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- @echo off
- cls
- echo.
- if %1. == . goto ERR1
- echo.
- echo ╔════════════════════════════════════╗
- echo ║ Please wait while EASI-PLAN loads ║
- echo ╚════════════════════════════════════╝
- echo.
- if exist vm.tmp del vm.tmp
- echo.
- if exist slashs.tmp del slashs.tmp
- echo.
- easi plan %1
- goto END
- :ERR1
- echo HOW TO LOAD EASI-PLAN Pro
- echo =========================
- echo.
- echo This three-page note explains how to load EASI-PLAN Pro.
- echo.
- echo. The correct syntax for loading EASI-PLAN is as follows:
- echo.
- echo EP▒{path}filename
- echo.
- echo ▒ indicates a single blank space to be entered immediately after EP.
- echo.
- echo If all EASI-PLAN's files reside on the same disk/directory, you
- echo do not need to specify any path.
- echo.
- echo 'filename' refers to a file containing a set of EASI-PLAN assumptions.
- echo Whenever a new set of assumptions are saved by EASI-PLAN, you
- echo must give this set a new file name (maximum of 8 characters). A file
- echo extension (.ASS) will be automatically added to this name.
- echo.
- echo.
- pause
- cls
- echo.
- echo (2 of 3)
- echo.
- echo If you are using a Hercules monitor, you should run the supplied
- echo program, MSHERC, immediately before loading EASI-PLAN.
- echo.
- echo If you intend to print any of EASI-PLAN's graphs using the DOS
- echo Graphics utility, you should run it before loading EASI-PLAN.
- echo Refer to the DOS Manual for details of the options available
- echo with Graphics.
- echo.
- echo If it takes several minutes to load EASI-PLAN or if it completely fails
- echo to load (i.e. hangs), this is most likely caused by (a) insufficient
- echo conventional/expanded memory {1mb is needed} or (b) lack of space
- echo on the hard disk to enable EASI-PLAN to automatically create some
- echo 'virtual' memory. For guidance on resolving these problems, refer to
- echo the README file on the supplied Product Disk.
- echo.
- echo.
- pause
- cls
- echo.
- echo (3 of 3)
- echo.
- echo EASI-PLAN Pro has been supplied with a set of specimen assumptions
- echo contained in a file called MASTER.ASS. To load this file, enter
- echo the following command line at the EASIP3 prompt:
- echo.
- echo EP▒MASTER
- echo.
- echo If, in the future, you can't remember the name of a particular file,
- echo type "EP▒X", press RETURN to skip the 'File does not exist' message
- echo and then use the cursor keys to select the required file from the
- echo displayed list.
- echo.
- echo To create a completely new model, you must first load an existing
- echo model (preferably one already set up with appropriate printer strings
- echo etc.); then remove all its existing monthly and quarterly assumptions
- echo (using options within the Initialise submenu); and, finally, save this
- echo 'empty' model with a new name. You can then proceed to enter basic
- echo data, assumptions etc. If you regularly build 'new' models, you could
- echo retain a copy of the 'empty' model for future use.
- echo.
- echo *** MESSAGE ENDS ***
- goto END
- :END
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