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WHATSNEW.317 -- NEW FEATURES FOR PHONEDISC SINCE VERSION 3.00
Current Release: PhoneDisc Version 3.17 9/93
Improved cursor control in Address index (Reverse, Business, and New York &
New England).
Improved data entry. PhoneDisc automatically inserts spaces after commas where
needed. e.g. if you type "SMITH,J", PhoneDisc converts it to "SMITH, J". This
is in effect in the Name index, and the City/State field of the Address index.
Comment/Attention line now included in Tagged & Delimited formats (see below).
New Pager/Cellular blocks included in PhoneDisc New York & New England.
Blocks of telephone numbers appear as shown below:
GREATER NEW YORK CITY AREA JUNE - 1993╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
║ 212-216-2000-5999 ║
║ 212-218- NEW YORK ║
║ 212-218-0000-0999 ║
Enter Phone Number: 212-218-1 ║ 212-218-1000-9999 ║
║ 212-220- BRONX ║
║ 212-220-0781 ║
║ 212-220-3897 ║
║ 212-210- NEW YORK ║
║ 212-211- NEW YORK ║
╔═════════════════════════════╗ ║ 212-213- NEW YORK ║
║ Press ─┘ to see entry ║ ║ 212-214- NEW YORK ║
╚═════════════════════════════╝ ║ 212-214-0000-0499 ║
║ 212-216- NEW YORK ║
║ 212-216-0000-1999 ║
Press enter to see who the block of numbers is assigned to:
GREATER NEW YORK CITY AREA JUNE - 1993╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
║ 212-216-2000-5999 ║
║ 212-218- NEW YORK ║
║ 212-218-0000-0999 ║
Enter Phone Number: 212 ║ 212-218-1000-9999 ║
║ 212-219- NEW YORK ║
║ 212-220- BRONX ║
╔══════════════════════════════════════╣ 212-220-0781 ║
║ PAGER/CELLULAR NUMBER ║ 212-220-3897 ║
║ PAGING NETWORK OF NEW YORK INC ║ 212-220-4675 ║
║ 332 W 48TH ST ║ 212-220-7300 ║
║ NEW YORK, NY 10036 ║ 212-220-7301 ║
║ ║ 212-220-7302 ║
║ ║ 212-220-7303 ║
║ ║ 212-220-7304 ║
║ 516-506-6000 * Business * ║ 212-220-7305 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════╣ 212-220-7306 ║
Esc Quit ║ 212-220-7307 ║
NEW LIMIT FIELDS AVAILABLE BY PRESSING F2:
Normal Limit Screen
╔═══════════════════Limit by:════════════════════╗
║ City(s) ║
║ State Code(s) ║
║ Street(s) ║
║ ZIP Code(s) ║
║ Area Code(s) ║
║ Business Only No Yes ║
╟────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Fill in one or more of the lines above. Use ║
║ Tab to move; ─┘ go limit; F3-Get Last Input.║
║ Separate multiple entries per line with commas.║
║ Use minus sign in front to exclude: -BRONX. ║
║ Ctrl < > changes amount of last name included. ║
╚══════════════════F2-More Limits═══════════════╝
Expanded Limit Screen (press F2 again)
╔═══════════════════Limit by:════════════════════╗
║ City(s) ║
║ State Code(s) ║
║ Street(s) ║
║ ZIP Code(s) ║
║ Area Code(s) ║
║ Within Name ║
║ House Number ║
║ Business Only No Yes ║
╟────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Fill in one or more of the lines above. Use ║
║ Tab to move; ─┘ go limit; F3-Get Last Input.║
║ Separate multiple entries per line with commas.║
║ Use minus sign in front to exclude: -BRONX. ║
║ Ctrl < > changes amount of last name included. ║
╚══════════════════F2-More Limits═══════════════╝
Street(s): (CHANGED) PhoneDisc now searches street directionals if entered.
To retrieve "N OAK ST", enter "N OAK ST".
To retrieve all "OAK" streets without regard to
directionals (E, W, N, NE, NW, S, SE, SW), enter "OAK".
(NEW) To perform a substring search, place an '!' before
the street name. Entering "!OAK" retrieves "OAK AVE",
"WILLOW OAK RD","OAKMONT BLVD" etc.
You can specify placeholder characters with a '?'.
Entering "!CAPIT?L" retrieves "CAPITAL" and "CAPITOL".
House Number:(NEW) Retrieves full & partial matches to house numbers.
"120" retrieves "120", "1202" "12035", etc.
Within Name: (NEW) A substring search is performed on Names. Entering
"ERN" retrieves "ERNEST", "BERNARD", etc.
Multiple entries can be used to search nicknames:
"BOB,ROB" retrieves "BOB","BOBBY","BOBBIE",etc. AND
"ROB","ROBBY","ROBERT", etc.
NEW PRINT/TRANSFER OPTIONS:
╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Print/Transfer Listings ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Print current listing ONLY ║
║ Print Selected listings ║
║ Transfer current listing ONLY ║
║ TRansfer selected listings ║
╟──────── Listing Format Options ──────────╢
║ Listing Format: Single Line ║
║ Name Order: Last Name, First Name ║
║ Include Phone No.: Yes ║
║ Label SiZe: 6 Lines ║
║ Comment/Attention: None ║
║ Load Options ║
║ SAve Options ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝
NEW/CHANGED LISTING FORMATS OPTIONS
Listing Format: Listings may be printed/transferred in any of the
following formats:
Single Line
This is the format that appears on the
name index screen.
Mailing Label (IMPROVED! see below)
Comma Delimited (NEW)
Fields are enclosed in quotes, with commas
between fields with a CR/LF pair at the end
of each listing.
Empty fields appear as "".
EXAMPLE
"Name","123","MAIN ST","LAUREL","MD","20777","301-490-7000","R","9999","COMMENT"
Tagged (NEW)
Individual fields are identified by a two
character tag folloed by a comma. Each field
appears on a line by itself, with one blank
line between listings.
Empty fields are omitted.
EXAMPLE
NA,BILL'S FUNDRAISING (Name)
HN,1600 (House Number)
RD,PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW (Street/Road)
CY,WASHINGTON (City)
ST,DC (State)
ZP,20016 (Zip)
PH,202-555-1212B (Phone + 'B' or 'R')
SC,9999 (Business listings only)
CM,THIS IS A COMMENT (User supplied comment)
Name Order: When set to "Last Name, First Name" residential listings
appear "SMITH, JOHN".
When set to "First Name Last Name" residential listings
appear "JOHN SMITH".
Name order applies to all formats for residential
listing only.
Include Phone No.: When set to "Yes", the phone number is included with the
printed/transferred listing. Set to "No" for Mailing
Labels and other times when the phone number is not
desired.
Label Size: Use this option to set the label size in lines. A one
inch label is six lines long for most printers.
Load Options: Allows you to load previously saved options.
Save Options: Allows you to save options described above.
Note: Comment/Attention line settings are not saved.
Other Changes & Enhancements
Limit Speedup: Pressing page down while limiting is much faster than
in previous versions.
Temp Directory: If you have a TEMP or TMP environment variable that
points to a non-existent directory, that directory will
be created. Prior versions ended with a fatal error #3,
after issuing the message:
"Can't open page file, path not found"
Dialer Info: Additional information is displayed when dialing. This
information is useful when trouble shooting dialer
problems.