<< <> >>¢ HOW TO PREPARE A PROFESSIONAL¢ TREASURER'S REPORT THE BEST EASY WAY¢ WITH TURBOBASIC!¢¢ by Ron Fetzer, member of OL' HACKERS¢ ATARI USERS GROUP, Inc., NY¢¢ (For XL/XE only!---Program will be¢ found on this OHAUG newsletter, as¢ "TREASRPT.ARB!)¢¢ NO VOLUNTEERS?¢ Do you belong to a Computer¢ Club, Civic Association, Sports Club¢ or a Charitable Organization and have¢ difficulty in finding someone to¢ accept the position of TREASURER? Are¢ your club's finances in a mess? Is¢ your treasurer's report written on¢ the back of an old envelope? We now¢ have help for you. Just use the¢ "TREASURER'S REPORT PROGRAM" and your¢ troubles will be over.¢¢ FINDING A TREASURER THE EASY WAY!¢ The program makes it so easy to¢ be a treasurer of a club that you¢ will have no problem finding a¢ volunteer. The program prints a¢ professional report that is easy to¢ read without being an accountant. The¢ program is written in modular TURBO¢ BASIC XL and runs only on the Atari¢ XL/XE computers.¢¢ THE SOLUTION.¢ The "TREASURER'S REPORT" is very¢ intuative and easy to use. Most¢ likely you don't even have to read¢ the docs. It is also heavily error¢ protected to prevent typo mistakes¢ and wrong entries. The program¢ accepts up to 200 income items and up¢ to 200 expense items.¢ The program is completely menu¢ driven, and the menu is self¢ explanatory. You have 8 items on the¢ menu. They are: 1. DIRECTORY, 2.¢ START PROGRAM, 3. VIEW ON SCREEN, 4.¢ PRINT, 5. SAVE, 6. LOAD, 7. ERASE A¢ FILE, 8. END. Since I am the¢ Treasurer of the OL' HACKERS I put¢ everything in the program that I¢ wanted as a treasurer.¢¢ HOW TO:¢ To use the program you go to¢ option #2 on the menu "START¢ PROGRAM". After the menu screen you¢ come to the "INFORMATION SCREEN".¢ Here you answer some prosaic¢ questions like today's date, your¢ name, the clubs name etc. When you¢ are finished, you will be in the¢ "INCOME" section. You enter one¢ income item after the other in the¢ program. First you enter a¢ description of the income item and¢ then the amount of the income. Do not¢ use a comma (,) or "$" in the¢ entries. When you are finished with¢ the income items and you want to go¢ to the "EXPENSE" section of the¢ program just leave the "INCOME NAME"¢ blank and enter "00" for the INCOME¢ AMOUNT". There will be a prompt at¢ the bottom of the screen to remind¢ you of this. You can even type in a¢ name for this last item such as "END"¢ etc. It will not be recorded by the¢ program because you entered "00" for¢ the amount.¢ The "EXPENSE" section works¢ exactly like the "INCOME" section.¢ You just enter all the expense items.¢ When you are finished you enter "00"¢ for the amount and you will be¢ directed to the menu again.¢ ¢ WANT TO SEE/PRINT IT?¢ You now can view your program¢ on the screen or print it. You can¢ also save it to a disk. In the SAVE,¢ LOAD and ERASE A FILE options you¢ just have to enter a file name¢ without a disk drive designation. The¢ program assumes that it is drive #1.¢ A loaded file can only be "VIEWED" or¢ "PRINTED".¢ With the "VIEW ON SCREEN" option¢ I put convenient scrolling stops into¢ the program so you can examine the¢ report in an intelligent manner. With¢ this option all the basic information¢ is displayed on the screen.¢ With the "PRINT" option you get¢ a fully formatted professional¢ treasurer's report printed out on¢ paper. It wil have your clubs name as¢ the headline, the date of the report,¢ the old balance and the date, the¢ income and expense items and a¢ running current balance. It will also¢ show you the "TOTAL INCOME" as well¢ as the "TOTAL EXPENSES" on your¢ report. The penultimate item will be¢ the new balance and its date. The¢ final item on your report will be the¢ name of the person who prepared the¢ report. You can also specify how many¢ copies of the report you want to¢ print.¢ ¢ WANT TO SEE THE DIRECTORY?¢ Also take a look at the¢ "DIRECTORY" option. It gives you much¢ more information than just a¢ directory listing. I included a¢ provision to erase MEM.SAV in the RAM¢ DISK D8 in order to give you more¢ free RAM space. This option also¢ checks what REVESION BASIC you are¢ using. Since TURBO BASIC XL is not a¢ built in BASIC the directory option¢ says "NO BS". There are many other¢ features that you will see with this¢ option.¢¢ WHICH PRINTER WILL WORK!¢ The program is written for EPSON¢ and compatible printers. If your¢ printer is not compatible you can¢ easily change the few printer control¢ codes to your printer's codes. They¢ are clearly indicated in line #1330 -¢ 1380. If you live in a country other¢ than the U.S.A. you might want to¢ change the "$" to your country's¢ currency symbol. The "$" appears in¢ lines 530, 630, 790, 1000, 1010,¢ 1040, 1120, 1130, 1160, 1170, 1520,¢ 1580, 1600, 1640, 1670, 1690 and¢ 1700. This is to make the program¢ useable to our members in other¢ countries as well.¢¢ HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS-EVEN OF YOUR WIFE¢ If you or your wife or someone¢ you know belongs to a club or an¢ organization then give them the¢ "TREASURER'S REPORT" program, they¢ will love it. Being a treasurer with¢ this program makes the job easy. Not¢ only will you save a lot of time but¢ you also will receive compliments on¢ the clarity and completness of your¢ treasurer's reports. In addition you¢ did not have to struggle with spread¢ sheets, data bases, check balancing ¢ programs and calculators. You can now¢ sit back and enjoy your club and bask¢ in the prestige of having a job well¢ done.¢¢ BRAVO:¢ (Ed. Once again RON has come in with¢ a winner. Write to him or me and let¢ us know how you like the program).¢¢ << end >>