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  6.                The Doc-Proc On-line Document Information Retrieval System       
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  9.                           Version 1.0 -- February 14, 1993                      
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  12.                       Copyright 1993 CONNECT/Soft Publishing Co.                
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  14.                                 All Rights Reserved                             
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  19.                                CONNECT/Soft Publishing Co.                      
  20.                                4247 Bingham Ct.                                 
  21.                                Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083                    
  22.                                United States of America                         
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  24.                                Sole Proprietor:                                 
  25.                                John S. Ward                                     
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  27.     Doc-Proc is distributed as shareware, meaning that users are encouraged,    
  28.     within the restrictions described in the License Agreement, to share copies 
  29.     of this program with others, and to upload it to bulletin board systems.    
  30.     Distribution of registered copies of Doc-Proc is strictly limited.          
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  32.     All copies of Doc-Proc that you distribute must include all of the          
  33.     original distribution files.                                                
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  35.     To get an idea of what Doc-Proc is about, just type INSTALL.  The
  36.     installation is easy.  Follow the instructions.  After a successful
  37.     installation you may run DOC-PROC.EXE in the same directory as the
  38.     Doc-Proc distribution files.  It will run you through a bare-bones
  39.     implementation, but you will want to be sure to read the full
  40.     documentation to learn about the more advanced features.  A brief list of
  41.     features follows the text of this file.                                     
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  43.     If you decide to purchase Doc-Proc, be sure to use the order form           
  44.     included (order.doc)                                                        
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  46.     Thanks!                                                                     
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  51.     =========================================================================== 
  52.                                   Doc-Proc Features                             
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  55.         -     Professional look and feel for a better first                     
  56.               impression.                                                       
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  58.         -     Comprehensive environment detection, including minimum            
  59.               CPU, floating point processor, installed RAM, and MS-Dos          
  60.               version.                                                          
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  62.         -     All Doc-Proc text strings may be optionally redefined             
  63.               via an external file.                                             
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  65.         -     Supports VGA/EGA 50/43 line text modes if detected.               
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  67.         -     You customize your own titles for each of your screens.           
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  69.         -     Doc-Proc is designed with user friendly Function keys that        
  70.               allow you to have access to POP-UP HELP screens.  Help screens
  71.               are available for each Menu panel.
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  73.         -     You optionally define the output destination for all documents.
  74.               If no output destinations are designated a default list
  75.               of destinations will be generated on the Destination screen.
  76.  
  77.         -     You may specify a number of different printers for output
  78.               all of which could be connected to the same printer port
  79.               by using Network directives.
  80.  
  81.         -     You have the capability of specifying any Network or Dos
  82.               command before Doc-Proc processes any documents.
  83.  
  84.         -     Doc-Proc has a user interface that allows the user to issue
  85.               Network or Dos directives while while choosing a destination
  86.               option.
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  88.         -     You define the Main menu panel by using category names
  89.               appropriate to the documents displayed in the sub-menus.
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  91.         -     You optionally define the headings for each sub-menu panel.
  92.               If no heading is designated for a sub-menu panel, Doc-Proc
  93.               will generate one using the name of the category from
  94.               the Main menu.
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  96.         -     You have the capacity to specify up to 18 different categories
  97.               on the main panel and up to 18 documents for each sub-menu.
  98.               This means it is possible to access a maximum number of 324
  99.               documents on-line.  This however assumes that no titles will
  100.               be used on the menu panels.  For every title line used to
  101.               describe a menu panel, you have one less line on the screen
  102.               for a category or document name.
  103.  
  104.         -     Sub-menu panels are designed so that multiple documents may
  105.               be selected by separating each option number with a comma.
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  110.         -     Doc-Proc has the capability to display all selected documents     
  111.               on the terminal.                                                  
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  113.         -     Doc-Proc is equipped with a system news processor which allows    
  114.               the administrator to place dated news on the system that may      
  115.               be pertinent to the On-line documentation.  A selection panel
  116.               allows one to view all news or only that news which is less
  117.               30 days old.                                                      
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  119.         -     Perhaps one of the most intriguing features attained by using     
  120.               token directives, is that you have the flexibility of             
  121.               allowing the Doc-Proc administrator to design the screens using   
  122.               any language.  For example: Spanish, French, English, and         
  123.               German can be easily used without any modifications to the        
  124.               source code.                                                      
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  126.         -     Robust error handling, including a custom critical error          
  127.               handler that won't scare the dickens out of you.                  
  128.               As text from the MENU.FIL is read, it is scanned for              
  129.               syntax errors.  All syntax errors will be displayed on
  130.               the Product Banner screen.  The line number in error will
  131.               be displayed along with a descriptive error message.
  132.               Doc-Proc will terminate until all syntax errors have been         
  133.               corrected.                                                        
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