TTS

Task Tracker System - COMP 3350 Software Engineering 1

Re-uploaded onto GitHub. Old version control system used was CVS.

Developed by:

To run the program:

You may run these batch files using the command prompt (cmd) If the program has not been compiled yet then, in cmd, run Compile.bat

Note:

Compile.bat relies on if your computer has Java installed as well as the Java function javac
To reset the database to the original settings, run RestoreDB.bat using cmd located in the database folder
To save the current database to be the original settings, run BackupDB.bat using cmd located in the database folder

A login screen will show up with a list of users already populated in the drop down box, you can select any user and click the "Log In" button
It does not matter what user you select, all the fields displayed will be the same
Alternatively, a new user can be created using the "Create User" button (The username can only be a max length of 32 characters consisting of alphanumeric character and it cannot be empty)

####After logging in:####

This is the main window, in the white box, it will show the ALL tasks that are currently in the system based on the database

####Clicking "Create Task":####

After clicking this button, a different form will appear showing all of the possible fields that the user can fill when making a task
Note that there are some restrictions on certain fields like Time Estimate, Current Time Spent cannot be an alphabetical value (yes, the program will complain if you try to do so)

####List of restrictions:####

Task Title: Cannot contain more than 64 characters, or contain 0 characters. All characters are legal
Description and Comments: Cannot have more than 512 characters
Time Estimate, Current Time Spent: Must be numeric

####Clicking "Edit Task":####

After clicking this button, it will allow you to edit a selected task by bringing up a different form
This form will allow you to change the task title, assigned to user, status, priority, due date, time estimate, current time spent, description and comments fields
The created by, and created date fields CANNOT be changed

####Clicking "Delete Task":####

After clicking this button, it will delete a selected task (This task will not appear in the white box once deleted)

####Clicking "the column title name":####

In the white box where the tasks are displayed, if the name of the column is clicked the tasks that are currently displayed will be sorted by the column that is selected (Arrow up = ascending, arrow down = descending)
For numbers, arrow up means that the highest will be on the top of the view, and the lowest will be on the bottom of the view and vice-versa for arrow down
For dates, arrow up means that the chronologically highest date will be on the top of the view, and the lowest will be on the bottom of the view, and vice-versa for arrow down
For text, arrow up means [numbers first/spaces to z ordering] (lexicographical) will be on the top of the view, and the lowest will be on the bottom of the view and vice-versa for arrow down

####Clicking on "Apply Filter":#### This button will filter the current tasks that are displayed depending on the filter criteria.

The criteria that it is possible to filter by:

Title: Given the text box, if the task title contains whatever is in the task box, it will be displayed
Assigned To: Will show the tasks showing only the tasks that of that assigned to user
Status: Will show the tasks showing only the tasks of the specified status
Due between: Will show the tasks that have a due date between the ranges the specified
Priority: Will show the tasks that have a priority of the one specified by the filter
The task filtering can be cumulative, meaning that a filter for a specific priority, with a given status can be applied

####Clicking on "Reset Filter":####

####Clicking "Sign Out":####