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- ChartTamer
- Version 2.0
- (c)Copyright 1992,1993
- Software Excellence By Design Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Welcome to ChartTamer!
- -----------------------
- ChartTamer is a powerful and very easy to use chart creation program. You
- can create presentation quality Bar, Pie, Area, Line, and a variety
- of other chart types. Special effects include the ability to add any
- bitmap as a background to your chart. This is perfect for company logos,
- photos of the subject the chart covers, or use a custom 3D bitmap and
- tile it behind your chart for a unique look. Total control of color, fill
- patterns, and more is just a mouse click away!
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- -> CRUCIAL PROGRAM INFORMATION <-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- ChartTamer REQUIRES VBRUN200.DLL the Visual Basic runtime DLL. This file
- is NOT included with the program to save you download time and to conserve
- space. It is available on our BBS at 602-375-0531 2400 baud and 602-375-9945
- 9600 baud, 24 hours a day. It is also available on most BBS around the
- country. ChartTamer WILL NOT run without this file!
-
- ****** Important Files *****
- -----------------------------
- ChartTamer uses customized versions of files that are provided with the
- Visual Basic Professional Edition 1.0 and 2.0 versions. These files are:
-
- 1. GRAPH.VBX
- 2. GSW.EXE
- 3. GSWDLL.DLL
- 4. THREED.VBX
-
- It is IMPERATIVE that you replace any of these files on your hard drive
- with the files contained in the ChartTamer Archive. These files won't
- interfere with any existing programs you may have, but they are required by
- ChartTamer in order for it to function properly.
-
- The best and safest way to insure proper program operation is to copy the
- files listed above to your windows/system directory. Then all other
- programs you have that need these files will also have access to them.
-
- Installing ChartTamer
- ---------------------
-
- The ChartTamer 2.0 Program Files
- ---------------------------------
- The ChartTamer program files are in compressed format. You must run the
- CTSETUP program to expand them before the program can be used. The
- setup program will create a Program Manager group and add the program
- files and other important files to the group.
-
- PLEASE NOTE:
- ------------
- You must run CTSETUP.EXE from the Windows Program Manager. Other shells
- like the Norton Desktop or PC Tools for Windows are not 100% compatible
- with our setup program and may cause it to fail when attempting to create
- the ChartTamer Group.
-
- Step 1
- Running The CTSETUP Program
- ----------------------------
- After extracting the CTAMR2.ZIP file to either a directory on your hard drive
- or to a floppy drive. Start Windows and make sure that the Windows
- Program Manager is running.
-
- 1. From the Program Manager File Menu choose Run...
- 2. Enter the location of the CTSETUP Program. If the files were on your
- A: drive then you would enter: A:\CTSETUP and press Enter or Click on
- the OK button.
- 3. The ChartTamer 2.0 setup dialog will be displayed.
- 4. The edit field will display a suggested directory.
- 5. Press OK to accept the default directory or enter new destination
- directory and press Enter or Click on the OK button.
- 6. The setup program will create the directory for you and display
- the file installation progress.
- 7. When it has finished expanding and copying the files it will create
- a new Program Manager Group and add the program files to the group.
-
-
- A Note About The Graphics Server Program GSW.EXE
- ------------------------------------------------
- When ChartTamer runs you will notice that there are 2 icons at the bottom
- of your screen, one for ChartTamer and one for the server. The server is
- used to speed up the creation and re-calculation of the charts you create.
- It frees your computers CPU from much of the time consuming graphic
- calculation operations. If you close the server while ChartTamer is still
- open, ChartTamer will lose its graphics capability!
-
- Program Documentation
- ----------------------
- The documentation for ChartTamer is contained in the Windows help file
- supplied with the program. ChartTamer is so easy to use that you may never
- need to refer to the help. If you do, ChartTamer uses Context Sensitive Help,
- so for any Dialog Box or Menu Item Press F1. Pressing the Help Button in a
- dialog box will give you the ChartTamer Table Of Contents.
-
- Packing List
- ------------
- The packing.lst file contains a list of the files that you should have
- received with ChartTamer. If you find there is a file missing call our BBS
- at 602-375-0531, 2400 baud or 602-375-9945 for 9600 baud access.
-
- Quick Start Guide
- -----------------
- Since most of you want to take right off with a new program here are a few
- of the important features that might not be apparent from a quick glance.
-
- Quick Data Mode
- ---------------
- This option is selected from the Options menu. With it you can change the
- value of any individual point on your chart. All you have to do is click
- once on the point that you want to change. The new value will be displayed
- immediately and will carry over to all chart types. Turn Quick Data on and
- off by clicking on it in the menu.
-
- HINT -> Don't try to use quick data on line or area graphs. It can be very
- tricky to hit the exact point you want to change. Instead change to a bar
- chart. It is very easy click on a bar and change its value. Remember if
- you use Quick Data with a pie chart you will be making changes to the First
- Data Set Only, since pie chart only use one data set.
-
- Quick Data changes the data value in memory only, so you original data is
- left undisturbed. If you want to make a quick data change permanent you
- will have to edit your data file by pressing Ctrl + D or pressing the Edit
- Data tool in the tool bar.
-
- Double Click Mode
- -----------------
- By default you can always change the default chart type by double clicking
- on the current type.
-
- Sample Data Files
- -----------------
- ChartTamer includes 3 sample data files you can open and change as needed.
- They also serve as an example of how to format any ASCII text so you can
- immediately use it as a ChartTamer Data File. For full information on how
- to import data into ChartTamer refer to the Windows Help file included with
- this program.
-
-
- Any questions or bug reports should be directed to:
-
- Software Excellence By Design Inc.
- 15414 North 7th Street
- #8 Suite 292
- Phoenix, AZ 85022 USA
- (602) 375-9928 Voice
- (602) 375-9928 Fax
-
- We hope you enjoy using this program!
-
-