Copyright: Copyright 1995, Telnet Computer Consultant


PhotoCalendar
IPIN PhotoCalendar Version 1.4

Copyright (c) 1995 by Telnet Computer Consultant - All Rights Reserved

This Index lists the Help topics available for IPIN PhotoCalendar.  Use the scroll bar to see entries not currently visible in the Help Window.

To learn how to use Help, press the F1 key.

To read the Help information sequentially, use the buttons labeled ">>" and "<<".

Overview

IPIN PhotoCalendar Overview

Menus

Control Bar

File Menu Commands

Address Menu Commands

Style Menu Commands

Format Menu Commands

Photo Directory Menu Commands

Schedule Menu Commands

Slide Show Menu Commands

Registration

IPIN PhotoCalendar ordering information

Copyright

License Agreement

Warranty


Select Date

To select a date for scheduling, click on the < or > button near the top of the calendar to select the desired year and month, pick the day by clicking on the day inside the calendar box.

You can also use the arrow cursors to browse through the calendar by first clicking on any part of the calendar.


Control Bar


PhotoCalendar Overview
IPIN PhotoCalendar Overview

Welcome to IPIN PhotoCalendar for Windows 3.1. Why settle for a boring off the shelf calendar program, when you can schedule your day's work with personalized calendars using your favorite photos.You can display any photos in Microsoft BMP, CompuServe's GIF format,  or even JPEG, print them out  with any printers supported by the Windows 3.1, and make it as a wall calendar. Show off your family's photos, special events and of those precious moments that only happen once in a lifetime.

System Requirements:

∗	A 386 or higher DOS-compatible PC with DOS 3.3 or higher.

∗	Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher.

∗	VGA or SVGA, A video configuration capable of 256 or more colors is required.

∗	4MB of RAM (8MB recommended)

∗	A hard drive with at least 1.8 MB available

∗	A windows-supported mouse and printer

Features:

Varieties of calendar layout  display

Photo only

Photo with calendar at the bottom right corner.

Photo with analog clock and calendar.

Photo with schedule and calendar.

Display a different photo every day.

Slide show.

Prints out different forms of calendar with your favorite photos

Photo only.

Photo with month calendar at the bottom right corner.

Photo with month calendar at the bottom.

Photo with your day's schedule.

Photo with year calendar at the bottom.

Year calendar only.

Schedule your days work easily

Add schedule

Delete schedule

Alarm

Exchange data with other applications

Import/Export data

Keep track of your contact bases

Address Book.

Easy setup

Photo directory setup


File Menu Command

Print Calendar

This menu selection allows you to print out different styles of calendar layout.

click on the check box as shown below for the style of the calendar you want to print.

Photo only.

Prints out the current photo display on the screen with no calendar attached.

Photo with month calendar at the bottom right corner.

Prints out the current photo display on the screen with the month's calendar you selected at the bottom right corner.

Photo with month calendar at the bottom half.

Prints out the current photo display on the screen with month's calendar you selected at the bottom half.

Photo with your selected day's schedule.

Prints out the current photo display on the screen with photo, current month's calendar and day's schedule you selected.

Photo with year calendar at the bottom half.

Prints out the current photo display on the screen with the year calendar you selected at the bottom half.

Year calendar only.

Prints out only the year calendar you selected.

Printer setup

Allows you to select different printers that's connected to your PC, you can also select either portrait or landscape style for printing. Refer to Windows 3.1 manual for more information on printer setting.

Exit

Exit the IPIN PhotoCalendar


Address Menu Command
Address Book Menu Command

IPIN PhotoCalendar provides you a database to keep track of your daily contacts.  all data entered are case sensitive (Mike and mike are different).

The main Address Book  dialog box is as shown below:

<< and >> button

Use the << (Previous record) and >> (Next record) to browse the address book.

New record

Click on the New button to create a new record, you must at least enter the name field in the dialog box to create the new record. After the record is entered, click on the Ok button to have the record stored, or click on the Cancel button to cancel the data you just entered.

The Address Book identifies each record by the name you entered in the name field, the current Address Book does not allow more than one record with the same name, IPIN PhotoCalendar will prompt you with the "Duplicate record" message when you try to enter a record thats already exist in the Address Book.

Update record

Click on the Update button to update the current record displayed on the screen. After the record is modified, click on the Ok button to have the modified record saved, or click on the Cancel button to cancel the data you just entered.

Delete record

Click on the Delete button to delete the current record displayed on the screen. Once the record is deleted, it is permanently erased from the Address Book and is not recoverable.

Search record

To search for a record, click on the Search button and a new dialog box will appear on the screen:

Enter full or partial name of the person you are looking for in the Name field and click on the Start Search button to begin searching. IPIN PhotoCalendar will find the closest matching record and display it on the screen. If a record can not be found, the last record in the Address Book will be displayed instead. After the search is completed, you can click on the End Search button to return to the Main Address Book dialog box, or click on the Search Next button to continue searching for the next matching record.


Style Menu Commands

IPIN PhotoCalendar allows you to display varieties of calendar layouts on your screen.  you can pick the one you like and IPIN PhotoCalendar will remember it when next time you re-start the program again.

Photo only.

This is great for slide show setup.

Photo with calendar at the bottom right corner.

Display the photo together with the calendar, you can browse through the calendar as described in the select date section.

Photo with analog clock and calendar.

Display your favorite photo while keep track of the day and time.

Photo with schedule and calendar.

Display your favorite photo while working on your daily schedules, the schedule list box list all the schedule events you have so far for the selected day. you can browse through the calendar to setup the schedule for any day you desire.

You can also display the photo either in its original form or scale the photo to fit within the frame.


Format Menu Commands

You can display the photo in its original picture format, or scale the photo to fit within the picture frame.

The current supported graphic formats are Microsoft Windows Bitmap format  (BMP) (Mono, 4-bit, and 8-bit), CompuServe's Graphics Interchange Format (GIF-87A) and JPEG.

Original Picture Format

In this mode, IPIN PhotoCalendar will display the photo base on its original height and width in pixels, and the color palette in the photo.

Scale Picture Format

In this mode, IPIN PhotoCalendar will scale the photo to fit within the picture frame depend on the Calendar Style you chose. Some distortion might occurred depend on the resolution of the photo, the higher the resolution the better the photo can fit to scale.


Photo Directory
Photo Directory Command Menu

IPIN PhotoCalendar allows you to setup the location of your photos resided either  on the hard disk, CD ROM or any of your floppy drives. Once setup, it will remember the location when next time you start up the IPIN PhotoCalendar again.

The current supported graphic formats are Microsoft's Window Bitmap format (*.BMP), JPEG and Compuserve's GIF format (*.GIF). You can use the Photo Directory dialog box to select the disk drive and directory that has all the above supported graphic files.

IPIN PhotoCalendar will create a photo file list in the selected directory and display them one by one daily.

you can also browse through the photo list by using the next frame or previous frame button in the control bar. When reach the end of the photo list, IPIN PhotoCalendar will display from the beginning of the photo list again.


Copyright

IPIN PhotoCalendar(TM) Copyright (c) 1995 by Telnet Computer Consultant - All rights reserved.

The JPEG Decoding functions provided by the IPIN PhotoCalendar are based in part on the work of the "Independent JPEG Group".


Warranty

Disclaimer of Warranty

This software and the accompanying files are sold "as is" and without any warranty of any kind. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software. Use of this package constitutes agreement on the part of the user to this disclaimer.  Any liability of the seller will be limited exclusively to product replacement or refund of purchase price within the 30-day  period after purchase.

IN NO EVENT SHALL TELNET COMPUTER CONSULTANT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS THAT ARISE BECAUSE OF DEFECTS WITH IPIN PHOTOCALENDAR.

Choice of  Law

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California.

JPEG

The JPEG Decoding functions provided by the IPIN PhotoCalendar are based in part on the work of the "Independent JPEG Group".


Registration
IPIN PhotoCalendar 1.4 Registration

Register now and you will get 12 more high quality computer scanned photos stored in the 3.5" disks taken by  photographers around the world plus the IPIN PhotoCalendar user guide. We will also scan in 5 of your personal photos (limit to 3" or 4" photo) free of charge (a $10 value).

Previous registered users of PhotoCalendar 1.2B and 1.3 can upgrade to IPIN PhotoCalendar 1.4 free of charge by send in your registration ID plus $2 ($4 if outside U.S.A) for shipping and handling.

We also provide photo scanning service at $2 per photo (limit to 3" or 4" photo). all photos will be stored as BMP format in the 3.5" disks. 10% off for 10 photos or more, call for pricing over 100 photos. (Photo scanning services are not refundable)

Ordering by credit card (CompuServe members only):

CompuServe members can logon to the online software registration (GO SWREG) and register the software by charging to your CompuServe's membership account, you will receive a coupon later for the free photo scanning offer. IPIN PhotoCalendar's Reg. ID is (5976).

Ordering by check:  To order by check send this order form and a check to :

Telnet Computer Consultant

P.O. Box 51863

Irvine, CA 92619-1863

To print this order form, click on Print Topic in the File pull-down menu.  Payments must be in US dollars drawn on a US bank, or an American Express Money order, or US Currency.

All disks are shipped in 3.5" Disk format.

IPIN PhotoCalendar 1.4 single copy: quantity ___ @ $25.00 ea.  = __________

Photos for scanning:	quantity ___ @ $2.00 ea.	= __________

California residents add 8.25% sales tax	+ __________

Shipping and handling  (in USA) 	+	$ 2

Shipping and handling (outside USA)	+	$ 4

Total payment	=___________

Ship to:

Name : ___________________________________

Company:_________________________________

Address:__________________________________

City, State, Zip:_____________________________

Country:__________________________________

Day Phone:______________  Eve______________

Email address:______________________________

For the free photo scanning offer, send in your photos (no negative please) together with your registration form. If you chose to send in your photos later, we will mail you the free offer coupon after we receive your registration form and the payment, you can use the coupon within 3 months to send in your photos.

All price good through 12/31/95

Refunds, Other options

For any questions about refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, etc, send to the address above or by:

Compuserve :	71344,3244,

AOL:	Telnet Com

Internet:	            2039948@mcimail.com

Voice Mail :	714-651-9931

As a registered user you'll also be entitled to substantial discounts on future upgrades.


Slide Show Command

IPIN PhotoCalendar allows you to setup a slide show with a set of preset intervals, the current preset intervals are 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 40 seconds, and 1 minute.


Import/Export Data

while you are in the address dialog box or in the schedule input dialog box, IPIN PhotoCalendar allows you to import/export data by using the windows clipboard.

To export data to the clipboard,

(1)Simply click on the edit box you want to export data,

(2)Press down the left mouse button while dragging the mouse to mark the portion of the text you want to be exported,

(3)Release the left mouse button  and the selected text will be exported to the clipboard.

To import data from the clipboard.

(1)Simply click on the edit box you want to import data,

(2)Click on the right mouse button and the text will automatically imported from the clipboard to the edit box.

(3)Note that for creating new record or updating the existing record, you need to click on the New or Update button to have the import function working.


Schedule Menu Command

IPIN PhotoCalendar allows you to add or delete the current selected day's schedule.

Add Schedule

(1) Pick the date from the calendar.

(2) Click on the Schedule menu command and select the Add schedule menu item or simply click on the Add schedule button in the control bar.

(3) The Schedule Input dialog box as shown below will pop up. Fill up the fields in the dialog box.

(4) click on "Ok" button to finish the input, or click on the Cancel button to discard the input.

You must at least enter the time field in the dialog box, the current valid input values are in 12 hour format (as 9:00AM, 3:00PM etc.), it does no support the 24 hour format.(as 15:00).

You can import/export text from other applications by using the Windows clipboard. Refer to the data import/export section.

Delete Schedule

(1) First display the schedule list box by choosing the Photo with Schedule list layout from the style menu, select the item you want to delete and either click on the Delete schedule button in the control bar, or chose the Schedule menu command  and select the Delete schedule item.

Update a schedule

(1) First display the schedule list box by choosing the Photo with Schedule list layout from the style menu , select the item you want to update, double click on the selected schedule and the Schedule Input dialog box will appear.

(2) Start your changes and click on the OK button when finished or click on the Cancel button  to discard the changes. Note that if you updated the time field, the original schedule entry will be deleted and replaced by the new schedule time.

Alarm

IPIN PhotoCalendar provides you the alarm clock capability that you can setup to inform you of any events occur during the day. Simply check the alarm check box at the time you are entering the schedule and a alarm dialog box will pop up to remind you when that event has reached.

Note that in the schedule list box, any entry with a alarm clock icon in front represents the alarm setup, you can always enable/disable the alarm by checking or unchecking the alarm check box.


License Agreement

License Agreement and Warranty Disclaimer

You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this software.  Use of this software indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions.  If you do not agree with them, do not use the software.

Shareware Version

You are hereby licensed to use the Shareware Version of the software for a 30 day evaluation period. You are encouraged to distribute this program for non-commercial use if distribution is intact, unmodified, and as long as no fee is charged for such distribution (with the exception of nominal and customary distribution fees). Shareware distributors are welcome to inquire for the latest version of the IPIN PhotoCalendar software.

Unregistered use of IPIN PhotoCalendar after the 30-day evaluation period is in violation of federal copyright laws.

Evaluation and Registration

This is not free software.  This license allows you to use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days.  If you continue to use this software after the 30 day evaluation period, a registration fee of $25 is required. Payments must be in US dollars drawn on a US bank, and should be sent to :

Telnet Computer Consultant

P.O. Box 51863

Irvine, CA 92619-1863

Credit card ordering are available through the CompuServe only. When payment is received, you will be sent a registered copy of the latest version of IPIN PhotoCalendar.