contact.hlp

用C实现的另一个串口通信程序

The output  is  similar  to  the  TODAY'S  APPOINTMENT
report  except  that  the  NEXT  contact date is shown
instead of the Home and Work numbers.

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Each contact selected is listed along  with  the  NEXT
contact  date  as  set in the MEMO PAGE of the CONTACT
MENU.

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Those contacts with reminder dates falling within  the
week  (today  thru  seven  days  from  today)  will be
printed as well as the reminder memo.

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Those  contacts  with  tickler  dates   matching   the
current  date  of today (upper right corner of screen)
will be printed as well as each memo.

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Each contact name is printed along with  the  address,
company name and phone numbers.

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Each  note  as  stored  in  the NOTES PAGE is printed.
Use the SELECT  NOTES  option  to  specify  particular
notes within a certain range of dates.

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Each contact is printed along with the following data:

    o  Date and time of phone call
    o  BUSY, OK, NOANS, LEFTMSG or INCALL
    o  a phone message as recorded on the
       PHONE LOG PAGE.

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Each contact is printed along with the following data:

    o  Date of letter or correspondence
    o  RECEIVED or SENT status
    o  a short note as recorded on the LETTER PAGE.

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User  Defined  Report  -  list  out  both user defined
INDEX fields.

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Tickler report - generate a list of all  ticklers  NOT
DONE, or DONE, or N/A within a certain set of dates.

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Phone  listing  -  generate  a easy to read listing of
phone numbers of each contact selected.

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City/state/zip report -  generates  an  easy  to  read
listing  of  the  contact  and  his/her city/state/zip
code.

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Category  report  -  lists  each   contact   and   all
categories that the contact belongs to.

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Worksheet  -  print  out  a  worksheet  for notations.
Each contact is printed along  with  blank  lines  for
notes.

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Memo  report  -  lists each contact and the respective
MEMO field.

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Date Report - prints out each of the  3  user  defined
date fields.

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Each  form  is a boilerplate, enabling you to send out
customized form letters.  As each form is  printed,  a
record  of  the  date and name of form is saved in the
LETTERS PAGE for each contact.  For  samples,  take  a
look at   the   files  :    CONTACT.1,  CONTACT.2  ...
CONTAC.9

Each form must be an ASCII text file.  I.e.    if  you
are   using   WordStar   -   use   nondocument   mode,
WordPerfect  users  should  use  the   TEXT/OUT   SAVE
function.

CONTACT  PLUS  is  looking  for the following files in
the current directory:

   (if "CONTACT" is the current database)
        contact.1    contact.6
        contact.2    contact.7
        contact.3    contact.8
        contact.4    contact.9
        contact.5    contact.lbl

If  the  current  database  is   business   associates
"BUSINESS",  then the following files should be in the
current directory:
        business.1  business.6
        business.2  business.7
        business.3  business.8
        business.4  business.9
        business.5  business.lbl

These files correspond to  the  menu  selection  under
the CONTACT FORMS MENU.

Field definitions are as follows:

   *d1 - current date (format - 31 Oct 87)
   *d2 - current date (format - October 31, 1987)
   *d3 - current date (format - 11/31/87)
   *t1 - current time (format - 15:23:43) military
   *t2 - current time (format - 15:23) military
   *t3 - current time (format - 03:23:43) standard
   *t4 - current time (format - 03:23) standard
   *sa - salutation
   *fn - first name
   *ln - last name
   *ti - title
   *a1 - address line 1
   *a2 - address line 2
   *st - two letter abbrev for state
   *ST - spelled out state
   *ci - city name
   *zi - zip code
   *po - phone One
   *pt - phone Two
   *co - company name
   *me - memo field
   *u1 - user defined field 1
   *u2 - user defined field 2

   *w1 - user defined date field 1
   *w2 - user defined date field 2
   *w3 - user defined date field 3
       (date format 22 Jan 88)

   *p0 - printer code 0
   *p1 - printer code 1
    .      ...   ...
   *p7 - printer code 7

   *pa - pause printer for form change

To pad with blanks and right or left justify  a  field
enter a width specification like:

  *hp%20  - home phone right just. pad with space
  *wp%-20 - work phone left just. pad with space

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Press  'y'  to  finish this session with CONTACT PLUS.
All files will by flushed and closed.

Press ESC or 'n'  to  continue  working  with  CONTACT
PLUS.

DO  NOT  shut the computer off or reboot without first
exiting CONTACT PLUS.  Doing so may  damage  the  data
files  which  will  need  to  be  repaired  using  the
database recovery program supplied with the system.

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Print screens that have been saved using the  F2  save
screen function.    The  screens  have been saved in a
file called "screen.sav".  Each time  F2  is  pressed,
the current screen is appended to this file.

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Discard  screens  that  have  been  saved using the F2
save screen function.  The file  "screen.sav"  in  the
current directory will be cleared.

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Access  different  parameter  menus  under  this menu.
Backup and open new databases from this menu.

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Access to the following functions is  made  from  this
menu:

    Open an existing database
    Delete an old database
    Copy records from one database to another
    Create a new database
    Archive database

CONTACT  PLUS  will search the current drive/directory
for all databases specified.

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Change the printer setup  string,  printer  codes  for
use  with  the  custom  forms, printer port and margin
settings.

Use your printer manual to change these settings.

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Change system parameters -  error  bells  on  or  off,
database  SYNC  frequency,  defaults  for CITY, STATE,
and ZIP when adding new entries.

Enter your company name to appear  on  all  menus  and
reports from this menu.

Enter  the  name  of your word processor, path name of
letters, dos command and  the  name  of  the  template
file when using the F6 key.

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Change user  defined  parameters  from this page.  Set
up the labels of the three user defined  date  entries
and both  user  defined  index  fields.  Give the form
files under the CONTACT FORMS MENU different names.

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Change phone  parameters  -  local  area  code,  modem
port,  pulse  or tone dialing, long distance area code
prefix.

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Backup each database from  this  menu.    The  program
PKARC  from  PKWARE, Inc. is run and will compress the
database for easy and efficient storage.   The  files:
contact.dt,   contact.hdr,  contact.nx0,  contact.nx1,
contact.nx2, and contact.nx3 will be  compressed  into
the file - CONTACT.ARC.

The  program  PKARC.EXE  must  be  accessible  for the
backup to work properly.

After archiving the database, you can then  COPY  this
file to a floppy diskette from DOS.

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Enter  a  description  for  the  printer  code used in
printing the  custom  forms.    You   can   get   this
information   in   the  Programming  Section  of  your
printer manual.

To insert a  formfeed  into  one  of  your  documents,
designate a printer code as follows:

   printer code 0 :  formfeed [ 12] [ ] [ ]

The  12  will send a formfeed character to the printer
when the code "*p0" is encountered during printing.

The description is not used in any reports by  CONTACT
PLUS, it is simply information for your reference.

Examples:

   printer code 0:  Bold on
   printer code 1:  Bold off

Each  printer  code is used in the ASCII form files of
your choice by specifying:

    *p0 - printer code 0
    *p1 - printer code 1
    ...
    *p7 - printer code 7

See "contact.5" for an example.    The  printer  codes
are setup  for  the  IBM  proprinter printer.  You can
change these at any time.

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Allows the deletion of old databases  in  the  current
directory.   The  database to be deleted cannot be the
current open database.

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Copy records from one database  to  another  database.
Both  databases  must  have  been  created  previously
using the CREATE database option.

Press ESC while copying and the remaining records  not
yet copied will NOT be copied.

Another  way  to  copy  records  from  one database to
another would be from DOS:

    > copy contact.* newsys.*

The COPY MENU option is different from using  the  DOS
command  to  copy  the  database  since  the COPY MENU
option has the side effect of compacting  all  deleted
records of  the  old  database.  Thus the new database
may actually use a little less disk space.

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Open an  existing  database;    one  that   has   been
created.   For  example,  if you are currently working
with "VENDORS" and you desire to work with "CUST"  use
this menu.

The  old  database will be written to disk and the new
database will be made current.

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Create a new database from here.  CONTACT  PLUS  makes
sure the database doesn't already exist.

Example:   If we wanted to create a new list of "CUST"
(customers) the following files would be created:

    cust.dt   - data file
    cust.hdr  - parameters file
    cust.nx0  - index file on last name
    cust.nx1  - index file on company name
    cust.nx2  - index file on user defined 1
    cust.nx3  - index file on user defined 2

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Enter a label for the code category listed.

Examples:
    Category A:  Western
    Category B:  Southwest
    Category C:  Northern
    Category D:  bananas
    Category E:  eggs

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Enter "n" if you don't have a modem attached  to  your
serial port.   Enter 1, or 2 if your modem is attached
to COM1 or COM2.

CONTACT PLUS currently  works  with  Hayes  compatible
modems only.

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Enter  "m"  if  you  have  a monochrome screen and the
screen isn't very clear.

Enter "c" if you have a color screen.

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Type "y" to turn on CONTACT PLUS's  error  bell  -  it
will beep at you if you make an input error.

Type "n" to turn off this bell.

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This  field allows you to specify how often you desire
to "sync" the database.  CONTACT PLUS's internal  file
structure    needs    to    be    physically   updated
occasionally.  The smaller this number  is,  the  more
often the  database  will be SYNCED.  Of course, small
values for the sync will slow CONTACT PLUS  down  when
adding many entries to the system.

When  entering  many  contacts  into the database, you
may wish  to  set  it  to  10.    After  entering  the
contacts,  for  maximum  file  integrity, set it to 1.
CONTACT PLUS automatically sync's its files  when  you
exit.   Be  sure  to exit CONTACT PLUS by pressing the
ESC key and answering "y" to the exit prompts.

DO NOT exit CONTACT PLUS by turning off  the  computer
or pressing  CTRL-ALT-DELETE.    This  may destroy the
index files in which case you will  have  to  use  the
CFIX  program to recover the index files or reload all
your data from scratch.

It is advisable to make backups of  the  system  after
making significant changes.

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If  you  experience  a  snow  or sparkle effect on the
screen.  Enter "y" to this  question.    CONTACT  PLUS
will  try  to  draw  the  screen  to  limit  the  snow

effect.

This may occur on certain old CGA monitors.

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The "printer  end-of-line"  is  used  to  control  the
printer output  at the end of the printed line.  There
are 4 options to  set  depending  upon  your  printer.
You  may  have  to  do a little bit of experimentation
with this to get it right.  Once it is set  correctly,
it  will not have to be changed (as long as the switch
settings on the printer do not change).

Option 1  newline  character
       2  carriage return  character
       3  newline then carriage-return character
       4  carriage-return then newline character

1) Output is double spaced -  try  setting  option  to
"cr".

2) Output is overprinting or printing on one  line   -
try   setting  the  option  first  to "nl" and if that
doesn't work, try out the options "nl/cr" or "cr/nl".

3) Output is jagged like: This is
       an example  of
                     a jagged line.

Try changing option to "nl/cr" or "cr/nl".