AFD PC-POP:  Address assistant for DOS
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               Copyright 1994 AFD Computers 01924 823221

The FAST way to enter addresses in DOS based programs

Introduction
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Postcode provides a simple way to speed up the entry of address information 
into any DOS program that accepts text.  For example Word Processors, Database
forms (Entry Screens) and tables and Text Editors etc.

Type in the postcode you require, and the Town, County and STD code are 
provided for you.  You can amend these, add a house name and/or street 
number, and your data is immediately available to your application.

Simply press the Insert Key and the Address appears in your application.

Setting Up PC-POP
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Once you have completed the installation process, set up is quite easy.
Just add the line of text shown below to your autoexec.bat file before 
any menus etc. and the postcode program (PC-POP) is ready to go.
(You will find it is useful to load the PC-POP  program itself straight 
afterwards, to do this also insert the line shown in curly braces.)

SET PC=C:\POSTCODE
{C:\POSTCODE\PC-POP} - This line loads PC-POP and makes it available
		       during every session at your computer.

                       There are several command-line parameters to control
                       PC-POP: see Command Line Parameters, below, or 
                       type PC-POP /? to see them on screen.

Once loaded, you may invoke the pop-up program simply press the ALT key 
together with the letter P (ALT+P) and type in the required POSTCODE.
PC-POP then provides the following data: 

		FIRST LINE  (where a locality is present)
		STREET
		TOWN
		COUNTY
		STD

You can add other parts of the address: like the name, first line and street
number by pressing the [Enter] key to enter the address panel.

Once the address is as required the following options are available:

Press [Ins] to type it into your program (eg Wordprocessor)
      F     to store the address in text file on disk
      L     to print mailing labels for the address
      V     to print envelopes for the address
      U     to update the town/county/STD code database (not in shareware)
      X     to unload Pc-POP from memory: only possible if no other program
            has been loaded into memory since PC-POP was started
      [Esc] to close the PC-POP screen without other action


FINDING STD CODES
You can use PC-POP to look up in which geographical area a certain Telephone
STD code is located as well as using to find postal addresses from the 
Postcode.  Press the "/" key, and enter the STD code you require.

If you enter an old-type STD code, the new type will be shown then the
program will find the first postal area using that STD code.

Note:
In some areas, especially in larger cities, it is impossible to predict 
STD codes from postcode data with total accuracy: they are not limited to 
the same geographical areas and in some cases an area may have several 
possible STD codes.  The information provided by postcode should therefore 
be treated as an aid to data entry only.

COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
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The following command lines will help you control PC-POP.  To use them
type them after PC-POP eg  

  PC-POP /F:ADDRESS.TXT /P:(B1 1AA) [Enter]

would cause PC-POP not to load into memory, but look up the postcode
B1 1AA and place the resulting data in a file called ADDRESS.TXT so that
it can be collected by another program.

Parameters Available:

/?                 Show the list of parameters
/F:myfile.txt      Set the Text File name to "myfile.txt"
/I:myfile          Use "myfile.ini" as the initialisation file
/N                 Become memory-resident without awaiting confirmation
/P:(B1 1AA)        Look up the postcode within brackets and place the results
                   in a text file

Configuration of PC-POP
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PC-Pop can be configured to deal with your address, and printer
control information: you can even have different PC-Pop files for 
different purposes.

To configure Pc-Pop, simply type PCPOPCF myfile [Enter] at the 
C:\POSTCODE> prompt, where "myfile" is the name of the .INI file
you wish to alter.

PCPOPCF is not supplied with shareware versions of POSTCODE but
a sample .INI file is provided for EPSON (.EP) and HP (.HP) type
printers.