******************************** SIGNOUT HELP ********************************* SIGNOUT ÿis designed to replace manual signout systems. ÿIt is ÿbest ÿused with a Local Area Network (LAN). An employee can use any PC on the network to ÿsign ÿin ÿor out of the office and all other PC users ÿcan ÿaccess ÿthe program ÿto ÿcheck the whereabouts of an employee. ÿThis ÿis ÿparticularly useful ÿwhere ÿphone ÿcalls are answered in multiple ÿlocations. ÿÿWhoever answers can quickly access SIGNOUT in order to let the caller know when the person ÿbeing ÿcalled is expected back in the office. ÿTo ÿexecute, ÿÿtype "SIGNOUT" at the DOS prompt. SIGNOUT ÿshould be installed in a network directory in which all ÿpotential users have Read and Write access rights. ÿSIGNOUT.EXE reads and writes the signout ÿinformation to SIGNOUT.PRN, ÿan ASCII file, ÿso other software can access ÿit. ÿÿA ÿÿlog ÿof ÿall changes to ÿSIGNOUT.PRN ÿis ÿmaintained ÿin SIGNOUT.LOG to allow for the tracking of signout habits by users. To ÿadd, ÿÿedit or delete names to the signout list in SIGNOUT.PRN, ÿor ÿto reconfigure display options, execute the command "SIGNOUT EDIT" ÿat the DOS prompt. Configuration data is maintained in SIGNOUT.CFG. **** NETESSENTIAL SYSTEMS **** **** Copyright 1989, 1990. All rights reserved. **** ********************** SIGNOUT DISPLAY HELP ********************** When a user accesses SIGNOUT and enters a name not recognized or simply hits {return} at the name request prompt, the list of names and signout status is displayed. This screen will remain visible, regularly updating itself as users sign in or out from other terminals, until a function key is pressed. The function keys offer added services to the signout sheet user F1 - Help. F2 - Edit a signout sheet entry. F3 - User specific (eg. Printer Queue) F4 - User specific (eg. Plotter Queue) F5 - Send a message to one of the network users F6 - User specific (eg. EMAIL) F7 - User specific F8 - User specific F9 - DOS Shell. F10 - Exit SIGNOUT. The user defined keys execute DOS level commands such as Novell's "Q" or "USERLIST". {F5} sends a message by entering the following command syntax based on the user entered data: SEND "{message}" TO {username} ************************* USER HELP ************************* Type SIGNOUT from within the directory in which it resides. You will be prompted for a user name. Begin entering the name. As soon as the routine excludes all but one possibility from the list of names, it beeps and displays it on screen. If no recognition occurs or if {enter} is hit before this recognition occurs, the signout sheet is displayed. If recognition occurred, you will be prompted for a destination. The destination default is "IN". Once the destination has been entered, hit {enter} and wait for the next prompt. Next you are asked to enter the time of return, default being the current time. The {Up} and {Down} arrow keys will adjust the hours first. When the correct hour appears, hit {enter} and the minutes can be adjusted. Once the minutes have been adjusted and the {enter} key hit, the system confirms the input on screen and defaults to the signout sheet display unless {F10} is hit. SIGNOUT requires that the SIGNOUT.HLP, SIGNOUT.PRN, SIGNOUT.LOG and SIGNOUT.CFG files be in the current directory. The .LOG, .PRN and .CFG files are created upon intial installation. The user must be able to read and modify these files and their attributes. If the .LOG and .PRN files do not exist, SIGNOUT will offer to create them. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º ************ ADDING, DELETING, EDITING USERNAMES ************ º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ When using SIGNOUT for the first time or after running it with the ÿcommand line option "EDIT", ÿSIGNOUT will ÿallow the user to edit one of the files, SIGNOUT?.PRN. ÿThese ÿfiles ÿcontain the lists ÿof ÿalphabetically ÿsorted SIGNOUT users up to a maximum of 20 ÿusers per file. ÿYou may move between these files using {PgUp} and {PgDn}. (In v1.2, only one file is available) The options available by entering the first letter of each option are: (A)dd another user name to the list displayed. (D)elete a user name from the list displayed. (E)dit an existing user name on the list displayed. (S)ave the displayed list. Otherwise all changes will be lost on exit. (H)elp (this screen) (Q)uit - exit the edit routine. More than one ÿSIGNOUT.PRN ÿfile is used to minimize the problems which can occur when more than one user tries to access one of the SIGNOUT?.PRN files at a time. ÿÿIf DOS's SHARE.EXE is loaded, ÿSIGNOUT will use the DOS SHARE capabilities but SIGNOUT does not rely on SHARE being loaded. On a network the files SIGNOUT.PRN and SIGNOUT.LOG should have the attribute Shareable. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ***** SIGNOUT v1.2 ***** ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ For help, call (404) 995-4775 (modem protocol N81) ID is SIGNOUT, no password. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º SIGNOUT is distributed as shareware. Shareware is a unique marketing º º concept. You are encouraged to freely distribute unaltered copies of º º SIGNOUT. Users who register SIGNOUT receive the next version free. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ If ÿyou use SIGNOUT, ÿhit "P" ÿto print the registration form, ÿfill it out ÿand ÿmail it with $45 ÿto the address below ÿto ÿregister. ÿÿOnly registered users will be given a copy free of this irritating reminder. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ NETESSENTIAL SYSTEMS ³ º º ³ 5441 Kincross Lane ³ º º ³ Charlotte, NC 28226 ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Any suggestions for improvement to SIGNOUT would be welcomed and considered for inclusion in future versions. Your free upgrade to version 1.3 will be mailed to you as soon as it has been beta tested and all bugs removed. Thank you for trying SIGNOUT. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Registration Form ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ NAME: ____________________________________________ COMPANY: __________________________________________ ADDRESS: __________________________________________ CITY, ST, ZIP: ____________________________________ NETWORK SOFTWARE: _________________________________ NUMBER OF USERS: __________________________________ PHONE NUMBER: (____) ____ - __________ FAX NUMBER: (____) ____ - __________ COMMENTS: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ SUGGESTIONS: _____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Mail with a check for $45 to: NETESSENTIAL SYSTEMS 5441 KINCROSS LANE CHARLOTTE, NC 28226 A version free of the registration reminder screen will be mailed to the above address on receipt of this form along with the $45 contribution. THANK YOU FOR USING SIGNOUT. YOUR CONTRIBUTION, COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WILL HELP TO IMPROVE THIS AND OTHER PRODUCTS. -INVFACT-