LANtastic Network Operating System Compatibility Bulletin Product Reviewed: OnTime v2.22 & OnTime for Windows v1.25 Classification: Network Scheduling Software Date: 4/14/93 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Compatibility Statement Campbell Services Inc.'s OnTime v2.22 and OnTime for Windows v1.25 (both network versions) are compatible with LANtastic NOS version 4.xx and 5.xx. Product Overview OnTime lets you schedule appointments and maintain the calendar for a workgroup. The main screen of OnTime displays a day planner and a narrow box that shows at a glance occupied blocks of time during the day. Most of the program's functions can be accessed through a handful of push-button keys at the bottom of the screen, which includes adding and deleting appointments, adding and attaching notes, rescheduling appointments, searching for keywords, printing a calendar and replacing the day planner with either a week-at-a- glance or a month-at-a-glance view. In addition to appointments, it also allows you to maintain to-do lists. To-do items can be prioritized and set to automatically roll over until marked completed. The network version supports group scheduling (on a group calendar), including notification to the individual that an appointment has been added to his or her calendar. Each user can maintain the access rights of other users to his/her private calendar, and s/he can belong to different groups to gain access to the group calendars. OnTime produces tri-fold/duplex reports that combines different formats and views of the schedule on one page. Product Installation Notes OnTime comes with a slim manual which covers installation on LANs in general, but a document explaining how to set up OnTime on a LANtastic network is available on request from Campbell Services' Tech. Support. Installation is very automated, and the Windows version offers to install OnTime in your list of Windows programs loaded at startup and modify your win.ini. OnTime must be installed onto a drive that can be accessed by all users and must have the same drive designator for all users, including the server. However, a server with files required to initialize or shutdown Windows should not remap any of its local drives to network drives, or else Windows will lock up on the logo screen during initialization. Instead the DOS SUBST command should be used, e.g. SUBST d: c:\ontime. Executable files in the \ONTIME directory must be set to read-only by the DOS ATTRIB command. After installation, you will need to add users to the system through the SETUPNET(for DOS) or WSETUPN(for Windows) utility. Each user's access can be password'ed. DOS SHARE is required on the server but not the workstations. Memory requirement for OnTime's TSR, OTLOAD, is 15k when in background, 380k when in foreground. It cannot be loaded high with the DOS loadhigh command, or with any of the popular memory managers. Product Execution Notes To invoke OnTime, type ONTIME or OTLOAD for DOS, or click on the icon set up to run OTWIN.exe for Windows. It will then prompt you for the user name. The loader will swap itself to EMS memory if available. It was noticed that OnTime for Windows' alarm tunes may not play to completion when running in Windows. This is due to a minor problem with the LANtastic redirector. A workaround is also available which needs to turn off network bleeping altogether, but in most cases users will not need to worry about this cosmetic problem and the impact to the usage of the product is minimal. There is a known problem for OnTime for Windows running on a LANtastic network (internal tracking number T01870). When running OnTime for Windows on a workstation and the server unexpectedly goes down (due to power outage, rebooting, etc.), the workstation returns Windows' "The network has become unstable" screen. It may also be locked up as a result. Campbell Services and Artisoft are still investigating the problem. Version History 3/31/92: OnTime (DOS) v2.0 and OnTime for Windows v1.0 tested for compatibility with LANtastic v4.1. 3/15/93: OnTime (DOS) v2.22 and OnTime for Windows v1.25 tested for compatibility with LANtastic v5.0. Vendor Information Campbell Services, Inc. 21700 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 1070, Southfield, MI 48075, U.S.A. Tel: (313)559-5955 ARTISOFT, Inc. makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this document. LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names, company names, and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.