These items are FREE DOS based programs that run within WINDOWS. They were developed in the early PC years, to be used without a mouse. They are menu driven and EZ to use.
* * * CAUTION * * *
All items are distributed as is. That means that any user assumes all responsibility for any and all results. If you do not agree to that, PLEASE do not use them.
Also, you should thoroughly "test drive" a program to be sure it will work for you as you want it to. That includes working with your printer if that is one of your requirements. If it does not work satisfactorily for you, PLEASE do not use it.
Download a file, install the system, read the Help file, add a few accounts, stock/product items, and make several trial invoices and bills. If you plan to use it in real time, delete your trial inputs and results, or just delete all the files and reinstall.
You also should talk to your employees about the new system, and how you and they can work together to make the system work for your customers, them, and the company. Change is not always welcomed, nor does it come easy. Good luck.
My e-mail is okjoe (at) aol.com.
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
1. EZ ROUTE: Wholesale route invoicing and billing.
For Bakery Goods, Cookies, Snacks, Dairy, Foral...
EZ ROUTE FEATURES
- Add, modify, or view your customer accounts.
- Set up/fix a price list of up to 1000 items.
- Add or change product orders for 1-7 days.
- Prepare invoices in advance. Post/print later.
- Print invoices and bills for one/all accounts.
- Print invoice dollar totals for each route.
- Print product amounts needed for any day.
- Print the price list.
- On board HELP.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD -> EZROUTE.XEX
2. EZ BIZ:
EZ BIZ: A business system with modules for: POS & AR, Stock, Reports, Income, Expenses, Payables, and Wages.
HERE ARE SOME FEATURES OF THE POS MODULE:
- Make invoices and estimates.
- Make text files of estimates and invoices for faxing.
- Scan or reprint invoices and estimates.
- Set up estimates for service calls, sales, & special products.
- Convert estimates to invoices, or duplicate them.
- Look up stock items while making invoices and estimates.
- Add or modify accounts.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD -> EZBIZ.XEX
AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD and SAVE A FILE:
1. Using Windows Explorer, locate the file and then copy it to a new Directory (Folder) named: newitem, or any name that you choose.
2. Next, rename the downloaded file by changing the file extension from .XEX to .EXE.
3. It is a self extracting file, so after it is renamed, you can just double click on it and it will unpack automatically.
4. Because your version of Windows may not allow the INSTALL.BAT file to make a new Directory in the C:\ Root Directory, use Windows Explorer or the DOS Command Prompt to make a Directory to house the program files.
For the EZ ROUTE system, make the Directory C:\EZROUTE
For the EZ BIS system, make the Directories C:\EZMONEY and C:\EZPAY
(The Command Prompt command for making a Directory, is: md C:\....)
5. When the Directory is made, double click on the file: INSTALL.BAT or INSTALL.EXE to install the program. (The install program for EZ BIZ will ask for the name of the directory where you downloaded the file.)
6. Once the program is installed, you can add a Start Up Button to the START menu by using Window's Explorer. Browse to the program's start up file, and right click on it. Then click on: Pin to Start Menu. You can add that START menu button to the Desktop by clicking on it and draging it from the Start Menu to an open spot on the Desktop.
The start up file for EZ ROUTE is: C:\EZROUTE\EZR.EXE
The start up file for EZ BIZ is: C:\EZ.EXE
AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT START UP BUTTONS:
Depending on the version of Windows you are using:
a. Right click on your new Start Up button, and click on the Compatibility tab. To run the program it may be necessary to check the Privilege Level box: Run this program as an administrator. If the box is checked, you will be asked to "allow" it to run when it starts up.
Also, if you get a caution concerning the screen size when the program starts, click the "ignore" option.
b. The "Cmd line:" or "Target line" entry should have an entry in this form: C:\....\....exe. It tells the computer to execute that file. For EZ ROUTE, the entry should be: C:\ezroute\ezr.exe. For EZ BIZ, the entry should be C:\ez.exe.
c. Depending on your version of Windows, click on the Program or Target tab, and be sure the "Working" or "Start in" line shows the C:\ Directory that the .EXE file is in. For the EZ ROUTE program, the entry should be: C:\ezroute\ezr. And for EZ BIZ it is: C:\.
d. Lastly, when the program is up and running, right click on the top margin of the window it is running in, and then click on properties.
Click on the layout tab and change the "Window Size" entries to 80 by 28, or some other set of numbers that makes the window look OK.
The window should be in the center of the screen, but if not, you should be able to drag it to where you want it.
I suggest that you print this doc and use it as your guide in making changes. I found out how to do this via experimentation. You may know of, or can find a better and easier way. If so, use it.
I can not guarantee that these instructions will work as stated on your computer. You will have to do a little fussing and cussing on your own, to figure out just what works for you. Best of luck with that.
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ABOUT PRINTING AND VISTA
I have used the programs with a Panasonic KX-P1092i pin feed dot matrix printer, a HP 500C Desk Jet, an Epson C62, and HP Laser Jet 1012.
They will also work with newer USB type printers, however, Windows Vista does not allow for DOS program printing to USB printers.
I have used the stay resident program: DOS2USB as a work around, and it works fine with Windows XP. But I have a problem getting it to work with Vista.
DOS2USB currently can be used with or without registering it. Here is the URL: http://dos2usb.com/download.htm. And here is a web link.
To get around the printing issue, the EX EXPENSES and EZ VIEW programs allow you to copy a file or a report to a .TXT file. Notepad or another Windows compatible text editing/printing program can be used to capture and print the file.
For more info on more printing issues, and in particular with Vista printing issues, click here.
In my humble opinion, you can thank the evil geniuses at Microsoft for having to go to all this trouble to make a simple program run. Since DOS is their's, they could have allowed "old DOS" programs to run for the benefit of Windows purchasers/users, as they did in the days of DOS. With Vista, you can use a virtual DOS window, but that option is available only if you have a version that costs more than the basic version.
Also in my opinion, the "elimination" of DOS, and making it difficult to run "DOS" programs in Windows was done deliberately to squelch and eliminate competitors and competition, and to force users to have to buy the latest software versions. The same can be said about the failure of MS and printer makers to provide "patches" to address the changes in printer ports, and basic printer emulation as in the past.
If Intel can make chips that can "look back" so to the software and printer makers.
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