The purpose of the register program is to keep track of pupils attendance and replace the normal registers used by form tutors. Up to 200 children can be registered at one computer.
(CLICK ON !REG Application directory to run the program)
Second the register program is designed to be used in term time and will not
work with all functions in the holidays. It uses the computer’s clock to
determine this so if you alter the clock you can experiment with the preset
files for different times of the year. In order to do this in BASIC (press
F12 from the desktop and type *BAS. <RETURN>) type
TIME$=“Thu,01 Sep 1988.10:34:27” <RETURN>.
*TIME or print TIME$ will allow you to check the syntax. The example files
were set up for 1988-89 but if you set up your own files in 1991 the
computer will assume that this is for 91/92 inserting relevant week-ends etc
appropriately.
To install on a hard disc drag the whole !REG directory onto a viewer window of the directory you want to operate from. SCSI drives require a slight modification to the !Run file.
There are fairly detailed instructions available by pressing the right-hand
mouse button on high-lighted menu items.
The files in this directory are
!Boot !Run !RunImage set up paths and run the program
!Sprites icons for !REG
attf file of attendance data. RESET will produce a blank attf from one containing data, ready to start a new year.
Hardcopy Acorn screen dump for printing TGdata
Help All the on-line help files
names Basic strings with tutor names and pointers to appropriate data in attf.
Readme This file!
REGSTRUC Record structure details
RESET See Above
SPCTC CTC sprite (can be replaced by any school logo, but names should remain the same or program will be confused!
