Formulary_Lite

FORMULARY_Lite ============== for PSION System 5 Author: (C) Peter von Walter email: vwalter@physi.uni-heidelberg.de www: http://pi.physi.uni-heidelberg.de/~vwalter/my/Homepage.html What is FORMULARY_LITE? ---------------------- FORMULARY_LITE is the little brother of FORMULARY and lacks some of it's advanced fetatures ... but it is free! I hope it is a valuable tool if you want simply calculate with numbers and units and if you reminisce the good old calculator in the Psion 3 series, as I do. What is FORMULARY? ------------------ FORMULARY is a very powerful and flexible SYMBOL CALCULATOR. It can be seen as a general UNIT CONVERTER, it handles dynamic FORMULAS and TABLES and it generates PLOTS. Therefore, you not only calculate with ordinary numbers but also with any symbols, like: 3 inch 10 N m/s2 1h + 30min ... ALL symbols (units) are defined in a text based database which can be viewed and modified by the user through the standard DATA application. Who needs FORMULARY? -------------------- FORMULARY converts, calculates, evaluates and plots ALL kind of units, formulas, equations and tables and is therefore especially useful for all engineers, scientists and everyone who has to deal with repetetive calculations. The applications are unlimited. You change, adapt and extend the system to your needs and build up your very personal formulary which grows with you! Installation ------------ Run FORMULARY_LITE.SIS. Two folders will be created: \System\Apps\Formulary_LITE: all program files and a help file. \Documents\Formulary: example database (UNITS) and a tutorial file. Updating -------- Please note, that all files in the installation package will overwrite files with the same name in the the same folder. This is especially important for the files "Units" in "Documents/Formulary". If you want to save your files with your data, always rename them or copy them to a different location before installation! Online Help ----------- Standard installation of the online helpfile (Formulary.hlp) is the englisch version. If you want to use another helpfile, delete the current file "Formulary.hlp" (or better rename to "Formulary_E.hlp) and rename the desired language file back to "Formulary.hlp"! The following files with these languages are currently available: Formulary.hlp (English) Formulary_F.hlp (French) Formulary_D.hlp (German) Number Format ------------- IMPORTANT! The delivered sample file "Units" is written for calculation with decimal POINT. Please set the number format in System Setup/International/Numbers accordingly! If you want to use the decimal COMMA (german system), you have to change the content of all records of "Units" accordingly! How to start ------------ The best way to learn the program, is to use it, see how the examples in the database look like and how they perform! Use the online help file! Follow the short tutorial (TUTORIAL) to get a first impression of the capabilities of the program. Registration ------------ This program is FREE, ...but I would like you to register! You have the possibility to test the program for a certain time (14 days) with certain limits in a demo mode. If you consider the program useless, simply uninstall it. If you want to continue to use the program, please register! I'll be happy to send you a personal key (preferable via email) which allows you to work with the program unlimited. Please do the following: -Call "About" in the menu of the program -Open the registration dialog with "ENTER" (if in Demo-Mode) for all needed informations. -Send me your name, under which you would like to register the program and the "SerialNr" (number), which is given in the dialog. -Enter in "Owner" your name (see above) and in "Key" your personal key (delivered by me) and your program should immediately turn into a full working version. Disclaimer ---------- THE AUTHOR SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY OCCUR TO YOU OR YOUR SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF USING THIS PROGRAM OR OTHERWISE! Each program can have errors (sorry)! I will try to get rid of these in future versions. Also I will try to improve and extend the functionality of the programs, as far as I can. Registration is of course also valid for these future versions. Please feel free to contact me if you found an obvious error (sometimes its really a bug, not a feature!) and to send me all your proposals for improvement. Version History --------------- 1.0 First public version for System 5.