Copyright: Intercent 98 - UK
Citation: Intercent 98 - UK


This dialog shows you all settings. Click the OK-button to save all changes and close this dialog. Click on Cancel to exit this dialog without saving changes. Click the help-button and choose a setting for more detailed information.


Check this box if you want to store each session in the logfile.


Check this box to display the currency symbols at the counter-window. The currency symbol and the currency format are defined by the country-settings (configuration) of windows.


Check this box to start Intercent together with Windows. You do not have to put Intercent in the startup-folder.


Enable this option if you want to hide Intercent in the system-tray when the program starts.


Enable this option to display Intercent on the taskbar. Changing this setting takes effect when Intercent has been restarted.


Check this box to disable the crash-option.  Temporarily files, needed for this procedure, will not be created.


This is the initial-cost when a connection is made.


This is the high rate. The unit behind this rate (for example : per hour) is defined by the settings of the Advanced-tab.


This is the low rate. The unit behind this rate (for example : per hour) is defined by the settings of the Advanced-tab.


This is the minimum-onlinetime (in seconds) . If Intercent does not register the dialup-adapter but checks the usage of the COM-port you will have to select a time between 30 and 45 seconds. In this way no cost will be added if a connection could not be established.


This button can be used for Dutch phone-rates only.


Here you can select the off-peak hours and days. Click with the mousebutton on any day or hour to enable or to disable it. Off-peaks hours are light-red, off-peak days are light-blue.


Click this button to define extra rates and periods.


If you select this setting, the counter only starts running by clicking on the connection-button.


If you select this setting, the counter starts and stops by checking the COM-port. Select the COM-port to which the modem is connected. In most cases this will be COM2.


If you select this setting, the counter starts and stops by checking the status of the dialup-adapter.


Select if the counter should start when you start calling or when the connection is established. This option is only available if you are using the Check dialup-adapter-setting.


Check this box to play a soundsignal after a certain time. The soundsignal is a WAV-file. Type its name or click the browse button and search for it.  Type or select the name of a textfile (TXT) to show a popup-dialog instead of a soundsignal.


The soundsignal is a WAV-file. Type its name or click the browse button and search for it.  Type or select the name of a textfile (TXT) to show a popup-dialog instead of a soundsignal. Test the sound- or textfile with the soundbutton.


Select the online-time before the timesignal will be shown or played.


Check this box to play a soundsignal when the counter starts. The soundsignal is a WAV-file. Type its name or click the browse button and search for it.  Type or select the name of a textfile (TXT) to show a popup-dialog instead of a soundsignal.


Check this box to play a soundsignal when the counter stops. The soundsignal is a WAV-file. Type its name or click the browse button and search for it.  Type or select the name of a textfile (TXT) to show a popup-dialog instead of a soundsignal.


Click this button to test the sound- or textfile.


Click this button to browse for sound- or textfiles.


Cost per second. This is the default way of cost-calculation and used in the Netherlands and many other countries.


Units with a fixed time of. This way of costcalculation uses units. Type its length here (in seconds). Adapt the rate-settings to this way of costcalculation.


Units with a fixed rate of. This way of costcalution uses only one rate (the one you type here), but allows to enter the number of units for each period. For example : 3 units for the high rate and 6 units 4 the low rate.


Change the trackbar to a slower speed if you have any problems with Intercent or Excel when using the option Show in Excel.


This is the name of the logfile. This also is the current user.


Enable this option to create a logfile for each user.


Click on the OK-button to save all changes and close this dialog.


Click on the OK-button to adapt the settings.


Click on the CANCEL-button if you do not want to adapt the settings.


Click on the CANCEL-button to exit this dialog without saving the changes.


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This panel shows information about the connection and the current rate.


This panel shows information about the current session.


This panel shows the totals. Reset these values with the option Reset of the Counter-menu.


This dialog shows the logfile as a table. Empty this logfile (or a part of it) with the Empty-option of the Logfile-menu or with the Empty logfile-option from the popup-menu (right-click with your mouse).


You can use this information in any other application by selecting the text and copying it to the clipboard (CTRL-C).


This part shows the properties of the connection. This information is only available if you are using the Check dialup-adapter-setting.


Click the Calculate-button to calculate the day-averages. The calculations are made with the information found in the logfile.


This dialog can be used for Dutch phone-rates only.


Select which parts has to be shown in the Excel-worksheet. The location of Excel will be found automatically if Excel is installed on your PC.  Click the OK-button to show the whole logfile in the worksheet.


In this dialog you are able to select a language. After selecting, click the OK-button.  Intercent will ask you if you want to restart the program, because only then the changes will take effect.


Click this button to choice a rate manually or selected the Auto-option. The auto-option uses the settings-information.


Click this button to start or stop the counter.


Here you can define a few extra rates  (rate 3-8) .


With these options you can empty the whole logfile or the sessions of a specific month. Also you can empty the last session.


FAQ
Intercent-FAQ

The Intercent-FAQ can be found on the internet:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~finiware/i_faq.htm


New in Intercent
New in Intercent (release 2.2)

- Now the spanish version of Intercent is available.

- The printer-error, appearing when no printer was installed, is solved.

- The I/O 103- writing error does no longer popup. Some users did have this problem.

- Changing period will be detected now when the counter is running.

- With some countrysettings the date was not shown correctly in Excel. This is fixed now.

New in Intercent 2.1

Select how to start counting : manually, by checking the COM-port (for modem-users only) or by checking the status of any dialup adapter (recommended). Now Intercent is ready for ISDN-connections as well.

The index- and searchoption of the helpfiles are added.

The crash-problem is solved now (an error message did appear in the previous version after the system had crashed when intercent was asking if the last session should be added)

The rate can be set for each session by using the rate-button.

The start- and stopbutton are replaced by one button, the connection-button.

The number of rates and periods are increased. Now 8 different periods and 9 rates can be selected. Also changing the periods has become a lot easier.

Now you can empty the logfile per month and you can delete the last registered session.

The report-dialog has been improved.

The speed of sending information to excel can be adapted now. In the previous version Intercent or/and Excel crashed on some PC's, because the information was sent to fast.

Intercent will start whenever you start Windows. You don't need to put the Intercent-icon in the startup-folder anymore.


Start with Intercent
Starting with Intercent

Intercent is a FREEWARE-program, created by Finiware. Its a simple and easy to use counter-program. It shows you the cost of your surfing on the net.

In  this new release of Intercent a few options are added or changed.

First you need to check or change a few settings.

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Start with intercent
Starting with Intercent

1. Choose the Settings -option of the Counter-menu if you have not done so yet.

2. The first part of the settings-dialog allows you to change some  general settings .

3. Select the Rates-tab and check if the start-,high , and low rate are correct.

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Starting with Intercent

4. Now select the Off-peak-tab.  This part shows you the low-rate-period. The first bar show the days of the week (red colored).  The second shows the hours (colored blue) on the selected day. Select or deselect days and hours by clicking on its rectangle.

5. The third and fourth bar shows a low-rate period as well and can be used for the weekends for example.

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Start with Intercent
Starting with Intercent

6. Select the Detection-tab. Here you can change the way of detection.

7. Select the Check dialup-adapter-option.  If the counter doesn't work correctly with this setting then select the Check the modem on COM-port-option. If so, you need to select the COM-port to which the modem is connected, as well.

8. Select if the counter should start when you start calling or when the connection is established.

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Starting with Intercent

9. Choose the Alarm-tab.  Here you can set sound- or textfiles.

10. For example you want to play a warning-signal after 1.5 hour. Check the time-signal-box

11.  Search for a sound- or textfile with the browse-button on the right side of the editbox or type a filename in the editbox.

12. Test the sound- or textfile (popup-message) with the test-button.

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Starting with Intercent

You have just adapted the most important settings .

Click the OK-button to save all changes and return to the counter-window.

Now you can start counting .

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The counter-window

The counter-window exists of three parts, showing you information about the connection, the current session and the totals.

The connection-panel shows if there is any connection and which rate is used. They also are buttons. The connection- and the rate-text changes in a blue color when you are moving the mouse over it.

By clicking on the connection-button you can start- and stop the counter manually.  Click on the rate-button to select a rate manually. By default the auto-option is used, which means that the off-peak-settings are used.

The menu's


 Show logfile

Choose the Show-option of the Logfile-menu (or use the hotkey F5) to display the logfile-dialog. This window shows the logfile as a table.

Empty this logfile (or a part of it) with the Empty-option of the Logfile-menu or with the Empty logfile-option from the popup-menu (right-click with your mouse).


Empty logfile

Use the Empty-option of the Logfile-menu to empty the logfile or a part of it, like the sessions of a month or the last session.

Select an option and click the OK-button to empty the logfile.

The option Undo appears in the Logfile-menu after deleting (a part of) the logfile.  You cannot use this option after adding new sessions to the logfile or when you have restarted Intercent.


Show logfile in Excel

Choose the Show in Excel-option from the  Logfile-menu.

Select which parts has to be shown in the Excel-worksheet. The location of Excel will be found automatically if Excel is installed on your PC.

Click the OK-button to show the whole logfile in the worksheet.

If Intercent or Windows crashes while using this option then you need to change the speed the information is sent to Excel. Adapt the speed on the  advanced-tab of the settings.


Printing the logfile

Choose Print from the Logfile-menu to print the logfile. If you have installed Excel you might prefer to use the Show logfile in Excel -option instead.


Report

Select the Report-option from the Counter-menu.

The first part shows the properties of the connection. This information is only available if you are using the Check dialup-adapter-setting.

The window below shows the counter-information. You can use this information in any other application by selecting the text and copying it to the clipboard (CTRL-C).

Click the Calculate-button to calculate the day-averages. The calculations are made with the information found in the logfile.


The menu's

The Logfile-menu can be used for showing and deleting the logfile. Also you can print the file or show the logfile in Excel for more calculations.

Use the options from the View-menu to change the view of the counter-window, to change the language and to hide Intercent in the system-tray.

Various options can be found in the Counter-menu, like resetting, starting en stopping the counter.  Also a report-option and the settings are included with his menu.


General information about Intercent
Intercent 98

Version  2.2 , June  1998

Intercent is a FREEWARE-program, created by Finiware. Its a simple and easy to use counter-program. It shows you the costs of your surfing on the net.

(C) 1997-1998 , Finiware.

Please send us your response by email if you like this program or if you do not like this program at all.

You are allowed to distribute this program on the net or BBS's under the condition that Intercent is not sold or changed. Also you are not allowed to change the name of the ZIP-file. Do not distribute the file with any other name. Please use ic98_210.zip as ZIP-filename. You are not allowed to distribute Intercent 98 on CD-rom or any other medium , without written permission of Finiware.

Finiware, PO Box 84055, 3009 CB, ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands

* Excel is a product of Microsoft


Visit Finiware on the internet !

http://www.xs4all.nl/~finiware

If you have any questions, remarks, tips etcetera about FREEWARE-programs, mail us !  Concerning to freeware-programs you can email only.

finiware@xs4all.nl


Overview of the settingsdialog
Overview of the settings-dialog

Choose the Settings-option of the Counter-menu. The settings-dialog exists of six parts, a general-tab , a rates-tab, an off-peak-tab to set the rate-periods, a detection-tab, an alarm-tab for playing soundfiles or displaying popup-messages and a advanced -tab to set the way of costcalculation.


Advanced settings

Overview

With the settings on this tab you can change the way of cost-calculation.

Enable the Logfile for each user-option if you want to create a logfile for each user. You can use this option only if each user has its own profile (see the security-part of the configuration-panel of windows).

Also you change the speed information is sent to Excel.

Costs per hour

This is the default calculation and is used in the Netherlands and many other countries.

Units with a fixed rate of...

This calculation is using units. Type the length of one unit (for example: 14 seconds).  You will have to change the settings on the Rates-tab in costs per unit.

Units with a fixed rate of...

This calculation uses units of one minute each. Type the fixed rate (for example: 2,50) and change the settings on the Rates-tab to the number of units for the high and low rate. For example : 3 units high-rate (calling 3 minutes for 2,50) and 6 units low-rate (calling 6 minutes for 2,50)


Offpeak-settings
Off-peak-settings

Overview

Here you can selected the off-peak hours and days. Click with the mousebutton on any day or hour to enable or to disable it.

The first bar show the days of the week (red colored).  The second shows the hours (colored blue) on the selected day. The third and fourth bar shows a low-rate period as well and can be used for the weekends for example. By default the off-peak-hours for the Netherlands are shown, so you might need to change these periods first.

Click the More...button to define extra rates and periods. Rates and periods are set in the same way.

Any period that is not set here or on the More rates-dialog is assumed to be a high-rate-period.


General settings

Overview

Start Intercent with Windows

Hide when starting

Show on taskbar

Store sessions in the logfile

Show currency symbols

Disable crash-option


Rate settings

Overview

Initial costs

High rate

Low rate

Add rate after ... seconds

You don't need to use the default rates-button. This is for use in the Netherlands only.

Use the More...-button  on the Off-peak-tab to set extra rates (and periods).


Detection settings

Overview

Start and stop manually

Check  modem on COM-port

Check dialup-adapter

Start counter


Alarm settings

Overview

Use these settings for playing soundfiles or displaying popup-messages

Time signal

Play after

Online signal

Off-line-signal

You can change the name of the soundfile (WAV-format) for each signaltype. With the file-button you can browse for soundfiles.

Test the soundfile with the sound-button or double-click on the editbox. You also can show a popup-message by selecting a textfile.