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- Loan*Calculator! Plus v2.0
- BUGS.TXT
- REVISED 12/21/96
-
- All programs of any complexity have bugs. The difference is that most
- software publishers will not freely tell you about them when they are
- found. We will.
-
- At this time, we know about the following bug(s) or glitches (None lead
- to inaccurate results or crashes):
-
- 1) While saving/retrieving loan data, Step 3/4 shows a list of all of
- the loans associated with the selected account. This list is suppose to
- show several details about each loan. For some reason, the list doesn't
- always show the details.
-
- To work around this, select a loan and go to the next step to see the
- details.
-
- 2) Inaccurate error message. "No Zero Values Allowed." This is not
- necessarily true. For example, if you are preparing an amortization
- schedule and you leave the Rate set to "0", you will get this message
- when you attempt to calculate. Note however, you can leave Points set to
- zero but you can't leave Rate set to zero. (This error message will also
- incorrectly appear in other calculators and advisors.)
-
- 3) In the AboutBox a computer with a Pentium chip will be reported as
- having a 486 under Windows 3.11. The User & Company names are not always
- initialized correctly and the CPU Type is always 'Unknown' under Windows
- 95
-
- 4) Negative values can be entered where they make no sense. For example,
- the user should not be allowed to enter a negative value for the "Amount
- of Loan:".
-
- The only work around to this bug is not to enter negative values where
- it is obvious that they are not appropriate. Checks will be added in
- a later version.
-
- 5) When printing an amortization schedule, if you print to the printer
- before you preview the loan schedule, the page number will say Page XX
- of 9999. That is, the current page number will be correct but the total
- number of pages will always be 9999.
-
- The work around to this bug is to "preview" the printout and then print
- from the preview screen.
-
-
- No other bugs have been reported or found.
-
- A number of bugs were fixed during the beta test process. For the
- benefit of those who may have helped us test the program prior to
- preparing the final release, here is a list of the problems that were
- corrected:
-
- 1) The copy feature of the 32-bit version did not work. This has
- been fixed.
-
- 2) The 32-bit version had originally been provided with incorrectly
- named database .DLL files. This has been fixed.
-
- 3) The Refinance Advisor is not designed to allow you to compare
- different financing except for the same amount. This was not clear. This
- has been corrected to not allow two different amounts to be entered.
-
- 4) It was not possible to resave a loan with different initial values
- (that is, overwrite the first loan saved with a given loan number). This
- has been fixed.
-
- The following bugs have been fixed since Public Beta Release 1:
-
- 1) Context sensitive help now works. Press [F1] at anytime and help will
- be displayed for the selected field or button.
-
- 2) Calculators will now display correctly if you are using a large
- Window font. NOTE: Large fonts at 640x480 will NOT be supported. If
- you are running at standard VGA resolution (640x480) you will need to
- use Window's small screen fonts. (The program's AboutBox will show you
- the video resolution that is set for your screen.)
-
- 3) The amortization schedule now will not allow you to enter a payment
- period/number of initial period combination that would cause the
- schedule to run beyond the year 2059. That is, if the initial payment is
- in the year 1996, you would not be allowed to amortize a loan for 64
- annual payments since the last payment would occur in 2060.
-
- 4) It was not possible to use the Refinance Advisor if the Remaining
- Balance calculator was open. This is now fixed.
-
- 5) On rare occasion, the user would receive an "Invalid Floating Point"
- error message while using the amortization schedule. We believe that
- this is now fixed. (This would have occurred after having open and closed
- many calculators prior to calculating an amortization schedule.)
-
- 6) The Refinance Advisor now prints correctly.
-
- 7) All calculators now print with a title line.
-
- 8) If an account did not have any loans associated with it, it was not
- possible to save a new loan for the account unless you created the new
- loan, went back and viewed the account information and then did the
- save. You can now simply save the loan information for a new account
- when it is entered.
-
- 9) With some video card/driver combinations, the blue area of the main
- window will flash many different colors when a calculator opens over the
- main window.
-
- We added the ability to disable the blue background. You may do so from
- the main Options menu (uncheck Color Bckgrnd).
-
- 10) With some video card/driver combinations, you may receive an "Index
- Out-of-Range" error message when the program first starts, if your video
- display is set to High Color. This should not affect the functioning of
- the program.
-
- If you want to work around this error message, you may do so by setting
- your video to use 256 colors. You may also try a later version of the
- driver for your video card. Finally, you may disable the color
- background from the main Options menu (uncheck Color Bckgrnd).
-
-
- Current bug lists will be maintained at our web site. Also, from time to
- time Pine Grove Software will issue maintenance releases to correct
- known bugs. Check our web pages at www.pine-grove.com for updates.
- Additionally, we are considering notifying users of our program via
- e-mail about fixes as they become available. When this service is
- introduced, you will be able to sign up for it at our web site.
-