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Hornet Training and Tutorial Worksheets are available to all users in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format and can be downloaded from this site. Users will also find these documents and the Adobe Acrobat Reader on their master CD-ROM supplied with the Hornet Windmill Software.

Technical Reference Manuals for Custom Reporting
Tutorial Worksheets
On-Line Training Manuals for New Users

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Technical Reference Manuals for Custom Reporting

Report Instruction Commands
Technical Reference covering all commands in Hornet Windmill's reporting language.
(TRW 9925)
87 pages
768kb
Report Instruction Functions
Technical Reference covering all intrinsic functions in Hornet Windmill's reporting language.
(TRW 9926)
57 pages
503kb
Report Instruction Parameters
Technical Reference listing and defining all data parameters used in Hornet Windmill's reporting language.
(TRW 9927)
109 pages
817kb
Time Location Reports
Reference Manual detailing the use and reporting utilities included in the Time Location Reporting facility.
(HTW 9846)
18 pages
180kb

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Tutorial Worksheets

Adjusting the Data Grid Display
A step by step guide to adjusting and configuring the main data grid that is used to display and edit task details. Topics include re-sizing and re-ordering data columns and creating template grids for your general use.
(HTW 9841)
14 pages
220kb
Copying and Pasting Tasks
A major feature of the data grid is the ability to select a range of tasks and then copy or replicate these within the project. This short guide describes the steps to perform these tasks.
(HTW 9842)
7 pages
90kb
Editing Logic Links
Hornet Windmill offers a range of methods for adding and editing logic links between tasks - direct linking on the bar chart display, using the toolbar buttons or direct entry on grid displays. This short guide describes all these facilities in detail.
(HTW 9843)
10 pages
108kb
Hierarchical Coding Structures
An introductory guide to designing and creating a hierarchical coding structure within Hornet Windmill for use on your projects.
(HTW 9845)
23 pages
254kb

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On-Line Training Manuals for New Users

Project Planning - A Manual Exercise
A detailed worked example for a realistic project that can be followed to teach and explain the basic principles behind formal project management methods. The task presented requires the reader to develop a full project outline based on the criteria given and produce a detailed project schedule. This includes the calculation of start/finish dates and identification of critical tasks. Full solutions for each stage are included.
(TRG 9610)
17 pages
133kb
Project Planning Using Hornet
A step by step guide to creating a new project in Hornet Windmill and producing a general project schedule report. The tutorial shows how to create project calendars, how to enter the task details and add logical constraints between them, and how to produce the final schedule of start/finish dates. The final section introduces the range of screen reports available and produces printed copies of the reports from the suite of Standard Reports.
(TRW 9851)
24 pages
344kb
Defining and Monitoring Resources Using Hornet
This Tutorial Worksheet takes a previously prepared project, the launch of a new product, and applies three basic resources to the tasks. Both labour input and material costs are added and the current project schedule is used to predict the resource requirements for the project. The results are printed in a single page multiple histogram report.
(TRW 9856)
18 pages
267kb
Resource Scheduling Using Hornet
This tutorial describes the steps required to use the resource scheduling facilities in Hornet Windmill and to produce a schedule of dates that ensures the defined resource limits set for the project are not exceeded. The example prints a revised histogram report to compare with the schedules given in earlier tutorials, and introduces the Combined Bar Chart/Histogram report.
(TRW 9861)
15 pages
212kb
Progress reporting Using Hornet
This Tutorial Worksheet details the steps necessary to update a project to reflect the actual progress made in the field. This process records the actual start and finish of completed tasks, assessment of progress for tasks currently under way, and the entry of man hours logged against completed tasks. Having completed the update revised project reports are produced.
(TRW 9881)
13 pages
223kb
Creating a Sub-Project Using Hornet
This Tutorial Worksheet describes the steps necessary to create a sub-project of tasks within the main project structure. The process of creating and numbering the additional tasks and producing a revised project schedule are described.
(TRW 9891)
14 pages
207kb
All Six Tutorials in ZIP Format
All six tutorial PDF documents compiled into a single zip file. This zip file includes the sample reports produced by the Tutorials in Hornet's GRA file format.
(TRG 9610,
TRW 9851,
TRW 9856,
TRW 9861,
TRW 9881,
TRW 9891)
 
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