NoteIt Introduction The NoteIt program helps you maintain a list of notes. This can be extremely helpful if you are one of these people who constantly has things on their mind and has a difficult time remembering what you did last week (much less several months ago). NoteIt provides a simple user interface for you to enter one note after another. All notes are stored in the same ASCII file which makes searching for a specific entry easy. NoteIt Evaluation You are granted a 15 day evaluation period to try NoteIt. If you use it after this evaluation period you must register it. Please see the on-line help system for details about the license agreement and the registration process. Initial Installation This program is provided in one of two forms. It is either part of the TARDIS Applications diskette or can be downloaded individually from CompuServe or other BBS systems. Diskette If the program is provided on diskette and you have used the diskette's install program, the software has already been installed and program manager icons created. You can begin using it immediately. Please see the section "Running for the first time." Download If you downloaded this file you should follow the instructions below. The program is provided as a self-extracting executable file. Just follow the instructions below to install the program on your hard drive. You MUST already have a copy of the Visual Basic 3.0 runtime DLL VBRUN300.DLL. It must be installed in your Windows \SYSTEM directory. If you do not have this file you can download it from the Microsoft Visual Basic forum on CompuServe. This file is not included with NoteIt. 1.Choose a drive and directory on which you want to install NoteIt. If the directory does not exist you must create it now. 2.Copy the NoteIt self extracting executable (NOTE.EXE) into the directory. 3.Make a backup of this file for safe keeping. You will delete this file later. 4.Change to the NoteIt directory. 5.Type the command NOTE. This uncompresses the files into the current directory. 6.Delete the file NOTE.EXE. It is no longer used. Make sure you make a backup per step 3 above. 7.Check the directory for any files with a .DLL or .VBX extension. If any files matching this description exist they should be copied to your Windows \SYSTEM directory and then deleted from the NoteIt directory. 8.Create a Program Manager icon for NoteIt and link it to the EXE file NOTEIT.EXE. 9.Please see the section "Running for the first time." Running for the First Time 1.Start the program by double clicking the new NoteIt icon in Program Manager. 2.Since this is the first time you are running this program you are prompted for your Company Name, Your Name, Phone Number, and optionally your CIS ID (not password). This information is saved for future reference. The serial number is assigned and the registration reminder screen displays. (This screen will never display after you register the program). 3.To access the on-line help system (which contains important information about the operation and license agreement for NoteIt), click on the "About TARDIS" icon, and then click on the question mark icon. 4.A file with the .REG extension is created in the same directory as NoteIt. This file contains your name and phone number and is used during the registration process. It contains important information and should not be deleted. 5.Installation is complete. Contacting TARDIS DP Consultants Should you have any questions or comments about this TARDIS DP Consultants program you can reach us at: CompuServe ID 73337,2472 Mail Address: TARDIS DP Consultants Department 45 6 Sedley Ct. Greensboro, NC 27455 Remember, you are granted a 15 day evaluation period to try NoteIt. If you use it after this evaluation period you must register it. Please see the on-line help system for details about the license agreement and the registration process.