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_______ MVP Software ____|__ | (R) 1035 Dallas SE --| | |------------------- Grand Rapids, MI 49507 | ____|__ | Association of (616) 245-8376 (voice line) | | |_| Shareware 1-800-968-9684 (orders only) |__| o | Professionals contact person: Dave Snyder -----| | |--------------------- CIS 70363,15 |___|___| MEMBER Taskmaster Version 4.80 Copyright (c) FmP 1988-1991 All rights reserved Worldwide FmP, Market Square Chambers, Market Square, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 1ET England Telephone (from US) 011 44 260 272398 Fax 011 44 260 276919 Exclusive North American representative: MVP Software Inc., 1035 Dallas SE, Grand Rapids MI 49507; (616) 245-8376 Please note: ------------ Taskmaster is also available as a commercial (non-shareware) product on MS-DOS, PC-DOS, Xenix, Unix and CDOS. The MS-DOS commercial release of Taskmaster is known as Taskmaster Professional and is subject to more regular updates than the shareware version and has a standard commercial support scheme. (All trademarks acknowledged). Reproduction of the product by Distributors: -------------------------------------------- (Commercial vendors, user groups, BBS operators, Computer Clubs, etc.) Distributors may charge a nominal disk fee. They must supply the entire original set of files but may add to these if they wish. Distributors may also combine the original files (plus any they may add) into a single file -- the suggested name is TM480.ZIP. Restrictions: ------------- Do not list Taskmaster in any advertisement, catalog etc. which describes Taskmaster either as "PUBLIC DOMAIN" or as "FREE SOFTWARE". Taskmaster is shareware. Shareware is "Try-Before-You-Buy" software; it is not free. The shareware version of Taskmaster must not be offered for sale with printed documentation. The following files must be in the root of all issue disks: GO.BAT : Batch file for installation from floppy PRINTMAN.BAT : Batch file to print the program manual INSTALL.TSK : The installer task INSTALL.OVR : Screens for the installer task LOGON.OVR : General Screens file FMPVT52.DEF : Video definition file LIST.COM : A Public Domain file viewer TM.EXE : The Taskmaster interpreter TMISSUE.EXE : Self extract archive - basic files TMEXAM.EXE : Self extract archive - additional examples TMMANUAL.EXE : Self extract archive - on-line manuals README : Product and registration information VENDOR.DOC : Information for shareware disk vendors LICENCE.FMP : Important product information for users Short Description: Taskmaster is the INTELLIGENT Menuing language. Completely programmable yet amazingly simple to learn, it will grow right along with your system. Supports LANs. Extensive on-line help. Developed in England and used by major British companies including British Gas South Western and Commercial Computer Services Ltd. Available for the first time in North America. Description: ----------- Taskmaster is the INTELLIGENT menu system. Typical menu systems make computers easier to use, which makes users more relaxed and productive. With a menu system users interact with a friendly "Front-End" while the menu system deals with the unfriendly operating system. This effectively shields the inexperienced or infrequent user from the unfriendly aspects of the operating system. Taskmaster does all this and much more. As the only programmable user interface product on the market, Taskmaster is unique. No single "front-end" can satisfy all users; Taskmaster therefore allows far more extensive and flexible configuration than competing products. Typical menu systems allow limited configuration of the user interface; e.g., define the names, locations and parameters of your applications. Taskmaster, however, is implemented as a high level language. It comes with user menu tasks which permit you to get up and running immediately while maintaining flexibility. Yet you may also program Taskmaster for TOTAL control of the user interface. Everything displayed on the screen is under your control. You are not stuck with someone else's ideas. Today you may only want Taskmaster's ease of use. But tomorrow YOU WILL NEED TASKMASTER'S UNSURPASSED FLEXIBILITY. Taskmaster is the ONLY user interface that you cannot outgrow. Not a programmer? If you can speak English you can program using Taskmaster's intuitive fourth-generation language. Yet it has the power to offer you complete control over the computing environment. Features include: * Supplied end-user tasks make Taskmaster suitable for beginners * Programability makes Taskmaster suitable for experts * Taskmaster can launch even the largest of applications * Can restrict access to system prompt, applications, directories * Can prevent other applications from providing access to a system prompt * Can implement timeouts on menus - for security and screen saving * Optionally provides secure access via user names and passwords * Can return you DIRECTLY to ANY PREVIOUS menu level * Ideal for data capture; able to pass data to applications * Data can easily be saved to disk for later restoration * No restrictions on complexity of each option * Taskmaster is an ideal first language - easier than BASIC! * Taskmaster is portable to other operating systems * Can perform scheduling of periodic routine tasks such as backups, etc. * Can report and act on results from any application * Automatically records user activity in an encrypted catalogue * Can easily log actions to a journal * Can create and read ASCII text files - e.g. output from utilities * Can directly read the screen - closing messages etc. * Can switch between video "screen pages" * Can get and set all file (and directory) attributes * Is intelligent, flexible, expandable, indispensable * Is upgradeable to Protean, a fuller programming language, LANs, Unix and CDOS systems -- in short, when your system grows, Taskmaster grows right along with it. * Minimum hardware requirements: 360K floppy, 256K RAM, DOS 2.0. * Upgradeable to interface with Unix, Xenix, and CDOS micro, mini and mainframe systems What users and reviewers are saying about Taskmaster: ---------------------------------------------------- ". . . an efficient language for the machines we use, giving faster processing and more code in the machines. . . . Our programmers also find Protean [Taskmaster's programming language] easy to learn and quick to use." -- Brian Downes, Systems Manager, British Gas South Western "[Taskmaster] was the natural choice because of its multi-user, networking capabilities and ease of support. Its compact size enables mainframe software to be permanently loaded alongside the application." -- Hugo Grimes, Commercial Computer Services Ltd "[Taskmaster] is an extremely professionally-designed language which has excellent professional-level documentation and is implemented in a way which gives me great confidence in its abilities. . . . In the multi-user, mixed- platform, multiple operating system environment for which it has been designed I believe you will be hard pressed to beat it. A very interesting and impressive product." -- PC Week (Britain), July 16, 1991. General Benefits of Registration: -------------------------------- Registered users receive the latest version of the product, which identifies itself as LICENSED. It will not display the second logon screen and may be prevented from displaying the first screen by means of a command line flag, thus allowing one task seamlessly to invoke others. Registered users also benefit from technical support and notice of new and existing products, some of which may also be available as Shareware. FmP is pleased to hear, from registered users, any ideas they have for enhance- ments to the product. FmP's policy is one of continuous product improvement. FmP may also pool applications written in Taskmaster and make them available to the user community. Registration Options: -------------------- (1) price: $79.95 Benefits: With this registration option you receive free product support via CompuServe, phone, or mail for a period of ninety days. After the initial ninety day period you may choose from a variety of support options. You also receive a free introductory membership to Compu- Serve, including a $15 usage credit. A $49 value, free with regi- stration! (2) price: $94.95 Benefits: With this registration option you receive everything included in (1) above, plus you receive a printed manual. The manual is provided at our cost. This is provided as an option because not all users will need a printed manual; the program comes with an extensive on-disk manual and series of help screens. Recommended for individual use where a printed manual is desired. The free CompuServe introductory membership and usage credit is also included with this option. (3) Taskmaster Professional, price: $249.95 Benefits: Taskmaster Professional, the commercial version of the product, includes a printed manual in a slipcase, free preferred lifetime support, and the following add-on products and services (available only to purchasers of Taskmaster Professional): Protean (upgrade product) various utilities and tools on-site installation, training and support UNIX, XENIX and CDOS versions Interface for micro and mainframe systems site licenses LAN support up to 70% discount on purchases for multi-user systems customized programming Contact MVP Software for details. Recommended for corporate, government or institutional users. The free CompuServe introductory membership and usage credit is also included with this option. IMPORTANT: Do not use the product unless you have read, understand and agree to abide by the terms of this license agreement. Please return the product without delay if you do not agree to abide by its terms. This license agreement relates specifically to the SHAREWARE MS-DOS version of the Taskmaster Software product (hereafter referred to as "Product"). Task- master is also available for other operating systems but not as Shareware and is in any event covered by separate agreements. Product identification: ---------------------- If you are unsure if the Taskmaster you have is unregistered shareware, registered shareware or Taskmaster Professional; please enter the command: TM <RETURN> The Product to which this license refers will contain the word SHAREWARE on the first line. LICENSE AGREEMENT The product is NEITHER "Public Domain" NOR "Freeware". Taskmaster is a Copyrighted software product developed and owned exclusively by FmP located in Congleton, Cheshire, England. Copyright (C) FmP 1988-91. All rights reserved worldwide. LICENSE ------- You are entitled to use this shareware version of the product on a single computer for an evaluation period not to exceed 30 days. During this period: If you experience any difficulty in using the product on a "clone" computer please inform FmP immediately. After 30 days you have the following options: 1. Register your copy by sending the appropriate payment to FmP, or in the United States and Canada to MVP Software Inc. 2. Purchase a registered version of shareware Taskmaster from an FmP appointed software dealer. 3. Purchase Professional Taskmaster. 4. Cease using the product. Reproduction of the product by end-users: ---------------------------------------- The unregistered shareware version of Taskmaster may be FREELY REPRODUCED and distributed by users, provided that they receive no payment, commercial benefit or any other consideration whatsoever for such services and that no copyright notices (contained within the product, displayed by the product or present on magnetic media) are changed or removed and that the shareware version is distributed in its original form and entirety. An option to make such a copy is provided via OVERVIEW.TSK. All recipients of such copies of this product must agree to the terms of this License. Reproduction of the product by Distributors: ------------------------------------------- If you wish to distribute and charge a disk fee of no more than $10 for any FmP shareware product, you must inform FmP beforehand. In the United States or Canada contact our authorized distributor, MVP Software, 1035 Dallas SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507; (616) 245-8376. Distribution via BBS is permitted without authorization. RESTRICTIONS ------------ Taskmaster must NOT be sold or otherwise provided as part of a larger system, or as a part of a more inclusive product or service, without express written consent and licensing from FmP. The rights to receive any such financial or other benefit, and to modify the product or employ its components in any kind of derivative work, are reserved exclusively by FmP. You may not reverse- engineer, disassemble, modify, decompile or create derivative works of the product. LIMITED WARRANTY ---------------- This product is licensed "as is" without any guarantee of any kind, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, all of which are expressly disclaimed. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ----------------------- In no event will FmP or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, shareholders, or other related parties be liable to you or any third party for consequential or incidental damages, including but not limited to any lost profits, or loss of goodwill, arising in connection with the use of or inability to use the product, or any part thereof, even if FmP has been appraised of the likelihood of such damages occurring. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ------------------ This License is not a sale of the original product or any copies thereof. FmP retains ownership of the product and all subsequent copies of the product, regardless of the form in which the copies may exist. Taskmaster is a trademark of FmP and the FmP Logo is Copyright (C) FmP 1989-1991. Contractor/Manufacturer is FmP, Market Square Chambers, Congleton Cheshire, CW12 1ET, England. ENTIRE AGREEMENT ---------------- You acknowledge that you have read this License Agreement, understand it, and that it is the complete and exclusive statement of your agreement with FmP which supersedes any prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications between FmP and you relating to the subject matter of this License Agreement. GOVERNING LAW ------------- This License Agreement shall be governed by the Laws of England. FmP Market Square Chambers Market Square Congleton Cheshire CW12 1ET England MVP Software is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an 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 49442-9427 or send a Compuserve message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. Order Form You can purchase Taskmaster with manual or Taskmaster Professional from your local software dealer. If he doesn't carry Taskmaster, have him contact MVP Software at the address and phone number below. Otherwise, mail this order form to MVP Software, or order by phone with Master Card or Visa. Name __________________________________________________ Company _______________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________ City __________________________________________________ State or Province _________________________ Zip Code ________________ Type of computer ______________________________________ Disk size (circle one) 5.25" 3.5" I am ordering the following product (circle one): Taskmaster (without manual) $79.95 MI residents add $3.00 sales tax Taskmaster (with manual) 94.95 MI residents add $3.40 sales tax Taskmaster Professional 249.95 MI residents add $10.00 sales tax Choose shipping option (check one): _____ Add $3.00 shipping for UPS ground or USPS first class. _____ Add $10.00 shipping for UPS 2nd day air. _____ Add $20.00 shipping for UPS overnight or USPS Express Mail delivery. Total enclosed: ______________________ I received the shareware version of Taskmaster from: _______________________________________________________ For credit card orders only: MC/Visa card number ___________________________________ Expiration date _______________________________________ Comments about Taskmaster: Mail order form to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507 24 hour order line: 1-800-968-9684 information and inquiries: (616) 245-8376 Fax: (616) 942-7505 For information about site licenses, multi-user or other operating system versions and discounts, Protean and other Taskmaster utilities, products and upgrades please contact MVP Software.