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HBMS HISTORY FILE
VERSION 4.11 (December 1989)
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Released to fix the following bugs. (no new features)
1. If entries were made out of date sequence, the new sort feature
incorporated in v4.1 could cause balances to be displayed wrong
on sorted reports and in the reconciliation section. No data
was affected, only the report was in error.
2. The "Ledger by Account" printed to a printer normally, but when
directed to a file, it printed the header only.
VERSION 4.1 (November 1989)
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NEW FEATURES:
1. Repetitive or similar transactions can now be saved to "templates".
Whole screenfuls of transaction data can be easily inserted with
a couple of keystrokes.
2. Ability to assign due dates to these templates to remind you about
any transactions due.
3. The editing features in Ledger Posting have been improved:
a. Now you have the ability to delete a "Target" item without
affecting any remaining lines below it.
b. When editing, you now have the option of retaining the "Source"
amount or setting it back to zero. If retained, HBMS will act
just as it does when the data was first entered. In other
words, a checksum will be kept and you will be alerted if you go
over the source amount, or stop before satisfying that amount.
Before, HBMS would allow you only one chance to do this.
c. In order to make the above feature easier to use, the Up and Down
arrows work slightly different now. Before, if you used Down
arrow at the ACTION prompt, it jumped straight to the first
Target amount. Now it stops at the Source amount.
d. In normal posting mode, if you enter a source amount HBMS will
prompt you with the remaining balance on Target amounts. When
editing, this feature was disabled so that any correct amounts
would not be changed. Now if you are editing, and do not set the
source amount to zero, you have the option of using the F1 key to
insert the remaining balance.
4. New "calculator" style input for numerical entries. A number field
can be zeroed by the first typed digit, a Backspace, or an ESCape.
5. ESCape key now works more consistently. No more having to hit ENTER
on a "null" value, the ESC key will do. Also, if you decide not to
accept a prompted value (such as an account code), the first typed
character will erase whatever was there before. No more having to
use ESC to blank the field first.
6. "Setup" now incorporated in the main program. (no HBSETUP.EXE needed)
7. Sorted Ledger reports are now sorted by date first, then check #.
8. All printed reports can now be directed to a file.
9 File export now writes in a "Standard Data Format" to an ASCII file.
It is comma delimited and strings are enclosed in quotes.
10. Budget "Totals" routine changed to a multiple entry scheme.
11. All "entry" fields appear in the same color now. (makes it more
consistent and easier to select colors)
BUGS FIXED (from v4.01)
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1. If you tried to "KILL" the last transaction screen of data left in a
month, HBMS saw negative record numbers, and would fail.
2. If you went to Reports, View, or Account Maintenance from the Action
prompt (in Ledger Posting section), there was a slight possibility
that a printed check might show the wrong balance or month.
3. Now, absolutely no printed report will be more than 59 lines for 1/6"
line feed, or 79 lines for 1/8" line feed. Some printers insist on
providing their own form feed if the page exceeds 60/80 lines.
4. If you used the "Y" selection from Main Menu to load data from a
different year or disk, AND the current open month on the new data
was the same as the data you just left, AND you had already accessed
the Ledger Posting screen, HBMS would continue to use the old LEDGR-
m.yr data until you attempted to change months. This was a nasty
bug, but there was only a remote chance that ALL the circumstances
would be met.
5. If you left the "Data path" field on the opening screen blank, there
was a small possibility that HBMS could check the wrong disk for free
space.
6. In the reconciliation section, if your HBMS balance was a negative
amount, and did not agree with your statement amount, an incorrect
"difference" amount could be reported.
=======================================================================
VERSION 4.01 (February 1989)
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NEW FEATURES:
* Provided new documentation on HBSETUP program as well as clarifying
other parts of main documentation.
* Started to include the information to print checks, which was
previously provided to registered users only.
* HBMS will now display in black and white, unless you create an
appropriate COLORS.HBM file via the HBSETUP program. This avoids
problems with amber monitors on color cards.
BUGS fixed (from v4.0, main reason for this release)
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* In the re-sequence routine, all previous versions did not prevent you
from specifying the same position number for both the code to be moved,
and its intended position. This of course would serve no useful
purpose, but if it did happen, the code would be rendered inaccessible.
Also the Category resequence screen failed to list the position numbers.
* In the Ledger Posting section: (1) if you were prompted with a
remaining balance in a TARGET amount field, and (2) used the DEL key to
delete the numbers shown but left leading spaces, and (3) decided to
abort by striking the ENTER key, the program would hang. This should
have been a rare occurrence because the ESC key is far quicker and
easier to use than the DEL key, and this event could only happen under
a combination of the above three circumstances.
* In the Reconciliation section, if you cleared all checks in the last
fiscal month, the program would flag the first month as having
uncleared checks. Ordinarily this would cause no harm unless you
started your budget in the middle of your fiscal year. HBMS would not
find the missing "LEDGR" files (inexcusable bug). Also if you "edited"
a checking transaction, it would not adjust the last uncleared month if
necessary. (minor annoyance)
* In check printing, if you tried to print a date field after printing
a script amount, the date would be corrupted. (Should have been a rare
request.)
* When trying to print a "Sorted Ledger by Account" and the account in
question contained no entries the page length was not checked. If this
happened near the bottom, it could cause it to run over.
* Would not let you "change" an account in a "full" category. This
condition could be overcome by changing the account to another category
first, making the change, and then changing back to the full category.
=======================================================================
VERSION 4.0 (November 1988)
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NEW FEATURES:
* Faster operation throughout.
* Improved documentation.
* The long awaited transaction editing ability.
* You can now have a fiscal year different from calendar year.