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The Register v 2.2
Copyright 1986, 1987 All rights reserved
Denis L. Latkowski
417 Tantallion Court
Baltimore, Maryland 21212
301-435-1544
System Requirements
DOS 2.xx or higher
1 DSDD drive
PC/XT/AT or true compatible
192 K
mono or color graphic card
RGB monitor recommended
printer (dot matrix recommended)
This Shareware version of THE REGISTER is the complete, unlimited
version. It will accept a maximum of 150 students per file and 66
grades per student in each file. There are three categories of grades.
So why register the program for $45? Anyone who registers will receive
the lastest version of THE REGISTER, currently 2.3, which has been
greatly rewritten. The overlay file GRADE.000 which contains the help
information has been eliminated and the help has been built into the
program itself. A sort option on printing the final grades has been
added. In addition, the INSTALL program has been rewritten and is now
called CONFIG.COM. The information you supply to INSTALL in this
version is written to a file GR.ADE which is needed for GRADE to run.
In version 2.3 the information is directly written to GRADE.COM; thus
the only file needed to run the program is GRADE.COM, rather than the
three files to run this version. Those who register for $45 will also be
provided with TWO updates free of charge. Version 3.0, compiled under
Turbo Pascal 4.0, is now being worked on. Any suggestions for
additions/changes to the program would be appreciated.
There are two versions of The Register in the registered version:
4GRADE.COM -- for working in 4 grading periods (quarters) 50K
6GRADE.COM -- for working in 6 grading periods (periods) 52K
After selecting which of these two you will be using, CONFIG stores all
necessary information directly to 4GRADE or 6GRADE.
Much has been rewritten to optimize the code so not only is the
program smaller but it also runs faster. After final compilation, I
used Turbo Power's Turbo Optimizer which has resulted in shrinking
the final program to about 50K, including the help files, the
addition of the sort option, and the information written to the file by
the new configuration program. Thus, total program size on diskette or
hard drive is 50K; the program takes up less room, loads quicker, and
runs faster.
There is also the moral consideration that if you find the program of
value and use it for your classes, the author should receive some
recompense.
General Information
Written in Turbo Pascal (tm of Borland International Inc.) version 3.0 (IBM (tm
International Business Machines)).
Written by a teacher for teachers and tested in the classroom. The program is
primarily intended for junior and senior high school teachers; however, college
teachers can find it useful also. These instructors do not have to worry about
the concept of working in "quarters," nor will they be likely to use the
progress reports; but the computational parts of the program may prove useful.
Grades are entered as NUMBERS only. The program is not prepared to work with
letter grades. If you work with letter grades, you will have to translate the
numeric averages into letter grades yourself.
FILES ON DISK
INSTALL.COM ............. installation program; run this first before
any other program. Will create file GR.ADE
which will be used by GRADE.COM.
GRADE.COM ............... main grade program
GRADE.000 ............... overlay file that must be on current
directory or subdirectory for HELP files to
be available
NAMES.11 ................ list of student names and information for
testing the program
GRADES.111 .............. list of grades for above students
There are deliberate errors in grade entries
for you to test program.
READ.ME .............. this file
MANUAL.DOC .............. manual
can use your word processor to print
this file out since it's stored on disk
in ASCII format OR use the TYPE
command to send it to the screen or add
> PRN for printing: TYPE MANUAL.DOC > PRN
(printer need NOT be IBM (tm) compatible)
SAMPLES.DOC ............. sample screens from program; need IBM (tm)
compatible printer for printing; to view
on screen type TYPE SAMPLES.DOC
HARD.BAT ................ batch file to install and run programs from
a hard disk.
usage: HARD [hard disk letter:] <RET>
e.g.: HARD d: <RET>
FLOPPY.BAT .............. batch file to copy files from drive A: to
drive B: and then run necessary programs.
PRINTMAN.COM ............ Will send file MANUAL.DOC either to the
screen or to the printer. This will
eliminate the need to copy the manual to
printer yourself. Make sure printer is on
line. Will also work with files READ.ME
and SAMPLES.DOC.
I strongly recommend using a RAM disk for
this program. Create the RAM disk and copy
these files: MANUAL.DOC, READ.ME,
SAMPLES.DOC, and PRINTMAN.COM to the RAM
drive. If the RAM disk is drive C: do the
following:
A>C: <RETURN>
C>PRINTMAN
ORDER.FRM ............... order form for purchase of registered version
of THE REGISTER
NOTE: Use the two files, NAMES.11 and GRADES.111, provided for testing and
trying the program. Delete names from the list, add names, correct names
information, add grades, correct grade entries, compute quarter grades, obtain
hardcopy results, assign final exam grades or assign none and then assign final
grades. You can also create your own NAMES and GRADES files.
IMPORTANT NOTE
It may take some getting used to but grades must be entered as three digit
numbers; therefore, an 80 would be entered as 080, 66 as 066, 0 as 000.
Secondly these three-digit grades are entered in one long stream without spaces.
Example,
GRADES: 76 55 0 99 92 78 55 100 Inc
BECOMES: 076 055 000 099 092 078 055 100 ---
ENTERED AS: 076055000099092078055100---
You will find that entering grades in one long stream to be easier since you
won't have to press return after each grade but only at the end of one line.
You must be careful to enter a zero (0) as the first digit, unless the
grade is 100 -- don't add anything. If a student's grade computes at higher
than 100, you have probably entered a digit other than zero.
Use the Grade / cHange program to check if an error has been made. Use three
dashes ( --- ) for an incomplete grade. If a student makes up the incomplete
work at a later date, change the '---' to the grade using the Grade / cHange
option. When computing the quarter grade, the program will count all
incomplete entries ( --- ) as zeroes.
Please feel free to contact me either by phone or letter if you have any
questions, comments, or suggestions for improving the program or for additions.
It is important to remember that you DO NOT HAVE TO ENTER THE SAME NUMBER OF
GRADES FOR EACH STUDENT in a class. The computer will average the grades for
each student on an individual basis. If a student enters your class in the
fourth week of school, he/she will obviously be missing several grades that
have already been earned by the rest of the class. Simply add his name to the
class list and enter grades from that point on. The program will average
those grades that are entered.
Only when you enter a grade of zero, "000", or an incomplete, "---", will the
program count these grades in the average.
example for 50% grades:
John Susan
80 90 80 70 70 90 90 90 80
080090080070070 090090090080
390 / 5 = 78 350 / 4 = 87.5
In John's case, the computer will divide the total of his 50% grades by 5,
whereas Susan's will be divided by 4.