Thank you for using Contact-Lens! v2.1, Your Contact Network MAXIMIZER ! This is a SHAREWARE Version of Contact-Lens!, which means you are free to reproduce the file (CL.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 expected to register the product with us (which as you will see below is very worthwhile). COPYRIGHT (c) 1993. Kruse Control Software (tm) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 30 Ridge Road, Suite 21 Phone: (201)-670-0677 Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450. Compuserve ID 70324,1034. This is COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE. You may distribute COPIES of CL.ZIP ONLY. Installation Instructions, and then a General Overview are all below. ************************************************************************* How do I install the best Contact Management Software System of all time - Contact-Lens! - on my computer, since I need to be able to track a limitless number of Contacts and a very busy Schedule - EFFORTLESSY ? Put CL.ZIP into it's own directory - preferably named "C:\CL". This is because future versions and upgrades of this product will have "C:\CL" as the default directory (although you can change the default for those installations easily). Unzip the file using the newest version of the popular PKUNZIP.EXE. When the decompression is finished, FIRST check to make sure you have all the files you were supposed to get. You should now have: CL.ZIP........Your original `ZIPped'file INSTALL.BAT.....The Installation Program README.TXT......This file REGISTER.FRM....Registration/Order Form C.CL - and the remaining program files. CCUA.MEN CTGRIE1.DAT CTGRIE1.K1 GETKEY.CL LS.DBH - If you have these, then just type: `INSTALL'. LS.DBW Instructions will appear on the screen for you. LS.CL SHRMAN.MAN HOWEVER, if you have already run the installation program, AND then used the Contact-Lens! program, you should have these files as listed below: CL.ZIP LS1.DAT LS1.K13 LS3.K2 INSTALL.BAT LS1.K1 LS1.K14 LS4.DAT README.TXT LS1.K2 LS2.DAT LS4.K1 REGISTER.FRM LS1.K3 LS2.K1 LS4.K2 C.BAT LS1.K4 LS2.K2 LS5.DAT CCUA.MEN LS1.K5 LS2.K3 LS5.K1 CTGRIE1.DAT LS1.K6 LS2.K4 LS6.DAT CTGRIE1.K1 LS1.K7 LS2.K5 LS6.K1 GETKEY.COM LS1.K8 LS2.K6 LS7.DAT LS.DBH LS1.K9 LS2.K7 LS7.K1 LS.DBW LS1.K10 LS2.K8 LS7.K2 LS.EXE LS1.K11 LS3.DAT SHRMAN.MAN LS1.K12 LS3.K1 IMPORTANT NOTE: There are no instructions in this file concerning program operation instructions. There is an On-Line Manual built right into the program which is instantly accessable, with Context Sensitive help, by the single press of one key any time during program operation ! (Like most other programs, the help key is `F1'. But press `F1' a second time, and the On-Line Manual appears right on your screen !). You may also print a copy of the Manual from within the program itself ! ************************************************************************* 10/01/93 News Release: - C O N T A C T - L E N S ! v2.1 - (COPYRIGHT (c) 1993. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) * "Your Contact Network MAXIMIZER !" * By Kruse Control Software (tm) c/o: R. K. Ludington 30 Ridge Road, Suite 21, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Phone (201)-670-0677, CompuServe ID 70324,1034 THIS IS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS OF CONTACT-LENS!. THE NEWEST SHAREWARE VERSION CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND IN THE "IBMAPP" FORUM ON COMPUSERVE. THE FILE IS CALLED "CL.ZIP" AND IS IN THE "GEN APPS" LIBRARY SECTION. Overview: Contact-Lens! is the most user - friendly Contact Management Software on the market ! You now have the ability to manage all your Contacts - and access any of them within the database instantaneously, in a highly intuitive manner. Highlights: 1. 7 (SEVEN!!) Screens per Contact; many "Hot-Key" short cuts, Pop-Up Calendar displays ANY MONTH for date entry/edit. 2. 22 (TWENTY-TWO!!) search fields for instant Contact location/access. 3. Print Reports on any data, sent to any Output Device; easily print Mailing Labels on ANY SIZE LABEL STOCK ! 4. Import/Export/Query (text/dBASE format!) Facility. 5. Network version available ! 6. 10 (TEN!) level Password Security available. 7. 141 Page ON-LINE Manual with CONTEXT SENSITIVE HELP ! 8. Index build Menu Option in case of power failure, and to automatically build index files after importing data. (Note: Power failure does NOT cause data loss). 9. Printer / Display Color Configurations. 10. Pricing as of 8/29/93. * = Not all functions are included in the Unregistered Shareware Version. A short review of the few features highlighted above: 1. SEVEN 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. A. Primary Data (Name, Address, Job, Company, etc.) B. Secondary Data (Addresses, Associates, etc.) C. Schedule (Calls, Meetings, ToDo's; Date, Time, Description, etc.) D. Categories (Unlimited number, user defined) E. & F. Notes (2 Free Form memo fields) G. Activity History (Calls, Meetings, ToDo's; Dates, Times, Results, Descriptions, etc.) "Hot-Key" shortcuts allow instant database navigation. Single keystrokes allow you to: Switch between 7 SCREENS for EVERY Contact. Add an entry to your SCHEDULE. Log activities as they are completed. Switch back to the last Contact accessed. Pop-Up Calendar always accessible, also used for instant date field entry. Jump anywhere within the 131 page manual; even print specific pages (to any output device) ! 2. 22 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 *3. Reports/Mailing Labels sent to any Output Device: A. Schedules by Date, for one or ALL Contacts. B. Past Activities by Date, for one or ALL Contacts. C. Detailed Contact Reports. D. Condensed Contact Reports. E. Multiple Mailing Labels (any common size label stock) - 1. For: a. One Contact. b. A Group of Contacts. Groups can be selected in C, D, and E1b - 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. *4. Import/Export Facility, which enables the user to: A. Import text/dBASE data into Contact-Lens! 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. C. Do Ad-Hoc queries on Contact-Lens! AND NON Contact-Lens! Databases ! *5. Network version available. Each user has same functionality as Single User Version. 6. Password Security available; Passwords are stored in encrypted fashion so any possibility of "break-in" is highly unlikely (unless a password is guessed). *7. 141 page ONLINE Manual: Instant access from anywhere within the entire Contact-Lens! System. 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.The Manual includes an entire chapter on what you can do to speed up your computer using free techniques & software. Print manual page/s to any output Device. *8. 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 Contact-Lens!, 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. *9. Printer / Display Color: Time Frame's reports will work with any printer; setup strings are user-definable. Additionally, Contact-Lens! has a color setting utility for changing display colors. 10. Pricing as of 10/01/93: A. Shareware Registration: $25.00, with a discounted upgrade available for the feature-packed, full blown commercial version. B. Import/Export/Query and Rebuild Index Program Modules: $25.00 C. Commercial Version - "Contact-Lens! v2.1+": $75.00 (or $50.00 for registered Shareware user upgrade). D. Network Version: $300.00 ************************************************************************ W A R R A N T Y & D I S C L A I M E R The Shareware version of Contact-Lens! 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 Contact-Lens!. Contact-Lens! is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share ONLY the file CL.ZIP with friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence 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 Contact-Lens! and continue to use Contact- Lens! after a reasonable trial period of 30 days, you must make a registration payment of $25.00 to Kruse Control Software. The $25.00 registration fee will license one 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 Contact-Lens! must register and pay for their copies of Contact-Lens! within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site License arrangements may be made by contacting Kruse Control Software. Anyone distributing Contact-Lens! 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 Contact-Lens! immediately. (However, Kruse Control must still be advised, so the distributor can be kept up to date with our latest version of Contact-Lens!.) You are encouraged to pass a copy of Contact-Lens! (THE CL.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 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 ! (It is normally $75.00) You have reached the end of the README.TXT file. *************************************************************************