                           Work Status
                          Introduction

The Work Status program facilitates interoffice communications
and optimizes everyone's time by eliminating needless walking
about the office in an attempt to contact an associate, deliver
phone messages (or picking them up), and using sticky notes for
messages.

Some of the features and benefits of Work Status are:

     * Allows people on  the network to indicate their current
       availability status to all other users of the network
       (Available, Out of Office, In Meeting, In Car, etc.).
     * A complete eMail system so users may send messages to each
       other.   They can send the same message to multiple users
       or groups, forward messages, or reply to messages from
       others.
     * A public bulletin board allows users to post global
       messages for everyone else to see.
     * Certain users (referred to as "Receptionist") can send
       other network users electronic phone messages or alert
       them that they have a new  fax. 
     * The receptionist may also change a person's status if the
       person forgot to change it themselves. 
     * The user list can also be used as a network user directory
       and phone number or extension list.
     * Indicates which network users are currently using Work
       Status on their work stations.
     * Multimedia event driven sound built in (licensed version
       only)
                     Work Status Evaluation
You are granted a 15 day evaluation period to try Work Status. 
If you use it after this evaluation period you must register it. 
Please see the on-line help system for details about the license
agreement and  the registration process.

          Updating from a Previous Work Status Version

If you are updating from a previous version of Work Status please
see the section "Updating Work Status" for special instructions. 
                      Initial Installation

This program is provided in one of two forms.  It is either part
of the TARDIS Applications diskette or can be downloaded
individually from CompuServe or other BBS systems.

Diskette
If the program is provided on diskette and you have used the
diskette's install program, the software has already been
installed and program manager icons created.  You can begin using
it immediately.  Please see the section "Running for the first
time."

Download
If you downloaded this file you should follow the instructions
below.   The program is provided as a self-extracting executable
file.  Just follow the instructions below to install the program
on your hard drive.  You MUST already have a copy of the Visual
Basic 3.0 runtime DLL VBRUN300.DLL.  It must be installed in your
Windows \SYSTEM directory.  If you do not have this file you can
download it from the Microsoft Visual Basic forum on CompuServe. 
This file is not included with Work Status.

   1.Choose a network drive on which you want to install the
     product.
   2.Create a directory on that network drive.  You may name it
     anything you like.  It may be a subdirectory of another
     directory.  We recommend you name it \WSTATUS.
   3.If required by your network set up security so that all
     users (who will use Work Status) have significant rights to
     search, read, write, and create files in this directory and
     all it's subdirectories (created later).
   4.Copy the Work Status self extracting executable (WSTAT.EXE)
     into the \WSTATUS directory.
   5.Make a backup of this file to floppy diskette for safe
     keeping.  You will delete this file from the hard drive
     later.
   6.Change to the \WSTATUS directory.
   7.Type the command WSTAT.  This uncompresses the files into
     the current directory.
   8.Delete the file WSTAT.EXE.  It is no longer used.  Make sure
     you make a backup per step 5 above.
   9.Check the directory for any files with a .DLL or .VBX
     extension.  If any files matching this description exist
     they should be copied to your Windows \SYSTEM directory and
     then deleted from the Work Status directory.
   10.If you have not already, start windows on the station
     belonging to the Work Status Administrator.  The
     administrator is responsible for maintaining the user and
     group list and increasing the user count..
   11.From the Program Manager select File and Run.  Type the
     network drive letter, path, and the file name WSTATUSA and
     press enter.  For example, if the \WSTATUS directory was
     created on G: drive, you would type G:\WSTATUS\WSTATUSA.
   12.Since this is the first time you are running this program
     you are prompted for your Company Name, Your Name, Phone
     Number, and optionally your CIS ID (not password).  This
     information is saved for future reference.  The serial
     number is assigned and the registration reminder screen
     displays.  (This screen will never display after you
     register the program).
   13.Since this is the first time you are running Work Status you
     will receive some error messages that files do not exist or
     are in use by another.  The files will be created
     automatically.  You should not see these messages again.
   14.The administrator's program displays.  You should click on
     the menu options "Configure" and then "Program Manager for
     Admin."  to set up your computer as an administrator.  The
     program will now configure your system for Work Status as
     follows:
          A new Program Manager group is created named TARDIS
          Work Status and Work Status Admin. are added to this
     new group
          Work Status is added to the Startup group
   15.Installation for a maximum of 5 users is complete.
   16.Backup at least the WSTATUS.REG file.  This file contains
     your encoded serial number and user count.  If you damage or
     erase this file after you have ordered your user count, the
     activation key you receive will not work.  This is VERY
     important!
You should now define at least one user to the Work Status
program before continuing.  Please refer to the on-line help
system for operational instructions.

                Contacting TARDIS DP Consultants
Should you have any questions or comments about this TARDIS DP
Consultants program you can reach us at:

CompuServe ID 73337,2472

Mail Address:

          TARDIS DP Consultants
          Department 45
          6 Sedley Ct.
          Greensboro, NC 27455

Remember, you are granted a 15 day evaluation period to try Work
Status.  If you use it after this evaluation period you must
register it.  Please see the on-line help system for details
about the license agreement and  the registration process.

                      Updating Work Status

Simply copy the files included in the self extracting file into
the network Work Status directory.  You DO want to overwrite any
existing files.  If the update was sent to you on diskette you
should use the install program to install the files
automatically.  See the README.TXT file that comes on the
diskette.

When updating to version 2.2
     * Work Status 2.2 switched from Visual Basic 2.0 to version
       3.0.  This requires a change from using VBRUN200.DLL to
       using VBRUN300.DLL.   The runtime files must be installed
       on each work station which will run Work Status.  If you
       received the update on diskette the runtime files are
       installed for you automatically.
     * Since VBRUN200.DLL is no longer required you can delete it
        from the network Work Status directory.  Do NOT delete
       this file from the Windows System directory (if they exist
       there) as other programs on the computer may depend on it.
     * Work Status 2.2 changed security and the structure of the
       WSTATUS.REG file.  If you get the message "Invalid
       Registration File" when you start  Work Status simply
       delete the WSTATUS.REG file.  IMPORTANT: If you have
       registered and increased your user count this will reverse
       that process.  Please contact TARDIS DP Consultants
       immediately and a new registration file will be modemed to
       you ASAP.  We are doing everything we can to avoid this
       situation.  We should not need to modify the security file
       in the future.
     * Before you run Work Status again you should run the
       administration program (WSTATUSA.EXE) so that the new
       Group file can be created.  Failure to perform this step
       will cause error messages when Work Status starts.
     * You should manually delete the WSTATUS.INI file from the
       Windows directory of all work stations.  It is no longer
       used.  The WSTATUS.EXE and WSTATUSA.EXE programs MUST 
       exist and be run from the same network directory that
       contains the data files. 
When Updating to Version 2.3
The structure of the Users file has changed slightly.  With of
the addition of the Sound flag and phone forwarding capabilities
to each user record the system may not function properly if this
value is not cleared before accessing user information.  After
you install the update you should access the administrators
program.  Click on the menu option "Reset" and then click options
"Sound Flag" and " Forward Phone".  This resets all sound flags
and phone forwarding information for every user.  You should then
indicate in the user detail information which users have sound
support.

A bug in version 2.2 may have made random users a receptionist. 
We suggest that you reset the receptionist flag (Reset ->
Reception) and then manually indicate the reception status for
the desired users.


