                        "Remains To Be Seen"
                Written By: Timothy J. Denihan
                       4807 Shadyway Dr.
                    Arlington Texas, 76018
       Ph. # 817-468-8237(before 9:00pm Central Time please)
                            $11.95
		(includes Postage and Handling)                                                   


			----Introduction----       

	Several years ago our family purchased a V.C.R. so that we could 
record and save our favorite "flicks" (as my 11 and 7 year olds would 
say) and all went well.  There were a few Video stores that rented tapes 
but who in their right mind would miss an opportunity to leave the kids 
with an unsuspecting baby sitter and enjoy a night out on the town!! 
Well..... our steak dinners evolved to the more affordable Big Mac (with 
an occasional delectable Kentucky Fried Chicken dinner thrown in as 
finances allowed), movie prices escalated, baby sitters became more 
intuitive(they probably started a database, on their newly acquired 
"P.C.'s" with our son at the top of the Child From Hell category) and had 
the audacity to enter the shared information age, and  movie admissions 
skyrocketed while quality nose dived(my new bass boat payments probably 
made these prices seem even higher than they were).  But lo and behold 
the video tape rental market exploded!!  At first we were satisfied 
"browsing" through the somewhat limited selection, choose one and "Take 
It Home".  Inventories grew and I was getting ribbed by my friends about 
missing the "good ones" at the theater(these "friends" were the same ones 
who had sisters and nieces old enough to baby-sit but mysteriously were 
always busy when I mentioned our son's name) so Lori (my wife) and I 
started to jot down the names of interesting movies when we saw them 
advertised so that we could rent them when they were released.  As our 
lists grew I wrote a Lotus program that would alphabetize them and print 
them out so we had some semblance of organization at the video store.  We 
now had a system but from the time that the movies were in the theaters 
to when they were released made our list grow and my time updating the 
list was cutting into my ever important Bass fishing!!  Thus the 
motivation for writing a program that was simple enough for the wife and 
kids to maintain(plus justifying the money and time I was spending on the 
computer didn't hurt my standing in the family either).  By the way... 
every time we finish a movie and say "boy I'm glad we didn't pay $20.00 
to see that " I get the last laugh with my movie goer friends.

     Now that I'm through with the Erma Bombeck portion of the 
documentation I'll proceed with what you're really interested in....HOW 
DOES THIS THING WORK!!.


                      ----OVERVIEW----

     "Remains To Be Seen" (RTBS) is a program written for the family that 
views significant numbers  of Video movies at home vs. the theater.  The 
typical way of finding out about movies that you wish to view are from TV 
movie review programs, TV ads for new movies, Newspaper ads for movies, 
ads on the front end of  rented Video movies or friends. This program is 
a means to log those movies as you learn about them from any of the above 
sources and have an orderly system to look for them when you go to your 
local movie rental  store.  You enter the movie title, a comment or star 
to help remind you something about the movie, categorize it so you can 
more easily search for it at the rental store, log the rating so you know 
who will be able to view the movie (we have kids), rank it, while it is 
hot on your mind as to how good it seems to be, note whether it is 
released yet or not so you can limit the time you spend searching at the 
store, log the date when you originally saw and entered the movie.  You 
can view, on screen, your list to see if it is up to date and see how 
long your list is growing, you can edit any of the current listings (Eg.. 
you notice that one that was not released when you originally logged it 
now is on the shelves). When you view a movie on the list you can then 
delete it from the log.  You can print an alphabetized copy (by category 
and movie title within each category)  to carry with you on your trips to 
the video store.  You can even have several different lists, each member 
of your family can have their own movie log.  A box on the upper right 
corner of the form shows which file you currently have open.  R.T.B.S. is 
capable of accepting a "command line parameter", meaning that R.T.B.S. 
will automatically load a file when starting by issuing it in the command 
line (Video.exe  suevideo.dat).  Reminders when the size of your file is 
approaching the 50 movie per file limit, and reminds you before exiting 
or performing certain operations (such as editing or viewing) that you 
have not yet saved your current entry.  This is all done using standard 
Windows programming conventions, making it a fairly self explanatory 
program to operate.  If you are accustomed to the Windows environment , 
and I have correctly done my job, you or anyone in your family should be 
able to use the program "right out of the box", rarely having a need to 
refer to the instructions.
		     
		      >A Personal Note<      
Programmers typically find writing instructions a boring and unrewarding 
part of the job.  I know that this is a very important part of my 
responsibilities but I tend to follow in that mold.  Below you will find 
my attempt to explain about the program and assist you in making it 
function in such a manner that you may receive the maximum benefits from 
it.  I am very excited about this program and it has found a permanent 
home on our hard drive, if I succeed in the below attempt to explain how 
to use this program I believe you and your family will agree & then I 
will have earned my registration 
fee!!                                                                                 

		       ----Instructions----


REQUIREMENTS:

     > Windows 3.0 or later.
     > Any printer supported by your Windows program.

FILES INCLUDED:

     Video.exe      The program file for "Remains To Be Seen"                         (RTBS).  This file should be
		    placed in it's own directory.

     Cmdialog.vbx   Used by RTBS to access the Common Dialog
		    screens available to all Windows programs for File
		    handling (open, close, save ..etc) and printing.  This
		    file should be placed in the "System" sub directory
		    under your "Windows" directory.

     Cmmdlg.dll     The Data Linked Library file used by above. This                          file should be
		    placed in the "System" sub directory under your 
		    "Windows" directory.

     Gauge.vbx      The file used to create the gauge used in the printing 
		    process to keep you updated on how much information
		    remains to be sent to the print manager. This file 
		    should be placed in the "System" sub directory under 
		    your "Windows" directory.

     Threed.vbx     The file used to give the forms and
		    controls their three dimensional
		    effects. This file should be placed in
		    the "System" sub directory under your
		    "Windows" directory.

     Video.Wri      The instructions for the program in the
		    Windows Write program format (you may
		    be viewing this file right now).

     Video.Txt      The instructions for the program in
		    ASCII text format that may be viewed
		    in the Windows Notepad program
		    or any program that lets you view raw
		    ASCII text (you may be viewing this file
		    right now).

> It is worth noting here that the three files with the .VBX extension 
are usable by many of the newer programs being written for Windows and if 
they are not already on your computer you will most certainly buy other 
programs in the near future that will also require them.  In other words 
they are not just for the use of  "Remains To Be Seen" so don't think 
that they are just cluttering up your hard drive.  The Cmmdlg.dll file 
comes with Windows 3.1 and it may already be on your computer .  It also 
falls under the above category of being useful by more than just this 
program.

INSTALLATION:

     This program was written in the Visual Basic language so you will 
need VBRUN100.DLL file copied to a directory in your path statement to 
use RTBS (as do ALL programs written in Visual Basic).  I would suggest 
that you put it in your Windows directory.  You can download VBRUN100.DLL 
free of charge (except download time) from many libraries on CompuServe 
that have Windows programs.  Type GO MSBASIC and download VBRUN.ZIP in 
library #5 (Visual Basic Library).  If you obtained this program from 
another source they also will supply it for you at no charge (except of 
course for diskette and mailing expenses).

     The main program file Video.exe may be put anywhere you wish.  I 
would suggest that you create a directory named RTBS and put it there as 
follows:

     > Start File Manager and highlight the root directory (probably 
"C:\").  Click on the "File" menu item and choose "Make Directory".  In 
the dialog box that is presented type in "RTBS" and click on the "OK" 
button.  You now will have a sub directory on the root drive named RTBS 
(refer to your Windows documentation on "Creating Directories" for a more 
detailed description).

     >  Change to the drive that contains the files for "Remains To Be 
Seen" and highlight "Video.Exe" by single clicking on it.  Again click on 
the "File" menu and choose the "Copy" item. In the dialog box that is 
presented type "C:\RTBS" (if you have used the above named sub directory 
and you are using the C: drive) and click on the OK button. You 
optionally may wish to copy the RTBS.WRI and RTBS.TXT files to this 
directory also (refer to your Windows documentation on "Copying Files" 
for a more detailed description).

     > Now highlight  Cmdialog.vbx, Cmmdlg.dll, Gauge.vbx, and Threed.vbx 
and follow the  copying instructions above except copy these files to the 
"System" sub directory that is under the "Windows" directory on your 
computer.

     >  Follow the instructions for creating a new  program   item, in 
your Windows documentation. There is an icon inside the Video.Exe   file 
that will automatically appear when you tell Windows to use Video.Exe   
as the program file.

                         OPERATION:

     1).  By default when you start "Remains To Be Seen"  it looks for a 
file named Video.dat and uses it if another one is not selected (there is 
a box at the top of the main form to keep you informed as to which file 
you have open).  The first time you start the program Video.dat is 
obviously not there and you will receive a warning screen.  If you click 
on the "Continue" button, this file will be created for you. So if you 
keep your most commonly used entries in a file with that name you won't 
have to open one each time you start the program (provided "Video.dat" is 
in the same directory as "Video.exe").  If you move Video.Exe make sure 
you take Video.dat with it to the new location. You may modify the 
filename it looks for by including it on the command line.  For example 
"Video.exe  Suevideo.dat"  would start R.T.B.S. and load the file named 
"Suevideo.dat" instead of the default "Video.dat".  Make sure to include 
the complete path and file name if the file you wish to load is not in 
the same directory as "Video.exe".   There is a maximum number of movie 
entries that each file can contain. I have arbitrarily set this limit at 
50 movies. There are built in warning screens that will warn you if you 
are approaching this limit.  At that point you may choose to delete some 
movies you have already viewed or just create a new file. When you wish 
to work in a file other than the one currently in use  just click on and 
drop down the "File" menu item and select "Open File". You may browse any 
directory in search of a log file you wish to open but it would make more 
sense to me to keep them all together in your RTBS directory.  When you 
click on and drop the "File" menu you will see a list of operations you 
can perform.  The Underlined character is the letter you may press on 
your keyboard anytime the menu is dropped down (visible) to execute the 
respective command (you may of course single click the item with the 
mouse also).  Out to the right side is a list of "Hot Keys" such as 
"Ctrl+N" for starting a new file.  You can access this command even 
though the menu has not been dropped down by holding the Ctrl key on your 
keyboard down and pressing on the appropriate letter key. These key 
stroke options are consistent with the  standard Windows environment type 
programs, see your Windows documentation for further explanation if you 
are not familiar with these methods.   Below is a description of all of 
the menu choices under the "File" heading:

New--- Ctrl+N      
	This will open a new, empty file with a name of your 
choice (provided it meets the DOS naming conventions, of course).

Open--- Ctrl+O
      This will allow you to open any file that you have 
saved for use with RTBS.  The default files shown are those with the .DAT 
extension but you may look for files with any extension by selecting the 
*.* option in the pull down box just under the window showing the files 
in the currently selected directory. Simply click on the downward 
pointing arrow and click on the "All Files (*.*)"  choice.

Save--- Ctrl+S
      This has the same action as the "Add To List" button 
on the main form. It saves the  movie and other information you have on 
the screen to the currently open file (which is shown in the "File 
Currently In Use" box).

SaveAs--- Ctrl+A
      This saves the currently open file to a new name 
that you have the option of choosing.  The default name is "New.Dat".  If 
you do not give it an extension, the .DAT extension is added for you. A 
copy of the current file is also preserved but the program changes you 
over to the new file you just created (as will be indicated in the box in 
the upper right corner of the screen).

Edit Existing Entry--- Ctrl+E  	
	This brings up a list of all of the movie 
titles in the current file and allows you choose one to put on the main 
form for editing purposes. To select a movie you may single click 
(hi-light) a movie title and press the "OK" button or double click the 
movie title. You may then change anything that you want and press the 
"Edit Movie" button to update your list.  You may also use the 'ENTER' 
key to perform this operation. To quickly search the list for the movie 
you wish to edit, highlight any movie title then you may press a key that 
is the first letter of the movie title you are looking for and it will 
move to that area. Eg... If you press "g" and you have 3 movies starting 
with the letter "g" you will be moved down the list to the first one in  
alphabetical order that starts with "g".  From there just press the arrow 
keys with your mouse or use your keyboard arrow keys to browse up and 
down the list.

Clear Form--- Ctrl+C
      Most of the operations you can perform in RTBS 
clears the form upon their completion and readies you for a new entry,  
but in case you wish to do this manually the means has been provided.

Print--- Ctrl+P      
	This sends the currently active file to the printer 
of your choice.  The "Setup" and "Options" buttons on the print dialog 
boxes allows you to change printers and select print quality etc.  A 
"gauge" appears to keep you posted as to the progress of the print 
operation. You may print on any printer you have installed through the 
Windows install program.

Go Watch A Movie (Exit)--- Ctrl+X
      Close "Remains To Be Seen" 
program.  The program will check to make sure that you have saved your 
current entry and offer to do so if you haven't.


2).  The main screen has the fields that you use to enter the data about 
the movie you want to look for at the video store.  There is a limit to 
the number of characters you may enter in the three fields that contain 
text.  The "Movie Title" field will accept 26 characters, the 
"Stars/Comments" field will accept 17 characters, and the "Date" field 
will accept 8.  A "Character" is defined as anything you type from the 
keyboard, including spaces and punctuation.  When you reach the limit you 
will be reminded of it by an annoying BEEP.  While you may hi-light text 
and type over it, like in any Windows program, remember that if you have 
already reached the character limit you must first "delete" one before 
you may again begin typing .

3).  I believe all of the categories, rating, and rank are self 
explanatory.  The program automatically selects a default item.  Use your 
mouse or the tab and arrow keys to select a different one.  By default 
the date is set to the current one using the clock setting on your 
computer.  This of course may be changed but don't forget the 8 character 
limit.  You can't just hi-light and type over the current entry if 8 are 
already there (Eg... 11-11-92).  You must first delete one or more 
numbers.  You may use any convention for the separation of the day, 
month, year.  I have simply chosen the dash ( - ) for the default as my 
preference. The box labeled "Release" may be marked if you know for sure 
that the movie is currently available.

4). The "Buttons" that appear on the main form vary somewhat with the 
operation you are performing and are explained below:

>  During the "Enter Mode" (the screen you see when you   start the 
program) the "Add To List" button saves the movie you just   entered to 
the currently open file.  This is the "default" button   which means if 
at any time you press the ENTER key the "Add To List"   button is 
activated.

>  The "Delete From List" button brings up a list of all of the movie 
titles in the current file and allows you choose one to delete. To select 
a movie you may single click (hi- light) a movie title and press the "OK" 
button or double click the movie title.       

	To quickly search the list for the movie you wish to delete, 
highlight any movie title then you may press a key that is the first 
letter of the movie title you are looking for and it will move to that 
area. Eg... If you press "g" and you have 3 movies starting with the 
letter "g" you will be moved down the list to the first one in   
alphabetical order that starts with "g".  From there just press the arrow 
keys with your mouse or use your keyboard arrow keys to browse up and 
down the list.

>  The button labeled "View List" that gives a "print preview" type 
screen. Once it is "loaded" you may use the arrow keys on the right side 
to browse up and down through the list.  The Viewer is closed by clicking 
on the "Close Viewer" menu item.  From this screen you may also send your 
list directly to the printer by clicking on the "Print" menu item.  Both 
of these menu items also have key stroke equivalents.

     The letters in the above button captions that are underlined 
indicates that you may hold down the "Alt" key on your keyboard and press 
the underlined letter to access that button (you may of course use the 
mouse to click on it also) Eg...Alt+A presses the Add To List button.

> During the "Edit Mode" (which is accessed by clicking on the "Edit 
Existing Movie" item under the "File" menu) the "Edit Movie" button saves 
the movie you just edited to the currently open file, overwriting the 
current one.  Pressing the "ENTER" key will also do the job.

     The "Cancel" button returns you to the "Enter Mode" screen and 
cancels your edit.  Again the letters in the button captions that are 
underlined indicates that you may hold down the "Alt" key on your 
keyboard and press the underlined letter to access that button (you may 
of course use the mouse to click on it also) Eg...Alt+C presses the 
"Cancel" button.

     That should do it!!  Simple huh?  I have attempted to stay within 
the spirit of Window's programs in that they are generally self 
explaining. If I should expand on these instructions... please tell me.  
In staying in the true ShareWare spirit I have not disabled or left out 
any functions.  The $11.95 registration fee I am requesting is intended 
to be very reasonable and affordable.  Please respect the ShareWare 
system of distribution which allows thousands of small programs to be 
written and sold that otherwise would not make it to the market place.  
Larger companies can't or won't tackle these smaller type programs. While 
I have attempted to test this program on a variety of computers and 
printers to insure it functions as advertised I assume no liabilities as 
to how it will affect your equipment.  I will however make every attempt 
to support the program and if all efforts fail I will refund your money 
if the problem is found to be in my program.

                                   GOOD VIEWING!!!
                                        Tim
Timothy J. Denihan
4807 Shadyway Dr.
Arlington, Texas 76018
817-468-8237 (Evenings before 9:00pm Central Time Please)
CIS 70600,745



               - - - - COPYRIGHT NOTICE- - - -


"REMAINS TO BE SEEN" is a shareware product.  It is not Freeware of 
Public Domain Software. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. If you make use of this 
program beyond a brief evaluation period you are obligated to pay a 
registration fee of $11.95, which includes postage and handling.  Your 
registration fee entitles you to use this software on a single computer 
and to make as many copies of this software as you wish for backup 
purposes.  Upon receipt of the fee you will receive the most recent 
version personalized with your name on the main window's Title Bar (at 
your request) and the annoying ShareWare Screen will no longer appear. 
Please feel free to make copies of RTBS and pass them on to other 
interested parties for their evaluation, provided that you include all 
files and you charge no fee with the possible exception of a reasonable 
amount to cover mailing and diskette costs.

    Thank You very much for taking the time to evaluate this program.  
              I hope you find it useful and affordable!!

