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- METZ Dialer August 5, 1990
-
- METZ Software Support (206)-641-4525
- P.O. Box 6042 Sales 1-800-447-1712
- Bellevue, Wa., 98008-0042, U.S.A. International (206) 641-4525
- Fax (206) 644-6026
-
- GEnie: A.METZ Compuserve: [73567,1637]
-
- Overview
-
- Dialer is a popup, speed dialer which, when coupled with a Hayes
- compatible modem, provides a quick and convenient method of dialing
- phone numbers. A customizeable pulldown menu allows you add names
- and numbers you frequently call.
- The Names option under the Dial menu allows you to maintain
- the names and phone numbers in your Dialer menu. For example,
- to add a name and phone number select Dial Names. The Names dialog
- will appear, from which you can now select the Add button, upon which
- a final dialog will appear, which is where you enter the name as it will
- appear under the Dial menu and the phone number to be dialed upon
- selection. Select Save, and Save again, and the name should now appear
- under the Dial menu.
- When a name is selected from the Dial menu, the number being dialed
- will appear in the edit field above the numeric keypad. Then dialer
- will begin dialing the number (including the prefix if configured) and
- display the call in progress information at the bottom of the dialpad.
- You can click on OK/Stop or press Escape at any time to disconnect
- Dialer from the modem (the modem will affect your phone speaker volume
- until you do so). If you have not picked up your phone when you select
- OK/Stop, the line will be dropped (hungup).
- The last number dialed is displayed by Dialer, even when it is
- closed and re-opened. You can select Dial or press Enter to have
- Dialer make a call using the currently displayed number.
- For your convenience, the license number XDEVAL will allow you
- evaluate this application for a limited time without the usual reminder
- screens popping up.
-
- Non-registered users
- This release is a demonstration version and as such is not to be
- sold. Dialer may only be distributed for free (or at cost) as the
- following group of files: DIALER.EXE, DIALER.DOC, DIALER.XLM, METZ.ORD,
- APPS.WRI. These files may not be modified in any way.
- Use for purposes other than evaluation requires payment of the
- registration fee. Once you register and receive a license number you are
- automatically allowed to upgrade to future releases. It is important
- that you register this application to help insure continued support and
- development. Our intention is to provide useful, user-friendly
- applications at a low cost, and your support helps make that possible.
- All available functionality is enabled in this version to provide
- you the ability to effectively evaluate this application.
- Ordering information is included in the file METZ.ORD or available
- by contacting METZ Software. All orders will receive a disk containing
- the latest versions of our products.
-
- Using Dialer
- If you have trouble dialing a number, make sure that your configuration
- is correctly set. Phone numbers are not validated and are assumed to be in
- a Hayes compatable format.
- You will need to register Dialer in order to add more than 10 names
- to the menu.
- Information in this document is subject to change without notice
- and does not represent any commitment on the part of METZ Software. No
- warranties of any kind are associated with this product.
-
- Your comments and suggestions are always welcome, and help make
- this application a better product.
-
- Thank you for your support.
-
-
- ------------ METZ Dialer version history ------------------
-
- Version 2.1
- * Dialer did not work with some older or non-standard Hayes
- compatible modems. This version now should work on a wider
- variety of Hayes "compatible" modems. The performance of the
- dialing process has been improved as well.
- * The Dial button now becomes the OK/Stop button when dialing is
- in progress. Simply click on the OK/Stop button once the number
- has been dialed and you have picked up the phone, or when you
- which to stop the dialing process.
- * An option to display various area codes and country codes has been
- added to the Info menu. The values can be sorted numerically or
- alphabetically.
- * The configuration dialog will ignore the preliminary modem command
- if it is set to ATDT or ATDP as this is already automatically
- generated by the dialing process.
-
- Version 2.01
- * Dialer had a bug which caused it to fail when a long phone number
- was added to the Dial menu. This has been fixed.
-
- Version 2.0
- * This version is compatible with Windows 2.x and 3.0.
- * Please check your modem configuration, previous versions of Dialer
- used the configuration set by Phones. Due to possible conflicts
- Dialer now maintains a separate configuration.
- * Dialer now can dial a number via DDE. A sample macro for Excel
- is included (DIALER.XLM). Be sure that you have configured your
- modem with Dialer.
- When using Microsoft Excel, load DIALER.XLM, then, to dial a number,
- select a cell in your spreadsheet which contains a phone number and
- press CTRL+D (Control D). Dialer will then begin the process of
- dialing the number. A dialog box will appear asking you to pickup
- the phone. Press OK after the number has been dialed and your
- phone is off hook.
- * A preliminary modem command has been added to the Control Modem
- dialog. This field can be set to a modem command you wish to
- have sent just before Dialer dials a number. For example, some
- users need to turn the speaker on, so they would place ATM1 in
- this field, and Dialer will issue an ATM1 to the modem before
- dialing. Other possible uses would be for volume control.
- See your modem reference manual for the command options and
- syntax. Note, only certain commands are useful for this option.
- Does anybody want a post dialing modem command option?
- * Several modifications have been made to improve the dialing process
- and modem compatibilities.
-
- Version 1.1
- * Dialer will now dial phone numbers containing characters. Each
- character is translated to the corresponding number on a normal
- phone dial pad before dialing. (i.e. 555-SNOW will be dialed
- as 555-7669) The characters can be upper or lower case. Note
- that some characters are not on the dialpad and will not be
- translated.
-
- Version 1.0 - released 3/90
- * first public release
-