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Frequently asked questions about Abritus Business 2000
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Contents:

1. How do I login to Abritus Business 2000?
2. How can I use Abritus Business 2000 over a Local Area Network (LAN)?
3. What is the difference between Admin, User and Guest access levels?
4. How can I insert/edit a picture of an employee?
5. What is the difference between Client ID and Client number?
6. What for are the "|<" and ">|" buttons on the People Resources form?
7. Is Abritus Business 2000 Y2K compliant?

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1. How do I login to Abritus Business 2000?

To login to the trial version of Abritus Business 2000, please type 
"DEMO" for both user name and password.

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2. How can I use Abritus Business 2000 over a Local Area Network (LAN)?

To install the product over LAN, please follow these steps:

(1) Copy the file DATA.MDB from the directory where you installed the 
product (usually, C:\B2000) to some network directory which is 
available for all of your users (for this example, let's say it is 
N:\B2000).

(2) Run Abritus Business 2000 and login with some administrative 
account.

(3) Select "File->Open" from the menu.

(4) Press "Yes" when asked to close the current database.

(5) In the input box, type the full network drive, directory and 
filename where you want to keep your database (i.e. N:\B2000\DATA.MDB) 
and press "OK".

(6) Wait for Abritus Business 2000 to attach the remote database. If 
the operation is successful, a message box "Open successful" shall 
appear. Press "OK".

(7) Press "Cancel" when asked to login again. This will exit Abritus 
Business 2000.

Now you can install the product to all computers where you intend to 
use Abritus Business 2000 and repeat the steps (2)-(7) in order to 
connect to the network-enabled database.

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3. What is the difference between Admin, User and Guest access levels?

Admin users have full (unrestricted) access to the database. They are 
the only users which have the power to add and delete employees, as 
well as the right to clear passwords (in case some employee forgot 
his/her password and cannot enter the database).

Employees with access level set to "User" have all rights of the Admin 
users, but they cannot add/delete user accounts. They may not edit any 
other employee's data except their own personal data.

Guest users have read-only access to most parts of the database. They 
may not add, edit or delete any Clients, Contact persons, Employees or 
Events information. However, Guest users may still write and receive 
messages; they can also edit their personal data in the Employees form.

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4. How can I insert/edit a picture of an employee?

To insert/edit a picture of an employee, you have to copy it into the 
clipboard and then paste the contents of the clipboard to the 
appropriate picture frame in the Employees form.

For detailed instructions, please double click on any picture of an 
employee from the Employees form.

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5. What is the difference between Client ID and Client number?

Client IDs are automatically assigned by the database; IDs are 
read-only and unique.

Client numbers are user-assigned and they may not be unique.

Some companies use their own, "internal" numbers when referring to the
clients in their business correspondence and documentation. This is
where the "Client number" field proves to be useful.

For example, if you have 50 clients in US and two in Canada, it might 
be a good idea to assign them numbers like US00001, ..., US00050 (for 
the clients in US) and CA00001, CA00002 (for the clients in Canada, 
respectively). 

If your company does not use any "internal" numbers for its clients, 
simply leave this field blank.

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6. What for are the "|<" and ">|" buttons on the People Resources form?

These buttons restrict the time interval selected by the user.

The "|<" button represents strict restriction of the beginning of the 
interval. Respectively, the ">|" button represents strict restriction
of the end of the time interval.

When "|<" is pressed, the form displays all events which have been 
stared AFTER the date/time selected in the "From" field. If "|<" is 
not pressed, the events may have been started BEFORE this date/time as 
well.

When ">|" is pressed, the form displays all events which have been 
finished BEFORE the date/time selected in the "To" field. If ">|" is 
not pressed, the events may have been finished AFTER this date/time 
as well.

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7. Is Abritus Business 2000 Y2K compliant?

Yes. :)