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********************** * * * E Z - F O R M S * * * ********************** Overview Manual Revision C February 1986 Exclusive Distributor: ENERCO ASSOCIATES 403 NASA Road 1 East, Suite 377 Webster, TX 77598 (713) 482-0210 (c) Copyright 1984,85,86: MaeDae Enterprises All rights reserved. 1826 Wren League City, TX 77573 CREATE / REVISE / FILL-IN / SAVE / NUMBER ALL KINDS OF FORMS. WORD PROCESSING FEATURES AND PROTECTED FIELDS MAKE IT EASY! EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 2 PREFACE EZ-FORMS is distributed under the "Shareware" concept. Feel free to pass copies of diskette 1 to your friends, neighbors, PC users groups, and other interested parties. This program may be uploaded to bulletin boards provided this documentation file and sample forms are included. Please check the diskette labels to see which diskettes can be freely distributed. YOU MAY NOT SELL EZ-FORMS! Disclaimer: MaeDae Enterprises and Enerco Associates make NO claims AND offers NO warranties of any sort with EZ-FORMS. MaeDae Enterprises and Enerco Associates assume NO responsibility for any sort of damage resulting from the apparent or actual use of EZ-FORMS (mental or physical). MaeDae Enterprises DOES want to know of any problems users have with EZ-FORMS and will fix any "bugs" found by our users. We will also try to incorporate changes and enhancements based on our users suggestions. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ----------------- ------ 1.0 INTRODUCTION 4 2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION 4 2.1 Installation of EZ-FORMS (Registered Version) 5 2.2 Installation of EZ-FORMS (BBS/Limited Version) 5 3.0 USING EZ-FORMS REV C 6 3.1 Main menu 7 3.2 Suggestions/example usage 7 3.3 Second Level Menus 10 3.3.1 Print form 10 3.3.2 Utilities Menu 11 3.4 Setting up fields 12 3.5 Key descriptions 13 3.6 Printing 16 3.7 Notes on EZ-Forms 17 4.0 USING EZ-INSTAL 20 4.1 Main menu 20 4.2 Example usage 21 4.3 Second level menus 22 4.3.1 Define colors 22 4.3.2 Printer options 24 4.3.3 Editor options 25 4.3.4 Status of all options 26 4.4 Notes on EZInstal 27 5.0 REGISTRATION OPTIONS 28 5.1 Full registration (with commission)-- $40.00 28 5.2 No registration -- $15.00 29 5.3 Site License -- $200.00 29 6.0 DESCRIPTION OF MASTER FORMS 30 (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION ----------------- EZ-FORMS is a form-generating program that allows you, the user, to generate master forms tailored to your individual needs. Revision C of EZ-FORMS is made up of an installation program, called EZINSTAL and the main program, EZ-FORMS. EZINSTAL lets you customize EZ-FORMS to suit your preferences. EZ-FORMS is a stand-alone program and will work without you EVER having to specify any defaults unless you want to. Those of us who have color monitors like to be able to choose colors, EZINSTAL allows you to choose ALL of the default colors. Other options include support for different printers and customizing the editor (help level, INS/OVR default, and tab distance). 2.0 GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------------ EZ-FORMS allows you to create or revise a master form or a completed (filled out) form. A master form can be altered only if you are operating in the "create or revise a master form" mode. Master and completed forms can be stored as well as printed. Once a master form has been created and saved, it can be recalled an unlimited number of times to be filled out and then stored as a completed form. EZ-FORMS supports IBM (Epson) compatible printers as well as several other printers, however only Epson, Prowriter, and certain other printers can take advantage of the compressed mode used by EZ-FORMS when printing out larger forms. EZ-FORMS requires an IBM PC or IBM PC compatible with at least 256K of RAM (only 192K of this is needed by EZ-FORMS). Direct screen memory access is used to provide high speed screen updates. This may make EZ-FORMS unusable on some "not too close" IBM PC compatibles. If after loading EZ-FORMS, you see only text, no borders, then you have a compatibility problem. If you provide MaeDae Enterprises with information on your screen memory starting address, MaeDae Enterprises will try to include your display adapter particulars in the EZ-FORMS defaults. IBM monochrome, color, and enhanced graphics adapters are known to work with EZ-FORMS. If you are using an IBM color graphics card with a "green screen" then you must use the DOS mode command that is on your DOS diskette to default to black and white (type MODE BW80 and then run EZ-FORMS). If you are using a serial printer, then use the DOS MODE command to route the serial printer to LPT1 (see the DOS manual for details). EZ-FORMS now uses an overlay file (EZ.000). Please ensure that it is on the default drive when you first start up EZ-FORMS. Once started, EZ-FORMS will not reference the file for the rest of the current session. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 5 2.1 INSTALLATION OF EZ-FORMS (REGISTERED VERSION): --------------------------------------------------- In the package you should have received two diskettes labeled #1 of 2 "Shareware OK to Distribute" and #2 of 2 "Not Shareware". The first thing you should do is to make backup copies of both of these diskettes using the DOS DISKCOPY command and store the originals in a safe place. Diskette System: Copy all of the files from Diskette #1 to a formatted diskette (with SYSTEM and your own AUTOEXEC.BAT if you choose), then copy only EZINSTAL.COM from diskette #2 to your work diskette. This will override the Shareware version of EZINSTAL.COM and allow full access to the printer setup, etc. routines. Also, you may copy any form from diskette #2 that looks interesting to you onto your work diskette. Then to run the program, just type "GO" <cr>. If you want to bypass the documentation overview, then just type "EZ" <cr>. Hard Disk System: First, create a subdirectory called "EZFORMS". eg, at C> type MD\EZFORMS <cr>. Copy all of the files from diskette #1 to this subdirectory followed by diskette #2. That is, put diskette #1 into drive A and type: COPY A:*.* C:\EZFORMS <cr> Then do the save for diskette #2 and type: COPY A:*.* C:\EZFORMS <cr> Make sure you log to the C:\EZFORMS subdirectory: At C> type, CD\EZFORMS <cr> You can then run EZINSTAL.COM, GO.BAT, or EZ.COM as per above. 2.2 INSTALLATION OF EZ-FORMS (BBS OR LIMITED VERSION) ------------------------------------------------------ Follow the same installation as above but refer only to diskette #1. The BBS and limited version of EZ-FORMS consist of only the first diskette of the two diskette set provided to registered users. The files will normally be combined into a .LBR or .ARC file. If the extension is .LBR then you must use either LU86 or LUE to "break" out the files from the library. If the extension is .ARC then use ARC to "break" out the files. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 6 3.0 USING EZ-FORMS REV C ------------------------ Everything has a beginning. The ballerina begins by sticking her foot into her slipper, the college professor by finding his box of multicolored chalk, and you'll begin by loading DOS into your computer. If you are an experienced computer user then type EZ and skip to the description of the menu items. However, if you're not a long time PC user you may need to take it slowly. So find the diskette that has your DOS on it. After loading DOS, type EZ and press enter. At this point, some nice to know information will come up. The graphic characters in the display didn't reproduce very well on printers, so I've given you the same information below in a slightly different format. -------------------------[EZ-FORMS rev C]----------------------------- | | | EZ-FORMS (tm) Forms Generator, rev C. Registration #C00100453. | | (c) Copyright 1986. David Black, MaeDae Enterprises, 1826 Wren, | | League City,TX 77573. Distributed by Enerco Associates. | | | | EZ-FORMS is distributed under the Shareware concept. Feel free to | | pass copies to your friends. If you find EZ-FORMS useful, we urge | | you to register your copy ($40 plus $3 shipping and handling). | | Registration provides: | | > Printed indepth EZ-FORMS manual, phone support, and < | | > current version of EZ-FORMS. Also included is a $10 < | | > commission when someone else registers one of your copies.< | | You can register by mail or phone. When phoning in registration | | pass on the above registration number. Mail orders to: | | Enerco Associates, 403 NASA Road 1 East, Suite 377, Webster, | | TX 77598. Phone number: 713/482-0210. | | | | Press any key to continue. | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Basically, if you are this far along, your computer has enough memory to run EZ-FORMS. Press any key. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 7 3.1 MAIN MENU -------------- -----------[*** EZ-FORMS ***]------------ | | | | | <1> Create/Revise Master Form | | <2> Complete a Master Form | | | | <3> Revise Completed Form | | <4> Print Form | | | | <5> Utilities | | <6> General Information | | | | <7> Exit to DOS | | | | | | Press Your Selection | | | | | ----------------------------------------- The Main Menu options with descriptions are below. 1. Create/Revise Master Form: This option allows you to create a new master form or revise an existing one. You can designate the form size (maximum size is 86 lines by 130 columns), add (or delete) a border and draw horizontal or vertical lines (sorry no diagonal lines at this time). The cursor control keys are enabled, so you can "walk around" a newly created form. 2. Complete a Master Form: With this option, you can retrieve, and complete a copy of a master form. Text added to the original master form can be manipulated, however, any text which is part of the master form can't be changed. 3. Revise Completed Form: Here you can recall a completed form for revision. This option is the same as option two, except you're not starting with with a "clean slate" master form. You have complete freedom to revise any portion of the form except for the master form outline and text. 4. Print a Form: This option gives you full access to the computer directories and drives to allow you flexibility in searching out and printing forms. If you have an Epson or Epson compatible, then you can take advantage of the compressed print format for larger forms. 5. Utilities: This section lets advanced users really "play" with EZ-FORMS. You will be able to manipulate forms -- erase, copy, and even rename forms. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 8 6. General Information: For those of you who will just have to run EZ-FORMS before reading the documentation, here is a short overview. 7. Exit to DOS: All good things must come to an end. Choose this option if you want to leave EZ-FORMS and return to DOS. 3.2 SUGGESTIONS/EXAMPLE USAGE ----------------------------- STEPS FOR EXAMPLE: Creating a form named TEMP. 1. Bring up EZ-FORMS. NOTE: You must be in DOS with EZ.COM on the diskette in the active drive or have it on your hard disk in the active directory. Type EZ and then press enter. 2. Press any key to go from the EZ-FORMS logo to the Main Menu. 3. Select 1 for Create/Revise Master Form. The screen will clear and you will be presented with a menu of all the existing master forms. 4. Press enter to signal that you are ready to select a form. Type TEMP and press enter. A menu will appear asking you to define the form size. 5. Select 3 for a 40 line by 80 column form. You are now in the edit mode for a master form. 6. Press F7. A border will appear around the entire form. Notice that the bottom of the form is missing. We are only looking at the 1st 24 lines of a 40 line form. 7. Press PgDn. The rest of the form will now appear. 8. Press F5 for a line. Move the cursor to the right side of the form by pressing Ctrl and the keypad right arrow. Press F5 again. We have just drawn a horizontal line on line 17 of our form. Don't worry about the "-" in column 1 of the form overwriting part of the border. Just press F7 once more to restore the border. 9. Be creative. Walk around on the form and type in text, make vertical lines, or anything you desire. Refer to this manual or press F1 (Help) for more information on the key functions. Refer to section 3.4 (Setting up fields) for information on how to add fields to the form. Don't forget to press any key to resume editing. 10. For some boxes in the form, hold down the Alt key and press one of the keys between F1 and F6. This will allow you to insert graphic characters in the text. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 9 11. Press F10 (Exit). We are ready to save our masterpiece. 12. Select 6 (Save and Exit). When asked for the file name type TEMP and press enter. TEMP will now be saved. 13. Select 2 (Complete a Master Form). A directory of master forms will be displayed. Press enter, type TEMP, and press enter again. 14. You are now in the "complete a form" mode. Walk around on the screen and "fill out" the form you generated earlier. Notice how the master form itself is protected from erasure. 15. Press F10 (Exit). We have now completed a master form. 16. Select 6 (Save and Exit). When asked for the file name type TEMP01 and press enter. We have just saved our first completed form (notice the 01 we added after TEMP in the file name, this allows easy reference later). 17. We are now back at the Main Menu. From here you can print TEMP or call it in for further revision. 18. When you are done, press 7 (Exit to DOS). NOTE: EZ-FORMS can import normal ASCII text files into any form. This area of the EZ-FORMS should be reserved for the expert user. You can import ASCII text files produced by wordprocessors or even the forms from some of the commercial forms packages. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 10 3.3 EZ-FORMS SECOND LEVEL MENUS -------------------------------- The following menus can only be reached by selecting an option from a earlier menu. From the main menu - options 4 and 5 present you with the second level menus for printing and utilities. These menus are described below. 3.3.1 PRINT MENU ---------------- ----------[*** PRINT MENU ***]----------- | | | | | <1> Print Master Form | | <2> Print Completed Form | | | | <3> Change logged drive | | <4> Change Directory | | | | <5> Return -- I'm Done! | | | | | | Press Your Selection | | | ----------------------------------------- From the print menu you can select either a master or completed form for printing. If the form you want to print is on another drive or directory then you can use options 3 or 4 to get to the form and then print it. For notes on how to do the printing and what capability the different printers have please refer to section 3.6 PRINTING. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 11 3.3.2 UTILITIES MENU -------------------- --------[*** UTILITIES MENU ***]--------- | | | | | <1> Erase a Form | | <2> Copy a Form | | | | <3> Rename a Form | | <4> Display Directory | | | | <5> Check Free Disk Space | | <6> Change Directory | | | | <7> Change Default Drive | | <8> Return to Main Menu | | | | | | Press Your Selection | | | | | ----------------------------------------- From the utilities menu you can erase, copy, or rename a master or completed form. Option 4 on this menu will display ALL files, not just those related to EZ-FORMS. If you are using this section it is assumed that you are fairly familiar with your PC's operation. Please note that you cannot use option 3 to rename a form to its current name or use option 5 to check free disk space on any drive other than the default drive. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 12 3.5 KEY DESCRIPTIONS --------------------- Generating a master form consists of determining form dimensions, drawing lines, and adding appropriate text. EZ-FORMS defines the numeric keypad keys, the keyboard keys, and function keys to make this task easy. KEYPAD KEYS: With the exception of the insert and delete keys, all keypad keys are non-destructive, that is, the character under the cursor is not changed. FUNCTION KEYS: These keys perform different functions depending on whether you are working on a master form or a completed form. FUNCTION KEYS ARE NUMERIC KEY PAD CURSOR MOVEMENT KEYS F1 HELP UP ARROW ONE LINE UP F2 RESIZE FORM DOWN ARROW ONE LINE DOWN F3 INSERT FIELD MARKERS RIGHT ARROW ONE COLUMN RIGHT F4 REMOVE FIELD MARKERS LEFT ARROW ONE COLUMN LEFT F5 DRAW LINE CTRL RIGHT ARROW RIGHT SIDE OF FORM F6 ERASE LINE CTRL LEFT ARROW LEFT SIDE OF FORM F7 DRAW BORDER PGUP ONE PAGE UP F8 ERASE BORDER PGDN ONE PAGE DOWN F9 CLEAR FORM HOME UPPER LEFT OF PAGE F10 EXIT -- SAVE MENU END LOWER LEFT OF PAGE CTRL HOME UPPER LEFT OF FORM NOTE: F3 and F4 work with CTRL END LOWER LEFT OF FORM field markers for ENTIRE CTRL UP ARROW TOP OF FORM SAME COL form. Use CtrlK I and E CTRL DOWN ARROW BOTTOM OF FORM " " for sections of a form. Alt F1-F6 will allow you to draw the border characters at any point within the form. Notes: F3 and F4 work with field markers for the entire form, not just a portion (use CtrlK I and E for a portion). These field markers can be inserted using the tilde from the keyboard and erased simply by spacing over them. For F5 and F6 position the cursor at the beginning point and press the function key once. Then position cursor at the ending point and press the function key again. F5 and F6 can be used for either vertical or horizontal line drawing/erasing. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 13 KEYBOARD KEYS: All letters and numbers are entered as you normally would from the keyboard. Some keys are special keyboard keys which are a combination of the control key (or ALT) and another key. In these cases (for example the control right arrow), hold the control (or ALT) key down and press the second key (in this case, the right arrow key). The special keyboard keys are: enter/return: move one line down, start of line backspace: move cursor one position left along with the rest of the line ins: toggle between insert and overwrite for the editor CURRENT DATE/TIME FEED INSERT OR DELETE LINE CtrlF + D FEED DATE Ctrl Enter INSERT LINE CtrlF + T FEED TIME Ctrl Y DELETE LINE NOTE: Must have room on the NOTE: Insert may cause the last line to display full time or line of the form to be pushed off date. Also current system the end. Also text will be lost time and date must be correct. if you try to write over a protected character. Insert line will cause EACH and EVERY line to move down by one. BE CAREFUL! (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 14 SET REGULAR/EXPERT MODE Esc SELECT ASSISTANCE LEVEL -- All of the block operations and many of the operations in EZ-FORMS will give extra information and prompt you prior to performing the function. In the regular mode you receive all messages. The regular mode is the default. BLOCK TEXT OPERATIONS BLOCK FILE OPERATIONS B BEGIN BLOCK W WRITE BLOCK TO DISK K END BLOCK R READ BLOCK FROM DISK V MOVE MARKED BLOCK C COPY MARKED BLOCK Y DELETE MARKED BLOCK BLOCK PRINTER OPERATIONS U UNMARK BLOCK I INSERT FIELD MARKERS P PRINT COPY AS IS E ERASE FIELD MARKERS NOTE: Block operations consist of two keystrokes -- CtrlK + above key. CtrlK means while holding down the Ctrl key press the K key. Block text and block file operations use the marked text area and the current cursor location. Example -- for a block move the block will be moved from the highlighted area to where the cursor was when you pressed the CtrlK V key combination. A block consists of at least two lines and two columns. The beginning of the block, CtrlK B, must be up and to the left of the end of the block, CtrlK E, by at least TWO positions. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 15 3.6 PRINTING ------------- If you don't have a printer, then you've got problems. This section assumes you have no problems (at least not printer type problems). EZ-FORMS supports various dot matrix and daisy wheel printers such as type Epson MX, FX, and RX series, the Prowriter dot matrix, and the C.ITOH Starwriter series printers. EZ-FORMS does not require you to define your printer type before you can print. A default printer type is assumed which should work with any printer but will not be able to print out the larger forms. All you have to do is to run the install program (EZINSTAL) and select your printer type from the menu to enable printing out larger forms. That is, if your printer supports it. ** Note: If you have a printer (example MX-100) which can handle wide forms and want to use compressed print on narrow (80 column) paper, then select MX-80 instead of MX-100. ** Once you get past the option 4 from the main menu or the CtrlK P while in the editing mode, you will see the following menu. --------------[*** PRINT OPTIONS ***]-------------- | | | <1> Print only master form portion | | <2> Print only completed form portion | | (Clear Forms Overlay) | | <3> Print all portions of form | | <4> Print multiple copies | | <5> Abort printing | | <6> Ready to print -- Do it! | | | | Status: Print all portions of the form. | | Print 1 copy(ies). | | | | Press your selection (1-6)? | | | --------------------------------------------------- Options 1 and 2 allow you to selectively print out only a portion of the form. One use for option 2 is if you have preprinted forms, then on completed forms you can print only the filled in portion on the preprinted form (clear forms overlay). Option 3 allows you to return the printing mode to the default -- print all portions of the form. Option 4 provides the capability to print multiple copies. This might come in handy if you need to print 2 copies, one for your records and one for the customer. Option 5 allows you to return to what you were doing without going thru the printing. This is the OOPS option. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 16 Once you have everything set up, option 6 allows you to go ahead and print. Please note that the status section on the menu will always reflect the portion of the form to be printed and the number of copies desired. Press any key to abort printing. EZ- FORMS will give you a chance to stop printing. Here are some notes to help keep your association with EZ-FORMS on a friendly basis. 1. Most printers can print 66 lines per page. Most of the pre- defined forms are 64 lines x 80 columns, allowing a couple of extra lines at the end to compensate for paper alignment. Adjust your printer so that the first line prints at the very top of the page. If you don't, some of the forms may spill over onto the next page. 2. Some printers have micro-justification (usually controlled by a switch inside the printer). Make sure this switch is off before using EZ-FORMS (usually this means turning off the switch AND turning the printer off and back on). If your printer uses micro-justification then the right border of the printed form will NOT line up vertically. 3. If you do not have an Epson compatible, Prowriter, Toshiba dot matrix printer, or certain other printers then you can't use the compressed print mode. 4. EZ-INSTAL will now allow you to describe to EZ-FORMS the codes needed for any printer. If you use this option to install a new printer type and would like for it to be supported in future versions of EZ-INSTAL then do a print screen on the printer code summary display. Mail it to us and we will try to include direct support for your printer in the next software update. 5. Some laser printers may require that you save the form to an ASCII file via the export provisions in EZ-FORMS. Then after proper printer initialization, you can print the ASCII file from DOS with the command: COPY "filename" PRN (or LPT1:, COM1, ETC.). (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 17 3.7 NOTES ON EZ-FORMS ---------------------- A collection of information relating to EZ-FORMS is listed below. These items didn't seem to fit into any of the other sections but needed to be passed on to you. HISTORY OF REVISIONS: Forms ver 1.0 Mar 1985 Basic Version Forms ver 1.1 Apr 1985 Added color windows. More logical layout of menus. Enhanced editor. EZ-Forms rev A May 1985 Added more forms. Enhanced documentation. EZ-Forms rev A* Jul 1985 Better handling of registration numbers for registered users. Updated program and documentation. EZ-Forms rev B Sep 1985 All colors and many program options (Evaluation version) user installable. Enhanced editor. Limited printer installation menu. Limited number of predefined forms. EZ-Forms rev B* Oct 1985 Full installation program included. (Production version) More predefined forms included. Enhanced printed manual. More block commands in editor. Utilities are more friendly. Expanded online user help. Fixed a couple of minor bugs. EZ-Forms rev B** Jan 1986 Enhanced import/export functions. Added two additional forms for registered users. More online help. Trivial/minor revision. EZ-Forms rev C Feb 1986 Added auto numbering for forms. Use of Alt F1-F6 to draw in forms. Added more forms for registered users. Corrected bug in HP Thinkjet printer driver. Added additional forms. ALL printer codes can now be set up by the user (see printer portion of EZINSTAL). Major revision. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 18 GENERAL: 1. Special thanks to Robert Granger for use of his color windowing package. It made writing EZ-FORMS and EZINSTAL much easier and gave them a special touch. 2. EZ-FORMS and EZINSTAL was written in Pascal. The source for EZ-FORMS consists of about 4000 lines of code, about 2000 lines for EZINSTAL. 3. Screen manipulation, including windowing, is handled by writing directly to screen memory. This provides extremely fast screen updates and allows high speed text scrolling on the screen. Checks are performed to determine if your system is color or monochrome. The corresponding section of memory is used. 4. EZ-FORMS (only diskette #1 of registered version) is a "Shareware" software package. Please provide suggestions for improvement when you register your copy. EZ-FORMS will continue to improve as long as people suggest improvements and contribute toward its development. Reference the registration form. 5. If you have chosen an Epson compatible printer, then EZ-FORMS will use compressed print and adjust the line spacing as necessary to fit your form to fit on a single sheet of paper. 6. The limit on directory size for EZ-FORMS is 2000 files. If you have more files that this in a SINGLE directory, then please divide it prior to running EZ-FORMS. 7. EZ-FORMS rev B and C can read forms created be earlier versions of this package. The only things you loose using a form created under a earlier version is the solid lines and recognition of the border in the editor. The editor won't automatically place the cursor in column 2 when you press enter. MEMORY USAGE: Memory resident programs, such as SideKick or printer spoolers will subtract from the amount of memory available to run EZ- FORMS. If you have only 256K of memory and load in any memory resident programs, then EZ-FORMS may not run. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 19 FUTURE PLANS FOR EZ-FORMS: Future versions of EZ-FORMS will have expanded capabilities provided a demand is demonstrated for this package. If you find EZ-FORMS useful I urge you to register your copy and get the latest version. Future versions will include: 1. Word wrap. 2. Compression of forms. This will allow you to store as many as 5 to 10 times the number of forms in the same space (reduce file size from about 5200 bytes to 700 bytes for master forms). 3. Printer support for many other printers, to include bolding and underlining plus multiple font selection for selected portions of the text. 4. Color support to show on-screen text bolding, underlining, and other wordprocessing options. 5. Optional password checking prior to allowing master forms to be revised. 6. Several diskettes containing additional master forms will soon be available. Forms to be included cover business, home, accounting, and engineering fields. 7. Limited math capability to allow adding columns of numbers. FUTURE PLANS FOR THE EZ SERIES: 1. SUPER FORMS. The next generation of EZ-FORMS incorporating word wrap, form compression, and many other wordprocessing features like multiple page documents. Introduction is planned for JUL/AUG 1986. 2. EZ-WRITE. A simple but powerful word processing package incorporating many of the features of EZ-FORMS. It will include compression for your documents. Introduction date is planned for SEP/OCT 1986. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 20 4.0 USING EZINSTAL ------------------- The EZ-Forms diskette contains a program you may never need to run -- that is unless you want to customize the way EZ-Forms runs. EZINSTAL is the installation program for EZ-Forms. Everything in EZ-Forms is defaulted such that most users will never NEED to reconfigure it, except for printer type. If you run EZINSTAL you will see the menu below after the opening credits. 4.1 EZINSTAL Main Menu ----------------------- -----[*** EZ-FORMS Installation ***]----- | | | | | <1> Define Colors | | <2> Printer Options | | | | <3> Editor Options | | <4> Show Options | | | | <5> Abandon -- No Changes | | <6> Exit and Retain Changes | | | | | | Press Your Selection | | | | | ----------------------------------------- What each of these options offers you is laid out in the following menus. When you select any of the first 4 options then you will see one of the menus listed in the second level menus area (4.3). Option 5 will abandon (fancy for throw away) any changes made during running EZINSTAL. Option 6 will exit and update the configuration file (EZ-FORMS.CNF) on the default drive and directory. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 21 4.2 EXAMPLE USAGE ------------------ STEPS FOR EXAMPLE: Updating configuration file for printer type. 1. Bring up EZINSTAL. To do this insert the diskette with EZINSTAL.COM on it. Type EZINSTAL and press enter. 2. After you admire the opening menu for a few seconds press any key to get rid of it. 3. Press option 4 for a display showing the status of ALL the EZ-FORMS installable options. 4. Take note of the default printer type. It will be burried about one half of the way down in the text at the bottom of the screen. It should be "Plain Dot Matrix". Not many of us have a "plain" anything. So lets install it for our printer type. 5. Press any key to return to the main installation menu. 6. Press 2 for printer options. A menu containing different printer options will appear. 7. Press 1 to select a new printer type. If you see your printer type on the menu that now appears, then press the letter by it. If not, then probably the "Plain Dot Matrix" printer type will be a good guess. Press the letter by it. 8. After you select your printer type, the previous menu will return. Press 5 to exit (return to the main menu). 9. The main menu will appear. 10. Feel free to redefine the colors or any other item you would like. If you change the default colors, please ensure they are different from each other (i.e. don't use black text on a black background). Use the show options 4, to see how all the colors look together. 11. At this point you can press 4 to view the options again or 6 to save your configuration and return to DOS. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 22 4.3 SECOND LEVEL MENUS ---------------------- The following menus are encountered only if you make the corresponding selection from the main EZINSTAL menu. 4.3.1 DEFINE COLORS ------------------- ---------[CHANGE DEFAULT COLORS]--------- | | | | | <1> Change Main Text Color | | <2> Change Secondary Text Color | | | | <3> Change Warning/Status Text | | <4> Change Text Background Color | | | | <5> Change Normal Border Color | | <6> Change Warning Border Color | | | | <7> Change Block Text Background | | <8> Exit | | | | | | Press Your Selection | | | | | ----------------------------------------- This area allows you to change ALL colors used in EZ-FORMS. Listed below are some of the colors that seem to work well for EZ-FORMS. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 23 Color definitions: Dark Colors Light Colors 0 Black 8 Dark Gray 1 Blue 9 Light Blue 2 Green 10 Light Green 3 Cyan 11 Light Cyan 4 Red 12 Light Red 5 Magenta 13 Light Magenta 6 Brown 14 Yellow 7 LightGray 15 White Some colors that seem to work well: USED FOR INITIAL DEFAULTS COLOR COMPOSITE B&W -------- ---------------- ----- ------------- Main text color: 14 0 15 Secondary text: 7 1 8 Warning/status: 4 4 15 Normal window: 9 6 7 Warning window: 4 4 15 Text background: 0 7 0 Block background: 2 2 7 NOTE: Some RGB monitors do not have the capability to vary the intensity. What this means really is that your RGB monitor may have the capability to display only the dark colors and not the light colors. Most newer color RGB systems do not have this problem. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 24 4.3.2 PRINTER OPTIONS ---------------------- --------[CHANGE PRINTER OPTIONS]--------- | | | | | <1> Select different printer | | <2> Change printer lf/cr | | | | <3> Change lf print delay | | <4> Line feed to top of page | | | | <5> Exit | | | | | | Press Your Selection | | | | | ----------------------------------------- From the printer options menu you have the capability to customize much of the way EZ-FORMS works with your printer. Option 1 allows you to select a different type of printer. Many of the printers listed when you press 1 will support the larger form sizes (up to 86 lines by 130 columns). A few of the printers like the IBM Graphics Printer will even support printing FULL graphic characters allowing SOLID lines on the printed form. Option 2 enables you to compensate for some printers which automatically give you a line feed when you send a carriage return, resulting in double spacing. If your printer has a tendency to double space then this option will allow you to tell EZ-FORMS not to send a line feed when printing. If you make a mistake on this selection and disable the line feeds when you actually need them, then EZ-FORMS will print the entire form on a single line without advancing the paper. Option 3 (Change line feed print delay). Certain printers have trouble advancing the paper to the next line if you send a line feed too closely after a carriage return. This option allows you to slow down this one portion of printing only. For example, the IBM Graphics Printer seems to require a delay of about 50. In contrast, my Gemini-10X works fine with 0 print delay. Just adjust this delay if only a couple of lines out of the ENTIRE form print too closely together (vertical spacing). The required delay is probably specific to each individual printer and not the class itself. Option 4 provides you the capability to disable the paper advancing automatically to the top of the next page after printing a form. This could prove very useful if you like to print short forms where several will fit on a single page. Option 5 allows you to return to the main menu after you finish. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 25 4.3.3 EDITOR OPTIONS --------------------- --------[EDITOR/DISPLAY OPTIONS]--------- | | | | | <1> Disable display adapter | | <2> Set tab length | | | | <3> Sort file directories | | <4> Regular/Expert mode | | | | <5> INS/OVR default | | <6> Exit | | | | | | Press Your Selection | | | | | ----------------------------------------- This area of the EZ-FORMS install program allows you to work with some of the less obvious features plus gives you the power to make EZ-FORMS virtually unusable to anyone but the expert user. Lets see how to go about that. Option 1 - Many computers contain display adapters that give little white spots (snow) anytime you try to put the text on the screen in a rapid manner. EZ-FORMS routinely turns off the display adapter to prevent you from seeing the snow. That is why you see the whole screen blank at times. If your computer doesn't have this sort of trouble then you can tell EZ-FORMS not to disable the screen. By not disabling the screen you should see quicker updates of text and almost no blinking of the screen. Option 2 - Tab performs two functions in EZ-FORMS. In the master mode it is a normal tab. In completed forms it jumps between "fields"/unprotected text areas. This option allows you to set the number of spaces the cursor moves to the right when you press the tab key ONLY in the master form mode. The form is divided up into equal sections, each the default tab length. When you press tab the cursor moves to the start of the next section. Option 3 - Directory listings are normally sorted. This will take only a couple of seconds for a small collection of forms but may take a couple of minutes if you approach the maximum number of forms supported by EZ-FORMS (2000 in a single directory). If the sort time starts taking too long then use option 3 to disable it. A quick sort routine is used but even it takes some time to do the job. Option 4 - This option allows you to set EZ-FORMS up for a regular or expert user. Many of the operations in EZ-FORMS provide additional information about selections. If the expert mode is selected then none of the additional information is (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 26 provided. The user always has the option to press Esc while in the EZ-FORMS editor to alter the default. I recommend that if several people normally use the program, then leave the default set to regular user and let the experts use Esc to temporarly alter the default. Option 5 - The INS/OVR option allows you to alter the default for the EZ-FORMS editor to either insert or overwrite. The normal default is overwrite. This seems to be the best compromise if you deal a lot with both master and completed forms. If you work mostly with completed forms then insert may be a better default. 4.3.4 STATUS OF ALL OPTIONS ---------------------------- ----------------------------[DEFINED OPTIONS]--------------------------- | | |Dark Colors Light Colors Current defaults: | | | |0 Black 8 Dark Gray Main text color is: 0 | |1 Blue 9 Light Blue Secondary text color is: 1 | |2 Green 10 Light Green Warning/status text color is: 4 | |3 Cyan 11 Light Cyan Normal window border color is: 6 | |4 Red 12 Light Red Warning window border color is: 4| |5 Magenta 13 Light Magenta Text background color is: 7 | |6 Brown 14 Yellow Block text background color is: 2| |7 LightGray 15 White | | | |Disable display adapter during direct access of video screen memory. | |Sort files when doing a directory listing. | |Set tab distance to 6 spaces. | |Default printer name is: Plain Dot Matrix. | |Use line feeds to advance printer paper to top of next page. | |Use a line feed/carriage return at the end of printing a line(normal).| |Delay 50 ms after printing each line. | |Editor insert/overwrite default is to overwrite. | | | | Press any key to continue. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When you press option 4 from the main menu you will see a display like the one above. The colors and status of the options will depend on how you have your default configuration file set up. This display is a very useful one because it shows you how ALL of the colors are going to look when you use EZ-FORMS. Look at the text under "Current defaults". If any of the seven lines are missing, then you have chosen an incompatible color set. For example, you can't choose black text on a black background. ALL the EZ-FORMS installable options are displayed here for your review. I hope you have as much fun modifying the options as I did when I initially checked everything out. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 27 4.4 NOTES ON EZINSTAL ---------------------- Listed below are a few things I wanted to pass on to you concerning EZINSTAL but didn't fit into any other area. 1. Special thanks to Robert Granger for use of his color windowing package. 2. EZINSTAL was written in PASCAL and consists of about 2000 lines of code. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 28 5.0 REGISTRATION OPTIONS ------------------------- Four levels of registration are available. They are detailed below. 5.1 FULL REGISTRATION -- $40.00 -------------------------------- BENEFITS: a. Unique Registration Number. Every time someone registers for full registration using your unique registration number, a $10.00 commission ($25.00 if a site license) will be paid directly to you. You will also receive the latest version of EZ-FORMS free and one major update free. b. Printed users manual. c. Free phone support for 30 days. After that, you can subscribe for additional phone support for $25.00 per year. You may purchase a software update (with printed manual) at any time for $25.00. d. Membership in Form Exchange Service. We will act as a focal point so members can exchange useful master forms. Mail in several of your forms (on diskette), and we will return your diskette with a selection of other forms in your requested field of interest. 5.2 NO REGISTRATION -- $15.00 ----------------------------- YOU RECEIVE: a. A copy of the latest version of EZ-FORMS. (all pre-defined forms will NOT be supplied) b. Notification of other software products developed by MaeDae Enterprises. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 29 5.4 SITE LICENSE -- $200.00 --------------------------- YOU RECEIVE: a. Right to make unlimited copies for on site use at one location (1 original set of software). b. Full registration as detailed in 5.1 above. c. Five copies of the users manual. NOTE: Add $3 shipping and handling to all above prices. Texas residents must add 6.125% sales tax. Send all registrations and inquires to: Enerco Associates 403 NASA Road 1 East, Suite 377 Webster, TX 77598 (713) 482-0210 We accept Visa, American Express, and Master Charge by mail and phone. POs are accepted only from established companies and must be hard copy. We will ship your copy of EZ-FORMS normally within 48 hours. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 30 6.0 DESCRIPTION OF MASTER FORMS ------------------------------- ACCRECV FRM ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SUMMARY ANEXPREP FRM ANNUAL EXPENSE REPORT ANNUPLAN FRM ANNUAL PLAN LAID OUT BY YEAR AND MONTH ASSIGNTR FRM ASSIGN TERRITORY, ACCOUNT, CONTACT, SALES, & QUOTA AVOIDVO FRM AVOID VERBAL ORDERS (MEMO FORM) BBSLIST FRM BBS LISTING - BOARD, TYPE, PASSWORD, & TIME LIMIT. BUGREPT FRM EZ-FORMS BUG REPORT FORM. DOCUMENT ANY BUGS. BUSCARD FRM FORM CONSISTING OF 10 BUSINESS CARDS CALENDAR FRM GENERAL CALENDAR CAN BE COMPLETED FOR ANY MONTH COMPULOG FRM LOG FORM TO DOCUMENT USE OF COMPUTER FOR IRS CORRINST FRM CORRESPONDENCE INSTRUCTIONS - PURPOSE & DIRECTIONS CUSTBILL FRM CUST BILLING MEMO. LABOR, TRAVEL EXP, DESC OF WORK DATAENTR FRM GEN DATABASE ENTRY FORM. NAME, DOB, FAMILY, PH#s DAYNOTES FRM BROKEN UP BY DAY OF WEEK AND HAS AREA FOR NOTES EO FRM ENGINEERING ORDER. EXAMPLE OF TECHNICAL FORM EO-CONT FRM CONTINUATION OF ENGINEERING ORDER FORM (EO.FRM) EXPENSE2 FRM EXPENSES - CHARGE, DATE, PURPOSE, AMOUNT, ETC EXPENSES FRM SUMMARY OF EXPENSES - MEALS, TRANS, EXP, MISC. FORMORD FRM WE WILL CUSTOM DESIGN FORMS FOR YOU - SEE FORM! FORMSREC FRM FORMS RECORD INVOICE FRM INVOICE LISTING ITEM, QTY, PRICE, & TOTAL. INVOICE2 FRM SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF ABOVE INVOICE INVOICE3 FRM INVOICE FORM FOR SMALL ORDERS SHIPPED TO CUSTOMERS LEDGERAS FRM LEDGER SERIES - ACCOUNT SUMMARY (WK OR MONTHLY) LEDGERDD FRM - DAILY DETAIL LEDGERPR FRM - PAYROLL LEDGERTR FRM - TOTAL RECEIPTS LIST-BUS FRM LIST - BUSINESS (PLACE HOLDER FOR NOTES) LIST-PER FRM LIST - PERSONAL (PLACE HOLDER FOR THINGS TO DO) MEETAGEN FRM MEETING SERIES - MEETING AGENDA MEETDELG FRM - MEETING DELEGATIONS & ASSIGNMENTS MEETNOTE FRM - MEETING NOTES - DECISIONS REACHED MEETPROG FRM - DETAILS - MEETING & PROJ PROGRESS MEETSCHD FRM - SCHEDULED MEETINGS & PROG REPORTS MEMBER FRM FORM - LOCAL PC ORG MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION MEMO FRM SIMPLIFIED MEMORANDUM MEMO2 FRM MEMO - LESS STRUCTURED THAN MEMO.FRM MEMOLETR FRM MEMO LETTER ORDER FRM ORDER FORM - ADDR, QUAN, DESC, PRICE, AND AMOUNT ORDER2 FRM LINED VERSION OF ORDER.FRM ORDER3 FRM ORDER FORM SIMULAR TO ORDER.FRM AND ORDER2.FRM ORDER4 FRM LINED VERSION OF ORDER3.FRM (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved. EZ-FORMS rev C USERS GUIDE Page 31 PAGINATE FRM PAGINATION WORK SHEET PHONEDIR FRM ADDRESS AND PHONE DIRECTORY PRODINV FRM QUICK PRODUCT INVOICE FORM FOR SMALL ORDERS PROMNOTE FRM PROMISSORY NOTE FOR USE IN TEXAS QIKREPLY FRM QUICK REPLY FORM QUALITY FRM QUALITY ASSURANCE OPREATING PROCEDURES CHECKLIST RECRDSUB FRM RECORD OF SUBSTANTIATION REGISTER FRM REGISTRATION FORM FOR EZ-FORMS RESOURCE FRM RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FORM RID FRM ENGINEERING FORM FOR - REVIEW ITEM DISPOSITION SERVICE FRM SERVICE - CUSTOMER, SERVICE NUMBER, TOTAL $, ETC. SIGNIN FRM SIGN-IN SHEET FOR NON-MEMBERS SIGNUP FRM FORM USEFUL TO DOCUMENT WAITING LINES FOR EQUIPMENT TELEMSG FRM SHEET OF 4 TELEPHONE MESSAGE FORMS - CUT INTO 4 TIRF FRM ENG FORM - TRANSMITTAL/INFORMATION REQUEST FORM WEEKPLAN FRM WEEKLY PLAN SHEET, SPACE FOR SCHEDULES WKCHORE FRM CHILD'S WEEKLY CHORE FORM, WITH AREAS TO CHECK OFF WKSIGNIN FRM CHILD'S WEEKLY SIGN-IN FOR DAY CARE CENTER WORKORD FRM WORK ORDER - MATERIAL, TIME, & DESCRIPTION OF WORK PLUS OTHERS AS AVAILABLE. (C) Copyright MaeDae Enterprises 1984,85,86. All rights reserved.