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- EXPENSE ver 1.52 - Foreign Travel Expense Accounting
- August 1995
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Foreign Travel Expense Accounting Version 1.52 tracks travel
- expenses, performs the currency conversions and outputs
- reports to the screen and printer. It is designed primarily
- for business travelers who want a simple, convenient way to
- keep track of travel expenses that involve foreign currencies.
- It can "home base" your expenses in any of the currencies
- listed (approximately 45) and allows you to use up to 10
- (including the "home base currency") at any one time. It is
- designed for practicality, not a lot of fancy pictures; just
- get the numbers crunched and the expense report out. This
- version is FREEWARE.
-
-
- NOTE: Files created with this version are not compatible with the
- original version 1.0, which dealt with only Asian
- currencies, or versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4 because of the
- way the files are saved (they are with version 1.5, 1.51).
- This should not be a major problem because, in most cases, you
- will use the program to track the expenses and rates during
- a trip and print out the result at the end, not saving the
- data (in the computer file) for posterity.
-
-
- FILE LIST
- -Readme.1st - this file.
- -Expense.exe - the program.
- -Expense.hlp - help in Windows format.
- -Sample.exp - sample file.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- -Install this program the same way you would any other
- Windows program, i.e. copy the files EXPENSE.EXE and
- EXPENSE.HLP to whatever directory you want them in. Then,
- click on the "FILE" menu, then the "NEW" menu, then the
- "PROPERTIES" menu and fill in the appropriate information.
- This program does not fool around with any of your Windows
- files such as win.ini etc. You can also double click on
- the file name (EXPENSE.EXE) from the File Manager in
- Windows to start the program.
-
- -After starting the program, click on the "DATA" menu and
- fill in the items you wish to use; it is probably best to
- start by filling in the exchange rates and names, etc.
- (NAMES/RATES) first. If you save the file, you can then add
- exchange rates and transactions as you need to, while
- traveling. If you use the same exchange rates a lot, just
- use the "SAVE AS" under the "FILE" menu to save a copy of
- your data file under a new name and then simply go through
- the "TRANSPORTATION", "HOTEL" etc lists clicking on the
- "DELETE" button to remove your old transactions. You then
- have a clean data base to start with using the same exchange
- rates as before without having to re-enter the rates.
-
- -As mentioned in the "HELP" files, the capacity is limited,
- but should be enough for at least one week at a time.
-
- -Please read the first page of "HELP" files for particulars
- on some of the functioning of the program. I did not add a
- lot of error checking so the old adage about "garbage in,
- garbage out" still applies.
-
- -Some of the icons are better for monochrome screens so choose
- whichever is easier for you to read. Also, please note that
- the default screen font for lower resolution screens (which
- I arbitrarily assumed would be laptop or notebook etc.) is
- smaller than normal. That was done not to make the screen
- harder to read, although it has that effect, but so that more
- would fit on the screen without having to move all around.
- As of version 1.4 you can easily change the screen font to
- something you like by using the "FONT" menu.
-
- -A sample data file, imaginatively called SAMPLE.EXP, is
- included with these files so you can see what it all looks
- like when it is filled in.
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE - THERE ARE TWO CARDINAL RULES FOR OPERATING
- THIS PROGRAM: RULE ONE - YOU MUST DESIGNATE YOUR BASE
- CURRENCY AS HAVING A VALUE OF "1.0". RULE TWO - IF YOU
- WANT TO USE THE DATE SORT (CHRONOLOGICAL TRANSACTION
- SORTING), YOU MUST ENTER THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION DATES
- IN THIS FORMAT MM/DD/YY WITH LEADING ZEROS AS NECESSARY,
- SO THAT 9 APRIL 1995 BECOMES 04/09/95.
-
-
- VERSION ENHANCEMENTS
-
- -Version 1.52 fixes a few minor menu selections and
- eliminates the hot key conflicts.
-
-
- -Version 1.51 fixes header printing with certain printer
- drivers and fixes printing if you print other than the
- first page first.
-
-
- -Version 1.5 adds improved screen scrolling, the use of sub
- accounts for sorting (PROJECT/CLIENT), chronological sorting,
- a ROWVIEW for easy access quick editing, and some improvement
- in the continuing battle for perfect printing.
-
-
- -Version 1.4 added a "BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT" section for
- tracking expenses, as well as the ability to change screen
- and printer fonts on the report as a whole, and added page
- headers.
-
-
- AUTHOR
- -David D. Black, I can be reached at 70670,3063 on Compuserve
- and would welcome questions, comments and suggestions.
- The program, written with Microsoft Visual C++, was designed
- to perform a simple function in a simple, straightforward way
- and should be very easy to use.
-