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Screenfile MAINMENU.SCN Screen# 01
This is the main menu presented when you run PAYUSA.EXE . You can start this
menu from the DOS Prompt as follows:
C: { OR D: OR WHICHEVER OTHER HARD DISK YOU INSTALLED ON TO }
CD \PAYPGMS
PAYUSA
For special applications PAYUSA can be started with parameter strings. Normally
the type of video card is auto detected and if it is a color card (CGA, EGA,
VGA), and color has not been suppressed either with the DOS MODE BW80 command
or from the PAYROLL USA configuration, then the screens will be presented in
color. If this causes a problem of legibility on your monitor you can either
access the Configuration menu and change the colors to black and white, or if
you cannot read the menu's prior to that to get there then try starting PAYUSA
with the BW parameter, example
PAYUSA BW
If you have a color card you can also suppress the color with the DOS MODE
command. MODE BW80 should do the trick. Conversely, if you were expecting
color and got black & white try MODE CO80 before starting PAYUSA - if it is
still black & white then access the Configuration section and select the colors
you want. The MODE program will be found on your DOS directory. Most users
have a path already set up in the environment for DOS so in most cases it will
execute from any DOS prompt - check your DOS manual in case of problems.
Normally all screen writes are direct to video memory. In fully IBM compatible
machines this produces much faster slicker screen updates than the official IBM
method of going through the BIOS. However, if yours is not a fully IBM
compatible machine, or if you must use the BIOS for other reasons (example, so
screen updates can be intercepted by a screen to speech attachment for the
visually impaired) then try starting PAYUSA with the BIOS parameter, example
PAYUSA BIOS
The BW and BIOS parameters can be combined if necessary, example
PAYUSA BW BIOS
We do not have a machine that is not fully IBM compatible to test on, nor do we
have a screen to speech attachment to test on, so we cannot guarantee that
everything will work on these devices. Try it and see is all we can say.
As with the other menus in the PAYROLL USA system you can select an item by
either pressing the appropriate function key or by using the up arrow or down
arrow keys to move the bright bar marking your choice and then pressing Enter.
All of the programs are accessible from here and we strongly recommend you run
them from here rather than running the individual .EXE files directly from the
DOS Prompt. The PAYUSA.EXE program performs some additional functions when it
starts up:
First, it checks if multiple configuration files exist, which would be the case
if you had branch operations in more than one State as you would need to keep
the employees for each State seperate for the calculation and remittance of
State Taxes, or if you were an Accountant processing payroll as a service for
several clients as each clients data would be kept isolated in seperate
directories pointed to by that client's configuration file. If it finds
multiple configuration files it asks which one you want and makes that one
active for use by all the programs that are run from here during that session.
Second, it checks to see if the data directories pointed to by the active
configuration file contain encrypted files, if they do it prompts you to insert
the key diskette containing the SCRAMBLE.EXE program then it un-encrypts the
files and re-encrypts them at the end of that session. The encryption feature
ensures that your payroll stays private if your computer is accessed by people
who are not authorised to see payroll. You simply keep the diskette containing
SCRAMBLE.EXE locked in a desk drawer or in your safe.
Using multiple configuration files and data encryption are both OPTIONAL. You
have to take special steps to initiate either of them. They are both fully
described in other documentation files "USING MULTIPLE EMPLOYEE FILES, Printed
Pages 10-01 on" and "OPTIONAL ENCRYPTION OF FILES, Printed Pages 11-01 on".
Screenfile MAINMENU.SCN Screen# 02
This is the sub menu reached from choice "F5 CONFIGURATION & OTHER UTILITIES"
of the main PAYROLL USA menu.
Screenfile MAINMENU.SCN Screen# 03
This is the sub menu reached from choice "F6 DOCUMENTATION / SLIDE SHOW / DOS
SHELL" of the main PAYROLL USA menu.
The Slide Show choices F2 and F3 are the major part of the documentation. This
screen and text that you are reading now are a part of it. We suggest you take
a look at the slide show on your computer screen first (Choice F2) then if you
would like a printed copy of it for reference select choice F3 when you return
to this sub menu. Special conversion routines allow the screens and
explanatory text to be printed by any computer printer. They are formatted for
you onto 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, each page numbered and with space in the left
margin for a 3 hole punch so you can file it in a standard loose leaf binder
and keep it by your computer.
If your hard disk space is at a premium then once the slide show is printed out
you may delete it from your hard disk if you wish to free up almost a megabyte
of hard disk space. If you have lots of spare disk space it can be left where
it is in case you want to refer to it "on line". The slide show is kept in a
seperate directory with some of the documentation files referenced by "F1 READ
OR PRINT DOCUMENTATION & REGISTRATION INFO" so be sure you have printed
whatever you need first from both of choices F1 and F3, then it can be deleted
from the DOS prompt as follows:
C: { OR D: OR WHICHEVER OTHER HARD DISK YOU INSTALLED ON TO }
CD \
DEL PAYSLIDE
RD PAYSLIDE
Choice "F1 READ OR PRINT DOCUMENTATION & REGISTRATION INFO" has some additional
textual documentation on specialised topics that could not be included in the
Slide Show. It also has that all important ORDER FORM which you can return to
us with your Registration Fee. Don't forget that one !
Choice "F4 SHELL TO DOS (TO EXECUTE DOS COMMANDS)" allows you to do just that
without leaving PAYROLL USA. Handy if you want to check the contents of a
directory, or even to run another program, then to return to your place in the
above Menu just type EXIT at the DOS prompt and press Enter.