Using !Allocate
===============


Contents
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	1. Introduction

	2. Running !Allocate
	
	3. Entering your details
	
	4. Requesting items
	
	5. Editing items
	
	6. Saving a request
	
	7. Submitting a request to Acorn
	

1. Introduction
---------------

The !Allocate application is a general purpose application for submitting
allocation request to Acorn.  In the past there have been three applications
that covered the following :-

	!Request -    filetype request
	!Reserve -    name reservations
	!Alloc   -    general allocations (SWI Chunks, Error blocks etc...)
	
!Allocate combines all the above types of allocations into one application.

An application is used to ensure that all the neccessary information is
submmited for allocations.


2. Running !Allocate
--------------------

To run !Allocate, double click on the !Allocate application in the directory
viewer.  It is advisable to install the !Allocate application on your hard
disc as the application will save your details inside itself (see section 3).


3. Entering your details
------------------------

If details have not been entered before, then when !Allocate is run the
details entry window will be opened on the screen (the details window can
also be opened by clicking on 'Set details' from the iconbar menu).  The
details should be entered in full.

If you are not an Acorn Registered Developer then you should not fill in the
'Dev No.' field.

To set the details you will need to click SELECT on the 'Save Details' icon. 
To abort the operation you should click SELECT on the 'Cancel' icon.  When
'Save Details' is clicked !Allocate will save the details inside itself, so
your detail will be set whenever you use the application.

If the details are not entered in full then any request may be rejected.


4. Requesting items
-------------------

To request items you will need to click on the !Allocate icon on the iconbar. 
This will open the list window, which will contain the list of items that you
have requested (to start off the word 'none' appears, indicating that nothing
has been requested).

At the top of the list window there is a button bar that is used to open the
different item windows.  Clicking on a specific button will open the entry
window for that particular item.

Each item window has the following icons :-

  Add -         Clicking on the 'add' icon will add the requested item to the
                list of requested items.  A textual description will appear
                in the list once 'add' has been clicked on.  You will not be
                able to add the item if any of the compulsory fields have not
                been filled in.
                
  Cancel -      Clicking on the 'Cancel' icon will abort the individual item
                request.
                
  Help -        Each item has its own online help file, which describes the
                particular item and how to fill in the fields.  Clicking on
                the 'help' icon will open the help window for the item.
                
                
5. Editing items
----------------

Double clicking with SELECT on any item in the list of allocations will allow
that item to be edited.  Subequent clicking on the 'add' icon will update
that particular item.

Items can be selected by clicking ADJUST on any item.  The selected items can
then be deleted by using the Selection menu.


6. Saving items
---------------

Once you have completed your request you will need to save it and send it to
Acorn.  If you are sending the request by post, you will need to use 'Save
request' from the Save menu, and save it onto disc.  If you are going to send
the request by email then you will need use 'Save for email'.




7. Submitting a request to Acorn 
--------------------------------

Once you have completed a request you should send it to the following address 
:-

	For Acorn Registered Developers :-
	
		Developer Support
		Acorn Computers Limited
		Acorn House
		Vision Park
		Histon
		Cambridge
		CB4 4AE
		
		Or email: ISVQuery@acorn.co.uk
		
		
	For general customers :-
	
		Customer Services
		Acorn Computers Limited
		Acorn House
		Vision Park
		Histon
		Cambridge
		CB4 4AE
		
		Or email: customer.services@acorn.co.uk


Any submission, be it by email or post, needs to be clearly labelled,
indicating the senders name, company name (if relevant) and the contents of
the disc (e.g. an allocation request).

Please note that unlike the previous allocation applications, you should not
send the whole application to Acorn when submitting a request but only the
request data file.

