                  Anthistle Systems & Programming Ltd.
                         563 Patricia Drive,
                   Oakville, Ontario, CANADA L6K 1M4

        Telephone:  905-845-7959     Email :  chrisa@user.rose.com

                                                   14th. January, 2000

                      PAYROLL CANADA INSTALLATION
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This is a DOS batch file (yes, it also works for Windows) that will
install Payroll Canada in the author's default directories (or folders in
Windows terminology).  This ensures that, should you register, our 
upgrade program finds the previous version so it can correctly apply the 
upgrade, and it is sometimes helpful in telephone support to know where 
the program directories are.   These directories will be created from 
the root directory of the current drive, their names are \PAYPGMS (to
hold the executable files and more recent documentation), and \PAYSLIDE 
(to hold the old slide show from 1990).  The slide show is now dated but
you might still find it interesting as the basics are still much the
same.  If you wish to recover the 838 Kb of disk space it occupies,  you
can delete the slide show when you are done with it.

Files will be moved into the above directories, then Payroll Canada
(PAYMENU.EXE) will be started.  It will create a company configuration
file and two additional directories for your employee data, these will
also come from the root and are called \PAYIN and \PAYOUT  There is an
old test employee file you can play with to see how the program works.
Payroll Canada will offer to copy this onto the data directories when it
creates the configuration file.  When you are done with the test file
delete the contents of \PAYIN and \PAYOUT and set up a new file with
your own employees in it (this service will also be offered by the
program each time you add an employee to the test file)

This version of Payroll Canada has federal, provincial, and territorial
taxes for January 2000, please be aware that these may change again
on 1st. July 2000. Does not calculate Quebec tax. Payroll Canada runs under
DOS or under Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT.  It
should run on any computer from an old 8086 up to a modern day 600 MHz
Pentium III, and probably beyond.  All it needs is 640K of memory, a
hard drive with about 2.5 megabytes free, and a laser or dot matrix
printer (it should also work with an ink jet printer but we have not
tested it).  Mouse support is enabled (if a mouse is detected), and
under Windows it can be run in a window or full screen, whichever you
prefer, and the mouse will also work.

Payroll Canada is a fully functional, complete payroll system for one
company or multi-company use.  Maintains employee database, prints
cheques (with bank reconciliation) or payslips, summary journal, payroll
register, figures for PD7 tax reports, (registered version also does
annual T4 Forms), and various reports on employees such
as birthday list, mailing labels, rotary cards, pay history, etc.
Payroll register report can be exported as a .DIF or .DBF (dBASE IV)
file for optional additional manipulation in a spreadsheet  or DBMS.

Payroll Canada is a shareware program which means you can try before you
buy, but it does not mean it is free software.  If you like the program
and continue to use it after a reasonable trial period (maximum trial 60
days please) then you must pay for it (register).  Registration is
Cdn.$100.00 per year and includes federal and provincial tax changes
January and July (if changed in July), maintenance of T4 forms (as
Revenue Canada do change the layout of the forms from time
to time), telephone support, and program enhancements.  Does not
calculate Quebec taxes and available in English only.  Send your
registration cheque for Cdn$100.00 plus GST/HST and, if in Ontario, PST, to

Anthistle Systems & Programming Ltd.
563 Patricia Drive,
Oakville,
Ontario, CANADA L6K 1M4

Total due, including taxes, in Ontario and Maritime HST provinces
is $115.00, in other provinces $107.00. Mail in either direction takes
about a week, plus processing time, so allow 3 weeks after mailing your
cheque for delivery.

Now we do the install ....
