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- Read Me File For Motoring Expenses
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- 1. Overview
- 2. Installation
- 3. Opening the application
- 4. New vehicle
- 5. Folders created
- 6. Data Files created
- 7. Back Up
- 8. Help
- 9. Upgrading/Reloading Motoring Expenses
- 10. Author
- 11. Registration
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- 1. Overview
-
- Before starting please note the following:
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- a. Motoring Expenses uses the mileage and dates entered when the motorist
- enters personal fuel data to estimate future servicing by date and mileage.
- b. The application may produce error messages when using new files if not
- enough fuel entries and servicing entries are made. It also needs servicing
- intervals to be entered.
- c. The application expects the mileage and dates to increase when fuel and
- servicing data is entered, otherwise errors may occur. (Mileage should not
- reduce for a later date!)
- d. The application functions best after a number of servicing and fuel
- entries have been made.
- e. The current vehicles databases are compressed on exiting the program.
- f. The databases are sorted by mileage except the reminder database which is
- sorted by date.
-
- Motoring expenses is an application designed to help the average motorist
- keep track of his monthly motoring expenditure. It will supply reports and statistics
- and help remind the motorist of when servicing of the vehicle is due. It can keep
- track of a number of vehicles and can produce a personal fuel consumption graph.
- Obviously the author can take no responsibility for any loss of data or incorrect
- servicing information, the program is only an aid. Any problems should be
- reported to the author who will try and rectify the problem.
-
- "This product includes software licensed from Symbian Ltd (c) Symbian Ltd 1999"
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- 2. Installation
-
- The application is supplied in a zipped SIS file format which has to be
- unzipped before the SIS file can be run to install the application. The SIS file will
- set up the application directory and a data folder (see Folders created).
- The SIS file gives options to install Motoring Expenses to the c or a d drive. Please
- follow the instructions carefully.
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- 3. Opening the application
-
- Once installed, the application can be opened by selecting it from the
- taskbar in the normal way. The first screen will display a taskbar with four buttons
- and a menu can be displayed by pressing the MENU button. The first task on
- opening is to create a new vehicle (see New vehicle)
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- 4. New vehicle
-
- The fist task is to enter a new vehicle this will create the databases required
- by the application to store the data for it's various tasks. A number of vehicles can
- be entered which is useful if you use a number of vehicles.
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- 5. Folders created
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- The folders created are:
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- $:\system\apps\motoring
- $:\system\apps\motoring\icons
- $:\motoring
- $:\motoring\backup (when the application is first
- opened)
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- where $=drive letter c or d
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- 6. Data Files created
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- The files created are:
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- dataxxxxxxx
- detailsxxxxxxx
- intervalxxxxxxx
- reminderxxxxxxx
- preferences
- Xxxxxxx = the vehicles registration
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- All these files are kept in the $:\motoring folder.
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- where $=drive letter c or d
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- 7. Back Up
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- There is a backup option which moves the above files to the backup folder
- and recreates the folders in the c:\motoring folder, these recreated files contain no
- records until the user starts to use the application after the backup.
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- 8. Help
-
- Pressing Shift-Control-H will bring up the help file this will close
- automatically on closing the Motoring Expenses application, or it can be closed
- independently.
-
- Check out the Motoring Expense Web Site:
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- www.motorexpense.co.uk
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- 9. Upgrading/Reloading Motoring Expenses
-
- There is no need to lose any data when upgrading or reloading
- Motoring Expenses.
-
- How to upgrade to Motoring Expenses:
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- $ = drive letter c or d as appropriate
-
- a. Remove the previous version of Motoring Expenses using the Control
- Panel.
- b. Install the new version of Motoring Expenses
- c. Check the $:\motoring folder for file called preferences BEFORE
- opening the new version of Motoring Expenses for the FIRST time.
- If the preferences file is present the application is now installed.
- If the preferences file is missing then open the new version of
- Motoring Expenses for the first time. Enter the vehicle registration
- when prompted and re-register the program if a registered user.
- Enter any other registrations you may be using.
-
- N.B.
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- IF UPGRADING FROM VERSION 3.5 PREVIOUS DATA CANNOT BE IMPORTED!
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- 10. Author
-
- The author, Matthew P. Chapman, wrote the application in his spare
- time and is not a professional programmer. However, any
- recommendations/problems should be passed to him for review.
-
- Check out the Motoring Expense Web Site:
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- www.motorexpense.co.uk
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- He can be contacted at:
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- support@motorexpense.co.uk
- Independently.
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- 11. Registration
-
- This program can be registered through RegNet - The registration
- network by going to the following web address:
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- http://www.reg.net and quote product ID - 8841
-
- Registration entitles the user to free upgrades if and when they
- become available and to free technical support.
-
- Check out the Motoring Expense Web Site:
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- www.motorexpense.co.uk
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