contact.hlp

用C实现的另一个串口通信程序

track of  the  time spent on the phone.  Just dial the
phone as you normally would do then  press  F3  or  F4
(you  need  to  record  the  phone number in the PHONE
fields for this to work).    CONTACT  PLUS  will  then
display  the  popup timer - allowing you to keep track
of time spent on the phone.

To log time spent on incoming calls,  after  receiving
the  call search for the contact by entering his/her's
last name at the KEY PROMPT.  Then press the  F9  key.
The call  will  then be logged.  Use the MEMO field to
record the time spent on the phone if you wish.

Press the DOWN arrow or UP arrow to view the next  and
previous contacts.

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Select  one of the template form files using the ARROW
keys.  Press the PAGEUP and PAGEDOWN keys to view  the
next and previous pages.

The  template  file will be used to create a letter to
this contact.  The file created will  be  named  using
the  first  8  characters  of  the  last name with a 3
digit sequence number as an extension.   For  example,
the first letter to Sam Smith would be "SMITH.001".

The template files must end with ".frm".

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Enter  a  short  comment next to the most recent call.
Press the SPACE bar then the ENTER key to  delete  the
comments.

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Enter the contact's last name.

The  last  name is used as an INDEX field meaning that
you can  search  and  sort  the  database  using  this
field.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the contact's first name.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter a title for the contact.

    Examples:
        Vice President
        Owner/operator

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Enter  the  address  of  the  contact.  If the address
spans two different lines or there is not enough  room
on one line, use both ADDRESS1 and ADDRESS2.

Example:
         ADDRESS 1:   1580 Main Avenue
         ADDRESS 2:   Suite 120

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the  contact city.  If you are entering the same
city repeatedly for new entries, enter the  city  name

in  the  DEFAULT CITY field under the SYSTEM PARAMETER
MENU.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the contact's state of residence.   If  you  are
entering  the  same  state repeatedly for new entries,
enter the city name in the DEFAULT STATE  field  under
the SYSTEM PARAMETER MENU.

In  addition  to  the  50  states  you  can  enter the
following two letter codes for US territories:

  cm - Northern Mariana Is.
  tt - Trust Territories
  as - American Samoa
  cz - Canal Zone
  vi - Virgin Islands
  pr - Puerto Rico
  gu - Guam
  na - Not Applicable

Enter a two letter code, this will be  expanded  to  a
full name by CONTACT.

I.e.  nm - New Mexico
      fl - Florida
      ca - California
      dc - Dist of Columbia

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the  zip code.  If you are entering the same zip
code repeatedly for new entries, enter  the  zip  code
in  the  DEFAULT  ZIP field under the SYSTEM PARAMETER
MENU.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the contact's  phone  number  in  the  following
format:

    [phone]

Enter  the  area  code  in  parenthesis  so  that when
dialing, CONTACT  PLUS  can  determine  if  the  phone
number  is  local or long distance based on the "LOCAL
AREA CODE" as set in the PHONE PARAMETER MENU.

There is extra room to  add  a  comment  next  to  the
phone number.    For  example, if your insurance agent
had a number for claims and you wanted that  in  place
of the phone number field, you could simple enter:

    PHONE 1:  Claim 444-2321

Make  sure  the  comment  doesn't  contain  an 'X', as
CONTACT PLUS ignores all digits after an 'X' or 'x'.

Note also that you can signify an extension by  making
an 'X'  in  the  number.  CONTACT PLUS will ignore all
digits appearing after the 'X'.  For example:

    PHONE 1:  255-4433 x444

CONTACT PLUS will dial "2554433" for you and it is  up
to you to ask for the extension.

CONTACT  PLUS  normally  ignores all non-numeric chars
when autodialing for you, except for the  ",".    Thus
this  number  would  be  correctly  dialed  when F3 is
pressed.

A comma "," will  cause  the  modem  to  pause  for  a
moment.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the name of the contact's company.

This is  a  INDEX  field.  If you wish to search for a
particular contact by company, you can  simply  change
the index  to  COMPANY.    Typing  in  the  first  few
characters that distinguish the company at the  prompt
will bring the contact to the screen.

For example:    to search for "Joe Soroche of Atlantic
Associates:  you could enter "i" to change  the  index
then "atl"  and  the  record would be retrieved.  Keep
in mind that searches for the contact by company  name
are not  case  sensitive.    Therefore  you  can enter
"ATL", or "atl".  Both will match with "Atl...".

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the category or categories that  are  applicable
to this contact.

Each  contact  may  belong  to more than one category.
For example, if the contact is in CATEGORY  A,  F  and
G,  enter  "afg"  and  the  contact  will be placed in
three categories.

The selected codes  will  be  highlighted  and  marked
with an  asterisk  '*'.  The popup window only appears
when the highlight bar is directly on this prompt.

A contact may belong to up to 24  different  codes  or
categories.   Each  category is accessed from the MAIN
MENU under the EDIT CATEGORIES MENU.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Keep a historic log of dated one line  notes  made  to
yourself concerning  this  contact.    Items  such  as
meeting dates or phone call  summaries  can  go  here.
Fill in  the  DATE  and  NOTES fields.  The WHEN field
will be calculated relative to  the  CURRENT  DATE  as
displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.

To add a new note:

    1) Press the ENTER key.
    2) Press "a" to add a new note
       (the oldest will be discarded)
    3) Enter the date and the memo.

To edit an existing note:

    1)  Press the ENTER key twice
    2)  Position the cursor over the
        field to edit.

To delete the top note:

    1)  Press the ENTER key
    2)  Enter "d" to delete the
        top note on the page.

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Enter  a  short  descriptive note describing a meeting
which took place, or a mental note to keep track of.

Press the SPACE bar  followed  by  the  ENTER  key  to
clear this entry.

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This  page is a graphic view of the status of the last
30 phone calls made over that last 13  months.    This
page  is  useful to get a visual picture of the number
of times the contact has been  phoned  over  the  last
year.

    NO/BZ - no answer & busy signals
    OK/IN/LM - ok, incoming and left message

The  NO/BZ  numbers  are  displayed graphically to the
left of the OK/IN/LM numbers.

This page is for display only.    Pressing  the  ENTER
key will not have an effect.

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This  page  records  the last 15 letters/memos sent or
received from this contact.  Fill in the DATE,  STATUS
and MEMO  fields.   The STATUS field can be "received"
or "sent".

To add a new letter:

    1) Press the ENTER key.
    2) Press "a" to add a new letter
       (the oldest will be discarded)
    3) Enter the date and the memo.

To edit an existing letter:

    1)  Press the ENTER key twice
    2)  Position the cursor over the
        field to edit.

To delete the top letter:

    1)  Press the ENTER key
    2)  Enter "d" to delete

To clear ALL letters on the page:

    1)  Press the ENTER key
    2)  Enter "c" at the prompt

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It is from this page that you  can  add,  delete,  and
change the  contact  entries.   As with all the pages,
press the UP and DOWN arrow keys or  enter  the  first
few   characters  of  the  last  name  to  access  the
contacts.

At the bottom of the page is the prompt  "PAGE:"  with
a list  of  all  the  pages that can be viewed.  Press
the LEFT and RIGHT  arrow  keys  or  enter  the  first
letter  of  one of the pages followed by the ENTER key
to access the different pages.

Enter:
    a          - add a new contact
    d          - delete an old contact
    i          - change the index
    F3         - dial phone number 1
    F4         - dial phone number 2
    F5         - run a DOS command
    F6         - run your word processor
    F9         - log an incoming call
    ENTER      - modify the contact
    DOWN ARROW - view next contact
    UP ARROW   - view previous contact

Enter the first few letters of the  key  of  which  to
search.  Example:

To find the contact "Sam Smith":

Entering  "sm"  will search the database for the first
occurrence of a key field  starting  with  "sm".    If
there  is  a  "Ed  Smith"  in  the  database,  it will
retrieve "Ed Smith" instead of "Sam  Smith",  as  "Ed"
appears alphabetically  before  "Sam".  Press the DOWN
arrow key to the next record:  "Sam Smith"

Note:   CONTACT  PLUS  does  NOT  make  a  distinction
between upper  and  lower  case names.  I.e., there is
NO difference between Smith and SMITH and smith.

The other indexes (Company name and the  user  defined
keys) operate similarly.

PHONE CALLS:

After  pressing F3 or F4 you will be prompted to press
a key to release modem control of the phone.  Pick  up
the receiver  then  press  any  key.   A phone message
prompt will appear prompting you for  the  outcome  of
the call ...

    Was a message left?
    Was there a busy signal?

    Did you get through?
    Was there no answer?

If  "l"  or  "o"  is pressed a timer window will popup
with the starting time of the  call  and  the  elapsed
time.

If  "b" or "n" is pressed a log in the phone call page
will be added to the top of  the  page  with  BUSY  or
NOANSWER.

Press  the  F6  key  to  access  your  word processor.
Before accessing your word processor, make  sure  that
the  name  or  path  of  your word processor is stored
under the SYSTEM  PARAMETER  MENU.    Also,  you  must
create  a  template  file  (it  may be blank) in which
CONTACT PLUS will fill in the proper fields.    For  a
sample  template  file,  see  the  files  ending  with
".frm" provided with the DEMO.    The  template  files
must end with the extension "FRM".

After  pressing  the ENTER key to update the fields of
the contact,  use  the  HOME  key  to  set  the  "home
position".   The  home position can be used to quickly
update a particular field of the record.

For example, if we wished to update the  "MEMO"  field
of all  contacts,  one  after another.  First we would
press  the  ENTER  key  after  calling  up  the  first
contact  to  change, then we would position the cursor
over the MEMO field.  The HOME key  would  be  pressed
and  the  prompt  -  "HOME POSITION SET" would appear,
indicating that  on  subsequent  changes,  the  cursor
will   be   placed  in  the  MEMO  field  rather  than
appearing at the top of the screen in  the  SALUTATION
field.

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CONTACT  Menu  -  Add,  delete,  update and search for
contacts from this menu.  Send letters  at  the  press
of a key using YOUR word processor.

Dial the  phone  or  take  incoming  calls.   View the
calendars and setup appointments.   Record  notes  and
keep track of correspondence.

Press the ESC or TAB key to exit.

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CONTACT  Reports  -  Print  listings  of contacts from
this menu.  Sort and search  the  database  from  this
menu.

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CONTACT  Forms  -  print  custom form letters, rolodex
cards, mailing labels from this menu.  Also  use  this
menu  to  generate  ASCII  export  files  for use with
other programs.

Generate WordPerfect secondary  files  for  mail/merge
within WordPerfect.

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Edit  Categories  -  You  can edit all categories from
this menu.    Choose  from  24  different  categories.
Each  category  can be used to categorize the contact.
Contacts may be in multiple categories.

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Change CONTACT PLUS's idea of the CURRENT date.    The
CURRENT  date  is displayed at the top right corner of
the screen and reports.   It  is  important  that  the
correct  date  and  time  are  set  before starting up
CONTACT PLUS.

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Enter the selection code letter(s).  For  example,  if
Code  A  is the Western Region, Code B is the Northern
Region team and you wish  to  select  all  members  of
both Code A and Code B, type "ab".

Enter "a" for just the Western Region.

Enter ".", to select ALL contacts in ALL categories.

Press ESC to quit.

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Contact's  with  a  NEXT contact date of TODAY will be
printed along with the home,  and  work  phone  number
and the lines in the NEXT CONTACT MEMO fields.

If  there  are  zero contacts to meet with today, none
will be printed.

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Contact's with a NEXT contact date  of  today  thru  7
days from today will be printed.

Contacts are  sorted  in key alpha order.  This is one
report that doesn't give you a select option.