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- BRENDALLSON SOFTWARE WOULD LIKE TO THANK :-
-
- Duane Wandless, Kevin Murphy, Mark Elmore, and Snow Lynn Bain, in order
- of importance to program developement.
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-
-
-
- BRENDALLSON SOFTWARE PRESENTS :
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- ; Name :- Phonemate v3.000-BETA ;
- ; Author :- Gregory A. Kendall ( Percy ) ;
- ; Date :- 8 Dismember 1987 ( Mundania ) ;
- ; Spefs :- 1. First version in C ;
- ; 2. BETA release ;
- ; Comments :- Amigabasic is a thing of the past for me!!! heehee ;
- ;---------------------------------------------------------------------------;
- ; ;
-
- Well, I have finally gotten out of the rut of programming in AmigaBasic.
- This is the first version of my Phonemate program in the great Amiga
- language of C. I hope that everyone likes this version as much as I do.
- This version is MUCH faster the prior AmigaBasic versions in all aspects.
- The only area which is not as nice is the actual display layout; however, I
- will be adding colours in the future and arranging the display to suit my
- tastes and others.
-
-
- AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR...
-
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-
- Most people think that Shareware is a place for them to get good money
- for a program without going through all of the trouble of releasing their
- programs with flashy packages and going through dealers. I, on the other
- hand, am not a greedy hacker ( I am not calling anyone a greedy hacker ) and
- I am only asking for a little, and guess what, I am not really insistent on
- that part of the deal. I am content just to get comments concerning my
- program ( good and bad ). PLEASE take a second to drop me a line and if you
- would like to send a contribution to the Brendallson Cause, please limit
- this to only $1 to $5. $6 and up is right off!!!! I don't like nor do I
- feel comfortable in accepting more than $5, although I have done it in the
- past. I will probably just send the contribution back unless you insist. I
- am not in programming to make money, yet.... I am in it for the fun!!!! So,
- as you can see, I am interested first in your comments about my program!!!
-
- Again, please take the time to drop me a line with comments concerning my
- program and possibly a contribution. Send all mail to the following
- address:
-
- Gregory A. Kendall
- ATN/ Brendallson Software
- 522 Neese Road
- Woodstock, Georgia 30188
-
- Thanks for the time and you will hear from me back....
-
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-
- AND NOW BACK TO OUR PROGRAM ( HEEHEEHEE )
-
-
- Table of Contents :-
-
- A. Getting Started
- B. Storing/Editing Numbers
- C. Trashing Numbers
- D. Moving Numbers Around
- E. Dialing Numbers via Menus
- F. Dialing Numbers via Gadgets
- G. Sorting Menus
- H. Clearing the Output Window
- I. Counting Rings
- J. Alternate Ringer Volume
-
-
- A. Getting Started
-
- You have obviously de-ARCed this file so I won't go through all of the
- trouble of telling you to de-ARC the file. You should now have the following
- files :
-
- * pmate : main file
- pmate.doc : this doc file
- * menu.usr : menu file for pmate.
-
- The 2 files marked with an '*' are the files needed for running Pmate. These
- files must be in the same menu for Pmate to run properly. You can run Pmate
- without the menu.usr file; however, no menus will be available when you
- first run the program. This has the interesting side-effect of allowing you
- to make up an entirely new menu.usr file. I haven't tested this theory to
- any extent, but it seems possible.
- To run the program, just type "pmate" from CLI or double-click on the
- Pmate icon from Workbench. The program takes care of the rest. Just sit
- back and relax.
-
- B. Storing/Editing Numbers
-
- This is probably the first thing that you will want to do once you get
- Pmate up and running. I regret that the menu.usr file from previous Pmate
- versions are NOT compatable with version 3.000-BETA. Sorry....
- To STORE a number, do the following steps :-
-
- 1. Click on the STORE gadget.
- 2. Choose the menu which you wish to STORE into.
- *** A requester pops up
- 3. Click in the NAME field.
- 4. Type RIGHT_AMIGA X.
- *** The NAME field is cleared.
- 5. Type in the NAME you wish to go there and move on.
- 6. Do the same for the rest of the fields in the requester.
-
- NOTE :- the COMM field is optional. This allows you to enter a
- RIGHT-AMIGA key sequence for the NAME/NUMBER as well. When you enter the
- letter using the steps outlined above, the letter seems not to appear. This
- is due to a spacing problem in the string gadget that I hope to have ironed
- out before the full v3.000 release. It is there and if you wish to see it
- to be reassured that you entered it correctly, just move to the first of the
- field using the cursor controls....
-
- EDIT : - in order to edit, you just click on the STORE gadget, choose the
- menu you wish to edit and edit away!!!! You'll see what I mean!.
-
- C. Trashing Numbers :-
-
- To delete a number from the menu.usr file, just click on the TRASH
- gadget, choose the menu you want trashed, and the program does the rest.
-
-
- D. Moving Numbers :-
-
- I have included a MOVE facility in this version. This allows you to move
- menus from one place to another to suit your fancy. Just click on the MOVE
- gadget, choose the FROM menu, then choose the TO menu. The program then
- moves the menu and saves the file.
-
-
- E. Dialing Via Menus :-
-
- To dial a number from the menus, just choose the menu you with Pmate to
- dial for you and the program does the rest. Remember, if you modem is not
- normaly on, you must turn it on before dialing.
-
- F. Dialing Via Gadgets :-
-
- Follow the following steps to dial a number from the key-gadgets :-
-
- 1. Click on the DIAL gadget.
- 2. Enter the number using the KEYPAD gadgets on the screen.
- 3. When you are done entering, click on the DIAL gadget again
- *** Pmate dials the number for you.
-
- G. Sorting Menus :-
-
- I have included a SORT utility in the program for this version. I
- promise that this version of the SORT ( due to the manner and speed of C)
- will run VERY MUCH FASTER than its BASIC counterpart. All of the menus are
- sorted into alpha-beta order separately. Each menu will be alphabetized
- within itself. This takes about 10 seconds from begin sort to end saving.
-
- H. Clearing The Output Window :-
-
- To clear the output window, just click on the TITLE gadget at the top of
- the screen. You know, the one that says "BRENDALLSON SOFTWARE'S..." etc...
- You'll see what I mean.
-
- I. Counting Rings :-
-
- Pmate counts the rings that it receives from the modem. This tells you
- just how many times the phone has rung since running the program or clearing
- the count. I know that it would be more useful to count the number of calls
- that have come in rather than the rings, but I am having problems with that
- and hope to have it operational be the full version release.
-
- For now, to get the number of rings just click on the CALLS gadget. The
- number of rings will be displayed on the status line at the top of the
- screen.
-
- To CLEAR the count, just clear the output window. The
- clear-the-output-window routine also clear the _rings count. See, it's
- easy!
-
-
- J. Alternate Ringer Volume :-
-
- This version also contains the famous alternate ringer. When the program
- is run, it comes up with the volume set to zero. There is an un-marked
- proportional gadget on the right hand side of the window that sets the
- volume. Now that you know what it is, I think it is intuitive how to set
- it.
-
-
- AFTERWORD :-
-
- Sorry, but this version does not yet support PULSE dialing as the
- previous version did. I have just been lazy and WILL have it added by the
- full version release.
-
- I hope that you enjoy this program as much as I have enjoyed writing it
- yet again.... Have fun with it and PLEASE, write to me if you have a
- contribution or just a comment or question concerning the program. I think
- you'll agree that it is as easy as 1-2-3 should be!!!! ( Lotus that is)
-
-
- Thank you,
-
- Gregory A. Kendall,
-
- and Brendallson Software....
-
-
-