At first, copy the complete MAPS-folder to any partition you like.
If you don't want to use the default installation German, you can
install mapS in English language:
There are two folders, named "GERMAN" and
"ENGLISH". Choose the folder of the language you want to
choose and copy the whole content one step out of this folder, that
means in the directory, where maps.prg is located.
If you want to use ST-Guide as Help-System, copy mapS.hyp and
mapS.ref into your Hypertext folder or the root where mapS.prg is
located.
Run mapS.prg.
mapS is easy to handle and has just got a
main-dialog-window, a menue bar does not exist.
If you have installed Bubble-Help, you can get an information to
any dialog elemnt by clicking the right mouse key.
| Dialog-field/Button | explanation |
| Addresses | Select the address-file to use. |
| Mailtext | Select the mail-text you want to send. |
| Subject | Enter subject of the mix-mail here. |
| MyMail | For proper operation, you have to select the path where MyMail is located. |
| Info | Info-dialog and registration |
| Help | Opens this HYP-page. |
| Quit | Saves settings and leaves the program. |
| Print Mails to MyMail | Appends the mix-mails to qmail.txt. |
When you have started the output of the mails, in the first run
mapS checks, if every data-set of the address-file has the
right number of elements. If the program recognises an error it will
be alerted and no output will be made. With $OFF and $ON encapsulated parts
are simply ignored.
mapS offers two possibilities: