1:30 PM becomes 13:30 (+ 12 hours) 7:30 PM becomes 19:30 8:25 AM remains 08:25 16:45 is the same as 4:45pm (- 12 hours) +--------------------------------------------------------+
COMPRESSED DISPLAYS
To conserve screen space, TimeTrak needs to compress time
indicator displays, so the following convention has been
adopted.
TimeTrak automatically selects the display format required -
less than 1 minute MM∙SS ∙SS less than 1 hour HH:MM :MM less than 1 day HH:MM HH: greater than 1 day DDMmm DDM +--------------------------------------------------------+
Whenever a schedule is compressed to less than 6 characters
per timeslot, TimeTrak chooses the shortened version until
the slot width reduces to less than 4 characters. If a split
is compressed to less than 4 characters, then the time bar
shows every alternate slot time, until the schedule is
reduced to as few as 2 columns per slot.
If a split is reduced to less than 2 columns by its
association with an adjacent larger split, then the denser
splits become blank with a status message.
Expanding any of the hidden splits will redisplay the
contents when the schedule can be shown correctly.
Refer to the SUPERVISOR OPTIONS chapter for more information on configuration options for advanced TimeTrak use. +------------------------------------------------------------+
To move to the 21st June just past (i.e. the nearest), press | |
2-1-6 (the 6 key is for month #6, June). | |
To move to 21st June next year, press | |
2-1-SHIFT+6 | |
The SHIFT key forces the jump to move forward from the cursor time to the next occurrence of the required date. +------------------------------------------------------------+
(You may also use CTRL+J from the timesheet to specify and
move to a specific date and time.)
CHANGING THE ACTIVE SPLIT
When more than one split is open on the screen, you can
switch between active splits by using the CTRL+PgUp and
CTRL+PgDn keys or by pressing ALT+SPACE.
When moving between non-adjacent splits, TimeTrak will only
realign the slot positions to the cursor when an arrow key or
event alignment is required.
SCROLL LOCK
The ScrollLock function is indicated by a bar/arrow symbol in
the lower right corner of the display. When the bar is
shown, the timesheet will scroll under the cursor in all
directions - and the 'reference' timeslot will remain static.
If the double-ended arrow indicator is visible, then the
reference timeslot will initially move within the width of
the screen. Only when screen limits are reached, will the
DOS commands require some familiarity with the DOS method of dealing with launching programs. | |
Internal commands - DIR, COPY, ECHO etc (that don't require an external COM or EXE file) may run directly from the alarm command line without any modification. | |
XCOPY and other EXE / COM files) will run from the command line untouched - unless they require redirection of their I/O streams (does your command line require the angle brackets < or >, or the pipe | character ?). +--------------------------------------------------------+
External DOS commands, and 'your programs' that require
redirection of the input/output must have a new copy of
COMMAND loaded to handle the redirection.
If this is required, begin the DOS alarm command as...
COMMAND /C then your required command line
DOS CMD ERRORS
TimeTrak will report an error, and allow optional
rescheduling - only in the following cases...
- COMMAND.COM could not be located, or
- The external (EXE/COM) file returned with an exit code
other than zero (success).
If an external command cannot be found at all, the alarm
That is . . . |--------------------------------------------------------|
. . . an alarm that was originally set for 10:00,on a day one week prior to the event will remain at 10:00 on the remaining days, even if the alarm is rescheduled automatically or manually at any time of the day. +--------------------------------------------------------+
If the event start time has already passed when the schedule
is reopened after a period of inactivity, the alarm will
sound as noted above, both cancel and sleep will cancel the
alarm permanently by virtue of the rescheduled time falling
into the past.
If an event is moved in time, the attached alarms are moved
with it. If after the move, any alarms fall in past time, or
within 5 minutes of the current date / time of day, then they
are discarded - as it is assumed that the operator is already
looking at the event being moved, and doesn't want to be
disturbed again within 5 minutes of placing the event in the
From the above situation, consider a shift worker that applies for some holidays, and needs to pick up his salary from the company office before leaving... | |
By looking at the two schedules alongside each other, it is immediately apparent from the schedule offsets that his last shift ends outside regular office hours, thus he must pick up his pay during the preceding day. +--------------------------------------------------------+
SCHEDULE DATA LAYOUT
The screen now displays a blank rectangle on the screen.
This box after resizing and addition of data fields, will
be the data window that is used to store and display the
information about any event in the schedule.
The cursor is positioned within the box area, you can
create prompts and reposition with the arrow keys as
required.
By pressing CTRL+W, you may resize the rectangle using
the arrow keys interactively while defining the window
contents. Resizing is terminated with the ENTER key.
At this time you should determine the most favourable
layout to contain the information needed in your
schedule.
Typing text will create messages or legends on the form -
the position and content is completely arbitrary, and has
no effect on TimeTrak operation. UNDERSCORE and TILDE
characters are reserved for field definitions - see the
next paragraph.
To access the extended character set, hold down the ALT
key while you type the decimal character value on the
numeric keypad. The extended character set is listed at
e.g. if the field is designated as holding the customer account number, the field name may be CustAccNo or Account#.... +--------------------------------------------------------+
LAYOUT DIARY FORM
Once the schedule data form is complete, you have defined
the way data will be entered and displayed within the new
schedule. You have also designated the type and size of
all the data fields that are associated with the
schedule...
The screen will now display another blank 'window'
rectangle on the screen...
To make some aspects of the schedule more readable,
layout allows you to design a text box that tells
TimeTrak how you want to see the schedule data when it is
displayed in a list form. By providing this second
display method, you can select only the most relevant
information to be shown in a convenient form.
To specify the diary layout, use exactly the same keys as
you did when setting up the schedule data form. All the
layout keys behave in the same manner for both the diary
and schedule data windows.
The diary window is limited in its height between 1 and 6
lines, so that you may display between 3 and 11 events on
screen simultaneously with the diary (with a standard PC
display). Similarly the width is limited so that
TimeTrak is able to fit the time indicators in the margin
alongside each event when it is displayed later.
To indicate where a data field should appear in the
diary, place UNDERSCORE characters to fill the desired
space. TimeTrak will look after padding or trimming the
actual field data to use only the designated space.
If more underscore areas are indicated than fields are
available in the schedule, the status bar will flash, and
a diagnostic message can be displayed by pressing the F1
