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In this chapter, we will examine 2 of the 6 report/display options
available to you in the Appointments menu.  As part of the exercise
you'll create a report for the 11 appointments that were set up in
the Test Data from the activities file.
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In the next chapter, you'll create 2 appointments for truck NBF199
and view the new reports.
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1)  Master file options
2)  Other Options
3)  Select Category
X)  Exit System
Category of Maintenance: ALL
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At the Main Program Menu, enter a '1'.
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Category of Maintenance (defaults to ALL): ALL
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To branch off to the Appointments menu, enter a '4'.
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1)  List out all prior Appointments
(Occurring  prior to today)
2)  Produce today's Appointments
3)  Print all future Appointments, excluding today's
4)  Print all future Appointments, including today's
5)  Display a graphics image of any 14 day period of  Appointments
6)  Select your start/stop date for Appointments, then print out
H)  Help Screen for Appointments Menu
R)  Return to prior menu
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This is the Appointments menu.  In it, you have 6 report/display options.
Reports 1 through 4 could be viewed as 'canned' or predefined reports.
The Help option ('H') gives you a definition of every option.
When you are running the actual program, you can select option 'H'
anytime to identify the options or to refresh your memory.
For now, we want a report for the appointments scheduled on or
after Jan 2, 1986, in the Test Data.  Enter a '6'.
Notes on viewing reports
Throughout  this  program,  you'll observe that all screens  are  self
contained.   When you are looking at a menu, you see the complete menu
within  the  24 lines of your monitor.   Any time you enter a  key  to
indicate your selection in a menu, you then branch to a new menu.
In  this program,  however,  there are two exceptions to this rule  of
everything fitting into one screen.   Whenever you print a report, the
program asks you if you wish to save that report to a text  file.   If
you  elect to save it,  you will then be asked if you wish to view  it
then.  If  you answer yes,  you will then see on the screen the top 24
lines of your report.   Since each page of the report has 66 lines and
you may have many pages to any one report,  the program allows you  to
'scroll' through the report 24 lines at a time.   To do this,  use the
'Pg Up' and 'Pg Dn' keys on your keyboard (located under '9' and '3').
When  you are finished scrolling,  enter Escape to return to the prior menu.
The  second  exception  is the Help screen option  contained  in  most
menus.   When you select this, you must also 'scroll' through the Help
file,  using 'Pg Up' and 'Pg Dn' keys.  When finished reading the Help
file, enter Escape to return to the prior menu.
For now, we'll select all appointments in the Test Data that occurred
on or after Jan 2, 1986
INPUT SCREEN FOR BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES
ENTER THE STARTING DATE OF YOUR APPOINTMENT
01/02/1901
ENTER THE ENDING DATE OF YOUR DESIRED APPOINTMENT
12/30/2999
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At this screen, you can select the start and stop dates for your
report.  The dates default to 1901 to 2999.  Let's enter the start
data of Jan 2, 1986.
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01/02/1986
At this point, the program would have prompted us either
to send the report to the printer or to your screen.
Let's say that we had selected a screen display.
Page No.     1    Dallas Truck Maintenance Tracking System
Appointments Report,  Category = ALL
01/02/1986 TO 12/30/2999
** DATE  : 01/02/1986
January  2, STW366, 55823WSE90321, Mack Truck, #R-685, Order fan belts for
this truck.  Check with parts distributor tomorrow.
** DATE  : 01/03/1986
January  3, STW366, 55823WSE90321, Mack Truck, #R-685, Schedule this truck
for state inspection in 2 days.
January  3, WRX332, 3356UST217431, Peterbilt, #362, Schedule yearly
preventive maintenance.
** DATE  : 01/04/1986
ACS HELP                                Keys: PgUp PgDn Arrows ESC=exit
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This is screen 1.  It takes 3 screens to display the 2 page report.
Observe that the first activity has a date of 01/02/1986.
Each activity being printed out also has all 3 IDs, as well as
the comment entered into the activity file for that activity.
Note that Jan 2, 1986 has one activity.  In the next chapter,
we'll change this.
When you are ready to 'scroll' to the next page, enter 'PgDn'
on your numeric keypad
January  4, UTR399, GR45339264T50, Kenworth K100, Schedule driver to drop off
truck in 3 days for service.
** DATE  : 01/06/1986
January  6, UTR399, GR45339264T50, Kenworth K100, Perform the state vehicle
inspection in 5 days.
** DATE  : 01/08/1986
January  8, WRX332, 3356UST217431, Peterbilt, #362, Contact parts distributor
in one week for new tires for this truck.
** DATE  : 01/09/1986
January  9, WRX332, 3356UST217431, Peterbilt, #362, Perform state inspection
on vehicle in 1 week.
** DATE  : 01/10/1986
January 10, STW366, 55823WSE90321, Mack Truck, #R-685, Check toe-in, toe-out
in 9 days.
This is screen 2.
** DATE  : 01/11/1986
January 11, UTR399, GR45339264T50, Kenworth K100, Schedule yearly preventive
maintenance in 11 days.
ACS HELP    *** End-of-file ***         Keys: PgUp PgDn Arrows ESC=exit
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This is screen 3.
When you are ready to return to the prior menu, enter Escape.
5
Now that we've finished reviewing the report created by the
Test Data, let's look at a graphics image for that same data.
Enter '5'.
Enter the starting date for your Appointment
To use as the starting point for this Graphics chart.
03/11/1987
Enter the scale you wish to use for the Leftmost vertical axis.
It defaults to 1, but you can use a decimal (such as .75) if
you wish to zoom in on your Appointments.
To zoom backwards, use a number larger than 1.0, such as 2.0 or 2.5.
Scale:           1.00
At this menu, enter a start date of '01/02/1986'
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Starting from 01/02/1986, Thursday, January  2
[Leftmost column is # of Appointments]
This is a graphical representation of all appointments that had been
scheduled starting Jan 2, 1986. The leftmost column is the number
of appointments.  See that the leftmost 'Thursday' shows one appointment.
From this menu, you can select any two week period,
past or future, to review your work load.  Also, this analysis
is presented to you automatically everytime you invoke this program
if you have at least one appointment for today.
R
We're now back to the Appointments Menu.  Enter an 'R' to return.
From this Master File Menu, enter an 'R' to return to the Main Program Menu.
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X
Enter an 'X' to exit the program
This concludes Chapter 7.
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