Copyright: (C) Copyright   Jonathan P Hill (Quest) 1995


Risk for Windows Help

Contents

To learn how to use Help, press F1 or choose Using Help from the Help menu

Navigating

General

Menus

Icons

Database

Fields and Controls

Finding Entries

Other Topics

Printing

Tools

Help, Setup and System Requirements


General

Move Between Controls and Input Boxes

To move between input boxes etc. use the TAB key to move to the next item or Shift + Tab key to move backwards. Alternatively click on the required box etc. with the Mouse.

Sections

To move between the sections of a entry click on the  tabs or use the File Menu.

The tabs are in the following order and have fast access keys F2 .. F6

Details	F2

Risk	F3

Test	F4

Inventory	F5

Picture	F6

Drop down list boxes & Databases

To change the text in the drop down list boxes click on the down arrow with the mouse and then click on the required option.

Alternatively use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the options or hold down the Alt key and press the arrow down key to display the list.

If the required option is not in the list then it can be directly typed in the space or added to the list by using the four file icons 	  or from the Edit menu.

Scroll boxes

To change the contents in the scroll boxes click on the required section such as August and then use the arrows on the left of the box or the arrow keys on the keyboard to scroll through the options. Then click on the next segment such as 1995 and use the arrows. Alternatively type in the required information using the keyboard.

Note :- Valid dates are between 1971 and 2070

Copy, Cut and Paste

To copy data in a box select highlight the required text and hold down the Ctrl key and press C this will copy the selected text to the clip board

To cut data in a box select highlight the required text and hold down the Ctrl key and press X this will cut the selected text to the clip board

To Paste data in a box  select the required position in the box required and hold down the Ctrl key and press V this will copy the text on the clip board into the box.

Exit the application

To exit the application select File menu and Exit or press Ctrl + E

or Click on the Exit Icon


Menus

Moving Around the Menus

To select a menu item press the Alt Key and use to arrow keys to move Left, right, up and down the menus or click on the menu with the Mouse.

Fast access keys (Ctrl + Key) are included to access menu items with a Keyboard  i.e. Without selecting any of the menus hold down the Ctrl key and press A this will add a entry.

Each Menu item has a Underlined character by holding down the Alt key and pressing the relevant letter will access the menu or button etc. i.e. Alt + C will display the controls menu then press the relevant letter on the menu as required i.e. N to move to the next entry.


Icons

General Icons 	Database Icons

 Exit 	 Add  Entry

 Find  Options	 First Entry

 Find First Entry	 Next Entry

 Find Next Entry	 Previous Entry

 Print Report	 Last Entry

Delete Entry

 Validate Database	 Type Database

 Number of Entries	 Location Database

 User Name Setup	 Name Database

 Help	 Test Period Database


Fields/Controls
Data Files, Fields and Controls

Fields

Enter information in the fields in lowercase with a capital letter at the beginning.

Database Controls

All data inputted into the application will be saved.

The Controls menu can be used to create, delete and move between records

or the data control buttons can be used with the mouse.

Also the keyboard can be used with the fast access keys

To Add a Entry	Ctrl + A

To move to the First Entry	Ctrl + F

To move to the Last Entry	Ctrl + L

To move to the Next Entry	Ctrl + N

To move to the Previous Entry	Ctrl + P

To Delete a Entry	Ctrl + D

The last record cannot be Deleted so create a new record first


Finding
Finding / Searching for Entries

Click on the options Icon [image]  or select Options from the Search menu and the search options screen will be displayed

Select the field to be searched in the top drop down list box.

Select the type of match to be found in the next drop down list box

Like	Finds any match in the field

=	Finds and Field exactly matching the Find string

>	Finds any match greater than the Find String

<	Finds any match Less than the Find String

Enter the search string in the white Text Input box.

Use the and / or to specify a second find String and select the second field match and Text etc.

Select OK to close the screen

Select the menus or F8 to find the first entry or click on the icon

Select  continue Find  F9 to find the next entry or click on the icon

Repeat item above F9 until the required entry is found.

If a matching record is not found then a message will be displayed so re-enter new search strings etc.

Notes :-

The find options will match any lower and upper case letters i.e. if the find string is Car, Both Car and car will be found with both upper and lower case 'C'.

The Like find option will also match any text within text i.e. if the find string is Car, and the text entered is motorcar the like find option will still find Car.


Printing

Selecting the Report

Click on the print Icon [image] and the print screen will be displayed

Select the field to be searched in the top drop down list box.

Select the type of match to be found in the next drop down list box

Like	Finds any match in the field

=	Finds and field exactly matching the find string

>	Finds any match greater than the find String

<	Finds any match Less than the find String

Enter the search string in the white text Input box.

Use the and / or to specify a second find string and select the second field match and text etc.

Select the required report from the drop down list box

Select the order which the report is to be listed

Select if the report is to be displayed to screen or direct to the printer.

Printing the Report

Select Print button from the window

The report will be shown to the screen first if requested.

Print Report Icons

Once the report has been displayed on the screen the following icons will be displayed at the bottom of the print window.

To move between pages click on the arrow icons.

(Bottom left of the print screen)

Various layouts can be displayed by clicking on the icon with squares

Print out the report by clicking on the printer icon and a screen will be displayed which will allow you to select certain print requirements such as :-

Select the number of copies and pages required etc.

Click on the OK button to continue and print.

To close the report double click on the square box with a line in, at the top left of the print report screen or select close from the bottom of the print window.

Notes :-

The case icon is used for exporting the report to other formats.

If a database entry is changed the report must be re-produced by selecting the report from the print menu etc.

Paper - All reports are set for printing on A4 paper.


Utilities
Tools

Various utilities can be accessed through the Tools menu

The tools menu can be used for the following

Setup

This is used to enter the users company name

Fast access Keys  Ctrl + S can be used

Validate Database

This is used to test the integrity of the database and reset the Entry no. from 0000001 onwards.

Number of Entries

This will display the current number of entries in the database.


Help
Help, Setup, and System Requirements

Help can be obtained from the Help menu

Contents... F1

To View Help press F1 or select the menu

Search ...

Search for help on a Topic

How to Use Help

This will display the Windows Help file

About Risk

Display the about screen select from the help menu

Enable Icon Help

This will allow the display of the help message if the mouse is left on a Icon for a short time.

Disable Icon Help

This will stop  the display of the help message if the mouse is left on a Icon for a short time.

Setup / Installation

Should you encounter problems ensure that share is loaded this will enable file  sharing which is sometimes required in a Windows environment. This is not required for Windows 3.11 onwards.

Make sure that share is in the path or the path to the file is included i.e.

Enter the following line in the Autoexec.bat file

        C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F5100

A Space is required before the /

Ensure that the Windows Date settings are set for the 4 digit year e.g. 1998 and not a 2 digit year i.e. 98

System Requirements

 Recommended system requirements.

   Hard Disk.

   Windows 3.1 or above and MSDOS 5 or above.

   386 or above Processor and 4 Megabytes of RAM. (the more the better)