Version 2.1

ECSCht21.zip contains two file:  this README.TXT document, and ECSCH21.EXE (the install program for the Edison Computer Systems, Inc. Charter Log software package).

Charter Log is a program designed for transportation companies.  If you operate coaches, buses, vans, limos, school buses and/or station wagons to transport the public, Charter Log will help you organize your business.  It maintains an unlimited number of customers, each having an unlimited number of contacts and scheduled trips.  Charter trip prices list, points of interest, employee list, vehicle list - these are all managed by the software.  It helps you produce Trip Price Quotations, Trip Confirmations, Trip Invoices, Customer Statements, Trip Schedules and much more.

Charter Log runs under any version of Windows, and can be run on a single PC or on a local area network.  This version is a fully functional, freely distributable 60 trial copy of the software. Use it for 60 days, then visit www.jhalpin.com for registration details.  An Un-Install program is included.

Run ECSCH21.EXE to install the package.  All files are installed into a single subdirectory.  Please report any problems to charterhelp@jhalpin.com.  An on-line document describing the software, including screen shots, is available at www.jhalpin.com.

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A manual is included with the software (charter.doc).  In addition, version 2.1 contains the following changes from version 2.0:

Improved visual clues on certain browse screens and the right click help reminder message;
On line manual added (in addition to the pop-up help previously available);
Added a new field (return time) to the customer trip record;
Added a new locator control to the customer trip browse window for quicker trip date location.

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Usage note: the pop up help doesn't work on a control that is disabled.  For example, if you haven't entered a customer yet (brand new installation, no customers on file), the contact and trip browse boxes are disabled - you have to add a customer before you can add a contact or a trip.  Because those boxes are disabled, the pop up help for them won't come up.  Add a customer; this enables the browse boxes and the related pop up help.  This is only an issue when you're first starting to use the system and the files are empty.

Note: if you are using a previous version, the data structure for the trips file will automatically be converted the first time you use version 2.1.  Backing up your data is a good idea, but the conversion is safe and painless.

Version 2.1, released 2/99. 
www.jhalpin.com
ftp.jhalpin.com/ecs/charter/ecscht21.zip