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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
BillPower NT, 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 NT has a General Ledger that is totally
integrated into the rest of the program. This program can simultaneously log
a transaction, adjust the client's balance and aged receivables accordingly,
AND update the appropriate G/L accounts (other programs would require separate
entries for some of these events, if they could handle them at all).
BillPower NT 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 NT's user interface is among the friend-
liest on the market, and the program's flexibility and responsiveness cannot be
beaten anywhere.
Finally, BillPower NT may be used in conjunction with TickleX NT, 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 NT 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)
This program will operate only with Windows 95. A version is also
available for Windows 3.x.
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 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. The new
program will then be added to the folder.
7) For network installation, see the section devoted to Installation in
the program's on-line help.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (page 3)
- 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 6)
- PROBLEMS -
VIDEO:
-> If gibberish appears anywhere in the program, the problem is that the
video driver you are using cannot produce all the fonts used by the program.
Try another driver. Video drivers are selected in the Windows "Display"
routine (found in Settings | Control Panel).
-> If text on the screen or printer seems improperly sized or does not
seem to fit neatly into the areas where it should, there are two possible
reasons:
One possibilty is that the video driver you're using may not be
optimal. Some drivers seem to be incapable of producing text of a selected
font at the correct size, especially at the higher resolutions. If you have
a choice between a driver that uses "large fonts" and one that uses "small
fonts", choose the latter. Video drivers are selected in the Windows "Display"
routine (found in Settings | Control Panel).
Another possible cause of poorly fitting text is that you may be
either missing some font files, or using font files that have been altered
by other software. This program relies upon the following ORIGINAL fonts
supplied by Microsoft Windows: Arial, Courier New, Terminal, and System.
If they seem to be unavailable, they may be somewhere on your hard disk, but
not installed. Try using the Windows "Fonts" routine (found in the "Control
Panel") to find and install (or add) them. Also useful may be the /NT option
discussed near the end of the on-line help's "Configuration" section.
PRINTER:
-> If fonts appear to be improperly sized, or if gibberish appears on the
printout, make sure that the printer driver that you have installed into
Windows is specifically matched to your EXACT printer model. A "close" match
or "emulation" may not be good enough. This program does nothing fancy with
your printer. It relies ENTIRELY upon Windows to handle the printing. If it
doesn't appear to be working properly, your printer driver is probably to
blame. So why do other programs appear to work with your printer and its
driver? Perhaps because those programs don't rely upon the same Arial and
Courier New fonts that this program does. Or perhaps the other programs are
somehow bypassing Windows to print directly to the printer. Be assured that
if your Windows printer driver is a good match for your printer, this
program's output will be fine.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (page 6)
- REGISTERED USERS -
If you have registered as a user, you have a serial number printed on the
distribution disk's label. You now need to let the program know that you
acknowledge your serial number. To do so,
1) Go to the program manager and select File | Run at the menu bar.
2) At the Run box, enter
C:\INTEGRA\BILLPOWR.EXE /RP
at the Command Line item. This command assumes that you have loaded the
program onto drive C. If not, substitute the appropriate letter. For
instance, if you loaded the program onto drive F,
F:\INTEGRA\BILLPOWR.EXE /RP
would be entered instead.
3) When asked for your serial number, enter it.
Once you've completed this process, the program will skip the registration
info screen when loading. But you may confirm your serial number and the
number of network workstations for which you are registered by selecting
Help | About at the Main Screen's menu bar when running the program.