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- Welcome to SCHOOLWRITE - School administration software
- Teachers!!
- School adminstrators!! .... this is for you!
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- 1. Quick Installation
- PKUNZIP sw_all23.ZIP
- INSTALL1.BAT
-
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- 2. Features of SchoolWrite
-
- SchoolWrite is a networked school administration system, maintaining
- academic records across all school years, and keeping accurate
- school accounting information.
-
- SchoolWrite is used by K-12 school administrators and teachers to:
- o maintain academic records of students and generate printouts
- for teachers and administrators
- o print school timetables - for teachers and students
- o bill school fees to parents - and follow up overdue fees
- o keep school accounts and provide financial reports
- o pay staff
- o pay school accounts
- o assemble future enrollments and assign priorities
- o track past students
-
- SchoolWrite is self-installing and components are fully integrated.
- With documentation on-line, you may print as many copies as you
- need. Cross-component on-screen help provides immediate support for
- new staff.
-
- TEAM CAPABILITIES:
- Your administration and teaching staff work as a team with the
- SchoolWrite system over a network. Teaching staff print their own
- class lists; administration staff bill charges for particular
- student groups. Information is stored centrally, and is always
- up-to-date. Passwords limit the access of staff to their key areas.
- SchoolWrite (for MSDOS) is compatible with Windows, and with all
- major networks. SchoolWrite may also be used on a single PC.
-
- DOWN-LOAD-ONCE feature:
- SchoolWrite software converts to a fully licensed version with a
- User Registration Key sent to you via email. Software evaluation,
- ordering, AND installation can be completed without delay.
-
- SchoolWrite is the complete school administration tool. Administration
- time and effort in your school will be cut, and the gap bridged between
- teaching and administration staff. Look at SchoolWrite for your school
- administration. It's all there!
-
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- 3. Full Installation instructions
-
- Unzip the file swkids23.ZIP (with PKUNZIP 2.04g)
-
- It is recommended that you create a directory \SW on your hard disk.
- Copy the following files into this (unused) directory:
-
- INSTALL1.BAT
- ORDER.DOC
- README.1ST
- SWPACK.EXE
- FILE_ID.DIZ
-
- 3.1 Installation:
-
- 3.1.1 Under MS-DOS:
-
- You need to be in the directory where SchoolWrite resides:
- e.g. CD \SW
-
- Type:
- INSTALL1
-
-
- 3.1.1 Under WINDOWS 3.1:
-
- In Program Manager, pull down the <F>ile menu, and select
- <R>un.
-
- In the Command Line box, type: C:\SW\INSTALL1
-
-
-
- SchoolWrite is self-installing. You need only hit <ENTER> to agree
- to various questions along the way. SchoolWrite self-instals in
- about 1 minute.
-
- A FULLY LICENSED version of SchoolWrite may be registered at any
- time from the Demonstration system. Simply run the SchoolWrite
- program, and select the 'Register software now' option.
-
- 3.2 RUNNING SCHOOLWRITE:
-
- 3.2.1 Under MSDOS:
-
- You need to be in the directory where SchoolWrite resides:
- e.g. CD \SW
-
- Type:
- MENU
-
- This gives a simple DOS menu from which to choose:
- SchoolWrite, BACKING UP SchoolWrite files (assumes DOS 3+
- BACKUP program is available), and RESTORING SchoolWrite files
- (assumes DOS 3+ RESTORE program is available).
-
- +-----------------------------------------------------------+
- | To start SchoolWrite |
- | |
- | Type: SWRITE |
- | ------ |
- | |
- +-----------------------------------------------------------+
-
- 3.2.1 Under WINDOWS 3.1:
-
- In Program Manager, pull down the <F>ile menu, and enter a
- <N>ew Program <I>tem:
- Description: SchoolWrite
- Command Line: SWRITE
- Working Directory: C:\SW
- Shortcut key: None
-
- Change Icon... Click on this button, and
- <B>rowse in the directory C:\SW.
- Select SWRITE.ICO
-
- OK Click on this button.
-
- A SchoolWrite icon will now appear in your Windows Group (a
- floppy disk with a pencil).
-
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- 3.3 Optionally Modifying Your Environment Variables
-
- An environment variable (SWSET=) may be required to be set,
- depending on the configuration of your computer.
-
- You will only need to set this environment variable if you have "DOS
- ERROR 4" problems (Too many open files .. no handles left), or "Out
- of memory" problems, when running SchoolWrite.
-
- Solving "DOS Error 4" problem:
-
- SET SWSET=//F:31
- (Important NOT to type spaces before or after the "=" sign)
-
- The above environment setting overrides the "FILES=nn" setting, in
- the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This variable is automatically set in the
- SWRUN.BAT file that is usually used to execute SW. If SWRUN.BAT is
- not used for some reason, then it is important for the environment
- setting to be included in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
-
- Solving "Out of memory" problem:
-
- If you get "Out of memory" messages when attempting to run SW.EXE,
- then the following environment setting should be made in the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- SET SWSET=//E:0
-
-
- Solving "DOS Error 4" AND "Out of memory" problems:
-
- If you require BOTH the <F>iles setting AND the <E>xtended memory
- setting, use the following format:
-
- SET SWSET=//F:31 //E:0
- (Note: there is a single blank space between settings)
-
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- 4. Online Documentation
-
- Chapters of on-line documentation are NOTEPAD files, which can be
- called to the screen AT ANY STAGE during operation of SW Software by
- hitting the <F7> key.
-
- Documentation files, when selected into the display screen of
- NOTEPAD, *cannot* be modified (in the same way that regular NOTEPAD
- word processing files can). Documentation files are a different
- color (yellow printing on a black background), and the word
- *Documentation* appears at the bottom of the screen.
-
- Documentation chapters (files) are noted below.
-
- A hard-copy documentation manual with professional appearance may be
- printed on your laser (or dot matrix) printer. Double-sided printing
- is supported, and a Table of Contents indexed with page numbers is
- provided.See Miscellaneous Menu, Option 7 "Print out Documentation".
-
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- 5. Contents
-
- The following files are contained in the SWPACK.ZIP file:
-
- PROGRAM FILES:
-
- SW.EXE }}
- SW0_0.OVL }}
- SW0_1.OVL }} Program & overlay files
- SW1.OVL }} ** Important: TIME & DATE stamps of each
- SWI.OVL }} of these files MUST be the same. The
- SW2.OVL }} program will NOT RUN if Time/Date
- SW3.OVL }} vary.
- SW4.OVL }}
- SW5.OVL }}
-
- SW0.$VL }
- SW1.$VL }
- SW2.$VL } Reference files
- SW3.$VL }
- SWI.$VL }
-
- SWRUN.COM Program loader (loads SW.EXE)
-
-
- ON-LINE DOCUMENTATION FILES:
-
- 1SWINTRO.NPD } Inroduction to SchoolWrite
- 1SW_FAQ.NPD } and
- 2ASETUP.NPD } Setting up SchoolWrite
- 2BSETUP.NPD }
- 2CSETUP.NPD }
-
- 3ASTUDNT.NPD } Students component
- 3BSTUDNT.NPD }
- 3CSTUDNT.NPD }
- 3DSUBJCT.NPD }
- 3EREPRTS.NPD
- 3FMISC.NPD
-
- 4APARENT.NPD } Parents component
- 4BPA_TX.NPD }
- 4CFEEBIL.NPD }
- 4DFEESTM.NPD }
- 4EFEEFUP.NPD }
- 4FBLDFND.NPD }
- 4GREPRTS.NPD }
-
- 5AMISC.NPD } Miscellaneous Menu
- 5BMISC.NPD }
- 5CPASSWD.NPD }
- 5DPASSWD.NPD }
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- 6PASTSTU.NPD } Past Students component
-
- 7AENROL.NPD } Enrollments component
- 7BENROL.NPD }
- 7CREPTS.NPD }
-
- 8ATTBSET.NPD } Timetable component
- 8BTTBPRT.NPD }
-
- POPCALC.NPD } Pop-up aids
- POPDATE.NPD }
- POPNOTE.NPD }
- POPSPRD.NPD }
-
- PROBSOLV.NPD } Problem Solving (memory, file areas, etc)
-
- SWRITE.ICO SchoolWrite Icon available for Windows
-
-
- 5.1 Other files as well as SWPACK.ZIP:
-
- README This file
- ORDER.DOC Order Form for SchoolWrite
- INSTALL1.BAT Installation file
- FILE_ID.DIZ Description file
-
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- 6. SW Software components
-
- COMPONENT building:
- Components of SchoolWrite work together, or alone. Any combination of
- components may be installed. Some schools prefer to start with two or
- three components, and instal more later.
-
- The components are 8 applications that work like one:
- . Students academic records
- . Timetable printing
- . Parent Billing
- . Future Enrollments
- . Past Student tracking
- . Ledger accounting
- . Staff Payroll
- . Creditors payments
-
- All SW software components have:
- * desk-top aids: diary system, calculator, notepad
- * on-line help and printed manual
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-
- 7. On-line Support:
-
- Users of SchoolWrite are not left on their own. Support from BBA
- Software is always available via email, fax and phone. Registered
- users receive support with 24 hour turn-around, from anywhere in the
- world. Problems with your data files can be resolved by placing
- compressed files into our ftp site. Hardware problems are resolved
- with a diagnostic text file which can be emailed. Additional
- programs can also be tailored to your exact needs. Your tailored
- .exe file can be emailed to you, or 'collected' from our ftp site.
-
- Quotes are given for written requests. Where a tailored program is
- to produce printed output, sample report layouts need to be
- supplied. Requests for quotes should be emailed to dbates@bba.com.au
-
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-
-
- 8. SHAREWARE:
-
- 8.1 What SHAREWARE is:
-
- Shareware describes a method of distributing copyrighted software in
- which a user is free to evaluate the software before purchasing it.
- After an evaluation period, the user is honor-bound to register the
- product if he decides to keep using it.
-
- Shareware distribution addresses all of the legitimate complaints
- that users have with commercial software distribution.
-
- o Shareware allows a user to fully evaluate a product, free of
- charge, in his or her home, *before* deciding to buy it.
-
- o Shareware programs can circulate freely through electronic
- networks, through Shareware disk distributors, or through user
- groups.
-
- o Shareware authors can often be more responsive to users'
- requests for help or bug fixes than large software companies.
-
- o Shareware software, needless to say, is never copy-protected.
-
-
- In short, Shareware is a dream come true for school administrators
- and for teachers. Users show their appreciation to developers for
- this extremely flexible distribution scheme by registering their
- software.
-
- The Shareware version of SchoolWrite gives unlimited access to the
- Students component. The Demonstration version gives access to the
- FULL functions of SchoolWrite's five administration components and 3
- accounting components. There is an inbuilt limit to the maximum
- records in the Demonstration software. To register, a license fee
- must be paid to BBA Software. In response, a User Registration
- Key will be issued, which will allow the running of the components
- paid for, with unlimited file sizes. The license name (your school
- or college) will appear on the tops of all print-outs.
-
-
- 8.2 What SHAREWARE is not:
-
- Shareware is not "free" software. Shareware is not Public Domain
- software. Any fee that you may have paid to receive a Shareware
- program does not mean that the software has been paid for. A network
- service provider, a disk vendor, or a Bulletin Board Service, may
- have covered their cost of getting the program to you, but they have
- not sold the licensed rights to the software. SchoolWrite software
- is paid for by registering your copy with BBA Software.
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-
- 9. The History of SchoolWrite:
-
-
- SchoolWrite Version 2 has been under development for three years.
- During that period it has been in constant use by schools throughout
- Australia. SchoolWrite was originally developed for the Unix
- operating system. As a multi-user school administration system, the
- Unix version has the same design features of Version 2, with a
- number of extra modules. SchoolWrite Version 2 for MSDOS also enjoys
- the same multi-user benfits, as it is compatible with all major
- networks.
-
- Major private schools in Australia use SchoolWrite as the central
- core to their school administration and billing of fees. Version 1
- was developed for PC's in Xenix and Unix, first in 1983, and
- development of Version 1 continues today with a long term future.
- Version 2 has been in use since 1993, providing all of the benefits
- of its predecessor, along with the added benefits of the DOS user
- interface, and self-installation. Development and support for
- Version 1 will continue whilst ever UNIX is around, and Version 2
- will continue whilst ever MSDOS and Windows are around. We are
- looking forward to a long future!
-
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-
- David Bates.
- dbates@bba.com.au
-
- SchoolWrite Version 2.3 MSDOS software
- Copyright (c) 1996, BBA Software
- All rights reserved.
-
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-
- Brennan Bates & Associates PO Box 207, HOMEBUSH NSW 2140
- software development & support Ph 02 763 1288 Fax 02 746 0452
-
- email: dbates@bba.com.au From outside Australia:
- +61 2 763 1288 +61 2 746 0452
-
-
- * * *
-
- INTERNET World Wide Web page: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dbates
- or
- anonymous ftp site
- ftp://ftp.ozemail.com.au/pub/BBA_Software/school.admin
-