EasyXchange For Windows Version 1.0 ----------------------------------- Copyright (c) 1995, Gupta International EasyXchange For Windows is user-oriented (object-oriented) software to help you easily (manage and) exchange home, work and email addresses, home and work telephone/fax numbers, family relationships, birthdays and marriage dates to many different applications like Online Service Address Books, Mail Programs, Fax Software, Spreadsheets, etc. including CompuServe (CIM) Address Book. It helps you to easily enter, view and print information on Persons and Businesses, assists you in maintaining consistency for home/work addresses by sharing addresses with other persons. It helps manage family relationships so you don't have to separately remember the names and other vital information of your friends/relatives' spouses and their children. EasyXchange For Windows is a software to easily maintain all the relevant information in one central place and export it to other applications, thus eliminating the need to duplicate and maintain consistency of information in more than one software application. FEATURES -------- The following are the salient features of EasyXchange For Windows V1.0 : - Fully user-oriented (object-oriented) with three different types of objects - Person, Business and Groups. - Unlimited Telephone/Fax Numbers for each Person/Business with description for each number. - Unlimited Email addresses for each Person/Business. - Birth and Marriage dates. - Share home address with other persons so you have to only update the home address changes once. - Share work address with other persons so you have to only update the work address change once. - Specify Relationships (father, mother, spouse, children) - Group objects in any combination you want to. Groups can be grouped further in other groups. - Define/Customize EasyLists to view, edit and print only the information you want. - EasyEditor to view and edit all the attributes of one object at a time. - EasyXPort to export relevant data to many different applications including CompuServe Information Manager Address Book, Spreadsheets, etc. - EasyFill feature automatically completes partially entered entries. - EasyLook to quickly look up desired information on objects without having to open up EasyList or EasyEditor. If you have a favorite application you want to export to, and is not supported by EasyXchange For Windows send me an email. KEYWORDS -------- PIM, EXPORT, EASYXCHANGE, WINDOWS, EZXCHG, CIS, CIM, GUPTA, GI FILES IN THE PACKAGE [EZXCHG10.ZIP] ---------------------------------- 1. easyxchg.exe : Program Executable File 2. easyxchg.def : Program Support File 3. easyxchg.hlp : Program Help File 4. easyxchg.sdf : Program Support File 5. sspp20.vbx : VBX File 6. register.wri : Registration Form in WRITE format 7. register.txt : Registration Form in TEXT format 8. readme.txt : Readme File (This FIle) 9. install.exe : Installation Program 10. winstall.inf : Installation Support File REQUIREMENTS ------------ Windows 3.1 or higher running on 386 or higher IBM PC or compatible. At Least 2 MB RAM required. 4 MB recommended. INSTALLATION ------------ If installing from the EZXCHGXX.ZIP file: 1. Unzip the package by PKUNZIP or any other compatible UNZIP utility. Unpack it in a directory which is not going to be the final destination directory where EasyXchange For Windows will be installed. 2. Run install.exe from within Windows Program Manager as install.exe. [This step is needed to copy all the files to your destination directory, and to create a Program Group] If installing from EasyXchange For Windows floppy diskette: 1. Insert the diskette to the appropriate drive 2. Run install.exe from within windows Program manager as a:\install.exe Installation Notes: NOTE 1: During installation, do not specify destination directory same as source directory. It will confuse the installation program. NOTE 2: If you had previously installed EasyXchange For Windows and you still have the EasyXchange For Windows Program Group in the Program Manager, delete the Group first before beginning installation. GENERAL ADVICE -------------- These are suggestions for new users to help them get started quickly and avoid pit falls later on. Ofcourse, you can come up with your own set of rules depending on your style. - Before starting, read the Help item "Getting Started". - Set your preferences. You can get to the Preferences Dialog from "Edit -> Preferences" menu item. - It is easiest to enter information using EasyLists. Design your own EasyList depending on what kind of information you want to enter at one time. Some predefined EasyLists are all ready provided for your convenience. You can define a new EasyList or edit the definition of an existing EasyList by clicking on "EasyLists -> Define EasyLists..." menu item. - Create Person objects to store information of people like their home, work and email addresses, telephone and fax numbers, family relationships, age, date of birth and marriage, etc. - Create a Business object if you only want to store information NOT associated with a person but is associated with a business entity. You can store business name, postal and email address, telephone and fax numbers, and comments. - For Person Objects, specify the following relationships whenever you can: - Living With: This will automatically help you share Home Address between persons living together. In the next release, you can also optionally share the home phone and fax numbers. - Working With: This will automatically help you share Company Name and Work Address between persons working together. In the next release, you can also optionally share the work phone and fax numbers. - When entering a Person's name, follow a convention of entering first name, middle name, last name in that order. - Currently you can specify only one telephone or fax number, or email address from within an EasyList. If you want to specify more than one telephone or fax number, or email address, you can do it from EasyEditor. However once specified, they will appear in the EasyList too, and you can modify the values from EasyList. - Dates should be specified as MM/DD/YYYY. COPYRIGHT --------- EasyXchange For Windows is fully copyrighted by Gupta International. EasyXchange, EasyList, EasyEditor, EasyXPort, EasyLook, EasyFill, EasyFilter, EasyReport, EasyLabel, and EasyReminder are all trademarks of Gupta International. LICENSE ------- EasyXchange For Windows is NOT free software. EasyXchange For Windows is released as SHAREWARE. This means that you may try the software for 30 days free of charge. After 30 days, you should either pay the required registration fees or should stop using the software and delete the software permanently from your hard disk. The REGISTRATION FEE is $15.00 + $2.00 (Shipping & Handling) US Dollars. Registration entitles you to the following: 1. Free upgrades to all future shareware releases of the program for at least one year. This includes EasyFilter, EasyReport and EasyLabel features. 2. Availability of more export modules to export relevant information to many other applications. 3. Free technical support via email. SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION ---------------------- You may distribute the package freely to FTP sites, Bulletin Boards, Shareware/Freeware/Public Domain archives, CD-ROMS, Magazine Cover Disks and CD-ROMS, etc. Shareware disk vendors also may also freely distribute the package. Distribution of the package in any form is subject to ALL the following conditions; [1] ALL the files which I have supplied must be included, and [2] NO ATTEMPT must be made to modify or alter ANYTHING in any of the files, and [3] You must not charge ANYTHING for distributing this package (disk vendors may charge a reasonable fee, not exceeding $5 (US) for media and duplication). DISCLAIMER ---------- You use "EasyXchange For Windows" ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. I do NOT warranty ANYTHING concerning any of the programs or files which make up "EasyXchange For Windows". I accept NO RESPONSIBILITY for ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE of ANY kind, including, but not limited to, losses of a physical, mental, social, financial, marital, or of whatever nature, resulting from the use, or the purported use of "EasyXchange For Windows", or any of the files in the package, for any purpose whatsoever. I do not even warranty that the programs will not kill you. If these terms are not acceptable to you, then please DELETE all the files from your disks IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY. CONTACT ADDRESS --------------- Vivek Gupta Gupta International 140 Pasito Terrace, #511 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA. Email: 71332.167@compuserve.com Tel: 408.992.0300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gupta International January 1995.