Quote Help
Quote A Day

How to use Quote A Day.

Quote A Day is very easy to use, just place it in your Startup group and then whenever Windows starts you get a new Quote!
To change to a different Quote file, choose "New Quote File" from the File menu.  Then highlight the new quote file you want to use and press OK.  The next time you run the program or when you press "Another One" the new quotes will show up.
That's all there is to it!

Making and Modifying the Quote data files.

Feedback and contacting the author.

What all the buttons do.

Troubleshooting


Making Your Own Quote Files
Making and Modifying the Quote (.DAT) files

You can make your own Quote A Day files.  Just make a plain ASCII file that contains the quotes.  The Quotes must be separated by a RETURN, with NO returns in the middle of the Quotes.  Simply, one Quote per line.  Make the first line of the file what you want the title bar to say, and you are done.
You can add quotes to any file.  Quote A Day counts the number of quotes in a file each time it reads it and then randomly chooses one.
Also note that Quote A Day only looks in its own directory for quote files, therefore, if you make a new  quote file you MUST put it in the Quote program directory.


Feedback
Contacting the author

To contact the author of this program, Robert Orndorff:

Compuserve: 73140,1574
Internet: 73140.1574@compuserve.com
Blue Ridge Express BBS (Richmond, VA), EMAIL sub board
(804)790-1675 - 2400 baud 8,N,1
(804)790-9600 - 14.4K baud 8,N,1

All comments good and bad are appreciated.  Also if you come up with your own "Quote A Day" files, send them to me and I'll include them in the next release.
Thanks for using my program!


What everything does
The Quote a Day screen

Buttons:
Another One - Gets another random quote from the current quote file.
That's Enough - Exits the program

Menus:
File Menu - Choices are New Quote file or Exit.
New Quote File - calls the dialog box that allows you to choose the new quote file.  The quote files MUST be in the same directory as the Quote A Day program.
Exit - You know what this does.


Troubleshooting

Quote A Day needs the following files to work:
QUOTE.EXE - The main program file.
QUOTE.FIL - Contains the name of the current quote file.
QUOTE.HLP - This help file.
<any name>.DAT - At least one .DAT file that contains the actual quotes.

If you are having problems, then chances are that Quote A Day can't find the QUOTE.FIL or a .DAT file.  First try the "New Quote File" from the File menu.  If no .DAT files are listed then you need to reinstall the program OR make a new .DAT file and place it in the Quote A Day program directory.