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Systems Design and documentation’s………………………………………………...Iskandar Hussein

Coding improvements………………………………………………………………...Wan Hasnibi

Marketing Strategy and Packaging…………………………………………………...Iskandar Hussein.

Security and License………………………………………………………………….Wan Hasnibi

Prototyping and Design Improvement………………………………………………..Iskandar Hussein.

Logistic and Local Marketing………………………………………………………..Chok Keri.

Web Design and Electronic Marketing………………………………………………Zaidi Dohat.

The CyberCafe Management System is a utility that monitors the usage of each client. It is a simple program that records all the usage and collection of a cyber café. There are two parts in this program set. One is the client set and the other is the server set. The client set is stored in the client PC while the server set is stored in the PC Server. Both set need to be installed in order for the program to run. This document will explain in detail on identifying some of the features that this program can offer and how to utilize this program at utmost usage.

We will discuss this segment into 2 section, the server section and client section.

In this server section there is 4 windows that will appear in the chronological order. Each window will activate once other windows been deactivated. Each window performs different functions. Below are the explanations of each window:

This about window is the startup window, every time this program executed, this splash screen window appear first. The contents of this about window are:

• The product name. The product name of this program is CyberCafe Management Systems.
• The version number. This tells the user of the revision that has been done.
• The copyright. This program is the copyright of LangNet Enterprise in the year 2000.
• The description. The window explains the description of the program.
• Systems Information.

This window will only appear until you click OK button on the form. Once you hit the OK button, this window will be deactivated and another window will come to the screen. The name of this window is the main window.

This main window has two sections. License Registration Sections and Usage Section.

The usage section is the main window that will be use heavily by the user. The preliminary program will come as 9-client license. More the 9-client license is available upon request. Below is the display of the usage section.

This is the layout of the usage window. The top title will display the "CyberCafe Management Systems"

Below are the features on this window:

• 9 Client Frame starting from PC1 and ended with PC9 (PC number is user setting).
• In each Client Frame (can be set to enable or disable), below are the features:
• PC name: PC name is the number of PC available for monitoring.
• Start Button

• Stop Button

• Cancel Charges

• Analyze button to activate the analysis report form window that will display the report for the collection in the way the operator wants to see, whether it is in monthly report, daily and yearly report.
• At each frame, there are labels with caption "Status" and "Stop Time". When this program running these two captions is green and black in color respectively. When the "Status" is green and "Stop Time" is black, it indicates that the port is open ready for connection to one particular client PC (same port number). When client PC connect to the particular server frame these two captions change from green and black to blue. If connection between client PC and the server frame is alive caption "Status"change color toggling from red to blue every time the server send a signal to the client PC. If "Status" stop toggling color, it indicates connection between client PC and server broken. To restore back connection, firstly double click on "Stop Time" until it change from blue to black then double click on "Status" until it change from blue/red to green. To close the port at server double click on "Stop Time" and the label change to black. To open back the port, double click on "Status" label and the color turned to green.

Charges windows will appear when the user clicked on the stop button. The window will look like this.

In the usage window, there are two button, analyze button and the exit button. If the user clicks the Analyze Button, an analysis report form will appear and the form will be looking like the illustration in below.

In the analysis report form the display will show type of report below:

• Daily Collection Report
• Monthly Collection Report
• View Usage Log
• Close Account Year.

The first row of the Report pull down menu is the "Daily Collection Report". Daily Collection Report shows the collection for the selected day. Below are the explanation of each the of the row listed under Report Pull Down Menu.

• At the Report Pull Down Menu choose "Daily Collection". The example of the method can be seen in the illustration below.
• A listing of collection for the day will appear, as shown in the one illustration below the first illustration.

• If you notice in the illustration above at the bottom of the form, there are three listbox listing the day, month and year. To view the collection of specific day, click on the desired date listbox on the leftmost listbox followed by the desired month and year.
• You can also filter the data for selected month only where you only have to click on the option box near the text "Selected Month Only".
• For the option button with text "All Before And In Selected Month Only", this utility will display the collection for the selected month and the collection date before the selected date.
• The option box "Print Report" utility will allow for printing. To print, select the button and choose the desired date and choose the option on the report pull down menu. All the display will be printed to the default printer. There is no need to set the printer for particular format. The user has set everything for the ease of use.
• Going back to the upper form, you can also choose monthly report, view the whole log and even close account for the year. The formats of the display are similar to the one shown in the above form.
• Menu Close Account Year 1999 is to create year 1999 collection summarization into file usagelog1999.txt and delete these collection records from database (usagelog.txt). This menu will be disabling once it running and file usagelog1999.txt is not deleted. This utility is for database refreshing and will automatically ask for database refreshing every year.

Note: Do not open Window Explorer and open the usagelog.txt or analyze.txt file while the program is running. The display report will show an empty space if you do that. To solve this problem in the event you opened the usagelog.txt and analyze.txt, is to close the program and restart back the startup process on both server and client side.

The explanation ends the server side, in the next section we will discuss about the client side of the program.

The client section involves 2 forms. These two forms are namely, the client form and the login form. There are not much utility available on both forms. The Client form is shown below:

Once the connect button clicked or after 10 seconds, display-locking window will appear. It is just the display that covers the screen. The display has a moving label icon "Double Click On Me To Login", that need a double click action in order to open up the display for browsing and other computer usage activities.

The display could be change with any picture since it used bitmap picture format. You can also design your own bitmap and change the display design by naming the picture name "lang.bmp".

Once the label is double click the display-locking window will be disappear and there will be a working timer at the task bar, client will be able to view their usage during their work on the PC.

We have learned about the windows, now we will learn how to install the program.

Below are the steps and procedures:

The server program should be run first before running the client program.

1. Usage rate for one hour.
2. Minimum charges usage less than an hour.
3. PC number should have 9 PC all together. Examples 1 to 9 or 2 to 10.
4. PC frame to enable or disable. Should have also 9 input. T for enable and F for disable.
5. Port Numbers to be use. (These port numbers are preset during the development of this program)

Below are how the input looks like.

If you notice the figure 2.50 stands for usage rate for one hour. The figure 1.0 is the rate for minimum charges for usage less than an hour. The figures 1 through 9 in second line are PC numbers. The figures in third line are frame-enabling setting. The figures 2000 through 2008 in fourth line are the port numbers.

You only have to change the numbers and save the notepad filename as it is.

You have to set the regional setting which is located under control panel. To activate the setting, go to control panel and choose the regional setting. The regional setting properties window will appear and at the upper tab choose "Date".

Go to short date text box and change the date format to this format "dd-MMM-yy" View the example for further understanding.

The display setting for the program to be better presented should be as below.

In client set up there is a filename "svr.txt". In the file below are the input needed for "svr.txt":

1. PC Server IP Address.
2. Client Port Number.

Below is the display for the "svr.txt" file.

The entry "172.29.1.100" is the IP address of the PC Server. While the figure "2000" is the port number. The port number for each client PC should be different port number. The port number has been set up during the PC Server setup.

Note: All the set up should be done in Window Explorer Environment.

All the collection made is record in the file name usagelog.txt.

Below is the database sample.

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First string is date then PC number then third string is total usage in second and last string is charges. If changes need to be make to the database please make sure there is no empty line and cursor at the fist row on the last line before the file is save.

For feedback on the upgrades or improvement feel free to call the developers, Iskandar Hussein and Wan Hasnibi, at 012 4000025 and 012 4000166. User can also join the user group at www.langnet.com.

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