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CarCosts Version 3
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The program calculates the total costs of your car. You have to insert
the load of fuels and other support costs (in two different lists).
The result are: fuel costs, supports costs and total costs (total costs
and costs per km, mile or whatever you choose).
Your AMIGA
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This program needs Kickstart/Workbench 2.04 or higher and MUI (MagicUser
Interface, (c) by Stefan Stuntz). The file Readme.MUI describes how and
where you can get MUI. The important parts of MUI (Version 1.3) which
you need to use this program are included.
Legal stuff
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CarCosts is ShareWare. If you use this program, you have to send DM 20,-
or (US)$ 15,- to the author (ME). My address is at the end of this file.
The author undertakes not liability for any dammage caused by this
program.
USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK !!
MUI is ShareWare, too. For further information read the file Readme.MUI.
It is allowed to include this program in any mailbox, PD-disk or PD-CD.
Installation
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First, you have to install MUI (if not installed):
-Copy the file MUI/LIBS/muimaster.library to LIBS:
-Copy the files MUI/CLASSES/MUI/#? to sys:classes/MUI/.
-Prior 3.0 users have to include sys:classes to LIBS: Add a
assign LIBS: sys:classes/ add in your s:User-Startup
Then you can install CarCosts.
-Just copy the executable to a place you like.
-If you want to use a different language than german, you have to install
a new .catalog-file. Copy the correct file to
locale:catalogs/<your language>/CarCost.catalog
-If you cannot find your language, you can generate your own catalog.
But you need a program like MakeCat or CatComp to compile the catalog.
How to Start
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You can start the program on WB with a simple double click on the icon. But
you can start the program as well via a double click on a file with
CarCost as its Default Tool. And a start from Shell is possible, too.
After starting the programm, a window should appear on your Workbench
(or on a screen you selected via MUI's preferences program).
If the program does not open a window, check
- if you have Kickstart/Workbench 2.04 or higher
- if you installed MUI:
- is muimaster.library in LIBS: ?
- are there several files in sys:classes/mui/ ?
- is sys:classes/ added to LIBS: ?
- check if you have commodities.library and asl.library in LIBS:
If you checked everything and cannot find a fault, try a programm like
SnoopDos to see which file the program cannot find.
If it does not work...
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The program opens a requester, if it cannot open a library (except
intuition.library, there is no requester, if intuition.library V37 or
higher cannot be opened).
The program can open its windows on a NTSC-hires screen with a Topaz/8
font. If the program cannot open its main window, a requester appears.
If you started the program and NOTHING happens, you can use 'Exchange' to
test if the program is running (and you can remove the program).
The Main Window
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The main window contains tree parts:
- In the first two text gadgets, the car, the name of the open file and the
first and last date in your datas are displayed.
- The two buttons activate two other windows for entering entries in the
fuel and support list.
- The text gadgets at the bottom of the window contain the results of
CarCost's calculations.
The Fuel Window
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To modify or enter entries in the fuel list, you have to activate this
window. The window contains two regions:
- In the top part is a listview where the entries are display
- The bottom part contains some stringgagdets for entering data and some
buttons.
To enter a new entry, select NEW. The cursor will be in the first
string gadget. With RETURN, the next gadget will be activated. If you press
RETURN in the last gadget, the entry will be added to the list, if
- you entered a correct date (otherwise the cursor will be in the first
gadget again).
- AND the date is not already in the list.
If the value for kilometers (miles, ...) for a later date is lower than one
for an earlier date, a requester will appear. However, the entry is added
to the list.
To change an entry, select an entry and then CHANGE. The entry is deleted
from the list and its contents are displayed in the stringgadget. After
a RETURN in the last gadget, the new entry is added to the list. If you
select CANCEL, the old entry will be added to the list.
To delete an entry, select it and then DELETE.
To close the window, press ESC, click on the close gadget or select
Close Window.
The Support Window
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This window is very similar to the fuel window. There is only one
difference: You can enter as many entries for one date as you want.
The Title and Remark string can have up to 255 characters, but only
25 of them will be displayed in the list as well as on printings.
The New Window
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If you select Project/New, this window will appear. You are asked for
the registration number of a new car, the date and the kilometers
(miles, ...) at start.
Here you can enter as well how you want to enter the dates.
The Menus
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- New: Clears the lists and ask for the initial data of a new car.
- Load/Save/Save as: Load/Save the list to a file.
- Print: Prints the lists and results. This needs a printer with 80
characters (so you have to set Left/Right Margin to 0/80 in Preferences).
- About: Some information about the program.
- Quit: Quits the program.
How to get correct values
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To get correct values for consumption, enter the data as follows:
- Get your tank full. Enter the date and the kilometers (miles,...) in
the new window. DO NOT ENTER THESE DATAS IN THE FUEL LIST, TOO. This
would result in a delta kilometer of 0, and x/0 is a bit difficult...
- The next refuellings can be entered in the fuel list. You should not
forget to enter a refuelling, this will result in to low consumption.
The consumption is calculated for the last kilometers (miles,...) since
the last refuelling. The distance is the kilometers at that refuelling
less the kilometers at the last refuelling. You will get wrong consumptions
if you do not do a full refuelling.
Catalog Files
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A .cd and .ct file are included, so you can translate the program to your
own language. If you do so, please send me a copy of this translation and
tell me, if I am allowed to add the translation in the next release.
Credits
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There are a few people who made this project (version 3.0) possible:
- Stefan Stuntz (without MUI no version 3.x....).
- Dirk Nehring, my beta-tester, who tested several versions on his A4000.
He gave me the icon, too.
My Address
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If you want to pay the shareware fee, found a bug or want to make
some suggeestions, write me:
Rⁿdiger Dreier
Gustav-Winkler-Str. 40
D-33699 Bielefeld
Germany
I can be reached via EMail, too.
ruediger.dreier@post.uni-bielefeld.de
The address of Stefan Stuntz is in the file Readme.MUI.