TIMELOGGER
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Thank you for chosing to evaluate TimeLogger.


INTRODUCTION
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TimeLogger is a program that tracks billable time by
recording events.  It is designed for the professional 
who must track billable time but has little time during
the heat of battle to think about what customer and
project to charge the time to.

This program is distributed as shareware.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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 o 486SX with 8MB RAM (16MB for NT)
 o 6MB free disk space for installation
 o Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95


INSTALLATION
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To install this program, extract the contents of the
archive to a temporary empty directry and run the
setup.exe program found therein.  It will copy all the
files to the directory of your choice, after which, you
may delete the contents of the temporary directory.

Storing Data on Interbase:
By default, this program stores its data in Paradox files. 
You can, however, opt to have it store its data on an
Interbase server.  To do so, you must:

1. Create a database and define the proper tables.  An SQL
script (TimeLogger.SQL) has been provided with the
installation for this purpose.  If you wish, you can
define the tables in an already existing database.

2. Change the BDE alias "TimeLogger" to point to the
Interbase database using the BDE configuration utility
that was installed with TimeLogger.
Use the following parameters:

  Type = INTRBASE
  BATCH COUNT = 200
  ENABLE BCD = FALSE
  ENABLE SCHEMA CACHE = FALSE
  MAX ROWS = -1
  OPEN MODE = READ/WRITE
  SCHEMA CACHE SIZE = 8
  SCHEMA CACHE TIME = -1
  SERVER NAME = <full path name of database file>
  SQLPASSTHRU MODE = SHARED AUTOCOMMIT

Storing Data on Other Servers
You may be able to store data in DBase files, SQL Server
or any ODBC source, but you're on your own.  I've only
tested Paradox and Interbase.  


RESTRICTIONS
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The shareware version of TimeLogger has the following
restrictions:

1. Reports always contain a shareware notice in the title.

2. You cannot add more than 200 events.

Please read the license agreement which can be found in 
license.txt after installation.


NOTES AND WARNINGS
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The installation also installs the Borland Database Engine
and creates the directory C:\IDAPI for it.  It also tries
to set up the TimeLogger alias.  If you already have the
BDE on your system, you should back up your IDAPI.CFG file
before installing this program.

WARNING: If you re-install this program, it will wipe out
any data you have saved.  You can avoid this by following
these steps:

   1) There is a subdirectory called DATA off of the
      directory in which you installed TimeLogger.  By
      default, this would be 
      C:\Program Files\LCA\TimeLogger\Data.
      Copy all the files in this directory to another
      directory.
   2) Re-install TimeLogger.
   2) Change the TimeLogger alias to point to the
      new directory using the BDE configuration utility
      that was installed with TimeLogger.
      
If you have changed the alias to point to an Interbase
server, then this warning does not apply.


BACKING UP YOUR DATA
--------------------

It is highly recommended that you back up you data files
frequently.

If you're using Paradox, back up all the files in the
DATA directory off of the directory in which you installed
TimeLogger.

If you're using Interbase, use the backup utility that
comes with that product.


CONTACTING LCA
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If you have any questions or suggestions, please send
E-Mail to sschafer@netw.com.
