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B&B SYSTEMS PO Box 171 627 Madison Waukesha, Wisconsin 53188
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UPGRADES:
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You can now safely copy ALL files from an upgraded version of B&B Mail to
your disk. All file renaming and updating will be handled automatically
as soon as you enter 'MAIL'.
B&B Mail will automatically upgrade to the newest file version whenever it
detects an older version AND the existence of the upgrade files. Data
from existing files requiring an upgrade will be moved into these files,
the old file will be deleted, and the upgrade file will be renamed.
PLEASE MAKE BACKUP COPIES PRIOR TO UPGRADING!
STEPS TO UPGRADE:
1. If you haven't Backed up in a while, do it now.
2. Put New B&B Mail files on a disk in A:
3. Change directory to location of B&B MAIL (CD\MAIL)
AND copy all files to this directory (eg. C:\MAIL> COPY A:*.*)
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B&B MAIL Version 2.4 changes
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1. Allowed more than 9 lines (now up to 99 vertical lines) between labels.
2. When encountering a record with a blank city value, B&B Mail will
print a blank line without a comma. Previously a comma would appear
alone on a blank line.
3. Flexi-SELECT option now appears when deleting records, allowing
Deletions 'en masse' by selecting deletion criteria.
4. Records marked for deletion can be recalled (un-deleted).
5. Prior to printing labels, you will be prompted to skip X number of
records. (Useful if printing is interrupted, and you want to continue
where you left off later).
6. Screen displays current count of # of labels printed.
7. The original .dbf file was called mail.dbf. B&B Mail will convert
the data from mail.dbf to customer.dbf.
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B&B MAIL Version 2.5 changes
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1. The addition of FLEXI-REPORT and FLEXI-SORT features. FLEXI-SORT
allows sorting the file based on ANY field(s) of data in the file
before printing labels or reports. Thus, you can sort on customer
number within zip within name, or name within zip within state, etc.
FLEXI-REPORT allows listing to the printer or screen, ANY field(s) of
data in the file. These two features give you complete control over
WHAT DATA you see AND in WHAT SORT ORDER.
2. When printing labels, you can elect to use the Nth sampling technique.
This technique allows you to print every 10th (skip 9), or every 20th
(skip 19) label for sampling purposes.
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B&B MAIL Version 2.6 changes
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1. A new data base file called STATES.DBF has been added, along with an
index file called STATES.NDX. This file is used to 1. Verify that you
used the correct state abbreviation, and 2. allows printing of the
full state name on labels. COPY these two files to your disk/directory.
You will notice a new option from the maintenance menu, allowing you
to maintain this file.
2. Improved editing features.
3. Ability to print message, information or greeting on labels.
4. A Duplicate checking option has been added which compares records
either phonetically or on exact spelling. A report is produced of
possible duplicates based on last, first and city names. If the
report appears to have accurately identified your duplicates, you can
re-run the process to have B&B Mail automatically delete all
duplicates.
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B&B MAIL Version 2.7 changes
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1. When printing multiple copies of labels, a page eject was
automatically sent between copies. Now, when selecting multiple
copies, you will be prompted if you want the page eject. For example,
answer [N]o if you are printing multiple copies of only one label so
that a full page of labels is not wasted for one label.
2. More Fields are listed on the report when checking for duplicates.
3. Zip code expanded to 10 characters for those who want the ZIP+4 dash.
4. FLEXI-SELECT feature added which will allow you to select certain
records when printing reports or labels. You will be prompted to
select any of the fields in the data base, and then place a condition
on it (eg. Last Name='Smith'). You can select multiple conditions at
one time, and each Selection will be saved for possible future use.
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B&B MAIL Version 2.7B changes 4-18-88
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1. Re-indexing problem fixed.
2. The upgrading process was simplified. You can safely copy ALL files
from an upgrade version to your disk (without fear of overwriting
existing data base files, and your data). This was accomplished by
naming most upgrade files: upgrade?. B&B Mail renames them for you
automatically.
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B&B MAIL Version 2.8 changes 4-30-88
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1. On some monochrome systems, the FLEXI-SELECT screen wasn't displayed.
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B&B MAIL Version 2.9 changes 6-28-88
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1. LABELS- The Nth sampling process was made more consistent in both
label production and Zipgroups report.
2. Improved control over vertical spacing of labels - allowing closer
spacing, down to zero lines between labels.
3. Faster label printing speed.
4. Default to Zip Code Sort more consistent.
5. 'PAUSE PAGE' message no longer prints on label stock.
6. Added features such as: Ability to print three lines of text above
label, and indent the label name/address/city information. This
feature was incorporated not just for labels, but can be used to
produce self-mailers/postcards by using the three text lines for the
return address.
7. Export/Import Capability now includes Lotus 1-2-3 WKS files.
8. The Sales $ field is now totaled properly when using Flexi-Report.
9. Automatic recovery for certain types of errors. For example, if
Index files are corrupted, Error #32, Re-indexing will automatically
occur.
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B&B MAIL Version 3.0 changes 12-1-88
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1. More Menubars for ease of use. For example, when using FLEXI-SORT,
FLEXI-REPORT, or FLEXI-SELECT, you will choose which fields you