WEIGHT A'MINUTE
© 2000, lambert/rubicon
http://www.lambert-rubicon.co.uk

Thank you for trying out Weight a'Minute.  We hope you 
enjoy using it!  

This Read Me file tells you:
- What Weight a'Minute does.
- What's in the Weight a'Minute folder.
- What to do the first time you start Weight a'Minute.
- How to use the Manual.
- How to register Weight a'Minute.
- How we let you know your registration code.
- What is the version history of Weight a'Minute.


WHAT WEIGHT A'MINUTE DOES

Weight a'Minute is designed to provide you with a 
simple streamlined tool for monitoring your weight.  
If you have embarked upon a weight reduction programme, 
Weight a'Minute will let you quickly and easily track 
your weight.  What is more, you can analyse your 
progress and printout your data.

In summary, with Weight a'Minute you can:
- Track your weight.
- Set a target weight and monitor your progress 
towards it.
- Use any of kilograms, pounds or stones and pounds.
- Convert seamlessly between kilograms, pounds or 
stones and pounds without losing any of your data.
- Calculate your body mass index (used by doctors to 
determine health risk).
- Record your consumption of alcohol.
- Analyse your data to get your weight loss per week, 
or alcohol consumption per week.

If you are trying to lose weight, we're sure you'll 
find Weight a'Minute invaluable.


WHAT'S IN THE WEIGHT A'MINUTE FOLDER

In the folder with this Read Me file you will notice 
the following
- Weight a'Minute, the application.
- Weight, which is the data file.
- Help, which is a help file.
- Manual, a folder containing a manual in HTML format.
- Register, an application you can use to register 
Weight a'Minute.


WHAT TO DO THE FIRST TIME YOU START WEIGHT A'MINUTE

The first time you try out the program, please 
double-click the Weight a'Minute application.  
Launching it in this way ensures that files are 
installed in the correct place on your computer.

After the first time, you can click on any of the 
Weight a'Minute application or the two files - Weight 
and Help - to start the program.


HOW TO USE THE MANUAL

A full explanation of how to use the program is 
provided in the manual.  To open the manual, 
double-click the document "manual.htm" or open your 
web browser and open "manual.htm" from within it.


HOW TO REGISTER WEIGHT A'MINUTE

Weight a'Minute is shareware.  Shareware is 
try-before-you-buy-ware.  This means you may try 
Weight a'Minute for a while before deciding whether 
you wish to buy it. To encourage you to make a 
purchase, you are limited to no more than ten entries 
unless you can enter a valid registration code.

Weight a'Minute has the following pricing:
- A basic single user licence costs $8. For this, you 
get a registration code which you may enter into the 
program to remove the ten record limitation.
- A full FileMaker version single user licence 
costs $14. For this, you get a registration code which 
you may use to open the program from within FileMaker 
Pro. With this code, you gain complete access "under 
the bonnet" of Weight a'Minute, so you can use 
FileMaker Pro to customise it in whichever way you 
desire.

Paying for Weight a'Minute is simple. You can register 
directly over the internet by going to 
https://order.kagi.com/?SCM. Or you can:
- Open the Register program that accompanies 
Weight a'Minute.
- Enter your name, your email address, and the number 
of single user licenses you desire.
- Save or copy or print the data from the Register 
program and send the data and payment to Kagi, the 
company that handles payment processing for 
Weight a'Minute.

Credit Card/First Virtual

If you are paying by credit card, or you are using 
First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi.  
Their email address is sales@kagi.com and their fax 
number is +1 510 652-6589 (which is a number in the 
USA; remember to add the correct country code if you 
are dialling from outside the USA).  You can either:
- Copy the data from Register and paste into the body 
of an email message.
- Save the data to a file and attach that file to an 
email message.  There is no need to compress the data 
file as it is already pretty small.
- If you have a fax modem, just print the data direct 
to the Kagi fax number using your fax software.

Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 
days.  You will receive an email acknowledgement when 
it is processed.  Payments sent via fax take up to 10 
days and if you provide a correct email address you 
will receive an email acknowledgement.

Cash/USD Check

If you are paying with cash or USD check you should 
print the data using the Register application and 
send it to the address shown on the form, which is:

          Kagi
          1442-A Walnut Street #392-SCM
          Berkeley, California 94709-1405
          USA

You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different 
countries but at present if you pay via check, it must 
be a check drawn in US dollars.  Kagi cannot accept 
checks in other currencies; the conversion rate for 
non-USD checks is around USD 15 per check and that is 
just not practical.

Invoice

If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all 
the data into the Register program and then select 
Invoice as your payment method.  Print three copies of 
the form and send it to your accounts payable people.  
You might want to highlight the line that mentions 
that they must include a copy of the form with their 
payment.

Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on 
its behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the 
paperwork at your end.

Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate 
cash, check or invoice as the payment method. As far 
as we know, there is still no technology to transfer 
physical objects via fax or e-mail and without the 
payment, the form cannot be processed.  Payments sent 
via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up 
to 10 days for processing.  Again, if you include a 
correct e-mail address, you will hear from Kagi when 
the form is processed.


HOW WE LET YOU KNOW YOUR REGISTRATION CODE

Once your payment has been processed by Kagi, you 
will receive an email containing your registration 
code.  If you do not have an email address, please 
enter your complete postal address in the Register 
application and remember, we do not know what country 
you live in, so please enter that into the postal 
address also.

If you do not have an email address you should 
consider selecting the Postcard Receipt so that 
Kagi can inform you of your registration code.  
Kagi transmits the registration codes via email and 
paid postcard receipt only.


WHAT IS THE VERSION HISTORY OF WEIGHT A'MINUTE

Version 1.10
10 September 2000
Added a preference setting for specifying paper size 
and refreshed the print routine to accommodate A4 and 
US Letter paper sizes.
Added drop-down menu choices to the exercise fields to 
quicken selection.
Added quick contact scripts to the Utilities menu, 
enabling the user to contact lambert/rubicon more 
simply and quickly.
Added a script for importing data from previous 
versions of Weight a'Minute.
Expanded the help pages, particularly regarding 
printing and importing data from previous versions of 
Weight a'Minute.
Modified the graphical user interface to make the 
user experience better.
Simplified the user manual to make navigation easier 
and information easier to find.
Added a section to the user manual on upgrading 
Weight a'Minute from previous versions.

Version 1.02
4 August 1999
Added height values to backup routines.

Version 1.01
13 July 1999
Fixed a bug in the create record routine which failed 
to recognise when Weight a'Minute had been registered.
Removed the few remaining occurrences of the 
original name for Weight a'Minute.

Version 1.00
16 June 1999
First published.