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Grades (tm)
Version 2.70
The future has arrived.
Copyright (c) 1987-1989 by Manu Singh
Copyright (c) 1989-1990 by SupremeSoft (tm)
All Rights Reserved.
Released July 01, 1990
Topics in this Manual:
1......Introduction to Grades........................2
2 .....Program Requirements..........................3
3......Configuring Grades............................3
4......Starting Grades...............................5
5......The SupremeSoft Interface.....................7
6......Data Entry Keys...............................8
7......About Prompts.................................8
8......Keys in the Interface.........................10
9......In Addition...................................10
10.....The Main Menu.................................11
11.....The Alter database Option.....................11
12.....Adding a New Class Option.....................12
13.....Test Entry....................................13
14.....Adding a Few Classes Option...................13
15.....Deleting a Class Option.......................14
16.....Searching for a Class.........................14
17.....Change View Option............................15
18.....Edit a Class Option...........................16
19.....Load a New File Option........................16
20.....Printing Option...............................17
21.....Help Option...................................18
22.....Quit Option...................................18
23.....The View Screen...............................18
24.....Test Score Screen.............................20
25.....Converting Data Files.........................22
26.....Error Messages................................23
27.....File Related Error Messages...................24
28.....Printer Related Error Messages................25
26.....Grade Point Average Calculation...............26
29.....Grade Prediction Analysis.....................27
30.....The Curve Prefiction..........................28
31.....Registering...................................29
32.....Things of interest............................30
33.....Warranty Information..........................30
34.....Notes on Program Size.........................31
35.....About SupremeSoft.............................31
This file contains the Shareware version of Grades. You are
free to upload it and distribute it anywhere you like as long as
modifications are not made. This includes modifications to the
contents of this file, or it's time/date stamp.
Grades Version 2.70 1
Grades
Version 2.70
Continuing a tradition.
Grades is a database, for...grades. This program
is primarily intended for students who wish to keep track
of all their academic achievements. The program allows you to
keep track of all relevant course information, including
course numbers, and grades. An added feature is the ability to
include Test Scores and Dates along with other class
information. With this, you can ask the program to predict your
Grade in a course based on the currently entered Test Scores.
In addition, the program will calculate your Grade Point
Average. You can change any information recorded in the
database so that you may substitute a <?> for the grade if it
is unknown at the present time.
With the Grade Predictor (tm) Feature, you can foresee
what your Grade in a course will be, and also be able to find
out how much effort you still need to put into a class. Armed
with the Grade Prediction, you can then see how your projected
Grade will affect your G.P.A. In a matter of seconds, you
will find out whether your parents will be proud, or will
lecture.
The interface used in Grades is the standard SupremeSoft
interface used in all of our products. You will find that Help
is always available, and is quite extensive. This should help
make learning the interface effortless and you will find that
you can use the program to its fullest capabilities in a matter
of a few minutes.
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Program Requirements:
The following is the MINIMUM necessary to run Grades
version 2.70:
IBM PC/PCjr/XT/AT/386 or 90% clone.
Monochrome Display Capability.
One Floppy Disk Drive.
100K of free memory.
This is what we SUGGEST you have:
IBM PC/PCjr/XT/AT/386 or 90% clone.
Color Display Capability.
Hard Disk Drive.
256K of free memory.
Grades will run in most Multitasking Operating systems such as
Desqview (tm) and TopView (tm).
Configuring Grades:
You may change any of the default colors to colors of
your own choice, including the Context-Sensitive Help colors.
In addition you may modify any of the following Window
features: Exploding Windows, Shadowed Windows, and Sound
capabilities to the program. these are all easily disabled.
There is NO configuration file. Instead all the
information is in the GRADES27.EXE program itself. For this
reason, do NOT rename the program file if you wish to re-
configure the program.
Use the supplied CONFIG.EXE to change the default colors
and Window Features. The program is self-explanatory, but some
information will be provided here.
Use the Cursor Up/Down keys to move the highlight bar
around. Use <Enter> to change the currently highlighted
selection. If it is a color option, a color map will be
displayed. Use the Cursor keys to move the small rectangular
box around to the new color you desire and then press <Enter>.
Press <Esc> to abort any changes.
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Pressing <Esc> while moving the bar around will choose
the "Quit" option. This will NOT save your modifications! To
save the modifications, choose "Save and Quit".
Notes:
Do not change the Default Curve Percentage unless you have
read the information in CURVE.COM and know what you are doing.
The default value should be correct for the majority of users.
If you have a Monochrome Monitor system, you may still
use CONFIG to change the color hues. We use a Color Mapping
system to produce highlights and other types of visual display
aids for the colors you select. CONFIG will display these
changes for the color's you pick.
If you have a Composite color system, you should experiment
with different color types as most combinations do not
display correctly on such a system.
Toggling the Sound off will turn off the sound COMPLETELY. If
you turn it on, not only will exploding windows explode with
sound, but error messages will be accompanied by a short beep.
If you receive a "Error Reading EXE File" this indicates
that the configuration program could not find/open