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⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ≥ ≥ AROUND THE HOUSE v1.1 ≥ ≥ ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ For Support,..... Bill Sturgell BlueCollar Software 1323 South Route 68 Urbana, OH 43078 Call or FAX to this number,..... (513) 653-8388 Between 4:00PM and 8:00PM EST,....please. _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ The ASP Board has set up an office of Ombudsman and appointed an ASP member as Ombudsman. The Ombudsman's sole role is to mediate disputes between ASP members and their customers. The Ombudsman reports to the Board situations where he/she feels Board action or knowledge is appropriate. "This program is produced by Bill Sturgell 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 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536." ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Around The House v1.1 ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Table of Contents ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Chapter 1 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Main Menu ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Brief Overview.....................................1-1 Chapter 2 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ All My Files ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Who I Know.........................................2-1 What I Have........................................2-4 My Appointments....................................2-6 All My Notes.......................................2-9 Letters & Stuff...................................2-10 File Filter.......................................2-14 Chapter 3 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ What I Make ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ What I Make........................................3-1 Money Going Out....................................3-2 What's Left?.......................................3-3 Chapter 4 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Print Reports ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ From Who I Know....................................4-1 From What I Have...................................4-2 Printer Set-up.....................................4-3 User-Defined Reports...............................4-7 Chapter 5 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Utilities ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Sort Files.........................................5-1 Color Selection....................................5-1 Appendix A Calculator.........................................A-1 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Chapter 1 ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Main Menu,......... ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ "Around the House" will enable you to keep track of many of the things I like to keep track of around my house. There may be things you would like to see this program able to do that aren't provided here. If so, drop me a line. I'll try to include them in any updates to this program. Here is a brief rundown of the ways and means: The first thing I always want to know is how to exit the program. Press <Esc> until you see a pop-up box asking if you want to exit. Select "Yes" or "No" by using the up or down arrow keys and press <Enter>. To select a Menu Option, use the arrow keys to move to that selection and press <Enter>. F1 = Help Go to the "Menu Option" or to any place in the program where data entry is expected and press F1 for Help. F9 = Calculator See Appendix A F10 = Change index In any browse screen you may choose a different way to index that particular file by pressing F10. Use the arrow keys to select the desired index and press <Enter>. The browse screen will sort the files the way you tell it to. Indexing is not an option in the "Who I Know" database. ENTER Used to select highlighted record and edit it. INS Used to add a new record. DEL Used to Delete an existing record. 1-1 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Chapter 2 ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Who I Know,... ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Selecting this menu option brings up a browse window into "Who I Know" list. If the file is empty, you will automatically be put into a screen for adding your first record. From the browse window thereafter, your choices are as follows: ﬂ Ins: Press the insert key to add a record. ﬂ Del: Press the delete key to delete the currently highlighted record. ﬂ Enter: Press the enter key to edit the currently highlighted record. The Who I Know edit screen will come up, and you will be able to change the name, address, city, and all the rest of the information. ﬂ Esc: Press escape to return to the main menu. You may navigate through the list using the cursor navigation keys, page up, and page down. Pressing Home moves you to the top of the file, pressing End moves you to the end of the file. Pressing the left and right arrows shifts the fields being displayed left and right. You may also navigate through the file by entering a key expression. There is one key for this file, it is Full Name. You can search the database in the following ways; Type in the first few letters of the last name, Type in all of the last name, Type in all of the last name, a space, and all or some of the first name. Fields,... 1. Last Name Type in the Last Name and press the Enter key. 2. First Name Enter the First Name. This space may be left blank if this is a business or you just don't know the person's first name. 3. Middle Initial Enter a Middle Initial or leave it blank and press Enter. 4. Street Enter the Street Address. 5. City Enter the name of the City. 2-1 6. State Either type in the two letters of the State, or press the down arrow until the state you need is highlighted, and press Enter. 7. Zip Code Enter the Zip Code. 8. Phone Number Enter the home phone number. 9. Work Phone Enter the phone number for where this person works (or any other phone number where this person might be reached. 10. Extension If there is an extension to the business phone or work phone, type it in. You don't have to enter anything if you don't want to. In fact there are only a few fields that must contain data. And when you don't type something there, I'll let you know. 11. Why Here Pick a reason for their presence in the database, and press <Enter>. You can just type in the first letter and press <Enter>. Christmas Label Name,.... -------------------------- This will be the way you set up your label for printing. 1. Card Name Type in the name as you want it to appear on the label. Examples; Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jones The Jones Family Bob Jones Or whatever you want If you don't want to send a card, leave this field blank and press Enter. 2. Card Addendum This is where you type in an addendum to the name. Examples; & Family & The Guy in the Rented Room & Their Rotten Kids Leave it blank for no card, and press Enter. 2-3 Birthdays,.... -------------- 1. Birthday date If you want a print-out to keep track of the birthdays of friends and relatives (or your doctor, favorite rock star, or anyone else you have enteresd into your files) enter it here. Type in the Date and press <Enter>. 2-3 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø What I Have,......... ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ This option will list all of the items you have around the house. It will keep track of the serial numbers and model numbers, if applicable. It will also print out your entire file from the report menu, and give you a total of "how much" you've invested in all the stuff in your house. That will suprise the daylights out of you. Keep this up to date and it will be very useful if you have a loss due to theft or fire. It would be advisable to keep a back-up disk of ALL your files at another location, your mother's, brother's, sister's or somewhere other than your own home. This works just like the other file entries. Press Insert to add a record. Highlight an existing record and press Enter to Edit that record. Highlight the record and press Delete, to get rid of it forever. Use the F10 key to change the indexing. 1. Item Description Type in a brief description. Example: Stereo, Receiver, Sofa, My bed, Knives, forks, spoons, etc. 2. Brand Name Type in the brand name, if you want. If you don't want to, don't do it. 3. Date Purchased Type in the date you bought this item. You must put something here. This will be one of the items you will index on, so,.. if you can't remember when you got it, make something up. But, it must be a valid date, even if it's 01/01/01. In fact, 01/01/01 would be a useful entry for the type of items that don't have a specific purchase date, such as a record collection. Don't worry about the "/", I'll do that. 4. Model Number Type in the model number, or leave this blank. 5. Serial Number Type in the serial number, or leave it blank. 2-4 6. Value Just remember, whatever you enter here might someday (but, I hope not) be given to your insurance company. So enter what you paid for the item or the estimated value. Or any other figure you want. This is the figure your printed report will be totalled on. 7. Classification Select the classification that most closely fits the item, and press Enter. 8. Location Pick the location that best suits your location and press the Enter key. 2-5 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø My Appointments,... ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ DESCRIPTION ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ This is a multi-user calendar with an appointment tracker. You can point and shoot at any date and add, edit, and delete appointments for that date. You may also print and delete appointments for any range of dates. More advanced featured allow you to add periodically recurring appointments, and to view days and weeks at a glance to determine when you have free time to schedule an appointment. When you first enter the calendar, the current month will be displayed along with the first two weeks of the next month. The current day will blink. If there are any appointments for the current day, the first seven will be displayed in a window at the bottom of the screen. Any other days that have appointments will be displayed in reverse video on the calendar. ACTIVE KEYS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Left Arrow Go backward one day Right Arrow Go forward one day Up Arrow Go backward one week Down Arrow Go forward one week PgUp Go back one month PgDown Go forward one month Home Jump to first day of month End Jump to last day of month Enter Add/Edit/View appointments P Print appointments D Delete appointments T Daily time block W Weekly time blocks C Jump to current date (system) S Search for text in either description or notes of an appointment Esc Exit calendar ADDING/EDITING/VIEWING APPOINTMENTS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Use the navigation keys to move to the desired date, the press <Enter>. 2-6 A browse window will appear near the bottom of the screen showing the time and description for all appointments. If there are no appointments for that date, you will automatically be placed in the Add mode. The following options are available at this point: A Add new appointments E Edit highlighted appointment D Delete highlighted appointment M Move highlighted appointment R Recurring appointment N edit Notes for highlighted appointment Esc Exit calendar To add a new appointment press 'A'. Enter the user ID (This is who the appointment is for, not who it is with), along with the starting and ending time and a brief description of the appointment. ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ NOTE ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ The TIME is a twenty-four hour clock. 3:00 PM would be 15:00, 9:00 AM would be 09:00 (You have to add the preceding '0' before 9:00. The ending time cannot be earlier than the starting time. In addition, if you try to enter an appointment that creates a time conflict with an already existing appointment, you will get an error message to that effect. Press Control-W to save the new appointment or <ESC> to exit without saving. To edit a highlighted appointment, press 'E'. Make your changes, but the same rules apply from the Add mode. Press Ctrl-W to save the new appointment or <ESC> to exit without saving. To delete a highlighted appointment, press 'D'. You will be asked to confirm your request, respond by pressing 'Yes' or 'No'. You may move appointments from one day to another by pressing 'M'. A window will appear and ask you for the new date for this appointment. To add a recurring date, press 'R'. Follow the same steps as when adding a single appointment. After you press CTRL-W, you will be given the following options: i Every day of the week (Mon, Tues, etc.) ii Every other day of week iii Every...day of the month (1st, etc.) iv Every day v Every...day-of-week (e.g. 3rd Monday, etc.) vi Every weekday Highlight the desired option and press <Enter>. 2-7 To add or edit notes for the highlighted appointment, press 'N'. A window will open below the appointment window, into which you may type away to your heart's content. Press CTRL-W to save your edits, or Esc to exit without saving. Appointments that have notes attached to them will have a checkmark displayed to the right of the description. To exit back to the calendar, press <Esc>. PRINTING APPOINTMENTS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ To print an appointment, press 'P'. You then have the option of printing for the current week, or for a range of dates. If you print for a week, you will be asked for a specific user ID (or "ALL" if you print for all users). If you print for a range of dates, you will be prompted to enter the starting and ending dates. If there are no appointments in that range, you will be informed. Otherwise, you will be asked if you want to include the Notes. DELETING APPOINTMENTS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ To delete all appointments for a range of dates, press 'D'. You will be asked to enter the starting and ending dates. The number of affected appointments will be displayed, and you will be asked to confirm your request. Press 'Yes', if you want to delete them, or 'No', if you chicken out. TIME BLOCKS--DAILY ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ As previously mentioned, when you are in the calendar and appointments exist for the current date, they will be displayed in a window near the bottom of the screen. However, let's say your in a hurry and need to know what times are available during the day. Press 'T'. A graph showing available and used time blocks will be displayed. The graph starts at 06:00 and ends at 22:00. Each block represents a fifteen minute interval. There will be one row for each person who has an appointment on this date. TIME BLOCKS--WEEKLY ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Weekly time blocks are similar to daily time blocks, but not as detailed. When you press 'W', you will be presented with a daily breakdown of appointments for the current week. In this display, each daily graph begins at 06:00 and ends at 17:00, and each block represents an interval of one hour. 2-8 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø All My Notes ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ This can be used for almost anything your heart desires. You can use it as an electronic diary, a place to keep all your recipes, somewhere to talk about the people you don't like, or you can use your imagination. Page-up and Page-down will navigate you between the screens. Home and End will take you to the top and the bottom of the text. The Insert key will allow you to select the insert or type-over mode. The Backspace will erase the last letter. The Delete key will erase the letters in front. When you are finished, press Escape, Accept your entry. And you're done. 1. Thoughts Date Enter the date of this session. 2. Main subject This will be used so that you will be able to search through these files to find a certain topic. Type in anything that might help you identify the most significant subject matter. If it was your birthday, type in birthday. If your great uncle died and left youa lot of money, type in inheritance. Get the picture? 3. Thoughts The screen that you type in is a memo field. Each of them will hold about twenty pages of type-written text, so you can ramble on and on. Just start typing. When you're finished, hit <ESC> and Accept your entry. 4. Move the "==>" down to this option and press <Enter> to print out all your notes. 2-9 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Letters & Stuff ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ The bad news is this is not Word Perfect 5.1. The good news is this is not Word Perfect 5.1. Hopefully, this will be a lot easier to master. Theoretically, this program can write files up to 64K. But, and this is a big BUT, you must have enough memory in your RAM to do it. You must have enough available RAM equal to twice the size of the file you are editing. In most cases this will never be a problem. But you might not be able to write THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL. ACTIVE KEYS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ KEY ACTION ƒƒƒ ƒƒƒƒƒƒ F1 Help screen listing all commands Alt-A (A)ppend a file to current file Alt-B Place block marker (or execute block command if both block markers have already been placed. Alt-F Insert (F)ield (for merge mailings) Alt-G (G)o to line number Alt-L Page (L)ength for printing Alt-M Change (M)argins Alt-N Edit (N)ew file Alt-P (P)rint file Alt-Q (Q)uit but save edits Alt-R Search and (R)eplace Alt-S (S)ave file and continue Alt-T (T)oggle word wrap on/off Alt-W (W)rite to new file Alt-X E(X)it immediately without saving Alt-Y Change director(Y) /wildcard EDIT WINDOW / STATUS LINE ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ When you enter this option, the edit window takes up nearly the full screen. You will be prompted to enter the name of the file you wish to edit. There is a status line at the bottom of the screen, which displays the name of the file being edited (minus the directory), the current line and column position of the cursor, the left and right margins, and the status of the word wrap and insert modes (displayed when active as "<Wrap>" and "<Ins>", respectively). When a file has been edited, an asterisk will appear at the right side of the top row next to the "Alt-H = Help" message. 2-10 FILES - CHANGING, NEW, DEFAULT ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ When you press Alt-N to edit a new file or Alt-W to write to another file, a scrolling window will appear containing all files that match the current directory and wildcard mask. The directory and wildcard mask will be shown at the top of this window for reference. To select a file, move the highlight bar to it and press <Enter>. To create a new file, select the option "NEW FILE", then enter the new file name. Pressing <Esc> will abort the file selection process. If you attempt to write to a file that already exists, or append from a file that does not exist, you will get a message to that effect. ALT-B: BLOCK COMMANDS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Blocks of text may be deleted, copied, moved, printed, or case converted. You must first mark a block of text by pressing Alt-B at the beginning, move the cursor to the end of the block and press Alt-B again. If you wish to move or copy this block of text, move the cursor to the target position, then press Alt-B again. You will see a pop-up menu of block commands ("Move", "Copy", "Kill", "Print", "Uppercase", Lowercase", "Erase Markers"). Select one of them by moving the highlight bar to it, and press <Enter>. ALT-F: FIELD INSERTION FOR MAIL MERGING ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ You can easily insert fields from the "Who I Know" database into your documents to create merge mailings. First move the cursor to the location where you wish to insert the field. Then press Alt-F to display a window containing all available field names. Move the highlight bar to the desired field name and press <Enter> to insert it, or press <Esc> to exit without inserting a field. Notice that the field name is surrounded by curly braces ("{ "Smith" }"). When the document is printed, anything surrounded by the curly braces will be replaced by the actual contents of the field. 2-11 When you press Alt-F, you will see a box with the Field selections. Below is a listing of what you'll see and what each means,... What you see: What it means: ============= ============== KNOW->LASTNAME Last Name KNOW->FIRSTNAME First Name KNOW->M_INIT Middle Initial KNOW->FULLNAME This is a field used to index the database. If you use this in your mail-merge it will print the last name first. (Doe John) KNOW->STREET Street Address KNOW->CITY City KNOW->STATE State KNOW->ZIP Zip Code KNOW->PHONE Home Phone KNOW->PHONE2 Work Phone KNOW->EXTENSION The Phone Extension KNOW->WHYHERE Why Here? KNOW->CARDNAM Christmas Card Name KNOW->CARDADD Christmas Card Addendum KNOW->BDAY Birthday If you have inserted fields into your document for Mail Merging and press Alt-P to print, you will be asked if you want to print more than one document. Pressing "Y" will call the "File Filter" program. This program is discussed later. ALT-T: WORD WRAP ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ The Word Wrap mode is "on" when you enter this option. To turn them off press Alt-T, turn it back on by pressing it again. INSERT MODE ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ To change from Insert to Typeover mode and back again, press <Insert>. ALT-L: PAGE LENGTH ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ The page length is set at 60 lines when you enter this option. You can change it at any time by pressing Alt-L. 2-12 ALT-M: MARGINS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ The start up margins for the printer are set at left column 1 and right column 80. However you can change these by pressing Alt-M and entering the desired settings. When you change them the on-screen display will adjust to reflect the changes. You may use larger values than would appear on the 80 column screen. In such instances you should toggle word wrap "off" and scroll to the right to display text beyond the on-screen right margin. The current values of the margins appears on the status line. ALT-P: PRINTING ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ You may print the current file at any time by pressing Alt-P. Printing may be aborted at any time by pressing <Esc>. The format of the printed page is determined by the current settings of the page length and margins. If you have inserted field in this document and wish to print a mail merging, a filter will appear here to allow you to select which records will be printed. (It is explained later in this chapter. (See "FILE FILTER") ALT-R: SEARCH AND REPLACE ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ You can search for all or only specific occurrences of a character string. When you press Alt-R, you will be prompted to first enter the search string, then the replacement string. You will then be asked if you want to replace all occurrences of the search string. If you select "No", you will be prompted to enter the number of occurrences to replace. Please note that the search begins at the top of the file and continues either to the end of the file or until the number of occurrences you specified has been replaced. ALT-Y: CURRENT DIRECTORY / WILDCARD ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ This little word processor gives you the ability to change the working directory or filemask at any time. When you first enter it, the current directory will be set to the default DOS directory, and the wildcard will be set to "*.*". If you would like to change either the directory where this program looks for files or the wildcard used (e.g., "*.txt", "*.doc"), press Alt-Y and enter the new information. You do not have to enter slashes ("\") in front or back of the directory UNLESS you include a wildcard. For example, to change the current directory to "\MYSTUFF\", you only need to enter "MYSTUFF" (no quotes). However, if you want the program to only look for ".LET" files in the MYSTUFF directory, you must enter "\MYSTUFF\*.LET". 2-13 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ FILE FILTER ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ This is a utility with muscle. It allows you to create and save complex queries (filters) for your "Who I Know" database. VIEWING AND SELECTING A QUERY ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ When you enter you will see a window containing descriptions of all available queries, along with the database aliases to which they correspond. ACTIVE KEYS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ UpArrow Move highlight bar up one query DownArrow Move highlight bar down one query F7 Counts records matching current query F8 Delete current query F9 View criteria for current query F10 Create a new query Enter Run current query Esc Exit the query module CREATING A NEW QUERY ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Viewing field names and descriptions ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Pressing F10 from the query window will bring up the criteria screen. A scrolling window containing field names of your database will appear on the right of the screen. The following commands are available: Enter Select current field UpArrow Move highlight bar up DownArrow Move highlight bar down Letters(A-Z) Move to the next field beginning with that letter 2-14 Selecting an operator ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Pressing <Enter> will bring up the operators window, which contains the following choices: a) Equal to b) Less than c) Greater than d) Less than or equal to e) Greater than or equal to f) Not equal to g) Contains h) Sounds like Use the Up and DownArrow to select the desired operator, the press <Enter> to continue. Selecting a value ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ When you have selected an operator, another window will appear below the operators window. This window will contain the field name and the operator. Type in the desired value for this field, then press <Enter>. If you wish to see all the available values in your database, press Alt-V to pop up a scrolling window of the values. You may select one of these by highlighting it and then press <Enter>, or you may press <Esc> to exit without selecting anything. Selecting a Boolean operator ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ When you have entered the value, another window will appear below the value window. This window contains the following choices: a) "Discard" b) ".AND." c) ".OR." d) ".AND(" e) ".OR(" f) ").AND." g) ").OR." h) "<<DONE>>" Move the highlight bar to the desired selection, and press <Enter>. You will note that option f) and g) will not be available to you until you have embedded an open parenthesis in your query. 2-15 Ending the query ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ When you are finished building the criteria for this query, select <<DONE>> from the Boolean operator window. You will then be asked to enter a description for this query for future reference. The description may contain up to fifty characters. Press <Enter> when you are finished entering the description, and you will be returned to the query window. If you want to exit without saving this query press <Esc>. If you wish to run this query immediately without saving it for future use, simply leave the description empty and press <Enter>. 2-16 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Chapter 3 ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Where My Money Goes ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ This option will keep track of the you money and where it all goes. ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø What I Make ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ You will not be allowed to add or delete records in this database. It will only contain one record. This will be editable. Use the UpArrow and DownArrow keys to move the EditArrow. When the EditArrow is next to the field you want to change, press <Enter>. When your income changes, just go into this option and change the values of the fields. 1. Weekly wages If you are paid by the week, enter the amount here. The value will be multiplied by 4.33 (this will be the amount of monthly income) and it will be inserted in the monthly field, automatically. 2. Monthly wages If you didn't enter a weekly wage, enter your monthly wage here. If you entered a weekly wage, this field will not be "0", so just press <Enter> here. 3. Other income Enter all of your other income here. Total it to reflect the monthly amount. 3-1 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Money Going Out ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ This lists all your bills. 1. This Expense Type in a description of the expense, or the name of the mean, old creditor. 2. Due Date If this is a creditor, type in the day of the month this bill is due. If this expense is groceries or something like that, skip this field. Just press Enter and go to the last entry on the screen. 3. Weekly Amount If this is a weekly expense like groceries, put the amount here and I'll figure the monthly total for you. If you enter $120.00, you might expect to see $480.00 in the monthly total come up. BUT, there are 52 weeks in a year and that's thirteen four month periods. So, I'll multiply the weekly amount by 4.33 to account for that extra week in a month, every so often. If this is a monthly bill, skip this field and enter the amount in the monthly field. 4. Monthly Amount If this bill is paid monthly, type in the amount here. If this is a weekly bill, I already have the monthly amount figured. Then, just press the Enter key, and we'll go to the next record. 3-2 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø What's Left? ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Nothing to do here but look at what's left each month. Sometimes that can be scary. 3-3 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Chapter 4 ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Print Reports ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø From Who I Know ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Phone Directory ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ This option will print a directory of all the names and phone numbers in your "Who I Know" files. Address List ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Press <Enter> to print out an address list. Christmas Card Mailing List ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Put your mailing labels in the printer. Use the standard 3 1/2" by 15/16" (1 across) labels. This option will print out all the mailing labels for your Christmas cards. This is dependent on the on the entries you made when the "Who I Know" screen asked you if you wanted to send a card to this person. Birthday Card List ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ This option allows you to print out a list of everyone in the "Who I Know" database for which you entered a date in the Birthday field. 4-1 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø From What I Have ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Serial and Model Numbers ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Prints out all items that you assigned a serial or model number to in the "What I Have" screen. All Items/Location ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ This option prints and totals all items in your household. It is dependent on the location and the value you entered in the "What I Have" screen. All Items/Type ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ This option will print out all items you entered in the "What I Have" screen and group them by type. 4-2 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Printer Set-Up ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ The Printer Setup Utility will allow you to define your own printer configurations for this application. NOTE that the configuration here pertains to ONLY the User-Defined Reports Utility. Four standard printer configurations have been provided for your convenience. The Printer Setup Utility is to be used in conjunction with the built-in Report Generator. This utility enables you to define an unlimited number of printer configurations for each report. When you are ready to use this utility, highlight Printer Setup, then press <Enter>, or Press the letter <S>. Once selected, the 'List of Printer Configurations' will appear. This browse window will contain the four standard printer configurations that are provided with this applications. To add a new configuration, press <Ins> from this browse window. The Report Generator uses three different Setup Strings to determine how to layout the lines of text before printing begins. These strings also determine when to skip to the next page, and what escape sequence should be sent to the printer. The Report generator automatically selects the setup string and the page size that best fits the report. If one line of the report will fit in the width specified in Width 1, the Level 1 setup string will be used. If the line of the report is too wide for Level 1 Width, but is less than or equal to the Level 2 Width, the Level 2 setup string will be used. If the report is too wide for the Level 2 Width, but is less than or equal to the Level 3 Width, the Level 3 setup string will be used. If the report is still too wide, the report generator will utilize more than one line of the page per record printed, and will print on one line as many fields as will print without breaking, and will then wrap to the next line. ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ TIP ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒŸ You can force the report generator to use the same setup string, width and line all the time by setting all three levels to the same value. This is a good idea when you are using 80 column paper in a 130 column printer. 4-3 Explanation of each of the fields used to define Printer configurations are listed below. CONFIGURATION ID ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Assigns Identification Number To Configuration Configuration ID is a unique identifier that you assign to each new configuration. When you want to print reports, simply add the Configuration ID Number that corresponds to the printer that will be used to print the report. Don't use the numbers 1 - 4 since these numbers have already been assigned to the standard printer configurations. PRINTER DESCRIPTION ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Provide Brief Description Of Printer PRINTER DESCRIPTION is where you enter a brief description of the printer that this configuration will be set for. The easiest description is the brand and type of printer. If there are several printers of the same brand and type, you need an additional identifier such as an extra number or letter appended. NETWORK PRINTER NUMBER ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Printer That Reports Are Routed TO NETWORK PRINTER NUMBER is the printer number that all reports with this configuration should be routed to. If the program is running on a Novell network, this number should correspond to the network-assigned printer number, where the first network printer is number 1, the second network printer is 2, and so on. If the program will be running on a stand-alone PC, or if the reports with this configuration are to be routed to a printer connected to the first parallel port on the PC, the Network Printer Number should be set to 0 (zero). RESET STRING ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Printer Escape Sequence RESET STRING is the escape sequence that will be sent to the printer when the report is finished printing. This should be a string that will rest the printer to its default powerup condition. 4-4 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ TIP ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒŸ You should refer to the User's Manual that came with the printer for the proper escape sequence string. LEVEL1/WIDTH/LENGTH ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Define Page Parameters LEVEL1/WIDTH/LENGTH is used to enter setup strings, line widths, and maximum lines per page. The number of lines per page should allow room for printing header information. Refer to the HP Laser Jet II example below for more information on these fields. LEVEL2/WIDTH/LENGTH ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Define Page Parameters LEVEL2/WIDTH/LENGTH is used on a page when a report width does not fit in the width defined in Level 1. LEVEL3/WIDTH/LENGTH ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Define Page Parameters LEVEL3/WIDTH/LENGTH is used on a page when a report width does not fit in the width defined in Level 2. When you are satisfied with the new Printer Configuration, press <A> to Accept your entries. The new configuration will be written to the Printer Setup File. If you need to make a change, press <R> and you will be able to make changes to the appropriate field.. Press <C> to cancel the entire entry. Repeat the above steps for each new Printer Configuration you want to add. ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ SAMPLE PRINTER SETUP ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ To follow along with this example you need to select Configuration ID 'HP', Printer Name 'HewlittPackard Laser Jet II' from the List Of Printer Configurations. Once selected, read the following explanation of the Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Width and Length fields. 4-5 Notice the \027 in each of the Setup strings and Reset strings. Any time you want to include a character in a string that cannot be entered through the keyboard, you must enter a backslash (\) followed by the character's ASCII value. You MUST use three positions for the ASCII value even if it is less than 100. On a HewlittPackard Laser Printer, the Escape key has an ASCII value of 27. \027 was entered because three positions need to be filled. This value (\027) tells the printer that the text to follow is not to be printed, but is to be interpreted as the configuration information. The Level 1 Setup String tells the report generator to set the printer to Courier font, that 80 characters will fit on one line and that no more than 55 lines of the page will be used. The Level 2 Setup Sting tells the report generator to switch to the 16.6 Pica font and that 130 characters will fit on one line. The Level 3 Setup String tells the report to stay at 16.6 characters per inch, but to switch to Landscape (sideways) printing. Now, 170 characters will fit on one line (Width = 170) and the page length will be reduced (Length = 40). 4-6 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø User-Defined Reports ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ Several reports are already defined for you in the program, however there are probably many others you will want. This utility provides a way to define and print out an unlimited number of other reports. Each report is based on a primary database you select from a window. You select the fields you want in the report, specify upper and lower limits of field values to select for the report, and you select a printer configuration. If the configuration you want does not exist, you can add a new one. You can define as many reports as you want for each file. All reports print in a columnar format with headings. Based on the printer configuration you select, an effort will be made to print one record per line by switching between print sizes and types. If a complete record does not fit on one line, it will wrap to the next line between two fields. ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ SAMPLE USAGE ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ First, highlight "User-Defined Reports" and press <Enter>. You will see a window with the heading "List of Files". These are all the databases in your application. For now, let's say you want a print-out of all the Due Dates for bills you pay each month. Highlight "Money Going Out" and press <Enter>. The bottom of the screen will ask you to 'Enter report title or esc. to cancel', type in 'Due Dates' and press <Enter>. It will then ask for the 'Printer Configuration ID for this report', type in any three-letter ID defined in the Printer Setup Utility (CIT will work with most Dot Matrix printers), then press <Enter>. After doing this, your screen will be a list of reports for "Money Going Out". It should be the only on there, so highlight it and press <Enter>. This will bring up a "List Of Fields" screen. These are all the fields in the "Money Going Out" database. Highlight "This Expense" and press <Enter>. A "Field Defination" screen will appear. "This Expense" will be the only one there, press <Enter>. The screen will ask you for the lower and upper limit. This is a way to filter out unwanted records. We will do the filtering with the "Due Date" field, so we won't need to enter anything here. leave these blank, and press <Enter> two times. 4-7 Now we're back at the "List Of Fields" screen, press <Ins> to add a new field. Using the down arrow key, highlight "Due Date" and press <Enter>. Now we're at the "Field Definition", select "Due Date" and press <Enter> again. This is where we'll filter out the unwanted records. We don't want entries such as 'Groceries' or 'Gasoline Expenses' to appear here. All we want is the entries where we entered a due date for a monthly payment. Therefore, in 'Lower Limit' type 01, this will filter out all records where no entry was made in the 'Due Date' field. Since there are 31 days in the longest month of the year, type 31 in the 'Upper Limit', and press <Enter>. UPPER AND LOWER LIMIT ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ If you wanted a report listing all the names in the files up to, and including, those starting with the letter 'P'. Type 'A' in lower limit and 'P' in upper limit. Or if you only wanted all the Smith's listed, type 'Smith' in both lower and upper limits. Now back to the "List Of Fields", press <Ins> to add the last field we'll need. "Weekly Amount" won't be needed, so move the highlight to the field "Monthly Amount" and press <Enter>. At the the "Field Definition" screen, highlight "Monthly Amount" and press <Enter> again. We won't need to limit this field, so leave them blank and press <Enter> two times. At 'Total?' press "Y". That's it, we're finished. Press <ESC>. The program will ask you if you want to print the report now. Highlight 'Yes' or 'No' and press <Enter>. If you have reports already defined and want to print one of them. Select the database the report was defined from and press <Enter>. Then select the report you defined and press <Enter>. And at the "Field Definition" screen, press <ESC>. 4-8 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Chapter 5 ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Utilities ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Sort Files ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ This menu option packs and re-indexes all files in the system. It should be used occasionally, because it reduces the size of your memo files. Therefore clears up some disk space for you. I urge you to use this from time to time. ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø Color Selection ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ If you are using a color or composite monitor, this utility will let you change the color settings for the screens. You can also specify whether you want windows to explode and implode. Press <Enter>, a screen with various color combinations will appear. Selecting different colors for your program is simple. First, move the edit arrow next to the area you want to re-set the colors for (GRAPHICS, DATA FIELDS, ENHANCED, or SCREEN TEXT), then press <Enter>. Using the arrow keys to select a color combination, move the edit arrow to the left of the color you want to select, then press <Enter> again. A sample of the color combination will appear in the field for which it has been chosen. GRAPHICS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Graphics characters include menu boxes and screen borders. DATA FIELDS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Data fields are the regions of data input(reverses video region). For example, if a data field has a field length of 10, 10 spaces of the color selected here will appear on the screen. It is in these 10 spaces that you will make your entries. 5-1 ENHANCED ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ This changes the colors of the SELECTED menu choices and other highlight bar options. SCREEN TEXT ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ All text displayed on the screen will use this color combination. EXPLODING WINDOWS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ This is a YES/NO option. It is used to determine whether or not your application will have windows that explode onto the screen or sneak into view. 5-2 ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ Appendix A ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø CALCULATOR ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ This calculator includes all the basic operations, and then some. It has a few goodies that probably won't be needed in "Around the House", but they might come in handy if you want to figure something out. As I already mentioned, access this by pressing F9 at any time in the program. ACTIVE KEYS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ + Addition - Subtraction * Multiplication / Division ^ Exponentiation % Percentage C Clear current total E Clear current entry D Change number of decimals displayed R Round to specific number of decimals P Print (adding machine mode) M Memory operations (see "Memory Functions") = Process operation Enter Process operation Backspace Erase last digit entered Esc Exit Calculator MEMORY FUNCTIONS ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ To access the Memory Functions, press 'M'. KEY: ACTION: R Recall number stored in memory C Clear memory (reset to zero) + Add current number to memory - Subtract current number from memory * Multiply memory by current number / Divide memory by current number PRINT--ADDING MACHINE MODE ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ By pressing 'P' for print, the calculator emulates an adding machine. This will be noted by a small 'P' next to the numbers window. Each calculation will be sent to the printer (if it is on- line). After all, if you've invested several thousands of dollars in PC hardware and software, why spend more for a ten-digit adding machine? Press 'P' again to toggle adding machine mode off. A-1 OTHER STUFF ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ The arrow keys will move the calculator around on the screen to get it out of the way of something you might want to look at. Pressing ALT-F10 will bring up a screen that allows you to change the colors of the calculator. It works pretty similar to the color selection utility. I'm not typing out all the information about that again, I've been sitting here too long already. Play around with it, you'll figure it out. A-2