VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS Document is NOT spaced for printing ! Be aware that the documentation is very limited and only supplies very basic information. Register the program to get the detailed documentation file and version 3.0 The electronic document is (c) 1994 BASE 12, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED DISCLAIMER Base 12 does not guarentee that this program will function with your specific system to your exact needs. Every effort has been made to assure program is functionable for it's designed purpose. Base 12 has the right to make any changes or modifications to this software without notification to you. Base 12 or any related entity will not be responsible for the misuse of this program. If you would prefer, you may obtain a verified clean copy direct from Base 12 by writing to: BASE 12, P.O. BOX 7119, EAST LOS ANGELES, CA 90022-1118 - request BIRTHDAY SHAREWARE (Send $4.00 for shipping and handling) SHAREWARE You are limited to a 60 day usage period. If you decide to keep using the program, please pay for it. Please make sure you register the program before the 60 days are up. We will send you version 3.0 (non-shareware, full system) Your payment will encourage us to keep making software at great prices. We depend on your honesty in order for us to stay in business. The price of the program is: $21.50 CIS users get a special courtesy "download refund credit" of $5.00! We know you spent money, so we will apply it to your order! CIS users pay only $16.50! Non-CIS Price: $21.50 Please include your CIS ID number and the Forum from where you downloaded the file from. Register the program and get version 3.0 and future improvements, fixes, etc..(you pay Shipping & Handling) Major updates may require a small fee. Also, a more complete and detailed documentation file is included. PLEASE READ: I recently spoke to a person that stated they never pay for shareware software. I explained that people like him are taking advantage of other people's hard work and courtesy. He said, "I already have the software in my hands, why should have I to pay for it?" I put it like this: "Why don't you go and spend 5 months developing a new method of growing apples in super-cold weather, then give a free seminar to farmers that need your idea. Teach these farmers your new method. You then tell the farmers that if they plan to use your method, to pay you (after all, your idead would cost them a lot more money elsewhere). How would you feel if everyone that attended, began growing your designed apples, yet you never recieved any money to compensate your time in finding them an answer to their problem(s)? Not very good. OUTCOME: You would stop developing new ideas and just go get a job at a supermarket. At least you get paid and even get medical insurance for putting groceries in a bag. Thanks and please, take our hard work into consideration. --- BASE 12's HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! TM v2.2c (c) 1993,1994 Base 12 Software East Los Angeles, CA 90063 (213) 269-5150 Extension 10 (800) 9-BASE-12 - Ordering Only C.O.D. (Add $5.00 for C.O.D.) Program Designer, fonts designer, Marketing Manager: Tammy Nga Tran Software Designer, Art & Programmer: Jose Jimenez Jr. Vietnamese Fonts, Keyboard Driver Design VIET-KEYS(TM) Base 12, laser fonts and graphics by Jose Jimenez Jr. Program utilizes VISCII (Vietnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange Standard) endcoding as defined by TriChlor Group at Stanford University. //// F1 = MINI-HELP F5 = PROGRAM SETUP F8 = PROGRAM CREDITS F10 = NETWORK BIRTHDAY MESSAGES Alt-C = Pop-up Calendar Alt-H = Detailed Help File Read INSERT = ACCESS MAIN DATABASE AT LAST! Even though the title special "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!", the program also handles anniversaries and reunions. You will always send cards on time to your family, friends and business clients. Base 12's Happy Birthday To You! TM makes it easy and fun. The program maintains a database file which it scans every time you turn-on or reboot your computer. HaBiToYo can print postcards utilizing AVERY(R) postcards part # 5180 You can print PCX (b/w) clip-art on the postcards in any of 5 predefined layouts. You should have an HP II compatible printer (HP II - 4si) like Epson(R), Panasonic(R), TI(R), or just about any laser. Happy Birthday To You! will always display five days of birthdays into the future. It will display birthdays for the day, the next day, 2 days into the future, 3 days into the future and 4 days into the future. The grid will display the names and birthday ages for people with a birthday during the five day specification. You can advance into the future (in 1 day increments) by press the right-arrow key or 5 days into the future by press the ">" (Shift and period). You can always return to the current date by pressing the HOME key. PRESS F1 FOR HELP in the program TESTING FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS If a special occasion is found, you will be able to print a list which contains the name, address, age and telephone numbers. Using this information, you can send them a birthday card in advance to assure they receive it on their birthday, or give them a telephone call on the date itself. If no date matches are found during the five day specification, then the message "None" appears in each "day" column. If you already have a large list of family, friends, or clients, you can import the data into the program utilizing "Delimited Data" Unlike other reminder programs, Happy Birthday To You! TM does not utilize any TSR (Terminate-Stay-Resident) programs. The software loads, scans the database, displays/prints the results and it unloads completely when through. As you can see, you are going to have fun and impress many people. Let's get started with installing the program (see next page). INSTALLING PROGRAM FOR DOS Installing the program is very simple. Follow these easy steps: 1. You must place the diskette in drive A: or drive B: 2. Log onto the drive by typing A: or B: 3. Type: BIRTHDAY INSTALL (If using network, replace C: with another drive) 4. Follow instructions/answer questions. INSTALLING PROGRAM FROM CIS: 1. Make a directory for the file: C: MD\BIRTHDAY 2. Copy file into the new directory: COPY BIRTHDAY.ZIP C:\BIRTHDAY 3. UNZIP file: PKUNZIP BIRTHDAY 4. Start program: BIRTHDAY PROGRAM SETUP <-- Also available within the program by pressing the F5 key PCX file location This is the location of the PCX pictures. This program is shipped with some cheesy picture's that I drew. If you would rather use your own, place the entire directory name of where the file are located. Example: C:\PICTURES\PCX\ <-- remember to include final \ You can also copy the PCX file into the directory: COPY C:\PICTURES\PCX\*.PCX C:\BIRTHDAY In order to keep the ZIP file small, I dropped over 250KB of clip-art. These are included with the registered version. Printer port The printer port is where your laser is connected to. Normally, this should be set to 1 Picture Horizontal Position Every laser is different. For this reason, I have allowed for you to shift graphics pictures horizontally about 1/2" left or right. The default should be adequate. Redefined screen font "NGA" By selecting YES, the program will replace your boring ROM font with a nice fancy font that was designed and created by TAMMY NGA TRAN. If you prefer the normal fonts, select "No" Vietnamese/Spanish Functions: The program can also utilize Vietnamese/Spanish characters. This is accomplished through the use of Base 12's keyboard driver VIET-KEYS. The input method uses the Ctrl key in combonation with central keyboard letters. Select YES and the program will load the required data. Select NO and the program will ignore all Vietnamese/Spanish characters. When you enter the Edit mode in the database (press INSERT at grid), you will see a Cntrl-key combo instruction box. You can refer to the instruction box for help. Example: Enter the letter e, then press Cntrl-F several times. Notice how the accents change. If you want the letter "e" with a "^" and a "." you combine them by simply pressing the Cntrl-F serveral times. If all you want is the "." press Cntrl-N This input method is simple. Refer to the Edit mode in the program for Cntrl-key combos. At the start of the program, it will load the keyboard driver and make program modifications. You will need to restart the program in order for the Laser printer to DOWNLOAD the VIETNAMESE LASER FONTS at the start of the program. Clip-Art Display Mode: This is normally set to EGA. If your monitor displays blinking boxes or junk, you will need to set this to CGA. In CGA mode, the pictures look more ugly, but the print quality will not be affected. Memory Save: Realizing that many people will have tons of drivers in RAM (example: CD-ROM, MOUSE, SCANNER, NETWORKS, ETC...) I allowed for you to "shrink" the size of the picture on the postcard. This picture will be reduced by about 10% The quality may drop as well. Use this if you get any Memory Errors. Finally, enter your personal information. This information will be used whenever you print any postcards. NETWORK: The program can also send a birthday message to the birthday person through a Novell(R), Microsoft(R), BANYAN(R), or any PC Compatible network. Enter the general message. You can specify the message to be sent to everyone on the network or only to the birthday person. You can specify the person's name or age in the message as so: Network message: Happy Birthday @@NAME! or Network message: Guess who is @@AGE years old today? In order to assure that the mssage gets sent to the correct user, you must enter thier LOGIN name (User Name) in the database. At the main database, select Edit, then under NET:, enter their User Name Exactly. STARTING THE PROGRAM IN DOS The program will be located at C:\BIRTHDAY Please note that if you specified another drive, the program will not be in drive C: The BIRTHDAY program can be loaded in many different ways. They are: (BIRTHDAY.EXE) BIRTHDAY INSTALL - installs the program BIRTHDAY EDIT - allows you to enter names and birthdates into the database. (This is the same as pressing INSERT key from the date screen) BIRTHDAY MODIFY - allows you to modify ASCII files like AUTOEXEC and CONFIG BIRTHDAY READ - allows you to READ DOCUMENTATION FILE (same as Alt-H) BIRTHDAY - test for birthdays (should be loaded daily from AUTOEXEC) From the top: C:\BIRTHDAY> BIRTHDAY INSTALL This program is used to install the software into your computer. BIRTHDAY EDIT (Applicable to DOS & Windows users) When the programs loads, you will see the following information displayed: Name Address City, State & Zip Birthdate Age Home phone Work phone What is the purpose of this program being displayed on the screen? The purpose of the currently loaded program is to setup all the information of the people you plan to keep track of (birthdays). This is the database . You perform many things with it such as add, edit, delete or browse any of the data on the screen. C:\BIRTHDAY> BIRTHDAY MODIFY This is a useful function that allows you to modify any ASCII file in your computer. We have imbedded the editor to allow you to modify your C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT or your C:\CONFIG.SYS file. If you install the BIRTHDAY program to load through the AUTOEXEC.BAT, the BIRTHDAY program will load everytime you turn on or reboot your computer. If you ever with to remove it, you can type BIRTHDAY MODIFY and specify the file: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT Locate the line that contains BIRTHDAY and change the line to read: REM BIRTHDAY If you ever wish to have the program load again, simply remove the REM word from the line. You can Press Cntrl-W to save your changes or press the ESC key to abort changes. C:\BIRTHDAY> BIRTHDAY READ This is the same as BIRTHDAY MODIFY except that it does not save any changes done to the documentation file. BIRTHDAY READ will also automatically list all files in the current directory with the extension of "TXT" C:\BIRTHDAY> BIRTHDAY Load it by typing: BIRTHDAY or specify it to load automatically during installation process. This file loads automatically every time you start-up your computer. If a birthday is found within the five day period, you will some beeps and the name will be displayed. Press any key to exit. You will asked if you would like to print the birthday list, select Yes or No. If there are not any birthday's soon, then you will not be asked if you would like to print. PRESS F1 for HELP at the date column screen. It specifies other key selections available. PRINTING POSTCARDS: Use AVERY(R) Postcard paper part # 5389 As special occasions are date matched, you will want to print a postcard. 1. Press INSERT to access the database. 2. Locate the entry to be printed. 3. Select Postcard 4. Select the templete. The templete is the layout for the postcard. The blue area will contain the picture, the red area the text. 5. Use the arrow key to view the pictures. 6. Press Y to select the picture you wish to use. 7. Enter the text to be contained in the postcard. 8. Make sure you HPII compatible Laser is on. 9. Insert postcard paper. 9. Print To print the Address: 1. Flip the paper Horizontally. Normally, you should now be viewing the back of the paper. 2. Manually feed the paper into the front of the laser. All lasers allow you to manually feed it paper. 3. Select Postcard Address from menu 4. Select Yes POSSIBLE ERRORS: **Out of Memory Make sure you do not have any memory resident programs loaded. Re-boot computer by pressing RESET button or shutting system off/on. **Graphics do not print: Your laser printer must be HPII compatible. Shut off Laser and computer, restart system. If Windows was previously loaded, this may cause problems. **Vietnamese Fonts do not print: Make sure you have specified Vietnamese option by selecting F5 button. Turn laser on before entering program. Fonts are loaded at start of program. **NO PCX PICTURES Make sure you have properly set the PCX file location at the SETUP menu by pressing F5. Your path must contain an ending backslash: C:\PCX\ If you wish to use the pictures that came with the program, then leave this field location blank. You can add you pictures by copying them into the directory. **Clip-Art looks like junk, it blinks or screen is blank: Change the Clip-Art processing from EGA to CGA at the SETUP menu F5. **All I see are pictures and no instructions while viewing Clip-Art: The ROM font failed to activate. Reset your computer and try again. This can be caused by an incompatible EGA/VGA Video card. SOFTWARE NOTES Thank you for selecting this software. As updates to this program become available, you will be notified. Minor updates are free, MAJOR updates may require a small update fee. You must return the registration card in order to be eligible. 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