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Date Analyser README
March 1998
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(c) Expert Information Systems, 1998
This document provides information to supplement the Expert Information
Systems Year 2000 - Date Analyser Web page. The Frequently Asked Questions
section on the Web contains more up-to-date information. You can access this
Web page by clicking the About option on the file menu, taking note of the
web page listed. Surf to this web page and then click on Frequently Asked
Questions.
TRADEMARKS. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Visual Basic and/or other
Microsoft products referenced herein are either Trademarks or registered
Trademarks of Microsoft.
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How to Use This Document
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To view Readme.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.
To print Readme.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor, and
then use the Print command on the File menu.
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CONTENTS
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1. Supported Configurations/Platforms
2. Frequently Asked Questions
3. Product Support Worldwide
Expert Information Systems Year 2000 Web Page
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1. Supported Configurations/Platforms
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Expert Information Systems Date Analyser currently runs under Windows 3,
Windows 95 and Windows NT. It runs as an Add-in inside the Visual Basic 4
development environment. It works with VB4 16-bit or 32-bit. It can be
used to analyse VB3 and VB4 projects for date keywords.
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2. Frequently Asked Questions
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Q. What is the purpose of Date Analyser?
A. Date Analyser automates the process of analysing vast amounts of
Visual Basic 3 and 4 source code for date keywords. The tool is used to
reduce the amount of manual code inspection. It works by parsing every
single form, module and class in the currently loaded VB project and
produces a log file of all date keywords found. The results can then be
used as part of the impact analysis study.
Q. Why do I need Data Analyser?
A. Can you imaging having to manually search each file in a VB project for
date keywords to see if the file is impacted by the year 2000 problem.
This process is very time consuming and labour intensive. It is also
very boring. Date Analyser allows the developer to automate this task
and spend more time on performing the High Level Analysis. A whole VB
project can be analysed in seconds.
Q. Have you an example of how Date Analyser can be used?
A. Here is a typical process:
* Identify VB systems and create an inventory.
* Perform High Level Analysis by parsing identified source code using
Date Analyser.
* The results of the High Level Analysis can be transferred to a
spread sheet. This can be used to provide an estimate of the likely
investigation and analysis effort that will be required to identify
and understand the impact of the date related keyword matches. For
example date keywords can have weighting factors applied to them.
The number of occurrences of a keyword can then be multiplied by the
weighting factor to give a total score for that keyword for a
particular file. This score can then be used to estimate the
investigation and analysis effort required.
The resulting spreadsheet also serves as a visual aid in identifying
clusters of date related source code.
Q. Can I start using Date Analyser Now?
A. Yes you can. You can download Date Analyser now from :
http://www.sgw1.demon.co.uk/year2000
It will run as an UnRegistered version which means that you are
restricted to analysing only 1 file in a VB project. This restriction
is removed when you Unlock the software with a registration code.
Q. How do I purchase Date Analyser?
A. You can visit :
http://www.sgw1.demon.co.uk/year2000
and purchase a registration code on-line which will allow you to start
using the software straight away. It will Unlock the software and
remove all restrictions.
Q. How do I install Date Analyser?
A. Execute DAN16.EXE or DAN32.EXE. DAN16.EXE is used with VB4 16-bit and
DAN32.EXE is used with VB4 32-bit. This will register Date Analyser as
an Add-In. Load VB 4. Click on Add-Ins-->Add-In Manager from the Visual
Basic tool bar. Cross the box next to Date Analyser and click on the OK
button. Date Analyser will then be displayed as an available Add-In.
Q. How do I run Date Analyser?
A. Load the Visual Basic project into VB 4 that needs analysing.
Click on Add-Ins-->Date Analyser from the Visual Basic toolbar.
This will then launch Date Analyser. Date Analyser will appear on
the windows taskbar. Click on Date Analyser to display it.
Click on the Analyse button to begin analysing the current project
loaded in Visual Basic.
Q. How do I exit Date Analyser?
Click on the Exit button or select File-->Exit while in Date Analyser.
Q. How do I remove Date Analyser from the available add-ins?
Click on Add-Ins-->Add-In Manager from the Visual Basic tool bar.
Uncross the box next to Date Analyser and click on the OK button.
Date Analyser will no longer be displayed as an available Add-In.
Q. How do I analyse Visual Basic 3 projects.
A. You will need to ensure that the VB3 project files are stored as
ASCII files and not Binary files. Date Analyser will not work with
binary files. You may then load the VB3 project into Visual Basic 4
and perform the analysis.
Q. How do I add new date keywords to keywords.txt?
A. Load keywords.txt into Notepad. Add new keywords to the end of the file
and place each keyword in Double Quotes.
Q. What does the message (SetupKeywords) Error. No : 53, File not found
mean?
A. Date Analyser is attempting to load the file keywords.txt and the file
can not be found. This file should reside in the same directory as Date
Analyser.
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3. Product Support Worldwide
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Support is only supplied to registered users through the Expert Information
Systems Web site at http://www.sgw1.demon.co.uk/year2000