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R C F U N D S
Version 1.30
Fractured Femur Software
Shareware for an Even Break!
A Special Thanks to Conrad Kageyama for his insight and development tips!
Without Conrad RCFUNDS would be a mere shadow of itself.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction........................................................3
A. Disclaimer.....................................................3
B. What is RCFUNDS and what does/does not do?.....................3
II. Setup..............................................................3
III. Tutorial..........................................................4
A. Starting the Program........................................4
B. Main Menu...................................................4
C. Create A Fund...............................................4
D. Configure Report Device.....................................4
E. Access Registry.............................................5
1. Make an Entry.........................................5
2. Modify NAV............................................6
F. View Fund Summaries.........................................6
1. Modify NAV............................................6
2. Delete a Fund.........................................7
G. Reports.....................................................7
IV. Trouble Shooting...................................................7
V. Where Can You Find Ross?............................................8
VI. Registration Form (Come on fill it out!)..........................9
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I. INTRODUCTION
DISCLAIMER
THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED "AS IS", FRACTURED FEMUR SOFTWARE MAKES NO
WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. FRACTURED FEMUR SOFTWARE DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT THE PROGRAM WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE
OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. YOU ARE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE YOUR
INTENDED RESULTS AND FOR THE RESULTS ACTUALLY OBTAINED. RCFUNDS WILL
NOT PREDICT STOCK/MUTUAL FUND/BOND/MONEY MARKET GAINS OR LOSSES!
WHAT IS RCFUNDS AND WHAT DOES/DOES NOT DO?
RCFUNDS is a free standing database which allows the user to track mutual
fund transactions. The program is very similar to a check book, with
one twist: it allows pertinent mutual fund data to be entered (i.e.
NAV/Shares purchased). RCFUNDS CANNOT PREDICT THE MARKET!!!! RCFUNDS
DOES NOT PROVIDE INVESTMENT ADVICE!!!! It is a simple tracking device
for use by the private investor. The program grew out of desire to enable
me (a true market neophyte) to track my deposits/withdraws, my accrued
interest (not some fancy Wall Street Journal Summary), and trace the path
of rising and falling NAV's. RCFUNDS is not intended for professional
investors. Although RCFUNDS will track unlimited accounts to the value
of $9,000,000.00 each, persons with that much money should have a
professional tracking their investments!
RCFUNDS is distributed as SHAREWARE. It is not freeware! Feel free to
exchange RCFUNDS in an unaltered format with your local BBS. If you
find the product useful, you are obligated to register the program.
SHAREWARE allows the user to test software before making a purchase. You
are granted a temporary license of RCFUNDS for thirty days. If RCFUNDS
continues to be useful after thirty days, REGISTER!
II. SETUP
Requirements: IBM compatible - 512K RAM - 640K RAM/Hard disk preferred.
RCFUNDS is passed from user to user in an archived format (RCFUNDS.ARC,
RCFUNDS.ZIP,etc.). To install create a directory of your choice and
extract the archive to the new directory, i.e.
MD C:\RCFUNDS
PKUNZIP A:\RCFUNDS.ZIP C:\RCFUNDS
RCFUNDS should contain only two files:
RCFUNDS.EXE
RCFUNDS.HLP
This example makes several assumptions: User is installing a ZIP
archive from Floppy Drive A: to Hard Drive C:.
Please alter the drives and materials as appropriate. There you go!
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That's it, RCFUNDS is installed.
III. TUTORIAL
STARTING THE PROGRAM
Change to the directory where RCFUNDS resides. Type RCFUNDS.EXE at
the DOS prompt. Execution should begin immediately. Several data
files will be created on first time use:
ACCOUNTS.DAT
ACCOUNTS.K01
ACCOUNTS.K02
MAIN MENU
Upon entry to the Main Menu, the user will find four possible options:
1. Access Funds - Enters the Transaction Registry of a single fund
2. Setup Funds - Creates new funds and views all fund account
summaries. Also allows NAV update without transaction entry.
3. Configure - Configures Report Output Device
4. Totals - Prints the all account summaries
5. Breakdowns - Prints sorted reports of fund events
6. Registry - Prints all the transactions of a single fund
Use your cursor keys to move around the menu, highlighting various options.
Pressing the key corresponding to the first letter in any menu selection
will cause immediate execution of that option.
CREATE A FUND
Select Setup Funds from the Main Menu. Your screen will go through some
gymnastics, and you should end up at a purple screen prompting you for
a FUND NAME and an ABBREVIATION. The purple screen is the fund entry
form. Type in the name of a fund (i.e. GT Global World Wide) and strike
<Enter>. Next you are prompted for an abbreviation. You may enter any
series of characters, they must be unique for each fund. RCFUNDS will
double check you! My personal preference is use the abbreviation found
in your local news paper business section. For the above fund the
abbreviation is Wldw p. Press <Enter> when you are finished. RCFUNDS
does a couple of things at now:
1. Saves the data you have just entered into the account files
2. Checks to make sure the abbreviation is acceptable to DOS
and is not a duplicate
3. Prepares to create a registry for each new fund.
(A DOS data file titled with the abbreviation)
Eh wallah! You have created your first Mutual Fund File. You should
be sitting at a green table listing the name only of the file created.
This is the Fund Summary Table. It doesn't look like much yet, but it
will. For the time being, hit <Esc> and return to the Main Menu.
CONFIGURE OUTPUT DEVICE
RCFUNDS allows the user to configure the output device. A user may select
several different options to send reports to. Select Configure from the
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Main Menu, and hit <Enter>. On first time use, you will be prompted for
a DEVICE. This is where you want your reports to go. For most people, it
will be LPT1 ( The first parallel port - most common printer configuration).
Press <F1> to see a full discription of available output options. Highlight
the desired device and press <Enter>. You will now see your device
displayed on the Device Table. Hit <Esc> to exit the table.
NOTE: NO REPORTS WILL BE PRINTED UNTIL A DEVICE IS SELECTED!!!!!
ACCESS REGISTRY
At the Main Menu select "Access Funds" and press <Enter>. A red line
will appear at the top of the screen prompting you to enter the name
of a fund to access. If you had failed to create a fund in the last
section, RCFUNDS will now prompt you to do so. (See CREATE A FUND).
Otherwise, a green selection table listing available funds will also
appear. Using the cursor keys, highlight the desired fund (If you are
following the tutorial there should only be one fund - GT Global World Wide)
and press <Enter>. Now a blue table will appear with the Mutual Fund Name
continuing to be displayed at the top of the screen. Because this is the
first entry, a White Transaction Entry form will also appear - prompting
for a new transaction.
Follow the Transaction Form's prompts:
1. Enter the desired date of transaction - Press <Enter>
2. Highlight either Deposit or Withdraw - Press <Enter>
a. Although in the truest sense, one does not deposit and
withdraw from a mutual fund, these terms were selected
to keep the check book analogy alive and well. I feel
it makes the investment principles easier to understand if
you can identify it with a more common bank account.
3. Enter the transaction amount (THIS IS A MUST) - Press <Enter>
4. Next RCFUNDS has a little razzle dazzle. If you enter '0'
for the current account NAV, RCFUNDS will calculate the
NAV from the number of shares entered on the next line. If
you enter the NAV, RCFUNDS will calculate the number of shares
purchased. YOU MUST KNOW ONE OF THESE TWO VALUES - EITHER
NAV OR NUMBER OF SHARES. Press <Enter> after both the NAV
and the Shares prompts.
You should now be returned to the blue Transaction Registry Table. The
entry you just created will be displayed, and highlighted. Let's take a
look at the screen:
1. Top of the screen - Name of Mutual Fund which is currently
active
2. Line Two - Title bar discribing transaction entries
3. Scrolling Registry - majority of the blue screen. The first
entry on the line is either "D" or "W" labelling the
transaction as either a "Deposit" or "Withdraw". Next will
be the transaction amount, followed by the NAV, Shares, and
Value of the transaction at the time it occurred!
4. Red and Blue line - Current NAV (independent of transaction
dates), total shares owned, total cash invested
5. White Line - "Interest" or Earnings of YOUR cash in the
fund, Face Value of Fund at Current NAV
6. Blue line - Date search (enter a date here will jump the
registry to match), Available hot keys.
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Hot Keys: <Ins> Adds a new record
<Enter> Edits the existing highlighted entry
<Del> Deletes the highlighted entry
<Ctrl-U> Updates the Current NAV without entering a new
transaction.
Let's explore the last option.
MODIFY NAV
You should still be at the blue transaction registry. Hold down the
<Ctrl> key and press "U". The cursor will jump to a small black entry
field over the current NAV. Type in the desired numbers (for sake of
example, let's assume you fund is making money - so enter a number higher
than you entered in the transaction entry example). When complete press
<Enter>. Notice all the calculated fields at the base of the page have
been updated with your new NAV, without altering the transaction registry.
The new NAV will be stored in the Account file as the most recent recorded
NAV as well. If you enter a transaction dated for the current date, the
NAV will automatically be updated. This will not occur if you post date a
transaction. In that manner you may enter the most current NAV from the
<Ctrl-U> procedure, rather than overwriting a more recent NAV with a post
dated transaction. You may still page back through the registry to track
NAV's at the time transaction took place. Paging back over the registry's
NAV's will give you an idea how fast you fund is making money (or loosing
money!).
VIEW FUND SUMMARIES
Ok, enough of entering transactions - let's review our fund statistics.
If you are still at the blue Transaction Registry Table - Press <Esc>
and exit to Main Menu. Select Setup Funds once more.
Now, it looks a little different, doesn't it? If you entered all the
above examples your Available Fund Table should have a complete listing
consisting of:
1. Fund Name
2. Current NAV
3. A symbol character (up arrow, down arrow, or equal
sign). This represents whether the most recent NAV
is increased, decreased, or equal to the previous NAV.
4. Total Shares
5. Fund Face Value at current NAV.
MODIFY NAV
You should be an old pro at this by now... It is a very similar operation
to updating the NAV from the Transaction Registry Table. Hold down the
<Ctrl> key and press "U". A purple screen should appear prompting for a
new NAV. Enter as before, but this time drop the value of the NAV - press
<Enter>. Now your Fund Table should be updated with the new NAV , along
with a down arrow after the NAV. The arrow indicate the price of each
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share fell wit the latest update of the NAV.
DELETE A FUND
Deletion is a necessary and potentially hazardous function in any program.
Fund deletion may be accomplished from the Available Fund Table (Setup
Fund Screen). Highlight the entry you wish to delete and press <Del>.
The Fund Entry screen will appear with a message that all evidence of
this fund is about to be deleted! ALL FUND INFORMATION WILL BE DELETED,
INCLUDING TRANSACTION REGISTRY FILES FOR THE HIGHLIGHTED FUND! Be very
certain, hopefully you have used you favorite backup system for insurance!
Go ahead and highlight our dummy example of GT Global World Wide.
Press <Del> . From the Fund entry form, <Enter> will confirm deletion,
<Esc> will cancel deletion. Press <Enter>. BYE-BYE! The fund and all
its transactions are gone. You are now ready to enter the real thing.
REPORTS
If you have an Epson compatible printer, RCFUNDS can print two different
reports.
1. Totals: prints a listing of all funds, their current NAV's,
number of shares in each, current Value
2. Registry - prints a single mutual file's transaction registry.
3. Breakdown - prints breakdown by transaction type
IV. TROUBLE SHOOTING
To the best of my knowledge, RCFUNDS is free from bugs; however, to
believe any program is perfect is foolish. I am interested in any bugs
you may find.
Problems:
Q: When I delete a file, my entire screen scrolls up one line and turn
to gibberish.! How do I fix it?
A: Well...this reflect your computer is running low on RAM memory. It
would be easy for me to say add more memory, but that is expensive.
Simply hit <Esc> and return to the previous screen. It should cure
the problem.
Q: I can't exit from the Main Menu to DOS! How do I get out of RCFUNDS?
A: <Alt-X> from the Main Menu. <Esc> was disabled in the Main Menu to
prevent accidental exit.
Q: I can't create a new Mutual Fund file! How do I fix it?
A: Check your available disk space. RCFUNDS will handle unlimited
mutual funds to a total of $9,000,000.00 each. However, it is
limited by your systems disk space. If you've got room, RCFUNDS has
files!
Q: My printer won't print reports! Why not?
A: The reports were designed with ASCII characters in an Epson
Printer mode. It should work on 90% of the printers out there.
If not you have a rare bird, sorry!
Q: Why doesn't my Earnings to Date percentage match that in The Wall
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Street Journal?
A: The number displayed in Earnings to Date is what percentage YOUR
invested monies have earned in this particular fund since the time
of investment. Although I am not savvy in the stock market, The Wall
Street Journal displays percentages of the total funds performance
over a time period (3 mon, 6 mon, 1 yr, 5 yr, 10 yr). Although
indirectly these numbers may reflect the same idea, I wrote RCFUNDS
to make Mutual Fund Investment appear more like a traditional bank
account. The Earnings to Date reflect your current percentage of
"Interest" earned at the current NAV.
WHERE CAN I FIND ROSS?
Ross Contino...that's me...the author.
I am a humble hobby hacker, I do not provide support - persay. I do
regularly monitor FidoNet's Shareware and SDN_Works Echoes. I also
frequent the follow BBS's and Electronic Services. Feel free to reach
me on any of these routes:
Microbe II BBS - (717)252-4543
L & T's BBS (War College BBS) - (717)243-0055
Compuserve - Compuserve ID 73327,1271
GEnie - Address R.CONTINO
Hope to hear from you! Please register, support a guy with one
part time machine in his basement.
PLEASE BE ADVISED: RCFUNDS IS NOT CRIPPLEWARE. THIS IS THE FULL
WORKING VERSION!
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Please Send a $25.00 Check or Money Order to: Ross Contino
For Registration of RCFUNDS v1.30 407 Deerfield Drive
Hanover, PA 17331
Name:__________________________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________________
City:______________________________State:____ Zipcode:________________
BBS where you may be reached:__________________________________________
Comments or Suggestions: (Please nothing Vile!)
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