|AÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» |Aº |6Helpware |AºÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ^1Credit Master |AÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͺ |6Helpware |Aº |AÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ^Cby ^CBob Napp ^1Credit Master^0 is a program that will help you approximate your Credit Card finance charges and forecast a payment schedule. Once you have entered your account information and chosen the best course for payment, you can save the data for future reference. While using this program, keep in mind that the calculation for finance charges on your various Credit Card accounts may differ. Though the technique employed in this program is a good one, it may produce a result that will differ a little from the actual amount. Should you need any help while running Credit Master, press the key. ^1Credit Master Screen^0 The Credit Master screen is broken into three distinct areas. The top boxed area contains title information as well as values for Interest Rate (Annual), cumulative Finance Charges, Purchases to Date, and Payments to Date (for more detail about this region see Data Entry section below). The next "open" region, called the Payment Detail Area, will contain up to 14 lines of Credit Card payment information. The bottom boxed area will contain both menuing and help information depending on the activity currently being performed. ^1Starting Credit Master^0 Once the program has started, you will be presented with a title screen. Press any key to continue beyond this point. The Credit Master screen will be displayed with a menu in the bottom boxed region. Use the Left and Right cursor keys to highlight a menu option and then press the key to activate it. You may also press the first highlighted character of a menu option to execute that function directly. Once an option has been selected, the menu contained in the bottom boxed region may be replaced with help information relative to the function being performed. The following menu functions are provided: ^C^1L^0oad - Select and Load Credit Card information from files that^N ^C you have created. ^N ^C^1D^0ata Entry - Browse and Enter Credit Card payment information. ^N ^C^1P^0rint - Print the current Credit Card payment information. ^N ^C^1S^0ave - Save the current Credit Card payment information. ^N ^C^1H^0elp - Display Help information about the Main Menu. ^N ^C^1A^0bout - Display information about Credit Master. ^N ^C^1E^0xit - Exit Credit Master. ^N ^1Load^0 A box will appear in the center of the screen with a list of Credit Master files (Credit Master files end with the extension of ".CMS"). Use your Up, Down, Left, or Right cursor keys to highlight the file you wish to Load and press the key to load that file. Once the file is Loaded you will be returned to the menu. If you wish to cancel this option without Loading a file, press the key. Remember, the bottom region of the screen contains help information for this option. ^1Data Entry^0 If the Payment Detail Area is empty, a box will appear in the center of the screen and you will be prompted for Interest Rate (Annual), Purchase, and Payment information. You may use the Up/Down cursor keys to select a data entry field. Once all information has been entered, press the key to Post the Transaction. You may cancel Transaction Entry any time by pressing the key. Before the Payment Detail Area will be activated, you MUST enter a Purchase and Post the Transaction. Once the Payment information is displayed, a highlight bar that extends from the left to the right side of the screen will be displayed on the first line of information. You can move this "Scroll Bar" by pressing the Up arrow, Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home, or End keys. As the Scroll Bar moves from one payment line to another the information contained in the top boxed region will change to reflect the state of Interest Rate and cumulative totals relative to the current Scroll Bar line. You may select to input additional information at any point on which the Scroll Bar is located by pressing the key. You will again be prompted for the same data as before. If you wish to return to the Main Menu, press the key. Remember, the bottom region of the screen contains help information. ^1Print^0 A box will appear in the center of the screen listing the number of pages needed for the report and prompting you to set up your printer. Once you have loaded enough paper to Print the report and positioned the page at the top of form press the to start printing. You may cancel printing the report at anytime by pressing the key. ^1Save^0 A box centered on screen will appear containing a list of Credit Master files. Use your Up, Down, Left, and Right cursor keys to highlight the file under which you wish to Save the Credit Card information. If you wish to store the data under a new filename, select the New File option and press the key. Type in the new filename and press the key. You may press the key to exit the Save menu option without selecting a file. Remember, the bottom region of the screen contains help information. ^1Help^0 This option provides help for the Main Menu. Once the information is displayed on screen, just press any key to return to the Main Menu. ^1About^0 This option displays information about Credit Master. ^1Exit^0 A box centered on screen will appear asking you if you wish to exit. You must respond with either a "Y" or "N". ^1Options for Running Credit Master^0 Credit Master can be run from the DOS prompt with the following options: M - Starts the program in monochrome mode. Use the option if you are using a composite monitor. C - Starts the program in color mode. Use this option if you have a color graphics adapter. (This is the default setting for the program.) F - Try this option if you are using a CGA. This will allow Credit Master to update the screen as FAST as possible. If you see "snow" when the screen is updated, restart Credit Master without the "F" option. Examples: >CM M >CM C F >CM F <---- if you are working on a CGA system only. To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type ^1CM^0. DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES: ^FCM.EXE