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Information about “HOUSEHOLD REGISTER”
Wouldn't it be great if you had a complete inventory list of all your
household items? HOUSEHOLD REGISTER gives you just that. It
maintains a detailed list of your household possessions. Each
inventory item is automatically stored by location, category, and
owner. The pop-up menus can be easily customized for the location (24
selections), category (24 selections), and owner (8 selections)
fields. And these menus can be turned off, if desired, and entries
made by typing data directly into the three fields rather than making
selections from a menu.
Each inventory database can contain 99,999 items and there can be an
unlimited number of databases. On-screen help is available for each
screen and help lines are automatically displayed for each data entry
field.
HOUSEHOLD REGISTER provides printed reports that can be sent to the
screen, printer, or a disk text file. Inventory records can be
printed
on 3 x 5 index cards or on Rolodex cards. A detailed summary report
can be printed showing the number and value of items by
location, category, or owner. A warranty list can be printed
showing the warranty expiration date for all warranteed intems.
FILE2187.TXT
Disk No: 2187
Disk Title: Household Register
PC-SIG Version: 1.1
Program Title: HOUSEHOLD REGISTER
Author Version: 1.1S
Author Registration: $25.00
Special Requirements: 384k, and a printer.
Wouldn't it be great if you had a complete inventory list of all your
household items? HOUSEHOLD REGISTER gives you just that. It
maintains a detailed list of your household possessions. Each
inventory item is automatically stored by location, category, and
owner. The pop-up menus can be easily customized for the location (24
selections), category (24 selections), and owner (8 selections)
fields. And these menus can be turned off, if desired, and entries
made by typing data directly into the three fields rather than making
selections from a menu.
Each inventory database can contain 99,999 items and there can be an
unlimited number of databases. On-screen help is available for each
screen and help lines are automatically displayed for each data entry
field.
HOUSEHOLD REGISTER provides printed reports that can be sent to the
screen, printer, or a disk text file. Inventory records can be
printed
on 3 x 5 index cards or on Rolodex cards. A detailed summary report
can be printed showing the number and value of items by
location, category, or owner. A warranty list can be printed
showing the warranty expiration date for all warranteed intems.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989, 1990 PC-SIG, Inc.
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║ To print the documentation, type: COPY HR.DOC PRN (press enter) ║
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║ To start the program, type: HR (press enter) ║
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HRFILES.TXT
Disk No:
Program Title: Household Register Version 1.1s
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Household Register (HR) is a full featured menu driven easy to
operate program that maintains a detailed list of your household
possessions. Each inventory item is automatically categorized
by location, category and owner. The user can easily customize
the pop-up menus for the location (24 selections), category (24
selections) and owner (8 selections) fields. The pop-up menus
can be turned off by the user if desired and entries can be made
by typing data into the three fields rather than making selec-
tions from a menu. Each database can hold 99,999 items. Can
use an unlimited number of databases. Prints reports to the
screen, printer or disk file. Each record can be printed on 3 X
5 index cards or on Rolodex cards. A detailed summary can be
printed that shows the number of items and value of items by
location, category or owner. The categorized reporting features
lets the user easily see for whom and on what items money is
being spent. Also can print a warranty list that shows the
warranty expiration date for warranted items. Has full featured
search selection that lets the user print reports that meet
specified criteria. Includes a sample database that quickly
allows the user to examine all the features of Household Regis-
ter. Also on screen help is available for each screen and help
lines are automatically displayed for each data entry field.
INTENDED USER: Everyone who owns possessions. A detailed list
of possessions proves invaluable in case of lost due to fire,
theft or natural disaster.
UNIQUE FEATURES: (1) Customizable pop-up menus to aid data entry
that can be turned on and off by the user. (2) 12 easy to use
functions available from the data entry screen: Next, Prev, Find,
Top, Last, Edit, Add, Copy, Del, Search, Report and Help. (3) Five
types of reports printed and each can be indexed by location, owner
or category. (4) Each inventory entry automatically indexed by
location, category and owner. (5) Performs powerful cross-referrenced
searches on any combinations of fields. (6) Displays a list of items
indexed by category, location or owner in one second.
SYNOPSIS: Organizes and catalogs household possessions by
category, owner and location.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: 384K RAM, printer.
HOW TO START: Type HR.
SUGGESTED REGISTRATION: $25.00.
SERVICES PROVIDED: Each registered user receives: (1) the latest
version of Household Register without the shareware notice screens,
(2) Re-Index Module (3) Customer support by a member of the
Association of Shareware Professionals, (4) Advisement of program
updates, (5) List of additional products available and (6) product
discounts.
FILE DESCRIPTIONS:
HR EXE Main program file for Household Register.
HR OVR Overlay files used by Household Register.
HR DOC User manual for Household Register.
CAT DAT Text file of item categories used by the program.
LOC DAT Text file of locations used by the program.
OWNER DAT Text file of owners used by the program.
PRINTER DAT File of printers supported by the program.
PRINTER K1 Index file of printers supported by the program.
HRPRINT DEF Printer codes used by program to print reports.
HRHLP1 TXT Help file for main data entry screen.
HRHLP2 TXT Help file for report selection screen.
HRHLP3 TXT Help file for search selection criteria screen.
PRHLP TXT Help file for printer selection screen.
ORDER FRM Registration order form.
SAMPLE HRD Sample database data file.
SAMPLE H1 Sample database index file.
SAMPLE H2 Sample database index file.
SAMPLE H3 Sample database index file.
HRFILES TXT This file.
README TXT Intructions for quickly starting Household Register
and other useful information.
HRHLP1.TXT
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KEY FUNCTION COMMENT
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F Find Record. With this function you can find an item indexed
by category, location or owner.
E Edit Record. Edit the displayed record.
D Delete Record. Delete the displayed record.
A Add Record. Allows addition of a new record to the file.
C Copy Record. Same as Add but copies fields from current record.
Q/ESC Quit to Menu. Quit back to the main menu.
N Next Record. The next record will be displayed.
P Previous Record. The Previous record will be displayed.
T First Record. The first record will be displayed.
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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KEY FUNCTION COMMENT
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L Last Record. The last record will be displayed.
S Search File. Displays selector screen where you can set-up
search criteria. Selections are displayed on the
main screen.
R Report Screen. Displays the report selection screen where you can
select the type of report, where you want the
report listed and how to index the report.
+ Menu On. Allows the popup menus for the category, location
and owner fields to be displayed when adding or
editing a record.
- Menu Off. Turns the popup menus off for the category,
location and owner fields. With menus off, you
type data into the fields instead of selecting an
item from a menu.
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───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
─* EDIT MODE KEYS *─
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ESC Abort Edit/Add. This key may be used to Abort the Edit or Add
functions. The data files will not be updated.
F5 Delete Field. The field is deleted from the cursor position to
the end of the field and the cursor is placed at
the left margin of the field.
F10 Done Edit/Add. This key is used to end editing. The record is
written to the data files.
Tab key Skip to margin. This function will skip to start or end of field
contents.
─┘ key End field edit. This key will end editing in the current field.
The cursor is moved to the next field.
─ Backspace. This key will cause the cursor to move left and
erase the character to the left.
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───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
─* EDIT MODE KEYS *─
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Ins Insert Toggle. This key will toggle the insert mode On/Off.
Del Delete char. The character under the cursor will be deleted.
Field Up. This key is used to move to the previous field.
Field Down. This key is used to move to the next field.
Cursor Left. This key moves the cursor to the left.
Ü Cursor right. This key moves the cursor to the right.
** END OF HELP FILE **
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HRHLP2.TXT
** REPORT SCREEN ** Page 1
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This screen allows you to (1) select one of five report types, (2) specify one
of three output devices for the report, (3) decide to list the entire inven-
tory or just some of the inventory in your file, and (4) decide how to index
the report.
1. Report Type:
A. Total Value Prints report consisting of the following fields:
Item, *Category, Purchase Date, Quantity, and Value.
At the end of the report a summary report is printed,
showing the number of items in each *Category, the
total value of items in each *Category and finally the
total value of all items.
* Owner or Location will be used instead of Category,
if Owner or Location is selected to index the report.
B. Index Cards Prints report on continuous form index cards. All
(3 x 5) data fields are printed on each card.
** REPORT SCREEN - cont ** Page 2
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C. Cards
(8 1/2 X 11) Prints report on continuous paper (8 1/2 X 11) using
the index card format. Three index cards are printed
on each page.
D. Rolodex Prints report on continuous Rolodex cards. All data
(2 1/6 X 4) fields are printed on each card.
E. Warranty This report list all items that are/were warranted
along with the warranty expiration date. The
report will list whether the item is still under
warranty based on today's date.
2. List To:
A. Screen The report will be listed to the monitor screen.
Index Cards, Cards and Rolodex can't be listed to the
screen. (Report Types B, C and D).
B. Printer Report listed to printer. All report types can listed
to the printer.
** REPORT SCREEN - cont ** Page 3
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C. Disk If you select this item, you are prompted for a file
name to store the file on disk. All report types can
be listed to disk. The files can be edited with a
text editor or wordprocessor.
3. Select:
A. All All items in inventory file will be listed to the
output device previously selected.
B. Some Only those items that meet the selection criteria
specified on the SELECTOR SCREEN will be listed to the
output device selected.
4. Index By:
A. Category Report will be listed indexed by category.
B. Owner Report will be listed indexed by owner.
C. Location Report will be listed indexed by location.
HRHLP3.TXT
** SELECTOR SCREEN ** Page 1
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The SELECTOR SCREEN is displayed if "some" is selected from the REPORT SCREEN
or Search from the MAIN SCREEN. The purpose of this screen is to allow you to
selectively choose the inventory items you want displayed or included in a
report. Selections of records that you require from your inventory file are
made through entries in four fields.
1. Field Enter field name on which you wish to test, select item from
menu.
2. Operator Specify which test to perform. Select operator from menu.
3. Value Enter the value to be compared.
4. LogOp Select one of the logical operators from the menu (AND - OR).
Select END to end data entry on the screen.
Note 1: Up to eight selection criteria may be entered. The criteria are
evaluated in pairs and the pairs joined by a logical operator are evaluated top
to bottom to determine if the item is selected for output.
Note 2: All comparisons are case insensitive.
PRHLP.TXT
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*** PRINTER INSTALLATION HELP ***
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* Selecting Your Printer *
If your printer type is not displayed, press F)ind and return to get a listing
of the printers in the file. If your printer is listed, highlight the printer
using the arrow keys and press return. Your printer will then be displayed on
the Printer Installation Screen. Next press S)elect and the printer codes will
be recorded for use by Household Register.
If your printer is not listed, its necessary to add a printer definition for
your printer. To add a printer its necessary to enter the printer name, the
printer control codes for normal, compressed, bold/emphasied, underlined and
whether you will enter the codes in decimal, hex or ASCII.
To enter your printer definition, press A)dd, and fill in the following fields:
(1) PRINTER TYPE - the name you give your definition so you can recognize it in
the future, example Epson RX-80. (2) Enter D, H, or A to (decimal,hex, ASCII)
indicate with which you want to enter the control code instructions. The ID
and Description fields for the first four entries cannot be edited by you.
You can edit these fields after the first four fields, but the entries will not
be used by Household Register. ** Please Continue To The Next Page **
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To use all the printing features of Household Register you must enter the On
Codes and Off Codes for Normal, Compressed, Bold and Underline. The codes that
are used to implement the different instructions can usually be found in your
printer manual, they may be listed in decimal, hex, ASCII or all three.
For example the instruction characters to make an Epson MX/RX/FX/LQ print bold
are the "ESC" character followed by an "E". Each of the following correctly
define this sequence:
DECIMAL 27 69
HEX 1B 45
ASCII ESC E
or ASCII ^[ E
After entering the on/off codes for your printer press F10 to exit the data
entry. Next press S)elect and your printer definition will be written to a
file for use by Household Register.
** PLEASE REFER TO MANUAL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF NEDDED **
_______________________________________________________________________________
END
README.TXT
WELCOME TO HOUSEHOLD REGISTER:
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Household Register (HR) is the premier home inventory program
for IBM-PC users. Each database can hold up to 99,999 items,
and HR can use an unlimited number of databases. Each item in
your inventory is categorized by location, category and owner.
The program offers complete database management functions and
full featured report printing. Reports can be sent to the
screen, printer or a disk text file. Reports can be printed on
continuous form index or rolodex cards. An inventory valuation
report prints your complete inventory and a summary of total
items and total value by category, location or owner. This
program will prove invaluable for organizing your possessions
for reporting purposes in case of loss, theft or a natural
disaster.
The program is extremely easy to use, menu driven and can be
customized to fit your needs. The program features pop-up
menus on the data entry screen for the category (24 selec-
tions), location (24 selections) and owner (8 selections)
fields. You can easily change the selection items in the pop-
menu fields to fit your situation. Also for those who don't
like pop-up menus, the menus can be turned off and you can
enter data into the fields by typing. The pop-up menus can be
easily turned off and on from within the program.
Household Register also provides on line help screens about the
major program functions and a help-line is provided for all
data entry fields throughout the program.
INSTALLING HOUSEHOLD REGISTER ON SYSTEMS WITH A HARD DISK:
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The diskette that your copy of Household Register was distrib-
uted to you should not be used for running the program. You
should first make a back-up copy of the distribution disk and
then install Household Register on either your hard or floppy
disk system.
We recommend that you create a sub-directory that will contain
the Household Register program and associated files. The
following DOS commands will create a sub-directory for House-
hold Register:
C>CD\
C>MD\HR
Once you have created the new sub-directory, select the new
sub-directory by entering:
C>CD\HR
Insert the Household Register distribution disk into drive A.
Next, copy the contents of the Household Register distribution
diskette onto your hard disk by executing the following com-
mand:
C>COPY A:*.* C:
To run Household Register type HR and the program will load.
INSTALLING HOUSEHOLD REGISTER ON A FLOPPY DISKETTE:
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Please don't use Household Register distribution diskette to
run the program. Make a back-up copy of the distribution disk
prior to proceeding. Refer to your DOS manual for details if
you are unfamiliar with disk copying procedures. Using your
backup copy of the distribution disk, type HR at the DOS prompt
and the program will load and run.
GETTING STARTED:
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After typing HR a shareware notification screen is displayed,
just press any key and then the Household Register Main Menu is
displayed. We recommend the following to familiarize yourself
with the program:
1. Select Item # 7 from the Main Menu to print out the on-disk
users manual. The program is very straight forward and easy to
use but having the printout of the manual may be helpful if you
have a question over some feature.
2. If you have an old type CGA color card installed you may
notice some screen flickering, if this is the case select item
#2 from the Main Menu and the install Video Screen will be
displayed. On this screen press S to cycle to snow, then press
function key F10 to save the set-up to a parameter file. Next
press ESC to exit the screen and then press 9 on the Main Menu
to exit Household Register. Re-start Household Register by
typing HR and the screen flicker or snow will have disappeared.
The Install Video Type/Colors screen also can be used to change
some colors used in the program, but for now we recommend that
you use the default selections. You can experiment with the
color scheme at a later time.
3. If you have an Epson or Epson compatible printer, you can
skip this step. Next install your printer for use with House-
hold Register. Select item #4 "Install Printer" from the Main
Menu. As of the time this is being written, the program only
has built support for Epson printers but by the time you read
this you may be able to select from several printers. Press H
for help from the printer installation screen to get the
details on installing any printer for use with Household
Register. Basically, if your printer is not Epson compatible,
you will have to find in your printer manual the codes to turn
on and off the following: (1) Normal Print (Can be 10 or 12
characters per inch); (2) Compressed Print (Must be 15 Charac-
ters per inch or greater); (3) Bold or Emphasized Print; (4)
Underline. Now for those of you who can't find the codes or
don't have a printer manual, you still should be able to print
all the reports, except the index cards and rolodex cards. Use
the printer installation screen, add your printer and leave
blank the on/and off codes. Select your printer from the
installation screen so the blank codes are saved to the printer
definitions file. If you can manually select compressed print
on your printer, you can print on the index and rolodex cards.
Manually place your printer in compressed mode prior to print-
ing the cards.
4. We have included a sample data file with the program for
you to use to get quickly familiarize yourself with all the
features of the program. To use the sample database, select
item #1 "Update Household Register" from the Main Menu, the
program will load and the the file selection screen is
displayed.
Press return to load the sample datafile and enter the main House-
hold Register program. When you get ready to start your own
household datafile, press ESC at the on the file selection screen
and enter a name for your datafile. The screen will display the names of
up to 16 data files, however if you have more than 16 data
files and you want to load one that's not displayed, press ESC
and enter the file name.
Once you've loaded the sample datafile, use all the features of
the program, add, edit, delete some items. Use the report
screen to print out all the different reports. You probably don't
want to use your index/rolodex cards for sample data, but you
can print using regular computer paper to see how the output will
look on the cards. Use the selection screen to select specific
items for reports. See how fast the Find function can locate
items.
5. After you have familiarized yourself with the operation of
Household Register, press Q to quite, next you should customize
the program for yourself and family.
6. From the Main Menu Screen select item # 2, "Edit Menu
Descriptions". Use this selection to customize the location,
category and owner menus to fit your household. After this is
complete you can re-enter the main program and start entering
your household possessions into the program.
7. We hope that you enjoy using the program, we encourage you
to fill out the comment form included with the manual, if you
would like to see some changes or should discover a bug. We
welcome the comment form even if you decide not to register.
POWER TO THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #2187
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
CAT DAT 408 4-29-90 7:10p
HR EXE 144944 4-27-90 9:26p
HR OVR 81138 4-27-90 9:26p
HRFILES TXT 4409 4-30-90 5:06p
HRHLP1 TXT 4266 1-01-90 1:45a
HRHLP2 TXT 3380 7-15-89 2:21a
HRHLP3 TXT 1154 12-30-89 11:21p
HRPRINT DEF 224 12-28-89 11:20p
LOC DAT 408 1-15-90 2:15p
OWNER DAT 168 4-29-90 7:10p
PRHLP TXT 2687 12-31-89 9:42p
PRINTER DAT 3156 4-29-90 7:10p
PRINTER K1 2818 4-29-90 7:10p
README TXT 7663 4-27-90 9:18p
SAMPLE H1 5214 4-29-90 9:06p
SAMPLE H2 4566 4-29-90 9:06p
SAMPLE H3 5862 4-29-90 9:06p
SAMPLE HRD 26265 4-29-90 9:06p
FILE2187 TXT 2819 5-18-90 3:23p
GO BAT 38 10-19-87 3:56p
GO TXT 540 5-03-90 10:09a
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