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Are you an executive who needs real time schedule status displayed
graphically?  Though you may be at some distance from the activities,
computer networks can show you the project's status at electronic
speeds.  While it does not create or modify the information, GANTT2
allows you to examine that status.

GANTT2 is a fully functional program designed to make Gantt charts from
lists of dates and times.  It can also be used with a project
management program such as SCHEDULE for planning and tracking.
Accompanying the GANTT2 package is an educational version of SCHEDULE
and a starter set of batch and command files.

GANTT2 (#2472) was designed for the hard disk personal computer.
Personal computer users working with floppy drives can achieve the same
results with GANTT CHARTING (#1306).

This describes the changes from GANTT version 1.3 to 2.0

  GANTT2 is a complete rewrite although it maintains compatibility wherever
  possible. It is designed for use with hard disk systems. Some of the new
  features are:

      - On line documentation and improved help.
      - Mouse support and SAA compliance.
      - Background processing for better responsiveness.
      - Planned and actual displays with the "BookIt" function.
      - Accumulative Planned vs. Actual job completion display.
      - Future availability in German and Spanish (if there is a demand).

  If you are using GANTT version 1.x you may notice some differences using
  GANTT 2.x. You may also want to keep using version 1.3 if you have
  requirements for use with a diskette only system.

  1. Additional storage is required for the program and data. 256K is
     now required. Disk storage has also increased.

  2. The Resource Activities frame F5 has been eliminated. Lack of use and
     the fact that the content was difficult to explain was the reason.

  3. The ACTIVITIES TOT, SUB, CLR, CLS, commands have been eliminated.
     Lack of use was the reason.

  4. The GANTT2 program now consists of three files rather than one.
     GANTT2.EXE, GANTT2.PIC, and GANTT2.MSG make up the program. This change
     allows the program to support a variety of languages by customizing the
     picture and message files.

  5. Time starts with year 50 and ends with year 49. This allows projects
     to span across year 2000 (start in 1950 and end in 2049) while using
     two characters to indicate the year. If you had projects starting
     before year 1950 and ending after 1950 they will no longer display
     properly as they will be seen as starting in 20xx and ending in 19xx.

  6. If you had multiple jobs with the same name in the project.PRT file
     the last one will now be displayed rather than the first. If this is
     a problem rename your "project.PRT" file to "project.REF" so you can
     select the duplicate names independently.

  7. If there are multiple tasks with the same name in a job the
     tasks will all be displayed on the same line rather than on separate
     lines. Version 2.x of GANTT supports multiple independent time spans
     on a single line with JOB displays.

  8. The backslash "\" can no longer be used as a job separator character.
     The ASCII 2 (Smiley) and ASCII 12 (Eject) can still be used.

The following is an additional list of differences between GANTT version 1.x
and 2.x. These differences are compatible with any existing files or
configurations you may be using currently.

  1. Disk paths can be used with the command and the project name on the
     DOS command line.
         a. GANTT.EXE, GANTT.PIC, and GANTT.MSG always stay together and are
            assumed to be in the same directory.
         b. The project.PRT, project.REF, project.GKB, and project.GPT
            files are assumed to be in the same directory but that directory
            can be different from the directory with the program.

  2. "project.REF" is a new optional file. It is in the same format as the
     "project.PRT" file and can be used interchangeable in most cases. If both
     files exist the .REF file is considered to be the reference and the
     .PRT file is the current status. Double lines will be displayed for each
     item that is contained in both files. The order of the display is
     determined by the .REF file sequence. This allows you to display planned
     vs. actual, insert additional formatting lines and notes, or to manually
     arrange the order of the job displays.



Disk No: 2472                                                           
Disk Title: Gantt2                                                      
PC-SIG Version: S1                                                      
                                                                        
Program Title: GANTT2                                                   
Author Version: 2.0                                                     
Author Registration: $10.00                                             
Special Requirements: CGA, SIDEWAYS, and dot-matrix printer. Mouse is op
                                                                        
Are you an executive who needs real time schedule status displayed      
graphically?  While you may be remote from the activities, computer     
networks can bring you project status at electronic speeds.  And with   
that objective in mind, and while it does not create or modify the      
information, GANTT2 is a program for examining that status.             
                                                                        
GANTT2 is a full-function program designed to create Gantt charts from  
lists of dates and times.  GANTT2 can also be used with a project       
management program such as SCHEDULE for planning and tracking.          
Accompanying the GANTT2 package is an educational version of SCHEDULE   
and a starter set of batch and command files.                           
                                                                        
GANTT2 (#2472) was designed for the hard disk personal computer.        
Diskette personal computer users can achieve the same with results with 
GANTT CHARTING (#1306).                                                 
                                                                        
PC-SIG                                                                  
1030D East Duane Avenue                                                 
Sunnyvale  Ca. 94086                                                    
(408) 730-9291                                                          
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.                                         

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                       S C H E D U L E     M E N U

Command             Description

READ                Do this first.
RUN                 Find out what a Gantt chart is.
DEMO                Run the SCHEDULE and GANTT demonstrations.
EASY                A tutor in the basics of setting up a project.

NEW    project      Start a new data base and link to VIEW.
PLAN   project      Modify the project data and link to VIEW.
BOOKIT project      Create a project reference for planned vs actual.
VIEW   project      Display the project Gantt chart.



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