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Network Problem Tracker v1.2
Copyright (c) 1990
Dedicated Computer Systems
01/02/91 release
By: Robert J. May
LICENSE
Network Problem Tracker is not Free Software. It is provided under
the Shareware Concept. This LICENSE entitles users to try Network
Problem Tracker for a period not to exceed 30 days. At the end of
30 days the user is required to either quit using this software or
register* this software by sending $45.00 to:
Robert J. May
P.O. Box 1178
Peoria, Az. 85380
* Site licenses are available (see REGISTER.TXT)
What do you get by registering Network Problem Tracker? The
software on disk (latest version), utility to convert data files
to dBase II/III, DIF, and Basic format (and back), a utility for
data file maintenance (sorting, merging, reorganizing, and backups
in a compressed format), a Laser printed manual and most important
a clear conscience.
LIMIT OF LIABILITY
Network Problem Tracker (NPT) is distributed as-is. The author
disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied. The author will
assume no liability for damages either from the direct use of this
product or as a consequence of the use of this product. All
responsibility for damages or for the possible uses of this
software rests with the user.
WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO
This document and the program files are copyrighted by the
author. The copyright owner hereby licenses you to use the
software given these restrictions:
- this software may be used by one individual (preferably
a LAN administrator) to evaluate whether or not the
software meets the needs of the LAN administrator within
a time frame that does not exceed the guide lines set
above.
- the program must be supplied in its original, unmodified
form, including this documentation.
- the program cannot be sold for profit without a license
from the author.
- the program may not be included or bundled with other
goods or services. Exceptions may be granted upon written
request only.
- the program cannot be modified in any form, this includes
but is not limited to de-compiling, disassembling, or
reverse engineering of the program. The opening title
screen, help screens, and all other proprietary program output
must never be altered, removed, bypassed or modified by any means.
- No organization is permitted to charge any amount for
distribution of copies of the software or documentation,
this excludes any charges SYSOPS charge for membership on
their BBS or to include copies of the software or
documentation with sales of their own products.
The software and documentation are:
Copyright (C) 1990-1991 by
Robert J. May
P.O. Box 1178
Peoria, Az. 85380
Trade Marks
IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
Clarion Professional is a registered trademark of Clarion Software
Corporation.
IBM PC, IBM XT, IBM AT, and Personal Systems/2 are trademarks of
International Business Machines Corporation.
dBaseII, dBaseIII, and DbaseIII+ are registered trademarks of
Ashton-Tate.
Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
MS DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
PC DOS is a trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
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Introduction
This application is designed to keep track of problems and
solutions associated with the Administration of LANs. By using NPT
the LAN administrator can keep track of what problems have occurred,
frequency of problems, what clients are having what problems, what
stage the problem is in (if not solved) and solutions for problems.
This program requires an IBM PC/XT/AT or close compatible running
MS/PC DOS 3.2 or higher with 385K free memory. In addition, a color
graphics or monochrome adapter plus monitor and a Hard Disk Drive
(a FDD with 1.2Mb or greater will also work) are needed for this
application to run properly.
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The Network Problem Tracker (NPT) is DISTRIBUTED with the following files:
File Ext KBytes Brief Description
─────── ─── ────── ────────────────────────────────────────────
CLIENTS DAT 708 Clients Data File
CLIENTS K01 1024 Clients Key File (1)
CLIENTS K02 1024 Clients Key File (2)
PROB HLP 6438 Network Problem Tracker Help File ***
PROBRPT EXE 306312 Network Problem Tracker Report Module ***
PROBTRAK EXE 365432 Network Problem Tracker Program ***
TRACK DAT 961 Network Problem Tracker Data File
TRACK K01 1024 Network Problem Tracker Key File (1)
TRACK K02 1024 Network Problem Tracker Key File (2)
TRACK K03 1024 Network Problem Tracker Key File (3)
TRACK MEM 262 Network Problem Tracker Memo File
TRCODE DAT 1139 Tracker Code File
TRCODE K01 1024 Tracker Code Key File (1)
TRCODE K02 2048 Tracker Code Key File (2)
MANUAL TXT 28450 Tracker Documentation
TRACKER WP5 38960 Tracker Documentation in WordPerfect 5.1
REGISTER TXT 2160 User Registration Information
UPDATE TXT 653 Latest Version Changes Information
README TXT 2677 The First File You Should READ, Tells you What
is What
****All *.TXT and *.WP5 files will vary in size with each REVISION****
*** Files Required by the Network Problem Tracker (NPT), the *.EXE
files will automatically create the *.DAT, *.K0*, and *.MEM.
(NOTE: TRCODE.* files already have data in them)
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Getting Started
If this program is provided in compressed (zipped) format then make a
directory (suggest - TRACKER) and unzip the program to that directory.
Otherwise copy all the files to any directory you desire.
To start Network Problem Tracker (NPT):
(1) Change directories to the one containing NPT
(2) Type Probtrak
(3) <ENTER>
Using this Application on a Network
This application is Network Compatible and may be used on a Network,
however there is no file locking built into this application and thus the
following is suggested for installation:
- Create a data directory for each LAN Administrator (user).
- Set the PATH for the Network Problem Tracker in each user's
path statement.
- Delete all *.DAT, *.K0*, and *.MEM files in the directory that
NPT is in.
- Change the current drive and directory to the user's drive and
directory and start PROBTRAK.EXE (please note that all the data,
key and memo files will be created in the user's data directory).
**TRCODE.DAT (and associated key files) already have data in them
associated with probable trouble codes and descriptions you
may use or delete this data at your discretion.
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OPENING SCREEN
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ UNREGISTERED Version ║
╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Welcome ╓────────────────────────╖ ║
║ Welcome │║ Network ║│ ║
║ Welcome ║│║ Problem ║│║ ║
║ Welcome ║│║ Tracker v1.2 ║│║ ║
║ Welcome │╠════════════════════════╣│ ║
║ Welcome ╙────────────────────────╜ ║
╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ (c) Copyright 1990, 1991 Dedicated Computer Systems ║
║ All Rights Reserved P.O. Box 1178 ║
║ Peoria, Az. 85380-1178 ║
╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Press Enter to Continue, Esc to Quit ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
This is the opening screen for the "UNREGISTERED" version of NPT, the
blinking UNREGISTERED Version is changed to REGISTERED for registered users.
Main Menu
╔════════════════════════╗
║ Assignment Tracker ║
╟────────────────────────╢
║ ║
║ Manage Assignments ║
║ ║
║ Manage Client List ║
║ ║
║ Manage Codes ║
║ ║
║ Reports ║
║ ║
║ View Copyright ║
║ ║
║ Quit to DOS ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════╝
Manage Assignments:
Brings up menu to allow managing All assignments or only those that are still
Open (not solved).
╔═══════════════════════╗
║ Assignment Tracker ║
╟───────────────────────╢
║ ║
║ Manage Assignments ║
║ ╔═════════════════════════╗
║ Client List ║ Show Assignments ║
║ ╟─────────────────────────╢
║ Reports ║ ║
║ ║ Show Open Problems ║
║ View Copyright ║ ║
║ ║ Show All Problems ║
║ Quit to DOS ║ ║
║ ║ Return to Main Menu ║
╚════════════════════║ ║
╚═════════════════════════╝
Open Problems:
Brings up a Table of Problems that are Open (not solved) and sorted by
DOC number. For a Problem to be considered Open the Data Field "FIXED"
must be entered as "NO" on the update form. To go to specific DOC number
just type the number and the selection will reposition itself to that DOC
number.
All Problems:
Brings up a table of all problems sorted by start date. To go to a specific
start date number just type the start date and the selection will reposition
itself to that start date.
Note: If the records in the data file do not meet the filter
requirements (as may be the case for Open Problems) or the data
file is empty then the form for adding a record will
automatically appear.
Choosing Records:
To add a new record Press the "Insert" key.
To sellect a record for modification use the "Arrow" keys.
to delete a record press the "Delete" key.
A special copy function can be invoked by pressing ^C (Ctrl-C). This will
copy the record that the highlight bar is on and immediately go to record
change form This can come in handy if you know that a problem has occured
before.
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Show Assignments By DOC# ║
║ ║
║ Locate: ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ DOC Date Priority LAN TR Code Fixed ║
║ 1 12/31/90 1 1 400 YES ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║══════════════════════╗
║ ║ Show Assignments ║
║ ║──────────────────────╢
║ ║ ║
║ ║Show Open Problems ║
║ ║ ║
║ ║Show All Problems ║
║ ║ ║
║ ║Return to Main Menu ║
║ ║ ║
║ ║══════════════════════╝
║ ║
║ Ins to Add Enter to Change ║
║ Del to Delete F2 to Exit ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
The form for entering, editing or changing data records is shown below.
Required fields are: Date and Priority.
Priorities should be assigned with following in mind:
1)Is there a work around for the client.
2)How long can the client can wait for the problems to be resolved.
3)Does the problem severily impact the clients ability to do work.
Lookup Tables can be accessed by pressing F3 for the following fields:
Customer, TR Code, and Problem. This allows for some standardization when
assigning codes for different types of problems and when looking up a
clients name.
An important field to remember is the "FIXED" field. This field tells
the program whether or not the problem was resolved (fixed) or reassigned
to another department (if reassigned to another department then you should
use "YES" for the fixed field). The table for "Show Open Problems" will
only show those problems (records) with the fixed field showing "No".
The Minutes field is for the amount of time required to resolve the
individual problem.
Special Notes:
1)The message "Record will be Added" on the form has 2 other variations.
-Record will be Changed
-Record will be Deleted
2)F1 will bring up a HELP screen for each field.
3)If you have entered or changed data and try to exit the form (F2)
without saving a screen will pop up to remind you that you will lose
your changes.
4)When data is deleted it is gone for good, so make sure that you really
want to delete the record before proceeding.
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Show Assignments By Date ║
║ ║
║ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
╟─────║ Record will be Added ║
║ Date╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ ║ Date : 00/00/00 Priority: 0 LAN: 0 DOC No.: 0 ║
║ ║ Customer: ║
║ ║ TR Code : 0 ║
║ ║ Problem : ║══╗
║ ║ ║ ║
║ ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢──╢
║ ║ Reassigned To: OR │Fixed : YES NO ║ ║
║ ║ │Date : / / ║ ║
║ ║ │Minutes: 0 ║ ║
║ ║ ┌────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║
║ ║ Problems │ ║ ║
║ ║ Solution │ ║ ║
║ ║ │ ║ ║
║ ║ │ ║══╝
║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
║ Ins to Add Enter to Change ║
║ Del to Delete F2 to Exit ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Client List:
Brings up a table of all clients in the database. To go to a specific Client
just type the last name and the selection will reposition itself to the
client.
Choosing Records:
To add a new record Press the "Insert" key.
To sellect a record for modification use the "Arrow" keys.
to delete a record press the "Delete" key.
A special copy function can be invoked by pressing ^C (Ctrl-C). This will
copy the record that the highlight bar is on and immediately go to record
change form This can come in handy if you know that a problem has occured
before.
╔═══════════════════════════╗
║ Client Tracker ║
╔═════════════════════║ Locate : ║
║ Assignment Tracker╟───────────────────────────╢
╟─────────────────────║ Last Name Phone ║
║ ║ May 2312 ║
║ Manage Assignments║ ║
║ ║ ║
║ Manage Client List║ ║
║ ║ ║
║ Manage Codes ║ ║
║ ║ ║
║ Reports ║ ║
║ ║ ║
║ View Copyright ║ ║
║ ║ ║
║ Quit to DOS ║ ║
║ ║ ║
╚═════════════════════╚═══════════════════════════╝
The form for entering, editing or changing data records is shown below.
There are no required fields.
╔═══════════════════════════╗
║ Client Tracker ║
╔═════════════════║ Locate : ║
║ Assignment Trac╟───────────────────────────╢
╟─────────────────║ Last Name Phone ║
║ ║ ║
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║
║ Record will be Added ║ ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║
║ Client (Last/First)│ / ║ ║
║ Location │ ║ ║
║ Station │ Phone : ║ ║
║ Supervisor │ ║ ║
║ ────────────┐ ───────────────────────────────────────────── ║ ║
║ Comment -->│ ║ ║
║ Comment -->│ ║ ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║
║ Administrator : YES NO ║ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝═╝
Trouble / Code List:
Brings up a table of all Trouble Codes in the database. To go to a specific
trouble code just type the number (note how the numbers are arranged) and
the selection will reposition itself to the Trouble Code.
Choosing Records:
To add a new record Press the "Insert" key.
To sellect a record for modification use the "Arrow" keys.
to delete a record press the "Delete" key.
A special copy function can be invoked by pressing ^C (Ctrl-C). This will
copy the record that the highlight bar is on and immediately go to record
change form This can come in handy if you know that a problem has occured
before.
╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Trouble / Code List ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Locate: ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────╢
║ 100 HARDWARE ║
║ 101 HARDWARE - PC ║
║ 102 HARDWARE - PRINTER (LOCAL) ║
║ 103 HARDWARE - PRINTER (LAN) ║
║ 104 HARDWARE - LAN CARD/DATA JACK ║
║ 105 HARDWARE - GATEWAY ║
║ 107 HARDWARE - PRINTER (HAP/LAP) ║
║ 200 SOFTWARE - LOCAL ║
║ 201 SOFTWARE - LAN ║
║ 202 SOFTWARE - LAN (WP) ║
║ 203 SOFTWARE - LAN (123) ║
║ 204 SOFTWARE - LAN (QDOS) ║
║ 205 SOFTWARE - LAN (HEADROOM) ║
║ 206 SOFTWARE - LAN (MENU) ║
║ 207 SOFTWARE - LAN (FOXBASE) ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════╝
The form for entering, editing or changing data records is shown below.
There are no required fields.
╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Trouble / Code List ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Locate: ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────╢
║ 100 HARDWARE ║
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Record will be Changed ║
╟──────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Trouble Code: 100 ║
║ Description : HARDWARE ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
║ 200 SOFTWARE - LOCAL ║
║ 201 SOFTWARE - LAN ║
║ 202 SOFTWARE - LAN (WP) ║
║ 203 SOFTWARE - LAN (123) ║
║ 204 SOFTWARE - LAN (QDOS) ║
║ 205 SOFTWARE - LAN (HEADROOM) ║
║ 206 SOFTWARE - LAN (MENU) ║
║ 207 SOFTWARE - LAN (FOXBASE) ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════╝
Reports:
Brings up the report module. Reports available are:
╔═════════════════════════╗
║ Print Reports ║
╟─────────────────────────╢
║ ║
║ Client List ║
║ ║
║ Assignments by Date ║
║ ║
║ Problems / Fixes ║
║ ║
║ Report TR Codes ║
║ ║
║ Time Totals ║
║ ║
║ Return to Main Menu ║
║ ║
╚═════════════════════════╝
1)Client List
2)Assignments by Date - From todays' date back 21 days
3)Problems / Fixes - From todays' date back 21 days
4)Report TR Codes
5)Time Totals - From todays' date back 21 days
Each report gives the user the choice of printing to:
Screen
Printer (LPT1,2,3,4)
File on Disk
View Copyright:
Probably the most seldom used Main Menu choice. It does exactly as it says.
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Tables
Tables are scrollable and are your window to adding, deleting, and editing
entries.
To Edit an entry press F10 or Enter
To Delete an entry press Del
To copy an entry press Ctrl-C, the program will copy and
immediately go to the edit screen.
To start a new entry press Ins
Please note the special keys section further in this documentation.
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Forms
Forms are used for entering the new and editing the old. There are
forms associated with all tables including Lookup tables.
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Lookup Tables
Lookup tables are there to make entry of canned entries easy and uniform
since they can be defined and agreed upon before use. Forms attached to
tables for problems have Lookup tables associated with some data
fields. Customer, Tr Code, and Problem have Lookup tables attached to
them. Lookup tables can be accessed using the F3 key.
* Please note that the only required fields are "Date and Priority".
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Special Keys
F1..............................Help Key (Throughout Program)
F2..............................Cancel, Exit Key (Throughout Program)
F3..............................Lookup Table Key (Forms)
F6..............................Expand Problem Description Memo Key (Forms)
F10.............................Save, Accept Key (Throughout Program)
Ctrl-C..........................Copy Table Record and Start Edit of
Record Key Combination (Tables)
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I have tried to make the program interface as user friendly as
possible. If you have any suggestions please drop me a line and I will
try to comply.