PSDATA.ZIP contains information and data files for the Clarion Profile 
Exchange, a resource of product and company profiles of Clarion Third Party 
products for developers. This text file contains part of the readme.txt file 
included in PSDATA.ZIP.

                                  Contents

I - Clarion Profile Exchange - Page 1

II - New In This Release or Recent Changes - Page 2

III - Unlimited Editing Version to First Fifty Offer - Page 3

IV - Tips On Sending in Profiles (General) - Page 3

V - Step By Step For Sending In Profiles (Detailed) - Pages 6 to 10

VI - Product Scope Junior Program - Page 10

                        I - Clarion Profile Exchange

        (formerly Clarion Product/Company Info Exchange and Viewer)

What is this? Although there are a number of resources available to obtain
Clarion third-party add-on products, there is no centralized single source
available to obtain such information. For the benefit of the Clarion
Community, Encourager Software, has established a central source for
exchanging and viewing third-party add-on product profiles. The Clarion
Profile Exchange is for INFORMATION purposes only.

Is this only for third-party add-on products? No, The intent of the profile
exchange is to profile information that would be useful for the Clarion
programming community in general. This might include Combo records listing
User Group contact and meeting time information. Other uses could include
profiling special programs for vertical markets (this could include those
who don't want to sell source code). It is a resource tool for the Clarion
programmer. So whatever helps the programming community might be considered
a legitimate entry. Product profiles must be submitted by the company or
individual creating them, or by someone they designate as being authorized
to do so.  Place To Buy Type Combo records do not have to be official
submissions, but should be as accurate as possible.

How does it work? Clarion third-party companies develop their product
profiles with a program called Product Scope Lite (current version is 2.1)
(filename is PSCOPELT.EXE or PSCOPL21.ZIP). The data is sent to Encourager
Software, where it is combined with other product profiles, and re-posted to
the Compuserve TopSpeed Forum and the Internet as PSDATA.ZIP.

Where will the system be located? Product Scope Lite is used to Develop or
View the product profiles. Here is the current download information.

Download information for the Product Scope Lite program - On Compuserve, the
TopSpeed Forum (GO CIS:TOPSPE) - Lib#11 CW Third Party - filename is
PSCOPELT.EXE.

On the Internet, http://www.coast.net/SimTel/win3/business.html
Filename is PSCOPL21.ZIP



On the Internet (Icetips), ftp://www.icetips.com/public/demos/
Filename is PSCOPL21.ZIP

Download information for PSDATA.ZIP - On Compuserve, the TopSpeed Forum (GO
CIS:TOPSPE) - Lib#11 CW Third Party - filename is PSDATA.ZIP.

On the Internet, http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/EncouragerSoftware
Filename is PSDATA.ZIP.

Is there a fee to view or load the info? NO, the Clarion Community (those
who own TopSpeed products) can use Product Scope Lite, Single User, Viewer
Version, without paying a registration fee.

TopSpeed products are considered any official products of the present
TopSpeed corporation, or the former Clarion corporation (predecessor to
TopSpeed).

Who will be maintaining the system? Dave Troxell, Encourager Software, using
Clarion since 1990.

Is there any catch? NO, this is a voluntary effort on the part of Encourager
Software and the Clarion community. NO fees are involved to develop the
profiles or view them for those who own TopSpeed products!

Who will qualify to load and unload the info? Since those that will want to
utilize the exchange already own TopSpeed products, and Product Scope Lite 
is a commercial/shareware released program, this clarifies that those who
own a TopSpeed product are entitled to complimentary use of a single user,
Viewer Version of PSL without paying a registration fee for the sake of the
Clarion Profile Exchange.

PSDATA.ZIP represents officially submitted product profiles from product
developers in the Clarion community. Some Combo (vendor/company profile)
records are not officially submitted, but represent Place To Buy sources for
some of the products, and are based on the most accurate information
available. Since product prices can and do change (and where to buy), use
the contact information contained within the Combo records to obtain the
latest availability and price. PSCOPELT.EXE or PSCOPL21.ZIP contain the
program needed to develop and view the profiles.

For further information or inquiries please contact:
    Dave Troxell, Encourager Software   (941) 647-5742
    PO Box 1060             FAX (941) 647-1623
    Highland City, FL 33846-1060, USA
    Email: esoftw@gte.net or 71165.2560@compuserve.com
    Web Address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/EncouragerSoftware