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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
BillPower, one of the finest time & billing programs available at any
price, is a fully integrated timekeeping, billing, and bookkeeping system that
will produce a wide variety of reports, including income-expense statements,
balance sheets and aged receivables reports. The user has wide latitude in
designing billing formats that use any font and place transaction data wherever
desired. The program will even print mailing labels and form letters to your
clients.
Unlike some other time & billing programs that provide "links" to external
accounting software, BillPower has a General Ledger that is totally integrated
into the rest of the program. This program can simultaneously log a trans-
action, adjust the client's balance and aged receivables accordingly, AND up-
date the appropriate G/L accounts (other programs would require separate en-
tries for some of these events, if they could handle them at all).
BillPower is a "real time" system. No old fashioned batch postings or
end-of-period close-outs are ever needed. Transaction detail is retained until
the user (not the program) decides to omit it. In fact, old bills may even be
re-prepared long after other systems would have "flushed" the needed informa-
tion from the data base. BillPower's user interface is among the friendliest
on the market, and the program's flexibility and responsiveness cannot be
beaten anywhere.
Finally, BillPower may be used in conjunction with TickleX, the ultimate
scheduling software. When used together, these two programs will form the
backbone of your office's business activity.
On a network or stand-alone computer, BillPower will handle your time &
billing needs like nothing else. Give it a thorough work-out.
NOTE: This software is a living -- and evolving -- product. It
is constantly being enhanced as a result of suggestions from
users. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to contact
Integra Computing at 770-426-5735.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (page 1)
Note that a Windows 95 version of this program is available for Windows 95
users.
If you went through the automated INSTALL.BAT routine, the program files
have already been placed into an INTEGRA directory on your hard disk. If, on
the other hand, you did not go through the INSTALL.BAT routine, you should run
the SETUP.BAT routine. Assuming your printer is attached to the LPT1 port
on your computer, the command to run is
SETUP LPT1
That command will cause the files to be copied to an INTEGRA directory on your
hard disk.
- RUNNING THE PROGRAM -
If you're in a hurry to see what the program is like before completing the
basic setup for Windows, you may do so by using File | Run in the Program
Manager or by double-clicking on it in the File Manager. The name of the file
to execute is BILLPOWR.EXE.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (page 2)
- COMPLETING THE BASIC SETUP FOR WINDOWS 3.x -
If you'd like to access the program through its icon, complete the basic
setup for Windows 3.x (see next page for Windows 95):
1) Go to the Program Manager. There, you will see that most of your
programs are organized into program "groups". Select the program
group in which you wish to include this new program. It doesn't
make any difference which program within the group may be high-
lighted, as long as the group you desire is selected.
2) Now, select File | New at the Program Manager menu bar.
3) A "New Program Object" box will open. Select Program Item and press
the OK button;
4) A "Program Item Properties" Box will open. Here's what you should
enter:
Description: (here, enter this program's name)
Command Line: BILLPOWR.EXE
Working Directory: C:\INTEGRA
(assuming that the program is on
drive C; if not, substitute the
appropriate letter)
Shortcut Key: None
5) Now, press the "Change Icon..." button. When you do, a "Change
Icon" box will appear. The File Name you should enter is:
C:\INTEGRA\BILLPOWR.ICO
(again assuming that the program is on
drive C; if not, substitute the appropriate
letter)
Press the OK buttons to save the icon and the rest of the properties
you've entered.
6) If you're a registered user, follow the "Registered Users"
instructions found on page 6.
7) For network installation, see the section devoted to Installation in the
program's on-line help. Also see that section if you want the
program to run AUTOMATICALLY whenever you load Windows.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (page 3)
- COMPLETING THE BASIC SETUP FOR WINDOWS 95 -
If you'd like to access the program through its icon, complete the basic
setup for Windows 95:
1) Point to the Start button on the Task Bar. When you RIGHT-click
the mouse, a menu will appear. Select "Open" on the menu.
2) A "Start Menu" box will appear. Double-click on the "Programs"
folder.
3) A "Programs" box will appear, showing the sub-folders currently
included within Programs folder. Double-click on the folder in
which you wish to include this program.
4) A box showing the programs contained within the folder will appear.
Select File | New at the box's pull-down menu. Then, select
"Shortcut" at the sub-menu that appears.
5) A "Create Shortcut" box will appear. Into the "Command Line" item,
type
C:\INTEGRA\BILLPOWR.EXE
6) Then, you'll be asked to select a name or title for this program or
shortcut. Type in anything that is meaningful to you.
7) The new program will then be added to the folder. Point to it and
RIGHT-Click. In the menu that appears, select "Properties".
8) A "Properties" box will appear. Select the "Shortcut" tab and then
press the "Change Icon" button. When the "Change Icon" box appears,
type
C:\INTEGRA\BILLPOWR.ICO
and press the OK button.
9) Back at the Properties box, press the "Apply" button and then the OK
button.
10) For network installation, see the section devoted to Installation in
the program's on-line help.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (page 4)
- PRINTING THE MANUAL
The manual consists entirely of on-line help that is organized into
several "chapters" referenced in its table of contents. Selecting "Help" at
the pull-down menu will take you into the help system, where you may search
for information by keyword. Pressing the F1 key almost anywhere within the
program will take you directly to a section of the manual that discusses that
section of the program.
Printing the manual involves several steps. First, get into the help
system ("Help" or F1). When there, select the "Contents" button. At the
Contents page, select File | Print. After the Contents page has printed,
select the first topic in the Contents listing. When that topic appears,
select File | Print. After that topic prints, return to the Contents page
and select the next topic and print it. Repeat this process until the entire
manual has been printed.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (page 5)
- PROBLEMS -
VIDEO:
-> If vertical and horizontal scroll bars appear when the program loads,
your window borders may be too wide to allow enough space for this program's
screens to display in full. Reduce the size of your window borders to 1 by
running the "Desktop" program (usually found in "Control Panel" group in
Windows' Program Manager). Or, simply "maximize" the program on the screen.
-> If