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- EZ Loan Manager 97 for Windows 95, Version 4.12
- -------------------------------------------------
- (Released: March 6, 1997)
-
- 1. Introduction:
- ================
-
- EZ Loan Manager 97 for Windows 95 (Version 4.12) provides the simplest
- tool for you to evaluate and manage your loans and mortgages. With its
- easy and flexible interface, EZ Loan Manager is just for you, whether
- you have a fixed, adjustable or biweekly loan, or like to save interest
- money with early extra payments. If you pay your loan early, EZ Loan
- Manager will show you how much interest you will save. This is a
- maintenance release with improvements in inputting loan information.
- Free upgrade for registered users. A one time registration fee
- is only $5.00 for home users, if you register before June 30, 1997.
-
- 2. Requirements:
- ================
- Microsoft Windows 95 or higher.
-
- Microsoft Visual Basic run-time library: VB40032.DLL
- VB40032.DLL is available as vb40032.zip on many internet sites,
- such as http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/dll/vb40032.zip
-
-
- 3. Installing EZ Loan Manager 97:
- =================================
- Run the Setup.exe program.
-
-
- 4. Uninstalling EZ Loan Manager 97:
- ===================================
- Remove EZ Loan Manager 97 from control panel.
-
-
- 5. Changes:
- ===========
- Version 4.12 (March 8, 1997)
- This is a maintenance release with improvements in inputing loan
- information.
-
- Version 4.11 (February 11, 1997)
- 1) Allow to input loan term in biweeks in Biweekly loan.
- 2) A few bug fixes.
-
- Version 4.10
- 1) Added biweekly loan type.
- 2) Added drag and drop support.
- 3) Added eazy loan amortization table navigation function.
- 4) This Year's amortization table now loads automatically for
- registered users.
- 5) Added fuction to easily input monthly extra payments for a year.
- 6) Added many "Easter Eggs".
-
-
- 6. Frequent asked Question:
- ===========================
- 1) How To Do A Fixed Rate or Biweekly Loan Calculation?
- a. Select "Fixed Rate" or "Biweekly" in the Loan Type box.
- b. Input Amount of Loan, Starting Interest Rate, Starting Date (in
- MM/DD/YY) and Term in Years, Months or Biweeks.
- Note: Double click in the Starting Date box will put today's
- date in the box.
- c. Input any other information in Loan Description for you to
- identify the loan.
- d. Do the calculation by click the <New Loan Calculation> button.
- e. You can now view amortization table by clicking a numeric button.
-
- 2) How to Do An Adjustable Rate Loan Calculation?
- a. Do the same as in a fixed rate loan calculation, but select
- "Adjustable Rate".
- b. Go to the amortiztion table of a particular year by clicking a
- numeric button.
- c. Change the interest rate and click <Calculate>, or you may
- manually input the new monthly payment
- d. Click <Update> to update the loan amortization table.
-
- 3) How To Do A Loan With Extra Payments?
- a. Go to the amortization table of a particular year by clicking a
- numeric button.
- b. Input extra payments in the amortization table.
- c. Click <Update> to update the loan amortization table.
-
- 4) How does the <Update> button work?
- The <Update> button does not change the amortization table before
- the current year but will set the future interest rate and monthly
- payment to the same as the current year.
-
- 5) How is the "Interest Saved" calculated?
- The "Interest Saved" is calculated by comparing the interests with
- and without extra payments.
-
- 6) How to quickly navigate the loan amortization table?
- a. Press <Home> button to view first year's amortization table.
- b. Press <End> button to view last year's amortization table.
- c. Press <F12> button to view This year's amortization table.
- When there is no active amortization table, clicking mouse below
- the numeric buttons does the same. When the table is active,
- click on the Blue Year Banner also loads This Year's table.
- d. Press <Page Up> button to view previous year's amortization table.
- e. Press <Page down> button to view next year's amortization table.
-
- 7) How to add monthly extra payments in a particular year?
- a. Go to a particular year by clicking the numeric button.
- b. Input the extra payment in the month you want to start paying
- monthly extra.
- c. Double click the number and you will see the extra payments are
- added within the year.
- d. Click <Update> to update the loan amortization table.
-
- 8) What type of loan is best for you?
- With EZ Loan Manager, you can easily determin what type of loan is
- best for you. The following are comparison of various loans.
- (Encluded with the software)
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- File Name Fixed-0.ezl Fixed-1.ezl Biweekly.ezl Adjustable.ezl
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Loan Type Fixed Fixed Biweekly Adjustable
- Amount Borrow $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000
- Interest Rate 7.25% 7.25% 7.25% 4.25,6.25,8.25,
- 10.25,8.25,
- 7.25, 7.25, ...
- Loan Term 30 Years 20 Years 20 Years 20 Years
- Pay No./Year 12 12 26 12
- Monthly Payment $682.18 $682.18 $364.53 $789.82**
- Monthly Extra $0 $107.64
- Annual Payment $8,186.12 $9,477.84 $9,477.67 $9477.84**
-
- Extra cost/Year
- compare with $0 $1,291.72 $1,291.55 $1,291.60**
- Fixed-0.ezl
-
- Total Interest $145,583.47 $89,858.99 $89,553.42 $84,217.15
-
- Savings* compare
- with Fixed-0.ezl None $55,724.47 $56,030.05 $61,366.32
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- * The savings are the differences comparing with a fixed loan,
- i.e. Fixed-0.ezl, not the "Interest Saved" as shown in the
- amortization table.
-
- ** When the interest is 8.25% or higher, monthly payments are higer
- than $789.82.
-
-
- 9) How to quickly open a loan file using Drag and Drop?
- a) Double click a loan file (*.ezl).
- Note: In the first time, you need to Creat the EZ Loan Manager
- file type.
- or
- b) Creat an EZ Loan Manager shortcut on you desktop, and drag the
- loan file to the shortcut to open it.
-
- 10) Notes on EZ Loan Manager Data file.
- The loan data file format has been changed. Loan data files created
- from previous version of EZ Loan Manager will be automatically
- transformed to the new version. The file default extension .dat has
- been changed to .ezl, which is unique and easy for you to creat the
- EZ Loan Manager file type in the Explor or other file managers.
-
- Although the loan data files are plain ASCII files, editing it with
- an editor may cause the files unreadable by EZ Loan Manager.
-
-
- 7. Files:
- =========
- The EZL97D32.zip file you downloaded from the internet contains:
-
- File_id.diz ------- Brief description of the software.
- Readme.txt -------- This file.
- Ezloan.exe -------- The program file, which is the only file needed
- besides the runtime library files.
- Adjustable.ezl ---- An adjustable loan example.
- Biweekly.ezl ------ A 20 year biweekly loan example.
- Biweekly1.ezl ----- A biweekly loan with 360 biweeks/payments.
- Fixed-0.ezl ------- A fixed rate loan example without extra payment.
- Fixed-1.ezl ------- A fixed rate loan example with extra payment.
- Car-loan.ezl ------ A car loan example.
-
- The following files are Microsoft Runtime Library files that you may
- already have, if you are using other softwares that are developed with
- MS Visual Basic V4.0.
- Comdlg32.ocx
- Comctl32.ocx
- Mfc40.dll
- VB40032.dll ------- Not included, but available on many internet
- sites as VB40032.zip
- ven2232.olb
- olepro32.dll
- msvcrt20.dll
- msvcrt40.dll
- ctl3d32.dll
-
- The follwoing files are used for installing the program.
- setup.exe
- setup132.exe
- stkit432.dll
- setup.lst
-
-
- 8. Disclaimer
- =============
- The program is distributed "as is", the author accepts no liability
- in any way.
-
-
- 9. Distribution: $5 Shareware, freely distributable.
- ================
-
-
- 10. Where To Get The Latest Version:
- ====================================
- Thanks to Mike Exner of Tangent Computer's Software Warehouse, you can
- always find the latest version at our Tangent sponsored home page:
-
- http://gsanet.com/www/Joy/ --- EZ Loan Manager Home Page.
-
- http://gsanet.com/frame.htm ----- A Great Site for Finding Cool Softwares.
-
- 16-bit Version, for Windows 3.1 or higher
- http://gsanet.com/files/pub/win3xapps/ezloan97.zip
-
- 32-bit Version, for Windows 95 or higher
- Full version:
- http://gsanet.com/files/pub/Win32Apps/EZL97*32.ZIP
- *---Replace * with a letter, D, E, .....
-
- For upgrade only: (without the runtime library files)
- http://gsanet.com/files/pub/Win32Apps/EZL97-32.ZIP
-
-
- 11. Registration:
- =================
- ***********************************************************************
- * Free for registered users (just use the same user name and serial *
- * number). If possible, email us your comments and suggestions. *
- * We thank you for your support and registration. *
- ***********************************************************************
-
- The shareware version is fully functional. If you use it for more
- than 30 days, you must register it.
-
- a) Registration fee for home users:
- $5.00, before June 30, 1997
- $10.00, after June 30, 1997
-
- b) Registration fee for business users:
- $45.00: for up to 20 users, $2.00 for each additional user.
- This is a site lincence, with the company name as the User Name.
-
- c) Registration for registered users: FREE.
-
-
- For registration, please send check, cash or money order, with your
- e-mail address or a self-addressed, postage paid envelope to:
-
- Joy Chu
- 145 Brittany Place
- West Chester, PA 19380
- U.S.A.
-
- Please specifiy "EZ Loan Manager Registration" and clearly print your
- e-mail on your check or letter.
-
- Registered user will receive a serial number that will eliminate
- the registration information on screen and amortization table printing.
-
-
- 12. Author: Kevin Cai
- =========== E-mail: gxc2@po.cwru.edu
-
- For technical support, comments and suggestions, please send email to:
- gxc2@po.cwru.edu.
-