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          ** ═R.═AILMAN **
     ╚E KNOWS EVERYONE'S ADDRESS!


╫RITTEN BY:  ┴LAN ╫. ╟ARDNER



  ╘HIS DATA-BASE TRACKS NAMES,

ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS, AND COMMENTS

AND STORES THEM IN A RELATIVE FILE.

╘HE OPTIONS INCLUDE ENTERING NEW DATA,

DELETING A CURRENT ENTRY, SORTING THE

DATA ON ANY FIELD, VIEWING THE DATA ON

THE SCREEN, SEARCHING THROUGH THE

DATA, AND PRINTING THE DATA IN TWO

DIFFERENT WAYS.

  ╫HEN YOU ╥╒╬ THE PROGRAM, YOU FIRST

SEE A MENU.  ╘HE TOP OF THE MENU

SCREEN DISPLAYS THE NAME OF THE

PROGRAM AND ITS VERSION NUMBER.  ╬EXT

IS THE LEGEND '╬UMBER OF PEOPLE ON

FILE:'. ╘HE NUMBER FOLLOWING THIS

LEGEND IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

CURRENTLY IN YOUR FILE.

  ╘HE REMAINDER OF THIS SCREEN

DISPLAYS YOUR OPTIONS.  ┴FTER

MAKING A SELECTION FROM THE MAIN MENU,

YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO THE APPROPRIATE

SECTION OF THE PROGRAM.


╧╨╘╔╧╬ 1 -- ╔NPUT NEW DATA

  ╘HIS OPTION LETS YOU ENTER NEW DATA

INTO THE FILE.  ┘OU WILL BE ASKED

TO ENTER DATA FOR PERSON NUMBER 'N'.

'╬' WILL BE EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF

PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN THE FILE PLUS ONE.

  ┘OU WILL ALSO SEE THE WORDS '┼NTER

"!" AS LAST NAME TO CANCEL.'  ╔F, BY

SOME CHANCE, YOU ACCIDENTALLY PICKED

OPTION ONE FROM THE MENU, THEN YOU

CAN EXIT BACK TO THE MENU BY ENTERING

THE EXCLAMATION MARK (!) FOR THE

LAST NAME.

  ╬OTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE

OF THE ├-64 INPUT STATEMENT, ┴╠╠

CHARACTERS ON A LINE THAT ARE ╥╔╟╚╘

OF THE '?' PROMPT WILL BE INCLUDED IN

THE INPUT.

  ╫HEN ENTERING DATA, YOU MAY USE THE

╔╬╙╘/─┼╠ KEY AND THE ├╥╙╥ KEYS TO

CORRECT MISTAKES.  ╘HE UNDERLINE AT

EACH PROMPT SHOWS THE MAXIMUM LENGTH

FOR EACH INPUT.  ┴NY INPUT THAT

EXCEEDS THIS LIMIT WILL BE TRUNCATED.

  ┴FTER YOU HAVE ENTERED ALL OF THE

DATA FOR A PERSON, YOU WILL BE ASKED

IF THE INPUT IS CORRECT.  ╔F YOU

ANSWER YES (WITH A 'Y'), THE PROGRAM

WILL ADD THAT PERSON TO YOUR FILE AND

RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN MENU.  ╔F YOU

ANSWER NO (WITH AN 'N'), THEN YOU WILL

BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FIX ANY

MISTAKES ON ANY LINE OF DATA.  ╔F THE

DATA IS CORRECT FOR A CERTAIN LINE,

SIMPLY PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO KEEP IT THE

WAY IT IS. ┴S BEFORE, ENTERING '!' BY

ITSELF AS THE LAST NAME WILL TAKE YOU

BACK TO THE MAIN MENU.

  ╔F YOU HAVE ANY DEFAULTS SET

(DEFAULTS WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER),

THEN YOU CAN MERELY PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ON

THOSE LINES.


╧╨╘╔╧╬ 2 -- ─ELETE DATA

  ╫HEN YOU SELECT OPTION 2, YOU WILL

IMMEDIATELY BE ASKED THE NUMBER OF THE

PERSON TO DELETE.  ╔F YOU ENTER ZERO,

YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU.

╔F YOU PICK AN INVALID NUMBER (ENTER

A NUMBER HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER OF

PEOPLE IN THE FILE OR ENTER A NEGATIVE

NUMBER), THE BORDER WILL CHANGE COLOR

SIGNIFYING AN INCORRECT INPUT.  ┘OU

WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR A NUMBER AGAIN.

  ╧NCE YOU CHOOSE A VALID NUMBER, YOU

WILL BE SHOWN THAT RECORD ON THE

SCREEN.  ┴T THIS POINT, YOU WILL BE

ASKED IF THIS IS REALLY THE PERSON

YOU WANT TO DELETE.  ╔F YOU ANSWER

NO, YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN

MENU.  ╔F YOU ANSWER YES, THEN THAT

PERSON WILL BE DELETED FROM THE FILE

AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN

MENU.


╧╨╘╔╧╬ 3 -- ╙ORT DATA

  ╫HEN YOU SELECT OPTION THREE, YOU

WILL BE SHOWN ALL OF THE DATA FIELDS.

╘HE FIELDS ARE LAST NAME, FIRST NAME,

ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP, PHONE

NUMBER, AND COMMENT.  ┬Y PRESSING THE

NUMBER KEY THAT CORRESPONDS TO A

FIELD, YOU SPECIFY WHICH FIELD YOU

WANT SORTED. ╔F YOU ENTER ZERO AT

THIS POINT, YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO

THE MAIN MENU.

  ┴FTER YOU PICK THE FIELD YOU WANT TO

SORT, YOU WILL SEE THREE MESSAGES

APPEAR ON YOUR SCREEN.  ╞IRST YOU WILL

SEE THE MESSAGE '╥EADING DATA TO

SORT...'.  ┴FTER ALL THE DATA HAS BEEN

READ IN, YOU WILL SEE THE MESSAGE,

'╙ORTING DATA...'.  ╫HEN THE DATA IS

BEING SORTED, THE BORDER WILL CHANGE

COLOR EVERYTIME A SWAP IS MADE.  ╘HIS

IS TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE PROGRAM IS

INDEED DOING SOMETHING.  ┘OU WILL SEE

THE LAST MESSAGE WHEN THE DATA HAS

BEEN SORTED.  ╘HIS MESSAGE TELLS YOU

THAT IT IS '╫RITING DATA BACK TO

FILE...'.  ╫HEN THIS IS COMPLETE, YOU

WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU.


╧╨╘╔╧╬ 4 -- ╠IST DATA

  ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO SEE EITHER

ALL OR PART OF THE DATA IN YOUR FILE.

┘OU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE RECORD

NUMBER OF THE FIRST PERSON TO BE

LISTED.  ╘HIS CAN BE ANY NUMBER FROM

ONE TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR

FILE.  ╔F YOU ENTER AN INVALID

NUMBER, THE BORDER WILL CHANGE COLOR

AND YOU WILL NEED TO ENTER ANOTHER

NUMBER.  ╬EXT YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR

THE NUMBER OF THE ENDING PERSON TO

LIST.  ╘HIS NUMBER MUST BE GREATER

THAN OR EQUAL TO THE STARTING NUMBER

THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY INPUT AND LESS

THAN OR EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

IN YOUR FILE.  ┴GAIN, IF YOU ENTER AN

INVALID NUMBER THE BORDER WILL CHANGE

AND YOU SHOULD ENTER A NEW NUMBER.  ╔F

YOU WANT TO LIST ALL OF YOUR FILE,

THEN YOU CAN SIMPLY PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ WHEN

YOU ARE ASKED THE QUESTIONS.  ╘HIS

WILL ACCEPT THE DEFAULT VALUES,

NAMELY ONE AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

IN THE FILE.

  ┴FTER ENTERING THESE TWO NUMBERS,

YOU WILL BE SHOWN EACH APPROPRIATE

PERSON'S DATA.  ╘HE PERSON'S NUMBER

WILL BE SHOWN AS WELL.  ╘O CONTINUE

VIEWING THE LIST, PRESS THE SPACEBAR.

╘O QUIT VIEWING AND RETURN TO THE MAIN

MENU, PRESS THE '_' (TOP-LEFT OF THE

KEYBOARD).  ┴FTER ALL THE APPROPRIATE

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED, YOU WILL

AUTOMATICALLY BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN

MENU WHEN YOU PRESS THE SPACEBAR.


╧╨╘╔╧╬ 5 -- ┼DIT DEFAULTS

  ─EFAULTS ARE AN AID TO ENTERING NEW

DATA.  ╫ITH DEFAULTS SET, ALL YOU

HAVE TO DO TO ENTER DATA FOR FIELDS

WITH DEFAULTS IS PRESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬.  ╘HIS

SAVES A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF

KEYSTROKES WHEN INPUTTING SIMILAR

DATA.  ╔N THIS PROGRAM, YOU ARE ABLE

TO SET AND EDIT DEFAULTS FOR THE

THE ├╔╘┘, ╙╘┴╘┼, AND ┌╔╨ ├╧─┼.

  ┘OU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A SMALL

MENU LISTING THE FIELDS FOR WHICH

THERE CAN BE DEFAULTS.  ┬Y PRESSING

THE DESIRED NUMBER KEY, YOU CAN EDIT

AN EXISTING DEFAULT OR ENTER A NEW

ONE.  ╬OTE THAT TO TOTALLY WIPE OUT A

DEFAULT, YOU MUST ENTER "" (TWO

DOUBLE QUOTES IN A ROW). ╘HIS IS DUE,

AGAIN, TO THE WAY THE ├-64 HANDLES

INPUT.  ┼NTER ZERO FROM THIS SMALL

MENU, TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU.

╬OTE THAT ENTERING ZERO IS THE ╧╬╠┘

WAY OUT OF THIS OPTION.


╧╨╘╔╧╬ 6 -- ╙EARCH DATA

  ╫HAT WOULD A DATA-BASE BE WITHOUT

A SEARCH FUNCTION?  ╬OT MUCH, IF YOU

REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.  ╫HAT

GOOD IS ALL THAT DATA IF YOU CAN'T

FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?

  ╫HEN YOU SELECT THE ╙EARCH OPTION,

YOU ARE SHOWN THE DATA FIELDS.  ┬Y

PRESSING A NUMBER THAT CORRESPONDS TO

ONE OF THE FIELDS, YOU SPECIFY WHAT

FIELD YOU WANT TO SEARCH. ┴FTER

PICKING YOUR FIELD, YOU WILL BE

ASKED FOR THE '╙TRING TO SEARCH FOR'.

┼NTER WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO

SEARCH FOR.  ╬OTE THAT THE SEARCH

OPERATION TAKES CARE OF CAPITAL

LETTERS VERSUS LOWER-CASE LETTERS BY

USING A CASE CONVERTER.  ╞OR EXAMPLE,

IF YOU SEARCH FOR '┴', THEN YOU WILL

FIND ALL OCCURENCES OF '┴' AS WELL AS

ALL OCCURENCES OF 'A'. ╘HE DATA IN

YOUR FILE IS ╬╧╘ CHANGED IN ANY WAY,

IT IS MERELY CONVERTED FOR COMPARISON

PURPOSES.

  ┴FTER YOU HAVE INPUT WHAT YOU WANT

TO SEARCH FOR, THE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN

SEARCHING.  ╔F THE SEARCH STRING IS

FOUND IN THE SPECIFIED FIELD OF ANY

RECORD, THEN IT IS PRINTED TO THE

SCREEN ALONG WITH ITS NUMBER.  ┴T THIS

POINT, YOU CAN PRESS THE SPACEBAR TO

CONTINUE WITH THE SEARCH OR YOU CAN

PRESS THE '_' KEY TO QUIT SEARCHING

AND RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU.

  ╫HEN ALL DATA RECORDS HAVE BEEN

SEARCHED OR THE SEARCH STRING HAS NOT

BEEN FOUND AT ALL, THEN THE MESSAGE

'╬OT FOUND...' APPEARS AND YOU ARE

RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU.

  ╬OTE THAT THE STRING SEARCH USED IN

THIS PROGRAM DOES ╬╧╘ ONLY CHECK THE

BEGINNING OF AN ELEMENT FOR A MATCH.

╔T SEARCHES THE WHOLE STRING FOR A

MATCH.  ╞OR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE

SEARCHING THE LAST NAME FIELD AND YOU

WERE LOOKING FOR THE STRING 'ARD',

THEN YOU WOULD BE SHOWN ANY RECORDS

CONTAINING '╟ARDNER', 'DRUNKARD',

'YARD', 'AARDVARK', ETC... ╔N OTHER

WORDS, THE SEARCH FUNCTION IS AN

INTERNAL SEARCH FUNCTION.


╧╨╘╔╧╬ 7 -- ╨RINT DATA

  ╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO PRINT YOUR

DATA IN ONE OF TWO FORMATS.  ╬O MATTER

WHICH WAY YOU CHOOSE TO PRINT YOUR

DATA, YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE

NUMBERS OF A STARTING AND ENDING

PERSON.  ╔F YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT THIS

MEANS, THEN REFER TO THE SECTION

EXPLAINING THE ╠╔╙╘ ╞╒╬├╘╔╧╬ (╧PTION

4).  ┬EFORE INPUTTING THE TWO

NUMBERS, MAKE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS

POWERED-ON AND SWITCHED ON-LINE.

  ╘HE FIRST FORMAT TO PRINT YOUR DATA

IS ╞╒╠╠ ╥┼├╧╥─. ╘HIS FORMAT WILL

PRINT ALL OF THE DATA IN EVERY RECORD

THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED.  ╘HE NAME,

ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, AND ZIP CODE

WILL BE PRINTED IN A COLUMN ON THE

LEFT OF THE PAPER WHILE THE PHONE

NUMBER AND COMMENT WILL BE PRINTED IN

A COLUMN TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THE

PAPER. ╫HEN ALL THE SPECIFIED DATA

HAS BEEN PRINTED, YOU WILL BE

RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU.

  ╘HE SECOND FORMAT OF PRINTING YOUR

DATA IS ╠┴┬┼╠.  ╘HIS FORMAT ALLOWS

YOU TO CREATE LABELS FOR SUCH THINGS

AS MAILING LISTS.  ╫HEN THIS MODE IS

CHOSEN, ONLY THE NAME, ADDRESS, CITY,

STATE, AND ZIP CODE WILL BE PRINTED,

╘HE NAME (FIRST AND LAST) WILL BE

PRINTED ON THE TOP LINE.  ╘HE ADDRESS

WILL BE PRINTED ON THE NEXT LINE AND

THE CITY, STATE, AND ZIP CODE WILL BE

PRINTED ON THE LAST LINE.  ╘HE PRINTER

WILL THEN ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LABEL.

┴FTER ALL SPECIFIED DATA HAS BEEN

PRINTED, YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE

MAIN MENU.

  ╘HE PROGRAM ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE

USING STANDARD 3 1/2 INCH ╪ 15/16 INCH

LABELS AND THAT YOU ARE PRINTING 6

LINES TO AN INCH.


╧╨╘╔╧╬ 8 -- ┼XIT PROGRAM

  ╘HIS IS THE EASIEST OF ALL THE

OPTIONS.  ╫HEN YOU SELECT THIS OPTION,

YOU EXIT THE PROGRAM.  ╔F YOU HAVE

CHOSEN THIS OPTION BY MISTAKE, THEN

FEAR NOT!  ┘OU WILL SEE THIS LINE ON

YOUR SCREEN:

   RUN  : <== PRESS RETURN TO RE-RUN

╔F YOU PRESS THE ╥┼╘╒╥╬ KEY WHILE THE

CURSOR IS ON THIS LINE, THE PROGRAM

WILL RE-RUN AND NOTHING IS LOST.


  ╧NE MORE THING MIGHT NEED TO BE

SAID -- IN MOST PLACES WHERE YOU MUST

MAKE A DECISION, THE BORDER WILL

CHANGE COLOR. ╔F YOU ╦╬╧╫ THAT YOU'VE

MADE AN INCORRECT INPUT (DIDN'T ENTER

EITHER A 'Y' OR AN 'N') AND THE BORDER

DOES ╬╧╘ CHANGE COLOR, THEN BLAME IT

ON THE ╥╬─ (RANDOM) FUNCTION FOR NOT

SUPPLYING ME WITH A RANDOM-ENOUGH

NUMBER TO STICK IN THE BORDER COLOR

REGISTER.

  ╧NE MORE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE

MENTIONED IS THIS:  ┬ECAUSE OF A

BUG IN THE OPERATION OF THE ┼╨┘╪

╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─ CARTRIDGE, IT IS SUGGESTED

THAT YOU DO ╬╧╘ USE THIS PROGRAM

WHILE ╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─ IS INSTALLED.


                 - ┴LAN ╟ARDNER


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