Vacation.Txt     Copyright 1994 Don Bjortomt, All Rights Reserved

Version 2.1      First Share Ware release. April 12, 1994 (1 Disk)
Version 2.11     Fixed problem with Next Screen Box and dynamic lines
                 around employees.  April 14, 1994.
Hardware Requirements:

  a. Color Monitor
  b. Mouse
  c. Printer
  d. 380K ram
  e. Hard or floppy drive 1.2 meg or greater.

Main Feature of Program:

                Once the employee's name and number of days earned
                is typed in you may never need to type again.  Click
                the "Schedule Vacations" option.  A list of employees
                will come up.  Click on an employee and a calander
                will come up.  Click on the dates and they will be
                entered into the employee's record.  Never type a
                date again!

Instructions:

          Installation:

                Create a directory to put the file in.
                (ie. At C: prompt type md c:\vacation)
                Put the floppy disk in drive A:. At the
                C: prompt type copy a:vacation.exe c:\vacation
                At the C: prompt type cd c:\vacation
                Type vacation and hit the enter key.

           First Time Program is run:

                The program will check the default drive for the existence
                of Employee.Dbf and Vacation.Dbf.  If they do not exist
                they will be created along with two index files.
 
           Add Employees:

                If you have an unregistered Share Ware release you
                will be limited to 20 employees and 60 vacation days.
                If either limit is exceeded on the unregistered
                release you will be locked out of the program.
                You can get back into the program by erasing the
                employee.dbf and vacation.dbf files if you want to
                see more of the features.

                If more employees or vacation days are required please
                register your release.

                You should select the Add Employees option the first
                time you use the  program as none of the other options
                can do anything without the employees being added first.
                There is no need to type caps or small letters as all
                names will be changed to start with a cap.  This may
                be a small problem with names like McCormack
                If this is a problem it can be corrected by going into
                the Edit Names option.

           Schedule Vacations:
                If you have an unregistered Shareware version you will
                be limited to 60 total vacation days that can be scheduled.
                Click on  the employee name to bring up a calendar.
                Note the +/- Month and +/- Year boxes at the bottom of
                the calandar. As you would expect these add or subtract
                months or years. Click on up to 15 days and they will
                be returned when you click on the end/save button.  You
                will be asked if there are any partial days. If you select
                the yes button you will be given the option to enter a
                two didget decimal number for partial days. You may hit
                the enter key to get to the day you want to change.
                Entering without changing the number will insert a 1.
                Previously scheduled days will show on the calendar as
                a number in a black button.

            Print Menu:

                This option offers:
                Print Summary:    A summary printout of all employees
                Print Individual: Select an employee for a detailed
                                  printout of each employees used or
                                  scheduled vacation days.
                Print Date Range: Print all vacations scheduled between
                                  two date ranges.  The first and last
                                  days of the month are suggested, but
                                  you may put in any starting and ending
                                  dates.

            Edit Names or Dates:
      
                The Names option allows you the correct spellings or
                number of days earned.  You will be given an option
                to delete the name record.  If you choose it the
                vacation dates for this employee will also be deleted.

                The dates option allows you to change dates or delete
                vacation the the employee may have cancelled.

            Re-Index Files:

                This option should be taken if you are experiencing any
                unusual problem.  It is possible for indexes to become
                corrupted.  Choosing this option should clear up these
                problems.

            Utility Menu:

                Use Backup option to backup files.  Note that the disk
                used must be large enough to hold the data.  You will
                be advised how many bytes are required to hold the file
                data.

                Use the begin new year option to delete all records out
                of the vacation date file.  The employee name file will
                be alphabetically resequenced. The scheduled vacation
                dates will be eliminated.  If you want to save last years
                dates back them up first.

           Conscience:

                If you have the unregistered version of Vacation Scheduler
                you exit the program through the conscience menu where I
                have placed a request for registration:

           Disclaimer:

                The author disclaims all warranties as to this software,
                whether expressed or implied.  The user must test the
                program to determine if it fills his requirements.

Registration:

  If you like and use the program for scheduling vacations please send
  $20.00 U.S. for a "Conscience" free disk, with your name and address
  to the address shown below:

                        " Don Bjortomt "
                   " 1920 White Eagle Drive "
                  " Huntington IN 46750-1386 "

Suggestions for improvements may be sent to the above address or to
my User ID 73520,3152 via CompuServe (R)