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UK Pocket Directory v2.5 for the Psion Series 5
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(C) UK 1997,1998 Steve Litchfield
(with original help from Stefan Smith - see 5alive.psionking.com
for more quality Psion information from Stefan)
Released as fully working shareware December 10th 1998 ...
UK Pocket Directory is a complete UK-specific database, covering business,
travel, leisure and utility categories, plus many, many others. It uses
the power of the Series 5 Data application to provide search and browsing
functions.
Registration address (send cheque for 12 pounds - payable to Steve
Litchfield - or equivalent to):
Steve Litchfield
22 Grays Crescent, Woodley, Berks RG5 3EN, United Kingdom
or register electronically on-line with a credit card at
http://www.reg.net/product.asp?ID=1334
UK Pocket Directory update information and new versions can be found at
http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/
UK Pocket Directory is shareware. This does not make it a free program!
Yes, you can give it to friends and colleagues. Yes, you can keep a
copy on your Psion without registering and we won't mind too much.
But **please** play fair with shareware:
- If you find it genuinely useful
- If you want to reward the compilers for the hard work in researching it
- If you want to have a say in what categories are included in future
versions
... then you should register. It's only a small one-off fee and you're then
registered for life.
All information in the database is collected, filtered and compiled
from public domain sources or from hobbyists in various fields with
their kind permission. If *you* notice an error, please get in touch.
There are various prizes and incentives to reward useful corrections.
Installation.
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If you unzipped UK Pocket Directory OK, you should have ended up with
2 separate files. One will be this text file 8-)
The other is ukpd.sis. If you know what a .SIS file is, just double-click on
it in Win95 Explorer or tap on it on the Series 5 and you'll be installed in
no time.
If you *don't* know what a .SIS file is, this must be one of the very first
third party applications you've ever installed. Don't worry, it's all quite
painless:
IF you have the older PsiWin 2.01 or if you've downloaded UK Pocket Directory directly
onto the Psion 5, the best way to proceed is to copy the .SIS file into a
suitable place on your Psion. If the .SIS file appears on the system screen
with a question mark beside it, this just means you haven't yet upgraded your
Series 5 to accept EPOC install files. Grab a copy of the special INSTEXE.EXE
program from the same place as you obtained UK Pocket Directory and tap on
it on your Psion. You should now see a nice little icon beside the ukpd.sis file
and can tap on it to complete your installation.
IF you have PsiWin 2.1 or above, just double-click on the file to launch EPOC
Install on the PC itself and to complete the UKPD installation.
If all went well, you should now have a new "Directory" icon on your
Extras bar.
Copying information into another Psion application
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Simply highlight the information you wish to copy in UK Pocket Directory and
use either Control-C or the silk-screen Copy button. Paste into the other app.
Hints and tips
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Note that the searching process usually takes place *without* a flashing
'Searching' message etc. This is due to the way Psion implemented the
help engine software. You can tell how many matches the software is
finding by looking at the record no. legend (bottom-centre of the
screen), which will say 1/n, where n is the number of matches so far.
Launching STD Database v2.4
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UKPD can also launch Stefan's UK STD codes database in parallel. A copy
of STD codes in the right format can be downloaded from the same place
as UK Pocket Directory. Install the STD database as UKStd.hlp
in the main \System\Apps\Director folder and the UK Pocket Directory
launcher application will then work with it as well.
Small print:
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1) To speed up registrations, you can quote your email address for
quick return of your registration code, or use the Internet RegNet
scheme.
2) On-line support for UK Pocket Directory and other versions can be
found on the World-Wide-Web at http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/
3) If you give UK Pocket Directory to a friend (as is encouraged with
shareware!), then make sure you do *not* give your friend your
"Director.reg" registration file, as this is unique to you and
contains *your* name, and subsequent piracy will tell the world who
started the outbreak!
4) Thanks to all the contributors out there, who have supplied ideas,
support, bug-reports, data etc. You are too
numerous to mention!
Contact information:
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Steve Litchfield (slitchfield@cix.co.uk)