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What Vehicle History information file
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS FILE
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I Overview/Shareware Information
II Installation Notes
∙ Installing on floppy disk
∙ Removing (un-installing)
III Printing Documentation
IV New Features History
V Upcoming Features
VI Author Contact Information
Shareware vendors see VENDOR.DOC ── BBS sysops also see SYSOP.DOC
I. OVERVIEW & SHAREWARE INFORMATION
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What Vehicle History? is designed for shops or companies which track
mechnical devices (cars, trucks, tractors, generators, etc). In-house
departments/divisions are accomodated as well as shops which service
other people's vehicles. WVH keeps track of each service event,
organizing the information by vehicle, type of service (e.g., brakes,
tune-up, etc.), and date. For each service entry WVH tracks the
mechanic or shop who did the work, the labour hours and cost, parts
used, and comments. There is a full parts inventory system which will
track your stock levels, profit, and 12-month income history.
For department/division billing or billing to a shop's customers,
WVH provides a billing "report" which prints a statement of work done
for each vehicle, itemizing the labour and parts costs. Once a service
item has been billed, WVH "flags" that item and it is not printed
again. In other words, WVH knows what you've billed for and what you
haven't. The Re-print Billing "report" will print bills which have
already been printed and flagged.
This Unregistered Shareware version of WVH is fully functional and
is identical to the Registered Edition except that it displays a
shareware license summary and the screens & reports show "60-day
evaluation copy" on them instead of your name. This allows you to fully
evaluate the package while making your purchase decision. After the
60-day evaluation period you must either register your copy or erase it
from your disk.
II. INSTALLATION NOTES
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If you received your copy of WVH on floppy disk it will have an
automated installation procedure on the disk. The automated
installation may make suggestions about your AUTOEXEC and CONFIG files,
but it will not make any modifications to these system files since there
is a chance this could adversely affect the proper operation of your
computer (such occurences are fairly common when installing new
software).
To begin the automated installation, put the floppy in a drive and
type "A:INSTALL" or "B:INSTALL" at the DOS prompt (depending on whether
you are using the 1st or 2nd floppy disk drive), then follow the
instructions on the screen.
Manual installation (if, for example, you have received WVH from the
Internet or a BBS) is as follows:
1. Make a directory (e.g., "MD \WVH")
2. Go to that directory (e.g., "CD \WVH")
3. Extract the archive. If you downloaded an EXE file, it is a
self-extracting archive - just type the file name (e.g., WVH26I)
and it will extract itself. Otherwise, use the appropriate
de-compression software - if the file ends in then .ZIP use
PKUNZIP, if the file ends in ARJ then use ARJ, if the file ends
in LZH then use LHARC. If you are updating to a newer version of
the software, just overwrite old files with new files - your data
will remain intact.
Installing on Floppy Disk
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The necessary programme files take up about 519k of disk space, so
it is possible to run WVH from a 720k (or greater) floppy disk. However,
it will run very slowly as its primary function is working with disk
files. Data files may be on a different disk than WVH.EXE and its
supporting files so you may use a two floppy system.
If you run WVH on a single 720k floppy disk there will initially be
about 180k of free space. A service entry will take around 1k bytes
(depending on number of parts entered), so you could probably track the
maintenance history of one to five vehicles in this space. Just the
same, a hard disk is best since it is so much faster and safer.
To make a "working" floppy disk:
1. Keep the original disk for making new back-up copies.
2. Use the DOS command "Diskcopy a: a:" (or "b: b:") to make a
"working" copy of the floppy disk.
3. Use the DEL command to erase files marked with [*] above -- this
will give you more room for data files. For example, you will
want to "DEL B:WVH.WP" and "DEL B:WVH.TXT" (change the "B:" to
an "A:" if necessary).
Removing (un-installing)
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WVH is installed entirely within the directory you specify during
the installation process. No "extra" files are placed in any other
directory. You may choose to create data files in one or more
directories (or floppy disks, for that matter), but these are easily
identified and removed as well since they all end in "WVH" or "WIX".
If you install the software in the C:\WVH directory and have
installed no other software in this directory, then the following steps
will remove (un-install) WVH:
DEL C:\WVH
This erases all files in the C:\WVH directory. DOS tells you
all files will be deleted and asks permission to continue; you
press "Y" and then ENTER.
RD C:\WVH
This removes the directory \WVH from drive C: provided that no
other directories were created "under" it. For example, if you
made C:\WVH to hold the programme files and then created the
directory C:\WVH\DATA, you will have to remove the \WVH\DATA
directory first and then remove \WVH afterward.
If you are using DOS version 6.0 or later, it's easier to use the
DELTREE command, which deletes a directory along with all of its files
and sub-directories. For example:
DELTREE C:\WVH
This would delete all files in C:\WVH plus all files in
C:\WVH\DATA or any other directories which are under \WVH.
III. PRINTING DOCUMENTATION
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If you have WordPerfect 5, just load WVH.WP. Instructions to
reformat and print are in a comment at the top of the file. If you
don't have WordPerfect or a way to convert the WVH.WP file to your word
processor, then enter "TYPE WVH.TXT > PRN" at the DOS prompt. WVH.TXT
is an ASCII file generated from WordPerfect for a "standard printer" and
this command will send it to the printer on port LPT1:. You can
substitute the "PRN" with "LPTx:" where the "x" is 1, 2, or 3.
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IV. NEW FEATURES HISTORY
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09/20/96 2.6m Corrected a wrong code associated with the H-P DeskJet
520 printer which caused WVH to halt if you had this
printer defined & updated to a newer version of WVH.
09/17/96 2.6k Corrected error with the Alt-S (Save) command while
viewing reports
Corrected: Maintenance report was not showing the
vehicle description properly
08/29/96 2.6j Corrected an error which caused problems with fonts and
certain other printing features.
Corrected an error in the Back-up function which caused
it to skip the first file.
08/16/96 2.6i Corrected error in File/Pack routine.
Corrected decimal point error in Preferences/Printers
left margin setting.
07/12/96 2.6h Minor correction to Maintenance report: the Summary by
Category report option was not displaying the report
heading properly.
06/27/96 2.6g Added word-wrap feature to comments box of Maintenance
Data Entry screen
06/26/96 2.6f WVH has grown to require more file handles (or
"channels"), but I had not re-programmed it to check
for the necessary number. WVH now checks to be sure
you have at least 35 file handles available.
Inventory report had been accessible even if no
inventory items were on file.
When inserting a new customer (owner/division) the
phone number field was not being "emptied".
Corrected cosmetic problems on data entry screens.
Corrected error which occurred when entering first
service item for a vehicle.
Changed name of Employee Productivity report to
Mechanic Productivity.
Corrected Mechanic Productivity report: total hours
were not being cleared between mechanics.
06/03/96 2.6e Corrected formatting and data inconsistencies on the
Maintenance History, Summary by Vehicle report.
Visual enhancements to various reports.
Corrected a cursor positioning problem with adding new
mechanics.
Updated and expanded help files.
Enhanced the Maintenance Data Entry windows and
corrected some minor display problems.
Corrected a problem with deleting a part from a
maintenance record.
Corrected some minor glitches in the File Viewer; the
Operating Guide now displays perfectly.
04/20/96 2.6d What I thought was a good idea ended up causing problems
on the Maintenance Data Entry screen, so I took it
out. All mis-calculated figures and wrong window
titles are gone.
Added a Labour Sub-total line to Maintenance DE.
04/16/96 2.6c Corrected problems with Maintenance Data Entry that
caused WVH to halt.
04/12/96 2.6b Corrected minor printer problem: the first 2 fonts for
a printer were not being displayed in a font list.
Corrected a record counting problem which caused the
wrong number of records to be displayed on the
status line.
Corrected an error with printing all pages of a report
(printing just one page or one screen was working).
04/08/96 2.6a Corrected an error which prevented files from being
Packed (File/Pack).
Completed Employee Productivity Report.
Inventory Sales & G/L Posting reports are closer, but
not quite finished yet (you will not see any data
displayed on the report).
04/01/96 2.6 Corrected an error in the Maintenance History report
when only one vehicle was being shown (as opposed to
showing all vehicles).
03/26/96 2.5z Fixed bug in Cost-plus-Overhead method of pricing parts.
Updated the Maintenance Data Entry screen to reflect the
meter type for a vehicle (odometer/hourmeter).
Updated reports: Vehicle list, Customer list, Mechanic
list, Service Category list, Maintenance Schedule,
and Maintenance History.
* NOTE: For the rest of WVH's history see the file HISTORY.TXT
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V. UPCOMING FEATURES
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As a companion to What Vehicle History a new product will be
released in the middle of 1997 called Fleet Saver (TM). Fleet Saver
will be compatible with WVH files (so you will maintain all of your
maintenance information entered in WVH) plus it will have the following
added features:
■ Maintenance Scheduling
■ Repair Orders and Invoices
■ Mileage and gasoline tracking, including a "Drivers" data base
■ Parts vendors will link to PostMaster package so you can print
labels and/or envelopes for your vendors (when mailing payments,
purchase orders, etc.).
■ The inventory system will be more full featured, eventually
incorporating a complete point-of-sale system which will be able to
print sales & profit reports, purchase orders, invoices, etc.
VI. AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION
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Angel Babudro, Box 132, Paonia, CO 81428 USA
Internet: ababudro@omnionline.com
Registered users and those intending to register by the end of the
evaluation period may call (970) 527-6756 Tuesday through Friday, 10am
to 6pm Mountain Time. If you get the answering machine please try
back a little later or drop me a note in the mail. I only return long
distance calls to registered users of the software.
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THIS FILE MAY BE VIEWED AND PRINTED FROM WVH'S HELP MENU, or you may
print this file by entering the following command at the DOS prompt:
TYPE READ.ME > LPT1:
Use LPT2: or LPT3: or COM1: if your printer is not on the first printer
port. If you only have one printer it is probably LPT1: