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- EliteCheck 1.1b
- ReadMe First Document
-
- April 1992
-
-
- Please read this document first before anything else. This document
- contains information on:
-
- 1. Intended Use
- 2. Disk Packing List
- 3. Important Files to Read
- 4. First Things to do
- 5. Using ECFILES utility to check the CONFIG.SYS file
- 6. Installing EliteCheck
- 7. Starting EliteCheck
- 8. First-Time Account Setup
- 9. Exiting EliteCheck
- 10. What's New in This Version
- 11. Updates to the Manual
-
- 1. Intended Use
- ---------------
-
- This program package is a checkbook/budget manager for home or
- small business use. Anyone familiar with a regular checkbook can
- quick start use it.
-
- 2. Disk Packing List
- --------------------
-
- The EliteCheck v1.1b program package should contain the following
- files:
-
- EC.EXE The EliteCheck program
- EC.REF EliteCheck Reference Id
- EC.HLP On-line help file
- READ.ME A text file that you must read first before you use
- the program
- PACKING.LST List of files in your package
- INSTALL.EXE Installation program
- EC.DOC On disk User Manual
- VENDOR.DOC Vendor distribution information
- REGISTER.DOC Registration and license information
- REGISTER.FRM Registration Form
- ECFILES.EXE Utility program to increase files parameter in the
- CONFIG.SYS file
-
- 3. Important Files to Read
- --------------------------
-
- Anyone wishing to use this program must read this file first. The
- EC.DOC file contains a full description on how to use EliteCheck.
- To register your use of EliteCheck, read the REGISTER.DOC file and
- follow the instructions.
-
- Shareware distributors, disk vendors, computer clubs, and BBS
- SYSOPs must read the VENDOR.DOC file.
-
- The following text files can be printed to your printer:
-
- READ.ME PACKING.LST EC.DOC VENDOR.DOC
- REGISTER.DOC REGISTER.FRM
-
- If you want to print any of above text files, you could use the
- COPY command to print it. For example, to print the EC.DOC file to
- your printer, insert the disk that contains the EC.DOC file in
- drive A and type this command:
-
- COPY A:\EC.DOC PRN
-
- If you are a registered user, you do not need to print the EC.DOC
- file since your package includes a printed User Manual.
-
- 4. First Things to do
- ---------------------
-
- 1) Make sure that the EliteCheck distribution disk has all the
- files listed above.
-
- 2) Make a backup copy of your EliteCheck distribution disk.
-
- 3) Make sure that your computer has:
-
- - DOS 3.0 or later version
- - minimum 512K memory
- - two floppy disk drives or hard drive
- - the CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory of your boot
- disk that contains a line:
-
- FILES=nn
-
- in which nn must be at least 15.
-
- 5. Using ECFILES utility to check the CONFIG.SYS file
- -----------------------------------------------------
-
- To ensure that the CONFIG.SYS file has a FILES parameter properly,
- you can use ECFILES utility program supplied with this package.
-
- To run ECFILES, simply invoke it and follow the instructions given
- by the program.
-
-
- 6. Installing EliteCheck
- -------------------------
-
- <Note>
-
- If you have been using the previous version 1.1(a), you can
- continue to use your existing account data files with this new
- version. Simply install in your current EliteCheck directory.
- All existing program files will then be replaced by new ones
- without affecting existing account data files.
-
- <Note>
-
- If you obtained the EliteCheck package in an archived file and
- decompressed it on your disk, you are already ready to start
- using EliteCheck. In that case, skip this section.
-
- +--+
- | | To Install EliteCheck to a Hard Disk
- +--+
-
- 1) Start your computer.
-
- 2) Insert the EliteCheck Install disk in drive A.
-
- 3) Run the INSTALL.EXE by typing as follows:
-
- A:INSTALL C:\EC
-
- The Installation program will automatically install
- EliteCheck to the \EC directory in drive C. If you want
- to install EliteCheck to a directory other than \EC,
- simply replace C:\EC with the directory path name you
- want when you invoke the installation program.
-
- If the specified directory contains the program files of
- the previous version 1.1(a), they all will be replaced by
- the new files. Your account data files, however, will
- remain unaffected by this installation.
-
- If the specified directory does not exist, INSTALL.EXE
- will automatically create it.
-
- +--+
- | | To Install EliteCheck with Two Floppy Drives
- +--+
-
- To use EliteCheck without a hard disk, you need two floppy disk
- drives: one for a EliteCheck program disk and the other for a data
- disk. To install EliteCheck to a floppy diskette, do the following
- steps:
-
- 1) Start your computer with a DOS system diskette.
-
- 2) Insert the EliteCheck Install disk in drive A.
-
- 3) Insert a formatted blank diskette in drive B.
-
- 3) Run the INSTALL.EXE by typing as follows:
-
- A:INSTALL B:\
-
- While running the INSTALL program, follow the
- instructions on the screen.
-
- The Installation program will install EliteCheck to the
- root directory in drive B.
-
- 7. Starting EliteCheck
- ----------------------
-
- To start EliteCheck on a hard disk:
-
- 1) Change current directory to the EliteCheck directory.
-
- C>CD C:\EC
-
- 2) Invoke EliteCheck by typing EC followed by <ENTER> key.
-
- C>EC
-
- To start EliteCheck on a floppy disk:
-
- 1) Make sure that your computer was booted from the DOS disk
- that contains the CONFIG.SYS file with a line 'FILES=15'
- (or greater than 15).
-
- 2) Insert EliteCheck program disk in drive A.
-
- 3) Invoke EliteCheck by typing EC followed by <ENTER> key.
-
- A>EC
-
- 4) Insert your data disk in drive B when EliteCheck
- instructs you to do so.
-
- If your monitor screen becomes unreadable when you start
- EliteCheck, start EliteCheck with /M option:
-
- C:>EC /M
-
- 8. First-Time Account Setup
- ---------------------------
-
- When you start EliteCheck for the first time, EliteCheck will bring
- up the Account Setup Window. Enter required information on the
- blank entries in the Account Setup Window as follows:
-
- Account Type: Select either BUSINESS or PERSONAL based on
- how you will use your first account. To select
- the account type, press Space bar.
-
- Account Name: Enter 1-25 alpha-numeric characters to
- identify your account.
-
- Account No: Enter the account number (or anything to
- describe the account). You may leave this
- entry blank.
-
- Balance: Enter the amount of opening balance.
-
- As of: Enter the opening date.
-
- To move between entries, use the following keys:
-
- UP Arrow move up
- DOWN Arrow move down
- TAB move to next entry
- Shift-TAB move to previous entry
- ENTER move to next entry or complete the account
- setup if pressed in the last entry
-
- 9. Exiting EliteCheck
- ---------------------
-
- To exit EliteCheck, do the following steps:
-
- 1) If none of the menu items on the top line of the screen
- is highlighted, press <ESC> until one of them becomes
- highlighted.
-
- 2) If Quit menu item is not highlighted, press right arrow
- key until Quit menu item gets highlighted.
-
- 3) Press <ENTER>.
-
- 4) When you see a pulldown menu item saying "Exit to DOS",
- press E or <ENTER>.
-
- 10. What's New in This Version
- ------------------------------
-
- Update to version 1.1b
-
- EliteCheck now allows you to choose a date format from the
- following three choices: MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY, and YY/MM/DD.
-
- Updates to version 1.1a
-
- Bug fixes
-
- . Changing the check number of an existing transaction now
- works without an error condition.
-
- . EliteCheck 1.1 got stuck in an error condition when the
- Mark Cleared Transaction pulldown menu choice was
- selected with the blank transaction entry partially
- filled in. This problem is now fixed.
-
- . Category items are now included in the Check Register
- print-out.
-
- Enhancements
-
- . In Register, you can now undo changes made to the
- highlighted entry by pressing Ctrl-C.
-
- . Hyphens (-) are now allowed in the direct payee entry as
- well as in the payee list.
-
- . The reconciliation summary display now includes the
- difference amount between the adjusted bank balance and
- the new checkbook balance.
-
- . Almost all popup windows can now be dragged around the
- screen by pressing Ctrl-Up, Ctrl-Down, Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-
- Right, Ctrl-PgUp, and Ctrl-PgDn keys.
-
- . Minor enhancements in screen display
-
- . Minor updates in online help messages
-
- 11. Updates to the Manual
- -------------------------
-
- . To clarify the intended option, the transaction
- confirmation window in the Register now provides the
- following three menu choices: Save, Undo, and Escape
- (instead of Yes, No, and Esc).
-
- Save to save the highlighted transaction
- Undo to undo changes to the highlighted transaction
- Escape to return to the Register without recording.
-
- . The pulldown menu associated with the Setup main menu
- item includes a new menu choice: Date Format. This menu
- choice allows you to change the current date format:
-
- MM/DD/YY month/day/year format
- DD/MM/YY day/month/year format
- YY/MM/DD year/month/day format