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About AutoRoute Plus CD-ROM

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About AutoRoute Plus CD-ROM
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This version of AutoRoute Plus for Windows features stunning new atlas-style maps, shown in full colour and with an even greater level of detail.

The CD-ROM contains a working demonstration showing the many features of AutoRoute Plus.

This CD-ROM also contains a complete copy of AutoRoute Plus for Windows.

This software is locked, but once you have tried out the working demonstration and decided to buy the full copy, you can simply 'phone NextBase to obtain an unlocking code. You will then become a fully registered user of AutoRoute Plus for Windows and can take advantage of technical support and special offers available only to NextBase customers. See purchasing.

To find out more about the programs on this CD-ROM, simply select it and press the About button next to it.


Purchasing

Once you have selected a purchasable product (i.e. not the working demonstration) in the NextBase CD-ROM dialog box, you can click on the Purchase button.  In the dialog box which is displayed you are given a code number; you need to call NextBase Ltd. and read out this code number in order to receive the corresponding unlocking code.

When you call you will be asked for your name, address and credit card details. You must be in a position where you can operate both your computer and the phone. You will be asked to read out the code number displayed on your screen, and you will be given a code number to enter in response.  Enter this number exactly as it is given to you, without any spaces or hyphens.

Once you have purchased the product, you are free to use it straight away. Two extra options will appear in the upper half of the NextBase CD-ROM dialog box which will allow you to install the full product. See full installation and partial installation.

NextBase will also despatch to you a complete product package containing a new CD-ROM and full documentation including manual.

If you quit after purchasing but before installing, the installation program will remember which products you have purchased, so that you can come back later and install them.  Since it is not possible to write to a CD-ROM, this information is stored on your hard disk in your Windows subdirectory (usually C:\WINDOWS).  The file containing this information is called NEXTBASE.REG, and you should make a backup copy of it to guard against loss of information.


AutoRoute Plus CD-ROM partial installation

Select this option to perform a minimum installation of AutoRoute Plus.  This installs the minimum number of program files necessary to run the program to your hard disk while keeping the large overlays, databases and maps on the CD-ROM.

Advantages:	Requires much less disk space than a complete installation

Disadvantages:	Runs slightly slower than a complete installation, requires CD-ROM to be present in CD-ROM drive whenever you run the program.

See also: Full installation, NextBase Ltd..


AutoRoute Plus CD-ROM full installation

Select this option to install the entire AutoRoute Plus program onto your hard disk.

Advantages:	Runs slightly faster than a partial installation, only requires CD-ROM to be present in CD-ROM drive whenever you use the new atlas-style maps.

Disadvantages:	Requires more disk space than a partial installation.

See also: Partial installation, NextBase Ltd..


AutoRoute Plus
AutoRoute Plus lets you manage people and vehicles on the move. Using clear, detailed maps you can plan schedules of visits throughout the UK and Ireland. Calculate costs and drivers hours, visit up to 100 places on each journey and optimise the order of these visits to reduce driving time or distance.

With the Windows version its so easy. Just select the places to visit and a vehicle. Organise journeys for different people and days. Reschedule visits when a new order comes in. Accurately find travel costs and check travel on different road types. Simply find the best routes with detailed maps and directions to guide you and your staff.

Use the built-in Database Editor to link your own databases (and import spreadsheets) with the map. Choose or define your own symbols to represent your database sites on the map. Use your database sites for customised route planning for your business.

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This version features stunning new atlas-style maps, shown in full colour and with an even greater level of detail. Use them alongside the road maps to fill in so much more information. Then cut-and-paste maps to other applications, or print them out. Now youll have the clarity of paper maps combined on-screen with the intelligence of AutoRoute Plus. For the first time, youll have the best of both worlds.

AutoRoute Plus for Windows is available now from dealers everywhere. For more details and factsheets on this or other NextBase products, please contact NextBase for a factsheet.

This CD-ROM contains two versions of AutoRoute Plus for Windows. The first is a fully-featured working program with a sample area taken from the full UK product. The second is the full UK product, but this is locked. You can unlock this product by purchasing an unlock code direct from NextBase.

By taking advantage of a special offer exclusive to readers of PC Plus magazine, you can unlock the full product at the specially discounted price of just £395 + V.A.T. See purchasing.

Please note that this special offer expires on 30th September 1994.

See also: NextBase Ltd., Detailed Features.


Features

Journey Planning

Software Interface

User Interface

Mapping Features

Database Features

Available Versions

Requirements

Prices


Features - Journey Planning
Journey Planning Features

Route Planning : Calculate quickest, shortest, preferred and alternative routes with up to 100 visits on each journey. Choose locations from cities, towns, villages, postcodes, your own database sites, longitude/latitude or OS grid references.

Optimisation of Visits : Sort all the visits on a journey into the best order for shortest driving time or distance.

Costing/Charging : Calculate costs for each journey with options for minimum, fixed, driving and waiting time and distance in three bands.

Drivers Hours : Choose the days stare and end times and put limits on continuous or daily driving periods and breaks.

Vehicle Types : Define any number of vehicle types by speed, drivers hours, preferences and cost.

Visit Details : Specify arrival and wait times plus customer availability and position on the journey.

Avoid Roads : Specify road streches to be missed out or marked as delays.

Journey Saving : Save and recall schedules for later editing

Printing : Print detailed maps and schedules for people to use on the road.

Route Statistics : Compare routes for usage of different road types by cost, time or distance.

Places of Interest : Automatically include database locations near your route in your table of directions.

Customised Routes : Include your own database locations in journey planning.

Software Interface


Features - Software Interface
Sotfware Interface Features

Save Workspace : Save all windows with their map area, database, overlays and option settings for later recall.

Drag and Drop : Attach documents and applications to map locations with OLE style links.

Linking : to DBF files for databases and BMP files for symbols.

Data Export : Export schedules to word processors, spreadsheets and databases via the clipboard.

DDE links : Control AutoRoute Plus from other applications (Requires the Developer's Edition).

User Interface


Features - User Interface
User Interface Features

Customisation : User definable right button accelerator menu for instant access to common commands and applications

Help : Context sensitive and point-and-shoot on-line help.

Mapping Features


Mapping Features

Map Control : Name any location or road, go to any named place, track coordinates, zoom and pan across the map.

Nearest Search : Find the nearest places in any database from any location.

Data Access : Call up and edit information on places from the map.

Adding Places : Add your own locations and information to the map for routing.

Map Export : Copy to clipboard.

Overview Windows : See and move individual windows across the whole map.

Multiple Windows : View different areas in different windows or the same area with different information.

Bitmap (raster) images : Integrate atlas style maps for high quality images (requires CD-ROM edition).

Database Features


Database Features

Database Creation and Linking : Use up to 250 of your own databases of up to 60,000 records (up to 60 fields each) linked to the map.

Geocoding : Automatically place database locations on the map using postcode or town information.

Data views : Specify which database information is called up from the map.

Symbols : Link to symbols and create legends to show locations on the map.

Available Versions


Available Versions

Network Versions

Available to support multiples of 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 simultaneous users (includes network supervisor program)

CD-ROM Edition

Includes MapVision for Great Britain, 1:250, 000 scale pictorial (raster or bitmap) map of GB which integrates with road centreline (vector) map. Also allows printing or clipping of full colour, high resolution, road atlas maps.

Available Maps

(AutoRoute Plus is supplied with any one of the following maps)

UK + Ireland: 40,00 towns and villages, 8, 900 postcode sectors, map scale 1:625,000

France: 40,000 towns and villages, 6,000 postcodes, map scale 1:500,000.

Europe: 70,000 towns and villages, map scale 1:2,000,000.

Add-on Maps

(These maps are only available as add-ons direct from NextBase. AutoRoute Plus for UK, France or Europe is required to run these maps)

Germany: 50,000 towns and villages, 45, 000 postcodes, map scale 1:500,000.

Benelux: 10, 000 towns and villages, 6, 600 postcodes, map scale 1:250,000.

Italy: 13,000 towns and villages, map scale 1:500, 000.

USA: 110, 000 towns and villages, map scale 1:3,000,000

Requirements


Requirements

PC: IBM or compatible.

Memory: At least 2MB.

Operating Systems: Windows 3.1 or higher running in Standard or Enhanced more (but not Real Mode)

Disk Drive: 3.5, 1.44MB or CD-ROM drive for installation.

Hard Disk: at least 5MB free for complete installation.

Monitor: EGA, VGA, or SVGA.

Mouse (optional): Microsoft Windows compatible.

CD-ROM drive (CD-ROM Edition only): any DOS compatible network (supporting Microsoft Redirector Standard or NETBIOS, such as Novell or 3 COM).

Recommended Configuration

PC: with an 80386SX or higher microprocessor.

Memory: 4MB or more.

Monitor: SVGA

Mouse: Windows Compatible

Prices


Prices

Single User

Floppy Disk Edition: £495 + VAT (£495/per user)

CD-ROM Edition: £595 + VAT (£595/per user)

Network Users (Either Floppy Disk or CD-ROM Edition)

Network Pack (5 Users) £1, 250 + VAT (£250/per user)

Network Pack (10 users) £2, 400 + VAT (£240/per user)

Network Pack (20 users) £4, 500 + VAT (£225/per user)

Network Pack (50 users) £10, 500 + VAT (£210/per user)

NB: Network Packs do not require a single user version.

Contacting NextBase Limited


NextBase Ltd.
You can contact NextBase Ltd. by phone on 0784 421422.  The fax number is 0784 420072, and the technical support line is 0784 420320.

Our address is:

NextBase Ltd.

Headline House

Chaucer Road

Ashford

Middlesex

TW15 2QT

You can also reach us by email:

On Compuserve, send questions to mhs:support@nextbase.

On Internet, our address is support@nextbase.mhs.compuserve.com.


AutoRoute Plus working demonstration

Select this option to install a working demonstration of AutoRoute Plus.

When you click on the Install button, the demonstration program will be installed onto your hard disk. A program manager group and icon will be created for you and all you then need to do is double-click on the new icon to run the demonstration.

The working demonstration contains all the features of AutoRoute Plus for Windows, including the Database Editor, but only a small sample area of the UK map is included. With the CD-ROM in the drive, you can also try out the new full-colour atlas-style maps, available only on CD-ROM. Simply highlight the Bitmap option from the Map menu within the demonstration program.

Full on-line help is included with the working demonstration.


NextBase CD-ROM dialog box

This dialog box is divided into two halves.

In the top half is a list of the products you have purchased and unlocked; they are ready to be installed.  Note that with AutoRoute Plus CD-ROM you have the choice of full installation or partial installation.  You can also install the working demonstration from this dialog box.  To install a product, highlight it and then click on the Install button.

In the bottom half is a list of the products which you have yet to purchase and/or unlock.  If you have purchased a product, the word 'paid' will appear next to it and, when you highlight the product, an Unlock button will be available.  If you have not yet paid for the product, the price will appear next to it and, when you highlight the product, a Purchase button will be available.


AutoRoute Plus CD-ROM dialog box

This dialog box appears when you have clicked on the Purchase or Unlock button in the NextBase CD-ROM dialog box.

In this box, you are instructed to telephone NextBase Ltd, and to quote the number shown on box.  This number identifies your particular CD-ROM, and also becomes associated with you as a user.  When you have quoted the number (and, if you are purchasing the product, given your payment details), you will be given an unlocking code.  Type this in and click on the OK button.  It will be confirmed if you have entered the correct unlocking code.

You are then returned to the NextBase CD-ROM dialog box.  The product you have just purchased or unlocked will now be shown in the top half of the box, and you can proceed to install it.