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- T E L E B A S E
-
- D O C S
-
- PURPOSE:
- To print out mailing labels, phonelists, dial the phone, and keep
- track of it all!
-
- REQUIREMENTS:
- Amiga (duh) with ADOS release 2.04 or higher. (version 37+)
- reqtools.library V37 or higher (included in archive)
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
- RUNNING:
- First, you must install the reqtools.library in your libs:
- directory. Simply use the Install program for this. (found in
- the ReqTools Directory)
- To run TeleBASE:
- just click on it, eh? You will get a load error the first time
- your run the program, since TeleBASE cannot find your data file.
- Not to worry, just press return, and move on. When you save a
- file, you won't see that annoying thing any more.
-
- ADD:
- Adding a record is fairly simple. Just click on the ADD gadget,
- and a new blank record will be shown ready to be filled in. You
- may also use the short-cuts, (right Amiga-A), or the 'A' key.
-
- DELETE:
- Deleting is even easier. Click on DELETE, confirm the "Confirm THIS!"
- gadget, and whatever record is showing at the time is now an EX-record.
- (right Amiga-D, or the 'D' key)
-
- LOAD:
- If you have changed the file without saving, and you click on
- LOAD, you will be shown a requestor asking "Load Anyway?".
- Selecting "Yes" will bring up a requester to pick a file
- to load from disk, "No" aborts the load. If you attempt to
- load a file that was not created by TeleBASE, you will get an error.
- Also, if you enter a file name that does not exist, you will get an
- error. (right Amiga-L, or the 'L' key)
-
- CLOSEWINDOW:
- To quit the program, close the window. (of course) There is a
- requester for unsaved data asking "Save First?"; "Yes" (or <RETURN>)
- saves,"No" (or ESC) aborts (to heck with your changes) and
- "Cancel" just nixes the whole idea of quiting in the first place.
- (right Amiga-Q)
-
- SAVE:
- Click here and be saved. Simply press return after the File
- Requester comes up to save to default file name.
- (right Amiga-S, or the 'S' key)
-
- CALL:
- This will send the string, "ATDT" plus whatever you have entered
- into the "Phone" field out to your modem. (serial.device) Probably
- the most important thing to remember is to keep your preferences set
- up correctly for your modem. If you have your preferences set up for
- a 9600 baud modem, and you have your Amiga hooked up to a 1200 baud
- modem (or anything less than reflected by prefs), this program will
- NOT WORK!
-
- If you have everything set up correctly:
- When you click on "CALL", you will see a requestor saying "Pick up
- phone and Press <RETURN>". Make sure you give your modem ample time
- to dial the number. When you click "Okay" (or press return), your
- modem will hang up, so you should have already picked up the phone
- by then. If this still does not work, make sure you are running IPREFS
- in your startup-sequence. (right Amiga-C, or the 'C' key)
-
- _NOTE:_
-
- Putting parenthesis, and hyphens in your phone number has no effect on
- the dialing of the modem. The modem will ignore all such eye fodder.
- So, entering your phone numbers like, 1(405)555-1212, is OKay!
-
- SEARCH:
- Clicking the SEARCH gadget will prompt you for a string to search for.
- The program will search through First and Last Name for that string.
- You may use the '*' and the '?' as wild cards in your search. Wildcards
- are not, however, assumed. That is to say, if you enter 'DAN' and you
- have a record 'DANNY', you will NOT get a match. You will get a match,
- however, with 'DAN???' or 'DAN*'. The search is NOT case sensitive.
- (right Amiga-F, or the 'F' key)
-
- PRINT:
- The print gadget also gives you a requestor asking you to specify what
- to print. (right Amiga-P, or the 'P' key)
-
- Choices are:
-
- FULL
- This option prints a dump of the entire data file. See Current...
-
- PHONE
- (or <RETURN>)
- This option will print out _ALL_ entries in the form:
-
- FIRSTNAME LASTNAME................................PHONE
-
- CURRENT
- This option prints out the currently displayed record in the
- form:
-
- FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
- ADDRESS
- CITY STATE ZIP
-
- CANCEL
- (or ESC)
- Print nothing.
-
-
- MOVING AROUND:
- To move up in alphabetical order, click on the FORWARD gadget, select
- 'Forward' from the menu, press (right Amiga-.), press the 'N' key (for
- NEXT), or hit the right cursor key. Moving in decending alphabetical
- order is similar. (just opposite). ('B' key for BACK and right Amiga-,)
-
- ABOUT:
- Pressing the HELP key will give you a small blurb about the program
- version number and the wonderful, and modest programmer.
-
- ZIPWINDOW:
- To resize the window, press the ESCAPE key, while the cursor is
- not in any string gadgets, or click in the Zoom gadget in the window.
-
- CURSOR_PLACEMENT:
- You can place the cursor in a gadget by pressing <RETURN>, until it
- is where you want it. When the cursor is in the last field (Comment)
- you may press <RETURN> once again to cause the cursor to dissappear.
- Then the cursor KEYS will cause the program to step through your data
- entries. Pressing <RETURN> again, will cause the cursor to reappear in
- the Last Name field. You may also move the cursor down and up through
- the fields, by using <TAB> and <SHIFT_TAB> respectivly.
-
- OTHER STUFF:
-
- Send all bug reports to:
-
- Scott Rogerson
- R4 Box 643
- Newalla OK 74857
-
- (405)386-6521
-
- -OR-
-
- FIDO (1:147/1000.4)
-
- A $5 - $10 donation would be appreciated. I will also accept suggestions,
- complaints, general BS, good recipes, and homemade cookies.
-
- You may use/copy this program as you see fit. (at your own risk
- of course) Give it away to your friends and/or enemies. Just
- don't sell or otherwise profit from it. Blah...blah...blah....
-
- I would like to thank my brother, Mark Rogerson, for his suggestions,
- time, icon, and general programming supremacy.
-
- Thanks Mark! (bro!)
-
- Fred Fish has my permission to include TeleBASE in his library.
-
- This program uses reqtools.libray, for which we can all thank
- Nico François.
-
- ....Thank-you, Nico!
-
-
- ReqTools is Copyright © Nico François.
- TeleBASE is Copyright © Scott Rogerson.
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