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Software Designer Pro 1.0
Guide
Here is the main interface of 'Software Designer
Pro 1.0'.
Step 1.
Enters the name of your software and the details
that you want to
appear in the 'About Box' in your software.
You can include a dynamic link to your own website.
This is great for
creating a viral element within your software.
Step 2.
You then need to enter what we call a 'recipe'.
This is the basis of the
software that is being created - and one of the
reasons why we can
make 'Software Designer Pro 1.0' so simple to
use.
At the end of this guide, there is a section entitled
`Recipes', which fully
explains everything there is to know about 'recipes'
- from what you
are, to how to create them.
Simply copy and paste your recipe into 'Software
Designer Pro
1.0'
and click next.
Step 3.
Within the 'recipes' are a number of tags. These
are pieces of text in
the format [#Tag#] that can be replaced with new
text automatically.
During this step, 'Software Designer Pro 1.0'
detects and displays
al
the tags within the given 'recipe'.
Step 4.
You then need to enter a question regarding each
tag in the 'recipe'.
This needs to tel the person using your software
exactly what
information they have to write in the box.
Whatever they write in the box wil replace the
respective tag when
your software generates the final output.
You can also add a short help/description. This
will appear below the
text box that your software user has to enter
information into.
For each tag, you can choose whether the question/tag
is optional or
whether the software user can chooses to skip
it.
You can also choose whether they enter their answer
into a single line
box, or whether they need a multi-line answer.
You need to enter a question for every tag within
your recipe before
proceeding to the next step.
Step 5.
You then need to choose what output options your
new software will
have. This really depends on what sort of software
you are creating.
You can choose for the user to be able to save
the software output as:
· Save as an html file useful if you are creating
web pages.
· Save as a text file useful particularly if
you are creating scripts
or codes.
· Print result useful for things like creating
letters.
· Save to Windows Clipboard useful for pretty
much anything.
Step 6.
In this step, you can decide what size window
your software is
displayed in.
You can also decide to show a dynamic webpage
every time your
software is started or ended. This is a very powerful
feature of 'Instant
Software Machine 1.0' as this allows software
to contain viral or
backend possibilities.
Keep an eye out for 'Software Designer Pro 2.0'
it will have an
incredible extra feature here!
You can now preview what your software will look
like, so you can
make any changes if you need to.
Step 7.
You can choose what you want to save your software
as, and also
select the destination to save it to.
Step 8.
A new piece of software has just been created!
The project settings can now be saved for future
use.
Step 9
Start Selling Your Software
Recipes
Remember the "fill in the blank" exercises that
your teacher used to give you way back in
school? You could take a small paragraph and by
filling in the blanks with different words,
create different sentences.
Well, SOFTWARE DESIGNER PRO works in just the
same manner. It lets you create
the same kind of "Fill in the Blanks" paragraph
(lets call it a `recipe' for the time being)
and have it filled out automatically with the
right words.
Let's take an example
Tom was late for ______ because he met ______
on the way. As a result, he got
scolded by the ______ of the ______ because he
had already been late quite
often in the past ______.
Now we can take this same recipe (our special
word for this fill-in-the-blank) and fill it out
like this
Tom was late for school because he met his friend
Dave on the way. As a result,
he got scolded by the principal of the school
because he had already been late
quite often in the past week.
You could also use different words and make the
same recipe look very different...
Tom was late for work at the factory because he
met an old friend on the way. As
a result, he got scolded by the manager of the
factory because he had already
been late quite often in the past month.
So you see, as long as you have a `recipe', and
some words for turning it into a complete
sentence or a paragraph, it's quite simple really.
You define the outline in a recipe and
then using a different set of words, you can create
entirely new things with it.
Let's use the same concept of `recipes' in something
that you could really use in
everyday life.
Here's a recipe:
Dear [#contactname#],
I had recently visited your site at [#siteurl#].
I was impressed with it, and wanted to suggest
something.
I have a new product called `[#product#]', which
I will be selling at [#producturl#].
This is what the product does:
[#productdescription#]
I was wondering if you wanted to do a joint venture
and promote `[#product#]' for
a share in the profits?
If you are interested please send me an email
at [#myemail#].
All the best,
[#myname#]
[#myemail#]
Did you notice anything different about this `recipe'?
That's correct. Instead of using
blanks, we have used special "tags" to denote
places that need some words or phrases
to be filled in.
So instead of indicating the name of the recipient
with a blank ("________"), we indicate it
with the special tag [#contactname#]. This is
a simple way of ensuring that the correct
words find their way into the correct blank space.
These tags let you define where words have to
be inserted and at the same time, let you
re-use the information.
Did you see that we have used the [#product#]
tag in several places? This means that
whatever has to be placed in this blank in the
first place is simply to be copied to the
other locations making your task that much easier
and convenient.
The computer does not need to know the name of
the recipient. It will just ask you for the
words that go into this blank and will reuse them
everywhere we place this tag.
So in the letter example above, the tags we have
used are
-
[#contactname#]
-
[#siteurl#]
-
[#product#]
-
[#producturl#]
[#productdescription#]
-
[#myemail#]
-
[#myname#]
Using these tags, you will make it easy to write
a letter to contact potential affiliates.
It's not that hard to get people to fill out these
forms to get the right answers that will
result in a clear and useful letter.
You just need to frame questions that will get
the right responses.
For example
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What is the name of the person who you will be
contacting?
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What is the URL of their site?
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What is the name of your product?
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What exactly does your product do?
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What is your email address?
-
What is your name?
The moment you ask these questions, you have sufficient
data to fill out the recipe and
to complete the letter.
Now you only have to tell the computer what to
do with the completed letter save it,
print it, email it etc. Your software program
is complete
That's all there is to it! |
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