Frequently asked questions
Anacta Tools is a set of tools for programmers and project managers who need an easy to use and accurate instrument for scheduling project development, accounting labour inputs and calculating work outputs.
The current version of Anacta Tools includes the following tools:
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Anacta Time
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· Easy to use labor calendar manager: calculation of work amounts for planning, project estimation, preparing timesheet reports and other calendar based operations.
· Flexible holiday management system allows users to create numerous holiday profiles for different countries.
· Easily customizable calendar with quick and intuitive navigation.
· Quick calculations: select a set of calendar days and get immediately the whole set of data on project length and work amount in person-hours.
· Customizable formula takes into account selected working days, number of team members, daily work hours and additional coefficients. Another formula allows to calculate the number of workers (eg, for planning needs).
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Anacta Metrics
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· A light tool for calculating source code metrics.
· Quick & easy: select folder with code sources, then select technologies or file types to analyze, click “Start” button and enjoy the result.
· Code statistics for different projects or stages can be used for planning and estimating future projects.
· Complete detailed statistics is available on each project, stage and technology used: number of files, LOCs, characters, bytes, words; UI forms (.Net only); database tables and stored procedures (.sql files).
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Anacta Book
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· A tool for collecting and managing statistical information on software projects
· Automatic filling in project information with accurate calculations by transferring data from Anacta Time and Anacta Metrics
· Hierarchical presentation of projects in the main table
· Customizable table displaying project features which you have selected as the most important for you
· Unlimited number of stages and sub stages for each project
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All Anacta Tools
· Install / Uninstall in few seconds,
· Save current session automatically (optional) or return to default options if something has gone wrong,
· Export and import complete user sessions: exchange data with other team members easily. You need only 1 file to transport all your settings and project info to another computer,
· Customize program layout: dockable and resizable windows allow to place all needed panes in an order which is most convenient for you and to hide the panes you do not need at the moment,
· Customize user interface: 3 design styles supplied with the program are supplemented by unlimited possibility to customize color scheme to your preferences.
· Customize your calendar view mode:
o 3 months, 6 months or 12 months,
o Fit to window mode: resize the tool dialog window to select the desired number of months in the calendar and the window size which is optimal for you,
· Use predefined labor calendars, customize them according to your special work features or create your own unique calendar:
o Manage multiple holiday profiles, exchange holiday profile with other users,
o Configure weekends: choose week-days to be considered as your weekend,
o Specify any number of holidays, unique or repeating every year,
o Simplify holiday-on-weekend compensation: the tool displays the list of holidays overlapping with weekends and suggests you to compensate the missed holidays,
o Take into account moving weekends easily,
o Apply complete set of holiday and weekend settings by one action: for this, you only need to activate one or another holiday profile from your collection,
o Exchange and transfer holiday profiles easily: export option allows to save all or selected holiday profiles into a single file which can be imported to another computer,
· Calculate amount of work quickly and accurately: as you change selection of working period (or several separate time intervals), the tool immediately calculates and displays the resulting work amount:
o Use standard work amount formula or modify it according to you needs,
o Compare output results for different projects, stages or teams on one screen: click “Fix” checkbox and move cursor to the next record,
o Customize information output: select table columns that should be displayed and place them in an order which is most useful for you,
· Use built-in notepad to immediately fix all your valuable thoughts on current or future projects. Keep intermediate results while planning tasks or estimating projects. Never loose your invaluable experience: notepad content is saved with the user session,
· Use built-in calculator to make quick calculations without opening stand-alone calculator application,
· Pass results to Anacta Book tool.
· Integrate with MS Visual Studio 2005: use the tool to get code metrics directly from MS Visual Studio 2005,
· Select and edit source folders,
· Make quick pre-analysis of sources to get the list of available file types/extensions,
· Store information on numerous file types: the tool contains descriptions of file types for most popular programming languages and technologies. You can add and save any number of additional file types,
· Apply filters to select file types by technologies,
· Import and export information on file types/extensions: use this feature to exchange information with other users,
· Get complete and detailed code statistics: number of files, lines of code, words, characters and bytes, number of UI forms (ASP.Net and Win Forms .NET), database tables and stored procedures,
· Group statistical information by file types,
· Pass results to Anacta Book tool.
· Enjoy customizable table view with hierarchical project display to browse and compare projects and project stages,
· Use any number of hierarchical levels for project stages,
· Edit projects information easily using intuitive user interface,
· Automatically fill in project info using calculations of work time and source code metrics transferred from Anacta Time and Anacta Metrics,
· Import and export projects in a single file: exchange and transfer information on any number of projects.
System Requirements
Operating system: Windows Server 2003, XP Service Pack 2 or later.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or later (redistributable package available for download at Microsoft Download Center).
Download Anacta installation package.
Extract all files from the installation package to a temporary directory.
It is recommended to exit all running programs.
Run setup.exe and follow the instructions to install all tools (Anacta Time, Anacta Metrics and Anacta Book) at once.
If you have MS Visual Studio 2005 you can optionally install Anacta Metrics plug-in for MS Visual Studio.
Now you can delete the installation files. Still, if you keep the installation in some safe place, you will be able to use it to reinstall Anacta tools. That will be useful in case the installation becomes corrupted due to some disaster (eg, if your son decided to get some free space on “C” disk or famous hacker organization tried to get invaluable information about your projects).
We can't imagine why you'd want to, but just as a matter of procedure: Anacta Tools uninstalls just like any other application: either using Add/Remove Program from Control Panel or “Uninstall” icon from “Start->Programs->Arcadia->Anacta Tools” menu.
This section describes menu items which are common for all Anacta Tools applications.
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“Save Session as…”
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Saves you current session into a file. Saved session keeps all information from all application panes and dialogs.
Check “Automatically save and load session” box in “Settings/Options” dialog to load current session automatically when application starts and to save on application exit.
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“Load Session”
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Loads previously saved session.
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See also: “Dockable panes” section for information on using Show / Hide / Floating options.
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“Style”
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Change Anacta Tools appearance using predefined design styles (skins). At the moment three default styles are available: NewAero, Obsidian and Pearl.
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“Customize selected style”
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After selecting the style you prefer, you can customize it using a wide range of parameters shown in the dialog box which is opened by this menu item.
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“Automatically save layout settings” checkbox
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If this option is checked, any changes in position and configuration of the panes are automatically saved on application exit.
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“Automatically save user session” checkbox
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If this option is checked, current session is automatically loaded at application start and saved on application exit.
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“Reset layout settings” button
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Press this button and restart the application to restore default application panes, layout and size.
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“Reset session settings” button
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Press this button and restart the application to restore default state of the application session: all calculations will be removed, active holiday profile (Anacta Time) and technologies (Anacta Metrics) will be restored to default
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Help
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Opens this help file in your default system internet browser.
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About
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Displays current version info and copyright information.
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Dockable panes
Dockable panes allow you to customize the order in which the panes are organized.
Moving a dockable pane is a delicate and intricate operation allowing you to make layout most comfortable for your personal needs and preferences. To move a dockable pane, left-click and hold mouse cursor on the pane name. Drag the mouse cursor to the border of the tool or dialog window to which you want to “dock” the pane. As you will move the cursor to the window, the program will show you where it will put the pane you are dragging if you release the mouse button at the moment. When you think that the presumed result will make you happy, release the button and enjoy the new layout.
In Anacta Time, you can also place dockable panes together as a set of tabs.
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Example: moving “Project properties” pane from left to right border
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Result:
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Use context menu in the pane heading to change its behavior:
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Hide
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Completely hides the pane.
To show it again, go to “View” menu of the application and choose the name of the pane there.
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Floating
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Separate the dockable pane from the main pane. Now you can move it to any place in the window.
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Auto hide
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The pane hides when you do not use it but there is a shortcut near the border of the main window which allows you to show this pane by moving mouse cursor on it (you do not need to click).
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Customizing tables
To customize column widths, move the cursor to column border until it switches into column formatting mode (
). Click the left mouse button and drag the cursor to change column width.
To change column order in the table, drag and drop column headings:
Some tables allow to add and remove columns from the table. To do this, use column picker icon 
in the top left corner of the table.
To sort records, click the heading of appropriate column – the records will get sorted buy this column in ascending order. To change the order to descending, click again the same column heading (the little triangle in the right corner of the heading will change its view together with the order of records in the table).
You can use Anacta Time as a stand-alone application or open it from Anacta Book to use it for automatic calculations and filling in labor input information about projects. In the latter case, “Pass Data” button appears in the bottom right corner of “Work Amount Calculator” pane which allows you to transfer work statistics to Anacta Book.
To open Anacta Time when you are in Anacta Book, go to “Project Properties” pane, choose “Work” tab and press “Anacta Time” button at the top of it.
The application window consists of the following panes:
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Main (“Calendar”):
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Fixed pane used to select starting and finishing date of the project.
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“Work amount calculator”:
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Dockable pane displaying results of work time calculations.
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“Calculator”:
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Dockable pane allowing to make additional calculations without running a stand-alone calculator application.
See “Dockable panes” section for information on customizing pane layout
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“Notepad”:
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Here you can add valuable thoughts and any other notes to the project.
See “Dockable panes” section for information on customizing pane layout.
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The calendar can be displayed in one of the following modes (tabs):
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3 months
6 months
12 months
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Use these modes to show 3, 6 or 12 months - depending on the size of your project and convenience. In these modes the dialog window cannot be resized and will use minimum space required to show the number of months you’ve chosen.
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Fit to window
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This mode is the most flexible. Use it to choose the size of the window which fits you best, and the calendar will show as much months as can be fit in the size you’ve chosen (from 1 month to 2 years and more).
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To select dates of the project start and finish, left-click the start date in the calendar, hold the left mouse button and drag the selection to the finish date.
To select 2 or more separate periods of time for one project, select the first period, then hold “Ctrl” key and choose 2nd and following periods in the same way.
To navigate the calendar back or forward, use arrows in the top left (
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) corners or use keyboard arrows (↑, ↓, →, ←, PageUp, PageDn). You can also click on a month title and select the required month (as shown below):
See also: “Dockable panes” section for information on customizing pane layout.
When you choose the project dates in the “Calendar” pane, the “Work amount calculator” pane instantly shows you appropriate work statistics.
When this pane is attached to the top or bottom border of the main pane, it has table view. When it is attached to the right or left side, the layout transforms to the card view and records are displayed vertically. This view mode is more convenient if you are not planning to keep numerous output results records. If you want to see more records in the card view, you can widen “Work amount calculator” pane by moving its inner border (this is done in the same way as you move column borders in a table). Or you can move through fields and records using “Tab” and arrow keys.
To add a new record, put the cursor to the next record (to the right or below the last saved record) and change any editable field (eg, the title).
To edit a record, choose it in the list (make sure that “Fix” box is not checked!) and select new time period or change numeric values.
To delete existing record, select the row (or column) that you would like to delete and click “Del” key.
See also: “Customizing tables” section for information on changing column widths, order and number.
Description of fields:
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Field
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Type
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Editable
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Purpose
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Tips
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Fix
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checkbox
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editable
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Can be used to lock the record, so that no changes in calendar selection will affect the values in this record.
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Fixing records can be helpful when the user finished all calculations for some project or stage, but would like to continue calculation for other projects or stages and compare the results.
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Title
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text
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editable
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Is used to describe the project, stage or task for which work amount is calculated in the current record.
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In the card view (when the works amount calculator is attached to the right or left border) there is not enough space for long descriptions, so it is recommended to use abbreviations to identify the record.
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Calendar Days
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numeric
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non editable
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Number of calendar days currently selected in the calendar control.
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The calculator automatically refreshes this field after any change in the calendar selection. This value is not used in the default work amount formula, but can be used in custom formulas. See descriptions of custom fields for getting more information.
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Work Days
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numeric
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non editable
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Number of currently selected working days.
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This field is calculated automatically taking into account selected calendar days and the active holidays profile parameters. This number is the basis for all work amount calculations.
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Hours per Day
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numeric
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editable
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Number of work hours per working day.
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Default value is eight.
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Workers
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numeric
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editable
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Number of team members of the project, stage or task for which the work amount is calculated
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Default value is one. You can insert a formula here accounting the number of workers from other values. To insert/change this formula, click the sigma icon (S) in the header of this column. This can be used to account an average number of workers in projects with unstable cast, as well as for future planning.
Be sure not to create a Formula Circularity. This error will appear if you use Work amount in Workers formula and Workers in Work amount formula simultaneously.
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Coefficient
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numeric
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editable
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This is a part of the work amount formula and can be used for any reasons. For
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Eg, occupation coefficient for the current task might be 0,5 (when the team dedicates to the project only half of its time), so the final work amount should be twice less. Default value is one.
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Work Amount
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numeric
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non editable
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The main result value calculated by the formula.
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By default, work amount is calculated by the following formula:
[WorkDays] * [WorkHoursPerDay] * [Workers] * [Coefficient].
To change this formula, click the sigma icon (S) in the header of this column.
If you want to place a fixed number to this field (without calculating it with any formula), you can just insert this number into formula builder.
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Custom1,
Custom2
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numeric
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editable
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Additional fields which can be used to make more accurate and complex formula in the “Work amount” field.
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To activate the “Holiday management” dialog, use “Settings / Manage Holidays” menu.
The dialog window consists of two panes:
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Main:
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Fixed pane containing the list of holiday profiles.
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“Holidays Profile Properties”:
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Dockable pane allowing to modify profile properties.
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See also: “Customizing tables” section for information on changing column widths and order.
This list contains all existing holiday profiles:
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Column
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Type
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Description
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Active
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checkbox
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Indicates if the profile is currently active.
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Name
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text
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Profile name.
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Status
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text
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Profile statistics: number of holidays, number of overlapping holidays, number of compensated overlapping holidays.
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There are two holiday profiles provided with Anacta installation package by default – Russian official holidays and US official federal holidays.
We are planning to add more profiles in future versions. You can check for updates on our web-site (http://www.arcadia.spb.ru/AnactaTools/tabid/221/Default.aspx): if we have any new profiles, we shall put them on the site for free download. We shall also appreciate if you send us holidays profile for you country and place it on our web-site for free download.
To manage the list of holiday profiles, you can use the following buttons or choose commands from the contact menu (appears on right-click):
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Clears all data in the “Holidays Profile Properties” pane and sets focus to the “Country” field, so that you could create a new holiday profile.
For more information see “Holidays Profile Properties” section.
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Shows properties of selected profile in the “Holidays Profile Properties” pane and allows to edit them.
You can also double-click needed entry to do the same.
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Makes selected holiday profile active. Only one profile can be active at every moment of time, so all other profiles will be deactivated.
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Removes selected holiday profile (requests confirmation).
The profile which is currently active cannot be deleted. Therefore, if you have only one holiday profile and it is active, the program will not allow you to delete it.
To remove several profiles at once, hold “Ctrl” key while selecting several records by mouse left-click. Then press “Delete” button.
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Saves selected profile(s) into a file which can be imported to another computer. You can use this feature to exchange labor calendar profiles with other users.
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Adds new profile(s) from a file. If you already have a profile with the same name, the application will suggest you to rewrite the existing record or create a copy with new, automatically generated name.
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Marks all existing profiles as selected. Use this feature when you need to perform multiple operations like exporting or deleting all profiles.
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“Holidays profile properties” pane
See also: “Dockable panes” section for information on customizing pane layout with one modification: if you hide this pane, you can show it by pressing “Edit” button or double-clicking the entry you want to edit.
Use 
buttons to move between tabs and 
button to save the changes you have made to the record. If you try to move to another record without saving changes in the “Holidays Profile Properties” pane, the application will ask you if you would like to save changes.
The pane contains a set of fields allowing to store detailed information about holidays. This information is divided into 3 tabs:
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“General”:
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Main profile properties.
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“Holidays”:
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Table allowing to enter any number of holidays.
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“Compensation”:
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Provides the list of holidays overlapping with weekends, so that they could be compensated with extra days off.
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“Transfer”:
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List of exceptions, when week-ends move from one date to another due to close holidays.
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Detailed description of the fields in each tab:
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Tab
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Field
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Type
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Description
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General
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Active
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checkbox
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Check this box to specify if the current holidays profile should be activated after saving the form.
You cannot uncheck this checkbox. To deactivate current profile, activate another holiday profile.
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Name
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text
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The profile name is a unique identifier. By default, the program uses country name as the profile name.
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Use country
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checkbox
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Since one country can have several profiles, you can give them more specific names, eg: “Russia – standard” and “Russia – MyCompany”. To do so, uncheck “Use country” checkbox.
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Country
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text
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Name of the country for which the profile applies.
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Days off – weekend
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checkbox group
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Defines which days of the week should be considered as regular days off. By default, these are Saturdays and Sundays.
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Regular holidays
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Every year
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checkbox
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Specifies whether the holiday is regular (should be repeated every year) or not.
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Date
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date
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Calendar date.
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Name
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text
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Holiday description.
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Compensating holidays
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Compensate from … to
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date interval
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After you have entered any holidays, the list in this tab fills in automatically with all overlapping dates falling into the interval which you choose.
Select another date for these days-off in the “Date” field.
By default, the tool fills the list for three previous and three next years, but you can extend or narrow this period in the “Compensate from … to” fields.
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Overlapped
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date (not editable)
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Date
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date
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Comment
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text
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Transfer
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Weekend date
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date
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In some countries weekends near official holidays can be moved to work days in order to make “long holidays”, a continuous sequence of non-working days. This section allows you to define the list of such exceptions. Enter the weekend date that should be considered as working day and work date that should be considered as non-working one consequently.
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Move to date
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date
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You can use Anacta Metrics as a stand-alone application or open it from Anacta Book to use it for automatic calculations and filling in work output statistics. In the latter case, “Pass Data” button appears in the bottom right corner of “Code Amount Statistics” pane which allows you to transfer code statistics to Anacta Book.
To open Anacta Metrics when you are in Anacta Book, go to “Project Properties” pane, choose “Size” tab and press “Anacta Metrics” button at the top of it.
You can also open Anacta Metrics from MS Visual Studio 2005. If you have installed Anacta Metrics add-in for MS Visual Studio, click Anacta Tools icon on the “Anacta Tools” toolbar to calculate source code metrics for currently opened solution.
The application window consists of two panes:
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Main (“File and Extensions Management”):
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Fixed pane used to manage files/extensions and to select source files for analysis.
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“Source code metrics”:
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Dockable pane displaying results of code metrics calculations.
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Source Folder / Solution
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If you started Anacta Metrics as a stand-alone application or from Anacta Book you should specify root folder for the source files you want to analyze. After that the tool pre-analyzes files in the root folder and all its subfolders displaying all found file types (defined by extensions) in the table at the bottom of the pane.
See “File types for analysis” section below for details.
If you started Anacta Metrics from MS Visual Studio, this field is locked and displays name of the solution file currently opened in Visual Studio.
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Technologies
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List of file extensions. You can use it to simplify selection of files for code metrics calculations. Tick off technologies in the drop-down list and corresponding files will be selected for the analysis. The list includes a number of default technology definitions, but you can change them or add your own definitions.
See “File types for analysis” section below for description how to define, save and load technology definitions.
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“Refresh” button
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Updates the list of file types from the root-folder (repeats pre-analysis).
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“Show only known extensions” checkbox
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Check “Show only known extensions” box above the table to limit the list of file types to defined technologies.
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“File types for analysis” table
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The table displays file types (“Extension” column) found in the root folder and all subfolders and number of files for each file type (“Files” column).
“Analyze” column shows file types selected for analysis. Use boxes in this column to correct the list of file types which will be included into the code metrics calculations.
“Technologies” column allows you to use drop-down list to change assignment of particular file extension to one of defined technologies. To add new technology, type new name in the cell. If you want to add technology definition for file extension which doesn’t exist in the specified “Source Folder”, go to the new row in the table (that is the last row marked with  ), type the file extension into the “Extension” column and select or type technology in “Technologies” column.
Clicking on “Save” button will permanently save changes in technology definitions.
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Analysis
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Progress bar allowing you to estimate if you can go have a cup of coffee or play a ping pong match while your digital friend works hard for you.
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“Start” button
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Press to start code metrics calculations
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“Stop” button
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Press to interrupt the process of file analysis (eg, if you cannot drink no more coffee and got tired of ping pong and now you want to work a little for a change, while the calculation is far from its finish)
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See also: “Dockable panes” section for information on customizing pane layout.
In this pane, “Unit” column shows name of source code metrics and “Value” column shows calculated value for given metric. If the metric is applicable to several file types, the row can be expanded to show metric values for each file extension.
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Source code metrics
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Description
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Files
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Number of the analyzed files.
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Bytes
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Number of bytes in the analyzed files.
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Characters
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Size of characters in the analyzed files.
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Words
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Number of words in the analyzed files. Word is any continuous sequence of printable, non-spaces characters separated by one or more spaces. Number of words is especially good source code size metrics since it is not depended on coding style conventions.
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Lines
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Number of non-blank lines in the analyzed files, including comments.
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UI Forms
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Number of UI forms (.Net only), including base forms.
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DB Procedures
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Number of stored procedures in .sql files.
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DB Tables
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Number of database tables in .sql files.
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Export Extensions
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Saves current technology definitions of file extensions into a file which can be imported to another computer. Use this feature to exchange technology definitions with other users.
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Import Extensions
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Adds new relations between technologies and file extensions from a file. If you already have a technology with the same name, the application will replace all existing technology definitions with definitions from the imported file.
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There are two panes in the application window.
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“Project list”:
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Fixed pane containing project records and a toolbar to manage them.
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“Project properties”:
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Dockable pane used for editing project information.
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The list of projects contains all project records and by default has the following columns: “Title”, “Start Date”, “End Date”, “Work amount” (in person-hours), “LOCs” (lines of code) and “Words”.
See also: “Customizing tables” section for information on changing column widths, order and number.
For details on all available columns, see description of the “Project Properties” pane.
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Button
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“Project” menu item
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Description
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New Project
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Clears all data in the “Project Properties” pane and sets focus to the Project Title field, so that you could create a new project record.
The new record will be added to the project list after you enter some values and press “Save” button in the bottom right corner of the “Projects properties” pane.
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Edit Project
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Fills the “Project Properties” pane with properties of selected project record for editing.
You can also double-click needed entry to do the same.
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Delete Project
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Removes selected project from the application (requires confirmation).
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Export Projects
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Saves all project records into a file which can be imported to another computer. Use this feature to exchange project information with other users
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Import Projects
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Adds new record(s) to your tool. In case you already have a project with the same title, the application will suggest you to rewrite the existing record or create a copy with new (automatically generated) name.
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See also: “Dockable panes” section for information on customizing pane layout.
Here you can find all information on current project or project stage. All data fields are divided into 3 tabs: “General”, “Work”, and “Size”.
You can choose which of these data fields will be displayed in the “Project list” pane – see “Customizing tables” section for information on changing column widths, order and number.
You can use buttons to move between tabs and button to save the changes you have made to the record.
Below you can find the full list of available fields.
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Tab
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Field
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Type
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Description
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General
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Project Title
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text
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Unique descriptive identifier of the project or project stage.
Two project records cannot have the same title.
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Belongs to Project
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drop-down list
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To create new project, select “Root Project” from drop-down list.
To create a project stage record, select from drop-down list the project this stage belongs to.
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Technologies
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text
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Use this field to mark software technologies involved in the project.
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Description
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text
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Any additional comments for your convenience.
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Work
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“Anacta Time” button
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Press this button to use Anacta Time tool for automatic calculations and filling in the fields in the tab.
After you finish calculations in Anacta Time, press “Pass Data” button in the bottom right corner of “Work amount Calculator” pane. The tool will display which values will be passed to Anacta Book. You can press “OK” to transfer data and close Anacta Time or “Cancel” to return back and continue your calculations.
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Project Start Date
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date
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The first day of the project or project stage.
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Project End Date
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date
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The last day of the project or project stage.
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Calendar Days
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The project or project stage duration in calendar days.
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Work Days
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numeric
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The project or project stage duration in work days.
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Team Size
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numeric
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Number of persons working in the project.
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Work Amount
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numeric
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Amount of work in person-hours.
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Size
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“Anacta Metrics” button
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Press this button to use Anacta Metrics tool for automatic calculations and filling in the fields in the “Code statistics” group.
After you finish calculations in Anacta Metrics, press “Pass Data” button in the bottom right corner of “Code Amount Statistics” pane. The tool will display which values will be passed to Anacta Book. You can press “OK” to transfer data and close Anacta Metrics, or press “Cancel” to return back and continue your calculations.
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Lines
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numeric
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Number of lines of code in the project source files.
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Words
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numeric
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Number of words in the project source files.
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Chars
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numeric
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Number of chars in the project source files.
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Bytes
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numeric
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Number of bytes in the project source files.
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UI Forms
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numeric
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Number of UI forms (.Net only), including base forms.
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DB Tables
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numeric
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Number of database tables in project .sql files.
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DB Procs
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numeric
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Number of stored procedures in project .sql files.
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Use Cases
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numeric
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Number of use cases (or user stories) in the project or project stage.
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Test Cases
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numeric
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Number of test cases (or test scripts) in the project or project stage.
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If you encounter any strange or unexpected behavior, you probably need to repair Anacta Tools installation. To do this, run setup.exe.
Press the name of the pane you want to show in “View” menu item.
Press “Edit” button or double-click the entry you want to edit. You can also close “Holidays management” dialog and then open it again.
Be attentive in observing how the pane behaves when you dock to this or that border. To place dockable pane “A” below dockable pane “B” you just need to drag “A” to the bottom border of “B”. That will be a little above of the place where “A” will try to dock to the bottom border of the whole application window.
Press and hold “Ctrl” key while you’re selecting several time periods.
If you’re in card view mode (default) click on column header and press “Del” key. If you are in a table view mode (i.e. the pane is docked to the bottom or to the top of the application window), click on the left corner of the record and press “Del” key.
To restore previous pane position use “Settings->Options” dialog, uncheck “Automatically save layout settings” and restart the application.
To restore default pane positions use “Settings->Options” dialog, press “Reset layout settings” button and restart the application.
To use Anacta Time as source of time-related information for Anacta Book, press “Anacta Time” button on “Work” tab of the “Project Properties” pane.
When you finish calculations in Anacta Time, press “Pass Data” button, and the application will display which values will be passed to Anacta Book. Press “OK” to transfer data and close Anacta Time, or press “Cancel” to return back and continue your calculations.
If you do not see the “Pass Data” button after you opened Anacta Time from Anacta Book, check if the “Work amount calculator” pane is visible (to show this pane, use “View” menu)
To use Anacta Metrics as source of code statistics for Anacta Book, press “Anacta Metrics” button on “Size” tab of the “Project Properties” pane.
When you finish calculations in Anacta Metrics, press “Pass Data” button, and the application will display which values will be passed to Anacta Book. Press “OK” to transfer data and close Anacta Metrics, or press “Cancel” to return back and continue your calculations.
If you do not see the “Pass Data” button after you opened Anacta Metrics from Anacta Book, check if the “Code amount statistics” pane is visible (to show this pane, use “View” menu)