Boot Disc 8/boot-disc-1997-04.iso/PDA_Soft/Psion/misc/SnaHome/Snahome0.doc

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HOME INVENTORY V1.0 (SIENA Only)

Following the success of my Home Accounts  program for the Series  3A  &  C,
S3ABANK,  a number of people suggested that I issue  some  of  the  optional
modules as standalone programs.  S3AHOME was  the  third  of  these  modules
(the others are the Investment Tracker  S3AINVx.ZIP,  the  Fuel  Consumption
monitor S3AFUELx.ZIP,  the  Expense  Account  Monitor  S3AEXPx.ZIP  and  the
Financial Planner, S3APLANx.ZIP.   (Where the 'x' is  the  version  number).
I have now begun to convert them to run on the SIENA, and this is the  first
module to be transferred.

This program allows you to keep track of the  contents  of  your  home,  for
insurance purposes.

To Install the program,

      1.   Put SNAHOME0.APP in your \APP\ directory


      2.   If you want to use the optional On-Line Help (Highly recommended)
      put the file SNAHOMEH.OVL into an \APP\SNAHOME\ directory.


      3.   If you want to  use  the  optional  Print  option  put  the  file
      SNAHOMEP.OVL  into  the   \APP\SNAHOME\   directory   and   the   file
      SNAPRINT.DYL into an \OPD\ directory.  Note that this file  is  common
      to all my programs, so if you have more than one of them you only need
      one copy of this file.


      4.   Install (PSION-I)


Now go into the program.  You can either use the default  file Home, or  use
<PSION-N> to start one of a  different  name.   The  'nag'  screens  can  be
removed by registering the program, which will also allow  you  full  access
to the program, i.e. 23 Rooms and 23 Categories.  The  unregistered  version
allows you just 5  rooms  and  5  categories,  to  enable  you  to  see  the
capabilities of the program. For now use anything  you  like  as  the  House
title, it can be changed later.

The Help  system  is  very  extensive  and  should  describe  the  program's
capabilities in full.

Working through the MENU commands will show  you  the  capabilities  of  the
program.  You can have unlimited numbers of  houses,  and  the   File   menu
gives you the usual handling commands for  these  houses  (If  you  want  to
delete a house, use this menu option. If  you  delete  it  from  the  System
screen not all the appropriate files will be deleted).

In each  of the three screens (accessed via the diamond  key,  the  menu  or
appropriate 'hot keys') the Edit menu allows you Enter,  Update  and  Delete
entries, and for Rooms and Categories, the option to Move them in the  list.
 Again, for Rooms and Categories, the Enter and Update dialogs give you  the
option of excluding a room or category from the total  value  (shown  by  an
"x" in the list rather than a number). There  is  an   Update  Items   Value
option which allows you to uprate (or deflate) every Item (or  by  Category)
for inflation. (As you will see later, Items can be excluded  from  this  by
setting a flag as  Purchase Price  only). There is also  a  menu  option  to
ΓÇÿAmend TitleΓÇÖ, to change the name of the House, and an 'Edit Memo'  feature,
similar to that used in the Agenda, so that  you  can  also  keep  track  of
insurance policy numbers or other details you may wish to record.

The 'Search' menu allows  you  to  use  the  ΓÇÿFind  ItemΓÇÖ  option,  and  the
'Special' menu allows you  to  add  a  Password,  Print  the  Items,  switch
between font sizes, and exit the program.  Finally,  the  'Set  Preferences'
option allows you to configure the font  type,  date  format,  the  currency
separator (12,345.00), the number of decimal places, setup the  printer  (if
the Print Module is  loaded)  and  specify  if  you  wish  to  stay  in  the
Preferences menu while setting up the  program.  As  usual,  <Fn-Menu>  will
toggle the Info screen.   In the Item screen, there is  also  an  additional
Menu selection to allow sorting of the Items.

To see how the program is used, use the Menu or <Psion-I> to  add  an  Item.
You will be asked for a purchase date, and all  the  usual  details.   Leave
the flag as  ΓÇÿNew for OldΓÇÖ  if you want the Item to be  taken  into  account
when the  Update All  option is used.  Now use  the  diamond  key  to  cycle
between the 3 screens to see the full capability of the program.

Note that when you enter the  Item  display from  the   Rooms   screen,  you
will be shown the Items in that room, but if you enter  from  the   Category
screen it shows the Items in that  category.   In  this  screen,  using  the
right/left arrows will cycle through the  rooms/categories  or  you  can  go
directly to a Room or Category  by  using  <Psion-S>.   (In  the  Rooms  and
Categories screens, the arrows move you between houses)

If the Item list gets rather long, there is now a 'Find' option  to  quickly
jump to an Item.  If you have more than one Item with the same  description,
repeated use of the Find option will move through the list.

Finally, in the Item screen you have the facility  to  Move  or  Copy  Items
between Houses, if you are running with more than one  House,  and  an  Item
Information option (also obtained by pressing the <Space-bar> or  <I>)  that
shows the information that cannot be displayed on the SIENA screen,  because
of the limited size.

If you find the program useful and wish to register it, please see the  file
REGISTER.TXT for up-to-date instructions on how  to  register.   Apart  from
giving you a 'warm' feeling, allowing  you  23  rooms  and  categories,  and
getting rid of the 'nag' screens, registering will give you access  to  full
support and notification of  regular, free, updates.    If  anyone  has  any
useful suggestions for improvements, I will always try and include  them  in
the next version.

Al Richey