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- PSIBANK DOCUMENTATION
-
- SUMMARY
-
- Title : PsiBank - Version 2.1.1
- Supported : Series 5
- Description : Compact, easy-to-use bank account manager
- Terms of use : Freeware
- Author : A.W. van der Giessen
- E-mail : agiessen@worldonline.nl
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- I could write a huge manual, but who would read it? Therefore, included with
- PsiBank is this short manual. It informs you - in a nutshell - how to install
- and work with PsiBank. If you have questions after reading the manual, send an
- e-mail to the abovementioned address. Feel free to report possible bugs,
- criticism or suggestions.
-
-
- WHY DEVELOP PSIBANK
-
- PsiBank is a simple and compact Bank Account Manager. It's been kept simple
- for a good reason. A lot of other programs are available with lots of
- powerful functions, such as VAT handling, budgeting, etc. As there was no
- simple Bank Acount Manager to my knowledge, I created one.
-
-
- OVERVIEW
-
- PsiBank offers you the following:
- - Support for up to 5 groups, holding a maximum of 15 accounts each;
- - Support for up to 20 categories;
- - A category view, showing the expenses and earnings divided by category;
- - A balance view, showing the balances of all accounts in the current group;
- - A 'Balance as of' graph, showing the balances of an account or group over time;
- - An In vs Out graph, graphically displaying expenses and earnings over time
- - Payment of Standing Orders;
- - An import/export function;
- - A basic printing facility;
- - Password protection with variable protection level.
-
-
- INSTALLING
-
- 1. Make sure viewing of the \System folder is enabled on the system screen ('Preferences').
-
- 2. Go into \System\Apps and make a new folder called "PsiBank".
-
- 3. Copy all the files except this one to \System\Apps\Psibank directory. You can skip
- "Psibank.hlp" if you don't need online help, "Psibank.ovl" can be skipped if you're not
- going to use the import and export functions.
-
- 4. Users of PsiBank for the Series 3a/3c can copy the files in the "BANK" directory on the
- Series 3a/3c to a directory called "Psibank" on the Series 5. However, this is only
- possible if you've used version 2.0 for the Series 3a/3c. Please upgrade to that version
- before transfering the files to your Series 5.
-
-
- FIRST THINGS FIRST
-
- The first time you start PsiBank, you will be asked to enter your accounts
- and - if you wish - to enter the categories to want to use. After entering
- these, you will be prompted for preferences. These preferences will be OK for
- most people, check if that goes for you too.
-
- Next, you're prompted for some internation settings. Please enter these, and you're
- ready to go.
-
-
- DATA ENTRY
-
- To enter data, you can use the hotkeys as they appear in the 'Item' menu.
- This is, Psion-T to enter a transfer, Psion-N to enter a new item, Psion-U
- to update an item and Psion-D to delete an item.
-
- In version 1.1, these keys still work, but other keys have been added to make
- data entry easier. You can now use the Enter key to update the item that is
- selected. If the empty line is selected, the Enter key will add an item.
- The Tab key will always add a new transfer. Use Del to delete an item.
-
- When setting preferences, you can choose if you wish to use the Del key as a
- hot key or not. Set it off if you are afraid that deleting items will be a little
- bit too easy.
-
-
- HANDLING WITH STANDING ORDERS
-
- I define Standing Orders as items that occur frequently, regular as well as
- irregular. This definition is broader than in most Bank Account Managers.
-
- In PsiBank, you can enter items of which you know you will have to pay them
- repeatedly. To enter these, do the following:
-
- Use Psion-Shift-S to go to define Standing Orders. Press Enter on the empty
- line (or Shift-Enter on any line) to enter the data. First of all, enter the
- date the Standing Order is usually paid. Then, enter the description, amount,
- type (debit/credit), category and the account.
-
- Enter the number of days that PsiBank should prompt you about paying the
- Standing order and the number of days in advance that PsiBank should remind
- you of an upcoming Standing order. (You can enter a number between 0 and 14.)
-
- The last thing you enter, are the months in which the Standing Order should be
- paid. Select 'Yes' for each month that this is the case.
-
- When you have entered Standing Orders, PsiBank will perform a check every time
- you start it. When it is time to pay or warn about Standing Orders, you will
- be prompted. You can then choose to pay the Standing Order at that time, at a
- later time and to skip the Standing Order.
-
- To pay a Standing Order at any given time, use Psion-Shift-S and select the
- appropriate item. Then press Psion-P to insert that Standing Order.
-
-
- IMPORT/EXPORT
-
- Using the import function, you can import any comma separated file, as long as a
- few conditions are met:
- - The amount must use a decimal point, no comma, as that is the separator.
- - Descriptions may only contain a comma if there are quotes surrounding the whole
- description.
-
- Next to a filename and date range, you will be prompted which fields contain the
- date, description, category and amount. When you accept these values, they will
- be stored for later use. This means that they will be used as defaults the next
- time you import a file.
-
- The export function created a comma separated file. A decimal point is used in
- the amount, descriptions are surrounded by quotes. Exporting files is very
- simple: just enter the filename, the date range and whether or not categories
- and balances should be written to the file as well.
-
-
- FUNCTIONS
-
- File
- - Open group Select the group to work with.
- - Move account Move account to another group.
- - Open account Select the account to work with.
- - Tidy account Delete all items before a specified date.
- - Account info Show name, description, full filename, file length and the
- number of items in the file.
- - Close Leave Psibank.
-
- Item
- - New Create an item.
- - Transfer Transfer to another account.
- - Update Update an item.
- - Delete Delete an item.
- - Find Show all items that fit your selection criteria.
- - Jump to ... Move the cursor to the first item on a specified date.
-
- View
- - Categories Shows in more detail where you spend your money on and get it
- from.
- - Balances Shows the balances of all accounts
- as of
- - Balance Pro- Displays a graph of the balances over 1, 3, 6 or 12 months.
- gress Graph
- - In vs Out Displays a graph of income and expenditure over 3, 6 or 12 months.
- Graph
- - Print Prints all items in the selected period.
-
- Settings
- - Groups Add, replace or delete groups.
- - Accounts Add, replace or delete accounts.
- - Categories Add, replace or delete categories.
- - Standing Add, replace or delete standing orders.
- orders
- - Preferences Set general preferences, such as file locations.
- - International Change international settings.
- - Password Set or change the password.
-
- Special
- - Import Imports a comma sepatared file.
- - Export Makes an comma sepateted export file.
- - About Psibank Shows program information.
- - Help on Shows Psibank's helpfile.
- Psibank
-
- The following hotkeys can be used:
- - Enter When the cursor is on an item, update the current record.
- When the cursor is on the empty line, enter a new record.
- - Tab When the cursor is on the empty line, enter a transfer.
- - Del Delete the record the cursor is currently on. (Notice that
- you can turn this funtion on and off in the preferneces menu.)
-
-
- TERMS OF USE
-
- PsiBank is released as freeware, you owe me nothing. I only hope that you will
- enjoy it.
-
- Using PsiBank means you run it at your own risk. It take no responsibility for
- any bugs you might encounter, nor for their result. However, if you report
- bugs, I will do my best to solve them.
-
-
- FURTHER INFORMATION
-
- For further information, read the online help or contact the author by e-mail.
-