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Psion Database
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1994-12-14
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OPLDatabaseFile
SCBank
Main Screen
Repeats View
Mark Totals View
Move View
Statistics View
Special Keys
Main Screen
Edit
Search
Special
New File
Open File
Recalc
Statistics On
Compress
Archive
Merge
Process
Transfer
Check On
Check Off
Delete
Mark
Search
Find again
Filter On
Spend type On/Off
Repeats On
Mark Totals On
Special
Zoom In/Out
Set Preferences
Repeats View
Spend type On/Off
New File
Open File
Zoom In/Out
Process
Edit
Delete
Repeats Off
Mark Totals View
New File
Open File
Zoom In/Out
Check
Mark Totals Off
Move View
New File
Open File
Zoom In/Out
Place
Quit Moving
Statistics View
New File
Open File
Zoom In/Out
Order
Save stats as
Statistics Off
Spend type On/Off#
Toggles the display of the spend&
#type information in brackets in the)
&description column. The default can be+
(changed from the Set Preferences option.
New File(
%Create a new Scbank file, quiting the
current one.
Open File+
(Open an existng Scbank file, quiting the
current one.
Info'
$Bring up info window with details of*
'little me and version number of Scbank.
Leave Scbank program.
Zoom In/Out)
&Change to larger or smaller fonts. The+
(default font can be changed from the Set
Preferences option.
%Add a new transaction to the account.)
&The date is for your own reference, it'
$is not used for ordering, etc. It is*
'used when generating statistics though.*
'The Transaction Type and Spend Type are'
$one of the lists provided in the Set+
(Preferences option. If you want to enter)
&something that is not in the list, use&
#the text type. This brings up a sub
dialog to enter free text.)
&If the auto cheque numbering option is(
%on and the transaction type is set to'
$chq, then a dialog box with the next"
free cheque number will pop up.+
(If the currency is set to anything other*
'than default then a dialog pops up with(
%the exhange rate details. They can be*
'changed later from the edit transaction'
$option. You only need specify one of(
%Rate and Amount in default. The other
will be calculated from it.
Edit'
$To change one of the transactions in(
%the account. The options are the same*
'as for Add. The message "Do a recalc to*
'be safe" appears to indicate you should'
$choose the recalc option in order to&
#be sure that the account totals are&
#correct. This is only needed if the)
&total is changed. If you don't do this'
$the totals may be confusing, but can)
&always be corrected at any later time.
Transfer(
%The option is effectively the same as*
'add, but you can specify another Scbank
file which will have the same+
(transaction but with the negative amount
added to it.
Check On'
$Check the transaction against one on%
"your statement. An 'x' will appear)
&next to the transaction. Do the checks&
#against statement in the order they'
$appear on your statement. This means+
(that when you are in statement mode, the*
'display should the same as that on your
bank statement.
Check Off"
Remove the transaction from the'
$statement. A recalc may be needed to!
bring all the totals back into
agreement.
Find)
&Enter a string to be searched for. The+
(account is searched from the next row to*
'the start or end of the file, depending$
!wether the search is backwards or'
$forwards. Everything is treated as a+
(string, so the search string will try to%
"match everything in the file (e.g.
numbers etc.)
Find again'
$Looks for next match of find string.
Filter On
Specify a string so that only*
'transactions containing that string are$
!displayed. Not all menu items are%
"available in the filter view mode.
Recalc+
(Recalculates all of the total fields for*
'statement and checkbook view. Will also)
&try to correct the file if the indexes
have become corrupt.
Statistics On+
(Bring up a summary of the account taking(
%into account what is specified in the(
%dialog box. If the statistics are not%
"ordered straight away, they can be(
%sorted in the statistics view itself.
Delete*
'Deletes the transaction that the cursor&
#is on. Does not recalculate for all'
$transactions after this, so a recalc+
(will need to be done to bring the totals
up to date.
Compress)
&Gets rid of any junk left in file from"
deletion or editing operations.
Archive)
&Saves and or deletes everything on the+
(statement up to the current transaction.)
&The archived transactions can be saved*
'in native bank format or as a text file%
"with a specified delimiter. If the(
%archived file has been save in native&
#bank format, it will need to have a*
'recalc done before it can be used. This(
%will be done automatically when it is
first loaded up.
Merge+
(The transactions from the merged in file&
#are added to the end of the current
file.
Set Preferences)
&Set attributes for each account. These)
&are wether to display spend types, the'
$default font, the size of the status)
&window, wether to collapse Mark Totals'
$in the Statement view, and two comma'
$separated lists for the defaults for*
'transaction types and spend types. Note*
'each list should contain a ",text" item'
$in order to bring up a sub dialog to
enter arbitrary text.
Move+
(Move transaction to another place in the
account.
Mark)
&Assign a text string to a transaction.+
(This can be used in Mark Totals to check
off groups of transactions.
Repeats On'
$Bring up the repeats window to allow
editing of the repeats file.
Process'
$Process any pending repeats. This is$
!done automatically when Scbank is
started.
Mark Totals On'
$Bring up Mark Totals Window to allow"
checking of Mark Totals groups.
#Add a new repeat transaction to the%
"account. The Statement date is for)
&your own reference, it is not used for(
%ordering, etc. The Processing date is(
%the date that this repeat will appear&
#on the account.The Transaction Type%
"and Spend Type are the same as for&
#add transaction, but are entered as'
$free text. If forever is set to "No"&
#the repeat will be removed when the)
&processing date comes after the Repeat
Until date.
Edit&
#To change one of the repeats in the+
(account. The options are the same as for+
(Add. When a repeat is changed is goes to*
'then end of the file. There is no order'
$in the repeat file. A Process Repeat)
&may be needed to make any changes take
effect.
Delete*
'Deletes the repeat transaction that the
cursor is on.
Repeats Off
Return to the main screen.
Check*
'Check on the group of transactions that&
#have this mark. The same as doing a+
(Check On for each transaction that is in)
&this group on the Main Screen. Returns)
&to the main screen when finished. Only(
%allows Mark Total groups that are not)
&already on the statement to be checked
Mark Totals Off
Return to the main screen.
Place*
'Place the transaction that was selected&
#to move where the line of arrows is(
%pointing. Returns to main screen when
finished.
Quit Moving*
'Quit the moving operation and return to
the main screen.
Order&
#Reorder the summary, first by spend%
"type, then by month, then by year.
Save stats as%
"Save the statistics in a number of
different text formats.
Statistics Off
Return to the main screen.
Special Keys7
4Use up/down cursor keys to move through the account.*
'Use Psion up/down to move page up/down.8
5Use Psion left/right to move to start/end of account.:
7Use Ctrl-Psion up/down to move to start/end of account.*
'Enter is the same as Psion-A if this is
valid in the current mode.+
(Delete is the same as Psion-D if this is
valid in the current mode.9
6Diamond toggles between ChequeBook and Statement view.
Susan Carter,
16 Markwell Wood,
Harlow,
Essex,
CM19 5QY.
Sue@squish.demon.co.uk