Installing the Demonstration
Refer to the INSTALLATION chapter in this manual for instructions on how to install and run Contract
Collector. If you encounter any installation trouble, please call Comtronic
Systems.
After installing and starting the system, you should see the Contract
Collector MENU BAR at the top of your computer screen, which includes the following menus: FILE, CLIENT, CONTRACT, PAYMENT, REPORTS, G/L and SYSTEM.
If you do not have experience using pull-down menus, check boxes, radio
buttons and the other features of a Windows graphical user interface, you will find
it helpful to read through the OPERATING FEATURES section of this manual before proceeding with the DEMONSTRATION. OPERATING FEATURES is a detailed description of how to use all the features that make up
Contract Collector's user interface.
This DEMONSTRATION version of Contract Collector contains sample data for clients, companies,
contracts, etc. You can also enter your own data into the DEMONSTRATION to test Contract Collector, but this data cannot be transferred to a fully
functional copy of the system. Be sure you purchase and load a fully functional
Contract Collector system before entering your actual business data.
After you have logged onto the DEMONSTRATION system one or more times on ten different days, you are locked out of the
system. You are not limited to using the system on ten consecutive days. If you
don't log on for a day or more between uses, those days are not counted against
the ten-day limit. Also, you can log on and off as many times during a single
day as you wish and it will only count as once. After the tenth day you use the
demonstration system, you can then re-install the demonstration for ten more
days' use, but doing so deletes any sample data you have added. Ensure that you
are using the actual system and not a demonstration version before entering your
real data.
If you decide to purchase a fully functional copy of Contract Collector after
using the DEMONSTRATION version, call the Comtronic Systems sales department and a CD will be sent to
you upon purchase. The procedure for installing the full system is identical
to installing the demonstration version. When you install the full system and
are ready to enter your real data, follow the INITIAL SETUP SEQUENCE in the PROCEDURES section of this manual to set up your Contract Collector system.
Because the demonstration data in Contract Collector for Windows is set in a
fixed time period, 01/01/97 through 06/31/97, you will be prompted throughout
the demonstration chapter to enter specific dates other than the current date to
view demonstration data and print reports