Thank you for using Time Frame v2.1, Your Contact Network MAXIMIZER ! ______________________ This is a SHAREWARE Version of Time Frame, | ______________ | which means you are free to reproduce the |___| |___| file (TF21.ZIP ONLY) and are encouraged to | _________| give copies to all your friends. | | | | | |_ You are only allowed to use the program | | | | thirty days free of charge. Then if you | | |_| continue to use the program you are expec- | | | ted to register the product with us (which | |____| as you see below will be very worthwhile). |____| (tm) R.K. Ludington COPYRIGHT (c) 1993. c/o Kruse Control Software (tm) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 30 Ridge Road, Suite 21, Phone: (201)-670-0677 Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Compuserve ID 70324,1034. This is COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE. You may distribute COPIES of TF21.ZIP ONLY. Registration, File, Operation, and Warranty information is listed below. ************************************************************************* How do I use the program ? Put TF21.ZIP into it's own directory - preferably named "C:\TF". This is because future versions and upgrades of this product will have "C:\TF" as the default directory (although you can change the default for those installations easily). Unzip the file using the popular PKUNZIP.EXE. When the decompression is finished, type "INSTALL". Instructions will appear. ************************************************************************* W H Y R E G I S T E R ? The registration fee for the shareware version is only $25.00! These are some of the great reasons to register your product: 1. The one occurence of "30 Day Trial Software" is removed from screen 1, and YOUR NAME (or whatever you want) will be put into it's place ! 2. You will receive a printed manual, and a discount offer for the feature-packed Commercial Version of Time Frame. 3. You will receive the most recent Registered Shareware Version of Time Frame, which has an On-Line Manual accessable from anywhere within the program ! (The unregistered Shareware Version has no On-Line Manual.) 4. Free Technical Support - Access to Kruse Control's world class Tech support lines. 5. Upgrade information - Advance notice of new versions and special prices for registered users. 6. Product Information - Be the first to hear of product developments, enhancements, and add - ins, as well as other new Kruse Control Products. Registration for the Shareware version can be done by filling out the form in the file REGISTER.FRM. You can fill it out first, or print it and then fill it out by hand. Once you have installed Time Frame (see the previous section) you can print the order form by typing: TYPE REGISTER.FRM > PRN Although you are encouraged to give copies of the program to your friends the only copy you are allowed to give them is TF21.ZIP. The program will not work properly if anyone tries to use this program without all the files originally supplied, including the installation program. A list of the files you should have after decompressing of "TF21.ZIP" are listed directly below. ************************************************************************* G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N A N D O V E R V I E W One of the many benefits you get for registering your product with us is the ON-LINE MANUAL - which means all you need to do is press F1 to inst- antly be at the first page of the manual, which has options to jump - by Page, Index, Chapter, or Subject - to any page instantly,including giving you options for printing any pages you prefer! Push the "Esc" key and the manual disappears, leaving you where you were in the program. Try F1 once again,and you are back in the On-Line Manual,back on the same page. Even view a help window -for the On-Line Manual itself- if you press F1 again! You should have, upon unZIPping the file TF21.ZIP: TF21.ZIP, of course, AND - INSTALL.BAT README.TXT REGISTER.FRM T.TF CCUA.MEN CTGRIE1.DAT Note: Once the INSTALL.BAT CTGRIE1.K1 program has been run, some GETKEY.TF files and their names will LS.DBH be altered. LS.DBW LS.TF ************************************************************************* P R O G R A M O V E R V I E W: ************************************************************************* Time Frame is the most user - friendly PIM (Personal Information Manager) software on the market ! You now have the ability to manage all your data - and access any Contact within the database instantaneously, in a highly intuitive manner. * Items marked with an asterisk represent enhanced functions only avail- able to owners of the Commercial Version of Time Frame. These functions are not available for the shareware version, since even the Single User Version (packed with features) takes over 1.9MB of disk space on the COMPRESSED installation disks - and over 4MB of space when installed !! See #14 below for the current pricing information. System Highlights (each is described in more detail later): 1. 7 (Seven!) Screens per Contact; many "Hot-Key" short cuts. 2. Track your entire Schedule on screen 3 of the Database - by the minute - for all the Contacts in the database. Instantly jump to a specific item, and the Contact involved with the scheduled item appears. 3. Log activities with the press of one key. Ample room is available for entry of the Date and Time; Call, Meeting, or ToDo; Result; and more room for notes concerning this one activity. View/access all activities in the entire database by Date and Time. 4. 22 (Twenty-Two!) search fields for instant Contact location and access. * 5. Print a variety of Reports, concerning Contacts - Detailed having all the information available on the Contact/s, or a Condensed Contact Report having only primary information. * 6. Print your Schedule; or any past activities. * 7. Print Mailing Labels on any data, sent to any Output Device. THIS INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO PRINT ON ANY SIZE MAILING LABELS! * 8. Import/Export data to and from text/dBASE files. * 9. Network version available. *10. 10 (Ten !) Level Password Security System available. 11. Context Sensitive help. (An On-Line Manual is included for all owners of the Registered Shareware Version. The Commercial Version of Time Frame has an On-Line Manual expanded to 107 pages to cover all the capabilities of that version! Jump by Chapter, Page, Index, Contents, even Print any page/s you want !) 12. Index rebuild Menu Option in case of power failure (Note: Power failure will NOT cause data loss). Registered Time Frame Shareware Version owners may purchase the Index Rebuild Module separately. See the pricing information below (#14). *13. Printer / Display Color Configurations. 14. Pricing Information as of 6/21/93. A detailed review of the features highlighted above: 1,2, and 3: Seven ( 7 ! ) screens PER Contact: The Contact Database has seven data files, one for each of the seven screens. A Contact is first added to screen 1 where you enter the Name, etc. Once added there, data for that Contact can be added to any of the other 6 screens, in any order. 1. Primary Data (Name, Address, Job, Company, and even has a free form memo field for comments, etc.) 2. Secondary Data (Secondary Address, Mobile Phone, Associates, etc.) 3. Schedule (Calls, Meetings, ToDo's; Date, Time, Description, etc.) 4. Categories (Unlimited number, and user defined: i.e.,"Vendor","Club Member", or "Customer", etc. Look up Contacts by Category !) 5. Notes (2nd free form memo field) 6. More Notes (3rd free form memo field) 7. Activity History (Calls, Meetings, ToDo's; Dates, Times, Results, Descriptions) "Hot-Key" shortcuts allow you to navigate as quickly as possible. Single keystrokes allow you to: 1. Switch between 7 SCREENS for EVERY Contact. 2. Add an entry to your SCHEDULE. 3. Log activities as they are completed. 4. Switch back to the last Contact accessed. 5. Pop-Up Calendar always accessible, also used for instant date field entry. 6. Jump anywhere within the On-Line Manual; even print specific pages (to any output device) ! Note: The On-Line Manual is only accessable to Registered Owners.(This Manual is enhanced even further and is 107 pages with the comm- ercial version in order to cover all it's enhancements !) 4. 22 (Twenty-Two !) search fields: Company, Job Title Schedule by DATE First Name, Last Name Past Activities by DATE A/K/A (Also Known As) Categories City, Secondary City Referred By State, Secondary State Associate No. 1 - Name Zip Code, Secondary Zip Code Associate No. 2 " " Country Associate No. 3 " " Birthday, Wedding Anniversary Spouse's Name *5,6,7. Reports/Mailing Labels sent to any Output Device: A. Schedule - by Date, for all or only one or Contact. B. Past Activities - by Date, for all or only one Contact. C. Detailed Contact Reports. D. Condensed Contact Reports. E. Multiple Mailing Labels (ANY KIND OR SIZE MAILING LABEL STOCK !) - 1. For: a. One Contact. b. A Group of Contacts. Concerning the mailing labels and reports, which can be printed by group in C, D, and E1b - above - for all Contacts, or just those having from 1 to 7 of these things in common: Category, Company, Job Title, First Name, Last Name, City, and/or State. *8. Import/Export Facility, which enables the user to: A. Import text/dBASE data into Time Frame Databases B. Export data to text files in the following formats: 1. Basic Sequential (Quote, Comma Delimited) 2. System Data (Fixed Length, Non Delimited) C. Export data in dBASE files format. D. Perform Ad-Hoc queries on Time Frame AND NON Time Frame Databases. *9. Network version available. Each user has same functionality as Single User Version. *10. Password Security available; Passwords are stored in encrypted fashion so any possibility of "break-in" is highly unlikely (unless a password is guessed). This option is automatically included in the Commercial Version of Time Frame; you may elect to use or not use it. 11. Context-sensitive help is available: whatever you are doing, you can push "F1" and a window with help appears. In this window will be data discussing the specific thing you were doing at the time. ON-LINE MANUAL: The Registered Shareware Version has an On-Line Manual built in ! The Commercial Version of Time Frame v2.1 has an On-Line Manual, which is even larger - 107 pages - to cover all the enhanced capabilities of that version.Press "F1" again and the first page of the On-Line Manual appears. Hot keys jump by Subject, Chapter, Page, or Index. The Manual stays on the page where you left it in the same session,(so any later access allows you to return to the same page instantly). A table is displayed on the bottom of the screen (when using the manual) which lists Hot Keys for instant "navigation". Up/Down arrows are used to view a page (as pages are longer than the screen). Print Manual page/s to any output Device ! The Manual for the Commercial Version even includes an entire chapter on what you can do to speed up your computer using free techniques & software. *12. Index Rebuild; most database programs force you to enter complicated command- line instructions to reindex your database files if the index files become confused due to power failure, etc. With Time Frame, you can still get into the Main Menu even if these index files need to be rebuilt - and then offers you a menu option to reindex these files. *13. Printer / Display Colors: Time Frame's reports will work with any printer; setup strings are user-definable. Additionally,Time Frame has a color setting utility for changing display colors, so the system is truly customizable ! 14. Pricing: A. $25.00 Shareware Version which includes: 1. The Newest Registered Shareware Version 2. Printed Manual 3. On-Line Manual 4. $50 upgrade offer for the Commercial Version B. $25.00 Index Rebuild module for Registered Shareware Version Owners. (Automatically included in the commercial version.) C. $75.00 Single User Commercial Version (see all items with the "*" above for details.) D. $300.00 Network (Multi-User) Commercial Version ************************************************************************* W A R R A N T Y & D I S C L A I M E R The Shareware version of Time Frame is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limit- ation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author/s assume no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of Time Frame. Time Frame is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation.Feel free to share the file TF21.ZIP with friends,but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The ess- ence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find you are using Time Frame and continue to use Time Frame after a reasonable trial period of 30 days, you must make a regist- ration payment of $25.00 to Kruse Control Software. The $25.00 registrat- ion fee will license 1 copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another,so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another, just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of Time Frame must register and pay for their copies of Time Frame within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn.Site License arrangements may be made by contacting Kruse Control Software. Anyone distributing Time Frame for any kind of remuneration must first contact Kruse Control at the address below for authorization. This auth- orization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering Time Frame immediately. (However, Kruse Control must still be advised, so the distributor can be kept up to date with our latest version of Time Frame.) You are encouraged to pass a copy of Time Frame (THE TF21.ZIP FILE *ONLY) along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find they can use it. All registered users will then be able to get: 1. The Newest REGISTERED Shareware Version, with THEIR NAME ( or whatever) on screen 1 rather than the "30 Day Trial Sofware" message ! 2. A fully printed User's Manual 3. A built-in On-Line Manual 4. A $50 discount upgrade offer for the Commercial Version ! You have reached the end of the README.TXT file. *************************************************************************