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_____________________________________________________________ | | | | | -:-:-: FISHTIME :-:-:- | | | | Copyright 1991, 1993 - Edward J. Panner | | | | C & E Associates | | 119 Placid Drive | | Fort Myers, Fla. | | 33919-6104 | | | | | | | | _______ | | ____|__ | (R) | | --| | |------------------- | | | ____|__ | Association of | | | | |_| Shareware | | |__| o | Professionals | | -----| | |--------------------- | | |___|___| MEMBER | | | |_____________________________________________________________| C & E Fishing Time Forecaster Documentation Since the earliest times man has been aware of a cyclic pattern associated with his success in hunting and fishing. Over the years he has observed a relationship between feeding and activity patterns of fish and game and the phases of the moon. This is not to say that there are not many other factors such as temperature, barometric pressure and others but all serious hunters and fishermen will agree that this lunar relationship is real and important. It is for this reason that many publications print probability graphs or Over/Under time tables to help you determine the most productive hunting and fishing times. The program FISHTIME has been written to evaluate not only the moon's phases but also its position in the sky including its North South travels during a lunar month as it orbits the earth. It allows you to do this for any date after January 1st, 1980 and for any location in the continental United States. In addition, it includes the effects involving the time of day such as dawn and twilight which have always played an important part in the feeding patterns of fish and game. Operation of the program requires virtually no instruction beyond the screen prompts. Detailed discussions of the program features are presented in this documentation. C & E Associates has chosen to use the Shareware concept to dis- tribute this program. This is good for us in that it contains many of the costs associated with a retail sales effort. It is good for you since it allows you to make an intelligent buying decision by trying the program to make sure it does what you want before you spend your money. It does however bring with it a legal and moral commitment to buy (Register) the program after you have tried it and found it to be to your liking. The authors of Shareware receive NO money from the distribution of their efforts until you, the user, register it. If you believe the effort that goes into writing a program such as this deserves the fifteen dollar registration fee then please register by sending your check along with the form included at the end of the documentation. No program features have been "held back" until you register the program. When you register, you will receive a copy of the lat- est version of the program as well as discounts on any future program upgrades. In addition, you will be kept informed about several other programs in development on related subjects. Prog- gram support will be provided to both non-registered and regist- ered users using Compuserve Mail addressed to Edward J. Panner, (72717,1612) or by U.S.Mail addressed to Edward J. Panner at the registration address. This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with a ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a Compuserve message via Compuserve Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. Additional information about the legalities of Shareware may be found in the appendix to this documentation. Program Information LOCATION DATA- In order to accurately predict optimum fishing times the program needs to know your geographic position. The more precisely you enter this data, the more accurate the results will be. Latitude for the continental United States is always a positive number and should be entered as a decimal value. For example, 32 degrees and 30 minutes should be entered as 30.5 degrees. If possible, try to enter location data to nearest 0.5 degrees. Longitude in the continental United States is always a negative value and must be entered as such. Again, it would be desirable to enter it to the nearest 0.5 degrees. To enter your location, choose "UPDATE LOCATION" from the menu. Enter the data as it is requested. You may use up and down arrows to move through the data field to edit existing data. Answer Yes or No to the Daylight Saving time query. If you answer Yes, the program output will be displayed in daylight savings time from the end of April to the end of October and will be so labeled on the program displays. When you have finished entering or editing the location data, press the END key to write the location file. This data will be loaded whenever you start the program until you change it. TIME ZONES- The program displays probability/time data for the time zone calculated from the Longitude you have entered in your location data. The time is delayed by one hour for every 15 degree change in Longitude. Unfortunately, the time zones do not change at exact lines of Longitude, instead they meander in an approximate North/South direction to avoid splitting towns and other geographic boundaries. At any rate, the time zone calculated by the program is shown on the program output screens and will be correct for most loca- tions but may have to be adjusted by one hour for others. The moon cares little for our time zones and predictions are based only on the coordinates entered. THE CITIES FILE- Latitude and Longitude data is not always readily available so a list of major cities has been made available to let you approximate your geographic position. While the results may not be as precise as if you had entered your exact location, it may well be close enough for your purposes. To enter the data for one of these cities, select the CITY FILE option from the menu choices, select a city near you and enter its listing number. The location data for that city is automati- cally entered and will be used until you change it. If you have selected data from the cities list you may edit it just as you can edit data you have entered. Your changes will stay in effect until you change them. Be advised however, your changes do not modify the Cities File so if you read the data for that city again you will get the original values. A SINGLE DATE RUN- To run the program for a single date, select BEGIN EXECUTION from the menu. You will be asked to enter the date of interest. The date should be entered in the MO/DY/YR format. It will be checked for validity and you will be asked to confirm it. Press the HOME key to restart if there is an error or any other key to proceed with the program. The probability graph is displayed and will remain on the screen until you press any key at which time you will be returned to the menu screen.. Pressing the ESC key will return you to the menu screen from virtually anywhere in the program. RUNNING A BLOCK OF DAYS- You may wish to display a block of days in sequence without entering the date for each one. Choose RUN DATE BLOCK from the menu. You will be asked to enter the Start date. After you do, the date will be checked for validity. You are then asked to confirm it and then to enter the End date. After this date is checked and confirmed the program will dis- play the requested dates in sequence simply by pressing any key after each one. If you wish to stop before completing the series, press the ESC key to return to the menu. PRIME TIME LIST- In addition to the graphic display, you may want to display or print a list of prime times for any day or block of days. Choose the LIST PRIME TIMES option from the menu screen. The operation is straight forward in that you will be asked about hard copy, block of days and dates. The two prime times for the days of interest will be listed on the screen and, if you requested hard copy, also on the line printer. GENERAL COMMENTS- Make sure that the program, the location data file and the cities file are all in the same subdirectory. If the program is started and cannot find the location data file it will automatically switch to the routine for creating one. This would happen for example if the location data file were in a different subdirectory. Appendix to FISHTIME Documentation Shareware Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all or to a specific group. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. FISHTIME is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but do not give it away altered or as part of another program. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using FISHTIME and continue to use it after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $15.00 to C & E Associates. The registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any num- ber of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Anyone distributing FISHTIME for any kind of remuneration must first contact C & E Associates at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering FISHTIME immediately (However C & E Associates must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version.) Registration Form Name _____________________________________________ Street ___________________________________________ City, State ______________________________________ Please send registration fee of $15.00 to: C & E Associates 119 Placid Drive Fort Myers, Fla. 33919 --------------------------------------------- (Press <PRINT SCREEN> to copy form)