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(This is a text-only version of the Account Manager user manual.)
Account Manager
version 1.1
WinnoVation
Innovation through Windows...
(C) Copyright 1993
Winnovation
PO Box 271071
Ft. Collins, CO 80527-1071
USA
Telephone: (303) 484-7204
E-mail: CompuServe: 71774,605
Internet: 71774.605@compuserve.com
Introduction
------------
Account Manager is a tool designed for people who must
keep track of how much time they spend on different
projects or accounts. Examples of such uses are...
* A person who charges their time to several different
projects
* Someone who bills to multiple clients
* An entrepreneur who must keep records of business
vs. personal use of a computer for tax purposes
* And many more!
To use Account Manager, you "punch in" to each project or
account as you begin working on it, and "punch out" when
you are done. At the end of the week, or whenever you
need a report of how your time was spent, Account Manager
will generate a report, showing your time in varying
levels of detail.
Account Manager also has a convenient feature to make it
even easier to use. After your list of projects has been
entered, you can click on the Account Manager icon with
the right mouse button to get the Quick Access List.
This list shows all of the projects in your list, and
makes it very easy and convenient to punch in and out of
them.
For those occasions when you must exit Windows for
whatever reason, Account Manager includes a DOS command-
line interface so you can punch in/out from DOS.
Note that Account Manager requires Windows 3.1.
Packing List
------------
Your package should include the following:
This manual
Distribution disk
License statement
The following files should be present in the distribution
disk:
ACCTMAN.EXE Account Manager program
ACCTMAN.HLP On-line help file
DOSACCT.EXE DOS command-line interface
ACCTMAN.TXT Documentation text file
If any files are missing, please contact Winnovation.
Installation
------------
First, make sure that no other copies of Account Manager
are currently running. Then simply copy all of the files
from the Account Manager distribution disk to a directory
such as C:\ACCTMAN. To do this from a DOS prompt, type
the following (assuming your floppy drive is A: and your
hard disk is C:):
MKDIR C:\ACCTMAN
COPY A:\*.* C:\ACCTMAN
After the files are copied, add Account Manager to a
Program Manager group. To do this, find ACCTMAN.EXE with
the File Manager and drag it to the group you want in the
Program Manager. To run Account Manager every time you
start Windows, add Account Manager to the Startup group
in Program Manager. See your Windows manual if you are
unsure about how to do any of these steps.
Registration
------------
When Account Manager is first started, you will see a
registration reminder screen. Click the Register...
button and you will see the following registration
screen:
Enter your name EXACTLY as shown on your license
statement, and enter your serial number and registration
code (also found on the license statement).
Getting Started
---------------
This section is intended as a general overview to using
Account Manager. For more detail, please refer to the
reference section. Please note that the words "project"
and "account" are used interchangeably within this
manual.
When you start Account Manager, you will see a screen
similar to the following:
The large space on the left side is the project list.
You should enter each project or account that you work on
in to this list. To do this, you should click on the top
portion of the list (you will then see a flashing cursor
there), type the name of the project, and click the Add
button. When you do this, you will notice that the
project has been added to the list. Repeat this step for
each project that you want to enter.
After all of the projects have been entered, you may
punch in to one. To punch in to a project, select the
project in the list and click the In button.
Alternatively, you may double-click on the project name
in the list. After you punch in, the status line at the
bottom of the window will reflect which project you are
punched in to.
To punch out of a project, simply click the Out button.
You can also just punch in to another project -- this
will automatically punch you out of the first one.
To make punching in and out more convenient, Account
Manager provides a Quick Access List. To access this
list, minimize Account Manager and click on the icon with
the right mouse button. This will bring up a list of
your projects for you to conveniently punch in to and out
of.
If you wish to delete a project, select it in the list
and press the Delete button. Note that this will not
delete the data in the database for that project -- it
will merely remove the project from the Project List.
To generate a report, select Create Reports... from the
Reports menu. You will have the option of creating
several different kinds of reports. For details about
the different report types please refer to the reference
section.
---------
Reference
---------
Project Lists and Databases
---------------------------
In Account Manager, the Project List and the Database are
two different things. It is important to understand the
difference.
A Project List is simply a list of your projects. It is
displayed on the main window, and also in the Quick
Access List for easy access. Project lists are usually
saved with a .AMP extension.
A Database contains all of the punch in/punch out data.
Every time you punch in to or out of a project, the
database file is updated. Database files are usually
stored with a .AMD extension.
Note that Project Lists and Database files are not
connected in any way. A Project List exists only for
your convenience. It is possible to punch in to a
project which is not even in the Project List (to do
this, type the name of the project and press In -- do not
press the Add button, which would add it to the Project
List). Conversely, deleting a project from the Project
List will NOT delete the associated data in the database.
To find out the current Project List and Database files,
choose Get Status... from the File menu.
Note that database files can grow quite large over a long
period of time -- it is recommended that you delete old
records periodically via the Edit Database option. This
will reduce the file size and also speed up report
generation.
Database Options
----------------
The Database menu contains several options related to
database management.
Punch In Earlier
----------------
This option allows you to punch in to a project at an
earlier time. This is especially useful if you start
working on a given project, but forget to punch in to it.
When you select this option, you will see the following
screen:
Information Fields:
Previous Project: This is the name of the last
project that was active. If this is a new database
and there is no previous project on file, this field
will say "(none)".
Punched In/Out At: This is the date and time that
the previous project was punched in to or out of
(whatever the last punch in/out event was). If this
is a new database and there is no previous project
on file, this field will say "(N/A)".