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- Turbo ScrEdit v.1.0
- (C)opyright 1989 by iHn Systems
- All rights are reserved.
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- Welcome to Turbo ScrEdit. Turbo ScrEdit is a complete screen management
- system for programmers using (tm)Turbo Pascal 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0, and
- (tm)Turbo C 1.5, 2.0. Some of Turbo ScrEdit's features are listed below.
- You can:
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- 1. Use screen editor that allows you to easily:
- a - toggle the keyboard characters set between regular ASCII
- characters and the extended graphics characters.
- b - draw lines and boxes with just a few keystrokes.
- c - select text color attributes for a single character
- or for painting all or any part of the screen.
- d - move or copy screen text by block or line.
- e - undo changes.
- f - define up to 128 data entry or display only fields on a
- screen.
- 2. Change the order that the screen fields are addressed during
- data entry.
- 3. Assign each field a different color to be used during data
- entry, for displaying empty fields, and for displaying fields
- containing data.
- 4. Specify the type of data that can be keyed into a field.
- (any keyboard characters, alphabetical only, or numeric with
- with from 0 to 6 decimal places.)
- 5. Generate source code for your language that is ready to be
- compiled and run. The code generated is commented to aid you
- in merging it into your code.
- 6. Access fields from the screen by name, just as you would
- any other field in a record.
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- Other features include:
- 1. Automatic backup files.
- 2. Fully supported MsDos(tm) paths and directories.
- 3. The entire manual is implemented in the on-line help system; you
- can view or print all or part of the manual whenever you need
- it with just a few keystrokes.
- 4. Direct video memory access for lightning fast screen displays.
- 5. Programs using Turbo ScrEdit procedures will run on monochrome,
- CGA, EGA, and VGA with out recompiling. Turbo ScrEdit procedures
- detect the video type and automatically adjust to it.
- 6. Comes complete with a tutor and a demonstration screen file.
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- iHn Systesm wants to send you $10.00.
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- We appriciate our customers here at iHn Systems, and want to share
- our success. We pay a $10.00 commission to any registered user who
- helps us sell a copy of Turbo ScrEdit. Just have the person ordering
- a registered copy of Turbo ScrEdit include your registration number
- in the reference box on our order form.
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- This offer is not extended to shareware vendors, or employees of
- shareware vendors.
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- ** DISCLAIMER **
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- Turbo ScrEdit diskettes, programs, and documentation are distributed AS IS,
- with no guarantee it will work correctly in any or all situations.
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- - The manual may contain errors and/or omissions. In no event will
- iHn Systems be liable for any damages or losses of any type.
- YOU USE Turbo ScrEdit AT YOUR OWN RISK. Further, all offers for
- technical support, notification of updated versions, including the
- stated fees for updated versions, are subject to withdrawal or
- increase without prior notice.
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- - IF YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING ALL CONDITIONS AS
- STATED ABOVE AND AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE LEGAL TERMS AND
- CONDITIONS AS STATED IN THE NOTES TO USERS SECTIONS. If you do not
- accept these conditions and terms then delete the Turbo ScrEdit
- files from your system!
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- - No refunds will be granted under any conditions. The evaluation
- version is provided so you can determine the suitability of Turbo
- ScrEdit for your needs before you purchase a license.
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- - Installation Files.
- HARDDISK.BAT.....Hard drive installation procedures for ScrSys.exe.
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- FLOPPY.BAT.......Floppy disk installation procedures for ScrSys.exe.
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- SETUP.EXE........Provided on a seperate diskette with the registered
- version of Turbo ScrEdit.
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- - The following files make up the Turbo ScrEdit system and must reside on
- the same directory or diskette.
- SCREDIT.COM
- SCRED001.CHN
- SCRED002.CHN
- SCRED003.CHN
- SCRED004.CHN
- SCREDIT.SCR
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- - Interface source coded required for source generation and compiling.
- SCRED30.PAS......This file contains the procedures that are
- required by your Turbo Pascal 3.0 programs
- that use Turbo ScrEdit screens.
- SCRED40.PAS......This file contains the procedures that are
- required by your Turbo Pascal 4.0 and 5.0
- programs that use Turbo ScrEdit screens. This
- code will compile into a .TPU (units) file.
- SCRED3&4.PAS.....Common procedures used in SCRED30.PAS and SCRED40.PAS.
- SCREDIT.C........This file contains the procedures that are
- required by your Turbo C programs that will be
- using using Turbo ScrEdit screens.
- SCREDIT.H........Header file for ScrEdit.C
- SKELETON.P.......This is Turbo Pascal source code used by
- Turbo ScrEdit when it creates source code for you
- to access the screens in your files.
- SKELETON.C.......This is the Turbo C source code used by
- Turbo ScrEdit when it generates "C" source code.
- SKELETON.DOC.....A complete description of the skeleton files.
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- - Other Files and Learning aids supplied with ScrEdit:
- ORDER.DOC........This file contains ordering information for
- Turbo ScrEdit and other iHn Systems' products.
- TUTOR.DOC........This document is a tutor that will step you
- through creating and editing screens and
- compiling them into source code.
- Use MsDos(tm) PRINT to make a hard copy.
- SCRDEMO.SCR......A screen file and the source code that
- SCRDEMO.P........demonstrates all the capabilities of ScrEdit's
- SCRDEMO.C........field validation language. It is used for
- examples in the tutor TUTOR.DOC.
- SCRDEMO.PRJ......Example project file for integrated environment.
- COMING...........Infomation about enhancements that are being
- performed on Turbo ScrEdit. And a demonstration
- of the windowing procedures provided with the
- registered version of Turbo ScrEdit.
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- Minimum System Requirements:
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- Turbo ScrEdit 1.0 is designed to be used with (tm)Turbo Pascal 3.0, 4.0,
- 5.0 and (tm)Turbo C 1.5 and 2.0. Turbo ScrEdit will run on the IBM PC, AT,
- XT, PS/2, or 100% compatible running PC Dos (Ms-Dos) 2.0 thru 3.3.
- Minimum system requirements are, 192k user memory, two floppy drives or
- one floppy drive and a hard drive. ScrEdit will run on monochrome (TTL),
- CGA, EGA, or VGA systems.
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- You will be installing Turbo ScrEdit from archive files downloaded from
- a bulletin board system or from distribution diskettes distributed by
- shareware vendors or from the registered systems disk distributed by
- iHn Systems.
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- First we will discuss installing from the distribution diskettes distributed
- by iHn Systems:
- ScrSys.Exe, SysFiles.Exe, Floppy.bat, HardDisk.Bat, PrintMe.1st.
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- -- If you are installing Turbo ScrEdit on a duel floppy disk system
- follow these steps:
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- Step 1 - Format a diskette with the DOS system files on it and
- label it "Turbo ScrEdit System (A:)".
- Create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file on this diskette with at least
- the following:
- Path A:\;B:\
- Step 2 - Format two data diskettes. Label one "Turbo ScrEdit Files (B:)"
- and the other "Turbo ScrEdit Documentation".
- Step 3 - Insert the "Turbo ScrEdit System" disk in Drive A: and
- your distribution diskette in drive B:.
- Step 4 - Type "B:Floppy" and follow the instructions.
- Step 5 - When the install routine is finished place the diskette labeled
- "Turbo ScrEdit System" into drive B: and the diskette Labeled
- "Turbo ScrEdit Files" into drive A:
- Step 6 - Type B:
- Type ScrEdit i/b:\
- Step 7 - Type A:
- Step 8 - Make back up copies of these diskettes. Turbo ScrEdit is now
- ready to be used. You will find a description of the key strokes
- needed to access the Turbo ScrEdit main menu in the disclaimer
- page of PRINTME.1ST.
- Step 9 - Take a few hours and go through TUTOR.DOC to learn how to use
- Turbo ScrEdit.
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- -- If you are installing Turbo ScrEdit on a system with a hard drive
- follow these steps:
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- Step 1 - Create a directory on your hard disk for Turbo ScrEdit to
- reside in. Example:
- MkDir \PASCAL\SCREDIT
- Step 2 - Make the new directory the current dos directory. Example:
- ChDir \PASCAL\SCREDIT
- Step 3 - Place the distribution diskette into drive A: and type:
- A:HARDDISK
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- Step 4 - When all the files are unpacked and the DOS prompt is visible
- type:
- ScrEdit i/C:\PASCAL\SCREDIT
- Step 5 - Add the new path to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Example:
- Path C:;C:\PASCAL;C:\PASCAL\SCREDIT
- Step 6 - Turbo ScrEdit is now ready to be used. You will find a
- description of the key strokes needed to access the Turbo
- ScrEdit main menu in the disclaimer section of PRINTME.1ST.
- Step 7 - Take a few hours and go through TUTOR.DOC to learn how to use
- Turbo ScrEdit.
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- Next we will discussion installing Turbo ScrEdit from the archive files
- ScrDesk1.Arc and ScrDisk2.Arc. These files will are distributed by shareware
- vendors or can be downloaded from bulletin boards.
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- -- If you are installing Turbo ScrEdit on a duel floppy disk system
- follow these steps:
- Step 1 - Format a diskette with the DOS system files on it and
- label it "Turbo ScrEdit System (A:)".
- Create a AUTOEXEC.BAT file on this diskette with at least
- the following:
- Path A:\B:\
- Extract the following files from ScrEdit2.Arc and place them
- on this diskette:
- SKELETON.C,
- SKELETON.P,
- SCRED40.PAS,
- SCRED30.PAS,
- SCREDIT.C,SCREDIT.H
- Step 2 - Format a data diskette and label it "Turbo ScrEdit Files (B:)"
- Extract the following files from ScrDisk1.Arc and place them
- on this diskette:
- SCREDIT.COM
- SCRED001.CHN
- SCRED002.CHN
- SCRED003.CHN
- SCRED004.CHN
- SCREDIT.SCR
- Step 3 - Format a diskette and label it "Turbo ScrEdit Documentation".
- Extract the following files from ScrDisk2.Arc and place them
- on this diskette:
- TUTOR.DOC
- ORDER.DOC
- SCRDEMO.SCR
- SCRDEMO.C,SCRDEMO.PRJ
- SCRDEMO.P
- SKELETON.DOC
- COMEING.EXE
- Step 4 - When you are finished place "Turbo ScrEdit System" diskette in
- drive A:, and "Turbo ScrEdit Files" in drive B:.
- Step 5 - Now we must install Turbo ScrEdit so it will know where it
- resides.. Type:
- ScrEdit i/b:\
- Step 6 - A:
- Step 7 - Make back up copies of these diskettes. Turbo ScrEdit is now
- ready to be used. You will find a description of the key strokes
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- needed to access the Turbo ScrEdit main menu in the disclaimer
- section of PRINTME.1ST.
- Step 9 - Take a few hours and go through TUTOR.DOC to learn how to use
- Turbo ScrEdit.
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- -- If you are installing Turbo ScrEdit on a system with a hard drive
- follow these steps:
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- Step 1 - Create a directory on your hard disk for Turbo ScrEdit to
- reside in. Example:
- MkDir \PASCAL\SCREDIT
- Step 2 - Make the new directory the current dos directory. Example:
- ChDir \PASCAL\SCREDIT
- Step 3 - Unpack the archive diskettes unto this directory using you
- archive utilities.
- Step 4 - When all the files are unpacked and the DOS prompt is visible
- type:
- ScrEdit i/C:\PASCAL\SCREDIT
- Step 5 - Add the new path to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Example:
- Path C:;C:\PASCAL;C:\PASCAL\SCREDIT
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Step 6 - Turbo ScrEdit is now ready to be used. You will find a
- description of the key strokes needed to access the Turbo
- ScrEdit main menu in the disclaimer section of PRINTME.1ST.
- Step 7 - Take a few hours and go through TUTOR.DOC to learn how to use
- Turbo ScrEdit.
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- Setting up to use Turbo ScrEdit:
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- Some of the files that come with Turbo ScrEdit can be deleted if you only
- have one type of compiler. Be sure to check that you don't delete any files
- that will be required for all you compilers.
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- ===> Turbo C 1.5, 2.0 users
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- Delete ScrEd30.pas, ScrEd40.pas, Skeleton.P, ScrDemo.P.
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- Turbo ScrEdit procedures "ScrEdit.C" must be available to be used
- in an "#include" statement.
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- ===> Turbo Pascal 3.0 users
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- Delete ScrEd40.pas, ScrEdit.C, Skeleton.C, ScrDemo.C
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- Turbo ScrEdit procedures "ScrEd30.pas" must be available to be used in an
- "{$Include ScrEd30.pas}" statement.
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- ===> Turbo Pascal 4.0, 5.0 users
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- Delete ScrEd30.pas, ScrEdit.C, Skeleton.C, ScrDemo.C, ScrEdit.H
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- The source code "ScrEd40.Pas" has been provided to create a unit (.TPU)
- file for Turbo ScrEdit. There are several ways that you can implement Turbo
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- ScrEdit in your system.
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- 1. The most basic way is to copy ScrEd40.pas into the directory when you
- are creating a program. When you compile your program the compiler
- will convert the source into a unit.
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- The disadvantage to this method is you must have the source code present
- in this directory any time you select the 'Make' or 'Build' options.
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- I don't recommend using this option.
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- 2. A better way to use Turbo ScrEdit is to compile ScrEd40.pas into a unit
- file and copy the resulting unit (ScrEd40.TPU) into the 'Units
- Directory' defined in the compiler configuration file:
- - TP 4.0 see page 163 of your manual "Unit Directories".
- - TP 5.0 see page 184 of your Users Guide "Unit Directories".
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- The advantage of this method is you can delete the ScrEd40.pas source
- code from your system and use a single copy of the unit file for all
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- programs using Turbo ScrEdit procedures. The "Make" and "Build" compiler
- options will not require that the source be present.
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- 3. The final option is to compile a unit file from ScrEd40.pas and move the
- unit into the compiler "standard unit library" (Turbo.Lib).
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- Step1. Copy ScrEd40.Tpu to your Turbo Pascal 4.0 directory.
- Step2. Make sure you have the utility program TPUMOVER.EXE that
- came on you Turbo Pascal 4.0/5.0 distribution diskette on
- the directory.
- Step3. Type "tpumover turbo.tpl /+ScrEd40.Tpu"
- Step4. Delete ScrEd40.Tpu and ScrEd40.pas from the directory.
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- You are now ready to use ScrEdit in your programs by using the uses
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- USES SCRED40;
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- If you should need to remove ScrEd40.tpu from the Turbo Pascal 4.0
- standard unit library:
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- Type "tpumover turbo.tpl /-ScrEd40"
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- The following files should be deleted after printing:
- PRINTME.1ST
- TUTOR.DOC
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- After working through the examples in Tutor.Doc, delete the
- following files:
- SCRDEMO.P, SCRDEMO.C, SCRDEMO.SCR, SCRDEMO.BAK, SCRDEMO.SBK
- SCREDMO.PRJ
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- A note to the unregistered user of Turbo ScrEdit:
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- If your version of Turbo ScrEdit has a blinking message on the logo
- screen, then you have in your possession an evaluation version. The
- evaluation version of Turbo ScrEdit is the complete system, nothing
- has been omitted. A timed loop will display an introduction message
- each time you start Turbo ScrEdit. This timed message is designed to
- remind you that you should take time to become a registered user of
- Turbo ScrEdit.
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- The registered version of Turbo ScrEdit will not have a time delay
- message at startup, instead it will instantly display your name,
- address, and registration number.
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- This introduction version is intended to introduce you to Turbo
- ScrEdit and to allow you to get some 'hands on' experience before you
- have to make an investment. I am confident that you will find Turbo
- ScrEdit is a handy tool for program development and that it is fun to
- use.
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- I have chosen the "SHAREWARE" method to distribute Turbo ScrEdit for
- several reasons:
- - First, I like the "try before you buy" approach of shareware. I
- have software setting on my shelf that I would not have bought if I
- could have had a hour or two alone with it.
- - Second, I like the honor system approach. It's really quite simple;
- if you are going to use this program you should register, if you
- are not all that thrilled with the program then delete it, or pass
- it on.
- - Third, I want to keep the price for Turbo ScrEdit reasonable.
- - Fourth, and perhaps the most important, I am a working stiff just
- like you, and I can't finance an advertising campaign.
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- Sorry.. If you are not a registered user I cannot give you any support
- for using Turbo ScrEdit. However I would be very interested in
- receiving any comments or complaints that you may have concerning
- Turbo ScrEdit. Direct your comments to the address given for
- registration.
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- To register use the order form "ORDER.DOC" or send $39.95 to:
- iHn Systems
- P.O. Box 4436
- Pocatello, Idaho. 83205-4436
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- Legal Terms and Conditions for using and distributing the
- EVALUATION version of ScrEdit:
- - You may copy and distribute the evaluation version of Turbo
- ScrEdit to anyone. No fees in excess of $10.00 may be accepted for
- distributing this evaluation version of Turbo ScrEdit.
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- - Copies of Turbo ScrEdit distributed must be complete and
- unmodified.
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- - You may not collect a fee for any program that is developed using
- the evaluation version of Turbo ScrEdit.
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- - You may not use any programs in a business environment that have
- been developed using the evaluation version of Turbo ScrEdit.
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- A Note to registered users of ScrEdit:
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- Thank you for taking the time to become a registered user of ScrEdit.
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- If you have any problems, suggestions for enhancements, or just
- questions on how Turbo ScrEdit works, then write me a letter. Include
- a self addressed stamped envelope and I will try to answer your
- questions in a reasonable amount of time. Be sure to include your
- registration number found on the system logo screen.
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- In the case of a problem, send a diskette with the problem screen
- file, your code, and a description of the problem as you see it. I
- will do what I can to help you resolve your problem. Include a phone
- number where you can be reached collect if you would like me to call
- you and discuss the problem with you. Also include return postage.
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- In the case of suggestions for enhancements, if you are the first
- person to make a enhancement suggestion that I decide to implement in
- ScrEdit, you will receive a free updated copy of ScrEdit. The first
- person will be determined by post marks.
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- In the case that you have a comment or two pertaining to anything
- about ScrEdit.. I would be very interested to hear them.
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- As a registered user, you will be notified of the release of new
- versions of ScrEdit. You will be able to purchase updated version for
- $9.95. See order form "ORDER.DOC" for more details.
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- Send any correspondences to:
- iHn Systems
- P.O. Box 4436
- Pocatello, Idaho. 83205-4436
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- Legal Terms And Conditions for using the REGISTERED version of ScrEdit:
- - The registered version of Turbo ScrEdit may be copied for archival
- purposes only.
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- - Each registered copy of this software may be used on only one
- machine at a any given time.
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- - Each registered version of Turbo ScrEdit may be used by any number
- of people as long as Turbo ScrEdit is not used on more than one
- machine at any given time. If you need to have more than one
- person using this software at the same time, you should register
- for additional copies.
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- - Registered users of Turbo ScrEdit may freely sell and or
- distributed programs that contain compiled ScrEdit procedures.
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- Printing the Manual:
- ScrEdit's manual is incorporated into the interactive help
- system. To print a copy of the manual:
- 1. From the MAIN MENU screen press F7.
- 2. When the manual screen is displayed press F1.
- 3. Press 'E' and ENTER.
- Turbo ScrEdit will print the entire manual.
- 4. Press ESC to return to the Main menu.
-