My Little Realm Calling Cards v3.0 Installing the Evaluation Version -------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Note Regarding CD-ROM Installation If you are installing from a CD-ROM ... The files on your CD-ROM are not compressed, so you can see the look of a program right from the CD-ROM by typing the program's .EXE name at the DOS prompt. You will not be able to save any files you create in this manner, however. To do that, you must install the program to a floppy or a hard disk. It is recommended that you install this program to a floppy disk if you wish to test it thoroughly. That way, the files you create can be copied to your hard disk should you decide to keep it later on. You can install this program from your CD-ROM to a floppy disk, test it as thoroughly as you like, and then if you decide to keep it, you can install it to your hard disk by running the Install found on your floppy disk, just as if the floppy disk were a distribution disk that you purchased from a disk vendor. Install will copy over all of this program's files, and if you've created any data files, it will notify you and ask if you want those copied over as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------- - Hardware and software requirements - IBM or compatible PC with 640K RAM Requires 310 Kb of disk space Calling Cards can be run from a hard or a floppy disk. DOS version 3.3 or later. Calling Cards requires a dot-matrix printer -------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Put the distribution disk in the A: drive and type: a:install (If you put it in the B: drive, type "b:install".) Install will ask for one or two items: 1 the target drive, and 2 the target directory (if copying to a hard disk) If you install Calling Cards to a floppy disk, you will not be asked for a target directory. After specifying the drive (and directory, in the event you're installing to a hard drive), Install will ask if you need to make any changes. If you need to change an entry, press or the up arrow. --------------------------- Install offers \MYREALM as the default directory. You can change it to your liking of course, but it is recommended that all of My Little Realm's programs be put in the same directory. If you give Install the name of a directory that already exists, it will put Calling Cards into that existing directory. Warning: You should only put Calling Cards into a directory with other My Little Realm programs. They are made to interact properly. If Calling Cards is your first MLR program, you should put it into its own directory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Printing the Documentation To print Calling Cards's documentation, go to the Calling Cards directory (MYREALM is used as an example) and direct the printout of CALLING.TXT to the printer using the "> PRN" option as shown below. Be sure your printer is on. --------------------------------------------------------------- Step | English directions | DOS commands --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | go to MYREALM directory | CD\MYREALM 2 | print documentation | TYPE CALLING.TXT > PRN --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Printing an Order Form To print an order form, go to the Calling Cards directory and direct the printout of REGISTER.TXT to the printer using the "> PRN" option as shown below. Be sure your printer is on. --------------------------------------------------------------- Step | English directions | DOS commands --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | go to MYREALM directory | CD\MYREALM 2 | print order form | TYPE REGISTER.TXT > PRN --------------------------------------------------------------- You can also print an order form by pressing <$>, the dollar sign, in the Options Window of Calling Cards. --------------------------------------------------------------------