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- This describes the changes from GANTT version 1.3 to 2.0
-
- GANTT2 is a complete rewrite although it maintains compatibility wherever
- possible. It is designed for use with hard disk systems. Some of the new
- features are:
-
- - On line documentation and improved help.
- - Mouse support and SAA compliance.
- - Background processing for better responsiveness.
- - Planned and actual displays with the "BookIt" function.
- - Accumulative Planned vs. Actual job completion display.
- - Future availability in German and Spanish (if there is a demand).
-
- If you are using GANTT version 1.x you may notice some differences using
- GANTT 2.x. You may also want to keep using version 1.3 if you have
- requirements for use with a diskette only system.
-
- 1. Additional storage is required for the program and data. 256K is
- now required. Disk storage has also increased.
-
- 2. The Resource Activities frame F5 has been eliminated. Lack of use and
- the fact that the content was difficult to explain was the reason.
-
- 3. The ACTIVITIES TOT, SUB, CLR, CLS, commands have been eliminated.
- Lack of use was the reason.
-
- 4. The GANTT2 program now consists of three files rather than one.
- GANTT2.EXE, GANTT2.PIC, and GANTT2.MSG make up the program. This change
- allows the program to support a variety of languages by customizing the
- picture and message files.
-
- 5. Time starts with year 50 and ends with year 49. This allows projects
- to span across year 2000 (start in 1950 and end in 2049) while using
- two characters to indicate the year. If you had projects starting
- before year 1950 and ending after 1950 they will no longer display
- properly as they will be seen as starting in 20xx and ending in 19xx.
-
- 6. If you had multiple jobs with the same name in the project.PRT file
- the last one will now be displayed rather than the first. If this is
- a problem rename your "project.PRT" file to "project.REF" so you can
- select the duplicate names independently.
-
- 7. If there are multiple tasks with the same name in a job the
- tasks will all be displayed on the same line rather than on separate
- lines. Version 2.x of GANTT supports multiple independent time spans
- on a single line with JOB displays.
-
- 8. The backslash "\" can no longer be used as a job separator character.
- The ASCII 2 (Smiley) and ASCII 12 (Eject) can still be used.
-
- The following is an additional list of differences between GANTT version 1.x
- and 2.x. These differences are compatible with any existing files or
- configurations you may be using currently.
-
- 1. Disk paths can be used with the command and the project name on the
- DOS command line.
- a. GANTT.EXE, GANTT.PIC, and GANTT.MSG always stay together and are
- assumed to be in the same directory.
- b. The project.PRT, project.REF, project.GKB, and project.GPT
- files are assumed to be in the same directory but that directory
- can be different from the directory with the program.
-
- 2. "project.REF" is a new optional file. It is in the same format as the
- "project.PRT" file and can be used interchangeable in most cases. If both
- files exist the .REF file is considered to be the reference and the
- .PRT file is the current status. Double lines will be displayed for each
- item that is contained in both files. The order of the display is
- determined by the .REF file sequence. This allows you to display planned
- vs. actual, insert additional formatting lines and notes, or to manually
- arrange the order of the job displays.
-