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- Appointment Scheduler Version 2.01 Documentation
- Copyright (C) 1993, DataTek Computer Services.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- SHAREWARE VERSION
-
- PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION IN THE REGISTER.DOC FILE. USE OF THIS
- SOFTWARE, WITHOUT REGISTERING, BEYOND THE EVALUATION PERIOD IS ILLEGAL.
-
- Installation:
-
- Appointment Scheduler comes with it's own installation program. To install
- AS to your hard drive type:
-
- A: (or B: depending on which floppy drive you are installing from)
-
- Press Enter
-
- At the A> or B> prompt type:
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- INSTALL [drive] where drive is the hard drive that you want
- to install Appointment Scheduler onto.
-
- That's it!
-
-
- See the section on error codes below for solutions to installation errors,
- if any.
-
- Overview:
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- Appointment Scheduler is a complete electronic calendar and appointment
- system to keep your schedule organized and clear. AS uses intuitive screen
- design to make data entry and editing fast, easy, efficient and productive.
-
-
- Operation:
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- When you launch AS, your cursor is in the calendar in the uppoer left corner
- of the screen. You may change dates by using the four arrow keys and the plus
- and minus keys.
-
- The keys available are:
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- Alt-L Launch the Pop-Up calculator
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- Left Arrow Move one day back in time
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- Right Arrow Move one day forward in time
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- Up Arrow Move seven days back in time
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- Down Arrow Move seven days forward in time
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- Plus Key (+) Move one month forward in time
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- Minus Key (-) Move one month back in time
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- **NOTE: AS processes the + and - minus keys by changing it's 'DATE' register
- by either +30 or -30 days. Therefore, you will move to a different month
- but the DAY and the DATE may NOT be the same.
-
- F10 - Quits AS and returns you to DOS.
-
- As you change dates, Today's Date and the Appt. Date are displayed in the
- command window. Here you will also find 'Today-At-A-Glance'. In the schedule
- window, the first 3 hours of that days schedule will appear if any exists.
-
- To select a date to edit/view, press Enter.
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- Calculator:
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- To activate the pop-up calculator, use the [Alt-L] key combination. You can
- activate the calculator from almost anywhere in the program.
-
- Today-At-A-Glance:
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- This mini-schedule shows you the available time for the day currently
- highlighted in the calendar. The |'s mark every half hour and the DAAG runs
- the same period as the schedule itself, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm in 15 minute
- increments.
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- Three characters are used to display the day's schedule graphically, they are:
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- ▌ First 15 minutes of a 1/2 hour period
- ▐ Second 15 minutes of a 1/2 hour period
- █ The entire half hour is occupied
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- Examples:
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- 7 8 9
- █▌||| meeting scheduled from 7:00 am to 7:45am
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- 7 8 9
- █|||| meeting scheduled from 7:00 am to 7:30am
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- 7 8 9
- ▌|||| meeting scheduled from 7:00 am to 7:15am
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- 7 8 9
- ▐▌||| meeting scheduled from 7:15 am to 7:45am
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- The Schedule:
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- When you select a date, the command window will change to display your
- available options. They are:
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- Alt-L Launch the Pop-Up calculator
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- F2 Print Print the schedule for the appointment date currently
- displayed
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- F4 New Date Exit the edit mode and return to the date selection function
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- F10 Quit Exit the program
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- When you are in the edit mode, the 7:00 am line in the schedule window will
- change color. Whatever line is highlighted is the line you are currently
- editting. You can change lines by using the following keys:
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- Up Arrow
- Down Arrow
- Page Up
- Page Down
- Home
- End
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- When you are done editting, press F4 to select a new date, or F10 to Quit.
- Either key will save your data immediately.
-
- We usually use a | to express a continued appointment, you can use any
- character on the keyboard instead of re-typing and entire description.
-
- Ex. To express a 1 hour breakfast meeting you might choose to enter the
- data like this.
-
- 7:00 Breakfast with George & Mary
- 7:15 |
- 7:30 |
- 8:45 |
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- This would block the 7:00 to 7:45am slots on the 'Day-At-A-Glance'.
-
-
- ERROR CODES:
-
- Error Description/Solution
-
- 25 Device Fault - Disk write error. Physical problem exists with
- the drive. Contact your service representative.
-
- 53 File Not Found - Install cannot find the Appt. Scheduler files.
- Make sure you are at the A: drive or B: drive prompt.
-
- 57 Device I/O Error - An error has occured between your computer and
- your hard drive. Contact your service representative.
-
- 58 File/Path already exists - The path \AS already exists on the
- drive you are trying to install to. Choose another drive.
-
- 61 Disk is full - The drive are are trying to install AS on is full.
- Choose another drive.
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- 71 Disk not ready - Your floppy drive latch is not closed. Close the
- latch.
-
- 72 Disk media error - The floppy disk or hard drive has a media
- error. Contact your service representative.
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- 75 Access denied - Your floppy diskette or hard drive is write
- protected. Remove the write protection feature.
-
- 76 Path not found - Install did not properly create the path of the
- destination hard drive. Run install again.
-
- 77 Invalid drive spec - the destination drive you specified does not
- exist.
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- Call DataTek Technical Support at 215-374-2097 if you are presented with any
- other error codes or need help correcting a problem or have any questions
- about Appointment Scheduler.
-
- Benefits of Registration:
-
- By registering Appointment Scheduler you will receive the following:
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- 1. The latest versions of AS and a printed manual. (Nothing fancy,
- just laser printed with neat page breaks, etc.)
-
- 3. An account on our 24-hour support BBS.
-
- 4. A certificate worth a 20% discount on one upgrade or 1 other DCS Software
- program.
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- 5. Our quarterly newsletter to advise registered users of tips, tricks, new
- programs and new versions.
-
- 6. The header screen on AS will stop asking if you want to print the
- 'Order Form' and the ending screen will just go bye-bye
-
- 7. The watermark "Printed by Unregistered Appointment Scheduler" will be
- removed from the reports.
-
- 8. The undying gratitude of our programmers who strive to bring you quality,
- useful software at a reasonable cost.
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-