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- * Instructions for AmiCash v1.0 *
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- * (c) ONE VISION '91 *
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- Press HELP for viewer instructions.
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- This program is Public Domain - copy it, spread it at your pleasure!
- If you like it then please send a SHAREWARE donation to the address
- at the end of this file - thank you very much - KG '91.
-
- Credits:
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- Code and graphics by Keith Grant.
-
- Beta Testers: Stephen Williams, Stuart Parker.
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- Programs used:
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-
- Deluxe Paint III - Dan Silca, Electronic Arts.
- AMOS - Francois Lionet, Europress Software.
- AMOS Compiler - Francois Lionet, Europress
- CLI-Mate - Chris Nicotra and David Milligan, Progressive Peripherials and
- Software.
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- PLEASE NOTE: The statements created by Amicash may be sent to your printer
- by pressing F10 whilst the other options are displayed (ie the oranges
- boxes are visable).
-
- AmiCash was originally a program I knocked up for my own use. I always
- managed to totally lose track of how much money I had in my account (which
- isn't much!) so I decided to do something about it. AmiCash was the result.
-
- The reason that I have released AmiCash is that I thought that some people
- may have a use for it, as I use it. To use is simplicity itself. It is run
- nigh entirely via the mouse.
-
- Basically AmiCash just keeps track of your transactions with your
- account/bank, such as Direct Debit, Cheques, withdrawals etc, etc. It also
- cuts out the work of tapping on a calculator and scribbling on your bank
- statement, checking to see that they haven't made a mistake!
-
- The Instructions.
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- When you load, you will be firstly presented with a title screen. Simply
- press the left mouse to continue. You will then be asked whether you wish
- to start a new account or load an old one. Click in one of the boxes. LOAD
- will be covered later in this doc.
-
- If you clicked on NEW, you will now be presented with a black screen with
- this at the top:
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- DATE TRANSACTION AMOUNT BALANCE
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- You will also see a flashing cursor under the date column. This is how your
- account transactions will be stored - in each column will be the date,
- description of transaction, amount concerned in that transaction and the
- final balance after that transaction. Probably very much like your bank
- statement that they send you.
-
- What you do now is type today's date using the format DD/MM/YY (or D/M/YY
- if the relevant - but remember it looks neater if you stick to the former
- format all of the time - eg: 03/02/91 instead of 3/2/91). Once you press
- RETURN - "No Transaction" will appear under TRANSACTION, this is because
- you are simply setting up how much money is currently in your account so
- AmiCash has a starting point. "0" will also appear under AMOUNT for the
- same reason. You then type in the current balance of your account.
-
- The cursor will disapear and you will be presented with your account's
- transactions. At the moment of course there happens to be just one. To do
- anything else in AmiCash you have to press the right mouse button.
-
- But before we do that, let's explain a few other things you can do whilst
- this display is showing. After around 27 transactions (if you get that
- far!), they will not all be able to be displayed on the screen at one time.
- To view the other transactions, you click the LEFT mouse button anywhere on
- the screen past the midpoint of the screen (ie the lower half of the
- screen); this will move onto the next page of transactions. Likewise,
- clicking on the upper half of the screen will move back to the previous
- page of transactions. You can have upto 300 transactions in AmiCash. I
- can't imagine anyone wanting more than that, because I suggest that after a
- certain amount of time you wipe over the file created by AmiCash and start
- again. After all, who wants to look back over their account over the last
- two years and look at all that lovely money they've spent?!?
-
- When you press the right mouse button, you will be presented with a menu
- screen which shows most of the available options. These are activated by
- clicking in the relevant box with the left mouse button. These are: Open,
- Save, Amend, Quit, Cheque in, cheque out, withdrawal, deposit, direct
- debit, S/O, interest and tax.
-
- Open will allow you to load another account file into memory. Simply select
- the name using the requester (either by double clicking on it or typing it
- in).
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- Save will allow you to save your CURRENT account to disk for future
- reference. You may then use OPEN to load it back in at a later date.
-
- Amend will allow you to change ANY detail about a transaction. You will be
- first asked for the date of the transaction that you wish to change. Make
- sure you know it before you click on AMEND. If there are more than 1
- transactions under that date, then they will be displayed on the screen,
- and you will be asked which one you wish to amend. Enter a number from 1-10
- to indicate which transaction you wish to change. The transaction displayed
- at the top most of the screen is number 1, and then descends to a relevant
- number.
-
- You will then be asked for which section of the entry you wish to change.
- This of course depends on which area of the transaction has been entered
- incorrectly. You have a choice of DATE, TRANSACTION and AMOUNT. Balance, of
- course, is not included as AmiCash will work this out automatically for
- you. After you press 1, 2 or 3 you will be presented with the old entry,
- and you can type the correct data into the area you have just specified.
- AmiCash will do the rest for you. If you amend the TRANSACTION area, I
- suggest that you do it in the same wording that AmiCash uses, otherwise you
- may well encounter some problems when AmiCash recalculates the balance
- after (if) you amend the amount of a transaction!
-
- Clicking on QUIT will prompt you with a message to click on QUIT again to
- confirm. Do so, and you will be thrown back to the workbench screen.
- Clicking on another option, or clicking the right mouse button will cancel
- the quit option.
-
- The other options are used to enter your transactions as they occur, and
- are fairly self-explanatory. S/O stands for STANDING ORDER. Clicking on one
- of these options will display the transactions screen and you the flashing
- cursor will appear under each sub-section of the transaction in turn -
- simply type in the relevant data. Please note that the TRANSACTION area
- will be displayed automatically by AmiCash - you do not HAVE TO type
- anything. Most options will simply jump to AMOUNT. Some options, however,
- will leave the flashing cursor after the transaction description. This
- means that AmiCash is giving you the choice of having a little comment of
- your own about the transaction. It can include anything you want - just
- make sure that you do not enter any text past the transaction column (ie do
- not go into the amount column). This feature could be used, for example, to
- keep track of the serial number of a cheque you have just written, and/or
- who it was made payable to. It is entirely upto you. A example file can be
- found on the disk - simply click on open and double click on the name
- EXAMPLE.
-
- Interest and Tax options are simply there so that when you bank sends you a
- statement, you can see how much tax and interest they have paid/deducted
- and hence keep your AmiCash account upto date.
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- Well, that about wraps the instructions up. If you have any problems then
- please don't hesitate to ring me on 0734 - 422465 (ask for Keith). Or drop
- me a line at:
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- 15 Laurel Drive
- Tilehurst
- Reading
- Berkshire
- RG3 5DY.
-
- If while using AmiCash, the program suddenly drops back to the workbench
- screen, and gives you an error, then please write to me stating what the
- error was, and what option you were using which made it report this error.
- This is so I can eliminate any bugs for future versions (if people want
- them!)
-
- Thank you.
-
- Keith [August 1991]
-
- P.S. For you hard drive owners out there, there is a program on the disk
- called HD_Installer which will install AmiCash onto your hard disk for you.
- All you have to do is load up Workbench so your hard drive is activated (ie
- so the system knows it is there), and then insert AmiCash disk and double
- click on HD_Istaller.
-
- P.P.S If you use this program then please send a shareware donation to the
- above address. Thank you.
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