Month - Minus 1 Month F10 Exit the Calendar Enter Send current highlighted date to the Follow Up Date field and exits the Calendar. --- Adding New Data: After pressing F3 or clicking on the Add Record option the group prompt should now be highlighted. Enter the word 'VENDORS' and press Enter. You have now created a group called 'VENDORS'. Company Name: Type 'DATATEK COMPUTER SERVICES' and press Enter. Address: Type '547 Wunder Street' and Press Enter Address Line #2: If the address requires a second line, enter the data here. City: Type 'READING' and press Enter. State: Type 'PA'. Zip:Type '196022005'. Notice that Contact Manager automatically splits the Zip Code and formats it properly. You are now ready to add a contact(s) name and number(s). You are allowed up to 3 contact names and phone numbers plus a FAX number. A separate block for Extension number is also provided. Contact: Type 'KIRK WENTZEL' and press Enter. Title: Type 'OWNER' and press Enter. Phone: Type '2153742097' and press Enter. You will see that Contact Manager automatically formats the phone numbers. Press Enter until you reach the FAX number. Type '2153742097'. You may now enter a follow-up date if you wish to do so. This date can be useful for printing out follow-up reports which will be explained later. Use the format MMDDYY. Topics: You may enter a list of topics to discuss in this section. Type 'CUSTOM PROGRAMMING' and press Enter. Type 'VIRUS PROTECTION' and press Enter. When entering topics, the program will skip to the next line if your topic requires more than one line, however it will not word wrap! CONGRATULATIONS, you have just entered your first record! Practice entering records under different groups, such as ACCOUNTS, LEADS, SUPPLIERS, DISTRIBUTORS or anything else you like. Updating (editing) a record works the same as add. If you press F4 you can cycle through the field one at a time or you may click on the field(s) you wish to edit. --- Comments: The comments block in CM is 49 characters by 25 lines for a total of 1,225 characters. This block can be accessed in any 1 of 3 ways. 1) When adding a record, after entering any topics. 2) When updating a record, after editing any topic data. 3) Click anywhere on the comments block. The first nine lines of comments are displayed on the screen. By using the up and down arrow keys you can scroll through the 25 lines of comments. You may enter/edit data on whichever line is highlighted as you scroll through the fields. To exit the comments section press the 'ESC' key or click on the 'ESC' block at the bottom of the screen. To clear the entire comment field use the Ctrl-Enter key combination. --- Print Options: Contact Manager is programmed to work with Epson and compatible printers only! The new Epson printers with ESC/P2 sequences have not yet been tested. Press the F9 key or click on Print Options to view the printing options menu. Printer (1 or 2) Û Copies Û1 Use Contact # Û Start Date ÛÛ/ÛÛ/ÛÛ End Date ÛÛ/ÛÛ/ÛÛ Zip Code Order (Y/N) Û Print Comments Û To print a label, press the F1 key or click on Print Label. A pop-up box will appear. First you need to let Contact Manager which printer to use, (1 or 2), please press either 1 or 2 to select LPT1 or LPT2. Next, Contact Manager wants to now how many copies of this label you want to print. Enter any number from 1 through 99. Last, please select which Contact's name you wish to be printed on the label. You may enter a 1, 2 or 3 depending on whom you wish to send your correspondence to. If you wish to leave the name field blank, enter the number 0 and the first line will be left blank. Your labels should will now print. Contact Manager will print a 5 line label. The label is organized like this. Line #1 Contact Name (if selected) Line #2 Company Name Line #3 Address Line #1 Line #4 Address Line #2 Line #5 City, State and Zip Code To print a report, press the F2 key or click on Print Report. A report will print all of the information on your screen and the comments section if you wish to see them. Follow this example. After selecting Print Report, you will again need to select a printer. Then please enter the number of copies of the report you wish to print. Contact Manager then asks you if you wish to include the comments section of the record on your report. If you have entered comments for the record and want them included on the report, enter 'Y', if not, enter 'N'. Your report is now on its way to the printer! F3: Tagged Labels: This feature will print labels for all tagged records in the entire database. You will again need to select a printer, number of copies, and a contact #. The extra feature included here is that you may print the labels in ZIP Code order. (Handy for bulk mailing purposes!) F4: Tagged Reports: This feature will print reports for all tagged records in the database. You will need to select a printer, number of copies, and tell Contact Manager if you want the comments section included on the reports. F5: Group Labels: This feature will print labels for every record in the group you are currently in. Once again, you will need to specify which printer, the number of copies, the contact number and if you wish the labels to be printed in ZIP Code order. F6: Group Reports: This feature will print reports for every record in the group you are currently in. Once again you will need to select a printer, number of copies, and to tell Contact Manager if you wish to include the comments section on the reports. F7: Follow-Up Report - This handy feature will print a list of the records who have an upcoming follow up date entered in their record. This list will include the Group, Company Name, Last Edit Date and the follow up date. You will need to select a printer, the number of copies to print and a range of dates for CM to print. (Ex. If you only want to print follow-ups for 9/93, you would enter 090193 in Start Date and 093093 in End Date.) F8: Activity Report - This report will print a list of records that have been edited between two selected dates. You select a printer, number of copies, enter a start date, enter an end date and that's all. Start and End dates here refer to the Last Edit Date, not the Follow-Up date. F9: Mail Merge - This option will print a previously created DOS Mail Merge List. F10: Quit - This key will exit the Print options menu. You may cancel any print option by pressing F10 at the following fields: Printer # # of Copies Contact # Start Date End Date Zip Code Order --- Zip Code Sorting: CM allows you to sort labels by Zip Code. There are memory constraints to be concerned with when sorting large numbers of records. CM now checks for enough available memory before starting a sort routine, thereby avoiding a system lockup. If CM detects that you do not have enough memory to sort a large database, try printing labels by groups. While not a perfect solution, it will still make the job manageable and accomplish the desired result with very little extra work. --- Appointment Scheduler: 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. --- Date Selection: ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍËÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º SEPTEMBER 1993 º Appointment Scheduler v.3.0 º º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º S M T W T F Sº þþChg Day þþChg Week +-Chg Month F10 Quit Alt-L Calcº 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 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 the Master Control menu. 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 editing. You can change lines by using the following keys: þ Up Arrow - Arrow Up þ Down Arrow - Arrow Down þ Page Up - Filled Triangle Up þ Page Down - Filled Triangle Down The symbol þ appears on these pages and of the representation of the screen above. It represents the placement of graphic arrows that cannot be displayed in this type of printed document. The laser printed manual shows all the correct arrows and their respective placements on the screens. When you are done editing, 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 retyping 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. --- File Manager: The File Manager is a fully functional utility designed to let you quickly move, copy, delete, view, time stamp, sort, and encrypt files along with some other useful features. Granted, this is not a PCTools or X-Tree caliber program, but then it was never intended to compete with these products. For a quick move or copy it will do nicely. On the left side of the screen is the directory listing, on the right the command list. At the top of the screen is the file specification box which doubles as the input box. The program is mouse aware, to perform any function you must select files first. You do this by clicking on the filename or moving the cursor bar and hitting the Enter key. You can use the menu scroll bar to see additional filenames or use the arrow keys to move around the listing. You can change drives and directories by placing the cursor bar on the appropriate listing and double clicking or pressing Enter. --- Command Keys: F1 - Edit File Specification allows you to display only certain files that match specification that you enter. Normally FM starts with a file spec of *.* (all files), if you wanted to display just .TXT files you use the F1 key and enter '*.TXT' in the file specification box. F2 - Copy does just what it says. This command copies selected files from the current directory to whatever directory you specify in the File Specification box which will change to the 'Copy To:' box. F3 - The Move command copies files from the current directory to whatever directory you specify in the File Specification box, which will change to the 'Move To:' box, then it deletes the files from the current directory and re-displays an amended listing. Ctrl-F4 - The Delete command was purposely made a combination key command to prevent the accidental deletion of files. This command will delete all marked files in the listing. It does NOT ask if you are sure. F5 - Toggle Detail Display will either remove or re-display the file size, date, and time. F6 - Sort by File Name is the default listing manner, but this command allows you to return to a listing sorted by filenames if you have switched the sort at some other time. F7 - Sort by File Extension will display the directory listing sorted by the extension to the file. All .EXE's will be grouped together, all .COM's, etc. F8 - Sort by File Size will display the listing sorted by file size from smallest at the top of the listing to largest at the bottom. F9 - Sort by File Date will display the listing sorted by the file date from oldest at the top to newest at the bottom. F10 - Display File Contents dumps an image of the file to the screen. The viewer does allow a search function and is scrollable. Alt-F10 - Display File Contents (Strip Hi-Bit) is the same as F10 except this function strips the hi-bit mask before displaying the file. ENTER - Selects a file. Multiple files can be selected. Alt M/C - Mark/Clear All Files. Alt M allows to to mark all the files displayed in a single key combination. Alternatively Alt C allows you to clear all marked files. Alt T - Time Stamp allows you to reset the date and time signature of all marked files to your system's current date and time. Alt R/S - Run/Shell Program allows you to either Run or Shell to a marked file. Alt R will terminate FM and Master Control and run the marked program. Alt S will shell to the marked program and return to FM when you are finished. Alt F - Make .TXT Marked Files makes a .TXT (text) file listing of the files currently marked. This can be useful in many situations. Esc - Quits the File Manager and returns you to the Master Control Menu. Alt E - Encrypt files. This feature is no shown on the screen for security reasons. It occurred that if this program is used in a business environment and a disgruntled employee saw this command. It would be possible for them to encrypt all files on the system with various passwords. And that is the function of Alt E, to encrypt and password protect the marked files. You can Decrypt the files by choosing Alt E again and typing in the same password. Choosing Alt E twice and using DIFFERENT passwords will double-encrypt the file. If you choose to double encrypt the file, remember that you must double decrypt the file using the same passwords in REVERSE ORDER. Example: Filename TEXT.TXT CORRECT Alt E Encrypt Password: ONE Alt E double encrypt Password: TWO Alt E double decrypt Password: TWO Alt E decrypt Password: ONE Filename TEXT.TXT WRONG Alt E Encrypt Password: ONE Alt E double encrypt Password: TWO Alt E double decrypt Password: ONE Alt E decrypt Password: TWO This option should be used with extreme care and caution. Once a file is encrypted there is no way to decrypt the file without the password and there is no way to uncover the password within the file. --- Calculator: When activated the calculator appears on the right side of the screen. You have the option to send the calculator output to the printer by pressing the F7 function key before beginning the math. The calculator handles all four basic math functions and requires single key entry for a calculation to occur. Example: To add 2+2 you would enter 2 + 2 Enter To subtract 4-2 4 - 2 Enter Some calculators require dual key entry: 2 + 2 + Enter or 4 + 2 - Enter You complete a calculation by pressing the Enter key. You may then choose 'A' for Another or 'Q' to Quit and return to the MC menu. --- System Information: This function provides a fairly comprehensive listing of your system components, available drive space, memory specifications, etc. When selected the function will go out a look at all your components, this may take a few seconds or a few minutes if you have a slow CD-ROM or WORM drive. The function is designed to recognize different types of drives (Floppy, Fixed, Worm/CD Rom, Removable, Network, etc.) however, some third party device drivers like Corel SCSI or Disk Manager may cause the routine to report information that you know is not correct. Example: while testing, the routine SOMETIMES reported our E drive as a WORM/CD-ROM even though it's a SCSI fixed disk, other times it reported the drive correctly - we use Corel SCSI to handle our multiple SCSI devices. The function report total space and available space on each drive and the same information for all drives combined, this gives you a good overall view of your system's capacity and usage. It will report total conventional, extended, and expanded memory, again third party drives like QEMM or 386MAX that remap memory may cause the routine to report erroneous numbers. In both cases we are trying to solve the third party reporting problems, but this depends on the third parties giving us the information we need to do so, none-the-less, we will continue to strive for a more reliable reporting structure help or no help. The function will report the type of video and video memory (the may be off due to the way different manufacturers structure their cards to report installed memory or if a third party driver has remapped Mono or VGA memory). The version of DOS, the number of serial and parallel ports, and whether or not a math coprocessor is installed is also reported. You can page up and down through the various screens by using the Page Up and Page Down keys or you may simply click on the Pg Up and Pg Dn boxes on the screen. --- To Do List / Notes & Reminders: These two functions use the same command structure and work exactly alike. In fact, they are the same routine generating separate data files to keep the functions separated. Therefore a separate discussion of each function would be redundant. The screen consists of 4 option boxes, an edit line and a scrolling display window. you can move up and down through the entries in the display window by using the up and down arrow keys or clicking the mouse on any item. F1 - The Edit command copies the currently highlighted item into the edit bar. While editing you can use Alt-C to clear the line or Alt-R to restore an item just cleared. F3 - Clear All removes all entries from the listing. F5 - Print/Save/Exit will print a listing of all entries, save the current list and exit to the MC main menu. F10 - Save/Exit will save the current list and exit to the MC main menu. --- Utilities: The utilities section allows you to: Set Mouse Sensitivity Format a Diskette Shell to DOS The F10 Screen Saver is still active in this menu and you can return to the MC main menu by double clicking or pressing Enter on the 'Quit to Main Menu' field. --- Set Mouse Sensitivity: If your mouse is reacting to slowly or to quickly to your movements, you can set the sensitivity using this feature. Enter a number between 1 and 100 in the Vertical and Horizontal movement boxes and press 'O' or click on the 'Ok' box. You can cancel the procedure by pressing 'C' or clicking on the Cancel box. The lower the number the more slowly the mouse will respond to your hand movements. We find that any number over 70 and below 15 is so hopelessly insensitive as to be impossible to work with. While we could have limited the range, we found that there are cases, for example with the physically challenged, that it may be wise to keep the lower limits available for use. --- Format Diskette: With this routine you can format floppy disks in either drive A or B to any standard setting (360K, 1.2M, 720K, 1.4K). The routine also reports any errors, available space and allows you to enter a volume label if desired. --- Shell to DOS: If you need to jump to DOS to check something, use this option. When in DOS type EXIT to return to the MC main menu. --- 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 Master Control needs can't be found. 57 Device I/O Error - An error has occurred 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 Master Control. --- 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 Master Control you will receive the following: 1. The latest version of Master Control 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 MC 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 Master Control" 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 Contact Manager. While MC 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 MC or want to export MC to a specific database or other format, call us. While we intend to work on some import/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. 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