Category : File Managers
Archive   : KBV200.ZIP
Filename : KBC.HLP

Welcome to KICKBACK V2.00 Notice Copyright 1988 R M S Software All Rights Reserved Page through HELP using the UP and Down arrow keys.  and  Also PgUP & PgDn The following features are available in KICKBACK: an ASCII Table, a scientific- engineering Calculator (HP-style input),a Calendar with Appointment Diary and Alarm Reminder, a Dialer, and a File Handler (for Directories and Diaries).  This extremely useful and highly infor- mative HELP facility is usually at your service. Note that you will not be able to use the calculator (one of the major bene- fits of KickBack) unless your PC has a math coprocessor chip.  Several features, including the screen colors, can be changed using SETUP. SETUP must be on the same drive\direc- tory along with the files KBC.COM and KBC.HLP. Run SETUP and follow the directions to customize KickBack to yourenvironment.  To run KickBack, just type KBC (with a drive\path qualifier if necessary) at the DOS prompt. Select the window you want and be productive. The Alternate Hot Key lets you call up another window over the active one, including a window that is buried beneath others.  You can't call up a new window from HELPof Files nor at certain times in other windows (such as during error recovery).You can move the current window around the screen by entering the ScrollLock mode and using the cursor keys. Note the mode display at the lower left.  You can't move windows into the top and bottom lines. You also can't move the calendar and appointment windows over one another (nor can you move the appointment window over the clock loca- tion at the right.) Save a window setupin Files.  The Command Line at the bottom of each window gives a summary of the functions and keys to call them. In many cases, additional summary lines are obtained byhitting the F4 key. Also, HELP is always available by hitting F1 within window.  F8 toggles the hourly alarm feature thatonly operates in the TSR version. The frequencies for the hourly and timed alarms are entered in SETUP. The timed alarms are accessed in the appointment diary and are described in the HELP for that feature.  F7 toggles a clock that appears in the upper right corner. It works only for the duration of the current KickBack session for the DOS-prompt version. It remains on the sceen in the memory- resident KickBack.  ESCape usually exits the current window.(You will be told when you can't exit with escape.) When exiting a window, the main KickBack menu will be displayedagain, unless you selected the Fast Exitoption in SETUP.  If you want the TSR version of Kickback,see the READ-ME.KBC file. In summary, send $20.00 (8% sales tax in Texas) to: R M S Software P. O. Box 741408 Houston TX 77274-1408 End of Main HELP. Hit HOME or ESC You can store a record of daily appoint-ments and recall the file to change or peruse. The filename is chosen in SETUPand can be changed or reset in the FilesWindow. The stored file contains the same information shown in the main appointment window.  The top line is for an overall title. Following lines refer to specific times.Note that all times are entered in 24 hour format without a colon. The activedate is shown at the top, along with thecurrent month's calendar to the left.  You can enter or alter information in the highlighted line. The cursor shows the next location. The only editing available is with the BackSpace key. After changing or editing a line, hit Enter to save the new line. A line can be deleted entirely by hitting DEL.  The Up and Down arrow keys (and HOME) select the highlighted line. The blank lines at the bottom allow the addition of times other than even hours. (Deleteunused times to enter more.) Starting anew line first requires entering a time between 0000 and 2359.  The lines will be sorted by time for youonce you have entered or deleted a line.All blank lines will be at the end. The right and left arrow keys allow you to change the displayed date and diary one day at a time. To delete a date from the file, hit F6.  When on a time line, F2 will toggle the alarm (indicated by a *) for the time onthe line. Obviously, the alarm only works for the current date, although alarm times can be set in advance. Thisfeature ONLY works in the TSR version ofKickBack. * will always be shown.  One final note. Do NOT use your editor or word processor to create or change appointment files. Use KickBack to editand delete. To view and print date files, use the KBAPP utility that was included in the ARC file that you have downloaded. Hit HOME or ESC The ASCII table displays the PC screen characters and the DECimal and HEXadeci-mal equivalents. Page through the tablewith the Up and Down arrow keys (one line at a time), PgUp and PgDn (16 linesat a time, Home, and End.  The F2 key toggles the display of the CTRL (control) codes and mnemonics for the first 32 ASCII characters. Note that many of the mnemonics are archaic, since they derive from teletype days. Hit HOME or ESC This Calculator, which you are able to access because you had the foresight to install a math coprocessor chip, allows you to perform complex engineering and scientific operations in a precision better than most mainframe computers. An overview follows.  The Calculator operates in three modes, decimal (DEC), hexadecimal (HEX), and binary (BIN). It awakens in DEC mode and the instructions that follow are forthis mode. Pressing HELP (F1) in HEX orBIN mode will obtain the appropriate assistance at that time.  The entry format is HP-style (also knownas reverse-Polish or Polish postfix in honor of the mathematician Lukasiewicz).Thus, hitting the = key will only resultin a sarcastic reminder. Accepted inputincludes numbers, the operation codes atthe right, and abbreviations in red.  Numbers consist of the digits 0 to 9, anoptional decimal point, and a sign that defaults positive and can be changed to negative (or back) with PM (+/-). EnterE to change to engineering notation. Follow the E with an optional sign and then the exponent.  Note: enter the exponent, if desired, BEFORE changing the overall sign of the number. The command DE toggles the display between engineering format (withexponent) and normal (without), unless, of course, the number is too small or too large for normal display.  The calculator operates with a STACK that stores operands. PUSH onto the stack with  or ENTER. POP the stack with . The operation codes + - * / work as expected on the top two elementsin the stack, shown in the X and Y registers.  Unary functions (such as sine and sqrt) operate on the X register, replacing it with the result. Functions that requiretwo arguments operate on the X and Y registers, popping the stack and leavingthe result in the X register.  Note that the trigonometric functions expect input in the units highlighted ingreen, DEGrees, RADians, or GRADs (what-ever they are). Change mode by enteringDG, RD, or GR. Also, DE toggles the register display to and from engineering (E) mode.  Hit F7 for special instructions on the Statistical Calculations, F8 for HELP onthe Memory Operations, and F9 for HELP with the Mathematical Functions. If theCalculator displays an error message, Hit F1 to get context-specific Help. Hit HOME or ESC The Calendar window provides a compact monthly calendar for the month and year of your choice. The calendar "starts" in 1583 when date-keeping was revised togive us our current system and extends into the indefinite future. You can change the month and year.  When first called up, the current month (and year) is shown, with the current date highlighted. The Up and Down arrowkeys will move forward and back one yearat a time. The left and right arrows function similarly for months.  Pressing the Enter key calls up the Appointment Diary window for the date shown at the top of the calendar. If you want a different date, first select the month and year with the arrow keys. Then hit F3 and enter the desired date. Hit HOME or ESC The dialer allows you to examine, edit, or create phone directories. If you havea Modem (and have run SETUP to describe your Modem), then this window will dial numbers for you. Note that the editing features in this window are extremely limited.  You should use your screen editor (or word processor in ASCII-file mode) to create directories or to perform major alterations on them. Have your editor insert blanks instead of tabs. It is assumed that your editor ends lines witha Carriage Return - Line Feed.  That is, a line ends with ASCII 13,10. Adhere to the format described below to develop directories. Each line may haveat most 78 characters, split into two ormore fields. The first field, starting in the first column, is an identifier ofone to five characters.  This field (usually initials) is used bythe Search function. It must be followedby at least one blank. Note that Searchuses only the first 5 characters in the field and that the search is case-insen-sitive. (That is, upper- and lower-caseletters are treated the same.  One or more blanks separate the initialsfrom the next field, the phone number. Include ( ) - for legibility. Other characters that are recognized by your Modem (such as a comma for a pause) can also be included, but there may be no embedded blanks.  To avoid interference with the Search function, the phone number should start in or after column six. Follow it with at least one blank and then any optionalcomments and qualifiers. (These are obviously ignored by the Dialer.)  This program is designed to function with a Hayes-compatible Modem using AT Command Protocols. Limited testing has shown it to be generally successful; however, care must be taken with the setting of certain Modem switches, such as the meaning of the DTR bit.  To edit the current directory use DEL to delete the current line and INS to insert a new line. In the INS mode, youwill be asked whether the insert is to be Before (F9) or after (F10) the high- lighted line. Then input the new line and hit Enter to save the entry.  Use the Up and Down arrow keys, Home andEnd to scroll through the directory. Search on the initials by hitting F6 andentering the requested search string. When you have found the desired number by scrolling or searching, hit Enter to Dial it.  Pick up your phone BEFORE dialing (or atleast before dialing is complete). You need not enter any additional codes to return control from the Modem back to your phone. To enter a number directly,hit F5, type the number, and then hit Enter to dial it.  You can switch to a different directory (on the same drive\path) by hitting F3. You will be prompted for the new file name. To access a phone list on anotherdrive\path, you must exit the Dialer anduse Files. Hit HOME or ESC This window allows you to change the file specification, drive\path and file-name, of the phone directory and daily appointment diary. (You cannot change the file specs if the corresponding window is active.) Use the Up and Down arrows to select the desired line.  Edit the line with the BackSpace key. Also, BackTab will erase the entire lineand set the cursor at the beginning. Tosave the new filename for the current KickBack session, hit Enter. To save filenames permanently, hit F2.  If you have altered the window setup, byusing the arrow keys with ScrollLock activated, you can save your changes by hitting F4. HOME or ESC The HEX mode has limited commands. Notethat F5-F10 enter the HEX digits A to F.The unary commands Neg and Char operate on the number in the display. N changesthe sign and C displays the HEX number in PC characters. Other operands use the top two numbers on the HEX stack.  These operands include + - * / And Or Xor.  and  Push and Pop the stack, respectively. Note that the HEX stack is separate from the DEC stack, but the HEX and BIN stacks are the same. cLr clears the current entry. D switches toDEC mode and B to BIN mode. HOME or ESCThe BIN mode has limited commands. Notethe only accepted numerals are 0 and 1. The unary command Neg changes the sign of the number in the display, which is shown in two's complement notation. Other operands use the top two numbers on the BIN stack.  These operands include + - * / And Or Xor.  and  Push and Pop the stack, respectively. Note that the BIN stack is separate from the DEC stack, but the BIN and HEX stacks are the same. cLr clears the current entry. D switches toDEC mode and H to HEX mode.  The Shifts operands < and > shift thecontents one bit to the left or right, respectively. Only the two least significant bytes of an eight-byte HEX number are displayed as a BIN value. HOME or ESCStatistical operations include means, standard deviations, and linear regres- sion analysis. ST initializes for theseoperations. NP will display the number of points currently entered. For a Meancalculation, enter numbers only in the Xregister. To correlate Y vs. X,  enter numbers in both the X and Y regi- sters. SP will add the point in X (or in X and Y) to the regression. SM will subtract a point added incorrectly from the current calculations. After all points have been entered ME will show the mean value in the X-register and  the standard deviation in Y. If both X and Y values were entered, CR will show the linear correlation coefficients m and b in the registers. Following this calculation, CF will display the correl-ation coefficient and standard deviationin the Y values.  Following a regression calculation, enter an X value and then TX to get the correpsonding Y. Enter a Y value (in the X register) and then TY to get the corresponding X. HOME or ESCThere are Ten Memory registers (in add- ition to the ample stack). These are accessed by the M commands at the left of the display. All memory operations (except for Clear all) will prompt you for the single digit, 0 through 9, number of the memory register.  You can then Add to, Subtract from, Multiply, of Divide into the memory register. The X-register is the other operand in all cases. The result is left in the memory register. You can also Store to, Recall from, or cLear a memory register.  The Memory commands are all two letters,M plus one of the red letters in the boxes below. For example, MA adds the value of the X-register to the memory location you specify. MC clears the loaction you enter. HOME or ESCThe function abbreviations are shown in RED on the display. Enter a letter to get a description of all functions starting with that letter. Enter a letter or ESC Your last entry is not recognized - or not recognized at this time. Try the general HELP (F1) call in the current mode for more information. CallHELP (F1) in the DEC mode and then enterF7 for Statistics, F8 for Memory, or F9 for Function HELP. Any key to EXIT. Your last request is not available - or not available at this time. Try the general HELP (F1) call in the current mode for more information. CallHELP (F1) in the DEC mode and then enterF7 for Statistics, F8 for Memory, or F9 for Function HELP. Any key to EXIT. You have entered too many digits. 15 max for X-register - 4 for exponent. 16 max for HEX and BIN. Any key to EXIT. The requested function will not accept anegative argument. You should have known this. Also, the exponential integral and logarithm functions will not operate on a zero input. Any key to EXIT. You have overflowed the generous stack allotment. The last operand you tried to Push has not been pushed. Any key to EXIT. The argument is too large for the requested function. You have worked hard to do this since the math coproc- cessor chip handles numbers much larger than any hand-held calculator and largerthan standard mainframe programs. Any key to EXIT. You have not entered enough points for the requested statistics operation. Youneed at least one point to calculate a Mean, two to calculate a standard deviation, and two to calculate a linearregression. Enter DEC mode HELP and hitF7 for more HELP. Any key to EXIT. AB - Absolute Value(X) AC - ArcCosine(X) AS - ArcSine(X) AT - ArcTangent(X) Any key to EXIT. B - switch to BINary mode When in BIN mode, hit F1 to get specific HELP for this mode. Any key to EXIT. CL - Clear X Y and N registers CM - Clear Memory register CN - Clear N register CO - Cosine(X) CS - Clear Stack CX - Clear X register CY - Clear Y register Any key to EXIT. DA - Date DE - toggle display mode between fixed and floating point notation DG - switch to DEGree mode for angles Any key to EXIT. E - next digit entered for the exponent A sign for the exponent can be entered directly after the E. Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with F. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. GR - switch to GRAD mode for angles (Does anyone actually use this unit for angles??) Any key to EXIT. HC - Hyperbolic Cosine(X) HS - Hyperbolic Sine(X) HT - Hyperbolic Tangent(X) HX - Switch to HEX mode When in HEX mode, hit F1 for additional HELP. Any key to EXIT. I - Exponential Integral -Ei(-X) The argument must be greater than 0. The returned value is positive. Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with J. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with K. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. LG - Base 10 log(X) LM - Clear all Memory registers LN - Base e (Natural) log(X) Any key to EXIT. Memory operations MA - Add MB - Subtract MC - Clear MD - Divide ML - Clear All MP - Multiply MR - Recall MS - Store Call general HELP (F1) and then hit F8 for specifics. Any key to EXIT. NP - Number of Statistics points shown in N-register NT - Convert X to Integer (truncate) NX - Copy N-register to X-register Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with O. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. PI - Enter ã in the X-register PM - Change sign (+/-) of X-register PO - Convert display to Polar Mode PR - Convert Polar R é to X Y (Rect) PT - 10**X (10 to the X power) PW - Y**X (Y to the X power) Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with Q. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. RC - Erfc(X), Error Function Complement RD - Convert Angle mode to Radians RE - 1/X RF - Erf(X), Error Func. RN - Round X to integer RP - Convert X Y to Polar R é RT - Convert Display to Rectangular Any key to EXIT. SI - Sine(X) SQ - û(X), Square Root SR - X**2, Square Any key to EXIT. TA - Tangent(X) TI - Time TX - Enter X, Display Y from regression TY - Enter Y (in X-register) display X See Statistics HELP for additional information. (Hit F7 when in general HELP.) Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with U. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with V. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with W. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. XN - Move X-register to N-register (truncate to integer) XP - Exp(X), exponential XY - Exchange X and Y registers X! - X Factorial Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with Y. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT. No functions begin with Z. Look at the display. Any key to EXIT.