                                  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 4

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

VI - Product Scope Junior Program - Page 10


                        I - Clarion Profile Exchange

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.



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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


                 II - New In This Release or Recent Changes

A new windows help file, CPETUTOR.HLP, will be included in the next couple
releases of PSDATA.ZIP.

The CPETUTOR.HLP file (windows help file) is an additional aid to guide
Clarion Third Party companies in their development of profiles for the
Clarion Profile Exchange project. This gives extensive STEP by STEP
instructions (coupled with screen shots) similar to the STEP by STEP found
in the README.TXT of the PSDATA.ZIP file.

Two other features have been added to the Encourager Software Web page to
help Clarion developers as well are:


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Encourager Software Bookshop - An assortment of helpful programming and 
other useful books for the Clarion community.

A list of web links to various third party developers, TopSpeed, and other 
companies of interest.

New Primary Email Address for Encourager Software - esoftw@gte.net - This is
Encourager Software's primary email account. This account IS the preferred
account to send either email and/or zipped profiles.

Internet users who use Compuserve for their Internet access - please use the
Encourager Software email address - esoftw@gte.net to send your zipped
profiles to, since Compuserve automatically uses the MIME encoding 
technique, and this is the preferred encoding method for profiles, although 
we can handle other encoding methods as well.

Linder Software Systems has joined Gitano Software, Capesoft (formerly
Datasoft), ProDomus, RAD Software Solutions, and Castle Computer
Technologies, and in releasing product profiles. Thanks to all companies 
participating, and many more are urged to send in profiles. User groups 
could use the Combo format and announce contact information, time of 
meetings, etc.

A quick and easy way to see what a particular company offers, and their
pricing is to select the Browse Product, Quick Reference. At the main Menu,
Alt + b, then q, then select Queries pulldown menu, and select the company
of your choice.

Developers can now send Internet Email text messages (with zipped individual
company/product profile collection) using one of the following encoding
techniques: UUencoded, XXencoded, and MIME.

!First 50 Developers Offer! to get FREE Unlimited Editing unlock code NOW
extended to NON-Compuserve users as well. If you don't have a Compuserve
account, you will be mailed the unlock code to the address in your Combo
(Company) profile record.

Clarion For Windows product profiles have product categories similar to the
TopSpeed Worldwide Accessories Catalog. This will enable users to quickly
locate and compare competitive products and more.

View the Browse Product (Quick Reference), Queries Pulldown Menu for
examples.

            III - Unlimited Editing Version to First Fifty Offer

43 FREE copies of Product Scope Lite V2.1, Unlimited Editing Version,
(unlock code only, you download the program from the forum or Internet, and
are given the unlock code to enjoy unlimited editing!) are still available!

Encourager Software offers to the FIRST 50 developers who send minimally a
company profile and at least one product profile (the product MUST be one
that is CURRENTLY sold to other Clarion developers, has some sort of
advertisement - Worldwide Accessories Program, Web page, Compuserve SWREG, 
listing in Clarion For Windows Journal, etc.), - a FREE unlock code for 
Product Scope Lite V2.1.

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You do NOT need this unlock code (which gives unlimited editing) to use the
Product Scope Lite program to develop your profiles or for others to view
them, but it sure makes it convenient!

No Product Scope disks will be sent, only unlock codes. You can download the
Product Scope Lite program from the TopSpeed forum or the Internet.

If you have a Compuserve account, you will be sent the unlock code by
Confidential Email. If you don't have a Compuserve account, you will be
mailed the unlock code to the address in your Combo (Company) profile
record.

SO, start sending in those profiles, so the Clarion community will have the
LATEST on your products! Remember, this is another form of advertising that
costs you only some time in downloading the program and developing profiles!

                     IV - Tips on sending in profiles!

Remedies for the Two most common mistakes for developers in using the
program.

1 - Change to an empty folder (subdirectory), and create profiles for your
company ONLY in this folder.

2 - You MUST add at least ONE Product Category Lookup record before adding
product records.

Product Scope Lite Version 2.1 (as shipped in PSCOPELT.EXE or PSCOPL21.ZIP)
is FULLY functional but does have LIMITED Editing in it's publicly posted
version, which is a Viewer Version.

The product profile data in PSDATA.ZIP automatically exceeds the editing
limits. You can still create/edit up to nine product profiles when starting
with an EMPTY data folder.

Change to an empty folder (subdirectory), and create profiles for your
company ONLY in this folder. Then just maintain future edits/additions in
this folder. For your convenience, you can pkzip ALL the files in this
folder and send to Encourager Software. Or just pkzip all files ending in
.DAT (*.DAT) and .MEM (*.MEM) files.

Something as simple as "pkzip YourName *.DAT *.MEM" at the DOS prompt
command line (please use 8 letters or less for YourName).

Send information for Compuserve users: If you are sending "email with file
attachment" or "sending a file" from your compuserve address to Encourager
Software, use this compuserve email address: 71165,2560

Send information for all others using Internet access (non-Compuserve): Send
"email with file attachment" to esoftw@gte.net

MIME encoded zipped profiles are preferred, but other popular encoding
techniques such as UUencoded, XXencoded, or Binhex can be handled as well.

Read the Mini-Tutorial in the help file for hints on using the program.


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Print the Help Topic - Tutorial, Product Category Lookup/Main/Product Add,
and refer to it when adding Product records.

You MUST add at least ONE Product Category Lookup record before adding
product records.

Be sure you have a discount price shown!

Prices (and dates and where to buy) are entered on the Place To Buy/Price
Quotes window FIRST!, and then re-entered in the product update form. If you
have entered a single price quote, open the product update form, and simply
press the OK button, and this will save the quote to the product record.

Otherwise, select the Place To Buy pulldown menu, and select the price quote
(from the multiple choices) you want shown as the primary price quote
choice.

Keep the following edit limits in mind if you are working with a Viewer
Version of Product Scope Lite. You can create, edit, and delete the number
of records stated. Use an additional folder for additional profiles. Send
separate zips of each folder if using multiple folders, and Encourager
Software can combine (concatenate) them for you, or you can use Clarion DOS
utility CSRT.EXE and do it yourself.

Combo (company profiles) - 9  However, if you release products under
multiple companies, please use a separate folder for each.

Product - 9 - Limit is 9 records, after the tenth, no editing is allowed.

Place To Buy/Price Quotes - 19 - If you have 7 products, and there are three
sources (place to buy) for each one, you will exceed this limit. Use a
separate folder for the seventh product/Place to buy, etc.

Product Category Lookup - 9 - (Filename is PRODCATG.DAT) You can just copy
this file from the PSDATA.ZIP collection to use in your own separate
company/product profile directory, only if you plan to use the categories
suggested. However, if you do that, you won't be able to add your own
product category lookup records (when using the Viewer Version of PSLite).

Since you have a limited number of product entries in Viewer Version, don't
create Product Category Main records as per the Mini-Tutorial. They are
created by Encourager Software for the purposes of the PSDATA.ZIP
collection, so you don't need to add them for your profile submissions.

Combo phone number and US Zipcode fields - Do not use any special formatting
symbols to enter the phone numbers or zipcode. For example - To enter the
phone number, (813) 555-1111, enter it as follows; 8135551111 and then press
the tab key. The phone number will be automatically formatted for you. The
same goes for seven digit phone numbers as well.

The International phone number fields (Int1 and Int2) and Postal Code fields
do not use this type of formatting to give you flexibility in listing
numbers, letters and/or symbols.




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If you have the Unlimited Editing version, do NOT use the PSDATA.ZIP profile
collection and add your own profiles. Maintain a separate folder (directory)
for your profiles only to send to Encourager Software. This will help in
keeping maintenance chores for Encourager Software to a minimum.

                  V - Step By Step for Sending in Profiles

Press F1 for context sensitive help in addition to this Step by Step.

Keep the following edit limits in mind if you are working with a Viewer
Version of Product Scope Lite. You can create, edit, and delete the number
of records stated. Use an additional folder for additional profiles. Send
separate zips of each folder if using multiple folders, and Encourager
Software can combine (concatenate) them for you, or you can use Clarion DOS
utility CSRT.EXE and do it yourself.

Combo (company profiles) - 9  However, if you release products under
multiple companies, please use a separate folder for each.

Product - 9 - Limit is 9 records, after the tenth, no editing is allowed.

Place To Buy/Price Quotes - 19 - If you have 7 products, and there are three
sources (place to buy) for each one, you will exceed this limit. Use a
separate folder for the seventh product/Place to buy, etc.

Product Category Lookup - 9 - (Filename is PRODCATG.DAT) You can just copy
this file from the PSDATA.ZIP collection to use in your own separate
company/product profile directory, only if you plan to use the categories
suggested. However, if you do that, you won't be able to add your own
product category lookup records (when using the Viewer Version of PSLite).

Since you have a limited number of product entries in Viewer Version, don't
create Product Category Main records as per the Mini-Tutorial. They are
created by Encourager Software for the purposes of the PSDATA.ZIP
collection, so you don't need to add them for your profile submissions.

If you have the Unlimited Editing version, do NOT use the PSDATA.ZIP profile
collection and add your own profiles. Maintain a separate folder (directory)
for your profiles only to send to Encourager Software. This will help in
keeping maintenance chores for Encourager Software to a minimum.

            Step By Step For Adding Product and Company Profiles

1. Install Product Scope Lite Version 2.1

2. Create a separate data folder (subdirectory) and unzip PSDATA.ZIP into
it. Start Product Scope Lite V2.1 from it's install folder and change
directories (Alt f, then c, then Enter) to the data folder with the PSDATA
files.

3. Print the Product Category Lookup list (Alt r, then p, then c)

4. Create a separate data folder for your company and product profiles. This
will initially be an EMPTY folder. Data files will be created as you access
browses and complete update forms. It's important to maintain ALL future
edits, additions, etc. in this folder.

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Only data in this folder should be zipped and sent to Encourager Software.

5. Change directories (Alt f, then c, then Enter) to the EMPTY data folder
you have created for YOUR company and product profiles. You will now create
profiles for your company and product (s) in this folder.

6. First, you will add a Product Category Lookup Record (Alt b, then c).
Refer to the Product Category list you have printed, find a suitable
category from the list for your product. Press the INSERT key and type in
the CS Code (3 digit code) and Category name from list. 

Or you can define your own category if none are suitable in the list. The CS
Code you define is not important (must be between 2 and 1999) as Encourager
Software will adjust the number when your profile is submitted.

Press Enter to accept the entry and close the browse.

7. Next you will add a product profile (Alt b, then a). With the Category
for your product highlighted, press Alt p.

8. Browse Products/Filtered By Category - At this window, you will begin the 
process of adding a product profile. Once it is added here, you can use the 
Main Product Browse for edits if desired.

Press the INSERT key and type in the product name. Two fields MUST be filled
in this form - Product name and Product number. Tab to the MFG field.

9. At the Select Short MFG Name browse, press the INSERT key. Type in your
company name. Tab to the MCode field. If your product can be bought directly
from your company (in addition to possibly other sources), type in 'BUY'
(without the quotes). Otherwise, the field could be blank.

Tab to the MFG Short Name field. Type in a 20 or less character abbreviated
version of your company name (by filling in this field, this adds this name 
to the Select Short MFG Name browse).

Here are some special notes for phone numbers and US Zipcode fields:

Combo phone number and US Zipcode fields - Do not use any special formatting
symbols to enter the phone numbers or zipcode. For example - To enter the
phone number, (813) 555-1111, enter it as follows; 8135551111 and then press
the tab key. The phone number will be automatically formatted for you. The
same goes for seven digit phone numbers as well.

The International phone number fields (Int1 and Int2) and Postal Code fields
do not use this type of formatting to give you flexibility in listing
numbers, letters and/or symbols.

Fill in as many fields are appropriate on the General and
Comments/Contacts/Phone #'s/Payment Options pages of the form for your
company. You can make more edits at the Combo Browse at the Main Menu later 
if necessary.

Press Enter to accept and close the form.                      



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10. At the Select Short MFG Name browse, press Alt + s. This will fill in
the MFG field on the product form.

11. When adding a product record, the product number defaults to the
beginning of the product number range for a particular product category as a
reference point.

If this is the first product you have added to a particular category, you do
not need to edit the number. Encourager Software will edit product numbers
as necessary for the profile exchange.

However, if you are adding a second product profile under the same product 
category, you would need to use the next available number. For example, if
159001 is already used, then type in 159002.

12. List price or SRP (Suggested Retail Price). The program is designed for
the general public so List or SRP pricing probably isn't so meaningful for
the Clarion Profile Exchange (since most products are sold directly, and not
through a discounted source). Your List price and Discount will probably be
the same.

Fill in Long description as appropriate.

13. General (cont.) page of product form - Fill in Computer Type and
Operating System fields if desired.

Features and Narrative pages of product form - The more information you can
provide in these two pages will only enhance your product's exposure!

Press Enter and accept the product form. You can edit this product profile
at the Main Product Browse at the Main Menu later if necessary.

14. Browse Products/Filtered By Category - Now, you will complete Place to
Buy/Price Quotes for your product profile, press Alt + b.

15. Browse Place To Buy/Price Quote - Here is your chance to list where your
product is available and at what price.

First, before entering Place To Buy records, prepare combo records for any
place your product is available (Alt + b, then o).

Type in the Place To Buy source in the Name field. Tab to the MCode field.
Type in 'BUY' (without the quotes).

Here are some special notes for phone numbers and US Zipcode fields:

Combo phone number and US Zipcode fields - Do not use any special formatting
symbols to enter the phone numbers or zipcode. For example - To enter the
phone number, (813) 555-1111, enter it as follows; 8135551111 and then press
the tab key. The phone number will be automatically formatted for you. The
same goes for seven digit phone numbers as well.

The International phone number fields (Int1 and Int2) and Postal Code fields
do not use this type of formatting to give you flexibility in listing
numbers, letters and/or symbols.


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Fill in as many fields are appropriate on the General and
Comments/Contacts/Phone #'s/Payment Options pages of the form for your Place
To Buy source. You can make more edits at the Combo Browse at the Main Menu
later if necessary.

Press Enter to accept and close the Combo form. Close the Combo browse.

16. Browse Place To Buy/Price Quote - Press the INSERT key.

The first window is a lookup list for Place to Buy sources. This list is
derived from filling in Combo records (Alt + b, then o at the Main Menu), 
and filling in the Combo field - MCode with 'BUY'.

Highlight the Place To Buy you want to use in this price quote and press Alt 
+ s.

Discount Price - Fill in selling price of product.

Competitive/Upgrade - You can use this check box if the discount price is an
upgrade or competitive upgrade price for your product.

Shipping - If your shipping price varies depending on location sent to, 
leave this field blank. If your shipping price is the same, no matter where 
the product is sent to, fill in the appropriate price.

Note - Use the note field as appropriate for any additional information
about this particular price quote.

Reference Number - If the Place to Buy source uses a reference number for
your product, fill that number in here. A good example of this is the
numbers used for Compuserve's SWREG program.

Press Enter to accept the form.

Add additional Price Quotes as needed at the Place To Buy/Price Quote
Browse.

Close Place To Buy/Price Quote Browse

17. Browse Products/Filtered By Category - Now you will choose a price quote
to use as your Primary price quote choice in a product profile record. In 
reports, and on the Browse Product Quick Reference window, you can still see 
all the price quotes listed for one product profile record, but this Primary 
choice will be stored in the Product profile as well.

Highlight the product profile (if you have entered several under the same 
category) and press Alt + c. Tab to the Place To Buy Pulldown menu, press
the down arrow key, and highlight the Primary price quote choice, and press 
the Enter key once.

Press Enter to accept the form.

Close All open windows.

Maintain future edits/additions in your company folder. Now, pkzip all files
ending in .DAT (*.DAT) and .MEM (*.MEM) files.

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Something as simple as "pkzip YourName *.DAT *.MEM" at the DOS prompt
command line of your folder (please use 8 letters or less for YourName).

Send information for Compuserve users: If you are sending "email with file
attachment" or "sending a file" from your compuserve address to Encourager
Software, use this compuserve email address: 71165,2560

Send information for all others using Internet access (non-Compuserve): Send
"email with file attachment" to esoftw@gte.net

MIME encoded zipped profiles are preferred, but other popular encoding
techniques such as UUencoded, XXencoded, or Binhex can be handled as well.

THANK YOU for your participation. You will receive a notice by email as soon
as your zipped profiles arrive at Encourager Software. Some email
correspondence may be necessary to finalize details on your profiles. Soon
after, your product and company profiles will be included in the next update
of PSDATA.ZIP.

                     VI - Product Scope Junior Program

The Product Scope Junior program was a pre-release to the new 2.1 version of
Product Scope Lite. It is no longer officially used to develop or view
product profiles in the Clarion Profile Exchange.

If you have previously downloaded the PS Junior program (install program is
PSJUNIOR.EXE, actual program name is PSJR16.EXE), you can still use it to
view current PSDATA files, but the PRODUCT.DAT file must be reformatted.
(best solution is to get the new Product Scope Lite V2.1 program)

Special NOTE: The current PSJUNIOR.EXE in the TopSpeed forum is only an
simple install program for a README.TXT file stating that Product Scope Lite
V2.1 is the official program for the Clarion Profile Exchange.

There is a file named PSL1620.CLA distributed with the PSJUNIOR.EXE install
program. You can use this file definition with the DOS Clarion Filer
(CFIL.EXE) program, and use it as the source file, label is PRODUCT, and
input and output are PRODUCT.DAT. This will reformat PRODUCT.DAT to work
with the PSJR16.EXE program.

NOTE: CFIL.EXE cannot be run in directories (folders) with path names that
use other than 8.3 DOS/Win 3.1 naming.

For example: CFIL.EXE would work in this folder - C:\TEMP
CFIL.EXE would not work in this folder - C:\Program Files\Temp
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