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Information about “TRACKSTAR I & CALENDAR PROGRAM BY SMALL”
Print a year's worth of calendar, four months per 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of
paper, for any year from 1990 through 1999. The program was designed to
print the output using the Epson or Epson-type printer codes. The
operating instructions are quite simple and prompts are available where
needed.
If you have regular appointments and your current calendar is making you
enter each one separately, TRACKSTAR specializes in repetitive
scheduling. The repetition cycles can be defined by the number of days,
the number of months, twice a month (15 days apart), or three special
monthly cycles. Great for reminding yourself of when your bills are to
be paid each month. You can even set an early reminder prompt for any
number of days in advance. Of course the calendar is just as effective
with one-time appointments.
CALENDAR.DOC
SMALL & ASSOCIATES
4631 N. Camino Campero
Tucson, Arizona 85715-6321
Telephone: 602/299-1587
March 30, 1990
This program is distributed under the SHAREWARE concept and
may be freely copied and distributed without charge to anyone
who has a use for the program. The author of this program
retains all rights to the software under the copyright laws
of both domestic and foreign countries. The software may not
be modified in any way, shape or form either by editing the
compiled code or by reverse de-compilation. Author recognition
must be retained on all distributed copies of the program.
Users are encouraged to correspond with the author with
suggested improvements and or problems arising from the use
of the program. The software is provided "as is" without
warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. The entire
risk as to the quality and performance of this program is with
the user. The user assumes full responsibility for selection
and results obtained from the use of this program.
The program is designed to print yearly calendars between the
years 1990-1999. The program uses three (3) sheets of 8.5 X
11 paper to print the calendar for the year. The program was
designed to print the output using the EPSON type of printer
codes for the graphic and font output.
There is no User Manual. The operating instructions are quite
simple:
1. Bring up the system in the normal manner.
2. Insert the program disk in the default drive and make
it ready.
3. Type "CALENDAR" (without the quotes!) then press the
enter key.
4. The Shareware message will appear on the screen for
approximately 15 seconds followed by the CALENDAR
program input screen.
5. Enter the year of the calendar to be printed.
6. Follow the instructions about preparing the printer
paper and strike any key to begin printing the
calendar.
7. Striking the ESC key during printing will abort the
printing and return to the CALENDAR input screen.
Please note that the printer may not stop immediately
If your printer has a print buffer; in this case
it is suggested that you power off the printer to
stop printing after striking the ESC key.
8. To end the program, enter 00 for the calendar year.
If you find this program usefule to you and wish to renumerate the
author, please remit your contribution of $5.00 to the above
address. Thank you for using our program and enjoy.
FILE1963.TXT
Disk No: 1963
Disk Title: TrackStar I & Calendar Program by Small
PC-SIG Version: S1.2
Program Title: Calendar Program by Small
Author Version: 1.1
Author Registration: $5.00
Special Requirements: Epson or compatible printer.
Print a year's worth of calendar, four months per 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of
paper, for any year from 1990 through 1999. The program was designed to
print the output using the Epson or Epson-type printer codes. The
operating instructions are quite simple and prompts are available where
needed.
Program Title: TrackStar I
Author Version: 1.15
Author Registration: $15.00
Special Requirements: None.
If you have regular appointments and your current calendar is making you
enter each one separately, TRACKSTAR specializes in repetitive
scheduling. The repetition cycles can be defined by the number of days,
the number of months, twice a month (15 days apart), or three special
monthly cycles. Great for reminding yourself of when your bills are to
be paid each month. You can even set an early reminder prompt for any
number of days in advance. Of course the calendar is just as effective
with one-time appointments.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO1.TXT
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║ To start program, type: TS (press Enter) ║
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║ To print documentation, type: COPY TS.DOC PRN (press Enter) ║
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║ To start program, type: CALENDAR (press Enter) ║
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║ To print documentation, type: GO (press Enter) ║
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(c) Copyright 1990, PC-SIG Inc.
TS.DOC
TrackStar I Documentation
=========================
TrackStar was written by Salim I. Sindhi, who is the sole owner of
all rights and privileges to TrackStar as covered by all United
States and International copyright laws. Distribution of
TrackStar is permitted only under the following conditions.
1) That no duties or fees be charged for said distribution except
for reasonable expenses occurred in copying or shipping of
TrackStar, not to exceed US $5 for continental distribution or
US $10 for overseas distribution.
2) That no changes be made to the program or the documentation
file which is included, as to their functions, contents, or
file names, nor can any other program or function be appended
to said program or documentation file. An exception is made
only for publicly available compression and decompression
programs intended solely to enhance distribution and which
accurately reproduce the original product.
3) Violation of the above mentioned conditions constitute legal
grounds for prosecution under US and international law.
TrackStar is a user supported program. You have permission and
are encouraged to copy and distribute TrackStar under the
conditions mentioned above. You are also permitted to use this
program for a reasonable time to evaluate its functions and
potential usefulness to you. If you wish to continue to use
TrackStar, a registration fee of $15 is required along with your
name and address to:
Salim I. Sindhi
P.O. Box - 55135
Houston, TX 77255-5135
Phone : (713) 464-3713
For registering, you will receive the latest product upgrades,
which will include no registration notice at start-up, an
automatic exit when no reminders are pending, and any other
current improvements or upgrades, with a list of other products
available from Salim I. Sindhi. If the manner in which you have
received this product is not in keeping with rules as spelled out
above, please notify Salim I. Sindhi at the address above.
Overview:
========
TrackStar is a PC based utility, designed to assist the computer
user in keeping track of dated events which may occur once or
which are repetitive. The repetition cycles can be defined by
the number of days, the number of months, twice a month (15 days
apart), or by three special monthly cycles. TrackStar uses the
operating system's clock/calendar to determine the current date,
so DOS's DATE must be set properly either using the Dos command or
by the utility provided with the battery backed-up time-of-day
clock.
Getting started:
===============
If the system clock date has not been set, type DATE at the DOS
prompt and enter the current date. (Refer to your DOS manual for
details.) Copy 'TS.EXE' and 'TS.DOC' to the drive and
subdirectory from which they will be used, either floppy or hard
drive. Then change to that drive and type 'TS'. After a few
questions, TrackStar will configure itself and display the opening
screen. This screen displays the registration and program use
information. Press any key to continue. The next screen displays
the current reminders which have been entered. At the bottom of
the screen all commands are displayed.
'A'dd will add a new entry to the reminder list.
'R'ename will allow changing information in the selected entry.
'E'rase will remove the entry from the reminder list.
'P'rint will send the entire list to the printer.
'U'pdate will set the reminder date for the next reminder cycle.
'Esc' key terminates the program.
Setup:
=====
When TrackStar is run, it checks for the presence of the DOS file
'TS.CFG'. If it is not found, TrackStar will prompt the user as
to the type of monitor to be used (color or monochrome). Then it
will ask for the sorting method, whether by due date or by
reminder name. Finally, it asks for the data path where 'TS.DAT'
is to be kept. When these questions are answered, it creates a
new file 'TS.CFG'. If you wish to reconfigure TrackStar in the
future, delete this file and run TrackStar again. The data is
kept in 'TS.DAT'. DO NOT delete this file as all the reminders
will be lost!
Adding a new reminder:
=====================
To create a new reminder, select the 'A' option. A pop-up menu
guides the user through each step. In the event that a menu
option is incorrectly entered, the entry method is circular so
that each entry can be re-entered before the reminder is saved to
the data file.
Name:
----
At this prompt, enter the reminder name to be displayed in the
reminder list.
Frequency:
---------
Select the menu option which represents the repetition cycle of
the reminder. The seven options for this entry are described
below.
1) 'One time' will trigger a reminder once on the date
selected. When updated it will be removed from the data
file.
2) 'Every ???? days' will request the number of days in the
cycle, and the date the cycle will end. This option
should be used for weekly events as well.
3) 'Every ???? months' will request the number of months in
the cycle, and the day of the month the cycle ends. This
option would be used to reminder the user of events taking
place on the tenth of every month or the fifteenth of
every yearly quarter. It can be used for yearly reminders
such as birthdays.
4) 'Twice a month' is used for cycles which are timed from
the first of the month, but repeat again after 15 days.
An example would be of reminders for the first and the
fifteenth, or the fifth and the twentieth. The user is
prompted for the starting date.
5) 'Monthly - Type A' is used for events which repeat
monthly, but which occur on a specific day of the week.
For example, the second Tuesday or the third Saturday of
the month would use this option.
6) 'Monthly - Type B' is used specifically for credit card
payment dates. The user is prompted to enter the
statement closing date and the number of days in the grace
period. The program will calculate the due date
automatically each month and enter the reminder.
7) 'Monthly - Type C' is similar in function to 'Monthly -
Type B' except that any closing date which falls on a
weekend is automatically advanced to the following Monday
for that particular month.
Notes on options 6 & 7:
----------------------
All credit card accounts (that we know of) have a billing cycle
based on the number of days in the month, ie: the cycle always
ends on the fifth of every month or the twenty second of every
month. Some companies, also end the statement for that month
on the date of the billing cycle. Others choose to move the
closing date to the Monday following the billing cycle if it
ends on a weekend. The grace period (typically 25 days) is
added to the closing date to determine the due date.
Highlight the option of choice using the up/down arrow keys and
press 'ENTER'.
Next scheduled date:
-------------------
The entry will reflect the type of reminder frequency selected.
Enter either the starting date, closing date, or the day of the
week and week of the month as prompted by the appropriate
pop-up menu. The date can be increased or decreased by
pressing '+' or '-' keys.
Days in advance to remind:
-------------------------
At this prompt, enter the days in advance of the due date to
highlight the reminder.
Change date to current date when updating:
-----------------------------------------
Answer "Y" to this option when the reminder cycle should be
rescheduled to begin at the date of the update (current date)
rather than due date. If a reminder has been created for an
oil change in a vehicle on the fifteenth of every third month,
but was not performed until the twentieth, this option would
allow the system to reschedule the next oil change for the
twentieth day in three months rather than holding to a
shortened cycle to end on the fifteenth as before.
Renaming reminders:
==================
Selecting the 'R' option will allow the highlighted reminder to be
completely redefined. All the options described above in adding
reminders apply when renaming a reminder.
Erasing reminders:
=================
Selecting the 'E' option will erase the highlighted reminder from
the reminder data file.
Printing reminders:
==================
Selecting the 'P' option will send the entire reminder list to the
printer.
Updating reminders:
==================
Selecting the 'U' option will update the highlighted reminder. If
the reminder is a one time only reminder, it will be deleted. If
it is to be repeated, then the next due date will be calculated
and the reminder will be updated and stored into the data file
with the new due date.
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1963
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GO BAT 123 3-30-90 4:10p
PRINTDOC BAT 82 3-30-90 4:10p
CALENDAR DOC 2651 3-30-90 4:10p
CALENDAR EXE 44342 3-30-90 4:10p
READ ME 1211 3-30-90 4:10p
TS DOC 10456 2-15-90 12:00a
TS EXE 60816 2-15-90 12:00a
GO1 BAT 39 1-01-80 1:33a
FILE1963 TXT 2443 9-05-90 3:21p
GO1 TXT 881 1-01-80 7:29a
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