Simona Planner (Version 5.3 32bit for Windows 95)

written by Carlos Moya



CONTENTS
---Installation and required files
---Overview
---Registration and Support
---Simona Planner and its datafiles
---Bugs fixed


**INSTALLATION AND REQUIRED FILES**

Required files:
VB40032.DLL & associated files - Microsoft Visual Basic runtime library
must be located in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
(No other DLL's or VBX's or OCX's required!) 
For installation instructions see the _INSTALL.TXT file


**OVERVIEW**

Simona Planner is a program for college students looking for a way
to organize the courses they have taken and the tests or papers 
they have written into a concise visual form. Simona Planner uses a 
folder/file cabinet metaphor to organize the data. There are two 
file cabinets: The Current Semester File Cabinet, in which you 
create folders that represent the courses that you are currently
taking, and the Past Semesters File Cabinet where the courses
you have taken are collected and organized for easy display. The
beauty of it all is that Simona Planner automatically calculates your
GPA and your accumulated credits. The program features a 
hypothetical GPA calculator, where you can input mock grades, and 
a progress graph of your GPA semester by semester. Simona Planner
also features a phone book to keep track of people and calendar to
keep track of appointments, and test or paper due dates. 


**Registration and Support**

If you have questions regarding Simona Planner or if you wish to receive an
upgrade, I can be reached at the address listed below. If the first 
two addresses (mine) are out of order you may send your message to one
of the others.

cmoya@spectra.net
be81756@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu
         -or-
ndiaz@coral.bucknell.edu
ec7986@cnsvax.albany.edu

If you wish to purchase the fully-working version of Simona Planner send
a check or money order for $20 to:

********************************
*  Carlos Moya                 *
*  Binghamton University       *
*  Box 3012                    *
*  Binghamton, NY 13902-3012   *
********************************

See the Order.txt file for more information on how to order Simona Planner-
in Simona Planner click the 'Order...' option in the Help menu or in Setup
click the 'Order...' button.


**Simona Planner AND ITS DATAFILES**

Simona Planner stores its data in a database (refered to as a planner)
which can be located in any directory. NOTE: Only one database may be
created in a directory. In order for the program to run it has to be
able to find and access one of these databases at startup. The Simona
Planner Setup Program creates these files. The Setup program will
prompt you to choose a directory where you want to keep your datafiles. 
You can setup more than one database (each has to be in a DOS 
directory of its own). The datafiles in a particular directory
are independent of datafiles in other directories. You can switch
to another database while running Simona Planner by choosing 
File|Open Planner in Simona Planner's Main Menu. You may never have
to use use this feature, but it allows for more than one person who
may share a computer to share one copy of Simona Planner. A database 
may also be specified on the command line before Simona Planner starts.
For more info, refer to the Help file and lookup under 
UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLE DATABASES.


**Known Bugs**

Most bugs that I know of have been eliminated.

"Not really a bug but a weakness":
The datafiles that Simona Planner uses to store your folders, tests,
grades and whatever can be EASILY corrupted. Simona Planner assumes
that the data in these files are in a particular order and if you
tamper with them you may upset that order! Do not tamper with the
files. Although now that I brought it to your attention you probably
will anyway.

The Help files are little sketchy. I'm not really good at writing
helpfiles and their pretty hard to write. HOPEFULLY the program is
so INTUITIVE that you won't need much help. If you do and the help
files don't help then you can always E-Mail me with questions
(addresses listed above).

Simona Planner is based on the Testkeeper program which is available
as freeware to college students.

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