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Version 1.0
The Invoices Receivable Tracking Program
Copyright (c) 1991 Rand Nowell
╒═════════════════════════╕
│ RaLin Enterprises │
│ 40728 Sundale Dr. │
│ Fremont, Ca. 94538 │
├─────────────────────────┤
│ (510) 651- 0253 │
╘═════════════════════════╛
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
The Legal Stuff
Copyright:
Invoice Tracker 1.0 is not a Public Domain or Free program. It is the
Copyrighted (c) 1991 work of Rand Nowell dba Ralin Enterprises. All
rights are reserved. Copying, duplicating, selling or otherwise
distributing this product except as noted in the Distribution Policy
below is a violation of Federal Copyright Law.
You are authorized to evaluate the program for a period of 30 days.
If after 30 days you wish to continue using the program, registration
IS REQUIRED. Please see REGISTER.FRM
Distribution:
1. Feel free to distribute the Shareware version of this program as
often as you like to any interested parties. Distribution to
Electronic Bulletin Boards is encouraged.
2. Please do not distribute this program without all the original
related files such as documentation, readme files, registration
forms etc.
3. Please distribute ONLY the original authenticated ZIP format file.
4. Please obtain our written permission before including the program
with any "bundled" software packages.
5. Please do not accept payment for the program; a copying fee of
$5.00 per diskette may be charged by a non-profit user-group.
6. Please do not alter the program or documentation in any way.
7. Individuals, groups, vendors or other software distribution
companies which market diskettes containing shareware or test-drive
evaluation programs, for profit, must obtain written permission
from RaLin Enterprises prior to distribution.
DISTRIBUTION of the REGISTERED version of this program is in
violation of the license agreement and copyright law.
************************* DISCLAIMER *****************************
This program is supplied "as is" without warranty of any kind. The
entire risk of using, and results from the use of, is assumed by you
the user. You assume all costs of repair, servicing and corrections
stemming from the use of this program.
Rand Nowell and/or RaLin Enterprises, or any other associated
company of the program author will not be held liable for any
damages from the use of this program. No warranties are expressed or
implied.
********************************************************************
To the original licensee of the REGISTERED version of Invoice Tracker
RaLin Enterprises DOES warrant that the program disk(s) on which the
program is recorded, be free from defects in material and
workmanship under normal use and service for a period of (90) ninety
days from date of delivery as evidenced by your receipt. Our entire
liability and your exclusive remedy shall be replacement of the
defective disk not meeting the standards of this limited warranty.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Manual Index
Batchfiles...........................5,8,9
Program Keys.........................3,4,5,6,11
Comments.............................12
Customizing..........................2,
Forms................................3,6,7,9
Help.................................5
Lookup Fields........................6
Main Menu............................7,8
Overview.............................1
Registration.........................1,2
Reports..............................10
F5:Setup.............................5
Shareware............................1
Shell to Dos.........................8
Support..............................2,12
Tables...............................3,7,9
Tips.................................11
Versions.............................1
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Overview: Page 1
Invoice Tracker was developed to provide a dedicated system to allow
one to be aware at all times of how many invoices are out, what the
total amount of these are, how much money has come in from these
invoices, how much business has been done by invoice with a particular
client etc. A version of Invoice Tracker is used here daily, and it
has proven to be extremely helpful.
Shareware Limitations:
When I set out to release this program as Shareware, I was really not
to sure what I should do as far as protecting my program from
un-registered use. After all, I have put in a lot of hours on this,
its part of my income to feed my family, and how do I do that if
people use my program without compensating me?
I HATE crippled shareware, you can't really try a program thats all
crippled up, and one that dies after 30 days is a real NO-NO. I had
the option of limiting the amount of records that could be entered
into the program, but I don't like that either.
-------- I would rather work on TRUST --------
So...... Invoice Tracker is NOT crippled, its NOT limited as to how
many invoices or customers you can enter and maintain, and it has
enough types of record viewing and reports to be a very useful program
even if you don't register it.
BUT.... if you register it, it becomes even more useful. There are
some extra handy things that are available in the registered version,
that you won't have in the Shareware version. Some of these show on
the Menus, but when called all you get is a message explaining what it
will do, and that its available with the registered version.
So..... Please Register Invoice Tracker !
By the way... when you first start Invoice Tracker, before you get the
Main Menu, you will be presented with two screens. The first explains
that the program is shareware, for evaluation, and use beyond the
evaluation period requires that you register, and pay the small
registration fee. The second screen lists some of the benefits that
are yours upon registration, which will also be listed here in the
manual.
Once you have reached the Main Menu, you will NOT see these screens
again. Sorry....but I felt a little reminder was necessary.
Version Naming: Our program version naming method is as such.
Using version one as an example.
ver 1.0 to 1.4 original and updated shareware versions
ver 1.5 to 1.9 original and updated registered versions
This would maintain with ver 2 - 3 etc of any program.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Page 2
┌──────────────────────────────────┐
│ THE BENEFITS OF REGISTRATION │
└──────────────────────────────────┘
1. At "least" one more Report. The Specified Invoices report. You will
be able to specify which client you want to list, and the Report will
show all Paid and Outstanding invoices for that client, with Totals
for Paid and Outstanding and Projected Total Paid+Outstanding.
2. Some reports and viewing tables in the shareware version have a
total or average field that is inactive. These will be activated.
3. The << UNREGISTERED >> message at the bottom of reports and on the
Main Menu screen will be removed.
4. All viewing tables/screens will have a Total field.
5. An additional Table following the same concept as the Report listed
above in #1
6. You will be able to call (6) six DOS programs instead of the 3 in
the trial version.
7. The capability to backup and/or archive your data to floppies.
a) The backup/archive and the other 3 DOS calls are on the Menu,
but inactive.
8. Option of printing reports to a Disk File instead of printer. This
allows you to import into a word processor program and enhance it.
9. Notification of MAJOR upgrades, also new program releases.
10. Discounted price on any MAJOR upgrade of the program.
11. Registered users can have the program modified to suit their needs.
Personalization, extra reports, printer enhancements etc.
See CUSTOM.DOC for more information.
12. Access number to our BBS, which we hope to have up and running in
the next few months. Program support will be available, new programs as
they are produced, and many general utilities. Registered users will be
notified when the board goes up.
All of the above, plus the good feeling of supporting the
SHAREWARE CONCEPT
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Program Keys: Page 3
Throughout Invoice Tracker, certain keys are used for major work in
editing, viewing, entering information. They are explained here.
They are also listed on the Help Screens, available from all thru the
program by pressing < F1 > the Help Key.
You will see references to Tables and Forms below, these will be
explained a little further in the manual. Also there are two special
keys <F3 and F5> these will be explained in the section where they
apply.
< Enter >
Menus: Enter runs the procedure which is highlighted by the
cursor bar. The cursor bar may be moved one of two ways. Use the up
and down arrow keys, or press the first letter of the menu choice.
Once the highlite bar is placed, pressing enter gets the ball
rolling. If there is more than one choice with the same first letter,
successive presses of that letter will move to the next corresponding
Menu choice.
Tables: When pressing Enter while on a highlighted record, a form
is called with which you may modify the information for that entry.
* There is one Table where this is different, the Show All Table.*
*....this will be explained later. *
Forms: Forms are where you add or modify a records information.
On all forms there is a message displayed telling you the changes
about to take place, whether the record will be ADDED - CHANGED -
DELETED. Pay attention. Pressing Enter on a field will accept that
field and move on to the next. Once information is entered you can
also press the down arrow key to accept and advance. Pressing Enter
on the last field in a Form will save the record and exit.
General: In general, the Enter key accepts information, or starts
a procedure.
< Ctrl-Enter > Control key + Enter
From any Form the Ctrl-Enter keypress is an immediate save and
exit. Say you are modifying a record, you modify a field that is half
way thorough the form. Instead of having to enter your way to the
last field, you can press Ctrl-Enter....save and exit.
<Ins> The Insert key
Tables: The insert key is your command to ADD a record to the
file. Pressing insert will call up the new entry form.
Forms: Whenever you are entering information into a form,
or any field, toggling the insert key will change from insert to
overwrite, as in most any other program you are used to.
<Del> The Delete key
Tables: Pressing Delete on a highlighted record will call up
a Form showing all the information for that record, prompting you to
press Enter to Delete. Be sure of what you're doing, one key press
and that record is GONE....
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Program Keys (con't) Page 4
Forms: The delete key (and the backspace key) work as they would
in any other text editing program.
<PgUp & PgDn>
These keys work as they would in any program. About the only place
the are useful is in a table, if you have more entries that are
not showing, this will jump up or down.
<End & Home>
While editing a field, will move to beginning or end of line.
<Esc>
General: In general the escape key is your back-up key. If you
are at a sub menu, pressing Esc will will exit back to the calling
menu. If you are in a Table it will exit back to the calling Menu,
unless the Table has a prompt field for searches, then it may back up
to that field first, then exit to the calling Menu.
In a form the Esc key will back out of a Form one field at a time
until reaching the first field, at which time it will return to the
calling Table. CAUTION: When using Esc to exit, NO SAVE IS MADE.
<Ctrl-Esc> Control + Esc
General: This works similar to the similar to the Ctrl-Enter key.
This is a fast exit key. Pressing this key combination from any
location in a Form or Table will immediately exit to the calling
procedure. CAUTION: When using Ctrl-Esc to exit, NO SAVE IS MADE.
This pretty much covers the General use keys in the Program. There are
a couple of others to explain, keys that have been especially created
for the Invoice Tracker.
<Alt-B>
This is the Screen Blanker. This key is available from All Menus,
and most Tables and Forms. Pressing it will blank the screen to
black on black to eliminate screen image burn-in, should you wish to
leave the keyboard for awhile but don't want to exit the program. If
you find that it won't work from where you're at, simply back up a
step and try it again.
<F1>
This is the Help Key, it calls up a two screen help system that
covers the key presses discussed in this section. Pressing F2 from
the first page calls the second. Pressing Esc returns to the first
page, pressing Esc from the first page Exits help.
Online Help: There isn't any. Invoice Tracker is pretty simple to
use. One time through this manual and you should have no problems.
Not having Online Help allowed me to keep the program size quite
small. When you receive the Shareware version, DOS call #2 will
allow you to view this manual while running the program. I suggest
you leave it that way for awhile.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
The Program: Page 5
If you havn't already run the program and looked around, we have put
some entries in for you to view, modify and print reports on. This
will give you an easier time of getting the feel of the program. You
can practice modifying, deleting and adding to these. When you are
ready to start entering the information you want to keep, these trial
records can be deleted. Please see the TIPS section before you do so.
Another Note: Though the Command keys on the Main Menu screen often
still show when tables or Forms are overlaid, they are inactive.
Pressing them will only get you a buzz from your system. This follows
for all screens. The only command keys that are active, other than the
screen saver (Alt-B), are those shown in the current window.
Now we will run through the program, starting with the Main Menu. We
will cover the choices you have, what each section has to offer, and a
quick explanation of what you need to do to use each section.
After reading the Shareware screens the program presents you with the
Main Menu. You will notice on the bottom line, to the right the legend
F5: Setup. Press F5 now. This calls the window which shows the
Current Company Name and DOS program descriptions. The company name
field is where you enter your company name, this will be shown on
forms and printed in Report headers. Next the descriptions for the
external batchfiles are displayed. # 1 & 2 have been pre-defined, as
have the batch files, to 1: View documentation from the program
2: Print the documentation
You may modify these descriptions and/or the batch files to say and do
anything you want. The batch files used for each DOS call are
displayed to the left.
IMPORTANT - If you change the name of any of these batch files, they
will not work. The batchfile names are hard-coded into Invoice Tracker.
You can change the descriptions, you can change the batchfile action
commands, but DO NOT RENAME the batchfile. Should they be
erased/deleted by accident, you will have to re-create it/them using
the same batchfile name(s).
If you want to change any of the information simply press Enter, this
will call up the Setup Modification Window. When done press Enter or
Ctrl-Enter to SAVE and EXIT. It is suggested that you leave the View
Manual entry as is for awhile, so you can reference this manual from
within Invoice Tracker. This will require leaving the VIEWDOC.COM
program in the directory. Also to print the Manual from Invoice
Tracker, the file ITRAK.DOC must be in the directory.
Make sure, if you change the description of what the batch file will
do, edit the batch file to perform the new duty.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Special Note: Page 6
One thing should be explained about Forms right now. Some fields in
the forms are lookup fields. For instance: When entering a new
invoice you will be prompted for a customer ID, if you enter a
correct ID number the customers name will automatically be entered
for you. If you cannot remember the ID No. of a particular customer,
just press Enter on the blank ID field. This will call up the
Customer Table, then you can simply highlight the correct entry,
press Enter, and the customer ID and NAME will be entered into the
new invoice entry form.
If this is a new customer there are two ways to go, either enter in
the number you want to assign the customer, or press Enter on the
blank ID field. Both methods will call up the Customer List Table.
Then you just press Insert to add the new customer, then make sure
the new entry is highlighted when you return to the table, press
Enter, and your new customer will be inserted into the New Invoice
Record. Simple!
This also applies to the first field you will find on the new
invoice form. What goes here is your company name. This is required,
you cannot leave it out. It must be in each invoice record in order
for it to print out in Report Headers. Thats just the way the
program works. Anyway.......this is the first field on the form,
and all you have to do is press Enter. Your company name will show
up over the field, press Enter again and its set. Now you can
continue with the rest of the information.
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ IMPORTANT !!!! ║
║ ║
║ While all key presses explained previously will work on all tables,║
║ there are GOOD REASONS for not always using them. So I ask that you║
║ ║
║ USE ONLY THE COMMAND KEYS SHOWN ON THE PARTICULAR TABLE YOU ARE IN ║
║ TO CHANGE OR ENTER INFORMATION !!!! ║
║ ║
║ While you won't really do any harm,if you use keys other than those║
║ listed for that Table, you can get all confused and possibly cause ║
║ some problems with indexing. Be safe, not sorry. Use only the keys ║
║ listed on the Table. ║
║ You Have Been Advised ! ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Page 7
Main Menu Selections:
* All Invoices: This calls a table which shows all invoices entered.
It shows Paid and Outstanding invoices with a total of all shown at
the bottom right. The information listed, left to right is:
- Inv.# Customer Name Invoice Amount Yes or No (paid or not) -
If you have a lot of invoices recorded, rather than scrolling
through them all, you can use the locator field at the bottom left
of the table. As you type in the Invoice Number the scroll bar will
move to the next record with the next unique digit. If you type
fast, the number will be in before the search is barely begun. So
for the first time, type the invoice number in slowly and watch the
cursor bar.
One note on this particular table. Normally, pressing enter on a
highlighted record will invoke the form so you can modify the
record. I ask that you do not use it (remember the warning on the
last page?) Please use F3 to modify, this will call The Invoices by
Customer table, do your modifying there. Thanks....
* Specified Invoices: Only available in the registered version. This
will list invoices only for the specified client/customer.
* Invoices by Customer: Lists invoices paid and outstanding, grouped
by the Customers name. Do not enter new invoices here, only modify.
* Outstanding Invoices: Lists any Invoices that have not been paid.
Also tells you how long the invoice has been out.
Here again you have a locator field to find an invoice rather than
scrolling. At the bottom a count of unpaid invoices is displayed.
Two other fields, Avg Days Out (tells you the average time it takes
you to get paid) and Total (amount of invoices outstanding) are
available in the Registered Version. Here they are inactive.
To update an Invoice as Paid, highlight the desired entry and press
Enter. The Form that pops up will do the job.
Paid Y N = Either use the arrow keys to highlight Y or N (most
likely will be Yes !?) then type in that date payment was received.
When you see the Table again, you will notice that the invoice just
updated no longer appears, its not outstanding anymore.
* Print Reports: Calls the Repot Menu. Reports will be covered later
in the manual.
* Maintain Customers: Calls a Menu with choices for showing list, and
printing list. The Show Customers Table lists your customers with
name and phone number. Here you can Add, Modify and Delete
customers. You can print a listing of your customers, all
information is printed. Listing is in alphabetical order.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Page 8
* Utilities: The Utility Menu, where you run your external programs
via batch files as explained at the beginning of the manual in the
section about Setup.
There are six Dos Calls listed, but only three are available in this
trial version. Also not available is the built in Archive and Backup
selection. These will be available when you register the program.
In keeping program code small, we could not make your batch file
descriptions show on the Menu. To see the descriptions you have
entered for the batch files, press F9. The listing will pop up right
alongside the Menu entries. If you wish to modify any descriptions
at this time just press enter to call the Setup Screen. When you are
done viewing the descriptions press Esc to re-activate the Menu.
Then just highlight the Dos Call you want to make 1 - 2 - 3 and
press Enter. Seems like now would be a good time to explain what
Invoice Tracker does when you shell out to run you batch file.
When you choose any function from the Utility Menu you are running a
DOS function, (your batch files) Invoice Tracker swaps a copy of its
environment to a file on the hard disk in the current directory.
This file is aprox 4k in size and is named $T######.TMP where the
###### is replaced with a unique number. CAUTION.. while you are in
DOS - DO NOT - delete this file.
Then a copy of the command processor is loaded into memory, to
handle your DOS programs while being shelled out from Invoice
Tracker. Between Invoice Tracker and the second copy of Command.com
the program will use about 6k of available memory, leaving the
balance for you to use.
* DO NOT LOAD ANY TSR (terminate and stay resident) PROGRAMS WHILE *
* YOU ARE SHELLED OUT FROM INVOICE TRACKER. IF YOU NEED A TSR WHILE*
* WORKING WITH THE PROGRAM, LOAD IT BEFORE STARTING *
The three batch files provided: ITDOS-1.BAT - ITDOS-2.BAT and
ITDOS-3.BAT can be edited to call and run any program you wish. For
instance, if you wanted to run WORDSTAR from Invoice Tracker using
the #1 Menu Entry (ITDOS-1.BAT) you're batch file may look like
this: @echo off ;keep echo from showing commands
cd \wordstar ;change to Wordstar directory
ws ;start Wordstar
cd \itrak ;upon Wordstar exit, return to calling
directory
;the last line is blank, batch file quits
Assuming the above directory names the batch file would change to
the Wordstar directory, run Wordstar, and when done would change
back to the Invoice Tracker directory and exit the batch file, which
would then cause Invoice Tracker to be re-loaded from the swap file.
The swap file is then deleted.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Page 9
If you modify a batch files commands, make sure to edit the Menu
description too. The same applies if you modify the description
first, modify the batch file next.
* Reserved: This selection is reserved for future enhancements. It IS
possible that your registered version may already have some
additional features from this choice. If not, you will simply get a
screen explaining why its there.
* Quit or Return: From a sub menu Return will take you back to the
calling menu. From the Main Menu, Quit will exit to DOS.
A Quick Explanation of Tables and Forms
Tables: A table is your viewing screen. Records are shown in a
scrollable area. The up and down arrow keys will scroll the window
contents. Some tables may have a locator field, where you can type in
a value and have the cursor bar move to that entry, sometimes more
quickly than scrolling through a long list.
Forms: Forms are where data is entered. A message will be displayed,
usually at the bottom of the form telling you what action will be
taken on the current record. Messages may be:
RECORD WILL BE ADDED
RECORD WILL BE CHANGED
PRESS ENTER TO DELETE
Check the message to confirm that you are doing what you really wanted
to the current record.
In some forms, where you are entering a key field, such as the invoice
number, will display the message CREATES DUPLICATE KEY if you enter an
invoice number that already exists. Invoice Tracker will not allow you
to have duplicate records.
I think you will find Invoice Tracker quite easy to handle. And I do
not feel that a deep look into the Forms and Tables is needed. Some of
the areas already covered have explained many of the functions of
these. Refer to the Program Keys section at the beginning of the
manual.
Might mention that on Forms, when you are editing a field
pressing Ctrl-End will delete a field form the cursor to the
end of the field or line.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Page 10
Reports
Now we will cover the Reports that are available with Invoice Tracker.
All Invoices Report:
This report will list all the invoices that have been recorded, both
paid and outstanding. It lists the Invoice Number - Amount -
Date Submitted - Date Received - Out most of these are pretty self
explanatory. But we will discuss Out. This column shows the number of
days the invoice was, or has been, out. If the invoice has been
paid, it will tell you how long it took for you to get it. If the
invoice is still outstanding, it will tell you, as of today, how
long the invoice has been out.
The report header contains a Run date and time. For these to be
accurate, your clock/calendar must be set to the current date and
time.
Invoices are grouped by customer, showing the total of all invoices
for that customer. Both paid and unpaid.
Outstanding Invoices:
The same as All Invoices, but shows only those that have not been
received. the received date is not used in this report. There is
also a field to show the average time of collection for each
customer. This figure is only available in the REGISTERED version.
Paid Invoices:
Lists only paid invoices grouped by customer, with totals. The
REGISTERED version report also has figures showing average days out
and average invoice amount.
Selected Invoices:
ONLY available with the registered version. This report will allow
you to specify which customer to report on. The report will list all
invoices, paid and unpaid, for only that customer. There is also
total paid - total unpaid - number of paid/unpaid - averages - lots
of useful information.
Customer Listing:
Lists your customers in alphabetical order, showing all information
that has been entered into their record, including comments.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
Page 11
Some Helpful Tips
1. After browsing around in Invoice Tracker, and you are ready to
start entering records that you want to keep, you should delete the
supplied entries. You can simply call up the All Invoices Table and
press Del on each entry. BUT THERE IS AN EASIER WAY...........
When you are ready to delete these files, from the Dos prompt, run
the supplied NEWSTART.BAT while in the ITRAK directory. This will
delete ALL data and index files. When you start up Invoice Tracker
again, it will create any data or index files that do not exist.
Once this is done, for safety sake, delete NEWSTART.BAT.
NOTE: At any time you want to start with a clean slate, you can
erase all the data files (*.dat) and index files (*.k##). The next
time you run Invoice Tracker it will automatically create the files,
fresh and empty.
2. From any Menu, rather than choosing Return, you may press the Esc
key to exit to the previous menu. Pressing Esc form the Main Menu
will exit Invoice Tracker and return to the Dos System.
Program Documentation Invoice Tracker ver 1.0
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In Closing:
In closing, I would like to thank you for trying Invoice Tracker.
Also to remind you, registering this program will gain you many more
helpful and productive features. Features are being added all the
time. You will most likely get more than has be mentioned here when
you register.
Your comments are appreciated. If you can think of anything that may
enhance Invoice Tracker, let me know. I do listen, and its a good
chance your suggestion will be incorporated into the program.
Read the CUSTOM.DOC explaining how you can have your Registered copy
of Invoice Tracker customized. Many things are possible.
Please use the provided REGISTER.FRM to register Invoice Tracker.
For unregistered users, support is limited. But if you have a problem
while evaluating Invoice Tracker, I am willing to help. I can be
reached several ways.
Registered Users are a priority as to receiving help via mail,phone
or electronic mail.
Mail: Rand Nowell
RaLin Enterprises
40728 Sundale Dr. Fremont, Ca. 94538
Phone: (510) 651-0253 If you get a recorder, please leave a
message, if you are a registered user give your
registration number. Leave a brief description of the
problem, your phone number and best time to call. I will
return registered users calls at my expense. Unregistered
users, be prepared for a collect call.
CIS (Compuserve) User ID: 76124,761
I check Compuserve 2-3 times a month. This is not the
optimum way to contact me, but it will work.
Net Mail:
Send Net Mail to Rand Nowell @ 1:161/42 OR 1:215/777
NetMail is checked daily.
Fido-Net Messages can be left in the Fido Shareware Echo. These
messages are normally checked daily.
BBS: I hope to have our Support BBS up and running in the next
few months. All Registered Users will be notified by mail
when this happens. And if the correct fields have been
filled in on the registration form, they will be
pre-registered for access on the first call.
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