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- File DESCRIBE.TXT copyright 1991, 1992 by Novagraph, Dallas, Texas
-
- Contents:
- A Description of Chartist(tm)
- System Requirements
- System Capacities
- Standard Library Shapes
- Product And Version Information
- CHARTIST(tm)
- Chartist Shareware Version
- Chartist Registered Version
- CHARTIST-2(tm) (Enhanced Version)
- Chartist-2 Enhanced Features
- Chartist-2 Enhanced Version
- CHARTIST-2 UPGRADE OPTION (For Registered Chartist Users)
- TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION OPTION
- Multple Copy and Network / Site License Pricing
- Contact Information
-
- A Description of Chartist(tm)
- =============================
-
- Chartist is a Microsoft Windows(tm) 3.x application. With Chartist you can
- create, edit, and print flow charts, organization charts, or other charts
- that use similar components. Through the use of the Windows Clipboard, you
- may also paste all or part of the charts you create into other documents,
- providing the application can read Clipboard bitmaps or metafile pictures.
-
- As with most Windows applications, you may run multiple copies of
- Chartist on your computer, with each copy simultaneously operating on a
- different document. Data may be exchanged among copies of Chartist,
- using the Clipboard.
-
- Chartist supports the text, graphics and color capabilities of your
- display and printer. Text in a Chartist document may use any number
- of the fonts available from your printer.
-
- A Chartist document is one or more pages in size. The orientation of
- pages depends upon the settings for your printer. Within a Chartist
- document there may be one or more symbols. A symbol is a a polygonal
- shape with optional text or graphics inside it. The text inside a symbol
- may be in any of the fonts available from your printer. More than one
- font may be used for the text inside a symbol.
-
- Lines may be drawn between symbols. The lines are routed automatically,
- with "influence" from the user as to symbol entry and exit points.
- Lines may be drawn with or without arrowheads, in different thicknesses,
- with solid, dotted or dashed pen styles, and with three different routing
- styles (straight, curved, square turns). When symbols are moved
- around the document, any associated lines are rerouted and redrawn as
- necessary. Lines may also be labeled with text.
-
- Advanced features include the ability to set up "hypertext" references
- withing symbols to other Windows documents (including other Chartist
- documents); the ability to load device independent bitmaps, such as
- scanned photographs, or other artwork into symbols; and the ability
- to customize, save and restore color palettes.
-
- The goal of Chartist is to give you an easy way to create charts quickly,
- while taking advantage of the advanced features of your printer,
- and providing data interchange with other Windows applications.
-
- System Requirements
- ==================
- Microsoft Windows 3.x
- VGA or EGA display (or better)
- Mouse
- Windows-supported graphics printer
-
- System Capacities
- =================
- Maximum chart size: 60" height and width
- Maximum symbols: 2000 per document
- Text: 65K characters per document
- Line Routes: 64KB
- Fonts: 64KB
-
- Standard Library Shapes (All included)
- ======================================
- General & Orginizational Charting:
- Rectangle, Shadow Rectangle, "3D" Rectangle, Title (Borderless)
- Additional For Flowcharting:
- Comment Left, Comment Right, Delay, Decision, Disk (2 Forms)
- Document, "Drum" Storage, Ellipse (or Circle), Hexagon,
- Keyboard, Oval, Off Page Connector, Parallelogram (I/O),
- Rounded Rectangle, Tape (Reel), Tape (Ribbon),
- Transfer, Trapezoid (Manual Op), Merge (Down Triangle),
- External (Up Triangle), Video Terminal, Comm Link, Subroutine,
- Line Bypass (Crossover)
- Additional For CCITT-SDL:
- Signal Input External Left and Right,
- Signal Input Internal Left and Right,
- Signal Output External Left and Right,
- Signal Output Internal Left and Right
-
- Product And Version Information:
- ================================
- The information below describes CHARTIST, CHARTIST-2, CHARTIST-2 UPGRADE
- OPTION and the TECHNICAL DOCUMENT OPTION.
-
- CHARTIST
- Chartist:
- all features in the above description,
- 30day evaluation period,
- full documentation,
- sample files,
- complete Windows help system
- no program restrictions (no crippling),
- copy and distribute freely
- (commercial distributors see README.TXT file in this distribution)
-
- Chartist Registered Version (Single User License):
- $69.95 plus shipping and handling ($3.00 to US, $6.00 elsewhere)
- latest release
- printed manual
- technical support for 1 year, phone & mail
- update notification for 1 year
-
- CHARTIST-2 (Enhanced Version)
- Chartist-2 is an enhanced product, upward compatible with Chartist.
- In addition to all of the features of Chartist, Chartist-2 includes:
-
- Chartist-2 Enhanced Features:
-
- * OLE CLIENT AND SERVER SUPPORT - Requires Win 3.1 or later
- - Link or embed Novagraph Chart Objects into other Windows
- applications that support OLE (Object Linking and Embedding).
- - Link or embed OLE objects from other applications into symbol
- pictures and symbol references.
-
- * ADVANCED GROUP EDITING FUNCTIONS
- - GROUP RESIZE: Allows all or part of a chart to be stretched
- or shrunk in size, including inter-symbol spacing.
- - TEXT GROW/SHRINK: Enlarge or reduce the text in all selected
- symbols by 2 points per "bump".
- - RE-ALIGN TO GRID: Re-snaps selected symbols to the nearest
- grid points.
-
- * SUPPORT FOR LARGE BLOCKS OF TEXT
- - Automatic word wrapping of text in symbols, when editing.
- - Automatic re-flow of text when symbols are re-sized or shapes are
- changed.
-
- * TEMPLATES - Use any Chartist-2 document file as a template for new
- charts.
-
- * TEXT FILE EXCHANGE FORMAT - Text file format for charts.
- Use to integrate Chartist-2 with user software. Documented in
- the Chartist-2 Technical Documentation Option, see below.
-
- Chartist-2 Enhanced Version:
- $109.00 plus shipping and handling ($3.00 US, $6.00 elsewhere),
- printed manual,
- technical support for 1 year, phone & mail,
- update notification for 1 year
-
- CHARTIST-2 UPGRADE OPTION
- available to registered Chartist users,
- $50.00 plus shipping an handling ($3.00 to US, $6.00 elsewhere),
- (proof of registration within last 12 months reqd)
- complete Chartist-2 Retail Version (see above)
-
- TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION OPTION
- Available to registered Chartist and Chartist-2 users,
- $25 at time of purchase, or any time later,
- document describing shape library and how to make additional shapes,
- shape development technical support for 6 months
- document describing Text File format for chart documents
-
- Multple Copy and Network / Site License Pricing
- ===============================================
-
- All Prices In US$
-
- Individual Copies
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Percent Chartist Chartist-2
- Units Disc Per Cpy Per Cpy
- ------------------------------------
- 1 0.00% 69.95 109.00
- 2 - 5 25.00% 52.46 81.75
- 6 - 10 30.00% 48.97 76.30
- 11 - 25 35.00% 45.47 70.85
- 25 - 50 40.00% 41.97 65.40
- 51 - 100 45.00% 38.47 59.95
- Over 100 50.00% 34.98 54.50
-
- Note: Actual shipping charges added to above.
-
- Network/Site Pricing
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Maximum Chartist Chartist-2
- Users
- ------------------------------------
- 5 200 311
- 10 342 533
- 25 701 1,093
- 50 1,218 1,898
- 100 2,030 3,163
- 250 4,006 6,243
- 500 6,597 10,280
- 1000 10,622 16,552
- 2500 19,823 30,889
- 5000 35,038 54,598
-
- Note: 10+ levels include Technical document option.
- Shipping $3.00 domestic, $6.00 international. One
- copy of software and document is included with a
- license granting the multiple use level.
-
- Contact Information
- ===================
-
- Steve Goings
- Novagraph
- 10014 Lawler Road
- Dallas, TX 75243
-
- (214) 231-2169
- Compuserve ID: 74036,2325
-
- An order form is available in the file ORDER.TXT in
- this distribution.
-
- Chartist and Chartist-2 are trademarks of Novagraph, Dallas, Texas
- Microsoft Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
-
- SG 7/92
-