Historical page. This page describes the change from ACS 3 to ACS 4 and is kept for reference only. In ACS 5, updates are installed with the ACS 5 setup program rather than from diskettes, backups are made with File > Save As, and help for a program is opened with the ? button at the top right of its screen.
Some things in ACS 4 are vastwly different from ACS 3. We've changed our interface to a GUI interface, rather than the DOS-feel it had before. In doing so several things had to be changed. Below is a list of the major differences, you will want to know about.
- Navigation
Windows has a standard navagation system in almost all programs. We've conformed to ease the training required for new users.- Tab vs. Enter or Arrow Keys
To move between fields you will now have to use Tab to move forward or Shift+Tab to move backwards. - F1 vs. Enter
To tell the system you are done with a screen and continue, use Enter. Our ACS 3 system, did this with F1, which is now used to access Help from any GUI screen. - F5 vs. Esc
To Cancel or move backwards from a screen, use the Escape key instead of F5.
- Tab vs. Enter or Arrow Keys
- Getting
Help
- Manuals vs. Help
We've integrated all of our old manuals into help files. The help files are in HTML format, so they will be displayed with your default browser. To find specific help (like How To do something, rather than what does this program do) go to the Core or System Help from at the top of the System Menu.
- Manuals vs. Help
- Updates and Applying Changes
- Diskette
vs. File
We used to always put changes onto a diskette which was required to be in the A drive. You can now download changes to any drive and install them from there. Changes are in Rar format, but are encrypted to avoid any of the files included from picking up virsuses and to protect your privacy.
- Diskette
vs. File