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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. InfoMiles Overview ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
InfoMiles overview
Product information
Ordering
Support
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Product information
InfoMiles is a comprehensive solution for tracking your electronic
communications among the many on-ramps to todays hectic information
superhighway.
In one convenient location you can determine connection dates, times, online
durations, file transfers, and costs from virtually any communication software
program that maintains a usage log. Stay on top of those monthly credit card
statements and long distance phone bills!
Features:
* Works with most communication programs including the Internet Access Kit
* Configurations for several popular communication programs included
* Versatile setup for communication programs that are not included
* Flexible cost setup for monthly service costs and long distance phone charges
* Numerous report formats can be defined and viewed by the user
* Graphic charts show usage and costs at a glance
* BONUS utility creates usage logs for communication programs that do not
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for the Edit Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Edit menu choices include selecting portions of the report text, copying
selected text to the clipboard and finding text within the report.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Help for Find ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Text
Text to search for in the report window. The search begins from the first line
unless other options are checked.
Options
Case sensitive
Found text requires an exact match, including capitalization.
From selection
The search begins from the selected text in the report window.
Reverse search
Searches backwards, either from the last line of text in the report window or
from the selected text if checked.
Next
Repeat the last successful find operation.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Help for the Report Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Report menu choices include viewing reports, choosing what is included in the
reports and how the detail report is presented. Reports can also be printed or
saved to a file.
When a report is displayed, information on a particular service (or selected
services) can be viewed by double-clicking or pressing enter on a highlighted
service name.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Help for Report Criteria ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Dates and Times
Restricts reports to connections and/or file transfers within the given dates
and times.
Include/Exclude
Defines the service(s) and/or file transfer(s) you wish to limit the reports
to, seperated by commas (,). The entries should appear as in the communication
log and need only be enough characters to make them unique. Matches are not
case sensitive, so capitalization is not important. The Yes and No radio
buttons allow you to include or exclude the entries.
Reset
Set entries to default values of all information found in the log file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Help for Detail Format ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Show
Shows and totals only the checked items.
Format
Blank lines
Inserts blank line separators between dates, connections, files, and totals to
make the report more readable.
Totals only
Displays the selected totals only.
Total
Provides varying levels of subtotals.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Help for Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Options
All text
Prints the complete text in the report window.
Selected area
Only prints the selected text in the report window.
Copies
The number of copies of the report to print.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for the Setup Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Setup menu choices include setting up communication program log file formats,
communications costs and program preferences.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Help for Log File Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Log file formats are created by selecting New from the File menu.
After selecting the communication program (See Support for obtaining the latest
list of supported programs), typically only the Log File Path needs to be
specified to locate the log file on the disk drive.
For communication programs not listed, further information can be found in the
respective online help sections.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.1. Help for Log File Path ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Log file
The path and file name of the usage log maintained by the communication
program. The log file is typically located in the same directory as the
communication program. Be sure logging is turned ON in the communication
program settings.
Description
Displays in the report titles as well as the status line.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.2. Help for Log File Contents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The actual log file maintained by the communication program. If the dialog is
empty, a proper path to the log file has not been supplied.
A ruler is displayed to determine subsequent settings of the log file data and
can be displayed at any point by double-clicking with the mouse or pressing
enter on a highlighted line.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.3. Help for Log File Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Messages
Log files typically supply unique words or phrases within a line of text that
signal events such as connections, disconnections and file transfers.
Notes
The Connection message should be on the same line as the service name.
The Disconnection message should be on the same line as connect durations or
cost data if supplied by the log file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.4. Help for Log File Data Coordinates ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Data coordinates
1st and Last
Column numbers (typically) or delimiter characters (unique words or phrases)
identifying the first and last column of various data within a line of the log
file text.
Delimiters must be used when the position of the data varies within the line of
text and column numbers cannot be used.
When using delimiters, the following applies:
When used as the first column, the extracted data begins immediately after the
last of the given delimiter characters.
When used as the last column, the data ends with the character immediately
prior to the first of the given delimiter characters.
There are 2 formatting commands that can be appended to the end of a delimiter
to help locate it within the line of log file text. This is necessary with log
files sparse in unique delimiters separating the data.
If the delimiter occurs more than once within the line of text, the occurrence
number of the delimiter can be specified after the characters @#, such as @#2
for the 2nd occurrence of the delimiter characters.
If the data is located in a certain place relative to a delimiter, a number can
be specified between braces {} to add to or subtract from the position of the
given delimiter within the line of text, such as {3} to add 3 columns to the
position of the given delimiter characters.
The entry should be in the format "'delimiter' @#{}" if the special format
commands @# and {} are used together.
Begin and End
Characters to append to the beginning or the end of the extracted data. This
is necessary if the log file does not supply required information, typically
dates without the year or time durations without the hours or seconds.
Msg
Words or phrases that signal the line the particular data can be found on. As
with all messages, they should be unique and consistent delimiter characters.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.5. Tutorial ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
It is important to understand how log files are typically organized before
setting up log format files.
Usually each line of text in a log file will include a date, a time and one
piece of information such as a connection to a service, a file sent or
received, or a disconnection from the service.
A complete connection would consist of at least two lines in the log file, the
line for the connect and the line for the disconnect.
The log file will usually provide unique and consistent messages to distinguish
the information provided by the line. Words or phrases such as "connected",
"disconnected", "online", "offline", "upload", "download", "sent", and
"received" are common.
Contained within these lines will b