
EasyXchange For Windows Version 1.0
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Copyright (c) 1995, Gupta International

EasyXchange For Windows is user-oriented (object-oriented) software to
help you easily (manage and) exchange home, work and email addresses,
home and work telephone/fax numbers, family relationships, birthdays
and marriage dates to many different applications like Online Service
Address Books, Mail Programs, Fax Software, Spreadsheets, etc.
including CompuServe (CIM) Address Book.

It helps you to easily enter, view and print information on Persons
and Businesses, assists you in maintaining consistency for home/work
addresses by sharing addresses with other persons.

It helps manage family relationships so you don't have to separately
remember the names and other vital information of your
friends/relatives' spouses and their children.

EasyXchange For Windows is a software to easily maintain all the
relevant information in one central place and export it to other
applications, thus eliminating the need to duplicate and maintain
consistency of information in more than one software application.



FEATURES
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The following are the salient features of EasyXchange For Windows V1.0 :

 - Fully user-oriented (object-oriented) with three different types of
   objects - Person, Business and Groups.

 - Unlimited Telephone/Fax Numbers for each Person/Business with
   description for each number.

 - Unlimited Email addresses for each Person/Business.

 - Birth and Marriage dates.

 - Share home address with other persons so you have to only update
   the home address changes once.

 - Share work address with other persons so you have to only update
   the work address change once.

 - Specify Relationships (father, mother, spouse, children)

 - Group objects in any combination you want to. Groups can be grouped
   further in other groups.

 - Define/Customize EasyLists to view, edit and print only the 
   information you want.

 - EasyEditor to view and edit all the attributes of one object at a time.

 - EasyXPort to export relevant data to many different applications
   including CompuServe Information Manager Address Book, Spreadsheets, etc.

 - EasyFill feature automatically completes partially entered entries.

 - EasyLook to quickly look up desired information on objects without
   having to open up EasyList or EasyEditor.

If you have a favorite application you want to export to, and is not
supported by EasyXchange For Windows send me an email.


KEYWORDS
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PIM, EXPORT, EASYXCHANGE, WINDOWS, EZXCHG, CIS, CIM, GUPTA, GI


FILES IN THE PACKAGE [EZXCHG10.ZIP]
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 1. easyxchg.exe	: Program Executable File
 2. easyxchg.def	: Program Support File
 3. easyxchg.hlp	: Program Help File
 4. easyxchg.sdf	: Program Support File
 5. sspp20.vbx		: VBX File
 6. register.wri	: Registration Form in WRITE format
 7. register.txt	: Registration Form in TEXT format
 8. readme.txt		: Readme File (This FIle)
 9. install.exe		: Installation Program
10. winstall.inf	: Installation Support File



REQUIREMENTS
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Windows 3.1 or higher running on 386 or higher IBM PC or compatible.
At Least 2 MB RAM required. 4 MB recommended.



INSTALLATION
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If installing from the EZXCHGXX.ZIP file:

1. Unzip the package by PKUNZIP or any other compatible UNZIP utility. 
   Unpack it in a directory which is not going to be the final
   destination directory where EasyXchange For Windows will be installed.

2. Run install.exe from within Windows Program Manager as install.exe.
   [This step is needed to copy all the files to your destination
   directory, and to create a Program Group]

If installing from EasyXchange For Windows floppy diskette:

1. Insert the diskette to the appropriate drive
2. Run install.exe from within windows Program manager as a:\install.exe


Installation Notes:

NOTE 1: During installation, do not specify destination directory
        same as source directory. It will confuse the installation
        program.

NOTE 2: If you had previously installed EasyXchange For Windows and
        you still have the EasyXchange For Windows Program Group in the
        Program Manager, delete the Group first before beginning
        installation.



GENERAL ADVICE
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These are suggestions for new users to help them get started quickly
and avoid pit falls later on. Ofcourse, you can come up with your own
set of rules depending on your style.

 - Before starting, read the Help item "Getting Started".

 - Set your preferences. You can get to the Preferences Dialog
   from "Edit -> Preferences" menu item.

 - It is easiest to enter information using EasyLists. Design your own
   EasyList depending on what kind of information you want to enter at
   one time. Some predefined EasyLists are all ready provided for your
   convenience. You can define a new EasyList or edit the definition
   of an existing EasyList by clicking on
   "EasyLists -> Define EasyLists..." menu item.

 - Create Person objects to store information of people like their
   home, work and email addresses, telephone and fax numbers, family
   relationships, age, date of birth and marriage, etc.

 - Create a Business object if you only want to store information NOT
   associated with a person but is associated with a business entity. You can
   store business name, postal and email address, telephone and
   fax numbers, and comments.

 - For Person Objects, specify the following relationships whenever you can:
     - Living With: This will automatically help you share Home Address
                    between persons living together. In the next release, you
                    can also optionally share the home phone and fax numbers.

     - Working With: This will automatically help you share Company Name and
                     Work Address between persons working together. In
                     the next release, you can also optionally share
                     the work phone and fax numbers.

 - When entering a Person's name, follow a convention of entering
   first name, middle name, last name in that order.

 - Currently you can specify only one telephone or fax number, or
   email address from within an EasyList. If you want to specify more
   than one telephone or fax number, or email address, you can do it
   from EasyEditor. However once specified, they will appear in the
   EasyList too, and you can modify the values from EasyList.

 - Dates should be specified as MM/DD/YYYY.



COPYRIGHT
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EasyXchange For Windows is fully copyrighted by Gupta International.

EasyXchange, EasyList, EasyEditor, EasyXPort, EasyLook, EasyFill,
EasyFilter, EasyReport, EasyLabel, and EasyReminder are all trademarks
of Gupta International.



LICENSE
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EasyXchange For Windows is NOT free software. EasyXchange For Windows
is released as SHAREWARE. This means that you may try the software for
30 days free of charge. After 30 days, you should either pay the
required registration fees or should stop using the software and
delete the software permanently from your hard disk.

The REGISTRATION FEE is $15.00 + $2.00 (Shipping & Handling) US Dollars.


Registration entitles you to the following:

1. Free upgrades to all future shareware releases of the program for
   at least one year. This includes EasyFilter, EasyReport and
   EasyLabel features.

2. Availability of more export modules to export relevant information
   to many other applications.

3. Free technical support via email.



SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION
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You may distribute the package freely to FTP sites, Bulletin Boards,
Shareware/Freeware/Public Domain archives, CD-ROMS, Magazine Cover
Disks and CD-ROMS, etc. Shareware disk vendors also may also freely
distribute the package.

Distribution of the package in any form is subject to ALL the
following conditions;

  [1] ALL the files which I have supplied must be included,

       and

  [2] NO ATTEMPT must be made to modify or alter ANYTHING in any of
      the files,

       and

  [3] You must not charge ANYTHING for distributing this package (disk
      vendors may charge a reasonable fee, not exceeding $5 (US) for
      media and duplication).



DISCLAIMER
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You use "EasyXchange For Windows" ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

I do NOT warranty ANYTHING concerning any of the programs or files
which make up "EasyXchange For Windows". I accept NO RESPONSIBILITY
for ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE of ANY kind, including, but not limited to,
losses of a physical, mental, social, financial, marital, or of
whatever nature, resulting from the use, or the purported use of
"EasyXchange For Windows", or any of the files in the package,
for any purpose whatsoever. I do not even warranty that the programs
will not kill you.

If these terms are not acceptable to you, then please DELETE all
the files from your disks IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY.



CONTACT ADDRESS
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Vivek Gupta
Gupta International
140 Pasito Terrace, #511
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
USA.

Email: 71332.167@compuserve.com
Tel:   408.992.0300

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Gupta International
January 1995.
