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StarInfo/Collins/!KeepTrack/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Collins/!KeepTrack/!Help |
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| File size: | 145F bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
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Produced by The Mad Hamster at Hamster Soft. Release Version 1:00
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Purpose
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KeepTrack is a utility designed to allow computer usage to be
monitored automatically. Although KeepTrack was primarily designed for use
in schools it will almost certainly find uses in a home or business
environment. KeepTrack automatically monitors system usage and keeps a log
of what a user does.
Computer Requirements
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KeepTrack should operate happily on a 1Mb machine but a hard disc is
essential. I have only been able to test KeepTrack on my A3010 with Risc OS
3.16 but I can see absolutely no reason why it should not work on any other
machine (of course if anybody wants to give me a brand new Risc PC to test
it on ...).
Installing KeepTrack
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KeepTrack can be run from a filer window but to get the maximum
potential from it you should really add it to your boot sequence (if this
doesn't make any sense to you, desktop boot files are explained in the RISC
OS 3 User Guide).
If you have a machine fitted with a version of RISC OS before version
3.5 then a line to start KeepTrack will automatically be included in your
desktop boot sequence if you save the boot file while KeepTrack is running.
On a machine fitted with a version of RISC OS after 3.5 double click on the
application "!InstallKT" in a filer window to automatically add KeepTrack to
your boot sequence.
Features
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KeepTrack logs start up and shut down times, prevents reconfiguring,
prevents mode changes, logs all tasks started in the desktop and prevents
user specified tasks from loading fully. It also makes sure that the log
file is not doctored and keeps a record if it finds any unofficial
modifications. Should the log file be deleted, KeepTrack will create a
new one and log the details. KeepTrack also offers limited protection
against the "HideTask" module which can start a task without any other
tasks recieving notification.
Configuring
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Inside the "Configs" directory within "!KeepTrack" is a file called
"BanTask". This file contains an example entry for the "!KillDemo"
application which registers itself in the task list as "KillDemo". To modify
the file for your own use simply place the name of each task (as it is shown
in the window which appears when the task manager is left-clicked) in the
file, taking a new line for each new task. KeepTrack automatically prevents
"!Configure" from loading and so no entry for this should be placed in "BanTask".
If you do not wish to prevent any tasks from fully loading, simply delete the
"BanTask" file.
To start a new log file, delete the file "LogFile" within the
"!KeepTrack" application directory while KeepTrack is not running (iealy this
should be done before running for the first time). KeepTrack will
automaticaly start a fresh log file when run.
Wish List
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NOTE: These features have not been implemented yet, they are merely
what I hoped to include at a later date.
1.) A complete rewrite in C
2.) More comprehensive logs
3.) More comprehensive protection
4.) Easier reconfiguring
5.) Extend modification detection to user specified files
Known Bugs
----------
If you shutdown the computer, either by pressing Ctrl-Shift-F12 or
from the Shutdown option on the Acorn menu, and the click on restart there
is an "Address Exception Error". I have a reasonable idea why this is but
curing it would mean removing a key piece of KeepTrack.
Thanks To
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Domonic Symes: For Zap with which KeepTrack and all documentation was
produced.
Guttorm Vik: For StrongHelp which was my standard reference while
programming KeepTrack.
Dave & Dave at Acorn User: For publishing QTMDancer (even if they did
get my real name wrong...).
The Future
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At the momment (April 1998) I have far less free time than I have had
in the past and it looks like this is how it will remain for a long time.
Therefore I have been forced to temporarily suspend work on KeepTrack. I
hope to return to it some day and implement the entire wish list but this
looks unlikely. Sorry.
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