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PC-BILL MASTER USER'S GUIDE
Version 2.10
copyright 1987 by John Davis
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
INTRODUCTION
PC-BILL MASTER is, plain and simple, a system that manages your checking
accounts for you. PC-BILL MASTER was written because the author wanted a
system that was easy to use, had a regular check book register type display
and maintained a file of recurring payments. Many other public domain and
shareware programs were examined before development was begun, but none met
the author's needs exactly.
Some features of PC-BILL MASTER -
- Familiar easy to use register type display
- Recurring payments module that can also be used as a
budgeting system
- Ability to enter items as posted (immediately effecting
the balance) or unposted future items (totaled into
an unposted balance)
- Easy bank statement balancing
- A search capability that allows retrieval of items based
upon the contents of any field including a partial
string search; items retrieved are also totaled
- Up to 500 items per check register with an unlimited
number of separate registers
- Up to 100 ledger account codes and titles
SHAREWARE
PC-BILL MASTER is being marketed under a unique scheme known as shareware.
This software is not public domain and is fully protected by all federal
copyright laws. You are encouraged to make copies of PC-BILL MASTER and
distribute them to anyone that you wish. If you found PC-BILL MASTER to be
usefull and plan to continue using it; it is to your benefit that you
register your copy. When you register you will be placed on a mailing list
that will be used to notify you when the next release (version 3.0) of
PC-BILL MASTER is available. PC-BILL MASTER is constantly being improved, and
the next release will include these improvements along with a reports
module and graphing capability which is not available in the current
(version 2.10) release. As a user of the program you are encouraged to
submit any ideas for enhancements or any problems that you might have found
with the program. In addition, I would very much like to hear what you
think of PC-BILL MASTER in general.
To register your copy of PC-BILL MASTER, send $15 along with your name and
address to -
John Davis
1011 Brookgreen Dr.
Cary, N.C. 27511
FILES ON DISK
README - Contains a list of current files and any changes to
the documentation
BMASTER.DOC - This documentation
BMASTER.EXE - PC-BILL MASTER main menu module
PAYMENTS.TBC - PC-BILL MASTER payments module
BMASTER.CFG - Configuration file
CHECK.REG - Empty check book register file
PAY.DAT - Empty payments file
TO USE PC-BILL MASTER
1) Boot DOS,
2) Insert PC-BILL MASTER program disk into disk drive,
3) Type "BMASTER" and PC-BILL MASTER will begin execution.
A NOTE ABOUT MENUS
A number of different menus appear within PC-BILL MASTER. When a menu
appears, to highlight a menu item, simply press the up or down arrow. To
select the highlighted menu item, press the enter key. To exit from the
menu, either select the last menu item or press the escape key.
PC-BILL MASTER MAIN MENU
After the program loads and displays a credit's screen you will be prompted
to either verify or enter the current date. The current date should be
entered as MM/DD/YY. After checking for correct entry of the date the
PC-BILL MASTER main menu will appear. From this menu you can either access
a check book or load the payments module. The last item on the menu is used
to exit PC-BILL MASTER. It is important that you always exit PC-BILL MASTER
by using this option rather than simply turning off your machine, as
PC-BILL MASTER rewrites the configuration file while executing the last
option.
PC-BILL MASTER CHECK BOOK
The first option on the main menu is to access a check book. If this is the
first time you have executed PC-BILL MASTER, an empty check book will be
created for you. At the top of the screen on the very first line will be
the account name and also the check book file name. On the next line the
current account balance will appear; as will the total of all unposted
items and the unposted balace (current account balance plus unposted items).
Next the bottom most portion of the register will appear, with the last
posted item in the check book being the last item on the screen. To scroll
through the register simply press the up and down arrow keys. As scrolling
takes place the current item appears highlighted. To scroll backwards and
forwards a screen within the register press pgup and pgdown. To go to the
beginning of the register press home and to go to the end of the register
press end.
PC-BILL MASTER actually uses two different types of displays. The initial
display is the previously mentioned register display. If you press the
escape key, the item display appears. The item display shows one item on
the screen at a time, but at a greater level of detail. Where certain
fields in the register display might have to be truncated, the item display
shows the entire field. In addition, the item display gives a list of
account codes and titles that are currently being used. The item
positioning keys mentioned previously (up and down arrows, pgup, pgdown,
home and end) work identically on the item display as they do on the
register display. To return back to the register display from the item
display simply press escape.
At the bottom of either display appears a list of function keys that
perform certain commands. Before describing the function keys however I
wish to describe the various fields associated with each item on the
screen.
FIELD DESCRIPTION
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Date Contains the date of the item, when entering if you
press enter without keying anything the current
date is taken as the default.
Type "C" for check, "D" for deposit.
Number Sequential check number for the item, when entering
if you press enter without keying anything the previous
number is incremented automatically by 1.
Payee Payee for the item.
Amount Amount of the item.
Memo Memo for the item.
Code Ledger account code from 00 to 99.
Code Title Appears to right of code on item display, does not
appear on the register display. When adding a new
item if the code has not been used before you will
be prompted to enter a new title if desired, titles
are optional though.
Flag Can be used for any reason needed, for example
a value of "T" could be used to flag tax deductions.
Posted "Y" means item is posted, while "N" means item is
unposted.
Clear "Y" means item has cleared bank, while " " means item
has not cleared.
Balance Account balance when item was posted, note - this is
not necessarily the current balance, it is only
the current balance at the point the item is posted.
It should be noted that regardless of which display is on the screen, the
above fields for each item will be present; except for code title which
appears only on the item display.
The following is a list of all function keys that perform certain commands
in PC-BILL MASTER. The function keys work identically from both item and
register displays.
FUNCTION KEY DESCRIPTION