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HANDYMAN 2.0
Copyright (c) 1995 Scott Whittlesey - All Rights Reserved
REQUIRES WINDOWS 3.1 and Microsoft Visual Basic
DESCRIPTION
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Handyman is a utility for working with Visual Basic code in the
native Visual Basic editing environment. This program is freely
distributed as shareware and may be evaluated without charge
for 30 days.
INCLUDED FILES
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* HANDYMN.EXE ... Handyman program
* HANDYMN.HLP ... Context-sensitive Windows Help File
* README.TXT ... This file
* ORDER.TXT ... Order form for ordering Handyman. Actually
fits in default Notepad margins!
INSTALLATION
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* Place all files in the directory of your choice.
* Add HANDYMN.EXE to the program group of your choice, or create
a new group. For those who use Visual Basic on a daily basis,
adding the HANDYMN.EXE to the STARTUP group is recommended.
GETTING STARTED
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* Run Handyman and click on the "?" button; from the Contents
screen, select 'Overview'. When ready, select 'Getting Started'.
BENEFITS OF REGISTERING HANDYMAN 2.0
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* Purchaser will receive latest version of Handyman.
* Purchaser will be entitled to upgrades at half price, as long
as Handyman remains a shareware program.
* For a limited time, purchaser will receive an evaluation copy
of BC/Outline 2.0, an excellent Windows outliner/organizer from
Millennium/3 Systems. BC/Outline is shareware and requires a
separate registration.
* Registered version includes MSAQUERY.REC, a Windows Recorder
script that allows the user to quickly paste an SQL query in
the form of a text string into the Microsoft Access query
builder SQL window. Companion to the Handyman 'Make SQL
String" function.
HOW TO REGISTER
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* The registration fee for Handyman 2.0 is $20.00 (includes
postage to U.S. addresses). Send check (drawn on a U.S. bank
only) or money order to:
Scott Whittlesey
96 Faneuil St.
Windsor, CT 06095-4522
Attn: Handyman
On receipt, purchaser will receive a disk with the latest
version of Handyman, plus the files described above. Please
specify 3.5" (1.44mb) or 5.25" (1.2mb) diskette. 3.5" will
be sent if no diskette size is specified.
Please see separate file "order.txt" for order form.
Attn: Compuserve Users ... You may register Handyman 2.0
online; GO SWREG, reference ID# 4986.
THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT
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Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue
using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs
differ on details -- some request registration while others
require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With
registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
using the software to an updated program with printed manual.
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
specific group. For example, some authors require written
permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
Shareware.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
product, you don't pay for it.
DISCLAIMER AND AGREEMENT
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Users of Handyman must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"Handyman is supplied as is. The author disclaims all
warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or conse-
quential, which may result from the use of Handyman."
Handyman is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of
another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to
provide personal computer users with quality software without
high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
continue to develop new products. If you find this program
useful and find that you are using Handyman and continue to use
Handyman after a reasonable trial period, you must make a reg-
istration payment of $20 to the author. The $20
registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like
a book. An example is that this software may be used by any
number of people and may be freely moved from one computer
location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it
being used at one location while it's being used at another.
Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the
same time.
Anyone distributing Handyman for any kind of remuneration must
first contact the author at the address below for authorization.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of Handyman along to your
friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their
copy if they find that they can use it.