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- PC-Project README.TXT
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- PC-Project is a complete critical path project management application that
- runs under Microsoft Windows. PC-Project is written entirely in Actor,
- an object-oriented programming language for Microsoft Windows. Complete
- source code is included. PC-Project was written as a sample Windows
- program and may be freely distributed for non-commercial use.
-
- If any files are missing from the version you have or if you'd like to get
- the latest version, you can order it directly from the author at the
- nominal charge of $5.00 to the U.S. and $10 elsewhere. The address is
- given at the end of this file.
-
-
- The files on this disk are:
- READPROJ.TXT -This "readme" file
- INSTALL.BAT -Installation program
- ZOO.EXE -Zoo compression/decompression utility program.
- PROJECT.ZOO -A compressed file that contains PC-Project program,
- source code, sample projects and manual.
-
- I encourage you to share PC-Project with others. Please distribute as
- is with all of the files. If you are distributing electronically, please
- be sure to send the ZOO.EXE, PROJECT.ZOO and READPROJ.TXT files.
-
- The ZOO file also contains the READPROJ.TXT and INSTALL.BAT file for
- easy electronic or disk distribution.
-
-
- PC-Project Installation:
- ------------------------
-
- If you received this disk directly from the Whitewater Group, there is
- an INSTALL.BAT program on the disk. To install type:
-
- A: INSTALL A: C: C:\ACTOR
-
- If you downloaded this program from a bulletin board system, then follow
- these instructions. You will also need the ZOO.EXE utility which can be
- downloaded from most BBS systems.
-
- If you don't have Actor, then make 4 subdirectories as shown below:
- MD ACTOR
- CD ACTOR
- MD CLASSES
- MD ACT
- MD RES
-
- Then install the application and the source code by typing
- CD ACTOR (or wherever Actor is installed)
- ZOO x/ PROJECT.ZOO (install source into subdirectories)
-
- The ZOO command above will install the source code into the appropriate
- subdirectories.
-
- Zoo is a public domain archiving utility similar to ARC but faster. Type
- ZOO h
- for help.
-
-
- Installed files
- ---------------
-
- During the installation process the following files will be created
- on your hard disk.
-
- PMANUAL.TXT -How to use PC-Project (16 pages of text)
- PDESIGN.TXT -How PC-Project was designed (11 pages of text)
- PROJECT.EXE -Executable PC-Project program file
- PROJECT.IMA -Sealed off image file required to run above
- *.PRJ -Various test files
-
- If you installed the source code, the following files will also be found:
-
- PROJ.LOD -A "load file" to load the source code if you have Actor
- PROJSEAL.LOD -A "load file" to seal off the application if you have Actor
- PROJ.H -Header file of constant definitions
- CLASSES\*.CLS -Source code to the classes that define the application
- ACT\*.ACT -Miscelaneous Actor source code methods
- RES\*.RC -Resource script files.
- RES\PROJ.ICO -Resource icon.
- FIX_LE.ACT -Fixes to Language Extensions I upto version 1.2
-
-
- Printing the documentation
- --------------------------
-
- To print the documentation type:
-
- COPY PMANUAL.TXT PRN
- COPY PDESIGN.TXT PRN
-
-
- Starting PC-Project
- -------------------
-
- The project manager application requires Microsoft Windows 2.x. To start
- the project manager start Windows and then double click on the PROJECT.EXE
- file. If you have Actor DON'T click on the PROJECT.IMA file since you
- won't have the resources to run the application correctly. Or you can
- run directly from the DOS C> prompt by typing
-
- WIN PROJECT.EXE
-
- Refer to the Help screens and PMANUAL.TXT for more instructions. If you'd
- like to know more about the design of PC-Project, refer to PDESIGN.TXT.
-
-
- NOTES
- -----
- Version 1.02B 11/30/88
- -Minor changes to the ProjWindow and Date classes, PROJ.H and PROJECT.RC
- files to make translation to other languages easier. The only file that
- needs to be changed now is PROJECT.RC.
-
- Version 1.01B 11/22/88
- -Minor changes to the ProjWindow class. Added the Options Zoom view choice
- to zoom in and out on the PERT chart. The right mouse button does the
- same thing. Rewrote the command method using a data driven approach.
- Box sizes are now based on the font size for better display on any
- monitor.
-
- Version 1.0A 11/01/88
-
- -Version 1.0A was made slightly smaller and some minor changes were made
- to clean up the windows and dialog box code. Date arithmetic was speeded
- up also. There have been no functional changes from version 1.0.
- -Version 1.0A corrects a minor bug that occurred when exiting
- PC-Project with Windows still running.
-
- Version 1.0 09/01/88
-
- -Printing uses the MS-Windows spooler. The WIN.INI file must have
- the entry spooler=yes for printing to work. If there is not enough
- memory to print with the spooler, an error message will be displayed.
-
- -PC-Project may give an "insufficient memory error" on some 80386
- machines with older versions of Windows/386. If necessary, use the
- /N command line flag to run, e.g.
-
- WIN386 /N PROJECT.EXE
-
-
- Limitations
- -----------
-
- PC-Project has some limitations compared to "professional" project
- management packages. These may be addressed in the future.
-
- -Time is in days only. There is no "calendar" facility to skip days.
- -PC-Project does not balance resources or check for conflicts.
- -PC-Project prints a summary report only; no graphics.
-
- Please let me know if there are any bugs or suggestions by sending
- mail to the address at the bottom of this file. Because PC-Project
- is distributed free of charge, I cannot provide technical support
- beyond answering questions by mail.
-
-
- Actor Users
- -----------
-
- You may wish to use the date arithmetic or printing in your own programs.
- Please refer to the associated CLS and ACT files for documentation, or
- check The Whitewater Group BBS for the most recent versions. The printer
- support was written by Mark Solinski. The date arithmetic and space
- optimizer were written by Adam Rauch.
-
-
- About Actor
- -----------
-
- Actor is an object-oriented programming language for Microsoft Windows.
- Actor is a complete development system capable of creating standalone
- MS-Windows applications. No licensing fees are required to distribute
- applications written in Actor.
-
- PC-Project was written by Zack Urlocker and is copyright 1988, The
- Whitewater Group. All rights reserved. For more information about Actor
- contact:
-
- The Whitewater Group,
- Technology Innovation Center
- 906 University Place,
- Evanston, IL, 60201.
-
- (312)491-2370
-