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C to Pascal Converter update 2.07.07.2013

2013-07-13T10:25:00.002+10:00

C to Pascal Converter update 2.07.07.2013 available now,

Downloads from:
Link 1: http://cc.embarcadero.com/Author/302259
Link 2: https://www.facebook.com/groups/245308212251480/files/

C to Pascal Converter Update available now!

2011-11-19T22:23:00.001+11:00

C to Pascal Converter Update 2.20.11.2011 is available now!

Fixes / Changes
Major bug issues, fixed
Converts callback functions
Converts GUID Macros
Updated help issues,
Comes with installation program, "Setup.exe"

Click here for this update to download now!

APPA 1.0 - Uninstalling

2011-08-19T10:18:00.000+10:00

If you, for any reason, want to remove Personal Pay Advice 1.0 from your computer (un-install the product), I suggest that run the program before uninstalling and remove all users with using the program's Remove User option from File menu, if you dont want to reinstall Personal Pay Advice 1.0.
To remove Personal Pay Advice 1.0 from your computer, go to Control Panel, select Remove Programs option, find Personal Pay Advice 1.0 from the list and double click to remove. Follow the instructions from the screen.

APPA 1.0 - Searching Pay Periods

2011-08-01T10:11:00.007+10:00

Searching the database for a pay period can be perform by few methods in Personal Pay Advice 1.0. If selected entry is the beginning pay period (usually Thursdays) (Show icon) will be enabled, once it is enabled, you can click to see the pay period information in the bottom part of the main window.

Note: This icon will be enabled if the selected entry is same as beginning of a pay period (Thursdays) regardless, this means that the selected entry might not point the correct beginning of a pay period.

Once you click on (Show), Clear and Next icons will be enabled.

(Clear), will clear the pay period ranges and will reset the data,
(Next), will show the next pay period, if available.
(Prior), will show the previous pay period, if available

You can also click on (Find icon) to search specific pay period beginning date,

If selected search date is same as pay period beginning date, then Show Pay Period check box will be eanbled if you want to see the pay period.

By clicking on (Print icon), you can Preview pay slip before you Print.

APPA 1.0 - Changing Password

2011-07-30T10:44:00.003+10:00

You should change your log on password time to time to prevent unauthorised access to your account on Personal Pay Advice 1.0. This is done by selecting Change Password option from File menu. Following dialog box will be displayed;

You have to enter your current password in the first edit box, and enter your new password, after that enter your new password into confirm password edit box and click OK to save changed password. Errors will be handled accordingly.

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APPA 1.0 - Adding Duties

2011-07-29T18:13:00.007+10:00

To add a new duty, select Duties from File menu or press Ctrl+F8 key combination from your keyboard. Following dialog will be displayed...

As I mentioned in Adding Workdays section, program comes with pre-loaded duty list, you can click on New Duty button to add new duties.

This is the Add Duties dialog box;

Steps to create new duty;

Select duty number drom Duty # combo box
Select nature of the duty from Duty combo box, if nature of duty is not listed, select Add New... from the list and enter the nature of the duty in the edit box.
Enter Start and Finish times from Normal Time section
Enter Break section if this duty has break (starting and ending times must be entered for program to calculate break time)

and then...

Click on Save button to save this duty permanently,
Click on Clear All button to clear all fields without saving,
Click on Close button to close window,

Upon closing window, program will prompt to save if there is any changes.

Here is the screenshot of a sample duty dialog box

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APPA 1.0 - Adding Workdays

2011-07-27T11:34:00.014+10:00

There are few ways to add a workday entry to Personal Pay Advice 1.0, you can click on the icon on the top of the main window or, select New option from Data menu, or just press key combination Ctrl+Ins from your keyboard. No matter which way you use to add a new working day, a dialog box will be displayed for you to add necessary information for a new workday entry.

First is the Date must be provided to save the data, when dialog box above displayed, current date will automatically be selected.
Next select duty name from Duty dropdown list. (Personal Pay Advice 1.0 comes with some pre-loaded duties, but if the duty is not on the dropdown list, select Add New... option from the list.
If you started the duty early, you have to enter the starting time of the day in Pre-shift section, program will automatically calculate the difference between pre-shift end time and duty start time. Same thing applies to (Post-shift) times also. If you worked after your duty time ended you can enter actual ending time of the day in Post-shift section. Personal Pay Advice 1.0, will do the rest for you.

Here is sample window after few entries made

On the right side of the window there are some options for you to check if,

this is your RDO (Rostered Day Off) or
this is a public holiday or
were ill so couldn't perform your duties and provided a doctor certificate or
on annual leave (last two options included, just in case you have to work on your holiday..!)

The last option Commenced is dimmed (disabled), and it will be highlighted (enabled) to check or uncheck depending on the above options.

e.g. If you worked on your RDO, check the RDO box and check the Commenced box, if you do not perform these checks, Personal Pay Advice 1.0 might perform wrong calculation on the day's income.

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APPA 1.0 - Getting Started

2011-07-26T10:39:00.025+10:00

Now, I assume that you are already installed Personal Pay Advice 1.0 on your system and hopefully it is up and running.
The first thing you will see is the Log On dialog and waiting for your response to Select your user name and the password. But you don't have a user name and a password yet, so select Add New option to create your user name and a password.

Here is a sample how to create a user name and a password.

I suggest use your first and last name to create a user name, and the password should be easy for you remember but hard for others to figure it out.

Once you enter your user name and the password, click on Create button to proceed to Log On, here is what you might see next;

Now the Log On dialog fill the edits for you and waiting to click on Logon button to start the program.

Now, program will ask you to enter some setup data to complete logon, following window will be shown only once during adding new users.

There are 3 important entries you have to complete here do obtain correct data for your daily work hours;

Pay Scale: is your parity PP, what is available from your original pay slip under Pay Scale column,
Normal Hours Rate: is your hourly rate, also available from your original pay slip, under Hourly Rates column (Normal Salary)
Heavy Rigid Vehicle: available under same column as Normal Salaray;

Once you have entered all the information need, click on Save to continue; (You may also change your Tax Scale information too, just click on that tab and click appropriate option, currently Tax Scale is set to "2")

A screenshot of Personal Pay Advice 1.0 with some sample data.

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APPA 1.0 - Installing

2011-07-10T22:20:00.008+10:00

Installing Personal Pay Advice 1.0 is pretty much strait forward, just insert CD into your computers CD-ROM drive and if Auto Run utility enabled, you will see the installation information, just keep click on Next button will install the Personal Pay Advice 1.0 to your computer and you will see a short-cut icon on your computer's Desktop.

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CToPas Update 2.17.8.2010

2010-08-17T20:58:00.003+10:00

Good news "I guess", is CToPas 2.0 now runs under Vista and Windows 7, but there is a catch! Not really, just adjust the Compatibility options as I explained note below "How to run CToPas 2.0 under Vista". Same instructions apply to Windows 7.
In this release, I have changed the way CToPas 2.0 create and open data and project files too! Previous releases, data and project files created and read to/from application's folder, but in this release data and project files created and read to/from ..\Program Files\CToPas\ folder. This way, Vista and/or Windows 7 won't be whinning or whinging no more, except compatibility issues!
Well, the reason of the compatibility issues are, when I started writing supporting functions for my other projects and CToPas, I used Delphi 2.0 and Delphi 4.0, so lots of supporting code contains lots of 16 bit data, functions, procedures, etc. that is why CToPas all releases have same issue, I am working on the separating code using conditonal defines but, if you are dealing thousands of lines of code, it is not easy as it seems... so be patient mates! Soon, will be there, hey free-bees dont come cheap ey mate ;))
Well said enough, you can download new release here
Happy coding!

CToPas August update

2010-08-02T21:42:00.001+10:00

CToPas Converter 2.0 August release available now! You can download the file here.
In this release "Major bugs" fixed. Especially, I worked on to convert files faster, and I think its a success! I have tested with a few big header files and the result was good!
Here is some results,

File: WebServices.h API header = 3min 35 sec, Rate 85%
File: WinSvc.h API header = 14 sec, Rate 90%
File: WinReg.h API header = 8.6 sec, Rate 90%
File: GL.h API header = 39.3 sec, Rate 90%

* Rates here calculated as the time you will spend on converting such files manually from scratch vs. using CToPas 2.0 and refining such files manually.

Please leave your comments or suggestions here on my blogg insted CodeGear pages. I spend more time to check my blogger than checking CodeGear pages, sometimes I don't even bother!

Happy coding
Al

CtoPas new update available now!

2010-05-24T15:54:00.008+10:00

CtoPas update 2.5.25.2010 is available to download now!
"List out of index ..." bug is fixed now.

Issues - C2Pas displaying errors under Vista and won't run.

2010-04-28T05:55:00.004+10:00

To run C2Pas under Vista without a hassle, you have to change Compatibility to Windows 95 or 98, how? Just follow;

After you unzipped downloaded file in a folder, open that folder and find C2Pas.exe file. Right-click on C2Pas.exe to display pop-up menu, and select Properties option.

From properties page;

> Select Compatibility tab,
> Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" option,
> Change this option to: "Windows 98 /Windows Me"
> Check "Run this program as an administrator" option.
> Click "Apply" and close the page.

You shouldn't have any problem/s when you run C2Pas.

C2Pas 2.4.25.2010 (Latest) is out now!

2010-04-26T19:20:00.003+10:00

C to Pascal Converter 2.0 latest release is available to download at Embarcadero's CodeGear pages.

C2Pas new releases

2010-04-23T23:48:00.002+10:00

C2Pas new release will be available in a week! It's got lots of new features now. Hopefully will work under Vista and Windows 7.

C to Pascal Converter 2.0

2010-04-23T20:56:00.008+10:00

History:
When I started programming with Windows APIs, which it's written with C, translating header files was taking too much of my time and therefore also being a lazy programmer! I decided to write a converter so it can convert basic elements of these header files, such as #define, data types (like unsigned short, int, ...). First attempt was a success and I used that program for some time.
When time come to do more programming of what I was programming, that little converter couldn't answer my programming needs and I gave up all other programming tasks (projects) and started to develope that little program and CtoPas converter also known as C2Pas was born!
Since C2Pas released on CodeGear's binary pages (where the latest available updates of CtoPas), I have received alot of responses, comments and suggestions from coder fellows from the different parts of the world.