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Volume 3419 - Released may 1987 - Abstract (C) CP/MS gg
CP/MS gg NL volume 3419
gelijk aan N.Y. LUG 314
Titel:1-2-3 Cash Flow Analysis
Number Name Size Date Comments
419.01 AUTO123 WKS 2432 6-12-85 Autostart for CASH LEDGER
419.02 CASHLGR DOC 163269 6-11-85 Documentation (62 pages)
419.03 CASHLGR WKS 59008 6-12-85 1-2-3 Cash Flow Planning & analysis
CATALOG 419 455 12-26-86 This list
419.04 LOTUSLIB DOC 4736 11-14-86 General info Lotus Library
419.05 REGISTER DOC 1065 6-11-85 Freeware registration form
419.06 VOL3419 ABS 3328 12-26-86 Disk abstract
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The CashFlow Ledger (tm), Version 1.0
The CashFlow Ledger is a macro-driven Lotus 1-2-3 template
(Symphony version also available) that integrates a simplified
short term cash flow management system, with a simplified
general ledger system. All macro routines in this template
revolve around a single transaction database which can hold
over 1600 transactions per time period, and over 100
different account numbers, on a 256k computer.
BACKGROUND ON THE CASHFLOW LEDGER
Two fundamental problems faced by all businesses are managing short term
cash flow and maintaining ledgers of some kind. In November of 1983, I
published "CashFlow For 1-2-3", a Lotus 1-2-3 template for managing
short term cash flow. It wasn't real hard to tell that this was a
fundamental problem. I had just started my own business, and I had a
"fundamental" problem with my cash flow. CashFlow For 1-2-3 was the
tool I developed to squeak by.
In February of 1984, the owner of a local CPA firm called me up to see
if I knew a way to use 1-2-3 to post several hundred transactions to
approximately 60 different account numbers. After some experimentation
and about two months of evolving the tool, I developed the product later
called "The 123 Ledger". This general purpose transaction processor
could handle up to 1700 hundred transactions and over 100 different
account numbers, all on a computer with only 256k of memory.
After sifting through a years worth of comments from people using these
two products, and after finally listening to Brian Heberling, a cash
management specialist who insisted there was a fundamental need for a
product that integrated a general ledger system with a cash flow
management system, the two products were merged into a single 1-2-3
application revolving around the same transaction database. CashFlow
for 1-2-3 and The 123 Ledger became, The CashFlow Ledger. I sincerely
hope you find the end product of this evolutionary trail to be useful.
WARNING TO BEGINNING LOTUS 1-2-3 USERS
I have spent hundreds of hours teaching people how to use Lotus 1-2-3.
Please keep this in mind as you read the following statements.
First My experience seems to indicate that people stand to benefit far
more from learning how to apply 1-2-3 themselves, than they can
ever hope to benefit from using any one application of this
tool. No matter how good the application is.
Second Exposure to advanced macro applications such as The CashFlow
Ledger too early on can, in some cases, significantly inhibit a
persons ability to learn 1-2-3 in the long term. This is
because these applications give rookies the wrong impression.
1-2-3 is learnable by anyone interested in learning it. Macros
are intimidating and alter the user interface, creating the
wrong first impression as to the nature of the tool.
With these thoughts in mind, I recommend that no beginning Lotus 1-2-3
user spend any time with this product until they understand the nature
of the tool, and are thoroughly convinced that they are capable of
learning and mastering 1-2-3 in a reasonable amount of time.