The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

January 1995

Time Trakker [Con't from page 5]

entry in the browse screen and by pressing ALT-B,

gain access to the full details of that specific entry.

Once into the entry, you can change or edit any of

the information appearing in that screen.

If, however, you desire something a little more sophis-

ticated, Rick Strahl, the author, offers a more feature-

rich version of Time Trakker, called Time Trakker

+PIus. It is described as being “a full featured, easy to

use time and billing app that allows you to track time,

expenses and sale items for billing and invoicing

purposes. Based on the original Time Trakker this

program adds billing info & full invoicing to provide a

complete solution for a service based business.”

Either program is available for a 30-day trial from the

MS Fox Users Forum. Registering the software is

made even easier by typing “GO SWREGS” while in

CompuServe. The registration fees (about $35) are

simply added on to your CompuServe bill. You can’t

beat the price. After all, how long would it take, in

billable hours, to develop a program like this? And

would it work the first time out of the gate? Registra-

tion also gets you full source code for integration into

any client apps, if appropriate.

[Ed. Note: Rick Strahl may be contacted at

CompuSeive, CID # 76427,2363.]

Overall, the program suits our internal purposes to

a “tee”. It’s easy to use and, once you can get

past the jokes about “Did you punch in this morn-

ing?” (After all, whoever heard of developers

punching in?), it offers a very straight-forward

method of keeping track of your hours.

Reach the Stars

Some useful CompuServe mailbox numbers:

Dick Bard

70744,2251

Steven Black

76200,2110

Lisa Brummel (MSFT)

73363,713

Mike Feltman (Neon)

76217,1043

Y. Alan Griver (Flash)

71541,3150

WhiI Hentzen

70651,2270

Nancy Jacobsen

72230,2664

Ken Levy

76350,2610

Les Pinter

76434,104

Tom Rettig

75066,352

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