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HOME MANAGER Professional 1.27
from
Itchycoo Productions
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Released - October 9, 1991
Revision 1 - November 25, 1991
Revision 2 - February 22,1992
Revision 3 (HMPro 1) - March 31,1993
* DISCLAIMER *
I have tested this program thoroughly and have not found any bugs and also
find it didn't harm my Amiga. Therefore I take NO responsibilty for problems
incurred on your computer. You use it entirely at your own risk.
* DISTRIBUTION *
Home Manager Professional Demo is freely distributable and copyrighted.
You may upload it wherever you choose, but you are not allowed to sell Home
Manager Professional for profit, or include Home Manager Professionalon a
disk which is sold for profit, without the permission of Len Platt.
The ONLY exclusion to this is the Fred Fish Library.
Home Manager Professional Registered is NOT freely distributable. It is
copyrighted and may be used only by the person to whom it is registered.
* DEMO AND REGISTERED VERSION *
The only differences between the Demonstration version and Registered
version is a small nagger screen appears periodically in the Demo. Also,
the Info Screen is different in both.
Main Course
-----------
This is the final realization of what was originally called Home Sweet
Home. I have gone a few steps further in this program and it now contains
the following modules:
- Appointment Scheduler
- ToDo List (with Dialer)
- Notepad (ASCII and ANSI)
- Personal Inventory Database
- Address Book (with Dialer)
- Important Phone Number List (with Dialer)
- Wallet (Credit card Database with Dialer)
- Area Codes (Area codes for the world)
- My Computer (with Dialer)
Home Manager Pro comes in two versions. One is a High Resolution Interlaced
(640X400) for users with flicker free modes. You can use on non-flicker free
systems but the flicker would drive you crazy. Mind you, you could use the
Flicker Master polaroid screen on the front of your monitor and it would
be quite acceptable. I have tried it and it looks fine. The second version is
a Medium Resolution (640X200). The Medium Res version does not have on screen
buttons for some of the commands. The screens are all 8 colour.
ALL commands are available from Drop Down Menus in BOTH versions.
I have tried to make Home Manager Professional as intuitive as possible in
both the Hi-Res Interlaced version and the Medium-Res version. The High
Resolution version has larger List and Notes areas. HMP will run with
1/2 meg of CHIP RAM and 1/2 meg of FAST RAM but I strongly recommend
at least 1 1/2 megs of memory. In iconized state it frees up about 100k
of memory. If you are using the A600 or A1200, you MUST have some FAST
RAM for HMP to work.
Also, please be sure to go to the Config Module and make your own personal
preferences. This should be one of the first things you do with HMP.
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Since all functions are explained with the Help function, I will only cover
some areas that do not fall into that category.
They are:
ALL Modules;
Control - DEL = This key combination will work in ANY document
field of ANY module. It will delete the line the
cursor is currently on.
Screenback area = The top right hand corner of every screen will
move HMP to the back of your screens.
Time display = Actually this is a button and you can access the
Alarm Cock. The clock is a 24 hour alarm in
military time format. The alarm will work in any
mode when HMP is running. Even in WB iconized
state.
Iconized state on WorkBench
---------------------------
Click on the icon with your left mouse button. The holding your right mouse
button down, you will see a listing of all the modules. Move the mouse over
your choice and release the right mouse button. You will then go to the
module of your choice. The Return field at the bottom of the list will take
you back to the module you originally iconized the program from.
Pallette
--------
A small window will appear and you will see the name of the current module
you are in. To the right of the name you will see 6 buttons for increasing
or decreasing the numbers under them. These adjust the screen pallette.
Further to the right are the 8 colours of the screen. Clicking one of these
colours will put an X in the centre. This lets you know which colour you
are adjusting.
Once you have made all the necessary colour adjustments, you can then
then Save them by clicking the Save button. If you wish to have your colours
set to HMP's default colours, click Default. If you wish to Restore the
colours you originally had, click Restore. This last will not work if you
have Saved the current colour scheme.
In the lower section, you will see the following;
Date/Time font colour
Screen font colour
Button font colour
Adjusting the buttons to the right of these lines will set you text colours.
for HMP. Button font colour will not be affected in the Medium Res version
of HMP. Also, field text colour will only be adjusted by adjusting the
colour of the second colour bar in the upper part of the window.
NotePad & Notes
---------------
Control - C = copy the current line cursor is on
Control - I = inserts current line in buffer to line cursor is on.
Appointments
------------
Auto searches for appointments on disk when first loading or when moving from
month to month or year to year. The appointment window is fully scrollable
enabling full 24 hour period.
The FP in lower right-hand corner of appointment window will give you full
page mode when clicked. HP in lower right-hand corner of full page will return
you to half page mode when clicked.
ToDo's
------
Entering a number in the first field, Priority # and Lead Line, will allow
for prioritizing list by number. List will be automatically sorted according
to this number.
Area Codes
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This module is slightly different from all the others. It comes up on top
of the screen you invoked it from. It is basically a lister with a search
function. This module will also show up from HMP's iconized state on the
WorkBench. Clicking the button in the top left hand corner will quit.
Macros
------
There are two screens for Macros in the Medium Res version of HMP and only
one screen in the Hi Res version. The Shift Function key macros pertain to
the RIGHT SHIFT key only. The Shift - Function key macro will load complete
text files for you.
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File Setup
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HMPro (Main Directory)
HMPro
HMPro.info
HMPro.Docs
HMPro.Docs.info
Readme.Home (Latest update info, etc)
Resources (Sub-Directory)
AC.Dat - Area Code data
alarm - default alarm sound
Bad - default alarm sound
home.config - HMP config (DO NOT edit outside of HMP)
SerialManager - Makes the dialer work.
Hi (Sub-Directory)
Ad \
Ad.med \
Ap |
Ap.med |
CFG |
CFG.med |
Co |
Co.med |
IDem (Demo version) |
In |
In.med | - .med for Medium version
IReg (Registered Version) |-|
Ma | - others for Hi version
Ma.med |
No |
No.med |
NP |
NP.med |
Ph |
Ph.med |
To |
To.med |
Wa /
Wa.med /
Pals (Sub-Directory)
Address_Book \
CurrPal.Address_Book \
CurrPal.Appointments |
CurrPal.Inventory |
CurrPal.Main-Config |
CurrPal.My_Computer |
CurrPal.NotePad |
CurrPal.NotePad-ANSI |
CurrPal.Phones |
CurrPal.ToDo's |
CurrPal.Wallet |
TC.Address Book |---- DO NOT edit these files.
TC.Address_Book |
TC.Appointments |
TC.Inventory |
TC.Main-Config |
TC.My Computer |
TC.My_Computer |
TC.NotePad |
TC.NotePad-ANSI |
TC.Phones |
TC.ToDo's /
TC.Wallet /
HMHelp (Sub-Directory)
Help.HMD
Data (Sub-Directory)
Addresses.DAT \
Phones.DAT \
Inventory.DAT |
Business.DAT |------ Your various data files.
ToDo.Per.DAT | You can redirect them with config module.
ToDo.Bus.DAT /
Wallet.DAT /
Macros (Sub-Directory)
HM.Macros \
F1.Txt \
F2.Txt \
F3.Txt |
F4.Txt |
F5.Txt |------ Optional files you set up.
F6.Txt |
F7.Txt |
F8.Txt /
F9.Txt /
F10.Txt /
You MUST have the following in your C: directory for HM to function;
Rename
Delete
Assign
Also, very importantly, you must have a T: directory somewhere in your
system. This is a directory where HMP does some of it's internal work.
Most users with WB 2.04 or better already have this done in the S/S but
this is just a reminder to those who don't. I have mine on my Ram Disk,
which is the default setup for 2.04 or better.
The Topaz font (sizes 8,9,11) must also be in your fonts directory.
The Sutchs font (size 8) must also be in your fonts directory. (Supplied)
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Features to be added:
Multi-Label printing facility.
Shopping List (Someone else already did this, so I might not bother)
Improved NotePad
Check Manager (Not a complete banking module, just a database for your
cheques and the current balance.)
Birthday & Anniversary Module.
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Be sure to read the file Readme.Home on the disk. This file will give you the
latest updates and instructions that may not be in this documentation file.
*****************************************************************************
Well, that should cover just about everything. I hope you enjoy this
program. If you have any questions, ideas, suggestions or just want to
talk, I can be reached at the following;
By Modem:
Canada Remote Systems - (416) 798-7730 (In the Amiga Conference)
GENIE - L.PLATT1 (Email)
or
On the NANET echoes.
By Voice or FAX:
Between 12 noon and 12 midnight.
416-588-0877 (Please remember your time zone.)
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* Shareware *
If you find you like this program and continue to use it,
please send $15 + $3 S/H (U.S. funds) to the address below.
Please Money Orders Only!
Len Platt
97 Garden Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6R 1H8
Make money order payable to Len Platt.
OR
You can also order Home Manager Professional from;
DEVWare ToolChest
1-800-677-0416
You can use your MasterCard, VISA or Discovery Card.
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OTHER PROGRAMS Movie Madness (For the Video Collectors)
Music Mania (For the Music Collectors)
Gourmet Guru (Recipe Database)
These are also available for a $15.00 + $3 S/H (U.S. funds) per program
and must be ordered from me (Len Platt).
COMING SOON !!!!! Trivia Trauma (Trivia with pix, sound, etc)
Plus a few other brainstorms !!!
Thanks to Commodore for a great computer, the Amiga
and INOVatronics for a great program, CanDo.