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- NEW CURRENCY
- ============
-
- This form allows you to enter a new currency onto the currency menu
- structure.
-
- MAIN CURRENCY. In this box type a three character code or symbol of
- your choice to identify the currency.
-
- DECIMAL UNITS. !Pennies assumes that the currency is based on the
- decimal system and needs a name for the subdivision of the currency's
- main unit. If none is entered then 'cents' is used as a default. The
- name can be up to 10 characters in length.
-
- RELEVANCE OF NAMES. The names you give to currencies are not
- important in themselves, they are merely used as identifiers of a
- particular set of names and rates. You can quite happily enter names
- such as 'Pigs' and 'Piglets' if you so desire! These will then appear
- on the menu and in the TRANSACTION form and FOREX form when selected.
-
- CURRENCIES. Note that you can use this facility to provide a rate
- structure for items other than pure currencies, for example if you get
- paid at a fixed hourly rate you could enter 'Hrs' (for hours) and
- 'Decmins' (for decimal minutes) and use your hourly rate as an
- exchange rate. In this case the 'amount' in the TRANSACTION form would
- need to be entered as 'Decmins' but this is simply done by entering
- the total number of minutes and dividiving by 60 within the 'amount'
- box. So to enter 1hr25mins type in 85/60 and RETURN; 1.42 will appear
- in the 'amount' box indicating that this is equivalent to 1.42 decimal
- hours.
-
- RATES. These are initially entered through the FOREX window when the
- currency is first used.
-
- ****NOTES*****
-
- 1.DECIMAL UNITS After Version1.50 !Pennies does not use the name for
- the decimal sub-division of the currency but I have not yet modified
- the procedure.
-
- 2.DELETING. At present there is no facility to delete currencies from
- within !Pennies. (This will be an update when I get round to it.!)
- However, it can be done by using !Edit if you get overentusiastic and
- add too many currencies.
-
- 1. Make sure you have a backup copy of your data - use "Quit©"
- from iconbar menu.
-
- 2. Locate your 'data' directory.(If this is the default directory
- within !Pennies then it can be found inside the !Pennies directory -
- to open this hold down the SHIFT key and double click on the
- !Pennies icon).
-
- 3. Open the 'data' directory (double click over it).
-
- 4. Open the 'acctdata' directory that is shown.
-
- 5. Double click over the 'curr' text file - this will load it into
- !Edit.
-
- 6. Find the line with the currency you wish to delete eg
- "Pig,Piglets," and delete it completely.
-
- 7. Delete the number at the top of the file and replace it with one
- less eg delete "14" and type in "13".
-
- 8. Save the file (F3) and close it.
-
- 9. Find the 'menus' text file and double click over it - it will load
- into !Edit.
-
- 10. Find the "Forex" entry (use F4 to find "Forex".)
-
- 11. The line below 'Forex' contains the 'Forex' menu, at the front of
- the line is a number (which is numerically one larger than the
- number you originally found in the 'curr' file) - again delete this
- and replace it with one less, then locate the entry you wish to
- delete and delete it and the comma immediately after it. eg "15"
- becomes "14" and delete "Pig,".
-
- 12. Save the file (F3) and close it.
-
- 13. Check !Pennies by re-starting it and opening the currencies menu.
-
- 14. If the programme stops working you have made a typing error.
- Either check your work or drag the 'curr' and 'menus' files from
- your backup into the 'acctdata' directory.
-