This update has
a couple of
internal changes that affects some schools. The first change about
archives properly affect most schools, but the remaining items may only
affect a few schools, and if they do not apply to you then no action
need be taken.
Archives
If you use the File|Archive|Use command after installing the update you
should:
- Choose
the File|Archive|Use command for the first archive in the list.
Repeat step 1
for every
archive you currently have. You only need to do this once for each
archive. The reason for this is to copy the current set of templates
into each archive. This enables you to delete no longer used
templates in the current database from the Template Editor, while still
keeping a copy in the archive for future re-printing of reports.
Work file backups
Some previous versions of the work file program made multiple backup
copies of each opened work file. Some schools find these extra files a
nuisance, while other schools like the redundancy they create for
recovering from problems.
If you want the new version of the SM-Reports Work File program to make
multiple backups (with file extensions of 001, 002 etc)
of each work file, you should:
- Choose
the Options|General command and turn on the Make multiple
backups option and choose OK.
- Make
sure each teacher is using the latest version of the SM-Reports Work
File program
Text wrapping in Windows 2000
If you use Windows 2000 on the computer used for printing the reports,
you make find the wrapping of large lines of text doesn't work at all
and lines are wrapping too early in unexpected places. In this case you
should:
- Open
the SMREPORT.INI file in Notepad and look for these lines:
[Options]
Data=
Date=Released
15th August 2005.
Flags=84056068
Force=0
New=1
RestartCheck=False
System=0
The
exact lines may may be slightly different, but the line to
edit is the system line:
- Edit
the system line so the number after the equals sign is 1 larger than
before. For example, if it was previously 0 it becomes:
System=1
But,
as another example, if it was previously two you must add one to make
the number 3.
- Save
the changes and close Notepad.
If
the System line is not present it should be added to the [Options]
section. These changes may require your PC administrator if
you are not
sure how to do this.
Work files marked as read-only
If you make a single work file for each year, which teachers then open
and have a newly named copy automatically created, you should:
- Open
the SMREPORT.INI file in Notepad and look for these lines:
[Options]
Data=
Date=Released
15th August 2005.
Flags=84056068
Force=0
New=1
RestartCheck=False
System=0
The
exact lines may may be slightly different, but the line to
edit is the system line:
- Edit
the system line so the number after the equals sign is 2 larger than
before. For example, if it was previously 0 it becomes:
System=2
But,
as another example, if it was previously four you must add two to make
the number 6.
- Save
the changes and close Notepad.
If
the System line is not present it should be added to the [Options]
section. These changes may require your PC administrator if
you are not
sure how to do this.
Preferred name in work files
If you require the work files to only use preferred names for the
students, you should:
- Open
the SMREPORT.INI file in Notepad and look for these lines:
[Options]
Data=
Date=Released
15th August 2005.
Flags=84056068
Force=0
New=1
RestartCheck=False
System=0
The
exact lines may may be slightly different, but the line to
edit is the system line:
- Edit
the system line so
the number after the equals sign is 4 larger than before. For example,
if it was previously 0 it becomes:
System=4
But,
as another example, if it was previously two you must add four to make
the number 6.
- Save
the changes and close Notepad.
If the System
line is not
present it should be added to the [Options] section. These changes may
require your PC administrator if you are not sure how to do
this.
