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- Checkbook Accountant 0.9
- by Jeffrey R. Almasol
-
- (release date: 12/24/90)
-
- Quick Documentation for Checkbook Accountant 0.9
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Checkbook Accountant is a checkbook recording program.
- It is intended to be used as a companion to a checkbook
- register (where you record transactions), not a
- replacement. What this program offers is a simple way of
- balancing checkbooks, tracking bank transactions, and
- recording budgeted transactions.
-
- The program was designed to be functional using either the
- mouse or keyboard. Not all features have this duality,
- but most do. Another design consideration was to include
- as many useful and timesaving features into one program.
- For instance, you can scroll through any list by dragging
- the scroll bar, using the arrow gadgets, or using the
- cursor keys on the keyboard (along with SHIFT, ALT, or
- by itself). Also, the HELP key is available for on-line
- help almost anywhere in the program. Just be sure that
- the cursor is not in a string gadget when pressing the
- HELP key.
-
- This release (0.9) of Checkbook Accountant is functional
- for simple checkbook balancing. Transactions can
- reference a budget (from the budget list), but no real
- use can be gotten from this until version 1.0 (see Support
- for more information). I am releasing a pre-1.0 version
- for testing purposes. I would like to get this program
- to work on as many models and configurations as possible,
- and I am asking my fellow Amigans for their assistance.
-
-
-
- The dearchived file should contain the following files:
- (17 files)
- -------------------------------------------------------
-
- CA Checkbook Accountant
- CA.info icon for above file
-
- CAsetup startup script
- CAsetup.info icon for above file
-
- CAdefault.CAb the default budget list
- CAexample.CAc example of a checkbook
- CAquickdocs.txt this text file
-
- CAhelp/CA.CAh help texts (8 files)
- CAhelp/CAbudget.CAh
- CAhelp/CAedit.CAh
- CAhelp/CAinfo.CAh
- CAhelp/CAprint.CAh
- CAhelp/CAreconcile.CAh
- CAhelp/CAselectedBudgets.CAh
- CAhelp/CAview.CAh
-
- CAsupport/kd_freq.library file requester library
- CAsupport/FR_User.DOC documentation explaining
- file requester usage.
- (these two files are Copyright 1990 Khalid Aldoseri)
-
-
-
- To set-up the program and support files:
- ----------------------------------------
-
- from the CLI:
- -------------
- 1. Execute the CAsetup script.
-
- execute CAsetup
-
- NOTES:
- This script assigns CA: to the current directory
- and copies the kd_freq.library file to LIBS: (if it
- is not already there). You can examine this file
- to customize its steps to your computer setup.
-
- from the Workbench:
- -------------------
- 1. Double-click on the CAsetup icon.
-
-
-
- Credits
- -------
-
- Special thanks to the following people, for which this
- program could not have been completed (well, version 0.9,
- anyway):
-
- -- Khalid Aldoseri,
- for his feature-packed and easy-to-implement file
- requester.
- -- My brother,
- for his encouragement and for not shutting-up
- when 20 million program features were not enough.
- -- Century Computer Systems,
- for allowing me to test out the program on their
- machines.
- -- The writers of the Amiga ROM Kernel Reference
- Manuals,
- for whom made me stay up fewer sleepless nights.
-
-
-
- Support
- -------
-
- This program will be upgraded to version 1.0, hopefully
- sometime early next year or as soon as I get a sizeable
- break from school work. That release will enhance budget
- functionality to include setting projected budget amounts,
- allow transactions to be distributed over a maximum of
- five different budgets, and activate the Budget Summary
- feature in the Print requester.
-
- If you find any bugs in this program, especially with
- it working (or not) on an Amiga 3000 and under
- AmigaDOS 2.0+, or you have suggestions or comments,
- please send EMAIL (as detailed as possible) to either of
- the following addresses:
-
- PLink: JRA*GRFX
- GEnie: J.ALMASOL2
-
- I cannot guarantee a quick reply or bug fix, but I'll do
- my best.
-
-
- The executable program, CA, and its support files, are
- released as freely distributable.
-