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Welcome to RetireA
Before using RetireA, read the following disclaimer clause:
The author of this program does not make any claims about the
ability of this program to improve the user's financial position,
current or future. This program is merely a tool and the useful-
ness of this tool depends entirely on the ability of the user to
define, predict and interpret current and future financial
factors.
The author also disclaims any responsibility for damage to the
user's data base or damage to any user's software or equipment.
If you agree with the above statements and agree not to hold the
author (or the distributor where you received RetireA) responsible
for any losses incurred while using or because of using RetireA,
then proceed.
Otherwise stop now and do not use RetireA.
__________________________________________________________________
Installation
Note: RetireA is designed to run under Windows 3.1. It has not
been tested under earlier versions of Windows.
Since you are reading this file, it is assumed that you have
extracted the files from the compressed file that you received
from the library.
(Compressed files with a .ZIP extension are un-compressed by using
the PKUNZIP utility. Self-extracting compressed files, which have
a .EXE extension, are decompressed by "Running" the file. Before
doing either method, place the compressed file in a "RetireA"
directory that you have created. Example - c:\RetireA )
After decompressing, you should have 10 extracted files.
RETIREA.EXE Main Program
RETIREA.HLP Help File
TMCGDLL.DLL Author's Library
COMMDLG.DLL
BWCC.DLL
README.TXT This file.
SAMPLE.RET Data sets
COUPLE.RET
FAMILY.RET
SINGLE.RET
The 10 files will take about 600K bytes of disk space.
Note: The compressed file is no longer necessary after the ten
files are extracted and it is suggested that it be copied to a
backup diskette and deleted from the hard disk.
RetireA icon
It is also suggested that the RetireA icon be placed in an exist-
ing Program Group (in Window's Program Manager). One way to do
this is to:
1) Enter File Manager
2) "Click" the RetireA directory
3) Activate Window's "Task List" (Ex. Press CTrl-Esc keys)
4) Press "Tile" button - so that Prog Mgr. & File Mgr. are both
displayed.
5) Then, using the mouse, hold left mouse button down and "drag"
the RETIREA.EXE program from the File Mgr. directory to a Program
Mgr. Program Group. The icon will materialize in the Program Group
when the mouse button is released. RetireA can now be run by
double clicking its icon.
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Note to RetireA version 1.0 users.
First be aware that this is version 2.3. There is a change that
affects the .RET data files. If you have developed .RET files
using version 1.0, they will still be usable with version 2.1.
The only problem (temporary problem) is when you use an "old" RET
file the first time with vers 2.3. The Start Date of the 30 year
period will be wrong. Correct this by doing the Calculate | Setup
option. Vers 1.11 (and later) saves this information in the data
set; Vers 1.0 did not. If you are creating new data sets, you
should not have this problem.
__________________________________________________________________
Changes from Version 1.0 to version 1.1.
In addition to the Start Date for the 30 year calculation being
saved in the data set (mentioned above), the following changes
have been made:
. key F1 activates the RetireA Help.
. The flat vertical bar display in Report 2 is now a 3D display.
Also, a 3 button tool bar has been added to make switching the 3 -
10 year periods easier (for Report 2 only).
. The starting year range of incomes and expenses has been
increased. The lower end is now the current year - 30 years and
the upper end is the current year + 100. This also applies to the
30 year calculation.
. The initial logo at start up is held for 5 seconds regardless of
the machine speed.
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Changes from Version 1.1 to version 1.11.
Very minor changes have taken place to move to 1.11. (The 100th
position in the version number will be used to denote minor
changes.
. Report 2 changed slightly; the left border of the display given
more breadth for increased 3D look. The Retired 'smoking man'
added for a little extra color.
. Limits placed on the font sizes used in the displays. The fonts
used for numbers, titles, text on the report displays have been
limited to the size that appear on a 640 X 480 display. The fonts
will adjust to smaller sizes if the window size is decreased (if
Auto Scale feature is ON) as before, but the max size of the fonts
will be limited to the size that looks best on a 640 X480 display.
This max size "may" look good on a 1024 X 768 or larger screen. If
not I will have to increase the upper font size limits. This is a
minor change programming-wise, but it may have a large impact on
users with high resolution screens.
. The "Gone Fish'in" icon added to the About dialog.
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Changes from 1.11 to 2.1 (2.0 basically not distributed)
Additions (Highlights):
. Toolbar
. Reports 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b
. Quick Edit
. Expanded on-line Help
. View | Report Font Selection (Video)...
. Four new sort options
Improvements (Highlights):
. Report displays - Reports checked at 640, 800, 1024 - revisions
made to provide proper scaling at these three resolutions.
. Data Entry dialog is not closed if a data entry error message is
issued.
. Initial Logo set at 3 seconds.
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Changes from 2.1 to 2.11
. A serious bug has been corrected which existed in all previous
versions. Data sets with > 50 items (total incomes & expenses)
would cause unpredictable results, even cause the program to
abort. Thanks to Bob Santos of Los Altos, Ca., for reporting
this problem.
Note: The max size is 100 items
. The current 10 year button is highlighted in the the 3 view
buttons in the Toolbar.
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Changes from 2.11 to 2.2
. A Restore button has been added to the Font Selection routine.
This restores the initial settings for fontnames, sizes, colors.
. An option to save the current fontnames, sizes, & colors across
sessions. The setting are saved in C:\WINDOWS\RETIREA.INI.
. Toolbar buttons "Press & pop" like standard Windows buttons.
. Up arrow & Down arrow buttons added to ToolBar to increase
/decrease the display character sizes for the variable length
reports. This allows one to control of the # of lines displayed
on a non scrolled screen.
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Changes from 2.2 to 2.3
. A 80 character Memo field has been added to each income/expense
item. This addition is only effective in the registered version.
A Windows environment utility is provided with the registered
version to convert old data sets to the new data set format.
The Max data set size for version 2.3 is 50 items (unregistered)
and 60 items for the registered version.
__________________________________________________________________
The first thing I recommend is reading the on-line help topics,
especially the Overview, Quick Demo and the Tutorial.
If you do not wish to execute RetireA at this time, read the
RetireA help file (RETIREA.HLP) by double clicking it from
Window's File Manager.
If you have a printer, print the Tutorial help using the Help
File | Print. Then, when you are ready to try RetireA, follow
the Tutorial using the supplied test file SAMPLE.RET.
__________________________________________________________________
If you need information about the product, contact me at
(610) 353-0834 or CompuServe 71672,1203.
Thank you for your support.
Tom McGrath