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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Phone Message Program 1.0! PHONE MESSAGE was created
primarily for the Contact Plus contact management system, however,
it can be used nicely with most database programs. It is memory
resident, uses less than 9K of memory and functions as a quick
way to log incoming call information. The incoming call information
can then be exported to a database or word processor for further
processing, statistics or storage.
This program is different from the previous PINKY phone message
program also created by E Trujillo Software in that it uses very
little memory, and allows users and programmers to directly access
the phone call information.
This PHONE MESSAGE program is FREE to anyone wishing to use it, although,
if you are going to distribute it, all files including this text file
must be included and must not be altered in anyway without
prior written consent of Contact Plus Corporation.
The Contact Plus contact management system has an optional facility for
automatically updating contact information (incoming call and the phone
call message) if the person is in the database or automatically adding
them to the contact database if they do not exist. If you are a registered
user of Contact Plus and want the interface please contact us.
The interface to Contact Plus Shareware and Contact Plus Professional
are optional and are available only to registered users of the Contact
Plus systems.
WHAT IS PHONE MESSAGE?
The Phone Message Program is a memory resident program. Its primary
function is to collect information concerning incoming phone calls
and messages. It does this by lying dormant in RAM until summoned by
the press of a hotkey. The hotkey to summon the Phone Message Program
is the following set of keystrokes:
SHIFT + CTRL + M
A screen looking like the following will appear:
+------------------------------------------------+
: PHONE MESSAGE PROGRAM 01 Jan 90 3:13pm :
+------------------------------------------------+
: TO: Roger :
: FROM: Ed :
: PHONE: 505-881-3223 :
+------------------------------------------------+
: OF: Contact Plus Corporation :
: ADDR1: 2921 Carlisle NE, Ste 206 :
: ADDR2: :
: CITY: Albuquerque ST: NM ZIP: 87190 :
+------------------------------------------------+
: MSG: Wants more information on the demo :
: system. :
: :
: :
: :
+------------------------------------------------+
: F1 - Urgent! F4 - Will call again :
: F2 - Returned call F5 - Phoned :
: F3 - Call Back F6 - Wants to see you :
: ESC - Abort F10 - Save & Exit :
+------------------------------------------------+
The information is stored in a file called PHONE.MSG. This file is
created in the same directory where you started the program. If you
delete the PHONE.MSG file, it will be re-created when pressing
the hotkey or starting the program.
In order to efficiently use precious 640K RAM memory, only the
message recording function is available through the CTRL-SHIFT-M key.
To retrieve the messages, you will need to run the PDUMP program
described later in this document. The phone message data entry
window will only appear if the screen is NOT in graphics
mode (i.e. Windows and the like cannot be running in the foreground.).
The associated utility PDUMP will create files in both comma-delimited
mail/merge format and DBASE III format. It is described later.
START UP
To start up the phone message program simply enter:
PMSG
from the DOS prompt. The screen will be cleared and a start-up message
will appear. A file in the starting directory will be created called
PHONE.MSG. This is a file that should not be tampered with as it contains
all of the data stored by the phone message program. If you delete the
PHONE.MSG file, it will be recreated when a new message is entered.
The PMSG program should be started from a directory on a HARD DISK!
The PHONE MESSAGE program is now loaded into RAM memory and can be
called up by pressing:
SHIFT + CTRL + M
That is by simultaneously pressing the SHIFT key and the CTRL key and
the letter M.
To uninstall PHONE MESSAGE simply enter:
PMSG /U
USAGE (KEYSTROKES and SHORTCUTS)
Once the phone message is on the screen, you can enter a phone message
simply by typing the information into the appropriate prompt. The
function keys act as toggles for the status of the call:
* F1 - Urgent! F4 - Will call again
F2 - Returned call F5 - Phoned
F3 - Call Back F6 - Wants to see you
If you press F1, a check mark will appear by the URGENT indicator.
These indicators will appear on the phone message DUMP program as
illustrated later.
To quickly move from field to field use the PGUP and PGDN keys.
You will be able to quickly enter a name and a message if you don't
wish to enter the caller's company and address information.
While editing a line you may use the following keystrokes:
Left/Right arrow: Move cursor left/right
Home: Move cursor to left margin
End: Move cursor to right margin
Delete: Delete current character
Backspace: Delete character to left of cursor
Ins: Toggle between insert/overtype modes
PGUP/PGDN: Quickly move to next message area
F10: Save the message then exit
ESC: Abort the message and exit
PDUMP UTILITY (RETRIEVING YOUR PHONE MESSAGES)
The PDUMP utility will take the phone message information and move it
into one of three formats:
DBASE III format
Comma-delimited mail/merge format
One-field-per-line format
To run the PDUMP utility, the PHONE.MSG file must be in the same
directory where the PDUMP utility appears. Simply enter PDUMP
on a line by itself to get a usage message.
To dump in DBASE III format enter:
PDUMP /d CALLS
The dump program will create a file called CALLS.DBF and place all
calls that have been recorded in that file. If the file already
exists, it will be overwritten.
To dump in comma-delimited mail/merge format:
PDUMP /c calls.txt
This will create the file CALLS.TXT with the calls in the format:
"19910105","1738","Ralph","Samantha Barber","(505) 881-3223", ...
"19910106","1803","John","David Kinzer","(505) 881-7781", ...
"date","time","to","from","phone","of","addr1","addr2","city",...
To dump in one-field-per-line format:
PDUMP /o phone.txt
The phone calls will be stored in the file PHONE.TXT in
the following format:
19910105 date
1738 time
Ralph to
Samantha Barber from
(505) 881-3223 phone
Contact Plus Corporation of
...
Note the status flag (Urgent, Returned call, etc) is dumped in
accordance with the function keys that were pressed. If F1 was
pressed (URGENT) then the "1" character will be stored. If both
F1 and F2 were pressed the "12" will be stored in the FLAGS field.
The DATE is stored as "CCYYMMDD" (i.e. "19910105" is 05 Jan 1991).
The TIME field is stored as "HHMM" in 24 hour format
(i.e. "0812" is 8:12 am, "1717" is 5:17 pm).
=============================================================================
MORE INFORMATION
For more information or to contact the author:
Contact Plus Corporation
PO Box 3992
Albuquerque, NM 87190
USA
(505) 881-3223
(505) 881-7781 (9600 Baud - 24 hours)
(Formerly E Trujillo Software)
Call our free BBS to check out our other shareware offerings.
NOTE TO PROGRAMMERS:
We would be interested in any reporting functions or utilities that
you have created that use the PHONE MESSAGE program. Please let
us know what you have created and how it is being used.
=============================================================================
CONTACT PLUS COMMENTS
Here is what some of our satisfied customers and reviewers are saying about
Contact Plus:
Dr. Leon Wortman, Software Reviewer of Business Marketing Magazine (Jan '89):
"I look at, install or run an average of three or four new software
packages a month. They range in price from much less than $100 to
several thousand dollars. I know what I'm about to report may be
hard to swallow. But have faith in me. If I didn't genuinely know
that Contact Plus is the best-buy-of-the-year, I wouldn't describe
it with those very words."
Charles K. Fairchild, Washington D.C.:
"You realize, I hope, that programs like this could set a new standard
for overall design and ease of use. I have never seen anything on
the regular commercial market that feels so good to use, has so much
built-in help, and so many features!"
Harry Pollard, President of Henry George Schools of California:
"After using a dozen or more databases, I settled on Contact Plus
for the best reasons. It's the fastest database, tracker, tickler,
dialing program I've encountered. It automatically backs up,
issues reports in a variety of formats and mail/merges as you wish.
It records letters and calls, and graphs calling experience with
individual clients."
Tim Greer, Software Reviewer of the Phoenix PC User's Group (April '90):
"CLIENT TRACKING DREAM... If you are in a business where tracking
client contact is important, have I got a gem for you. It's a
piece of Shareware called CONTACT PLUS."
Brad Caverly, Film Plane of Panorama City, CA:
"This is one of the best programs I have seen ever, shareware or
commercial. I have never registered a piece of shareware before
but I have never run across a program so complete, so user
friendly and so useful."
Paul Cassel, Software Reviewer of the Albuquerque Journal (July '89):
"Today, there are several programs designed to help salespeople
increase productivity. One of the best of these was written,
and is distributed by, an Albuquerque programmer, Ed Trujillo."
Dr. File Finder (Mike Callahan, best selling book author):
"Contact Plus, by Ed Trujillo, is a full-featured program that can be
used by anyone who has to keep track of the people. It's many features
make it a powerful program that can really increase your productivity
and your effectiveness. I've looked at MANY programs and Contact Plus
is the BEST! My advice is to give it a try!"
Larry Fox, Vice President Ziff-Davis Press: "I honestly have never
encountered a software package that works so much like I work. From its
friendly yet practical data screen through its annotations, logs and
reports of calls, ticklers, memos, letters, notes and appointments to
its seamless template and mail merge with either its own word processor
or Wordperfect, Contact Plus creates a complete yet natural environment
for the tracking of daily contacts ..."