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- This readme file has the following sectiions:
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- Compatibility with Previous Versions
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- About Xtimelog 2.0
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- Xtimelog Installation
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- Documentation
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- Compatibility with Previous Versions
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- Version 2.0 can read database files from previous versions of Xtimelog.
- program. However, the underlying representation of dates and times was
- changed by Microsoft between the version of the C runtime library used to
- create Xtimelog 2.0 and earlier the versions of Xtimelog.
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- When Xtimelog 2.0 detects that it has been asked to access an earlier
- version of the Xtimelog database, it updates the date and time format
- and rewrites the database. If you should read that database again with
- the earlier version of Xtimelog, you will find that all work session
- punch in and punch out times have been decremented by about 70 years.
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- So it might be well to make copies of your Xtimelog databases before they
- are accessed by Version 2.0, if you think you may want to access them again
- with an earlier version of Xtimelog.
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- About Xtimelog 1.03
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- Xtimelog Version 2.0 is a Windows 3.X application. You will need to be
- running Windows 3.0 or 3.1 to use Xtimelog.
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- Xtimelog provides a way to create and maintain a database of your time
- usage on a number of projects. A Xtimelog database consists of a set
- of projects that you create and name. Each project will collect a set of
- work sessions as you use Xtimelog. A work session is created in a
- project when you "Punch In" on that project. The session is completed
- when you punch out. The database is kept on disk so no data is lost
- if you turn off the computer, exit Xtimelog or even exit Windows. The
- worst that can happen is that you remain "Punched In" until you run
- Xtimelog again and "Punch Out".
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- Xtimelog provides several report formats that can either be sent to
- the printer, to a formated .txt, tab separated .txt files or directly to
- the Windows Clipboard for pasting into another document. You can conrol the
- time period used to prepare these reports.
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- Xtimelog can also be a Windows Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) server.
- This allows you to write spreadsheets that can extract the total
- hours worked on each project into a cell on the spreadsheet. (at this
- time Exatech has only verified that DDE works for Microsoft Excel. We
- would be interested to know if it works for other Windows
- spreadsheet programs).
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- Xtimelog also allows you to edit your project histories in cases such
- as where you forget to "Punch Out".
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- Several other features are provided and covered in the user's manual.
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- Xtimelog Installation
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- The complete Xtimelog system consists this readme file, XTIMELOG.EXE
- XTIMELOG.HLP and manual.wri. In addition, you will find COMMDLG.DLL
- and DDEML.DLL on this diskette. These last two files are Microsoft
- dynamic link libraries that are distributed with MS Windows 3.1. If
- you are running MS Windows 3.1, you should delete the two DLL's provided
- here and save the disk space. But if you are still running Windows 3.0 you
- must keep them in order to run Xtimelog.
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- Installation consists of copying these files to a directory
- on your hard disk. Then you have several options to run Xtimelog.
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- 1. You can run Xtimelog from the Windows File Manager by selecting
- XTIMELOG.EXE and using the File Manager's "File" menu "Run" menu.
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- 2. Or you can double click XTIMELOG.EXE directly in the File Manager
- Window.
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- 3. A better way to run Xtimelog is to install it in your Startup
- Program Group. You can do this by dragging XTIMELOG.EXE from the
- File Manager and dropping it into your Startup Group in the
- Program Manager. Then Xtimelog will start up every time you start
- Windows.
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- 4. Finally you can install Xtimelog the hard way by choosing the StartUp
- Program Group Icon in the Program Manager window. Then
- choose the "New..." item in the Program Manager's File menu. Then
- a dialog box will appear with two selection buttons. Make sure
- the one that is labeled "Program Item" is selected. Then press
- the OK button.
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- Another dialog box will then appear prompting you for the Program
- Item Properties. Assuming you placed XTIMELOG.EXE and the other
- files in the directory, C:\Xtimelog the values you enter for
- these properties should be:
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- Property Name Property value you enter
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- Description Xtimelog
- Command Line c:\XTIMELOG\XTIMELOG.exe
- Working Directory c:\XTIMELOG
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- When you have entered these property values, press OK. The
- Xtimelog Icon will then appear in the Startup Program Group. You
- can then run Xtimelog by double clicking this icon.
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- Because Xtimelog is in your Startup Group, Xtimelog will now be started
- automatically whenever you start Windows.
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- Documentation
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- The file manual.wri contains the same information that is also provided
- through Xtimelog's Windows help screens. However, it is organized as a
- printable manual. To obtain a printed manual, use the "Write" application
- that is supplied with windows. "Write" is found in the "Accessories" program
- group if you have a standard Windows installation. Its Icon is a picture of
- the business end of a fountain pen. Double click this Icon. When the "Write"
- application appears on the screen, pull down the "File" menu and click the
- "Open..." menu item. A file dialog box will appear. Use it to tell "Write"
- where manual.wri is located. When "Write" has read manual.wri, once again
- pull down the "File" menu. This time click on the "Print..." menu item.
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