CONTENTS --- Introduction --- --- Installation --- --- License --- --- System Requirements --- --- Compatability--- --- Disclaimer--- --- Known Problems --- --- Updates / Changes --- --- Introduction --- Quick Bridge 95 is a utility to assist in extracting data from Quicken for Windows and inserting that data automatically into Microsoft Excel or Word. Once the transactions (accounts) for which data is to be collected have been specified in Quick Bridge, the program will extract the data and insert it automatically into one of the above programs via OLE. Data can also be pasted from Quick Bridge to other apps, but with more user intervention. Note that pasting data in this way does not facilitate a semi-automatic or automatic method of updating the data. This utility will be useful to those who use their Quicken for Windows data to create budgets and/or reports. After setting up the accounts and specifying which application the data is to be inserted into, future execution of Quick Bridge will load the current balances, start the external application and update the balances without further user intervention. ---Installation--- To install Quick Bridge: 1. Unzip the downloaded file into a temporary directory 2. From the WIndows 95 Run command, execute "setup.exe" the temporary directory. 3. To run Quick Bridge, double-click its icon from its Windows program group. ***NOTE*** If you receive OLESYSERROR messages when starting Quick Bridge, you may not have some required OLE support files. Run setup again, select CUSTOM install, and check both options. The OLE support files will then be installed to your /Windows/System directory. ---License--- This program is provided as shareware. You may use the program for a period of thirty days to test its useful- ness and accuracy. If, after thirty days, you decide to keep the program, you are obligated to register it. Register.doc & Register.txt(for those without MS-Word) are included in the installation directory. Print one and mail with your check or money order (US funds only) as instructed in those files. The program may not be re-engineered, reverse-engineered, nor modified in any way without the express consent of the author. You may make copies of the program for distribution to others provided you do not charge a fee for any purpose other than to cover the cost of the media and shipping, and you include ALL of the original files with the copies. --- System Requirements --- Quick Bridge 95 requres the Windows 95 operating system. For automatic importation of data, Microsoft Excel version 5.0 or higher, or Microsoft Word version 2.0 or higher is required. Minimum system memory requirements are 8 meg RAM. ---Compatability--- Quick Bridge has been tested with the Excel(v. 7.0a) & Word versions supplied in Microsoft Office 95 as well as Microsoft Office 97 (Excel v 8.0). It is possible that other applications may work with Quick Bridge, but none have been tested. --- To report problems or suggestions --- The author can be contacted via email at dreuz@nfe.com or by mail at the following address: Reuzenaar Consulting #1 Royal Oaks Estate Lafayette, IN 47905-9067 USA (317)474-1224 ---Disclaimer--- This program is provided without warranty. Use of this program is at your own risk. The author makes no statement of warranty nor gaurantee of affect. The program has been tested extensively under the Windows 95 environment with the above-mentioned external applications and has shown no ill effects of its use. However, the environment in which it was tested will likely not display all possible conditions by which erroneous results can be returned. Therefore, the user assumes all responsibility for the use of this program. It is stongly recommended the user create a backup of all data files prior to using the program. There is no code contained within that would normally change any Quicken data files. However, as stated, the program has not been tested under every possible condition. Results should be confirmed through an audit of the return values before relying upon them. --- Known Problems --- On some systems, the Office 97 version of Excel does not fully unload itself from memory. If you have started and ended previous sessions of Excel since your last reboot, you may encounter errors when Quick Bridge tries to access Excel. If this happens, hit "Countrol+Alt+Del" to bring up the "Close Program" dialog. Click on every occurence of Excel in the list, then the END TASK button. Once all of the Excel sessions have ended, Quick Bridge should be able to access a new copy of an Excel session. We have tried not to duplicate files in the distribution pack that might ordinarily already be on the user's system. Occasionally, there will be a machine that doesn't have the ordinary files. If you encounter a "DLL not found" error, email me and I will get the missing file to you (if we have distribution rights). --- Updates / Changes --- QuickB.zip Original Quick Bridge package QuickB_f.zip No program changes. Added the common files missing from some users' machines, as well as a Quick Bridge DLL that got left out of the original setup package. QuickB1.01 Changes the way Quick Bridge handles the INI file. Some users were concerned about the IO error that occurred when Quick Bridge ran for the first time. Although a harmless error, it was causing some confusion. Also fixes OLE automation errors.