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BANKFAQ.TXT V1.5a
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Frequently Asked Questions.
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So far, there is only one, or at least variations on one. It is "Why can't
I have more transactions, categories, rooms etc etc...."
There are two factors which preclude having any more of these parameters.
The first relates to those aspects such as Budget Categories, Rooms, and
Accounts, where they are needed in a dialog to select just one. The way
the Psion dialog works limits the total length of all the descriptions to
255 characters. Initially, I made it so there were, for example, 25 Budget
Categories of a description length of 10 characters. However, this was
rather a simplistic approach, as many of the categories, such as 'Car' and
'Gas', were much less than 10 characters. Accordingly, in later versions,
I have allowed many more categories and just monitored the length of the
descriptions. If the total approaches 255 you are warned that you will have
to reduce the length of some existing categories before you enter any more.
The second factor is the usual one of memory. Unlike a PC, where the
majority of the memory map is available, in the S3A, each program is limited
to 64K for the program and 64K for the data. As the program stands, I
suspect I am using 63.9K for the data, as the original program will not
run on a S3A until the variable names are compressed. As such, to get the
functionality that the program offers I have had to limit some of the
data allocations.
This is most noticeable in the Transactions available (100/account).
Although this seems rather a small number, it should be perfectly acceptable
provided you use the program as it was intended to be used and not try and
use it as you would Quicken, which has unlimited storage. The idea is that
only those transactions which have not been confirmed by a written statement,
and therefore may need changing, are held in the 'live' account. Once a
bank/credit card statement has arrived, all the transactions on the statement
should be transferred to an archive file, which can be of unlimited size.
The ONLY difference between the 'live' transactions and the archived
transactions is that the archived transactions cannot be altered. However,
if they have been reconciled against a statement, this should not be necessary.
Therefore, for most bank/credit card accounts the 'live' account should
contain only about 1-2 months worth of transactions. Personally I find that
100 transactions is more than sufficient for this purpose. However, if you
are having trouble, there is nothing to stop you having 2 accounts to
represent your single account, which would then allow you 200 transactions !!.
Hope that explains the main query I have had over the program.
Al