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Information about “FAMILY TREE GENEALOGY”
FAMILY TREE is a general purpose genealogy system designed for charting
and maintaining family tree information and relationships between
individuals. The system is menu-driven with single-keystroke commands,
scrolling, mini-windows, and output to screen, printer, or disk file.
You can change default options to select disk drive, screen colors, and
printer control codes.
The maintenance function allows the entry of names, sex, dates/places
of birth/death/marriage, and free-form text remarks. Spouse and
parent/child relationships are established after data is entered.
The chart function uses the database to make reports by pedigree,
ancestors, family groups, decendants, and relationships.
FILES240.TXT
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Disk No. 240 FT-Etc ('Family-Tree, Etc') Genealogy Version 3.02 v2.1
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'Family-Tree, Etc' (Version 3.01) is a general purpose genealogy system
designed or charting and maintaining information pertaining to family trees
and relationships between persons. The system is menu driven with single
keystroke commands, scrolling, mini-windows and screen printer disk file
report output capability. Default options may be changed by the user to
change Disk Drive IDs, Screen Colors and Printer Control Codes.
The MAINTENANCE function allows the entry of Names, Sex, Dates/Places of
Birth/Death/Marriage and free form textual remarks. Spouse and Parent/Child
relationships are established after entering the information. Data
gathering utilized a mini-window concept with formatted fields for the
required data entry.
The REORG function is an unique feature that automatically ensures that
data is correctly sequenced, using its internally maintained record
numbering scheme.
The CHARTS portion of the system uses the data bases created by MAINTENANCE
to generate the typical genealogy reports for pedigree, ancestors, family
groups, descendants and relationships. The output may be viewed on the
screen, directed to a (optional) printer, or routed to a diskette file for
later printing.
Documentation includes a User Manual (FT-ETC.TXT) and a Demonstration
program (FT-DEMO.EXE) that provides an overview of the system.
FT-ETC EXE Main Menu Program and Default Setup
FT-ETC-C EXE Chart Program
FT-ETC-M EXE Maintenance Program
FT-ETC-R EXE Reorganization Program
FT-ETC OPT Default Options file
FT-ETC TXT User Manual
FT-DEMO EXE Demonstration Program
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Genealogy programs for the IBM-PC, PCjr
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These programs are provided on an "AS IS" basis without warranty
of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to
the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. The entire risk as to performance and/or
quality of these programs is with you. Should the program prove
defective, you (not Pine Cone Software) assume the entire cost
of all necessary repairs, servicing, or correction. In no event
will Pine Cone Software be liable to you for any damages, in-
cluding any lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use
these programs.
If you are a registered user of 'Family-Tree, Etc' feel free to
write us if you have questions. You, as a customer, are
considered a valuable resource ... if you have suggestions as to
how this product may be improved, or if you have ideas for
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Table of Contents
Introduction ........................................ 2
Installation ........................................ 3
FT-ETC ....... Starting Family-Tree, Etc ............ 4
FT-ETC ....... How to Use Hi-Lite Menus ............. 4
FT-ETC ....... Main Menu ............................ 5
DEFAULTS ............................................ 5
DISK ..........Assign Default Disk IDs ............ 5
PRINTER .......Assign Default Printer Codes ....... 6
COLORS ........Assign Default Screen Colors ....... 6
CHARTS .............................................. 7
PEDIGREE ..... Standard Pedigree .................. 8
DESCENDANTS .. Indented Free-Form Descendants ..... 9
ANCESTORS .... Indented Free-Form Ancestors ...... 10
FAMILY ....... Family Groups ..................... 11
RELATIONS .... Family Relationships .............. 12
SCAN ......... Partial Name Scan/Search .......... 13
OPTIONS ...... Specify Global Output Options ..... 14
QUIT ......... Exit Charts program ............... 15
MAINTENANCE ........................................ 16
ADD NAME...... Add New Names & Relationships ..... 17
ADD PARENTS... Add Parents to Individual ......... 18
ADD SPOUSE.... Add Spouse to Individual .......... 18
CHANGE ....... Change Existing Names/Relationships 19
DELETE ....... Delete Existing Names/Relationships 20
QUIT ......... Exit Maintenance program .......... 21
REORG .............................................. 22
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to 'Family-Tree,Etc', a genealogy system for the IBM
personal computer user (and also many others, such as the
COMPAQ, AT&T 6300, IBM-PCjr, etc.)
Collecting data and information about ones family origin is an
interesting and rewarding pastime and hobby ... but may, if
not properly approached, become a jungle of paperwork, losing
much of the meaning and enjoyment that could have been derived
from your efforts. The personal computer is an ideal tool to
assist you in your search of your family tree ... providing the
capability to quickly add new information, retrieve and update
existing records, and the generation of meaningful charts to
document your research.
Family-Tree, Etc ... known to your computer as FT-ETC ... is a
'menu' driven system with single keystroke commands, scrolling,
mini-windows and screen/printer/disk report capability.
The system is currently designed to support a family tree with a
maximum of 999 persons, consisting of the following data:
Name of Individual 26 Characters
Sex of Individual (Male/Female)
Dates of Birth/Death/Marriage(s) 9 Characters
Place of Birth/Death/Marriage(s) 20 Characters ea
Mother/Father/Spouse(s) Names 26 Characters ea
Note Pad, Free form text 10 lines @ 72 Characters
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INSTALLATION
Your FT-ETC distribution diskette contains the following files:
FT-ETC.EXE Menu program
FT-ETC-C.EXE Charts program
FT-ETC-M.EXE Maintenance program
FT-ETC-R.EXE Family-Tree Reorganization program
FT-ETC.OPT Options file
FT-ETC.TXT Documentation
FT-DEMO.EXE Demonstration Program (Black & White)
The following files will be created after the creation of the
Family Tree data base:
FT-ETC.DB1 Family-Tree 'Person' Data Base
FT-ETC.DB2 Family-Tree 'Location' Data Base
FT-ETC.DB3 Family-Tree 'Work' Data Base
FT-ETC.DB4 Family-Tree 'Note Pad' Data Base
FT-ETC.RPT DISKETTE option report file
The distribution diskette is your 'master' copy and and should
be duplicated ... with the duplicate becoming your everyday
working copy of the system. The following directions explain
how to make your duplicate copy:
1. Start your DOS system [Ctrl/Alt/Del]
2. Following your DOS system commands as when to swap/change
diskettes, FORMAT a new diskette with the following command:
A>format b:/s
3. Place a write-protect tab on the distribution diskette, and
then COPY the FT-ETC programs/files to the newly formatted
diskette:
A>copy FT-ETC*.* b:
4. Optional - To provide more work space on your new diskette,
you may want to delete [ERASE] the documentation and
demonstration files from the newly created diskette:
A>erase FT-ETC.TXT
A>erase FT-DEMO.EXE
5. Optional - You may at some point in time wish to remove the
Family-Tree Data Bases from the diskette (drastic!) and re-
start from ground zero by creating a new data base using the
MAINTENANCE Option. The following command will ERASE the
data bases from the diskette:
A>erase FT-ETC.DB*
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FT-ETC, Starting Family-Tree, Etc
To start the 'Family-Tree, Etc' system, you should be in DOS
mode (not BASIC or BASICA) and have the DOS prompt character '>'
on the screen ... key FT-ETC ... which is the name of the 'main'
program on your diskette.
A>ft-etc or A>FT-ETC
After keying the above command, press 'Enter'. DOS will load
the FT-ETC program, and shortly the Pine Cone Software logo will
appear. Press 'Enter' to begin ...
FT-ETC, How to Use Hi-Lite Menus
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DEFAULTS CHARTS MAINTENANCE REORG INFO PC-DOS
Assign Default Disk Drive IDs, Printer Codes, Screen Colors
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The highlighted menu convention/technique is used throughout the
entire system and operates in the following manner:
. The items within the menu are shown in UPPER-CASE letters,
with the current item being shown highlighted (bright)
. The line below the item is a brief description of the high-
lighted item
. Any item may be highlighted by use of the 'cursor movement'
keys (up/down/left/right arrow keys) to the right of the
keyboard ... right/left arrows move the highlight ... and
the corresponding item description is displayed
. To select a item from the menu, either
.. Highlight the desired item and press [Enter]
.. Key the 1st character of the item name (Single key-
stroke, [Enter] not required)
EXERCISE: With CHART being the current highlighted item, select
INFO by either pressing the right/left arrows or keying the
letter [i]. You have how highlighted INFO with a description of
'General Information'. (Press [Enter] if you used arrow keys.)
The 'General Information' explains the overall system module
relationships and summarizes the capabilities of 'Family-Tree
Etc'. At the bottom of the screen, notice the message
Press [Esc] to Continue ...
Pressing the [Esc] key, located on the top row of keys, will
return you to the menu for another selection.
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FT-ETC, Main Menu
The MAIN menu functions available are summarized as follows:
DEFAULTS ..... Assign Disk Drive IDs, Printer Codes, Screen Colors
DISK ......... Assign Default Disk Drive IDs
PRINTER ...... Assign Default Printer Codes
COLORS ....... Assign Default Screen Colors
1-TEXT-A ......... Change (a) Main Text Color
2-TEXT-B ......... Change (b) Header Text Color
3-BACKGROUND ..... Change Background Color
4-BOX-TEXT ....... Change Window/Hi-lite Text Color
5-BOX-BACKGROUND . Change Window/Hi-Lite Background Color
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base
REORG ........ Family-Tree Data Base Reorganization
INFO ......... General Information
PC-DOS ....... Return to PC-DOS System
The DEFAULTs option permits the assignment of your unique values
to be used for the Disk Drive ID assignments, Printer Control
Codes and the use of Colors on the screen displays.
DEFAULTS, DISK IDs
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DISK PRINTER COLORS
Assign Default Disk Drive IDs
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FT.ETC.DB1 --- Data Base, Person ----> A
FT.ETC.DB2 --- Data Base, Location --> A
FT.ETC.DB3 --- Data Base, Work ------> A
FT.ETC.DB4 --- Data Base, Note Pad---> A
FT.ETC.RPT --- Reports on Diskette --> A
FT.ETC-*.EXE - Programs --------> Default Drive
FT.ETC.OPT --- Options ---------> Default Drive
Selecting DISK results in the above screen, permitting the
assignment of alternate disk drives to the main Family-Tree data
bases and files. The default of 'A' is for a single drive system.
The Disk Drive Identifier may be from A-F or 'blank' for the
Default DOS drive. The assignable drives may be diskettes, hard
disks, or RAM disks.
After keying the drive identifiers, press [Enter] to continue.
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DEFAULTS, PRINTER CODES
The PRINTER options allows the assignment of printer control codes
for non-EPSON/IBM printers. (The default Printer Control Codes
are designed for the EPSON and IBM dot matrix printers.) To modify
the codes, refer to your printer manual for the specific ASCII
code values.
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DISK PRINTER COLORS
Assign Default Printer Codes
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Attribute ASCII Printer Control Codes
Normal: 10 Characters/Inch --> 18
6 Lines/Inch --------> 27,50
Compressed: 15+ Characters/Inch -> 15
8 Lines/Inch --------> 27,48
Forms: Form Feed (eject) ---> 12
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| For Non-Epson compatible printer/ /our printer manual for |
| the proper codes for the specif/ /ions. Key the ASCII codes |
| using decimal notation and sep/ /tiple codes with the comma. |
|---------------------------EPS/ /ts---------------------------|
| 10 Characters/Inch --> 18 / /orm Feed -----------> 12 |
| 6 Lines/Inch --------> 27,5/ / |
| / / |
| 15+ Characters/Inch -> 15/ / |
| 8 Lines/Inch --------> 2/ / |
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After keying the printer codes, press [Enter] to continue.
DEFAULTS, SCREEN COLORS
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1-TEXT-A 2-TEXT-2 3-BACKGROUND 4-BOX-TEXT 5-BOX-BACKGROUND
Change (a) Main Text Color
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Screen Color Test Pattern
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The COLORS Option permits the specification of colors for the 5
main areas of the screen, selecting the same option in succession
(eg 3-BACKGROUND) will change the selected area to the next color.
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CHARTS
Selecting CHARTS from the menu loads the chart program from
diskette and displays the chart options in menu format. Using
the left/right arrow keys shows the following capabilities of
the Chart sub-system:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
PEDIGREE ..... Standard Pedigree Chart
DESCENDANTS .. Indented Free-Form Descendants Chart
ANCESTORS .... Indented Free-Form Ancestors Chart
FAMILY ....... Family Group Charts
RELATIONS .... Family Relationships
SCAN ......... Partial Name Scan/Search
OPTIONS ...... Specify Global Output Options
QUIT ......... Exit CHARTS program
The last two items on the menu (OPTIONS, QUIT) are not true
charts, put provide the capability to route reports to your
printer and/or diskette (OPTIONS) and a means of exiting the
CHARTS sub-system and transferring to other Family-Tree functions.
Based upon the type of Chart that you selected, a menu will
appear to prompt you for parameters required and options
available in chart generation.
If you have not created your data base using MAINTENANCE, you
will not be able to display CHARTS (no information to chart).
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CHARTS, PEDIGREE
Selecting PEDIGREE from the Charts menu results in the following
options:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
PEDIGREE ..... Standard Pedigree Chart
SELECT ....... Select Individual to Chart
RUN .......... Run Pedigree Chart Program
GENERATIONS .. Set Number of Generations
DATES ........ Set Print Birth/Death Dates
NO ........... Do Not Print Birth/Death Dates
YES .......... Print Birth/Death Dates
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
IDs .......... Set Print Individual Identification Numbers
NO ........... Do Not Print IDs
YES .......... Print IDs
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
NOTES ........ Set Print Note Pad Data
NO ........... Do Not Print Note Pad
YES .......... Print Note Pad
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name of
the person that the chart is to be based upon. After high-
lighting SELECT, a prompt message will replace the menu and you
would key the name of the desired individual ... probably only as
a partial character string ... and Charts will create a 'window'
with basic information about the persons found with the specified
character string within their name. To scroll to the next name,
use the up/down arrow keys. After the desired individual is
found, press the [Space Bar] to select, and the menu will
reappear. Notice the Instructions on the lower line of the screen
for the special key uses.
. RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart.
. GENERATIONS - Used optionally to control how many generations will
be used in the chart. The default value is 4.
. DATES - Used to control printing of birth/death dates on the
chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the menu returns.
. IDs - Used to control printing of the Internal System Identifiers
on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu
returns.
. NOTES - Used to control printing of the Note Pad for the selected
individual. If 'YES' is selected, the notes for the individual
will be printed at the bottom of the chart. After selecting
YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns.
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CHARTS, DESCENDANTS
Selecting DESCENDANTS from the Charts menu results in the
following options:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
DESCENDANTS .. Indented Free-Form Descendants Chart
SELECT ....... Select Individual to Chart
RUN .......... Run Descendants Chart Program
DATES ........ Set Print Birth/Death Dates
NO ........... Do Not Print Birth/Death Dates
YES .......... Print Birth/Death Dates
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
IDs .......... Set Print Individual Identification Numbers
NO ........... Do Not Print IDs
YES .......... Print IDs
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
NOTES ........ Set Print Note Pad Data
NO ........... Do Not Print Note Pad
YES .......... Print Note Pad
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name
of the person that the chart is to be based upon.
. RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart.
. DATES - Used to control printing of birth/death dates on the
chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the menu returns.
. IDs - Used to control printing of the Internal System Identifiers
on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu
returns.
. NOTES - Used to control printing of the Note Pad for the selected
individual. If 'YES' is selected, the notes for the individual
will be printed at the bottom of the chart. After selecting
YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns.
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CHARTS, ANCESTORS
Selecting ANCESTORS from the Charts menu results in the following
options:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
ANCESTORS .... Indented Free-Form Ancestors Chart
SELECT ....... Select Individual to Chart
RUN .......... Run Ancestors Chart Program
GENERATIONS .. Set Number of Generations
DATES ........ Set Print Birth/Death Dates
NO ........... Do Not Print Birth/Death Dates
YES .......... Print Birth/Death Dates
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
IDs .......... Set Print Individual Identification Numbers
NO ........... Do Not Print IDs
YES .......... Print IDs
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
NOTES ........ Set Print Note Pad Data
NO ........... Do Not Print Note Pad
YES .......... Print Note Pad
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name
of the person that the chart is to be based upon.
. RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart.
. GENERATIONS - Used optionally to control how many generations
will be used in the chart. The default value is 4.
. DATES - Used to control printing of birth/death dates on the
chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the menu returns.
. IDs - Used to control printing of the Internal System Identifiers
on the chart. After selecting YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu
returns.
. NOTES - Used to control printing of the Note Pad for the selected
individual. If 'YES' is selected, the notes for the individual
will be printed at the bottom of the chart. After selecting
YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns.
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CHARTS, FAMILY
Selecting FAMILY from the Charts menu results in the following
options:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
FAMILY ....... Family Group Charts
SELECT ....... Select Individual to Chart
RUN .......... Run Family Group Chart Program
NOTES ........ Set Print Note Pad Data
NO ........... Do Not Print Note Pad
YES .......... Print Note Pad
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name
of the person that the chart is to be based upon.
. RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart.
. NOTES - Used to control printing of the Note Pad for the selected
individual. If 'YES' is selected, the notes for the individual
will be printed at the bottom of the chart. After selecting
YES/NO (or [Esc]) the previous menu returns.
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CHARTS, RELATIONS
Selecting RELATIONS from the Charts menu results in the following
options:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
RELATIONS .... Family Relationships
SELECT ....... Select Individuals for Relationship
1st .......... Select 1st Individual Name
2nd .......... Select 2nd Individual Name
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
RUN .......... Run Relationship Program
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the names
of the persons for the relationship problem. After highlighting
SELECT, a 1st/2nd Select menu will prompt for the names of the
desired individuals.
. RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested chart.
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CHARTS, SCAN
Selecting SCAN from the Charts menu results in the following
options:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
SCAN ......... Partial Name Scan/Search
SELECT ....... Partial Name for Scan
RUN .......... Run Search/Scan Program
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. SELECT - Provides the capability of telling the system the name of
the person (or character string) that the listing is to be based
upon.
. RUN - Instructs the system to generate the requested listing.
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CHARTS, OPTIONS
Selecting OPTIONS from the Charts menu results in the following
options:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants, ...
OPTIONS ...... Specify Global Output Options
DISKETTE ..... Diskette-File Options
OPEN ......... Start Writing to Diskette-File
CLOSE ........ Stop Writing to Diskette-File
PRINT ........ Print the Diskette-File
ERASE ........ Reset/Empty the Diskette-File
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
PRINTER ...... Turn Printer Mode On or Off
NO ........... Do not create Printer Reports
YES .......... Create Printer Reports
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
WAITING ...... Turn [WAITING] Message On or Off
YES .......... Pause at Bottom-of-Screen
NO ........... Do not pause at Bottom-of-Screen
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. DISKETTE - The sub-menu provides the capability of capturing
output charts and/or reports in a diskette file (FT-ETC.RPT).
Using this facility permits the maximum data to be captured.
.. OPEN - Begin writing reports to diskette
.. CLOSE - Stop writing reports to diskette
.. PRINT - Print the report diskette file. The output will
be printed in a 'cut-&-paste' format ... with the system
prompting for a print width. If a width greater than 80
is specified, the strips will be printed in condensed
mode. Using a default of 80, columns 1-80 will be printed
on the 1st page, 79-158 on the 2nd, and 157-236 on the
3rd. The column overlap between pages allow for
alignment when pasting the pages together.
.. ERASE - Will 'reset' the diskette file to the beginning.
Be sure that you have issued a 'PRINT' prior to the eras-
ing the current reports.
. PRINTER - The sub-menu with a YES/NO option permits the charts/
reports to be routed to the (optional) printer in addition to be
displayed on the screen. Based upon the chart type selected the
printer line width will be set at either 10cpi or 15cpi,
resulting in possibly more information being printed then
displayed.
. WAITING - The sub-menu with a YES/NO option provides the cap-
ability of eliminating the prompt message to press [Esc] that is
normally displayed when a the screen becomes full. This option
is useful when creating printer and/diskette charts.
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CHARTS, QUIT
Selecting QUIT from the Charts menu results in the following
options:
CHARTS ....... Genealogy - Pedigree, Ancestors, Descendants ...
QUIT ......... Exit CHARTS program
CHARTS ....... Cancel Quit - Stay in CHARTS
MAINTENANCE .. Exit Charts - Go to Maintenance Menu
REORG ........ Exit Charts - Go to Data Base Reorganization
PC-DOS ....... Exit Charts - Return to Disk Operating System
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. The keywords within the QUIT option permit the termination of the
Charts sub-system and transfer to the specified system.
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MAINTENANCE
Selecting MAINTENANCE from the menu loads the maintenance program
from diskette and displays the maintenance options in menu
format. Using the left/right arrow keys shows the following
capabilities of the Maintenance sub-system:
MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base
ADD .......... Add New Names/Relationships to Data Base
CHANGE ....... Change Existing Names/Relationships in Data Base
DELETE ....... Delete Existing Names/Relationships in Data Base
QUIT ......... Exit MAINTENANCE program
The last item on the menu (QUIT) provides the capability to exit
the Maintenance sub-system and transferring to other Family-Tree
functions.
Based upon the type of Maintenance that you selected, a menu will
appear to prompt you for the required information.
The following guidelines should be considered when entering data
into the data base:
. Names - The maximum length of a name is 26 characters. It is
suggested that a consistent format be used throughout your
data base. The following are typical formats:
Frederick J Lastname
Frederick J LASTNAME <--- Preferred format
LASTNAME Frederick John
LASTNAME, Frederick John
. Places - The maximum length of a place name is 20 characters.
It is suggested that a consistent format be used throughout
your data base.
The Birth/Death/Marriage Place fields are optional.
. Dates - The maximum length of a date is 9 characters and
should be coded in a ddmthyyyy format, with the year (yyyy)
in positions in 6-9. The following are acceptable dates:
04JUL1776 1776 ?????177?
04jul1776 c. 1776 04jul177?
jul1776 circa1776 1776
The Birth/Death/Marriage Date fields are optional.
The system does limited editing of dates to ensure the correct
date format, and will automatically right justify (positions
6-9) if only a year is entered in positions 1-4). In addition,
if positions 3-5 contain numeric characters, a request will be
made to re-enter the value.
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MAINTENANCE, ADD
Selecting ADD from the Maintenance menu results in the following
options:
MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base
ADD .......... Add New Names/Relationships to Data Base
NAME ......... Add Individual Name/Sex/Birth/Death/Notes
PARENTS ...... Add Parent Relationship to Individual
CHILD-ID ..... Identify Child for Child/Parent Relationship
PARENT-ID .... Identify Parents for Child/Parent Relationship
JOIN ......... Establish Child/Parent Relationship
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
SPOUSE ....... Add Spouse Relationship to Individual
INDIVIDUAL-ID Identify Individual for Marriage Relationship
SPOUSE-ID .... Identify Spouse for Marriage Relationship
JOIN ......... Establish Marriage Relationship
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
MAINTENANCE, ADD NAME
NAME - Provides the capability of adding new persons to the data
base. After selecting NAME, a 'window' will appear for keying
basic information (Name, Sex, Dates/Places of Birth/Death and a
Note Pad area). The 'tab-to-next-field' and 'tab-to-previous-
field' keys, located to the left of the keyboard, may be used to
'skip' to the desired fields. After the information has been
keyed, press [Enter] ... ([Enter] is only pressed once per
'window' ... key all of the information and then press [Enter].)
The 'Name' and 'Sex' fields are required for all individuals ...
dates/places and Note Pad usage are optional.
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NAME PARENTS SPOUSE
Add Individual Name/Sex/Birth/Death/Notes Information
===============================================================
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Name: __________________________ Sex: _ |
| Birth Date: _________ Place: ____________________ |
| Death Date: _________ Place: ____________________ |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
+-Note Pad Area (10 lines of 72 characters)--------------------+
| ____________________________________________________________ |
| ____________________________________________________________ |
. ____________________________________________________________ .
. ____________________________________________________________ .
. ____________________________________________________________ .
. ____________________________________________________________ .
| ____________________________________________________________ |
| ____________________________________________________________ |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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MAINTENANCE, ADD PARENTS
. PARENTS - This option provides the capability of establishing a
child/parent relationship. The CHILD-ID and PARENT-ID items
within the sub-menu will be used to identify the desired in-
dividuals by specifying a name (or partial name). Names within
the data base that contain the specified character string will be
displayed in a window with related information. When the desired
name is displayed within the window, the name is selected by
pressing the [Space Bar]. The PARENTS menu will reappear. The
JOIN option updates the data base to reflect the parent/child
relation for the selected persons. Press [Esc] to return to the
ADD menu.
** Before a Parent Relationship can be established, a SPOUSE relat-
ionship must have been previously accomplished for the 'parents'.
The PARENT-ID may consist of the name (or character string within
a name) of either parent.
MAINTENANCE, ADD SPOUSE
. SPOUSE - This option provides the capability of establishing a
marriage relationship. The INDIVIDUAL-ID and SPOUSE-ID items
within the sub-menu will be used to identify the desired indiv-
iduals by specifying a name (or partial name). When the desired
name is displayed within the window, the name is selected by
pressing the [Space Bar]. The SPOUSE menu will reappear. The
JOIN option will display a mini-window to record the date/place of
the relationship (optional information), and updates the data base
to reflect the marriage relationship for the selected persons. If
the selected individual has a marriage relationship prior to the
JOIN, the JOIN will establish additional (2nd, etc) relationships.
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MAINTENANCE, CHANGE
Selecting CHANGE from the Maintenance menu results in the
following options:
MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base
CHANGE ....... Change Existing Names/Relationships in Data Base
INDIVIDUAL-ID Identify Individual for CHANGE
NAME ......... Change Name/Birth/Death/Note Information
PARENTS ...... Change Parent Relationship of Individual
MARRIAGE-INFO Change Marriage Date/Place of Individual
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. INDIVIDUAL-ID - Identifies the Individual that is to be changed by
specifying the name or portion of the name. A 'window' is created
with persons that have the character string as a portion of their
name. Using the Up/Down cursor movement arrow keys, all persons
may be viewed. When the correct person is located, press the
[Space Bar] to select.
. NAME - Permits corrections to be made to the name and other
fields of the selected person.
. PARENTS - Permits corrections to the child/parent relationship of
the selected person.
. MARRIAGE-INFO - Permits additions/corrections to be made to the
marriage date and location information.
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MAINTENANCE, DELETE
Selecting DELETE from the Maintenance menu results in the
following options:
MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base
DELETE ....... Delete Existing Names/Relationships in Data Base
INDIVIDUAL-ID Identify Individual for DELETE
NAME ......... Delete Individual from Data Base
PARENTS ...... Delete Parent Relationship of Individual
SPOUSE ....... Delete Spouse Relationship of Individual
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. INDIVIDUAL-ID - Identifies the Individual that is to be to be the
target of the delete. A name or portion of the name is entered
and a 'window' is created with persons that have the specified
character string as a portion of their name. Using the Up/Down
cursor movement arrow keys, all persons may be viewed. When the
correct person is located, press the [Space Bar] to select.
. NAME - The selected individual will be deleted if ...
.. does not have spouse *
.. does not have children *
. PARENTS - The parent relationship will be deleted from the
selected person.
. SPOUSE - The marriage relationship will be deleted from the
selected person if ...
.. does not have children *
* If a child or marriage relationship exists, the children
and/or spouse must be first deleted. Use the DELETE
PARENTs to erase child/parent relationships. The
INDIVIDUAL-ID specified would be that of the child. Use
the DELETE SPOUSE to erase marriage relationship. After
removing the relationship(s) the name(s) may be erased
using the DELETE NAME.
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MAINTENANCE, QUIT
Selecting QUIT from the Maintenance menu results in the following
options:
MAINTENANCE .. Maintenance/Creation of Family-Tree Data Base
QUIT ......... Exit MAINTENANCE program
MAINTENANCE .. Cancel Quit - Stay in MAINTENANCE
CHARTS ....... Exit Maintenance - Go to Charts Menu
REORG ........ Exit Maintenance - Go to Data Base Reorganizatio
PC-DOS ....... Exit Maintenance - Return to Disk Operating Syst
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. The keywords within the QUIT option permit the termination of the
Maintenance sub-system and transfer to the specified system.
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REORG
Selecting REORG from the menu loads and runs the data base re-
organization program from diskette. After selecting REORG, there
are no user parameters or information required ... just press
[Enter]. REORG should be run after MAINTENANCE that has resulted
in the ADD, CHANGE, or DELETE of Individuals or relationships, and
prior to the use of CHARTS. (Multiple MAINTENANCE sessions may be
run without a REORG, however after the last Maintenance session,
REORG should be run to assure properly structured Charts.)
Data Bases records created from prior releases of 'Family-Tree,
Etc' have a layout/length that differs from the Version 3 system.
REORG will automatically adjust, if necessary, data base records
to be compatible with Version 3. After running REORG, do not use
your data bases with a pre-Version 3 system.
REORG ........ Begin Reorganization of Data Bases
QUIT ......... Exit REORG program
CHARTS ....... Exit Reorg - Go to Charts Menu
MAINTENANCE .. Exit Reorg - Go to Maintenance
PC-DOS ....... Exit Reorg - Return to Disk Operating System
[Esc] ........ Return to Previous Screen
. The keywords within the QUIT option permit the termination of the
Reorg sub-system and transfer to the specified system.
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