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StarInfo/Shepherd/!ReadAge/!Help
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Shepherd/!ReadAge/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 15CD bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
!ReadAge
Purpose:
To aid the assessment of the reading ages, by producing a drawfile
containing a graph of reading age minus chronological age.
What it actually does:
The program takes the names, date of births, and 2 reading ages of
up to 62 children at a time. You can either type in the data using the
window provided, using the editing and sorting features available, or drag
in a CSV file from another application.
After input, the data can be saved as a textfile, CSVfile, or a
drawfile. The drawfile has a graph showing whether each child is ahead or
behind with their reading.
Other features:
The data can be sorted in a number of ways so that the weakest
pupils can be targeted. Full instructions to all features follow.
Thanks owing to people for code used from cover discs:
Dragging: Tim Howard (�BAU July 1993)
Sorting: Graham Crow (BAU July 1994)
Drawfile: Michael Attenborough (�BAU December 1992)
Instructions:
Loading:
The application is loaded in the standard manner by double-clicking
on the icon in the directory display. This will put an icon on the icon bar.
Clicking on this will open the main window, allowing data entry.
Data may be entered by typing in the main window, or by dragging a
CSVfile of the format described below to the icon on the icon bar or to the
main window. When the application is loaded it will load in any CSVfile that
is double-clicked on.
The Main Window:
One record is shown at a time. To move to another record click on
the "<" or ">" icons.
Clicking on the "R.A.1" or "Test 1" icons will make the
chronological age of the current pupil, at the time of the first test be
displayed. The "R.A.2" and "Test 2" icons perform similar functions.
You start off with one record (unless you have loaded in a file).
When you have entered all the details for the first child, pressing <Return>
to move between writable icons, pressing <Return> in the last icon displays
the next record, or if you have the last record displayed, then a new record
is shown. This enables all the information for a class to be entered easily.
The Main Menu:
The main menu is obtained by clicking menu in the main window.
"Info" leads to more information about the author, "Save" leads to the save
menu. When auto-save is clicked on the data will be saved appended with
"_back" , at intervals that may be changed by going to the sub-menu.
Clicking on "Wipe All" will clear all the data in memory.
Pop-up Menus:
In order to add a record you click on the "+" icon in the main
window. This reveals a pop-up menu which gives you the choice of adding a
record either before or after the one shown.
In order to delete a record you click on the "-" icon. The pop-up
menu that follows allows you to either wipe the current record, leaving a
blank record in its place, or removing it, without leaving a blank record.
The "?" icon produces a pop-up menu with "Find" and "Sort". These
lead to their respective windows.
The Find Window:
Obtained from the "?" icon, this allows you to search through the
records for a particular name, or a record if you know the number.
Once you have typed in the name to search from, not case sensitive,
the first occurrence is displayed either by pressing <Return>, or clicking
on OK. If this is not the required record then search again, and the next
occurrence will be displayed.
The Sort Window:
This window is obtained by clicking on the "?" icon. Click on the
appropriate icon to select a sort, then click on OK.
"Name (1)" is surname, "Name (2)" forename, "R.A.1", "R.A.2.", "Chr.
Age", put the records in order by the associated age.
"R.A.1 - Chr. Age" sorts the records, putting the weakest pupils
first. This should help target those pupils who need the most attention.
The "R.A.2 - Chr. Age" is similar.
Saving:
The data is saved as a CSVfile. This can then be loaded into a
spreadsheet if required. It is a CSVfile saved from the main menu that can
be loaded back into this application to retrieve information.
The graph can be saved or dragged straight to !Draw or another
application that takes drawfiles. This can then be manipulated in the usual
way.
NB: Make sure that the graph is within the printable limits before
printing. It may need to be scaled down using draw's facilities.
A textfile may be saved, which can then be used as a class list.
This can be used effectively with the sort option, so that the list shows
the pupils in a sensible order.
There are icons to select what to include in the textfile. "Age
today" uses the computers internal clock to calculate the child's current
age.
The textfile can have <tab> as a separator, which gives better
results if you are going to use a DTP or WP package to print out the list.
Using commas to separate the values provides a way of producing a more
detailed CSVfile for use with a spreadsheet.
Technical:
The datafile has the following format:
<group name>
<test 1 d>,<test 1 m>,<test 1 y>[,<test 2 d>,<test 2 m>,<test 2 y>]
<surname>,<forename>[,<dob d>,<dob m>,<dob y>,<RA1 y>,<RA1 m>,<RA2 y>,<RA2 m>]
Disclaimer:
The author accepts no responsibility from the use of this software,
or liability for any loss incurred and it is supplied 'as is'.
The data in "RA�Data" is fictitious.
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