Moneydance 2.0b5
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This is version 2.0-beta5 of "Moneydance" the personal finance manager written
completely in Java.  The latest information on moneydance can be found at
http://seanreilly.com/java/moneydance.html or you can email Sean Reilly at
sreilly@seanreilly.com.  If you encounter any problems with installing or
running this program, please contact me.

Licensing:  You are free to use this program under the restrictions
outlined in the LICENSE.txt file packaged with this program.  If you
have comments on the licensing of Moneydance, please feel free to email
me. 

Contributions and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.

INSTALLATION:

On OS/2 -
  Follow the same instructions as for Windows, except you will need to get 
  your java virtual machine (if you don't already have one) from IBM at: 
    http://www.ibm.com/java/jdk/download/
  A file named moneydance.cmd has been included  with this distribution
  to help ease installation.  You may have to modify this file slightly
  to suit your environment.

  *NOTE*  If Moneydance crashes, try running Moneydance by passing the -nojit
  parameter to the java or jre program.  The included moneydance.cmd file
  that can be used to start Moneydance uses the -nojit by default.

On Windows - 
  First, download the moneydance-2.0b.zip file and unzip it in whichever directory
  you choose (in these instructions, we'll assume c:\moneydance\).

  You must also have a Java virtual machine (VM) installed (version 1.1.x, for 
  best results use the latest version available).  There are two types of VM's
  you can use:  1) the Javasoft JRE, or 2) the Javasoft JDK.  Both VM's are
  available for free download at http://www.javasoft.com.  The JRE is the
  simplest to use and the smallest in size.  Once you have downloaded either
  the JDK or the JRE, follow these instructions:
   Using the JRE:
     After installing the JRE and restarting your computer (if necessary),
     run moneydance with the command:
        jre -cp c:\moneydance\moneydance.jar Moneydance

   Using the JDK:
     After installing the JDK and restarting your computer (if necessary),
     run moneydance with the command:
        java -classpath <jdk-install-directory>\lib\classes.zip;c:\moneydance\moneydance.jar Moneydance
  For ease of use, create a .bat file with the above commands and put it in your path.
  A file named moneydance.bat has been included with this distribution to help
  ease installation.  You may have to modify this file slightly to suit your
  environment.

  *NOTE*  If Moneydance crashes, try running Moneydance by passing the -nojit
  parameter to the java or jre program.  The included moneydance.cmd file
  that can be used to start Moneydance uses the -nojit by default.

On unix - 
  unpack the moneydance-0.9.zip or moneydance-0.9.tgz file into any directory you choose.
  Put the moneydance.jar file in a common location (in these instructions we'll assume
  /usr/local/lib).  Install the JDK or JRE with a version of at least 1.1.3.  You
  can get pointers to the different ports at the www.javasoft.com website.  Once you 
  have installed the JDK or JRE and added the executables to your path do the following
  to run the program:
    Using the JRE:
      execute the command: jre -cp /usr/local/lib/moneydance.jar Moneydance
    Using the JDK:
      execute the command: java -classpath <jdk-install-directory>/lib/classes.zip:/usr/local/lib/moneydance.jar Moneydance
  To make things easier, create a shell script with the above commands and put
  it in your path.  A startup script named moneydance.sh has been included with
  this distribution to help ease installation.  Note that you may have to modify
  this script slightly to suit your particular environment.

On Macintosh - 
  Unpack the moneydance-2.0*.zip or moneydance-2.0*.tgz file onto your computer.
  Run the JBindery application that was included with MRJ 2.0 (which is 
  available for download from  http://www.apple.com/java/).  Using the JBindery,
  make sure the moneydance.jar file is included in the classpath, and specify
  'Moneydance' as the main class.  Now you can generate the application icon
  and double-click on it to start Moneydance.
 
KNOWN BUGS:
  On some versions of Linux pressing SHIFT+TAB in a text field doesn't take the
  cursor to the previous field.  This seems to be a bug in certain versions
  of java for Linux.

  Auto-completion sometimes doesn't work correctly the first time it is tried
  on certain Linux systems.

If you find a bug or problem with moneydance that is not listed here,
please send an email to sreilly@seanreilly.com with the details of
the problem. 


