DP Tool Club 17/CD_ASCQ_17_101194.iso/vrac_os2/etelr18.zip/WHATS.NEW

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What's New/Fixed/Changed in Version 1.8

NEW - Improved report feature (easier to use with a more versatile
      search/report option).
NEW - E-Teller Report now treats multiple-category transactions as
      individual transactions.
NEW - Complex searches in E-Teller with and/or operators.
NEW - A 'Close' (F3) menu item in the ledger 'Ledger' menu to close the
      current ledger only.
NEW - An 'Exit' (Alt-F4) menu item in the ledger 'Ledger' menu to close all
      accounts and exit E-Teller.
NEW - Added the ability to change the order of the ledger columns
      (or fields) on a per ledger basis.
NEW - Added the ability to hide the various fields on a per ledger
      basis.
NEW - Removed the credit/debit window.  Transactions are added directly
      from the ledger window.
NEW - Right-clicking on the Number, Particulars, and Category entry fields
      now brings up a menu for editing/adding or deleting items.  The
      Former invokes e.exe.
NEW - Added memo field to multiple-transaction window.
NEW - Added a View item to the Accounts Menu to select either Icon, Name, or
      Text view, in addition to Mini or Regular icon size.
NEW - Q2ET now preserves split transaction memos which E-Teller can use.
NEW - New categories added to the multiple-category combobox are now saved
      as they are for regular transactions.
NEW - 'Tax related' checkbox in the multiple-category dialog box.
NEW - Ability to directly edit multiple categories.
NEW - Multiple categories are no longer restricted to the string <Multi>
      as the parent category.

FIX - Intermittent problem in opening ledgers - stream would return
      NOTREADY.
FIX - A few inconsequential and not-so-inconsequential typos.
FIX - A few major and minor bugs in q2et.

CHANGE - Category, multi-category, and memo fields can now be made
         visible or invisible on a per ledger basis.
CHANGE - Removed the system menu from the ledger window.
CHANGE - Fixed transactions are now edited in two separate multi-line
         entry fields in one notebook.  On-line help is available for
         syntax, etc.
CHANGE - It is now possible to select multiple transactions for deletion.
CHANGE - Refresh item in the Accounts menu changed to 'Refresh now'.
CHANGE - Incorporated the Credit/Debit menu items and pushbuttons into
         one.  NOTE: both the menu item and pushbutton serve a different
         purpose in version 1.8 - they add a transaction rather than
         invoke a window.
CHANGE - Editing a transaction (either through double-clicking or direct
         manipulation) now recalculates from that transaction rather than
         the entire ledger
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What's New/Fixed/Changed in Version 1.7a

NEW - context-sensitive on-line help for virtually every aspect of E-Teller
      in a genuine OS/2 HLP file.

FIX - added the missing <Multi> entry in the Category selection listbox in
      E-Teller Report.
FIX - a bug in the installation/conversion utility.

CHANGE - the 'No.' field name in the credit/debit window to 'Number'
CHANGE - reenabled the field check following a direct edit (Alt+left-click)
         so that editing the credit or debit field automatically invokes
         the recalculation (was disabled due to a bug in VROBJ.DLL 2.0a)
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What's New/Fixed/Changed in Version 1.7

NEW - user-defined account icons (E-Teller no longer defaults to bank.ico
      and ccard.ico)
NEW - multiple categories for a single transaction and a corresponding SEND
      parameter in E-Teller Report.
NEW - installation utility (required, since file format has changed to
      accommodate multi-category).
NEW - E-Teller Report automatically selects a script called default.fmt.
NEW - 'Save last date' option in Transactions | Options (either use the
      current system date for first transaction entered in a new session,
      or the last, latest date of a transaction during a previous session).
NEW - ET_Month is now able to resolve five instances of a given weekday within
      a month thereby eliminating a second spurious weekday transaction with
      monthly frequency.

FIX - bug for tax-related transactions whereby <tax> would be added a second
      time if the transaction appeared in info.dat and was used again.
FIX - Ledger windows were not being properly cascaded when opened.
FIX - When closing the main window and a ledger required saving, E-Teller
      would close it anyway without waiting for the user's response.
FIX - When editing a fixed transaction with a single-digit date, that date
      would not be properly displayed in 'Begin on:'.
FIX - Ledger container would not repaint when undeleting transactions.
FIX - a miscalculation when displaying cleared transactions.

CHANGE - 'Sort' item in the Transactions menu is no longer saved to
         e-teller.ini (it was causing unpredictable results when recal-
         culating).  Instead, click Sort and the records are sorted,
         after which you are asked if you want to save the sort order
         to file, which is the order in which E-Teller will read the
         transactions in the future.
CHANGE - 'Fixed transaction' checkbox disabled until amount is entered.
CHANGE - menu structure in E-Teller Report to reflect more accurately
         the items contained in each.
CHANGE - Q2ET is now more reliable and automated.
CHANGE - Q2ET now calls upon epm.exe rather than e.exe for error correction
         (easier to locate line numbers).
CHANGE - Q2ET now preserves split category data when converting Quicken (c)
         QIF files.

NOTICE - Registration fee and payment schedule has changed as of version 1.7.
         Additional payments for subsequent major releases is no longer
         required.  Instead, the initial registration fee has been raised
         to $25 US ($30 CDN) and represents a one-time payment which covers
         all subsequent releases for both current and future registered users.
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What's New/Fixed/Changed in Version 1.6

NEW - Moved ledger to separate window so that multiple accounts may be opened
      simultaneously.
NEW - added checking routine to ET_Month to ensure that et_fixed isn't
      processed more than once at the start of a new calendar month (in
      case the system is booted twice on the first).
NEW - added a routine to ET_Month to ensure that et_fix.dat is generated for
      each new month, in case the user doesn't boot OS/2 on the first of
      the month.
NEW - Accelerators for the Reconcile and Delete menu items in the ledger
      window.
NEW - User-defined digits (see Setting Digits in help).
NEW - INF-like help (crude, but effective) with semi-context-sensitive help.
NEW - Fields in the credit / debit window now change their background colour
      whenever a field has the focus.
NEW - User-defined behaviour for the <Enter> key in the credit / debit window
      (either selects 'OK' or tabs to next field).
NEW - an 'Income tax category' checkbox in the credit / debit window.
NEW - E-Teller Report can now create reports of income-tax related transactions
      only.

FIX - potential bug in selecting balance adjustment in reconciliation if
      there is only one transaction in the ledger.
FIX - typo in reconciliation dialogbox.
FIX - the reconciliation toggle button would not return to its depressed
      state when selecting 'Cancel' from the discrepancy dialog box.
FIX - the fixed day-of-week transactions may have been inadvertently removed
      from et_fixed.dat when adding a fixed date-of-month transaction.
FIX - a potential et_month problem in updating cheque numbers on transactions
      which occur more than once a month.

CHANGE - rewrote comma code to support unlimited commas.
CHANGE - integrated progress bar into the ledger window (separate window was
         too obtrusive)
CHANGE - Cleared toggle button is depressed if user chooses not to save after
         reconciliation.
CHANGE - Removed the back/forecolor window.  Neat, but took up too much
         valuable code real estate to warrant its existance.  User can still
         set the background colour only of the ledger and accounts containers
         only.
CHANGE - Removed the set ledger font window, but it is still possible to set
         the font of the ledger container.
CHANGE - Cycling through the date in the credit/debit window now recognizes
         leap years.
CHANGE - Removed the window associated with et_month (messages went by far
         too quickly to be of any real use).
CHANGE - 'Entries' menu item in the ledger window to 'Transactions'

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What's New/Fixed in Version 1.5

NEW - more intelligent and dependable Quicken file conversion program (now an
      .exe).
NEW - added comma support for amounts (stops at 999,999,999.00 since Rexx
      begins to use exponents after that).
NEW - fixed transactions are now more intelligent and can be set for specific
      weekdays and one of four frequencies - weekly, biweekly, triweekly, and
      monthly.
NEW - ET_Month now keeps track of the last cheque (if applicable) and prompts
      the user to enter the next cheque number at the start of each calendar
      month if the 'Prompt for next cheque number' checkbox is checked in the
      'Fixed Transaction' window.
NEW - added progress bar for reading, and saving transactions.
NEW - added a 'Recalculate' item in the 'Entries' menu to force a
      recalculation.
NEW - added mnemonics to the accounts and ledger groupboxes for quick
      switching.
NEW - various *.dat files are now reduced to three:  number.dat, info.dat,
      and category.dat (unchanged).
NEW - editing et_fix.dat and et_fixed.dat is now handled separately.
NEW - added an error handling routine in case something goes wrong when
      reading account files.
NEW - dispensed with the transaction count when reading cleared and uncleared
      transactions to speed up the reading/formatting process.
NEW - the recalculation routine is called when reading uncleared transactions
      rather than having the running balance updated for each record read -
      speeds up the reading/formatting process.

FIX - fixed an erroneous (and harmless) message about an account not having a
      filename associated with it when saving the account after reconciling.
FIX - the balance column was not made visible after successfully reconciling
      the account.
FIX - if deleted transactions are displayed and user saves account, the
      undeleted transactions are first displayed (to prevent *only* the
      deleted transactions from being saved).
FIX - fixed an error whereby the string 'day' would be saved for fixed
      transactions rather than the actual date.
FIX - fixed a bug whereby coming back from undeleting would not recalculate
      the balance.
FIX - fixed a mysterious bug in editing fixed transactions.
FIX - think I fixed a mysterious lockup in credit/debit window
FIX - fixed a buglet in the pre-reconcilition routine.
      (reported by S. John Banner)
FIX - fixed a bug whereby bogus pay to.../details data would be saved to the
      number.dat file.
FIX - tabbing from the Number combo-box in the credit/debit window now fills
      in all of the various fields with previously saved data.
FIX - the amount field in the credit/debit window now has the descriptive
      text 'Amount' attached to it, so pressing Alt-a moves user directly to
      that field.
FIX - the balance would not be recalculated when going from a non-sorted to a
      sorted display.
FIX - routines have been added to ensure that multiple instances of the same
      window aren't loaded.