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EEBOND
Version 8.1
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of EEbond. EEbond maintains a database
of your Series EE, Series E, and US Savings Notes and determines the value
of them. EEbond has been completely rewritten to operate in a mouse
point-and-click windows-like environment. EEbond will still operate
excellent in a keyboard environment as well. EEbond utilizes the power of
Borland International's Paradox(c) database engine which is one of the most
powerful databases on the market. With EEbond, you will never have to
purchase another savings bond program.
Quick Start
For those of you who just want to get going, we have the quick start section.
1. Install program.
2. Enter EEbond and hit return (if program is installed).
3. Click on Accept, Alt A, or hit the ENTER key.
4. Click on File or Alt F.
5. Click on New or F4 for creating a new file.
6. Type a name in for the new database you wish to create. EEbond
will put the extension on so you don't have to. Next, click on
the OK button or ENTER key to accept. Then click on OK or ENTER
to confirm creation of file.
7. Click on Data or Alt t for editing, then click on Edit or the F8 key.
8. Enter in savings bond data and click on the Add button or Alt A.
Remember, you must enter at least the Serial Number, the
Type(EE, E, or S), the Face Value, the Issue Month and the Issue
year. Use TAB key or mouse to advance fields.
9. Click on Exit or Alt E to finish the editing.
10. Click on Reports or Alt R and Click on Screen. Report will
generate on screen. F2 will close the report window.
11. That's all there is to it.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Installation 4
What You Get 4
Install EEbond 4
Starting the Program 5
Importing data from old versions 5
2 Getting Started 6
File 6
Edit 6
Reports 6
Config 6
Registration 6
Help 6
3 Edit Data 7
Enter Bond Data (Your Series EE Savings Bonds) 7
Ditto or Copy 7
4 Reports 8
New Redemption Date 8
Screen 8
Printer 8
File 8
5 Backup 9
6 Restore 9
Configure 9
8 Limited Warranty 10
9 Customer Service 11
INSTALLATION
What You Get
1) EEbond.exe The EEbond program.
2) EEbond.doc The EEbond manual.
3) Importee.exe The import program for EEbond versions
1 through 7.
4) Importe.exe The import program for Ebond versions
1 through 5.
5) Importdb.exe The import program to convert the ASCII output
from Importee.exe and Importe.exe to EEbond
Version 8 format.
6) EEcfg.db Printer setup information. DO NOT DELETE or
attempt to open.
7) Govtbl.db Tables of redemption values. DO NOT DELETE or
attempt to open. If you absolutely must see
the insides of these files, the use PARADOX 4.0.
8. Readme.txt Last minute information. In printable ASCII
format.
Install EEbond
Installing EEbond is easy. Put Disk into your drive and type
INSTALL. EEbond will do the rest. The installation program will
call up EEbond after it is installed.
If you wish to install on a diskette, and not on a hard drive:
From the diskette:
From the Master Disk (Disk 1 if you have 5 1/4), type in
LHA E EEBOND.LZH B:. This will work if you put the master
disk in drive A, and a blank formatted disk in drive B. This
will put the EEbond.exe and the two sytem .db files on drive
B. If you want to decompress the import programs, put the
master disk in drive A (or B) and a blank formatted disk in drive
B (or A) and type in LHA E IMPORT.LZH B:. This will copy the
three import programs to drive B. Or, if you really get stuck,
you can call me at the customer support number in the back of
the documentation.
Starting the Program
Go into the directory containing the EEbond.exe program, and
enter EEbond and hit the ENTER key.
Importing Data from EEbond
Importing Data from EEbond version 1-7 and Ebond versions 1-5 is
simple:
Steps:
1. Make sure that both your *.dat files and *.idx files from the
earlier versions are in the same directory that you will be
running your conversions from.
2. For EEbond data you wish to import, run IMPORTEE.EXE. This
program will prompt you for the filename you wish to import.
For Ebond data you wish to import, run IMPORTE.EXE. This program
will NOT prompt you for a filename because the Ebond.exe was not
setup to take different filenames. Just make sure that your *.dat
and *.idx files are present. These programs will run rather
quickly and both create the same filename, CONVERT.ASC. Run one at
a time or the CONVERT.ASC files will be overlayed.
3. Run IMPORTBA. IMPORTBA is a batch file which will call up
the IMPORTDB.EXE program wich converts the CONVERT.ASC file
to EEBOND Version 8 database format.
4. The newly created database file will be called TOVER8.DB.
This file can be opened from within EEbond Version 8 and
saved to a different, more appropriate name, using the SaveAs
option.
5. If you wish to run additional conversions, just follow steps
1 through 4. When you are finished with your conversions, you
can delete the following files from your harddrive as you will
no longer need them (they are just taking up space...besides
their on your installation disk):
importee.exe
importe.exe
importdb.exe
importba.bat
GETTING STARTED
Program Capabilities
EEbond main menu consists of File, Data, Reports, Config and Registration.
File
Open(F3) open an existing file.
New(F4) create a new file
Delete(F5) delete an existing file.
Close(F6) close a file.
SaveAs(F7) rename a file.
Edit
Edit(F8) Various editing functions on a file.
Reports
New Redemption Date(Alt F1) Allows you to change the redemption date.
You must use a date valid for the current
six month redemption table.
Screen(Alt F2) Display a report on the screen.
Printer(Alt F3) Print a report.
File(Alt F4) Send a report to ASCII file
EEBOND.ASC.
Config
Printer(Ctrl F1)Select printer
Registration
How to:(F9) Registration information.
Help