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User Documentation and Application Overview

Christopher John Morris

IT273, Section 01

Professor Larry Farrer

November 1, 2011

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Application Overview

The Real Estate Program is designed to log information about properties. This

includes the address of the property, client’s contact information, and home features. In

addition to saving information, the program can import a photo of the property. After

writing all the information and importing a desired photo, the user can separately save the

data and photo. As described in the documentation, the files should be saved in the same

folder to keep organized. It was a pleasure creating the program and I only wish that

anyone who uses it enjoys it and finds it useful.


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After opening the program, the user should see this:

This is a blank layout of the program, ready to be filled in. After opening the file, the user

can use the program, beginning with Step 1.


Step 1: Fill in each field with the desired information. Unused fields should not be left

blank. Rather, use desired filler, such as “N/A” or “TBD.”


Step 2: After filling in the information, save it to a file by clicking the File dropdown

menu and selecting the Save option.


Step 3: While saving the file, a new folder should be created to organize the data as well

as the photo that will be imported in Step 5.


Step 4: Name and the file in the newly created folder and save it by clicking the Save

button. Be sure to leave the .dat extension on the end of the name (replacing or omitting

the extension could lead to future issues).


Step 5: Now that the file is saved, lets import a picture. Begin by clicking on the File

dropdown menu and selecting the Import Image option.


Step 6: Go through your directories to find the desired photo and then click the Open

button.


Step 7: After clicking the Open button, you should now see the chosen photograph in the

position displayed below.


Step 8: After importing the photo, you can save the photo–preferably to the same folder

as the .dat file–by clicking on the File dropdown menu and selecting the Save Image

option.


Step 9: After finding the desired folder, give an appropriate name for the picture and click

the Save button.


Step 10: Now that the data and picture has been saved, let us open the files to view again.

Begin by clicking the File dropdown menu and then selecting the Open option.


Step 11: Now choose the desired .dat file you would like to open and click the Open

button.


Step 12: After clicking the Open button, all of the data should appear again as it was

when it was first created. At this point, you can make any desired changes–As in the

example, the Number of Bathrooms has been changed to 4–and then save the file again

by referencing Steps 2-4.

NOTE: If the file is saved to the same folder with the same file name, the new file will

overwrite the old file.


Step 13: After opening the data file and seeing all of the data has loaded successfully, you

can import the picture again by clicking File and then the Import Image selection.


Step 14: Select the saved image file and then click Open.


Step 15: Now all of the picture and data are back, along with any changes made to the

.dat file.

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