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ABank Programming
version 1.02 David Gaussinel
© 1994 David Gaussinel Graphics
Stéphane Anquetil
English translation
Christophe Carel
1. Introduction 5. Menus' description
1.1 Overview 5.1 Project
1.2 Greetings 5.2 Edition
5.3 Tools
2. General 5.4 Preferences
2.1 Warning 5.5 Accounts
2.2 Distribution
2.3 Copyrights 6. AGIP compatibility
3. How to install ABank ? 7. Bugs
4. Using ABank 8. Improvements
9. History
1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
ABank is a domestic bank account software. The idea is simple. When you
make an operation on your account, you signal it to the software which up-
date permanently your account state.
ABank can load simultaneously more than ten accounts, automatically sor-
ting the operations, possessing a notepad, loads powerpacked files, makes
graphical stats, printing with filter and is AGIP compatible.
Domestic bank account softwares are very numerous, as much in the public
domain as in the commercial domain. But when they aren't adapted from PC
versions, they are often bad looking or let you make not many things. It is
the reason I've never used until today this kind of programs. However, the
using seemed interesting. To have the possibility to control your bank ac-
count, knowing where the balance is in reality without phoning to a bank
service, to see where I spent the most, ...
Therefore, ABank has been written in the goal to success all of that. To
allow the user to know everything, everyday, about its account, and by a
pleasant way if it comes to that.
1.2 Greetings
- François Lionet
for Amos, Amos Pro, compilers ...
for his sympathy when phoning.
- Stéphane Anquetil, called Sada
for his good drawings.
- Arnaud Danassié
for his fidelity, even if he must do his military service like me.
- Guillaume Jay
To not vex him about being forgotten, and to make him programming
SERIOUSLY
- Jean-Pierre Rivière
To be the ant worker of Belier Production
- And all others, members of Atacom, Buggs, Belier Production, Amitels'
subscribers, and all others who make the Amiga a big family.
2. General
2.1 Warning
In spite of numerous tests, I can't guarantee that ABank contains no er-
rors. You use this program at your own risk. I won't be in charge if the
use of ABank is responsible for any direct or indirect damages.
2.2 Distribution
ABank is shareware. In this demo version, you can't enter more than 50
operations. To own the complete version of this product, you must send a
contribution, at less than FF75 to the author :
David Gaussinel
18 rue Fénelon
24200 Sarlat
FRANCE
Tel: 53.59.34.70
You will receive a key file that any version of ABank will recognize and
which identify yourself as a registered user. From this date, you will may
update ABank without going through the author, to get the last version.
The ABank demo version, I mean the one without the key file ("key") is
freely distributable. It may be distributed in a PD collection, on servers,
networks. However, the cost to get the program mustn't exceed the expenses
engaged. But the distribution of this program by a magazine on its cover-
disk should be transmit to the author's agreement.
2.3 Copyrights
ABank is copyrighted 1994 David Gaussinel.
Amos Pro is copyrighted 1992 Europress Software Ltd.
AGIP (Amos Global Interface Protocol) is copyrighted 1994 David
Gaussinel.
The PowerPacker.library is copyrighted Nico François.
Amiga and Workbench are trademarks of Commodore Amiga Inc.
All products or mentioned brands are registered by their respective
owner.
3. How to install ABank ?
To install ABank, first copy Amos and powerpacked libraries in your Libs:
directory if it wasn't done before.
You can assign ABank: in the directory where ABank is, if you want. Be-
sides, take care to run ABank in his home directory. Anyway, from the Work-
bench, it is automatically done.
ABank must find the Datas directory in ABank: or in the current directo-
ry. In this Datas directory, there is the default icon for accounts (Def-
Icon.info) that you can modify if you want, and the BLogos and CLogos
drawers which contain banks and accounts logos (in IFF format in 48*24 with
8 colors in Med-Res mode).
Don't worry about this if you don't understand anything and double click
on the ABank icon.
4. Using ABank
Once ABank run, the main screen appears. If you aren't a registered user
a request appears which tells you. Click on Continue and you are ready to
use this program.
At the right top corner, there is a deep gadget which lets you come back
to the Workbench. To be back in ABank, you must press the keys Left Amiga +
A (A as ABank).
You can see on the screen many fields clearly delimited. At the top, th-
ere are some informations about the current account, next to the balance,
credits, debits... of your account. At the top, there are equally a set of
gadgets, making the same effect than menus but being faster to use. Lastly,
at the bottom, there is the list of done operations, with date, nature,
item, debit/credit, and the potential validation of the bank.
We will come back in detail to all of these notions through Menus' descrip-
tion.
5. Menus' description
5.1 Project menu
5.1.1 Open new
This option lets you, after confirmation, create a new account. The ac-
count's edition panel will be displayed, allowing you to enter different in-
formations asked.
See the account's edition menu {5.2.5}.
5.1.2 Load
ABank can load simultaneously different accounts. This option lets you
load on the current account's behalf, another account from a disk.
5.1.3 Open and Load
ABank can load simultaneously different accounts. This option lets you
load a new account. The current account is already in memory and then acce-
ssible from the Account menu.
See Account menu {5.5}.
5.1.4 Save
ABank will save your account as the name mentioned before when you loa-
ded it. If ABank doesn't recognize this name, it will ask you a new name by
a file request way.
5.1.5 Save as...
ABank will save your account just after asking you a new name through a
file request.
5.1.6 Close
ABank will delete after confirmation the current account in memory. If
there are other accounts opened, ABank 'll display another account, or else
you 'll find a blank account.
5.1.7 User
If you are a registered user, your names and address are displayed in
this request, else the program tells you that you 're not registered, and
then you 're using the demo version.
This option is also accessible from a gadget.
5.1.8 About ...
By this, the program's ID will be displayed, telling you the program's
name, version, diffusion status, author's name. There are also two logos,
one showing the AGIP compatibility and the other indicating that ABank was
written in Amos.
5.1.9 Quit
After confirmation, this option allows you to quit the program.
5.2 Edition menu
5.2.1 Add
This option adds an operation to the others. A request appears, allow-
ing you to enter the date (following the ddmm format), operation's nature,
debit or credit, if the operation was validated or not by the bank (I mean
if the bank's statement notifies it), and the choosen item.
To modify an operation, just click on it.
This option is