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In this tutorial, we'll add 2 new activities for the
NBF199 truck.  Each of those activities will have an appointment
date that will then appear in the Appointments reports.
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The default date for appointments in the activity file is '01/01/1901'.
This date tells the program that you do not have a follow up
appointment for this activity  (ie, 01/01/1901 means NO future appointment).
Any other date entered here will appear in the Appointments menu,
option 4, Master File Menu.
Whenever you enter a future appointment in the Activity file,
the program can create appointment schedules from a menu.
Also, every time you invoke this program, it will
do an analysis of all appointments scheduled for that day and
present that list to you.  Additionally, if you have at least
one appointment for that day, the program will do a graphical
analysis of your appointments for the next 2 weeks and present
that graph to you.  It does all this everytime you execute
the program, SERVICE.EXE, without any request from you.
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Main Program Menu
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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
To go the activities menu, enter a '1'.
Activity File
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A
To add an activity record, enter 'A'.
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License Number for Service Call:
NEW
Enter the name you want to relate an activity to.
At this screen you have 2 options:  to enter the desired name or
to use the 'NEW' designator.  'NEW' should be use only intermittently
and restricted to those who would use this program in your absence.
When entering 'NEW', the program allows an unlimited number of 'NEW'
or unattached activities.  These are not related to any records and are
grouped under a 'NEW' heading in the activity reports.
If you enter a partial word, the program will attempt to find a match.
If more than one partial match is made, you will be prompted for another
entry.
If you are finished entering records, touch the space bar once to remove
'NEW', followed by a Return.  This will take you back to the prior menu.
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We want to add one activity record for the truck NBF199.
Since this screen can handle a partial match, enter 'NBF'
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NBF
The other identifying numbers for NBF199 are :
Peterbilt, #362 153K5E7E9ER2G
Comments from the Master File about NBF199 :
Cabover model, purchased in 1986 from Peterbilt Truck Sales
515 N. Loop 12, Dallas, Tx  (214) 445-9100, from Tom Dinner
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Before adding the activity, we are presented with background
data from the Master File.
Vendor and Model Number:                 Vehicle ID Number (V.I.N.):
Peterbilt, #362                      153K5E7E9ER2G
License Number:                         NBF199
Category of Maintenance                                       1
Activity date : 03/13/1987             Time      :05:22:40
Comments   :
Date of next Appointment                               01/01/1901
Billings from this activity :                             0.00
Here is the blank activity screen for 'NBF199'.  Let's
say that you added the following comment.
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Perform Muffler Inspection   <=====
Now let's pretend that you want to establish a future activity
for Jan 2, 1986 [ignoring that this date is actually in the past].
Enter '01/02/1986'
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01/02/1986
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Now let's say that you are adding the second activity
for truck NBF199.
Activity date : 03/13/1987             Time      :05:34:53
Here is the second blank activity screen for 'NBF199'.  Let's
Perform Brake Inspection   <=====
Now let's say that you want to establish another future activity
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You have added two activities for truck NBF199.  They are
both for Jan 2, 1986.
The original Test Data had one appointment scheduled for
that date.  Now we'll create a revised appointments schedule.
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To create a new appointments schedule, select option 4.
Appointments Menu
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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
S)  Sample schedules
R)  Return to prior menu
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At the Appointments menu, enter '5'
Enter the starting date for your Appointment
To use as the starting point for this Graphics chart.
03/13/1987
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 screen we select the starting date for the graphics analysis.
Enter '01/02/1986'.
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Appointments for 14 days
Starting from 01/02/1986, Thursday, January  2
[Leftmost column is # of Appointments]
This is the graph of your appointments starting on 1/02/1986.
If you look at the leftmost 'Thur', you'll notice 3 appointments
scheduled for that day.   The original Test Data had only 1.
The other 2 are the ones that you just added for truck NBF199.
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To select an appointments report for 01/02/1986, enter '6'
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
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Let's select a start date for the report of 01/02/1986
and a stop date of 01/17/1986.
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01/17/1986
Page No.     1    Dallas Truck Maintenance Tracking System
Appointments Report,  Category = ALL
01/02/1986 TO 01/17/1986
** DATE  : 01/02/1986
January  2, NBF199, 153K5E7E9ER2G, Peterbilt, #362, Perform muffler
inspection.
January  2, NBF199, 153K5E7E9ER2G, Peterbilt, #362, Perform brake inspection.
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.
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Let's say that you select this report to be presented to the screen
rather than to the printer.  It would take 3 screens to present the
2 page report you created.  The start/stop dates you selected appear
in line 3 of the report heading:  "01/02/1986 TO  01/17/1986".
As you observe the 3 appointments for 01/02/1986, you can see that
2 of them are for NBF199, the two you just added, with comments!
When you are ready to exit this screen display of your report,
enter an Escape.
R
Now that you are back to the Appointments Menu, enter an 'R' to
return to the 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 8.
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