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Windows 95/98

Personnel Manager Program Guide

SOFTWARE & FILE STRUCTURE

Each PC Using This Version of Personnel Manager must contain a
Directory C:\Program Files\PersonnelDatabase. Within that directory is contained a
blank Version of both the Personnel and Attendance databases.
Also within the PersonnelDatabase directory is a number of .INI files
as follows.

AttendancePos.INI {Drive letter and directory of live database}

CurrentEmployee.INI {Sets current employee}

DepartmentReports.INI {Department selection for report generation}

Disclaim.INI

PersonnelPos.INI {Drive letter and directory of live database}

PersonnelStart.INI {Start Up Menu Used}

StandardComments.INI {Standard comments for Attendance entry}

ThisDepartment.INI {Standard viewable department codes}

ThisYear.INI {Current year viewed in Attendance or Lateness}

SUMMARY OF MENU OPTIONS

** Personnel Records **
This Screen is designed to setup and enable the viewing of
Operative Detail.

** Absence Codes **
This screen sets up and removes Absence codes and descriptions
used for {Attendance Records}

** Attendance Record **
This Screen is designed to enable the input of Holiday and sickness
detail.
Employees may be found by name {Employee Name Search} employees displayed
set by {Attendance/Department Codes to View} or via {Add/Find}.
{This Year} may be set for each user PC so that it is used as the default
for finding records. {Std Comments} may be used to input comment details.
These may set by each user PC via {Attendance/Standard Comments}.
{Date} format is day/month ie 1/12 for December the first 12/12
for December the twelth.

** Compact Databases **

IT IS IMPORTANT TO CREATE A BACKUP COPY OF THE LIVE VERSION OF
PERSONNEL.MDB AND ATTENDANCE.MDB
BEFORE RUNNING THIS PROCEDURE

This procedure Creates a compacted version of
Personnel.mdb and Attendance.mdb these are created as :
C:\Program Files\Personnel\CompactVersionPersonnel.mdb
C:\Program Files\Personnel\CompactVersionAttendance.mdb
these files must be copied and renamed to replace the existing
Personnel.mdb and Attendance.mdb

** Attendance Detail Record ** This Screen is designed to enable the viewing of individual
Holiday and sickness detail.

** Departments **
This Screen is designed to set up department codes.

** Personnel Manager Help **
This screen may be changed for each PC application via
{Personnel Manager/Utilities/Help Edit}

** Repair Databases **
Repairs databases if structure becomes faulty.
It may be necessary to unshare then reshare a networked database version.

** Standard Comments **
This Screen is designed to enable the entry of {Std Comments} used
in the {Attenance Record} {Comments} field.

** Department Codes to View **
Enables the setting up of a string of department codes that
determine the list of Clock Numbers displayed for the attendance
and lateness screens.

** Set Database Path **
Enables the remapping of Database paths to Network server Mapped Drives.

** Year Setup **
Enables Years Holidays Setup

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