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COSTMASTER (Amstrad Computer User)

COSTMASTER (Amstrad Action)

★ Ce texte vous est présenté dans sa version originale ★   ★ This text is presented to you in its original version ★   ★ Este texto se presenta en su versión original ★   ★ Dieser Text wird in seiner Originalfassung präsentiert ★  If you run your own small business you already know about all the paperwork. There's the tax man, VAT, national insurance... you spend half your time bookkeeping. And before you even start any job there's the estimate to prepare. ABC may well have a solution in Costmaster... First of all, make sure your costing needs are complex enough for a program like this. Basically, if what you need takes only a minute on a calculator, then you'll have little need for a computer programe which takes longer than that just to set itself up. If, however, your costing work takes up valuable time and contains many repetitive elements, then read on... ABC Software has produced a program which allows you to cost/estimate a job. It also lets you store details of individual jobs in a customised database which is easily manipulated, and has all a wide range of functions. The basis of the system is a file into which you add the relevant information either manually or by merging items from the built-in price index, to build up a final costing. There are three elements to each costing file: Firstly, there are the customer details. This is basically a standard database containing information about the client. As well as name and address, it includes an identification number which references it with other parts of the program. Secondly, there are the alpha-numeric definitions (getting a tad complicated, this). These allow you to press a single key to correspond to the variable of your choice. The variables are things which change rarely enough to let them be programmed in and saved - an example would be the price of ballcocks in a plumbers' estimating program. There are up to 36 saveable definitions. Thirdly, there is the cost file. This holds the results of the equations which make up the costing. It's the central function of the program. The three sub-files above can be saved separately, and can even be stored on separate disks. An ID entry system allocates specific customers to specific definitions. This is a failsafe security device to prevent different definitions becoming crossed. Entering and controlling text is easy. The main menu allows single keypresses for regularly-used items, and everywhere the Delete key will take out any mistakes. The cursor keys can also often be used to move around and change things. Mistakes are easily rectified, and there are standard warnings when you're about to erase data or save changed files. Costmaster uses the standard time-honoured format of one main menu controlling a more complex and detailed tree of other menus. It is very easy to return to the high-level main menu (usually by hitting ESCAPE). A feature which we think is unique to Costmaster is the Program Monitor. This gives a recorded display of the last ten moves you made. This removes the worries that you might not have saved your files, or that you haven t updated them recently. It is a very useful feature, and one which many other serious software packages would benefit from. What this program does is marry together a database of customers with the necessary equations and formulae for a rapid and accurate costing. It is powerful enough to handle as many variables and factors as a small business is likely to need. The manual is factual rather than fun, but does cover every aspect of the program. It isn t really for the beginner, though. The assumption is that you'll know what you want to do with this program, and that you understand costing and estimation work already. If you're looking for a tutorial, buy a book. James Leach , AA#64

CPCrulez[Content Management System] v8.732-desktop/c Page créée en 707 millisecondes et consultée 2451 fois L'Amstrad CPC est une machine 8 bits à base d'un Z80 à 4MHz. Le premier de la gamme fut le CPC 464 en 1984, équipé d'un lecteur de cassettes intégré il se plaçait en concurrent  du Commodore C64 beaucoup plus compliqué à utiliser et plus cher. Ce fut un réel succès et sorti cette même années le CPC 664 équipé d'un lecteur de disquettes trois pouces intégré. Sa vie fut de courte durée puisqu'en 1985 il fut remplacé par le CPC 6128 qui était plus compact, plus soigné et surtout qui avait 128Ko de RAM au lieu de 64Ko.