


                            YearIn 1.1 Quick Guide
                   DEMO: Two-Digit Year Input or Difference
                Copyright (c) 1995-1996 by David M. Wincelberg


                                   Overview

       This program demonstrates a routine that properly handles two-
       digit year inputs and differences for the current and next
       century.  For example, 98 converts to 1998 and 3 becomes 2003.
       The pair of partial years (90, 95) converts to (1890, 1995) for a
       difference of 105 years.  In addition, this routine is
       incorporated into an edit box or data-entry field that expands a
       two-digit year into a four-digit year when you move away from it.
       Thus, YearIn's year-resolution routine virtually eliminates the
       need to enter four-digit years and allows databases that use two-
       digit years to continue to be usable in the 21st century.

            To use YearIn in Windows 3.1 or 95, start YEARIN.EXE, click
       on the Input menu, and select either A Year, Year Difference,
       Examples, or Dynamic Edit Box.  For the first option, enter a
       one-, two-, or three-digit year and click on the OK button or
       press Enter to close the dialog box.  The input and the result
       will appear in a scrolling list in YearIn's main window.  In
       addition, you may set the active year in this dialog box to some
       year other than the current one.  For example, try entering 98
       for active years 1996 and 2000.  You will get the same four-digit
       year.

            The year-difference option will produce a dialog box that
       accepts a pair of two-digit years and allows setting the active
       year and the minimum difference between years.  Try entering 90
       and 95 to get a difference of 105 years.  The inputs and outputs
       for this calculation will also appear in the main window.  The
       primary benefit of the year-difference logic is that databases
       that use two-digit years to store birth and current (or death)
       years do NOT need to be modified.  Following is the sample output
       from this program that is generated by selecting the Examples
       option.


       Input(s)     Full Year(s)     Difference     Active Year  MinDiff
       --------     ------------     ----------     -----------  -------
          98            1998                           1996
           3            2003                           1996
          98            1998                           2000
           3            2003                           2000
         3, 98       1903, 1998          95            1996        25
        90, 95       1890, 1995         105            1996        25
         3, 98       1903, 1998          95            2000        25
        90, 95       1890, 1995         105            2000        25
          75            1975                           1996
          75            2075                           2060




            Selecting the Dynamic Edit Box option will present an edit
       box (or data-entry field) that converts a partial year input into
       a four-digit year when you move away from it by clicking on
       another entry field, selecting a button, or using a keyboard
       command.  This edit box is designed to relieve data-entry
       personnel from repeatedly having to type all four digits of an
       input year.

            YearIn is a freely-distributable $10 to $5000 shareware
       program by FileJockey Software, which can be reached by e-mail
       (71573.1023 @compuserve.com) or postal mail (289 S. Robertson
       Blvd., Suite 373, Beverly Hills, CA 90211).  Registered users
       will receive the C/C++/Fortran/COBOL source code for this routine
       and the C++ source code for this edit box.  FileJockey Software
       is also maintaining a list of year-2000 articles in YR2000.TXT in
       CompuServe's OAFORUM and PCPROG forums.



                              Files in YearIn.ZIP


       README.TXT          This file.

       WHATSNEW.TXT        Describes changes since version 1.0.

       YEARIN.EXE          Windows 3.1 program to demonstrate the year-
                           conversion routine.

       YEARIN.HLP          Full documentation file in Windows 3.1 help
                           format.  This file can be run from the
                           Windows 3.1 Program Manager and the Windows
                           95 Explorer.

       YEARIN.REG          The license-and-registration payment form.

       FILE_ID.DIZ         Description of YearIn to be used on-line or
                           in catalogs.

       VENDINFO.DIZ        Contains vendor-distribution information in a
                           computer-readable format.  It also has YearIn
                           installation instructions, much of
                           README.TXT, and a copy of the license
                           agreement.  The first part of VENDINFO.DIZ is
                           human readable, while the second part
                           requires a program such as the free VENDVIEW.
                           On CompuServe, GO ZENITH for this viewer as
                           file VNDVUE.ZIP in Library 6.



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