TeleMate v1.00
Sumit Chowdhury, 2002.

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1. Introduction.
2. System Requirements.
3. How To Use.
4. The Main Window.
5. The Options Window.
6. License Agreement.
7. Distribution.
8. Contact Information.


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Introduction:-
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TeleMate is a simple telephone bill calculation utility. It is very simple to use. It helps in keeping track of your daily telephone usage. It is particularly helpful for people in countries like India, where the charges for local calls still exists. It is also useful for people who are using the old slow dial-up connections as their gateway to the world of internet. TeleMate helps by keeping record of your internet usage and normal telephone calls. Whenever you connect to the internet, TeleMate starts counting the number of phone calls that took place and the amount payable to your very own Telephone Department. You can adjust various settings such as Call Duration, Phone Rent, Call Charges, Tax Payable etc. TeleMate calculates the final bill amount payable by you. In this way, you can also keep a check on your phone bill so that it doesn't get beyond your reach. The look and interface of TeleMate is somewhat different from traditional windows applications which makes it that more good. There are more to this... 

 
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System Requirements:-
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TeleMate v1.00 is very light on your system and hence the system requirements are not too high. Any of the modern day PCs are well capable of running TeleMate.

For your convenience, the following are recommended -
* A CPU running @ 233MHz or more.
* 64 MB SD-RAM.
* A standard Mouse.

Note: This utility requires Visual Basic 6 runtime files (The installation doesn't provide these files). If they aren't provided with the installation and you don't have them on your system, you can download them from the Microsoft website or any other popular download sites such as ZDNet or CNet.
 

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How To Use:-
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1. At first run the installation program for TeleMate v1.00. It will install the required files to run TeleMate v1.00. Please note that you must have the VB6 runtime files present in your system for this utility to work correctly. The installation doesn't provide any. You can go to sites like http://www.microsoft.com or http://www.simtel.net and easily have those files.

2. When you start TeleMate for the first time, you'll see a new icon in your windows system tray. Right-click on it and then click on 'Show Status'. The main window of TeleMate will come up. Please click reset so that the dates are reset correctly. You can change various settings by clicking on the Options button. Change the settings according to your need and then save them properly. Please note that the default settings provided by me may not be accurate for you.

3. Now TeleMate is ready to work. You must keep TeleMate running at all times so that it can automatically detect the internet connection and start logging your internet usage. To do this efficiently, you may put a shortcut for TeleMate in the Start->Programs->StartUp folder if the installation program has not already done it. This will make TeleMate to start automatically each time you start your windows OS.

4. Now when TeleMate detects any internet connection, the timer starts itself and notifies you of the duration you're online and also gives you the total no. of calls counted. The display board becomes green (which otherwise remains red while offline). It also shows you all what you want such as the total calls, average calls, predicted amount and actual amount etc.

5. You can also manually start the counter for any telephone calls made by you. Remember that TeleMate only logs internet usage and not your normal phone usage which may be made through your Personal Computer. For this the manual buttons are provided for your convenience.


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The Main Window:-
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The main window of TeleMate v1.00 contains many features. All those features are described below in breif.

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Phone Meter Details -
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Opening Date - Shows you the opening meter date as specified by you in the options window. This shows the current date when Reset button is pressed.

Closing Date - Shows you the closing meter date as specified by you in the options window. This shows the date on which bill duration expires when Reset button is pressed.

Today's Date - Shows you the current date.

Days Passed - Show you the number of days that passed till now from the opening meter date.

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Phone Bill Details - 
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Total Call Units - Shows the total number of calls counted by TeleMate v1.00 during the current billing period.

Average Call Units - Shows the average number of calls made by you per day.

Predicted Amount - Shows the predicted amount payable after the expiry of the billing period if you continue to make calls at the same rate shown in the Average Call Units.

Amount Payable - Shows the total amount due to the telephone department untill now. If you don't make any further calls, it will remain the same.

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TeleMate Counter -
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Time Elapsed - Shows the total time you're online during the current session in hours, minutes and seconds.

Calls Counted - Shows the total calls counted by TeleMate during the current online session.

Start Counter - Lets you start the counter manually.

Stop Counter - Lets you stop the counter manually.

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Other Features -
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Display Bar - Red color when you're offline. Green color when you're online.

Reset - Resets the meter dates, calls counted and amount payable. Useful when the current billing period has expired and you need to start a new billing period.

Options - Takes you to the Options Window.

Help - Provides you the help regarding TeleMate.

About - Shows the credits, contact info, version info about TeleMate.

Exit - Closes TeleMate completely.

Tray - Minimises TeleMate to the system tray.


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The Options Window:-
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The options window of TeleMate v1.00 contains many features. All those features are described below in breif.

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Rent and Rates -
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Telephone Rent Payable - Enter the phone rent payable by you.

Call Charges - Enter the call charges according to number of calls.

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Meter Dates -
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Starts on - Enter the meter start date.

Closes on - Enter the meter closing date.

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Extra Charges -
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Extra Amount To Add - Enter any extra amount you need to add to your phone bill.

Tax on Phone Bill - Enter the percentage of tax payable on phone bill.

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Adjustments -
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Total Calls Made - If you need to modify the number of calls counted by TeleMate, you may do so here.

Your Billing Period - Enter the number of days after which you normally receive your telephone bills.

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Extra Time To Add - You can add the number of seconds or minutes you normally lose while trying to connect to the internet using your dial-up connection.

Normal Call Duration - It is the duration in minutes, which makes one call. (e.g, most of the providers in India sets this to 3 minutes for a single call).

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Other Features -
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Save Settings - After making any changes click here to save your settings, otherwise your settings will not work.

Close Window - Closes the Options Window.


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License Agreement:-
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TeleMate is provided as is without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose which are hereby disclaimed. In no event will Sumit Chowdhury, the creator of TeleMate be liable for any special, incidental or consequencial damages resulting from possession, use or malfunction of TeleMate.

Sumit Chowdhury reserves the right to make improvements in this file or any other file related to TeleMate and to TeleMate itself at any time without any notice.

This file and TeleMate are herewith copyrighted. All rights are reserved. TeleMate v1.00 can be treated as a freeware but no part of this file or any other file related to TeleMate and TeleMate itself may be reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without the prior writen consent of Sumit Chowdhury.


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TeleMate v1.00 is a FREEWARE and therefore anyone can make any number of copies for this software and distribute them without making any kind of profit for them. However, one may charge a minimum amount for the distribution media i.e, floppies etc. used if its absolutely necessary. Any computer or electronics magazine publisher may provide this game on their CDs. It will be appreciated if you let me know about this but its not necessary.


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Contact Information:-
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Please send your comments and suggesstions to -

E-mail:	sumitsoft_india@yahoo.com	
Web:	http://sumitsoft.freewebsites.com
(or)    http://sumitsoft.cjb.net

If I like your suggesstions & ideas, I may implement them in the next release of TeleMate. So, keep sending them...& enjoy!

*** Thank You ***