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BANK EXPERT
ACCOUNTING PROGRAM
FOR WINDOWS
Version 2.2
by:
George R. Cotten
37 Lawrence Lane
Lexington, MA 02173
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BankExpert ACCOUNTING PROGRAM
This program is being distributed under the shareware concept.
The program and this manual are the copyrighted property of the author.
You are granted a limited license to try the program for one month, to
copy it and distribute it, provided that:
a) You do not charge a fee for the distribution or copying of
the program unless you have the prior written consent of the author,
b) It is distributed only in its original, unmodified, compiled
form (except that it may be compressed using an archiving facility, as
long as the program can be uncompressed only back to its original form),
c) This documentation file accompanies the program itself, and
is also distributed in its original, unmodified form (or compressed - see
exception in item b above), and,
d) It is not distributed as part of any commercial product or
service without the prior written consent of the author.
After trying the program, if you decide to use it, please return
the license agreement/registration form, signed, along with the registration fee of
$20.00.
Registration entitles you to use the program on one computer or local
area network (LAN) at a time. LAN support is NOT provided. If used on a
network, it is at your own discretion. Site licenses are also available
for an additional fee as explained in the license agreement/registration
form. Registered users can obtain technical support and will be notified
about future revisions.
CAUTION!
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Although the program BankExpert may be useful for most investors, and the
author did his best to minimize bugs, he cannot underwrite everyone's investment
decisions or business use of this product. Before using this program you should
recognize that it involves a high level of complexity which is potentially susceptible
to error either in the program code itself or on your part due to incorrect usage.
Thus you should understand that you use and rely upon the results of BankExpert at
your own risk.
You should satisfy yourself regarding the adequacy and accuracy of
BankExpert with test examples before committing to using and relying upon the
program on a regular basis. You should furthermore review all program output for
reasonableness before using it to make investment decisions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Files on the disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHAPTER ONE Installation . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 4
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .4
Program Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 5
Initial menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Program's limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CHAPTER TWO - Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Entering a transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Unpaid bills & auto. deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Balancing an account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Summary by budget groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Check printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CHAPTER THREE - Other features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Files on the Disk:
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There are five program files on the distribution diskette:
INSTALL.EXE, MANUAL.DOC, BANKS.CFG, ACCOUNTS.DAT and
WBANKS.EXE. The program is self-installing. As you use the program, other files
will be created on your disk, such as:
ACCOUNTx.DAT and ACCOUNTx.LOG that contain a record of your
transaction in the individual accounts
UNPAIDx.DAT has the listing of all the credits/payments that you set to
occur periodically in a given account x
WBANKS.EXE is the actual program,
BANKS.CFG is the configuration file for the program
MANUAL.DOC is the instruction manual
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Introduction
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The program BankExpert automates the use of your checking accounts. It
maintains a record of all transactions, facilitates balancing the account versus the
bank's statement, permits printing of the checks on any standard form that you select
(inc. the standard checks supplied by your bank). It allows to record up to 10
separate accounts.
It provides the function "unpaid bills/deposits" to store yearly, monthly, or
one-time-only transactions and remind about them when they become due.
The programs allows setting up the budget categories for your income (up to
6) and expenses (up to 28), thus presenting an exact review of your income and
expenditures over a selected time period. Budget reports show how much was
spent/received in any user-defined budget area over any desired time period.
The printing of customized checks is facilitated by the setup routine in
which the user may define the exact position of each printed line. Thus there is no
need to purchase any special forms, use ones supplied by your bank.
You may try this demo for a limited time period. At the end of your trial,
you are invited to register and then you will receive a personalized copy of the
program, be given access to technical assistance and notified about future
improvements.
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CHAPTER ONE Installation
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Please read the license agreement and warranty information found at the
end of this manual for more information regarding the use of the program.
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Installation
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To install the BankExpert on a hard disk, put the master disk into Drive A:
or Drive B: , move into that disk/directory and type the following:
INSTALL <ENTER>
This will initiate the installation process during which you will be given an
opportunity to select the drive and directory where you wish to store the program.
Alternatively, you may copy all the files to the desired directory on your hard disk,
change to that directory, and then type: INSTALL <ENTER>.
After you have installed the program in your computer, you are ready to
start the program. The first time that you use the program, you will go directly to
the "configuration menu" (see below).
NOTE: The installation program stores one file ( BANK.BAT ) in the root
directory of drive C: . This is done to facilitate the start up of the program from any
directory, since in most installations the root directory of drive C: is included in the
PATH statement.
In order to install the program's icon into the Window's Program Manager,
follow the following procedure:
1. Start Windows and maximize the Program Manager. Highlight the desired group
(eg. APPLICATIONS) by placing the mouse pointer anywhere within that
grou