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PMPHONE
A Presentation Manager Utility
*** FREEWARE VERSION ***
ver. 1.01 ( 32 bit )
***** IMPORTANT! IF you are upgrading from another ver. read notes below *****
PMPHONE
This PMPHONE version is a FREEWARE version! Please do upload to any
bulletin boards you wish to!
PMPHONE is a simple dedicated telephone dialer/database. This version is
a 32 bit app compiled with C++ for OS/2 by Borland. This version is can
store up to 50 records. The COMMERCIAL version can store up to 500 records.
That is the only difference between the two. The COMMERCIAL version is avail-
able for $15.00 check, cash, or money order at the address below.
PMPHONE is installed by simply copying the pmphone.exe file to any diret-
ory and using a template to put it on the desktop. Alternately, you could
use the migration utility to put it on the desktop or run it from the command
line.
When PMPHONE is ran for the first time it creates 2 extra files in the
directory it was copied to. It creates pmphone.dat which is a data file that
will hold all the phone numbers, names, and addresses you enter. It also
creates pmphone.ini which will hold any set-up data and the screen position
of the program when it is terminated.
When you activate PMPHONE for the first time, the list box on the main
window is empty. You should first click on Set Up on the menu bar and con-
figure it for your desktop. Only two things to choose from. Set your com
port and check the check box if you have a rotary dial phone. Touch Tone is
the default setting. If you are not sure what com port your modem is on
just keep trying until you get it. It will just shut down with a warning
message if the wrong com port is chosen. After completing the set up then
press the SAVE button to save it to pmphone.ini.
Phone numbers ( records ) can be added by pressing the ADD button at the
bottom of the programs main window. Type in a name and a phone number. You
should also type in an address or additional information in the third field.
When you are done press the OK button to save or the CANCEL button to cancel.
You must put something in the name and phone number fields to save a record
and you should put something in the address, also. If you don't have any
data for one of the fields just put NONE or N/A.
There are also DELETE and DIAL buttons on the bottom. If I really have
to tell you what these are for then you need to go back to DOS or Nintendo.
Just highlight the selection you want with the mouse and do what comes al-
most naturally. Selections can also be dialed by double clicking directly on
the selection you want.
If you use Touch Tone you could pick the phone before you dial but ( at
least on my phone ) with Rotary dial you must let it finish dialing before
you pick up the phone. With Touch Tone you can click the OK pushbutton as
soon as it finishes dialing ( if you have the phone off the hook ) or wait
until the party answers. With Rotary dial you MAY have to wait until the
party answers. Experiment and find out. It seems to vary on some systems.
On the Utils menu selection you'll find selections to View, Edit, or Save
all your records in an ascii file. These seem self explanatory so I won't
elaborate.
The Find selection on the menu bar is a search utility. Activate it,
choose what field you want to search ( default is Name ), check case sen-
sitive if you want it, then enter what you want to search for. You can enter
one letter ( or numbers ) or a whole phrase. Then press the OK button to
start a search. It will ( one at a time ) show you every record that it
finds that has a match to the entry you made. You can press the CONTINUE
button after it locates a match to continue the search or the QUIT button
when you find the record you are looking for.
*****************
****** NEW ******
*****************
NEW with this version, 1.01, is the ability to load in records from ascii
files instead of doing it one at a time with the add button. Just create a
standard ascii file and adhere to the correct format.
The proper format for an ascii file should have no empty lines at the be-
gining. Each record should start with a line for the name, then a line for
the telephone number, then at least 1 line but no more than 4 lines for the
address. Each record should be followed by an empty line to separate
them. The last record should also be followed by an empty line. Sounds a
lot more complicated than it really is. Below is an example :
---------------------------------------------- // top of file
Gary L. Robinson // first line
1-800-HELP
600 D. Mumford Dr.
Troy, OH 45373
OS/2 Help Center
1-333-3333
NONE
Sherlock Holmes
000-0000
221 Baker St.
London, ENG
Fictional Character
Author - A. Conan Doyle // no line longer than 28 char.
Bill Gates
000-0000
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA
Busily working on Win-
dows ver. 4.0
Pastry Shop
234-5678
316 Sugar High Dr.
Troy, OH 45373
Best donuts in town
// last line empty
---------------------------------------------- // bottom of file
Generally, you should not have any line over 28 characters long. This
varies depending on the default font on your system and exactly what charac-
ters are used. So this is not an entirely hard and fast rule.
After you have a file ready to load into the PMPHONE database just click
on the Utils menu, select 'Import file', then type in the full path and file
name of the text file you have created. If you have formatted the file as
above then it should work. I say should, because I have no giant staff to
test my software and while I have tested it many times - you never know. If
for some reason it does not work properly or you made mistakes in the ascii
file you had created just erase the file PMPHONE.DAT. Correct any mistakes
to the ascii file and try again. I would appreciate any information you can
give me if you find any bugs lurking around in this feature.
***** UPGRADE NOTES *****
If you are upgrading from either a shareware version or an earlier com-
mercial version be sure to save all your records to file before you take the
old version off your machine! Then erase PMPHONE.EXE, PMPHONE.DAT, and
PMPHONE.INI This version ( 1.01 ) cannot use the old version's data file but
if you save all your records to a file, RECORDS.DOC for example, using the
'save to file' feature in the old version of PMPHONE then you can use the
'Import file' feature to load in all your old numbers to this new version of
PMPHONE.
*************************
That's all there is to it. Any comments , orders for the commercial version,
or suggestions for new features may be sent to the address below or posted on
Genie to : G.ROBINSON13
Gary L. Robinson
600 Mumford Dr. Apt. D
Troy, OH 45373