This program is provided free of charge. This application was designed to be menu-driven as a stand-alone program for small to medium sized mailing lists for community newspapers or newsletters. This program should be run from at least an IBM XT-compatible computer, 512K RAM, available hard drive and one (1) floppy disk drive. * dBase Users Only: - The *.LBL files are designed to be used with 4" X 1 7/8" X 1 labels. Use dBase to modify the size of the labels (SUBLIST.LBL to be used with SUBLIST.DBF, PATRON.LBL to be used with PATRON.DBF). *.DBF and *.LBL are dBase-compatible files. Caution: Results obtained with this program will be unpredictable if any of the field names, lengths, or label values are modified. Only experienced users of dBase should attempt any modification to the *.DBF or *.LBL files. After following the instructions contained in the file 'README.1ST', just type 'SUBMGR' to start the program. Any option can be selected via the light bar or by pressing the option number. The following notes should be observed for each option: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPTION 1 - Will print out choice of mailing labels for subscribers in the database which are marked as 'PAID' (for newspaper mailings), not 'PAID' (for payment reminders), or 'ELAPSED' (to renew elapsed subscription). 'PAID' subscriptions which will expire within ninety (90) days from the date of the mailing have the following message printed to alert subscribers that their subscription is about to expire: **** TIME TO RENEW **** The message '**** EXPIRED SUBSCRIPTION ****' appears on the mailing label for those subscriptions which are past the subscription ending date. Note: Codes on top of mailing labels provide record number in database ("R-") and Subscription Number ("S-") for easy reference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPTION 2 - Will print out either a single or the entire listing of commercial advertisers in the database. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options 3/4 - Allows for the editing of individual entries in either the subscriber or commercial account databases. If the subscription or advertiser number is not found, the entire database is available for viewing and modification. When an individual entry is displayed, changes are saved to the database by holding down the and keys at the same time. to exit without making any changes, press key. When the entire database is being viewed (12 entries are available for viewing per screen), the following keys are available: - Previous Page - Next Page or - Edits the Current Database Record Field - Exit There are several other key combinations available. Full documentation is available for those users with a working knowledge of the (C) CLIPPER or other dBase compatible compiler. Options 5/6 - Inserts individual entry into either database. These options employ full-screen editing of a blank record in the database. Subscriber and commercial advertiser numbers are uniquely generated by enabling this option. If a mistake is made, either the left arrow key or backspace key will allow the user to make the necessary correction. Note: Entries entered without any name information will be deleted the next time NEWSMGR is started up to allow for deletion of records added by mistake. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options 7/8 - Deletes an individual subscriber or commercial account record from the database. The subscriber or commercial account number is needed. The user is prompted to verify the address displayed, prior to record deletion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option 9 - Terminates execution of this program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The author of this program may provide updates from time to time on any system that this program was obtained on. The author is not responsible for any specific application or operating system on which this software is used. For further information or for specific questions concerning the operation of this program, contact the author at the following address: Curtis Brewington C & K Distribution Systems 254 South 2nd Avenue Mt. Vernon, NY 10550-3905 (914) 667-2332 Go Diamond! BBS (914) 665-1725 or leave a message on the Compuserve Network for ID # 73777,1301.