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VALUES.DOC Documentation
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Copyright (C) 1992 Richard S. Haseltine
RR3, Box 830
Orrington, Maine, 04474
Telephone:207-825-3246
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Explanation
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VALUES.EXE is a program to be used with the BUDGET.EXE program.
It is expected that at some time a user of BUDGET may make an
error, or a series of errors, that result in the figures shown
on the budget page being wrong. Although the error correction
routine of BUDGET will handle most errors, there is a possibility
that there may occur an erro which the standard error routine will
not handle. That is when the user may turn to this program.
Setup procedure
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Hard Drive users
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Copy VALUES.EXE onto the hard drive in the same directory
path with BUDGET
Floppy Disk users
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Make a back-up copy of the VALUES.EXE Disk on a separate disk
from the one containing the BUDGET programs. You will then have
three disks: 1) Your BUDGET work disk, 2) Your BUDGET back-up
disk, and 3) your Values correction disk.
Error Correction Procedure
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Assume that while working with your budget, things get hopelessly
snarled up, and you have entered incorrect values that the regular
Error routine will no correct. Press 'Z'. You will be asked if
you wish to save your data. Enter 'Y'. The program will save your
data and then take you back to the menu. Terminate the program.
Floppy Disk Users
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Leave BUDGET.EXE disk in Drive A. Put the VALUES.EXE disk in
Drive B:. Type `copy budgdata b:'. If you have changed the
color scheme, type 'copy clrvalue b: If you have only one drive
you will be prompted when to insert the target disk (VALUES.EXE)
into Drive A. When done, lay your BUDGET disk aside and insert
the VALUES.EXE disk into drive A, and your BUDGET back-up disk
into Drive B. Now proceed as described below, but see the
special instructions at the end.
ALL
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Now load VALUES.EXE into the computer. The program will load your
data values into memory. Your budget page is then displayed.
You are asked if there are any changes. Answer 'Y' and you will
be directed to use the keypad arrow keys to move the cursor to
the item you wish to change.
Note:
~~~~~
When you boot up VALUE.EXE, the numbers on the keypad
are activated, even though the Num Lock key light maybe
'OFF'. Do not use you cluster arrows, if you have them.
Use the keypad arrows. Throughout your program use, do
not press the NUM LOCK key. If you do, no great harm
will be done, except that the cursor will not move. Press
it again, and the cursor movement will work. I have used
an Inkey$ routine to read the key you press on the keypad.
This routine responds only to numbers. Number 2, and the
cursor moves down; Number 6, and it moves to the right,
etc. I have done this to prevent the user from having to
toggle back and forth on the keypad between the number
use and the arrow use.
When you have reached the value you wish to change, press 'R'
(ready to change). The present value will be erased, and you are
prompted for the correct value which is then inserted into your
target value. You may then move to another value that you wish
to change.
When you have finished making all the changes you wish to make,
press 'D' (for done). You will be asked if there are more changes.
Answer with 'N'.
The program then totals your Reserve columns and compares it with
the Total Reserve value on the lower right of your screen. If
they are not the same, you will find yourself back in the change
mode again. Make the proper changes to result in a balance
between the Reserve Columns Total and the Total Reserve Value.
Be sure that you keep the values balanced.
When the program determines they are in balance, after you
press any key, the values are saved to your data files. The
program then ends.
Floppy Disk Users
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You must now transfer your BUDGDATA values back onto your
BUDGET disk. Leave the VALUES.EXE disk in Drive A. Put the
BUDGET disk in Drive B. For single drive users, the Source disk
is the VALUES disk, and the Target disk is the BUDGET disk.
Type `copy budgdata b:'
Now put your back-up disk in Drive B:
Type 'copy budgdata b:'
Now insert your BUDGET work disk in Drive A, and leave your
BUDGET back-up disk in Drive B.
All
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Now load BUDGET into your computer. Be sure you choose the same
option you were in before you bailed out of BUDGET. If you do,
you will find yourself at the same spot you were before bailing
out. If you do not, you will find you have lost the values on
the display of the fourth column. No great harm has been done,
in this event, except that when you print out the display page,
you will be missing some of your entries.No harm has been done
to your budget,itself.