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- ------- PSA Cards 3.0 for Windows 95 and NT 4.0 ------
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- VERSION 3.0 WILL READ FILES WRITTEN BY EARLIER VERSIONS.
- VERSIONS OLDER THAN 3.0 WILL NOT READ VERSION 3.0 FILES.
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- PSA Cards is an easy to use address program. It looks
- like a card file and it works like a card file. Just
- click on a divider tab or card to open or close it.
-
- PSA Cards is also an OLE 2.0 container application.
- This means that you can link or imbed objects
- (pictures, maps, documents, sound and video clips)
- created in other programs in your PSA Cards entries.
-
-
- PSA Cards existing features:
-
- * Print Rolodex cards, envelopes, mailing labels,
- shipping labels and address booklets. Address books
- can be customized.
- * POSTNET bar codes
- * Dial phone numbers, including dialing profiles that
- account for differences in dialing from different locations,
- and credit card calls.
- * Reminders for birthdays, anniversaries, or appointments
- * Merge two PSA Cards files, keeping latest modifications
- * Search any field for a text string and dated fields for
- a date or range of dates. Includes searching for words
- that sound alike.
- * Import data from an ASCII file or Microsoft CardFile
- * Export any field or combination of fields to a file or
- the clipboard for use in a word processing program or
- spreadsheet.
- * Object Linking and Embedding (OLE 2.0) container
- application
- * Context menus (right mouse button popup menus).
- The right mouse button menus allow common commands to be
- performed on Entries, fields within entries, and embedded
- objects by right clicking on them.
- * Create groups of entries for organizing various types
- of lists. These lists can be used to address Christmas
- cards, invitations, and to export addresses for mail merge
- in a word processor. Powerful group editing features.
- * No inherent limits on the number of entries or lengths
- of fields.
- * User configurable toolbars.
- * Optional second toolbar.
- * Tool tips for toolbar buttons (Not available for Windows 3.1)
- * Dockable toolbars (Not available for Windows 3.1)
- * Double click an entry to edit it
- * User specified screen and printer fonts
- * Type a letter to open a divider tab
- * Separate dialogs for residential and business entries
- * File backup command and backup reminder.
- * User specified text, tab, and entry colors
- * Speed Entry command, including entering information from a
- multiline edit field by highlighting text and clicking a field button.
- * Tip of the day, including links to relevant topics in the Help file.
- * OLE drag and drop.
- * On-line, context sensitive help
- * Written in C++
- * Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95 versions available
- * Installation program
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- VERSION 3.0 NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES
-
- General
- * Improved dialog for for field mapping in Import command
- * City, State ZIP line for mail merge
- * Metric units (mm) for measurements
- * Added Edit command to context (right mouse button) menus.
- * Option for dd-mm-yy Euro style dates
- * Multiple e-mail fields
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- Printing
- * Separate fonts for return address, envelopes, cards, labels, address books.
- * Added command to print entry to right mouse button menu.
- * Made Print Current Entry the default if no check marks.
- * Added option to use Print Setup for envelope selection.
- * Added No. 9 envelope size - 3 7/8 x 8 7/8 and metric sizes.
- * Optional USPS format for addresses - all caps, no punctuation for envelopes
- and mailing labels.
- * Allow mailing label paper selection in print setup (including A4 size).
- * Custom mailing label sizes and more predefined label forms
- * Option for auto size on mailing labels.
- * Print manual double sided address books as two print jobs.
- * Allow address book paper selection in print setup (including A4 size).
- * Added new address book formats.
- * Changed print preview to retain print preview window size and state
- separately from the main window size and state.
-
- Entry Names and Entry Sorting
- * Program now sorts van, v.d., and von type entries properly
- * Option for displaying and printing using "last name, first name" style
- * Added contact name to sort strings for business entries and second name to
- sort string for reisidences.
-
- Dialing
- * Added multiple local area codes
- * Added TAPI to enable dialing out while waiting for FAXes
- (Windows 95/NT 4.0 only).
-
- VERSION 3.0 BUG FIXES
-
- * Fixed barcode logic to handle case: 1234 - 25 Ave. NE. i.e., the "-"
- between the street number and name.
- * Fixed barcode bug that occurred when street field had more than one line.
- * Fixed bug in phone editing dialog. Deleting all entries, including the
- "new" one caused a problem.
- * Fixed a bug that caused text in the Notes field to become scrambled when
- the main screen was scrolled.
-
-
- ********************** INSTALLATION **********************
-
- INSTALLING FROM A FLOPPY DISK
-
- Run the setup program, setup.exe, from the Program
- Manager, Start menu, or Explorer.
-
- INSTALLING FROM A DOWNLOADED ZIP FILE
-
- 1. Extract the program and help files by running
- pkunzip from the command prompt. The zip file should
- contain these files:
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- _inst32i.ex_
- _isdel.exe
- _SETUP.DLL
- _SETUP.LIB
- DATA.Z
- DISK1.ID
- FILE_ID.DIZ
- README.TXT
- SETUP.EXE
- SETUP.INS
- SETUP.PKG
- UNINST.EXE
-
- 2. Run the setup program, setup.exe. It is best not to
- install the PSA Cards in the same directory that contains
- the unzipped downloaded files. You can delete this
- directory after the installation is finished. If you
- do this, be sure to backup your downloaded ZIP file
- before deleting it from your hard drive.
-
- LOCKED FILES
-
- If the setup program cannot replace an earlier version
- of a file because it is already in use, restart (reboot)
- you computer after the installation. When a file can't
- be replaced because it is locked by another application,
- the setup program writes a file called wininit.ini in the
- Windows directory. This file contains information on how to
- replace files as the system is started. Windows looks for
- this file on system startup.
-
- IF SETUP.EXE WON'T LOAD
-
- Occasionally, setup.exe will not load. This usually occurs
- when a previous InstallSHIELD installation has failed and
- left junk in your C:\TEMP directory.
-
- If this happens to you, use the Explorer to clean out
- your C:\TEMP directory. Then try the installation again. This
- is a problem with the Stirling Technology InstallSHIELD system.
- Hopefully they will provide a fix for this soon.
-
- The install program can also be prevented from loading by
- some virus protection programs. Of course the solution to
- this problem to turn off your virus protection program while
- you run the installation.
-
- INSTALLING IN AN EXISTING DIRECTORY
-
- When installling in an existing directory and running
- Windows NT 4.0, you may get a "General file transfer error".
- If this happens, try deleting the directory and then
- installing. Be sure to save any data files that you may
- in the directory before deleting it.
-
- UNINSTALL PROGRAM
-
- The install program implements an uninstall feature
- that will remove PSA Cards from your system. To access this
- program, click on Settings command in the Start Menu, then
- the Control Panel, and finally double click the Add/Remove
- Program icon.
-
- In Windows NT, double click the Uninstall icon in the
- PSA Cards program group. Be sure you want to uninstall
- PSA Cards before doing this. Once started in Windows NT,
- the program immediately proceeds to uninstall PSA Cards.
-
- If you have added files to the PSA Cards directory,
- Uninstall will not delete the directory. Nor will it
- delete data files (other than sample.car) that you have
- created in the PSA Cards directory.
-
- IF YOU ARE CONVERTING FROM PSA CARDS FOR WINDOWS 3.1, READ THIS:
-
- When you install PSA Cards for Windows 3.1 on a computer running
- Windows 95, or when you install Windows 95 over Windows 3.1 with
- PSA Cards already installed, there will be a "PSA Cards" program
- folder on the Windows 95 Start menu. When you install PSA Cards
- for Windows 95/NT 4.0 on a computer running Windows 95, a program
- icon named "PSA Cards Win 32" will appear on the Start menu.
- Since the InstallSHIELD Windows 95 installation routine does
- not check for the presence of the old PSA Cards program folder
- from the Windows 3.1 version, you will need to remove it from the
- Start menu manually. To do this, right click on the Start menu,
- open the Programs folder, find the old PSA Cards program folder,
- and drag it to the Recycle Bin.
-
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- LOADING A DATA FILE ON STARTUP
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- The installation program sets up PSA Cards to automatically
- open the file "sample.car" each time you select the PSA Cards
- icon. If you want to open a different file on program startup
- in Wndows NT, use the Program manager "Properties" command to
- change the Command Line entry. The new data file name replaces
- "sample.car" after the program name (cards.exe). Be sure to
- leave a blank between the program name and the file name.
-
- If you are running Windows 95:
- 1. Right click Start button
- 2. Click "Explore"
- 3. Click on the "Programs" folder and look for the PSA Cards
- shortcut in the Contents pane. (click the words "Programs"
- then look in the right hand window pane)
- 4. Right click on PSA Cards shortcut.
- 5. Click "Properties"
- 6. Click "Shortcut" tab
- 7. Change "Target" line sample.car to the desired file.
-
- You can also start PSA Cards from the File Manager or
- Explorer by double clicking (or right click - Open) on
- any PSA Cards data file that has a .car file type.
-
- Another Windows 95 way of starting PSA Cards with a specific
- data file is to use the right mouse button to drag file's
- icon to the desktop. Then select "Create Shortcut(s) here"
- when the right mouse button menu is displayed.
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- REGISTRATION
-
- Complete registration instructions can be found in
- the on-line Help. Go the Help menu, click on Register
- and then click on the Help button in the Registraton
- dialog box.
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- Although PSA Cards has been carefully written and
- tested, no claim is made as to its reliability and
- freedom from bugs. This software is provided "as-is"
- without warranty of any kind. In no event shall PSA
- Software be liable for any damages whatsoever arising
- out of the use or inability to use PSA Cards.
-
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS RUNNING IN WINDOWS NT 4.0
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- The Microsoft dialer sometimes fails to start when dialing.
- To work around this problem, manually start the MS dialer
- from the Start menu | Accessories.
-
- The Microsoft dialer sometimes fails to translate phone
- numbers to dial strings. To work around this problem, use
- the phone number to dial string translation built into
- PSA Cards.
-
- BUG REPORTS AND FEEDBACK
-
- Please send bug reports, and suggestions for new
- features to CompuServe User ID 72064,1437, or
- Internet: billr@PSA-Cards.com or US mail to me
- at the above registration address. I can't fix bugs
- or add new features if I don't know about them, so let
- me hear from you.
-
- You can also get the PSA Cards news and download the
- most recent ZIP file from the PSA Software web page:
-
- http://www.PSA-Cards.com
-
- I hope that you find PSA Cards useful.
-
- Bill Rogers
-