Subject: DateStar - Chinese Calendar Producer

From: Youzhen Cheng <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1993 00:08:51 EST

CCnet-L friends:

I have uploaded <<DateStar>> - Chinese Calendar Producer
on ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/chinese-utils

The following is a simple introduction to the program.

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1.1  What is DateStar

The DateStar program is a friendly Chinese perpetual calendar producer that
displays and prints a combination form of Western and Chinese calendar, and
runs on the IBM PC and compatible computers. The DateStar produces yearly
calendars, monthly reminder calendars or weekly working planner calendars.

DateStar was developed with the following goals in mind:

   - Multiple Environment - DateStar was designed to meet various operating
     environments which are:

       - PC-DOS, MS-DOS ASCII only system
       - CC-DOS, GuoBiao Chinese Operating system
       - Eten, KC, etc. BIG-5 Chinese Operating system
       - PC-DOS, MS-DOS with ZWDOS environment
       - Postscript Laser Printer
       - HP LaserJet Printer

   - Ease of Use - This version of DateStar includes:

       - Command line options
       - One single executable file performing all DateStar's features
       - Customizing Configuration File (for advanced users)

   - Compact Program Size - Every effort was made to keep the size of
     program as compact as possible. DateStar never requires more
     memory than absolutely necessary.

1.2  Features

The main features that you will enjoy while using DateStar are listed
below:

   - DateStar displays and prints calendars between AD 1841 - 2060.

   - User defines the calendar in whatever monthly reminder
     calendar or weekly working plan calendar.

   - Solar Terms (24 JieQi), Birth Characters (ShengChen BaZi) and
     also the Lucky Days (HuangDao JiRi) are included in DateStar.

   - DateStar supports Postscript laser printer, HP LaserJet series and
     various Chinese Character Code systems.

   - It is Configurable.  DateStar can be easily customised in the way you
     like it.  This includes the code generation, calendar format, printer
     selection as well.

1.3  System Requirements

DateStar runs on the IBM PS/2, PC/AT, PC/XT, PC, PC/Jr, and on IBM
compatible computers including the Compaq, NCR, Tandy, and WYSE PC's.
MINIMUM requirements are:

   - 64 KB of memory
   - PC-DOS 2.0 or greater (or MS-DOS 2.0 or greater)
   - One diskette drive
   - Either a color or a monochrome monitor with 80-column display

1.4  Sample Output on ASCII Terminal

                           November 1993

Sunday    Monday    Tuesday   Wednesday Thursday  Friday    Saturday

           1 [18]    2 [19]    3 [20]    4 [21]    5 [22]    6 [23]
 7 [LD]    8 [25]    9 [26]   10 [27]   11 [28]   12 [29]   13 [30]
14 [10]Y  15 [ 2]   16 [ 3]   17 [ 4]   18 [ 5]   19 [ 6]   20 [ 7]
21 [ 8]   22 [XX]   23 [10]   24 [11]   25 [12]   26 [13]   27 [14]
28 [15]   29 [16]   30 [17]

1.5  DateStar Reference Card

software: DateStar - Chinese Calendar Producer
version : 1.1
function: Displays Chinese and western calendar in
          ASCII code, BIG-5 code (Hongkong, Taiwan),
              GuoBiao code (PRC Standard), and HZ code (Network)
          Prints on two most popular laser printers
              PostScript laser printers, and
              HP LaserJet (PCL) printers
          Generates four different format
              Yearly calendar, Monthly calendar,
              One-page Weekly calendar, and Two-page Weekly calendar
          Shows calendar with 24 Solar Terms (JieQi),
              the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
              (TianGan DiZhi Eight Characters)
          Supports user defined annotations
          Applicable from year 1841 through to 2060
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/chinese-utils
filename: datestar.txt datestar.zip.
author  : Youzhen Cheng <[email-masked]>
comment : MS-DOS 2.0 and above

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Youzhen
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