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PAYTIME comes in three editions, your system requirements are different
for each system. You can also keep the data on the hard drive or a removable
disk drive. You can install PAYTIME from floppy diskettes or from the hard
drive, depending on where you acquired PAYTIME from.
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SYSTEM Requirements:
Click on the version you have to view the system requirements and use the
Back button to return to this location (or see below):
PAYTIME Lite (Version PL 5.0)
PAYTIME Lite for Windows (Version 7.5)
PAYTIME Standard (Version PT 5.0)
PAYTIME Deluxe (Version JT 5.0) with Job Costing
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INSTALLATION:
There are two different configurations that you can install PAYTIME from.
Click on the installation that you need:
Installation from a CD-ROM drive to hard drive
Installation from the Internet or a hard drive to
the hard drive
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Installation from a CD-ROM drive to hard drive
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Place the "PAYTIME" CD-ROM in your CD-ROM Drive.
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On the CD-ROM find one of the following files, PAYTIME Lite (Ptl_v50.exe),
PAYTIME Standard (Pt95_v50) or PAYTIME Deluxe (Jt95_v50.exe).
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Click on your selected file and follow the on screen installation instructions.
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When the computer has finished the installation, remove the CD-ROM disk
from the CD-ROM drive and place the disk in a safe place.
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If your system uses Windows 95, if you have a CONFIG.SYS file in
the ROOT directory add a FILE statement and a BUFFER statement, if they
do not exist. If they do exist make sure the values are at least as large
as shown here. Add the following:
** Files should be 20 for PAYTIME Lite Version; 99
for Version 4.5; 254 for Version 5.0.
If your system does not have a CONFIG.SYS file, you will have
to create it. Use EDIT in DOS or NOTEPAD in Windows.
** Files should be 20 for PAYTIME Lite Version; 99
for Version 4.5; 254 for Version 5.0.
Save the file in the ROOT directory (e.g. C:\) as CONFIG.SYS.
You will need to reboot your computer for the commands to take effect.
For those of you that have Windows 98, Windows 2000 ME, Windows NT4
or Windows 2000, you do not need to make any changes.
Now go to the SETUP stage below.
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Installation from a hard drive to the hard drive
First find the file you downloaded from the internet, PAYTIME Lite (Ptl_v50.exe),
PAYTIME Standard (Pt95_v50) or PAYTIME Deluxe (Jt95_v50.exe).
Click on the file and follow the on screen installation instructions.
If you installed PAYTIME Lite you will need to create an icon for you
to run the program from. See your Windows manual on how to do this.
Now go to the SETUP stage below.
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SETUP
There are four different configurations that you can setup PAYTIME in.
Consider that the data files will use between 4K to 5K per employee of
storage space, depending on the type of pay period you are using. Click
on the setup that you need.
Using a hard drive for both the program and the data
Using a hard drive for the program and a floppy
drive for the data
Using a hard drive for both the program and different
folders for the data
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Using a hard drive for both the program and the
data
With the C> prompt showing, choose the PAYTIME directory:
Type PT and press [Enter]
The following lines will appear at the bottom of the screen:
| You are running Paytime for the first time
Which drive do you have the '*.XXX' files on? : :
Which drive do you have the '*.DBF' files on? : : |
'XXX' says PRG for PAYTIME Lite Version; DBO for
Version 4.5; EXE for Version 5.0.
Press C and [Enter] to the first prompt
Press C and [Enter] to the second prompt
(or the appropriate letter for your hard drive).
The following message will then appear:
| If you have an IBM color computer do you wish to install color (Y/N)
: : |
If you wish to install color,
Otherwise,
The main Paytime menu will appear and you can now carry on and enter data.
Please read the OPERATION SUGGESTIONS below for advice on Backups
and Annual Updates.
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Using a hard drive for the program and a floppy
drive for the data
Copy the following files to your floppy diskette by type in the following
commands (or use Explorer):
copy \PT\*.DBF c: and press
[Enter]
copy \PT\*.NDX c: and press [Enter]
If you are using the PAYTIME Standard or PAYTIME Deluxe
version, you will also need to copy the following files:
copy \PT\*.DBT c: and press [Enter]
copy \PT\*.MDX c: and press [Enter]
With the C> prompt showing, choose the PAYTIME directory (or click the
PAYTIME icon):
Type PT and press [Enter]
The following lines will appear at the bottom of the screen:
| You are running Paytime for the first time
Which drive do you have the '*.XXX' files on? : :
Which drive do you have the '*.DBF' files on? : : |
'XXX' says PRG for PAYTIME Lite Version; DBO for
Version 4.5; EXE for Version 5.0.
Press C and [Enter] to the first prompt
Press A and [Enter] to the second prompt
(or the appropriate letter for your hard and floppy drives).
The following message will then appear:
| If you have an IBM color computer do you wish to install color (Y/N)
: : |
If you wish to install color,
Otherwise,
The main Paytime menu will appear and you can now carry on and enter data.
Please read the OPERATION SUGGESTIONS below for advice on Backups
and Annual Updates.
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Using a hard drive for both the program and different
folders for the data
This SETUP will allow you to have a different set of data files for each
company in a different folder (directory). If you are using Windows
95 or Windows 98, use the Explorer to create your folders, either
as a sub-folder to the PAYTIME folder or as a new folder. For DOS and older
versions of Windows,
Change the directory: cd\PT\XYZ and press [Enter]
where PT is the folder where the PAYTIME program files are and
XYZ
is where you want to put the DATA files in.
Type in the following commands (or use Explorer):
copy \PT\*.DB? c: and press
[Enter]
copy \PT\*.?DX c: and press [Enter]
If you are using the PAYTIME Lite or PAYTIME Standard
version, you will also need to copy the following file:
copy \PT\PT.BAT c: and press [Enter]
or, if you are using the PAYTIME Deluxe (Job Costing) version,
you will also need to copy the following file:
copy \PT\JT.BAT c: and press [Enter]
If you are using Windows 95, you also need to add the \PT
folder to the PATH command in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT in the route
folder on your hard drive. If your operating system is DOS use the
EDIT.EXE
program to modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT; or, if you are use the NOTEPAD.
Add the following line after the first path command:
You could change this batch file to XYZ.BAT (where XYZ is the companies
initials)
If you are using the PAYTIME xxxx (Version 5.0), in the
\PT\XYZ
folder create a XYZ.BAT (where XYZ is the companies initials):
To run PAYTIME with the C> prompt showing, choose the \PT\XYZ
folder and type:
PT or JT or XYZ and press [Enter]
or, if you are using Windows create a Shortcut to the PT.EXE, JT.EXE or
the XYZ.BAT files.
Now follow the instructions in the PAYTIME manual in Section
C, under 'OPERATIONS:Getting Started', or read the "Using
a hard drive for both the program and the data" above.
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*SYSTEM
Requirements*
SYSTEM Requirements: PAYTIME Lite (Version 5.0)
You need an IBM or IBM-compatible, protected-mode 486 40mz or higher computer
using DOS 5.0, 6.0 or Windows 9x, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.5 or Windows
2000 Pro operating system.; 8mb of RAM minimum and a hard disk with
8mb of free disk space to install Paytime files.
SYSTEM Requirements: PAYTIME Lite for Windows
Not
available at this time. Our PAYTIME Lite
(Version 7.5) will run on computers using Windows 98, Windows 98
SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.5 and Windows 2000 Pro operating systems.
Please email us for more information.
SYSTEM Requirements: PAYTIME Standard (Version
5.0)
You need an IBM or IBM-compatible, protected-mode 486 40mz or higher computer
using DOS 5.0, 6.0 or Windows 9x, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.5 or Windows
2000 Pro operating system.; 8mb of RAM minimum and a hard disk with
8mb of free disk space to install Paytime files.
SYSTEM Requirements: PAYTIME Deluxe (Version 5.0)
with Job Costing
You need an IBM or IBM-compatible, protected-mode 486 40mz or higher computer
using DOS 5.0, 6.0 or Windows 9x, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.5 or Windows
2000 Pro operating system.; 8mb of RAM minimum and a hard disk with
8mb of free disk space to install Paytime files.
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*OPERATION SUGGESTIONS*
Backups
We have included a batch file on the Update disk. The file is named ZSBACKUP.BAT.
To use this batch file you will need PKZIP.COM, a compression program made
by PKWARE Inc. and to copy the ZSBACKUP.BAT to the each data directory
where the PAYTIME data is.
To activate the batch file, you can run it from the DOS command level
from the directory where the data is by typing:-
ZSBACKUP
and press [Enter]. The other way to activate the Backup is to run PAYTIME,
and from the MASTER MENU press [O] and the [B] from the UTILITIES MENU.
The batch file is pre-set to use drive A:, you can use an editor like DOS's
EDIT.COM or Windows NOTEPAD and change this to drive B: if you wish.
To obtain PKZIP, insert the UPDATE disk in your floppy drive and change
to that drive then type:-
PKVIEW
and press [Enter]. This will give you the address and telephone number
of PKWARE Inc. Also you can use the INTERNET and contact PKWARE at http://www.pkware.com/
and obtain a FREE evaluation copy.
Memory Management
Earlier versions of PAYTIME required memory caching, but the caching is
automati for current versions of PAYTIME.
Annual Updates
The current software covers the period January 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001.
Please be sure to registar your PAYTIME so you will get the next Update
on July 1, 2001. Email for latest information
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If you have any questions with your installation or setup please email:
ZARCOM tm at info@zarcom.com and
one of our Information People will get back in touch with you.
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