Project Planner 1.3.2 Users Manual

30 November 2000 Midius ProjectPlanner Mikael Arctædius, Midius Art & Science User’s Manual for Midius ProjectPlanner version 1.3 1.0 Introduction Midius Project Planner is a tool for creating Gantt charts. It is suitable for small and mediumsized projects. With the Midius ProjectPlanner you can… • create Gantt charts • customize default base week work hours • customize team members’ work hours • customize default and team members calendar to adapt to local holidays and team members vacations. • track slips in the time schedule Example of a Gantt chart is shown below. 1 of 26 Acknowledgements and References FIGURE 1. A Gantt chart 2.0 Acknowledgements and References • The ProjectPlanner is written in C++ and some plain old C. No class library is used. It was modeled in ObjectPlant (http://www.arctaedius.com/ObjectPlant/) which also was used to generate code. • The floating window is created with the Infinity Windoid 2.6 by Troy Gaul and some modified code from Apple's Develop issue 15. • The menu shortcut extensions (e.g. shift-command-C) are created with Mercutio MDEF by Ramon M. Felciano. (Mercutio MDEF from Digital Alchemy Copyright ” Ramon M. Felciano 1992- 1995, All Rights Reserved) • The splash-screen picture was rendered with Persistence of Vision. • The application icon is based on an icon created by The Iconfactory. http://www.iconfactory.com • Information about ProjectPlanner (known bugs, new releases etc) can be found at: http://www.arctaedius.com/ProjectPlanner/ 2 of 26 Midius ProjectPlanner Typografical conventions 3.0 Typografical conventions Menu choices are written in helvetica, e.g. Schedule->Calendar... 4.0 Registration The ProjectPlanner is distributed as shareware. You are permitted to use it on a trial basis for up to 30 days. If you wish to continue using the product beyond that period, you are expected to pay a registration fee to obtain a license to use Project- Planner. Entering the license code into the program will remove shareware popups. To register use the Register program to create a register form which then shall be sent to Kagi Shareware using mail, email or fax. The price …