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- ANALYST ONE
- Release 1.2
- Readme File
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- ANALYST ONE version 1.2 has several changes. Modifications have
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- been made in both the user interface, the installation and
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- database structures.
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- INSTALLATION
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- The installation will now check to determine that the correct
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- diskette has been inserted. In addition, if version 1.2 is being
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- installed over an existing copy of ANALYST ONE, the installation
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- routine will sense this and run a conversion on the existing
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- database. Back up your existing data before installing the new
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- version of ANALYST ONE.
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- NEW USER FEATURES
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- Re-Calculate
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- Under the ENTRY menu, the re-calculate command permits
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- modification of stored data between requested date ranges. This
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- function is particularly useful when an error has been discovered
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- in an data entry formula or if a modification has been made to a
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- global variable, affecting the past data entries.
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- To execute a re-calculate, select re-calculate from the ENTRY
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- menu and respond to the request with the date range to re-
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- calculate. ANALYST ONE will re-call each entry and make any
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- appropriate changes using the new formula or values. Use this
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- function cautiously.
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- WAVE GRAPHS
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- Wave Graphs have been added to permit you to overlay different
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- years data onto the same graph range. Wave Graphs are Line
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- Graphs with defineable time periods. This allows you to examine
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- each year on the same graph superimposed upon each other. Wave
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- Graphs are defined in yearly periods in the same fashion as Bar
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- and Pie Charts. The resulting picture is a Line format. To
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- define a Wave Graph select Wave Graph Setup from the Graph menu
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- and input the required information. To run a Wave Graph, select
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- Run Wave Graph from the Graph menu and select the desired format.
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- PRINTER SETUP
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- A modification to ANALYST ONE now permits configuration changes
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- from inside of the software. Changes to installations parameters
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- such as selected display adapter, printer driver, landscape,
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- black/white reversal, printer port, and scaling may now be
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- accomplished directly from the software. To execute the change,
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- select Printer Driver from the Utilities menu. ANALYST ONE will
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- prompt for each item to be changed. You need not change all of
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- the items, only those you desire. In addition, you do not need
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- to know the name of the driver, only the type of display or
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- printer to be installed. The new parameters take affect
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- immediately without the need to restart the software. Have the
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- driver disk available before executing this command. (Disk 5 for
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- 5 1/4 and disk 3 for 3 1/2).
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- USER FEATURES
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- Several new user features have been added to increase
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- productivity with the system. PICK LISTS are now active in all
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- circumstances where a selection from the database is required or
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- multiple options exist for a choice. Press <F2> to activate a
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- PICK LIST, select by placing the cursor over the selection and
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- pressing <ENTER>, abort by pressing <ESC>.
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- Format names and numbers have been increased to eight (8)
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- characters to permit the use of words as the identifier and
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- increase the available number of selections. Old versions where
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- three characters were utilized will fill the remaining characters
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- with blanks. Use Edit item in the Browser menu to change any
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- existing format names or numbers.
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- Mouse support has been increased to all edit and format screens.
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- Simply point to the desired box and press the left mouse button
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- to highlight it. Character editing remains as it always was.
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- Any questions regarding these new feature should be directed to
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- Feldstar Customer Support at 214-407-1006.
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- The following README information remains valid in version 1.2
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- ANALYST(TM) ONE
- Version 1.10
- Read Me File
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- The following Read Me file contains updated information for the operation
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- of ANALYST ONE software. Also included in this file are any errors in the
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- documentation. If you have any questions or require assistance Feldstar
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- Software customer support is available Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to
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- 5:00 PM CST. Phone 214-407-1006 for Feldstar Software cusotmer support.
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- QUICK START:
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- To begin operating ANALYST ONE quickly, execute the following steps:
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- Installation:
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- Insert Program Disk 1 into drive A: of the system and type A:install at
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- the DOS prompt. Follow the instructions for inserting each disk in
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- sequence. After inserting Program Disk 5 into the system the installation
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- routine will prompt for setup information. Select the correct display
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- driver and printer driver for your system. Choose Landscape for 8.5X11
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- paper and Normal for 11X17 (132 column). Elect Black/White reversal by
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- responding Yes. Choose the corect output port for the printer by typing
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- the number corresponding to the port. Refer to Appendix D of the manual
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- to choose the proper width and height in dots. (150 dot per inch printers
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- will look best at 640 dots high by 825 dots wide in landscape mode on
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- 8.5X11 paper.)
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- Tutorial Installation:
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- After completing the installation of ANALYST ONE, insert the Tutorial Disk
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- drive A: of the system and type A:install. Data form the Tutorial will be
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- installed into the \ADATA sub-directory. This will give you a head start
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- on designing problems and correlations.
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- Program Start-up:
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- Select the \ANALYST sub-directory and type ANALYST at the prompt. The
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- first screen presented will be the Security Setup screen. Select an
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- appropriate Password. This will be the code to access ANALYST ONE. The
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- UserID is what is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the
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- ANALYST ONE screen during operation. Respond with a Y for yes for the
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- remaining fields for this line. Complete the security entry by pressing
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- <Esc>. You now have access to the program.
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- NETWORK SYSTEMS:
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- ANALYST ONE is a memory intensive program when generating graphs due to the
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- analytical nature of this function. Networks typically reside in a large
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- section of memory, thus conflicting with the graph generation portion of
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- ANALYST ONE. When using ANALYST ONE with a personal computer connected to a
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- network, load analyst1.exe to perform all functions with the exception of
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- generating graphs. This program will permit data entry, reports, utilities
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- and the creation of graph formats. It only prohibits the display and
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- printing of graphs. To display and print graphs, unload the network
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- software and execute analyst.exe.
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- TUTORIAL INSTALLATION:
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- The manual calls for the setup of security before installing the Tutorial
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- data. A simpler process to follow is to install the Tutorial data first,
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- before entering ANALYST ONE. This will save exiting the program to install
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- the Tutorial data and returning to execute the Tutorial.
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- HEIGHT and WIDTH in DOTS:
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- The height and width in dots provides ANALYST ONE with a scaling factor
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- for the printing of a graph. ANALYST ONE currently uses the dot resolution
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- of the monitor to display graphs, but requires similar information to
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- print them. Determine the height in dots by multiplying the dot density
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- of your print (Dots per inch) by the height of the paper to be used.
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- This determines the maximum height achievable. Subtract a resonable
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- margin (ANALYST ONE will center the graph in the paper.) and enter the
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- remainder as the height. REMEMBER: Landscape mode rotates the graph
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- ninety degrees. Follow the same procedure for width. If after printing
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- a graph you decide to modify the printout, execute ANSETUP in the \ANALYST
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- sub-directory according to the instructions found in Apeendix A of the
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- manual to modify these parameters.
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