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We offer the following Rocket AS training courses on demand:

Please contact us to obtain a quote and/or schedule one or more of the above AS courses.

Course Fees

For all your Rocket AS education requirements, whether for standard or customized courses, quotes are provided on request based on your preferences and requirements. Course fees cover all materials needed for the training. Course materials can be made available free of charge to all valid Rocket AS customers for their own use. Courses currently available in PDF format include: AS1, AS2 and AS3.

All charges are subject to VAT and/or local taxes at the ruling rate.

Public vs. Organizational Training

Rocket AS education courses are offered as public courses or courses for a single organization.

Publice Courses

Public courses are scheduled on demand and are held at our Training Center in Warwick, UK. The public course fee covers all course materials, lunch and refreshments throughout the day.

Courses for a Single Organization

Organization courses can take place at our Warwick, UK training center or on your site. A quotation will be provided upon request based on your requirements. Expenses are only charged if the course is held at your site (these include accommodation and travel costs/time).

Several key benefits of organization-level course training include:

  • The ability to adjust the pace of courses to suite your organization's needs and knowledge level.
  • Customized courses can be built using selected modules from standard courses or by developing new modules to satisfy specialized requirements.
  • Courses can be personalized to use your organization's data.

Course Descriptions

Objectives:

To provide new users with a simple, free introduction to AS in a PDF file which can be viewed or printed.

Target Users:

Anyone who will be using AS as an end-user or as a programmer.

Duration:

1-2 hours

Pre-requisites:

Not applicable.

Format:

An overview of the following Rocket AS concepts are presented in 56 slides in PDF format:

Course Outline:

  • Data retrieval/analysis - View/Select etc.
  • Data manipulation - Copy/Sequence, etc.
  • The AS Data Dictionary - Tables/Columns
  • Other presentation styles - Reports/Charts
  • Organising your AS work - Procedures & Workplaces
  • Starting/Ending AS
  • Plus additional useful AS concepts and logistics

Download Course:

Click here to download the AS Introduction course in PDF format (NOTE: You will need Adobe Reader to access this file).

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Using the Facilities of AS (AS1)

Objectives:

To provide all types of user with the skills to use the principal elements of ASTRAC AS using the menus and windows (i.e. the 'point-and-select' interface) rather than commands. This course enables the student to access and analyse data, presenting the output as reports and charts and to define desktops to store work.

Target User:

Anyone who will be using ASTRAC AS as an end-user or needs an introduction to AS.

Duration:

3 days

Pre-requisites:

Not applicable.

Course Outline:

  • Introduction to AS
    • What is AS?
    • Using the AS menus
  • Retrieving Data
    • Accessing and viewing data
    • Data selections and sub-setting
    • Display formats
    • Data specifications
    • Include Tables
  • Charts and Reports
    • Creating
    • Customising
  • Creating and Changing AS Data
  • Copying and Sequencing Data
    • Workplaces
    • Creating
    • Customising
    • Using

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Objectives:

To enable users to use commands and write procedures to process data using ASTRAC AS. This course is designed to provide the necessary skills to create simple applications and data entry panels.

Target User:

Users with a basic knowledge of AS or application developers. This course follows on from the Using the Facilities of AS (AS1) course for users who need to learn the AS language (although AS1 is not necessarily a pre-requisite for this course - see below).

Duration:

3 days (or 2 days by special request).

Pre-requisites:

One of the following:

  1. Using the Facilities of AS (AS1)
  2. A basic knowledge of database and query software
  3. Introduction to AS (a small PDF file)

Course Outline:

  • Using AS Commands and Introduction to Procedures
    • AS commands
    • Retrieve and view data (IN and INCLUDE)
    • Analyse data
    • Copy and sequence data
    • Run reports and charts
  • Reporting
    • Advanced menu features
    • Using the Report command language
  • Further Procedures
    • Using and passing parameters
    • Handle data from multiple tables (IN and INCLUDE)
    • Process data to produce summary tables
    • Active and passive commands
    • Working with procedures
  • AS Functions
    • Used extensively through all aspects of this course
  • Screen Design
    • Creating and Modifying Data Entry Panels
    • Displaying data from IN and INCLUDE tables
  • Other
    • Creating and maintaining data tables
    • Housekeeping
    • Matching and Merging tables
    • Using data from different sources

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Objectives:

To cover the advanced features of ASTRAC AS that are required in the development of departmental applications and management of executive information systems. This course extends the user's skills in the areas of procedures, reports, data manipulation, screen handling and application development techniques.

Target User:

Experienced AS users and IT staff wishing to use AS for application development. This course follows on from the Intermediate Use of AS (AS2) course.

Duration

4 days - the last day includes a workshop in which the attendee develops a mini-application based on a case study.

Pre-requisites:

Attendance on the Intermediate Use of AS (AS2) course plus practical experience of applying the techniques covered.

Course Content:

  • Procedures
    • Editor techniques
    • Session variables
    • Revision of basic language elements, e.g. conditional statements
  • Arrays
  • Reports
    • Creating reports with one command
    • Effective use of the menus and windows
    • The CONVERT option
    • Using Arrays and INCLUDE tables in Report
  • Functions - some of the more recent ones
  • Screen Design
  • Effective use of the interactive screen designer
  • Building adjustable panels
  • Adding validation messages
  • Creating mouse-sensitive PF key areas
  • Using AS standard dialog windows in your applications
  • SHOWPAN procedures
  • Basic SHOWPAN techniques
  • Windows, boxes and pick-lists
  • Check boxes, Radio buttons and Contextual help
  • Menu techniques and Action Bars
  • Routines
  • Use of the DaTa (DT) functions
  • Parallel tables & the Update language
  • Dynamic generation of commands
  • Replaceable parameters
  • The EXECUTE command
  • Session Variable substitution using SUBSTITUTE
  • Dynamic generation of procedures
  • The CREATE command
  • Using Session Variable substitution
  • Other AS techniques
  • Synonyms
  • ON ERROR
  • Processing non-AS files
  • Importing and Exporting AS tables
  • Translating passive blocks for improved performance
  • Setting up a profile
  • Using the DEBUG command
  • Case Study

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Course Content:

  • Courses can be designed to include selected modules from standard courses or by developing new modules to satisfy specialized requirements.
  • A customied course is normally tailored for each organization and can include elementary or advanced topics, covering components of ASTRAC AS, including Client Connections.
  • Customied courses can be run at your site or at the Rocket Training Center in Warwick, UK.
  • Rocket may charge an additional fee to cover the preparation time for a customied course.

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