PayTime tm         OPERATION CONTENTS

GETTING STARTED & MENUS
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EMPLOYER 
C-1
EMPLOYEE 
C-2 
PAY PERIOD ENTRY 
C-3
PAY PERIOD CORRECTIONS 
C-4 
PAY SLIPS/CHEQUES 
C-5
MONTH END REPORT 
C-6 
RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION 
C-7 
T4'S & T4 SUMMARY 
C-8 
YEAR END & UTILITIES MENU 
C-9
JOB COSTING 
C-10
HUMAN RESOURCES 
C-11
CUSTOM PROGRAMS 
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GETTING STARTED

Which DRIVE do you have the '*.PRG' files on?: : 

Which DRIVE do you have the '*.DBF' files on?: : 

You are resuming *** PAYTIME *** after a break
It is IMPORTANT that you always use the Quit command to exit PAYTIME to be sure all files are closed properly.


MASTER MENU

PAYTIME                                                               9:38:02 pm
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¦  M A S T E R   M E N U  ¦
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A Canadian Job Costing Payroll System

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¦                        E>  to ENTER Information                          ¦
¦                                                                          ¦
¦                        P>  to PRINT Reports                              ¦
¦                                                                          ¦
¦                        B>  to BROWSE/VIEW Files                          ¦
¦                                                                          ¦
¦                        J>  for JOB COSTING Menu                          ¦
¦                                                                          ¦
¦                        H>  to run HUMAN RESOURCES                        ¦
¦                                                                          ¦
¦                        O>  for OTHER Functions                           ¦
¦                                                                          ¦
¦                        C>  for CUSTOM Program                            ¦
¦                                                                          ¦
¦                        Q>  to Quit PAYTIME                               ¦
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Allows you to Enter Payroll Information to the Files

ACCESS:

This is the Master Menu.

SELECTION:

You have the following options:

EXIT:

Press <Q> to exit PAYTIME.

ENTRY and CORRECTION MENU

PAYTIME                                                               1:58:31 pm
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¦  E N T R Y  &  C O R R E C T I O N  M E N U  ¦
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¦ H>  to Enter pay period HOURS                ¦
|               and other Pay slip information ¦
¦ A>  to Enter pay ADVANCES                    ¦
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¦ C>  to CORRECT pay period Hours              ¦
¦                or other Pay slip information ¦
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¦ F>  to CHANGE the EMPLOYER file              ¦
¦ E>  to CHANGE the EMPLOYEE file              ¦
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Choose letter or position highlight bar and press [Enter] or 'Esc' to return 

ACCESS:

    Press <E> on the Master Menu.

OPERATION:

    You have the following options:

EXIT:

    Press <Esc> to return to the Master Menu.

REPORT MENU

PAYTIME                                                               1:59:24 pm
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¦          R E P O R T  M E N U          ¦
+----------------------------------------+
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¦ P>  to print the PAY SLIPS/CHEQUES     ¦
¦ L>  to print List of PAY SLIPS/CHEQUES ¦
¦----------------------------------------¦
¦ M>  to print the MONTHEND report       ¦
¦ A>  to print the AUXILIARY reports     ¦
¦----------------------------------------¦
¦ F>  to print the EMPLOYER information  ¦
¦ E>  to print an EMPLOYEE listing       ¦
¦----------------------------------------¦
¦ C>  to print RECORD of EMPLOYMENT      ¦
¦ T>  to print the T-4 slips             ¦
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 Choose letter or position highlight bar and press [Enter] or 'Esc' to return   

ACCESS:

    Press <P> on the Master Menu.

SELECTION:

    You have the following options:

EXIT:

    Press <Esc> to return to the Master Menu.


BROWSE/VIEW Files

PAYTIME                                                               1:58:29 pm
----------------------------<PAYTIME - BROWSE FILES>----------------------------
 
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¦Press 'F10' to activate the Menu while in Browse,  'F2' to view¦
¦the record in the Form view. 'F3'  and  'F4' to move by fields,¦
¦'Home' or 'End' to move to the beginning or end of the record. ¦
¦Press 'Esc' when you wish to return to this Menu.              ¦
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
 
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¦                 1>  The Employer File            [PREMPR.DBF]            ¦
¦                 2>  The Employee File            [PREMPE.DBF]            ¦
¦                 3>  The Pay Slip File            [PRPAY .DBF]            ¦
¦                 4>  The Monthly  File           [PRMONTH.DBF]            ¦
¦                 5>  The Insurable Earnings File    [PRUI.DBF]            ¦
¦                 6>  The Record of Employment File [PRROE.DBF]            ¦
¦                 7>  The Taxable Benefits File      [PRTB.DBF]            ¦
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 
 
 
Choose letter or position highlight bar and press [Enter] or 'Esc' to return

ACCESS:

    Press <B> on the Master Menu.

OPERATION:

    This procedure allow you to View the Database Files using the dBASE command called BROWSE (See Appendix for more details on how to navigate within the files).

EXIT:

    Press <R> to return to Master Menu.

JOB COSTING MENU

PAYTIME                                                               2:58:03 pm
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¦    J O B  C O S T I N G  M E N U    ¦
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¦ E>  to ENTER Job Hours              ¦
¦ B>  to Edit Job Hours using BROWSE  ¦
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¦ P>  to PRINT Reports                ¦
¦ C>  to run CUSTOM Procedures        ¦
¦-------------------------------------¦
¦ T>  to TRANSFER Pay Period Hours    ¦
¦-------------------------------------¦
¦ M>  to MODIFY Pay Rate File         ¦
| I>  to RE-INSTALL Pay Rates         ¦
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Choose letter or position highlight bar and press [Enter] or 'Esc' to return

ACCESS:

    Press <J> on the Master Menu.

OPERATION:

    You have the following options:

EXIT:

    Press <R> to return to Master Menu.

HUMAN RESOURSES Master Menu

PAYTIME                                                               3:20:38 pm
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¦  Human Resources:  M A S T E R   M E N U  ¦
+-------------------------------------------+
+-------------------------------------------+
¦ E>  to ENTER Human Resources Information  ¦
¦                                           ¦
¦ P>  to PRINT Human Resources Reports      ¦
¦                                           ¦
¦ B>  to BROWSE/VIEW Human Resource Files   ¦
¦                                           ¦
¦ T>  to Enter Bank TRANSFER Information    ¦
¦                                           ¦
¦ R>  to Return to MASTER MENU              ¦
 +-------------------------------------------+
Allows you to Enter Human Resources Information to the files

ACCESS:

    Press <H> on the Master Menu.

SELECTION:

    You have the following options:

EXIT:

    Press <R> to return to the Master Menu.

YEAR END & UTILITIES MENU

PAYTIME______________________________________________________________ 2:20:18 pm
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______________¦  Y E A R  E N D  &  U T I L I T I E S  M E N U  ¦_______________
______________+-------------------------------------------------+_______________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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______________¦ Y>  to run Year End Close and Delete Employees  ¦_______________
______________¦ M>  to Modify databases and Rebuild databases   ¦_______________
______________¦ V>  to Validate the Employee data and file      ¦_______________
______________¦-------------------------------------------------¦_______________
______________¦ C>  to run Color Program                        ¦_______________
______________¦ P>  to install Print controls                   ¦_______________
______________¦ I>  for Custom Pay Check Instructions           ¦_______________
______________¦-------------------------------------------------¦_______________
______________¦ O>  to Re-Organize the databases files          ¦_______________
______________¦ B>  to Backup the databases files               ¦_______________
______________¦ A>  Information About PAYTIME                   ¦_______________
______________+-------------------------------------------------+_______________
________________________________________________________________________________
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 Choose letter or position highlight bar and press [Enter] or 'Esc' to return

ACCESS:

    Press <O> on the Master Menu.

SELECTION:

    You have the following options:

EXIT:

    Press <R> to return to the Master Menu.

CUSTOM Programs

PAYTIME                                                               6:05:36 am
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¦  M A S T E R   M E N U  ¦
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A Canadian Job Costing Payroll System







You do not have the PTCUSTOM program installed, (R)eturn

ACCESS:

    Press <C> on the Master Menu [see OPERATION below for details].

OPERATION:

    Allows you to attach customized programs to PAYTIME. See below for compatible software.

    Call the main custom program PCUSTOM.PRG and compile the program to PTCUSTOM.DBO and place it in the data directory, and then when you run PAYTIME the program will be accessed when you select this option.

    If you wish to create a custom cheque program name it PTPAYA.PRG and compile it as PTPAYA.DBO and place it in the data directory.

    Also, if you wish you can write a custom Employee listing program, which can be run from the REPORTS MENU: "Employee Listings"; call the program PTREPRTA.PRG and compile it as PTREPRTA.DBO and place it in the data directory.

    You can also create small calculation programs to handle unusual calculation for Holiday Pay Calculations (PTHPCA.PRG), Union Dues (PTUNNA.PRG) and/or Pension Deductions (PTPENA.PRG). These programs are activated when you process the Pay Slip screen.

NOTE:

Do NOT use the dBASE "CLEAR ALL" command in any custom program.

    You can use any of the files in the PayTime system to write custom reports using Borland's: dBASE III Plus, dBASE IV, dBASE V, Visual dBASE, ReportSmith; Microsoft's: FoxBase, Visual FoxBase, Access, Excel; IBM's: Approach, Lotus 123; Corel's: Paradox, Quattro Pro, Seagate's Crystal Reports or Concentric Data's R&R Report Writer.

    Look in Appendix F for the file contents and field definitions.

EXIT:

    Press any key to return to the Master Menu.


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