R O O M   R E S E R V A T I O N

			 	S Y S T E M



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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

This program is a Room Reservation system,  allowing the tracking of room
reservations specified in half hour increments.  

System set-up allows user specification of room numbers (alphanumeric),  room properties,  and the assignment of properties to specific rooms.  Other than the keying of name,  phone number,  and room size,  all functions are mouse driven.  The system searches for a room matching the requirements.  A visual calendar allows the saving of multiple events (per booking) with only three mouse actions.  Four reports are available,  screen or hard copy.  Queries can be made by user name,  by room number and date,  or by date alone,  showing all events by room for a given date.  A drop down list containing all user names can be clicked on to post a given name to the booking screen.

Events with a past date are purged automatically.  Backup and restore 
(floppy) functions are built in.  The system maintains two sets of files 
(on the hard drive),  the second of which is a copy of the primary files,  updated only at the conclusion of a successful save.  This allows immediate recovery in the event of system failure during a save,  which generally leaves behind corrupted files.

PROGRAM STATUS:

This system is Copyright (C) and may not be modified without the written permission of the author.  The system is being marketed as ShareWare.  Ordering information can be found by running the program;  select Ordering from the MISC drop down menu.  This copy of the program is a fully functional UNREGISTERED version,  which allows only 10 bookings (with 990 events per booking) to be made.  This copy of the program is intended for evaluation purposes only.

DISTRIBUTION STATUS:

You are encouraged to pass this software on to others,  provided that all files are included in the package.  Using RMRESV10.ZIP is the easiest way to accomplish this.

INSTALLATION:

To install this programme,  select the directory to which you unzipped,  and key INSTALL,  <enter>.  This directory should contain ONLY the unzipped files from RMRESV10.ZIP.  A directory called ROOMRES will be created,  containing all the system files.  The file ROOMRES.BAT will be written to your root directory.


RUNNING THE PROGRAM:

Key "ROOMRES" at the DOS prompt (c:>) and hit <enter>.  Or open a DOS window and do likewise.  Comprehensive user documentation written in MS Word Version 6 can be found in the ROOMRES directory (ROOMRECU.DOC).  The program does not include a HELP file,  but all functions provide extensive on-line prompting if required information has been omitted.

HOW TO USE THE PROGRAM:		(If all else fails,  READ the documentation.  				Hard copy of same provided free of charge on 				request.) 

Quick Start:

1)  Define the properties which will later be assigned to rooms.  Select editProperties from the OPTIONS menu.

2)  Define room numbers and assign properties to each room.  Select setUpRooms from the OPTION menu.  The room is created by naming it in the dialogue box.  Assign up to 5 properties per room and its size.

3)  To make reservations select makeBooking from the OPTIONS menu.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT:

The mailing address is:

			Ray March
			P. O. Box 31331
			Halifax,  Nova Scotia
			B3K 5Y5
			Canada

The e-mail address is:  raymarch@fox.nstn.ca

The telephone number is: (902) 454-8586  		9:00 - 9:00 EST

Comments concerning this software will be most welcome.  If you would like functionality added to the package,  drop me a line.   Registered users of this package will be eligible to receive new releases at a nominal cost.

Oct 14/95