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- School Maestro
-
- Welcome to School Maestro. School Maestro is a comprehensive teacher
- productivity tool. It includes a full featured gradebook program
- suitable for individual instructors or entire school systems. In
- addition to the gradebook features, the program also does seating
- charts, tracks attendance, conduct and citizenship, creates reusable
- lesson plans, tracks appointments, maintains contact information and
- allows you to create and save your own database queries and form
- letters. It allows you to add your own database fields for recording
- any type of information and to print reports using those fields.
-
- This README file contains the basic steps required to install the
- program. After the program is installed, you can review the on-line
- help system for additional information about program pricing, site
- licenses, an order form, benefits of registering the program, etc.
-
- Installation
-
- School Maestro includes an automatic setup program that will install
- the program under Windows version 3.1 or Windows 95. To run the setup
- program from Windows 3.1, do a File, Run and then enter A:SETUP (or B:
- if using the B drive). From Windows 95, click the Start Button, then
- click Run and enter A:SETUP (or B:) in the Open text box. The setup
- program may also be run directly from your hard disk or CD-ROM if you
- have downloaded the program or obtained a CD-ROM copy.
-
- The setup program will locate an existing copy of School Maestro if
- one is installed. You may install over a previous installation if you
- are upgrading. The setup program will not delete or modify any of your
- existing data. The default directory for installing the program is;
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- C:\SMAESTRO if installed under Windows 3.1 or
- C:\PROGRAM FILES\SMAESTRO if installed under Windows 95
-
- The setup program gives you the option of installing a group window
- and icons under Windows 3.1 or of placing the program on the Task Bar
- under Windows 95.
-
- The setup program may also be run in manual mode by using the /m
- command line switch.
-
- A:SETUP /m
-
- This allows you to specify the installation location of all files.
- You can select the destination location for the program files, shared
- files that go in the Windows subdirectory and shared files that go in
- the Windows System subdirectory. Using manual mode allows you to
- review the SMAESTRO.HLP file without installing the program.
-
- The setup program will check all shared files for internal version
- information and only replace those that are the same revision or older.
- This allows you to replace any shared file that may have become
- corrupted by just running the setup program again. No other programs
- should be running when you run the setup program. If one of the shared
- files is in use, the setup program will not be able to replace it. If
- you get a message saying that a file is in use, you should shut down
- the program that is using it. If this is not feasible, you can elect
- to skip the file. Since the file is already installed, this is usually
- adequate unless the installed file happens to be an older version.
-
- School Maestro requires that file sharing be enabled. If you are
- running Windows for Workgroups or Windows 95, file sharing is
- automatically enabled. The setup program will install the VSHARE.386
- virtual driver if it is not already installed. If you are running
- Windows version 3.1 in standard instead of enhanced mode, you will need
- to manually start the SHARE.EXE program prior to starting Windows.
- This is typically done by including a line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- If the following line is not in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file then use the
- Windows Notepad (or any other editor) to add the line prior to the line
- that starts Windows (if Windows is started automatically).
-
- C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100
-
- Revise the line as necessary if SHARE.EXE is not located in your \DOS
- subdirectory. This only needs to be done if you are running Windows in
- Standard mode. If you receive an error such as "Insufficient File
- Locks" or "Object Variable not Set", then you probably have not started
- SHARE correctly.
-
- School Maestro requires the Visual Basic run time file VBRUN300.DLL
- to be installed in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. This file may
- not have been included with your copy of School Maestro to conserve
- disk space or reduce download times. Most users would already have
- this file installed on their computer. If you get a message that you
- are missing this file, you can easily download it or order a copy from
- the program author.
-
- After running the setup program, you can start School Maestro by
- double clicking its icon under Windows 3.1 or by starting it from the
- Task Bar under Windows 95. The first time the program runs, it will
- create the database file. This may take several seconds or more than a
- minute depending on the speed of your computer.
-
- To view the on-line help without running School Maestro, just double
- click the SMAESTRO.HLP file from the File Manager or Windows Explorer.
-
- Program Support
-
- Registered users may obtain technical support for School Maestro
- directly from the program author. Do not call the 800 order line for
- support or to ask questions about the latest version, custom reports,
- etc. Please help keep the cost of School Maestro low by only using the
- 800 number for actual orders. Technical questions will not be answered
- on the 800 line.
-
- Depending on how fast you need an answer, you may obtain support by
- mail, email, fax or phone. If requesting support by mail or email,
- please identify yourself (email screen names do not identify you), and
- describe the problem you are having. Some problems may require you to
- send a backup copy of your database file (SMAESTRO.MDB). This file may
- be mailed on a disk or be emailed attached to a message. If you email
- the file, please email a backup (compressed) copy to minimize upload
- and download times. You may also need to send a copy of a printout.
- They may be faxed or you can copy the preview screen of the printout to
- the clipboard, paste it into Word, and then email the Word document.
-
- To obtain support by mail write:
- Russell Stevens
- R&R EdWare
- 5191 Pine Grove Drive
- Spruce, MI 48762
-
- To obtain support by email send a message to:
- Compuserve - 70150,323 or (RAStevens)
- AOL - RAStevens
- Internet - RAStevens@AOL.COM
-
- Every attempt is made to provide same day email responses. Email may
- also be used to send custom reports, queries and form letters.
-
- To obtain support by fax call:
- 517-727-2066 - you must call before sending the fax.
-
- To obtain support by phone call:
- 517-727-2066
-
- Registered users are welcome to call in the evening or on weekends
- when the phone rates are lower. Please call at reasonable Eastern
- Standard Times. If no one is available to answer your call please call
- again. Due to the volume of calls, the author cannot normally return
- calls. The author will return emergency calls if specifically
- requested. However, you may be asked to call back. If possible, you
- should call for support with your computer running School Maestro.
- Please refer to the Common problems and questions section of the on-
- line help prior to calling.
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