File DESCRIBE.TXT copyright 1991, 1992 by Novagraph, Dallas, Texas Contents: A Description of Chartist(tm) System Requirements System Capacities Standard Library Shapes Product And Version Information CHARTIST(tm) Chartist Shareware Version Chartist Registered Version CHARTIST-2(tm) (Retail product) Chartist-2 Enhanced Features Chartist-2 Retail Version CHARTIST-2 UPGRADE OPTION (For Registered Chartist Users) TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION OPTIONS Contact Information A Description of Chartist(tm) ============================= Chartist is a Microsoft Windows(tm) 3.x application. With Chartist you can create, edit, and print flow charts, organization charts, or other charts that use similar components. Through the use of the Windows Clipboard, you may also paste all or part of the charts you create into other documents, providing the application can read Clipboard bitmaps or metafile pictures. As with most Windows applications, you may run multiple copies of Chartist on your computer, with each copy simultaneously operating on a different document. Data may be exchanged among copies of Chartist, using the Clipboard. Chartist supports the text, graphics and color capabilities of your display and printer. Text in a Chartist document may use any number of the fonts available from your printer. A Chartist document is one or more pages in size. The orientation of pages depends upon the settings for your printer. Within a Chartist document there may be one or more symbols. A symbol is a a polygonal shape with optional text or graphics inside it. The text inside a symbol may be in any of the fonts available from your printer. More than one font may be used for the text inside a symbol. Lines may be drawn between symbols. The lines are routed automatically, with "influence" from the user as to symbol entry and exit points. Lines may be drawn with or without arrowheads, in different thicknesses, with solid, dotted or dashed pen styles, and with three different routing styles (straight, curved, square turns). When symbols are moved around the document, any associated lines are rerouted and redrawn as necessary. Lines may also be labeled with text. Advanced features include the ability to set up "hypertext" references withing symbols to other Windows documents (including other Chartist documents); the ability to load device independent bitmaps, such as scanned photographs, or other artwork into symbols; and the ability to customize, save and restore color palettes. The goal of Chartist is to give you an easy way to create charts quickly, while taking advantage of the advanced features of your printer, and providing data interchange with other Windows applications. System Requirements ================== Microsoft Windows 3.x VGA or EGA display (or better) Mouse Windows-supported graphics printer System Capacities ================= Maximum chart size: 60" height and width Maximum symbols: 2000 per document Text: 65K characters per document Line Routes: 64KB (Less Font Data) Fonts: 64KB (Less Line Route Data) Standard Library Shapes (All included) ====================================== General & Orginizational Charting: Rectangle, Shadow Rectangle, "3D" Rectangle, Title (Borderless) Additional For Flowcharting: Comment Left, Comment Right, Delay, Decision, Disk (2 Forms) Document, "Drum" Storage, Ellipse (or Circle), Hexagon, Keyboard, Oval, Off Page Connector, Parallelogram (I/O), Rounded Rectangle, Tape (Reel), Tape (Ribbon), Transfer, Trapezoid (Manual Op), Merge (Down Triangle), External (Up Triangle), Video Terminal, Comm Link, Subroutine, Line Bypass (Crossover) Additional For CCITT-SDL: Signal Input External Left and Right, Signal Input Internal Left and Right, Signal Output External Left and Right, Signal Output Internal Left and Right Product And Version Information: ================================ The information below describes CHARTIST, CHARTIST-2, CHARTIST-2 UPGRADE OPTION and the SHAPE LIBRARY SUPPORT OPTION. CHARTIST Chartist: all features in the above description, 30day evaluation period, full documentation, sample files, complete Windows help system no program restrictions (no crippling), copy and distribute freely (commercial distributors see README.TXT file in this distribution) Chartist Registered Version (Single User License): $69.95 plus shipping and handling ($3.00) latest release printed manual technical support for 1 year, phone & mail update notification for 1 year CHARTIST-2 Chartist-2 is an enhanced retail product, upward compatible with Chartist. In addition to all of the features of Chartist, Chartist-2 includes: Chartist-2 Enhanced Features * SHAPES PALETTE - Customizable point and click palette of up to 16 library shapes for quick adding of symbols to chart. * MULTIPLE LINE ATTACH POINTS - Choose up to 7 attachment points per symbol side (28 per symbol) for lines. * SUPPORT FOR LARGE BLOCKS OF TEXT - Automatic word wrapping of text in symbols, when editing or when symbols are re-sized or shapes are changed. * IMPORT METAFILES AND METAFILE PICTURES INTO SYMBOLS - in addition to bitmaps. * TEMPLATES - Use any Chartist-2 document file as a template for new charts. * TEXT FILE EXCHANGE FORMAT - Text file format for charts. Use to integrate Chartist-2 with user software. Documented in the Chartist-2 Technical Documentation Option, see below. Chartist-2 Retail Version: $109.00 plus shipping and handling ($3.00), printed manual, technical support for 1 year, phone & mail, update notification for 1 year CHARTIST-2 UPGRADE OPTION available to registered Chartist users, apply 90% of prior Chartist registration fee to $109.00 (proof of registration within last 12 months reqd) plus shipping and handling ($3.00), complete Chartist-2 Retail Version (see above) TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION OPTIONS Chartist Technical Documentation Option: available to registered Chartist users, $25 additional at registration, or any time later, document describing shape library and how to make additional shapes, shape development technical support for 6 months Chartist-2 Technical Documentaion Option: available to registered Chartist-2 users, $25 at time of purchase, or any time later, document describing shape library and how to make additional shapes, shape development technical support for 6 months document describing Text File format for chart documents Contact Information =================== Steve Goings Novagraph 10014 Lawler Road Dallas, TX 75243 (214) 231-2169 Compuserve ID: 74036,2325 An order form is available in the file ORDER.TXT in this distribution. Chartist and Chartist-2 are trademarks of Novagraph, Dallas, Texas Microsoft Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. SG 7/92