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Documentation of DP Managing Copyright © 1992 David Scrève All Rights Reserved --------------------------- -------------------- Document : Author : David Scrève Name : DP Managing.doc Software name : DP Managing Release : 3.0 Revision : 7.1 Date : December 28th 1992 Size : 58013 bytes For any suggestion, complain contact me to the following address : M. Scrève David DP Managing Support 4, rue Gustave Flaubert 59115 Leers FRANCE Phone : 20.75.52.73 in province. Summary ------- Content Line number ------- ----------- Introduction..................................................0107 Hardware requirement..........................................0180 Installation..................................................0198 User Documentation............................................0211 I - General concept of DP Managing 3.0....................0214 II - Running DP Managing..................................0234 III - Menus Items.........................................0329 A - Menu Project......................................0337 1 - Save the catalogue : Amiga + C...............0342 2 - Maintain : Amiga + M..........................0358 3 - About... : Amiga + A..........................0371 4 - Quit : Amiga + Q..............................0379 B - Menu Program......................................0388 1 - Search : Amiga + J............................0394 C - Menu Export.......................................0405 1 - News : Amiga + D..............................0427 2 - All : Amiga + T...............................0433 3 - Correspondances Code-categorie : Amiga + R....0439 D - Menu Print........................................0451 1 - News : Amiga + N..............................0456 2 - All - Amiga + U...............................0464 3 - Statistics : Amiga + I........................0473 4 - Correpondances code-categorie : Amiga + G.....0481 5 - Some categories : Amiga + K...................0492 E - Menu Modules......................................0500 1 - Single Consultation : Amiga + O...............0503 2 - Borrow Software : Amiga + E...................0509 3 - Add programs : Amiga + P......................0518 4 - Statistics : Amiga +S.........................0543 F - Menu Protection...................................0553 1 - Protect The Database : Amiga + X..............0562 2 - UnProtect The database : Amiga + Y............0577 3 - Modify Password : Amiga + Z...................0584 G - Menu Language.....................................0594 1 - Francais......................................0601 2 - English.......................................0606 IV - description of the modules...........................0613 A - Maintenance.......................................0617 1 - ERASE THE CATEGORIE...........................0631 2 - CREATE A CATEGORIE............................0640 3 - ERASE A MEMBER................................0647 4 - ADD A MEMBER..................................0658 5 - ERASE THE NEWS STATE..........................0666 6 - CHANGE THE CATEGORIE..........................0674 7 - DELETE THIS PROGRAM...........................0681 8 - ADD A FULL MEDIA..............................0688 9 - DELETE A MEDIA................................0710 10 - MODIFY THE PROGRAM...........................0719 11 - UPDATE FROM A FILE...........................0728 B - Single Consultation...............................0738 C - Borrowings........................................0760 D - Add programs......................................0849 E - Statistics........................................0932 Conclusion....................................................0956 DP Managing History...........................................0971 Futur changes.................................................1170 Bug report....................................................1188 Greetings and Copyright.......................................1242 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ DP Managing was created in order to integrate in One Software all the tools required to manage a library of CD, cassette, video cassette, computer files or any information which can be organized in categorie and which atteched to a specific media. The complete package contains the following files on One disk : - Two files which contain the documentation in french and in english : DP Managing.francais and DP Managing.english - Two versions of DP Managing 3.0 : for 68000 and for 68020 - The Two shared library Reqtools.library - The CLI Command XICON which is freely distributable - Two UpDate Files which is new for release 3.0 : it's for the users of an earlier release 2.xx : 3.0 UpDate.english and 3.0 UpDate.francais. They're in the directory UpDate. - A text file in french that explain how to use the 2.04 interface user and the requesters from reqtools.library : UserStyle.doc. - Two install scripts in french and in english - One Directory named DPMTransfers which contains the DPMTransfers program and 2 files : DPMTransfers.francais and DPMTransfers.english - A directory which contains 2 docfiles which explains the file format when you export the database : Exporte.francais and Exporte.english. DP Managing 3.0 is freely redistribuable for a non commercial use, but it's NOT FREELY USABLE. To use DP Managing, you MUST be a registred user. The question is : How can I become a registred user ? The answer will be : To be a registred, you just have to send me US 10$. with a postal order. Then you will become a registred user and you will received the last release of DP Managing. This payment permit me to continue to develop on this wonderful computer which is the Amiga. This software cannot be distributed in another form described above and no file must be on the same disk. No file I have created can be distributed without the complete package, except the file UserStyle.doc which can be distributed in all forms for non commercial use. When I speak aout "non commercial use", I think about a price which lower than US 3 $ per disk. DP Managing 3.0 cannot be load on any BBS or network, except if I receive all the benefits you receive with it. This package is a propriatary product of David Scrève and is Copyright © 1992 David Scrève. If you use DP Managing, it provided you agree with the following words : - You will not spread any uncomplete version of this package - You will not disassemble any executable file of this package - You will not modify any file created by DP Managing - David Scrève and Commodore cannot be responsible for any damage caused by DP Managing. - There is no warranty about the results, performance, and quality of DP managing. - Only the registered user (see above) is permitted to use DP Managing. - The registreed user is allowed to install DP Managing on many computer systems. But he is the only person who can use it. - The user can make many backup what he wants. - He can modify the package, if he does'nt spread this new package. If he makes a copy for another person, this copy must be the same as the present package. - The disk of this present package is named : DP Managing 3.0 For more details about distribution, please read the doc file in french which is more valuable because my english is very bad. Hardware requirements --------------------- DP Managing 3.0 respects the Amiga "Look and Feel" style. So it needs some hardware elements which gives many other interesting features when you use other softwares. DP Managing 3.0 required a complete OS 2.04 or higher. The system software must be complete because the script installation uses some CLI commands. There is one version compiled especially for 68020 and the script installation can detect them. This version needs a MC 68020 or higher. This installation script allows you to install DP Managing on a different disk than the original disk, in order to create automatically a new database. I recommend you to make a backup of your original disk. DP Managing 3.0 can be load and run from a floppy disk but if you want to install it on another disk, you need 2 disk drives or an Hard drive. because of the size of files which are created, Hard drive is recommended. Installation ------------ The install script is very simple and respect the "Look and feel" of DP Managing. To install DP Managing 3.0 you simply have to insert the floppy disk in drive DF0: after booting on your system disk 2.04. Now click once on the icon "Installation.english". Then press Shift and maintain it when clicking on the directory where you want to install DP Managing then on the icon "Installation.english". Attention, The script will created its own directory in the directory you have selected. User Documentation ------------------ I - General Concept of DP Managing 3.0 ---------------------------------- DP Managing 2.x and higher is very different than earlier release (especially release 1.23 which was recently used by Ordileers). DP Managing 3.0 is very intuitive with its graphical interface. It tries to use each time the exclusive specifications of the OS 2.04 when possible : DP Managing is designed for the USER, not for the programmer. For example, if you have to enter differents texts in differents Gadgets, you can stay below your keyboard : you have just to hit the TAB key to go to another string gadget. The concept of DP Managing is organized around the module. A module is a complete interface user design to solve one main problem in managing a library of record. Each record (or title for a cassette) is called program. Each disk or cassette is called media. Now, there are 4 modules and a special 5th which concerns the maintenance of the database. In This text, we will first describe the items in the menus and then we will describe each module with more details. II - Running DP Managing ------------------- Running DP Managing 3.0 is very simple : you have just to double click on its icon. Warning : you can't run DP Managing from the Shell. It needs some informations in the ToolsTypes of its icon. Here is a brief description : NOUVEAUTES = name of the file which contains the news in the database. EMPRUNTS = name of the file which contains the borrowings in the database. PROGRAMMES = name of the file which contains the programs in the database. SPECIAL = name of the file which contains the programs which are forbidden to under age people. CATEGORIE = name of the file which contains the differents categories of programs. Each categorie is represented by one file. DISQUE = name of the file which contain the differents disks Each media is represented by one file. ADHERENTS = Name of the directory which contains the differents members of the group. Each member is represented by one file. TEMPDIR = Name of the directory which contains the temporary files for the copy during managing the commands of the members. This directory is usually cleared after managing these commands. FIRSTDISK = Number of the first disk which will be created when you start a new database. LANGUAGE = contains the default language used starting on DP Managing. Actually, must be francais for french or english for english. By default, the software is french. COMMSIZE = Length of each comment atteched to each program ( = record). The default length is 65. DIRECTMEDIA = Yes or No. Must be Yes only if you manage computer files on floppy disk. This option allows to complete automatically the database with some routines of copy and with calculating the size of the disk : you have nothing to do. Must be No if you manage another types of data. PROTECT = Allows you to launch DP Managing in protected mode. if Yes The password you have defined (if you have protected the database) will be ask you to consult the database. if No, No password will be asked, but you will not access to any protection function and you will not access to a database which have protected before. ATTENTION : No file is directly accessible with a text editor : they are binary files and the format isn't so simple. No documentation will be given about the file format. For another information, contact me personnaly with a serious justification. For the children who would borrow software which are forbidden in changing their age, I said that calculating the age required more than 150 differents operations : Good Luck ! Safety is at this price. By default, the below files are created during the first use and the drawers are created by the script installation. Frequently, the software doesn't start because of a bad description of the configuration in the ToolsTypes. The following lines describes the default configuration, after execution of the installation : NOUVEAUTES = fich_nouveautes EMPRUNTS = fich_emprunts PROGRAMMES = fich_programmes SPECIAL = fich_special CATEGORIES = categorie DISQUES = disque ADHERENTS = adherent TEMPDIR = tempdir FIRSTDISK = 201 LANGUAGE = ENGLISH COMMSIZE = 65 DIRECTMEDIA = No PROTECT = Yes ATTENTION : --------- If you destroy or modify manually one of these files, the database will be corrupted and maybe destroy. If you want to change the icon, the type of it must be PROJECT. For more information about it, please consult the Documentation of IconEd. When you have double-clicked on the icon, you will be welcomed by DP Managing and the software will indicate the configuration of your system. Then you can hit the [RETURN] key or click in the gadget to continue. If you have protected your database and you are in protected mode you will have to enter your password : you have 3 tries. If your database is protected but you are not in protected mode DP Managing will stop and will inform about the error. III - Menus Items ----------- DP Managing 3.0 has just 7 menus without any submenus because I think that gadgets are more intuitives and faster than menus : the hot keys are visually shown and we haven't to learn them. Concequently, te program required OS 2.04. A - Menu Project ------------ This menu groups the general functions as save, about, etc... 1 - Save the Catalogue : Amiga + C ------------------------------- This option allow to save the catalogue of programs as a text file classified by categorie. The 2nd comment of each program is not written to have a text which has only 80 rows and also stay visuable by program such muchmore. When you select this option, a FileRequester will appear to choose you filename to save. If you select an existing file, DP Managing will request you to confirm erasing it. For the use of the FileRequester, please consult your OS 2.04 documentation, the book User Interface Style Guide edited by Addison Wesley, or the docfile UserStyle.doc, in french. 2 - Maintenance : Amiga + M ----------------------- This option allow you to access to the functions of maintenance the database. Before using this module, I recommended to make a Backup of your files in the database. When you select this option, the window changes and you can see other Gadgets. But the menus are always accessibles and are the same as before. We will give more details about this module in the following part concerning the differents modules. 3 - About... : Amiga + A -------------------- This option allows you to obtain informations about DP Managing and its authors. This options will be useful if you want to update your software or if you are a lucky person who belongs to developement team. 4 - Quit : Amiga + Q ---------------- This option allows you to quit DP Managing and free 220 Kilo-Bytes of memory. To Quit DP Managing you can close the window too. Before quiting, DP Managing asks you to confirm your decision. B - Menu Program ------------ This menu gives you functions to perform actions on One program in the database. Now, there is only one option. 1 - Search : Amiga + J ------------------ This option allow you to search a program in the complete database. To perform this action, a requester will open : you will have to give the elements you know : name, categorie, media. If you confirm, DP Managing will search this program in the database and will give you the name, the categorie and the media of the program if it has found it. If it hasn't found the program, DP managing will say it to you. C - Menu Export ----------- This menu gives you functions to export the database into another file format. This format was first created for the Group Ordileers which use it in his server Minitel (french national terminals network). This file format is described in the file Exporte.english, in the directory Exporte. For more informations about it, you can display the file generated with a texte reader or contact Ordileers to : Ordileers 9 bis rue du général de Gaulle 59115 Leers FRANCE You can call them on their server from monday to friday at the following number : 20.82.95.36 in France. For any consultation, you need a Minitel. During the week end, you will have to talk french to a person and not to a server : Then, the minitel is not required. 1 - News : Amiga + D ---------------- This option allows you to export only the news. 2 - Tout : Amiga + T ---------------- This option allows you to export the complete database. 3 - Correspondances Code-catégorie : Amiga + R ----------------------------------------- In the file format, each categorie is represented by a 2 caracters code. This option allows you to generate a text file where the correspondances between the code and the categorie are easily readable. D - Menu Print ---------- This menu groups the functions to make output to the printer. 1- News : Amiga + N ---------------- This option allows you to print the categories where are some news. Before printing DP Managing will request you to confirm : to confirm, click on gadget [OK] and to cancel, click on [CANCEL]. 2 - All : Amiga + U ---------------- This option is similare to the News option. But all the database will be printed out. Personnaly, I recommended to print out One categorie per page. This will permit to you to easily update your catalogue in just printing the categorie which have some news. 3 - Statistics : Amiga + I ------------------------ This option allows you to print statistical datas about the borrowings of programs. If you need others statistical datas, send me a letter and It will change. 4 - Correspondances code-catégorie : Amiga + G ------------------------------------------ In the file format, each categorie is represented by a 2 caracters code. This option allows you to print out a paper where the correspondances between the code and the categorie are easily readable. 5 - Some catégories : Amiga + K --------------------------- This option allow you to print some categorie and not the complete database. A ListView will appear and you will have to choice the categorie you want to print. To perform printing you have just to click on the [OK] button. This sequence will go while you don't click on the [CANCEL] button. E - Menu Modules ------------ 1 - Single Consultation : Amiga + O ------------------------------- This option allows you to go to the consultation module. This is the module by default when you start DP Managing. 2 - Borrowings : Amiga + E ---------------------- This option allow you to go to the module which manages the members's Commands of programs. You have just to enter the commands with the mouse and DP Managing will update the statistical datas. If you have select Yes in DIRECTMEDIA, it will request the right disks to insert and will automatically copy the files on the disks. 3 - Adding programs : Amiga + P --------------------------- This option allow you to go to the module which complete the bank of programs and the database. If you have written Yes in DIRECTMEDIA, you can just add programs which are in a Single File form. For the complete disks, you must go to the module maintenance. I recommended you crunch ypur software with lha. The .lzh is recommended but not needed. How to use LHA : -------------- To crunch just one file, type : lha -2 a <filename>.lzh <filename> To compress a complete directory, type : lha -r -2 a <filename>.lzh <directory name>/#? I recommended you includes the icons of the directories in the archive. 4 - Statistics : Amiga +S --------------------- this option allow you to access to the module of statistics. You can just see the statistical datas and there is no update function because the update is done by the module named "adding programs". F - Menu Protection --------------- This menu which appeared with the release 3.0, gives a interesting answers to people who want to protect their database. Warning, this menu is accessible if you have set the PROTECTED toolstypes to Yes. 1 - Protect the database : Amiga + X -------------------------------- This option permits you to protect a database which was not protected before (as default for a new database). A requester will appear and you will have to enter a password and an integer number. To confirm this code, click on the [OK] button. Then, you will have to confirm your code. You should write this code somewhere because without it, it's impossible to read again the database. Such protected database is now unreadable if you don't start DP Managing in protected mode, and the two codes are required to read it again in protected mode. 2 - UnProtect the database : Amiga + Y ---------------------------------- This option allows you to unprotect a database which was protected before. The database will be now readable in any mode of protection, and no code will be required to start DP Managing in protected mode. 3 - Modify Password : Amiga + Z --------------------------- This allows you to modify the two codes of the protection of a database which was protected. A requester will appear and you will just have to enter you new codes. To confirm these codes, just click on the [OK] button. G - Menu Language ------------- This option is made to allow the user to change the language of DP Managing. Actually, you have choice between french an english. 1 - Francais : Amiga + F -------------------- This option change DP managing's language into french. 2 - English : Amiga + H ------------------- This option change DP managing's language into english. IV - Description of the modules -------------------------- A - Maintenance ----------- First, you can see two big Listviews which contain, for the first, the list of the available categories, and the list of the programs which belong to the selected categorie, for the second. The complete will organized around thes two gadgets which come from the GadTools.library. below each listview you can see one string gadget which shows the element selected. If you try to enter text in these gadget, there is no effect. We will new describe the functions which are accessibled by differents buttons. 1 - ERASE THE CATEGORIE ------------------- This button permits to erase the categorie selected. Warning : All the programs which belong to this categorie will be erased from the database. The action will be perform after confirming in a requester. 2 - CREATE A CATEGORIE ------------------ This button simply allows you to create a new categorie of programs. You simply have to give its name and its code. 3 - ERASE A MEMBER -------------- This button allow you to erase a member. A list of the existing members will appear on your screen and you will have to choose one of them. You could cancel this action in clicking on the [CANCEL] Gadget or not confirming the action after. Warning, this action does not erase the number of borrowings for each categorie in the statistical datas. You could'nt just access to the details of the borrowings of this member. 4 - ADD A MEMBER ------------ This button allow you to create a new member in the database. His name, surname and day of birth will be required. The day of birth must be in the same form : dd-mm-yy 5 - ERASE THE NEWS STATE -------------------- This button allow you to delete the quality of new in the New programs : The new programs will change into old programs. This allows you to enter other new programs. 6 - CHANGE THE CATEGORIE -------------------- This button allows you to move the selected program to another categorie. You will have to select the TO categorie and to confirm the movement. 7 - DELETE THIS PROGRAM ------------------- This button allows you to erase a program from the database. Warning the number of borrowings of this programs is erased too. 8 - ADD A FULL MEDIA ---------------- ******************************************************** * OPTION UNAVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE SET DIRECTMEDIA TO NO * ******************************************************** This button allows you to add a complete media in the database. This function is useful when you want add programs such Megademos which must be distributed on a full disk. If the program is composed with more one disk, you must repeat this operation for each disk. To do this add, you need the name of the program, the 2nd comment needed and the 1st comment. If this program is forbidden for under age people, you can select this. If you confirm this add, you will have to insert a formatted and blank disk. Warning : This blank disk must be DOS and not NDOS. If this disk is NDOS or cannot be renamed, insert another blank disk : DP Managing will rename this disk and give the new name to you. You will just have to write the number of the media on the new disk. 9 - DELETE A MEDIA -------------- This button is similar than ERASE A CATEGORIE. You have to choose a media in a listview and if you confirm, DP Managing erases all the selected media and the programs which belong to it. This function is useful if you have media which have been being destroyed. 10 - MODIFY THE PROGRAM ------------------ This button allows you to change the 1st or the 2nd comment attached to a program. A Requester will appear and you will just have to modify what you want. The Empty fields will be refused by DP Managing. 11 - UPDATE FROM A FILE ------------------ This option allow you to update you statistical datas from an external file which was generated by another computer when it have managed some borrowings (cf Borrowings module). A FileRequester will appear to choose the file to load and the update will be done automatically. For more details, see the chapter about the Borrowings module. B - Single Consultation ------------------- This module was designed to scan the complete database in a fully interactive way. You can see four lists called ListViews. Under each listview you can see a string gadget which shows what you have selected. If you select one of the available categories, the list of programs change with the list of the programs which belong to the selected categorie. The second program will be automaticaly selected and the media of this program will be too selected : you can see the programs which belong in the same media than the selected program. This sequence could be done starting with selecting the media and the categorie of the program would be automaticaly selected. You can now select one program of the two lists and the others lists will be automaticaly updated. Under these listview, you can read other informations about the selected program : size in Bytes, comment, 2nd comment, number of borrowings and if the program is new or not and if it's forbidden for under age. C - Borrowings ---------- This module will help you to manage the commands of programs from the members. Warning, this module creates 2 temporary files you must delete before starting anything else in this module. Usually, they are automaticaly deleted, but they could exist if DP Managing has already been stopped by any problem in your system (gourou meditation, DP Managing's Bug (what ? impossible !) etc...). These 2 files are located in DP Managing's directory and are named : DP_MANAGING_TEMPFILE DpManaging_TempFile If they aren't deleted, you can have many problem during managing the commands. I recommended too to clean the temporary directory (default name : tempdir) Usually this directory is automaticaly cleaned. If this directory isn't empty, the unit could be full during the managing. In the module, you can see 3 ListViews : One for the medias, one for the list of the programs contained in the selected media, and one for the list of the members. You can't access to the menus because the menus options could conflict with the module. The only way to change the current module is to click on the [CANCEL] button. If you close the window, you quit DP Managing. To enter a commands, execute the follwing actions, in order : 1 - Select a member 2 - Sélect the media of the first program of the command 3 - Sélect the program 4 - Click on the [CONFIRM BORROWING] button 5 - Return to the action 2 until you have enter the complete command (by default, one commands contains 5 programs) To delete a program from a command : 1 - Sélecta member 2 - Sélect the program to delete 3 - Click on the [DELETE] button You can also simply manage all the member's commands in clicking on their name. If you click on a borrowed program, you could have its size in Bytes. The number of media required is given too. By default, the size of one media is 830000 (which is the size of one Amiga disk : just for compatibility when you switch DIRECTMEDIA to Yes), and one command needs one media. When you have entered all the commands, you must decided how the statistical datas will be updated. To perform this action, you have 2 buttons which allow you to update to datas on an external file or directly in the database. If you manage the commands with only one Amiga you should choose update the Database directly. If you manage the commands on differents computers, it's very useful to have the statistical datas on only one system : So you should select an update on an external file. If you choose an external update, the module will generate an external file which name will be given at the end of managing the commands. The statistical data will not be directly updated. To finally update the statistical datas on your main Amiga, you have to use the maintenance module and the option UPDATE FROM A FILE. Then the statisticals will be really updated. Your main Amiga contains the real statisticals data and it must update directly the statistical data, because it is the computer which contains the statistics. When you have choose your update mode, you have just to click on the [PERFORM ALL THE COMMANDS] button. If you have switch DIRECTMEDIA to No, DP Managing will just update the statistical datas. If you have switch DIRECTMEDIA to Yes, DP managing 3.0 will ask you for the differents disks of the bank of programs it needs and will copy the programs commanded in the temporary directory. Then, it will ask you for the members disks and manage the commands. During this process, the gadgets are unacccessible. When this process is ended, DP Managing returns to the Single Consultation module. If you have click on the [CANCEL] button before starting managing the borrowing, you return to the Single Consultation Module. DP Managing has powered functions to manage computer file and permits to have easily statistical datas about borrowings for any media. D - Add programs ------------ This module has been written to complete the banks of programs and the database automatically. There are 2 cases : if you have switch DIRECTMEDIA to Yes or No in the Icon file. ** 1ST case : DIRECTMEDIA = No ---------------------------- The processus is simpler than the other. You will see many string gadgets to fill in : program name, comment, 2nd comment, size and if the program is forbidden for under age people. You will fill in these Gadgets, in writing an interger value for the size. You will confirm in clicking on [CONFIRM THE ADD] and the add will be done automatically. If you want to empty all the field an trying again, just click on [CANCEL THIS ADD]. If youy want to stop all the adds, click on [CANCEL ALL]. If you have confirmed this add, a list will appear : you will have to choose the categorie of your new program. You can cancel in clicking on the [CANCEL] button. If you click on the [OK] button, you will have to choose the media of your new program. If you click on the [NEW] button, you will create a new media. It allows you to create a new cassette, Audio CD, etc...if all the existing in the database are full. For managing this add, just click on the [OK] button. This procedure will restart until you click on the [CANCEL ALL] button. ** 2ND case : DIRECTMEDIA = Yes ---------------------------- You will complete a database made with computer files on floppy disks. To perform this action, each program MUST be a Single File. I recommended you compress your software in one file. The .lzh is recommended, but not needed, and I recommended the software lha to compact your software. All your files must be in the same directory. When you start this module, a FileRequester appear and ask you to choose the directory where your new softwares are. WARNING : This directory musn't contain other file than the new programs. If there are other files, these files will be add to the library as normal programs. You can cancel adding this file but it isn't recommended. When a file has been added to the database, it's automatically deleted from the directory : Check if you want to delete it before adding this program. To easily work, prepare a efficient number of blank and formatted disks to copy the programs in the database : DP managing will ask you for them when it will need them and will give you their number. Each disk will be renamed by his number. Don't rename these disks if you doesn't want to have any problem. When you have choose the directory, DP Managing will scan all the files contained in and will ask you for differents informations about these. First, differents gadgets appear concerning the comment, the 2nd comment and the fact that this program is forbidden for under age people or not. You just have to complete these gadgets. To perform this add you just have to click on the CONFIRM THE ADD] button. You can cancel this add or cancel all the adds with the others buttons. Then, you must enter the categorie of this new program. The list of the categories will appear and you can choose on of them. If you want cancel adding this program, click on the [CANCEL] button. If you have choosen to add this program, click on the [OK] button. If you confirm this add, DP Managing 3.0 will ask you for a disk in the bank or for a new blank and formatted disk to copy the program in the library. The FROM file will be DELETED. This procedure will repeat until there is no program in the selected directory. Then DP Managing 3.0 will be return to the Single Consultation module. E - Statistics ---------- This module gives you statistical informations about the borrowings per categorie, per member and for each program, in an interactive way. First, we can see 2 parts in the window : ** In the left side : 1 column which contain 2 ListViews containing the list of the categories and the list of the selected categorie. We can see below each ListView the numbers of borrowings in each categorie and for each program. ** In the right side : This side concerns the informations for each member. We can see the list of the members and on its right, the list of the programs he has already borrowed. We can select a program, but it's no effect now : It's for the future. Below, we can get others informations about the surname, age and the number of commands and the number of programs borrowed. Conclusion ---------- This is the second release in English of DP Managing. I know my English is bad, but I hope to be understand. I think I have explain all the features of DP Managing 3.0 ? As you can see, DP Managing offers many features and many will be added in the futures, as it has made in the past since the 1.23 release. But if you want many change, you must complain yourself to me. And don't be afraid, I like being criticizing in french, english or german. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release History : Release 1.23 : August 1991 20th First operationnal release of DP Managing which was not named with this named. Written in GFA Base 3.01, it worked only in memory with text files. The database was limited to 1500 programs and 30 categories and only 50 programs per categorie. This software needed 2 Meg of free RAM and should ahve to support many bugs of GFA Basic 3.01 Release 2.0 (Revision 4.52) : August 1992 11th Second release available in the public domain : Fully rewritten in SAS/C 5.10b and rethough for the OS 2.04. DP Managing represents 8913 lines of C for the code, and more than 10000 lines of intermediat code. I have work more than 350 hours for 1,5 month. Greetings to Franck Gédo for his help during debugging, his advices and for correcting this text. DP Managing is now just limited by the disk capacity concerning the size of the database. It can now manage the commands of the members completely (copying and updating the statistical datas) and update the library of programs. Release 2.1 (Revision 5.01) : August 1992 17th Third release, unavailable for the public, deleted from my archives. - Bug when computing the age of the people fixed (the age was increase of 1 year) - Bug when deleting a disk : the disk was effectively deleted on the disk, but not in memory : fixed - Change in the Text of the option "About..." - As we expect, we can now print just some categories (last option in the menu Print) - The structure of the code was Release for doing easier change in the software : The code is the same for all the releases (demo and other) - Bug whne printing categorie where there is no program to print : the header is now not printed - The area for reading is biggest in the Single Consultation module. - Bugs in the documentation : fixed - The demo and the complete release are in the same executable. - All the requesters support Hot keys with [RETURN] for OK and [ESC] for CANCEL - The wait pointer is now animated and appears when it's really needed. - Most Gadgets supports an Hot key shown by an Underscore of the hot letter. - The number of disks needed for managing one commands is more real than before. Release 2.11, Revision 5.21 : August 1992 21th Third version available for the public. This release is more usable than release 2.1 and has new interesting features which permit to use DP Managing with only keyboard or only mouse with the same possibilities : - Many requester appears in the DP Managing screen and not in the Workbench Screen : I use the Reqtools.library less than before, because it react at too many random. - When you enter a new member, categorie or programmes, each gadget has its own Hot key. - When we erase a disk or a member, the text doesn't speak about categorie : bug fixed - When we add new programs, the place where we write is bigger - The pointer is not animated now : the reqtools.library. This was not correctly explain in the reqtools.library documentation - Most of the string gadgets support an HotKey now - When we must select an disk or a member to delete, a requester inform us if we haven't select anything. - Some debug code has been deleted from the 2.1 source code. Revision 5.22 : August 1992 22th : This revision has been distributed to few people. This revision replaces the before which is unavailable now. - Now the Borrowings module support the HotKeys - The screen title has been corrected to be the same as the other modules. Revision 5.23 : August 1992 28th This revision replace the before. Some has been fixed and now DP Managing give the unit of memory to show the free memory when starting. Revision 5.30 : August 1992 29th This revision replace the before : Now, the requesters appearing when we add new programs appears only when they are needed : there are just 2 requesters to informs us that the 2 mains actions are succesful : they appears only when there is a problem or appears when ther is no problem, but support HotKey in this case. Revision 5.31 : September 1992 5th Thisrelease replace the before : - The routine which save the catalogue had been rewritten for the release 2.1 and save the configuration too, which cause that the text xas unreadable from muchmore : Bug fixed - The date of the last touch of each release appears now in the option "About..." About. - The summary had been corrected : the line numbers were false. Release 2.2 : Revision 6.2 : September 1992 12th New release of DP managing for ATACOM'92 : - Support 2 languages : DP Managing speaks now english - Add a new ToolsType for supporting the new features of 2 languages. - Support NTSC monitors (not tested) - Allow to modify the comment and the configuration of a program. - Can research a program in the complete database - Documentation partially translated in English - The files in the temporary directory are now really deleted when all the commands has been managed - DP Managing allow now the user to manage the commands on different computers and to backup the statistical datas on only one computer. Release 2.21 : Revision 6.5 : September 1992 14th : debugged Version of the revision 6.2 : - When we change the language in the module of maintenance, the gourou doesn't make now any meditation. - The complete documentation is translated in english, even the other text and the script installation. - The English messages are not written above others gadgets in the module statistics Revision 6.51: September 1992 16th : - The size of the programs given in the Single Consultation module is now differents than -1 : The consultation function which has been rewritten for release 2.2 was corrupted. This bug is now fixed with the help from Jérôme Torchy who has found this bug, I have solve it. Revision 6.52: September 1992 19th : - The installation script doesn't crash now when we try to install DP Managing in a directory where it was already present (earlier or same revision) and when the 68030/882 chips had been detected. - Updating the statiscal data from an external file is now fully runnable : A bug has been fixed : when we wanted to select the file to load, the FileRequester appears after each click on the [OK] button and refused : bug destroyed. - I have found a bug when starting DP Managing on certain A2000 : On the compteur of Jean-Michel Forgeas and Christophe Legrand, DP Managing crashes at start and the Gourou comes to do his loved Meditation. I'm searching for more details about this problems and good bug reports. Please help me. (I think I could be the startup code from the SAS/C C compiler) Release 3.0 : Revision 7.0 : December 25th 1992 : That's my Christmas present to the Amiga community. DP Managing is more than a single new release, this is a new concept and new Amiga users are now concerned. Now, DP Managing is shareware because of price of SAS/C developement Kit, Amiga ROM Kernal manual, and many others documentation, mails which are concerned by DP Managing developement : Now the will think to me when he will sleep and I will compiled all over the night !! (the '030 isn't too faster) What's new is this release : - The Borrowings module is now fully debugged, just for Jean-Francois Pau - DP Managing was compiled under SAS/C Release 6.0 - One bug which corrupt the system when DP Managing could found a library has been destroyed. - new, DP Managing supports a size until 400 caraters for the comment of each program : Thanks to Stéphane Anquetil. - DP Managing can works on every data which can be stored in a list : it isn't limited to computer files : Thanks to Stéphane Anquetil again. - The protection system has been fully rewritten : each user can defined its own code. - A new file format has been rewritten with a tool to convert old files from release 2.xx : DPMTransfers, fully under workbench. - The Add module has been rewritten in order to support anythings else than computer files. - All the listes are now sorted in aphabetical order : an important problem has disappeared. - DP Managing has now many new features to manage the text which can helps it to integrate easily an ARexx port. - The export files are now described in a docfile, in french and in english. Revision 7.1 : December 28th 1992 : I have found two major bugs and corrected a word in french. - The copy routine had a VERY BIG bug : I don't know how it could go before. - The borrowings module doesn't generate an empty file now, as before. - The word "configuration" has replaced by "comment 2". This was made because a tape recorder doesn't need any configuration, but it can need some other comment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Futur changes in the Software : - Add an ARexx port - Add many features when printing the statistical datas - Correct the errors and my english in the documentation, and try to be more understanding. - Add new features when encrypt the password. - DP Managing will print the current program in the Consultation module into the ClipBoard : it allows the cut and paste function in your favorite text editor. - A new module will be created : it will allow to know if any program is available or borrowed : it's useful for programs which can be copied (for example : books, etc...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For any information, contact me to the address written below, or for any bug report. For the bug report, please write it as Commodore says : 1) Hardware used ------------- * Type of Amiga * Capacity and type of memory (slow, Chip, Fast, autoconfig) * Custom Chip : name, revision (R3 for Denise ECS 8373), referen- -ce, ECS or not, PAL/NTSC * external hardware used for saving : Hard disk, floppy drive with total capicity and free space. * Other hardware which can change any system vector or forbidden thing (Freezer card, etc...) * Hardware extension such accelerator card. 2) Software Environnement ---------------------- * Version of your system software (Kickstart et WorkBench) written such 3X.XXX and not 2.XX * Version of all your library in the directory libs: * Version of all your handlers and devices * Reference of all your softwares used in the same time (antivirus, mouse accelerator, replacing ROM in RAM 32 Bits, etc) 3) Analysing the problem --------------------- * Describe the problem with many details * Describe the differents action needed to obtain this problem * Consequences created by this problème (database corrupted, Gourou meditation, etc...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the trademark written in this text are trademark. Thanks to : - Jay Miner for the Amiga - Bell Laboratorie for the C language - SAS Lattice for his C compiler - All the Ingenieer of Commodore-Amiga for the OS 2.04 - Franck Gédo for the design, correcting this text and for the tests in the first revision of DP Managing 2.0. - Nico François for the reqtools.library used in this software. - Ordileers for his ideas, and interesting advises. - Jan van den Baard for GadToolsBox - Jérôme Torchy for having found the bug in revision 6.5 in Single Consultation module. - Jean-Francois Pau for having tested DP Managing in a real environnement. - Stéphane Anquetil and all the team of ATACOM for their suggestion. - Thomas Jalmain for his small works about the protection of datas (very small, but useful). - Jean-Michel Forgeas for his powerful text editor : I'm still searching faster in all computer, but I have not found. I'm waiting for the commercial version !!! No Thanks to : Commodore France for their refuse giving any documentation about OS 3.0 : to develop freely distributable software, it costs US 180 $ : Their don't encourage Public domain Software. The file reqtools.library ist Copyright © Nico François. ******************************************** * DP Managing is © 1991-1992 Scrève David. * ******************************************** DP Managing 3.0 is freely redistribuable, but NOT FREELY USABLE DP Managing 3.0 cannot be used in any way without my written agreement. I could'nt accept that someone earn money without my written agreement and if I don't receive all the benefits. All types of contribution with documentation, help or money are welcomed to help me to give to Amiga the notoriety he should have. **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** Have a FUN with DP Managing 3.0 and don't forget : // ***************** Only \X/Amiga Makes It Possible *********************** **************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************