The main interface

This is the window first opened when you launch HomeBank. It is the basis of most of the HomeBank actions which are accessible using a set of menus, and for the most frequent action from the toolbar. The display is a global view of the opened wallet, especially the global balances, and also by displaying the detail of each account balances. Closing the main interface will close HomeBank.

Go to: Balances | Account list | Toolbar | Menus

Balances

Minor toggle the display to the minor currency. This gadget is only useful for Europeans in the euro area and is only showed if you have checked the Enable Euro in the preferences.
Bank represents the balance of all the validated operations.
(should be equal to the balance printed in the last bank statement you have checked)
Today

represents the balance of validated or unvalidated operations until today.
(should be the operations saised since the last bank statement)

Future represents the balance of every operations.
(should be different if you have saised future operations)

Account list


Status The status column displays the state of each account, as below:
indicate that new operations were added
indicate that changes were made

Toolbar

The toolbar provides an easy access to the most frequently used functions. The description below is done from left to right, in order the buttons appears.
if the window is too small, unvisible buttons can be accessed, by left mousebutton click and drag right or left while not releasing the mousebutton.
Also the images of the toolbar can be configured, they are simple pictures, see the Images drawer.

See the description of the menu below.

Menus

New Clear all.
Open... Open a wallet.
Save Save the wallet to the disk as opened name.
Save as... Save the wallet the disk with a new name.
Print Print all the operation to the printer (ptr:).
About Show some information about HomeBank and user.
About MUI Show the MUI about window.
Quit Exit the program.
Wallet... Open the Wallet window.
Accounts... Open the Accounts window.
Groups... Open the Groups window.
Archives... Open the Archives window.
Check automated Check for automated archives to be inserted.
Statistics Open the Statistics window.
Overdrawn Open the Overdrawn window.
Car Cost Open the CarCost window.
Calculator Open the calculator program as set in the Settings window.
HomeBank... Open the Settings window.
MUI... Open the MUI Settings window.