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Contents
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This readme file has the following sectiions:
Compatibility with Previous Versions
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About Xtimelog 2.0
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Xtimelog Installation
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Documentation
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Compatibility with Previous Versions
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Version 2.0 can read database files from previous versions of Xtimelog.
program. However, the underlying representation of dates and times was
changed by Microsoft between the version of the C runtime library used to
create Xtimelog 2.0 and earlier the versions of Xtimelog.
When Xtimelog 2.0 detects that it has been asked to access an earlier
version of the Xtimelog database, it updates the date and time format
and rewrites the database. If you should read that database again with
the earlier version of Xtimelog, you will find that all work session
punch in and punch out times have been decremented by about 70 years.
So it might be well to make copies of your Xtimelog databases before they
are accessed by Version 2.0, if you think you may want to access them again
with an earlier version of Xtimelog.
About Xtimelog 1.03
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Xtimelog Version 2.0 is a Windows 3.X application. You will need to be
running Windows 3.0 or 3.1 to use Xtimelog.
Xtimelog provides a way to create and maintain a database of your time
usage on a number of projects. A Xtimelog database consists of a set
of projects that you create and name. Each project will collect a set of
work sessions as you use Xtimelog. A work session is created in a
project when you "Punch In" on that project. The session is completed
when you punch out. The database is kept on disk so no data is lost
if you turn off the computer, exit Xtimelog or even exit Windows. The
worst that can happen is that you remain "Punched In" until you run
Xtimelog again and "Punch Out".
Xtimelog provides several report formats that can either be sent to
the printer, to a formated .txt, tab separated .txt files or directly to
the Windows Clipboard for pasting into another document. You can conrol the
time period used to prepare these reports.
Xtimelog can also be a Windows Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) server.
This allows you to write spreadsheets that can extract the total
hours worked on each project into a cell on the spreadsheet. (at this
time Exatech has only verified that DDE works for Microsoft Excel. We
would be interested to know if it works for other Windows
spreadsheet programs).
Xtimelog also allows you to edit your project histories in cases such
as where you forget to "Punch Out".
Several other features are provided and covered in the user's manual.
Xtimelog Installation
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The complete Xtimelog system consists this readme file, XTIMELOG.EXE
XTIMELOG.HLP and manual.wri. In addition, you will find COMMDLG.DLL
and DDEML.DLL on this diskette. These last two files are Microsoft
dynamic link libraries that are distributed with MS Windows 3.1. If
you are running MS Windows 3.1, you should delete the two DLL's provided
here and save the disk space. But if you are still running Windows 3.0 you
must keep them in order to run Xtimelog.
Installation consists of copying these files to a directory
on your hard disk. Then you have several options to run Xtimelog.
1. You can run Xtimelog from the Windows File Manager by selecting
XTIMELOG.EXE and using the File Manager's "File" menu "Run" menu.
2. Or you can double click XTIMELOG.EXE directly in the File Manager
Window.
3. A better way to run Xtimelog is to install it in your Startup
Program Group. You can do this by dragging XTIMELOG.EXE from the
File Manager and dropping it into your Startup Group in the
Program Manager. Then Xtimelog will start up every time you start
Windows.
4. Finally you can install Xtimelog the hard way by choosing the StartUp
Program Group Icon in the Program Manager window. Then
choose the "New..." item in the Program Manager's File menu. Then
a dialog box will appear with two selection buttons. Make sure
the one that is labeled "Program Item" is selected. Then press
the OK button.
Another dialog box will then appear prompting you for the Program
Item Properties. Assuming you placed XTIMELOG.EXE and the other
files in the directory, C:\Xtimelog the values you enter for
these properties should be:
Property Name Property value you enter
Description Xtimelog
Command Line c:\XTIMELOG\XTIMELOG.exe
Working Directory c:\XTIMELOG
When you have entered these property values, press OK. The
Xtimelog Icon will then appear in the Startup Program Group. You
can then run Xtimelog by double clicking this icon.
Because Xtimelog is in your Startup Group, Xtimelog will now be started
automatically whenever you start Windows.
Documentation
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The file manual.wri contains the same information that is also provided
through Xtimelog's Windows help screens. However, it is organized as a
printable manual. To obtain a printed manual, use the "Write" application
that is supplied with windows. "Write" is found in the "Accessories" program
group if you have a standard Windows installation. Its Icon is a picture of
the business end of a fountain pen. Double click this Icon. When the "Write"
application appears on the screen, pull down the "File" menu and click the
"Open..." menu item. A file dialog box will appear. Use it to tell "Write"
where manual.wri is located. When "Write" has read manual.wri, once again
pull down the "File" menu. This time click on the "Print..." menu item.