After Hours Administrator 3.0
New Features and Requirements

• AHA uses a custom service to run the program at it's scheduled time.  Because of the way the service is configured, it is possible to log off the machine running AHA and it will still perform it's scheduled tasks (of course the computer still needs to be running).  This makes it possible to run AHA on a server where you don't want to keep a user logged in all the time.
• AHA 3.0 will report successes and errors directly to selected ACT! users.  Successful runs are reported as Histories on the users "My Record", and errors are reported as Alarmed To-Do's for the user. 
• The permanent AHA log is now easily accessible (both to view and print) from the AHA Configuration Utility. The log page also displays the names of the last successful backups.
• If SMTP e-mail can be sent from the machine running AHA, the selected ACT! user can be notified by email, should there be any problems with the maintenance or backup. (note, this requires the My Record for the user to have an E-mail address in the appropriate field).

In order for After Hours Administrator 3.0 to run properly the following conditions must be met.

• The computer running AHA must have Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP as it's operating system.
• The computer running AHA must have ACT! installed on it and ACT! must have been run, at least once.
• The computer running AHA must be the same computer on which the Database(s) are stored.
• ACT! must not be running on the machine where AHA 3.0 runs (it is not a problem if other users on the network have ACT! open)
• Backups must be stored on the same computer as AHA is running.

These requirements are largely due to the way the custom service that runs AHA must be configured.   The After Hours Administrator Users guide shows how to use Windows Task Scheduler to run AHA without the service and thus circumvent many of these limitations.

After Hours Administrator 3.0 is distributed with a limited life span and must be registered (via phone or email) within 30 days of installation for it to continue to operate.