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***********************************************************
WELCOME TO FUND MANAGER FOR WINDOWS 95/98/NT
***********************************************************
Fund Manager is a portfolio management application designed
for the individual investor.
An overview, as well as all the documentation for Fund
Manager, is available via on-line help from inside the
application.
To get a quick feel for the capabilities of Fund Manager,
simply click on any of the sample icons created by the
installation program.
If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions, they
are welcomed by the author. See below for information on
how to contact the author.
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FUND MANAGER HOME PAGE
***********************************************************
Fund Manager has a home page on the World Wide Web:
http://www.beiley.com
Here, you can always find the latest versions, tips for
using Fund Manager, what's coming up in the future, and
pointers to other finance related sites.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Select "Start" and then "Run..." from the desktop.
Run the program "setup.exe".
Example: a:\setup.exe
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UPGRADE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Select "Start" and then "Run..." from the desktop.
Run the program "setup.exe".
Example: a:\setup.exe
NEW FILE FORMAT NOTICE:
Versions 3.3 and later use a new file format from previous
versions. Once you save your data files with version 3.3 or
later previous versions will not be able to directly read
the new file format.
EASY UPGRADE INSTALLATION:
If you already have a previous version of Fund Manager on
your computer you can install this newer version directly
over your old version. During installation specify the
directory where your current version is located (eg.
c:\finance). You can continue to use your existing data
files. Your old version of Fund Manager will be
overwritten. New samples will be installed in the samples
sub-directory.
ADVANCED UPGRADE INSTALLATION:
If you want to try this new version before deciding to
upgrade, install this version to a different directory (eg.
c:\finance2) and operate on a copy of your investment files.
Version 3.3 uses a new file format from all previous
versions. Once you save your data files with version 3.3
previous versions will not be able to directly read the new
file format. If you only want to experiment with version
3.3 you should operate on a copy of your data files.
(Remember that portfolios contain the full path of the
investments they contain, so after making a copy of your
data files, you should not use your portfolios, as they will
be pointing to your original data files.)
See the bottom of this file for a listing of the
improvements in this version.
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NOTICE TO USERS OF FUND MANAGER FOR WINDOWS 3.1
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Fund Manager 3.3 and later versions use a new file format,
which is not compatible with any version of Fund Manager for
Windows. Investment files created with Fund Manager 3.3 or
later cannot be read with Fund Manager for Windows. Fund
Manager 3.3 or later can read and convert any investment
files created with any previous version of Fund Manager,
including the Windows versions. Once Fund Manager 3.3 or
later converts the investment files they cannot be read with
the older versions of Fund Manager.
The latest version of Fund Manager for Windows may be
obtained from the Beiley Software web site: www.beiley.com.
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REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Fund Manager (copyright 1993-8 by Beiley Software) is a
shareware application. If, after a reasonable period, you
decide that you find Fund Manager useful and plan to
continue to use it, please register with the author.
You may use the file "register.txt" or the registration form
included in the online help to register. A printable manual
may be ordered on the registration form. The manual is
identical to the on-line help, but you may order the manual
in either a Microsoft Word or plain ascii text file format.
This will allow you to print out the entire manual for
easier reading. The manual may either be mailed on diskette
through the mail, or sent elec- tronically. The cost to
receive the manual on diskette is $5.00. The cost to
receive the manual electronically is $2.00, but is only
available if you have provided an e-mail address on your
registration form. If you choose to order the manual please
specify which data format you prefer: Microsoft Word 2.0
for Windows or plain text. Please see "Help/Registration
Information..." from within Fund Manager for the latest
details on registration.
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HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR
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Mark Beiley
P.O. Box 51641
Phoenix, AZ 85076-1641
USA
E-mail: support@beiley.com
World Wide Web: http://www.beiley.com
Telephone: (602)705-0129
FAX: (602)705-9219
The most efficient way to contact the author is through
electronic mail. Questions are normally addressed within 1
or 2 days. To keep costs and registration fees down, long
distance phone calls can not be returned.
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WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTER
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You will be sent a registration letter, which includes a
name, serial number, and password combination to be entered
into Fund Manager. This information will enable the
registered version of Fund Manager. If you have provided an
electronic mail address the letter will be sent to the
specified address. Otherwise, a letter will be sent through
the US mail.
All registered users are entitled to 3 years of free
technical support from the author. Mark Beiley may be
reached by either US mail, telephone, or electronic mail at
the addresses and number listed above.
The option to purchase a "printable" copy of the manual.
The manual is identical to the on-line help, but you may
order the manual in either a Microsoft Word or plain ascii
text file format. This will allow you to print out the
entire manual for easier reading. The manual may either be
mailed on diskette through the mail, or sent electronically.
The cost to receive the manual on diskette is $5.00. The
cost to receive the manual electronically is $2.00, but is
only available if you have provided an e-mail address on
your registration form. If you choose to order the manual
please specify the data format for the manual that you would
prefer: Microsoft Word 2.0 for Windows or a plain text
file.
You will have the author's gratitude and have contributed to
the continuing development of Fund Manager.
You may print out the file register.txt to fill out and
return when registering. Please include any electronic mail
addresses that you may be reached at, in order to make it
easier for the author to notify you of updates.
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METHODS OF PAYMENT
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1. A personal check drawn on any US or Canadian financial
institution.
(If drawn from a Canadian institution please specify
"US dollars" next to the amount.)
2. Money orders, cashiers checks, or anything similar.
3. Visa or MasterCard credit cards.
4. Cash in US currency is accepted, but discouraged due to
the risk of sending cash through the mail.
Please make checks payable to "Mark Beiley".
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UPGRADE PRICE
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If you have ever registered any previous version of Fund
Manager you can upgrade to versions 3.x for $5. If you have
already registered any previous 3.x or 10.x version no
upgrade is necessary.
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DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
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Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and
continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual
programs differ on details -- some request registration
while others require it, some specify a maximum trial
period. With registration, you get anything from the simple
right to continue using the software to an updated program
with printed manual.
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial
software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with
a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware
authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial
authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In
both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main
difference is in the method of distribution. The author
specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the
software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group.
For example, some authors require written permission before
a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software.
You should find software that suits your needs and
pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The
Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because
you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is
low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-
back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't
pay for it.
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DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
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Users of Fund Manager (copyright 1993-8 by Beiley Software)
must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"Fund Manager is supplied as is. The author disclaims all
warranties, expressed or implied, including, without
limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness
for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for
damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the
use of Fund Manager."
Fund Manager is a "shareware program" and is provided at no
charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it
with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or
as part of another system. The essence of "user- supported"
software is to provide personal computer users with quality
software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive
for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you
find this program useful and find that you are using Fund
Manager and continue to use Fund Manager after a reasonable
trial period, you must make a registration payment of $34 to
Mark Beiley. The registration fee will license one copy for
use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat
this software just like a book. An example is that this
software may be used by any number of people and may be
freely moved from one computer location to another, so long
as there is no possibility of it being used at one location
while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be
read by two different persons at the same time.
Commercial users of Fund Manager must register and pay for
their copies of Fund Manager within 30 days of first use or
their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may
be made by contacting Mark Beiley.
Anyone distributing Fund Manager for any kind of remunera-
tion must first contact Mark Beiley at the address above for
authorization.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of Fund Manager along to
your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to reg-
ister their copy if they find that they can use it. All
registered users will receive a registered version of Fund
Manager.
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HISTORY OF CHANGES - (Started tracking with version 6.0)
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3/3/94 version 6.0:
3 investment categories
-No Load Mutual Fund
-Loaded Mutual Fund
-Stock or Bond
All transactions modify memory, added File/Save Data
New, Edit, Delete options added to Data dialog box
Fund rearranging capabilities enhanced
Printing of data in Data dialog box
Interpolation range made a user-definable variable
Portfolio Value graph dates are adjustable
Portfolio Return On Investment calculated
Percent gain on investment calculations
Percent gain on fund calculations
Accepts fractional format of prices
Import from Dow Jones
Import from Fund Manager
Menu commands rearranged and renamed to be more logical
Password registration
Graph date range changing made simpler
Bug fix - markers off graph
Bug fix - case sensitivity with importing prices
$20 registration ($3 lifetime upgrades)
3/9/94 version 6.0a:
Bug fix - inactive Print button on cost basis dialog
Bug fix - bad error message on first investment
6/12/94 version 6.1
Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
Reports added
-Portfolio Value
-Portfolio Performance
-Investment Transactions
New Graph types
-Overlay normalized NAV
-Overlay normalized NAV+DIST
Improved on-line help
Split transaction added
Common open/save dialogs
Import historical prices from CompuServe
Open portfolio name in title bar
Most recent portfolio list
Calculator
Browse... files to import
Remember window size/position
Remember last open/save directory
Bug fixes
6/29/94 version 6.2
Bug fix - Fund Overlay - share price graph type
8/7/94
minor bug fixes, still called version 6.2
9/17/94
minor bug fixes, still called version 6.2
1/17/95 version 7.0
New Report types
- Distribution summary
New Graph types
- Portfolio value - pie
- Bar chart of the yields
Created 4 distribution types
- Dividends
- ST Cap Gains
- LT Cap Gains
- Interest Income
Status bar with help and locator
Splits are a memorized transaction
Reinvestment of stock dividends
Investment notes
Investment data format changed
- Binary file
- Only one file per investment
- Faster performance
- More effecient data storage
- Backward compatible
Export investment data to ascii files
Import prices from any generic text file
Import prices from Quicken
Import transactions from Quicken
Vertical scale of graphs user definable
Independent horizontal and vertical grid lines
Double right click on any marker to edit transaction
Password protection
Bug fixes and other minor improvements
Historical prices service offered
1/22/95 version 7.1
New reports use last specified font as default
Bug fix in 'portfolio value - pie' graph
3/4/95 version 7.2
Maximum investments in a portfolio increased to 100
Color printing
Bug fixes
8/20/95 version 8.0
New Report types
- Investment performance
- ROI yield
- Fund Performance yield
- Capital Gains - FIFO
- Capital Gains - AVG
New Graph types
- Cost - Value
- Cost - Price
Investment data format changed
- Faster performance
- More effecient data storage
- Backward compatible
Account Fee transaction type added
Data backup/restore
Quick Zoom with mouse
Quick UnZoom with keyboard shortcuts
Fund sorting by alphabet, value, yield, gain...
Comma and cents formatting options for reports
Color printing support for reports
Improved password protection
Starts in last state (Maximized or Restored)
Ending value added to graph legend
Expanded/improved generic import
Multiple investments allowed in importing CIS - historical
Bug fixes and other minor improvements
Historical prices service expanded
8/28/95 version 8.1
Bug fix in Portfolio Performance report
9/24/95 version 8.2
Bug fixes
9/25/95 version 8.3
Bug fix
10/26/95 Fund Manager Home Page created
http://members.aol.com/Beiley/fundman.html
(has since changed to http://www.beiley.com/fundman/)
11/10/95 version 1.0 for Win95 (32 bit)
Ported to a 32 bit version for Windows 95
Use of long filenames, multitasking, and other benefits of Win95
Added 'Portfolio Value - Cost' overlay graph type
Improved drawing speed on several graph types
Created a new "Reports" main menu item
Yield reports utilize interpolation range
Reports created "maximized" if Main is currently maximized
Bug fix: cost-value graph with very small owned shares
Bug fix: deleting split didn't auto update existing reports
12/22/95 versions 8.4 for Windows and 1.1 for Win95
Added equivalent functions to 8.4 version previously in only 1.0 for Win95 version:
-Added 'Portfolio Value - Cost' overlay graph type
-Improved drawing speed on several graph types
-Created a new "Reports" main menu item
-Yield reports utilize interpolation range
-Reports created "maximized" if Main is currently maximized
-Bug fix: cost-value graph with very small owned shares
-Bug fix: deleting split didn't auto update existing reports
Pie chart values displayed in status bar
Improved default date processing for reports
Default date for data entry uses most recent date entered
Compuserve price import supports symbols with spaces
Grid Both/Neither menu commands
Bug fix: printing bug in 1.0 Win95 version
5/12/96 versions 8.5 for Windows and 1.2 for Win95
Added support for AOL's new price portfolio format
Disable/enable interpolation range option added
5/24/96 versions 8.6 for Windows and 1.3 for Win95
Added support for AOL's second new price portfolio format
10/2/96 versions 9.0 for Windows and 2.0 for Win95
New Report type:
- Custom (over 100 fields for user to choose from)
New Graph types:
- Asset Allocation - Pie
- Volume/High/Low
Automatic price retrieval/updates from CompuServe
Toolbars
Log scale graphing option
Investment data format changed:
- All investment transaction data independent of price data
- Tracks volume, high, and low (not required)
- Tracks asset type
- Distributions can be recorded when 0 shares owned
- Backward compatible
Maximum open investment limit increased to 500 (Win95 only)
User definable maximum number of pie slices
Increased number of unique overlay line colors to 20
Added more keyboard shortcuts for date and price data entry
Autosave portfolio on exit option
Portfolios remember additional information
- Custom report settings
- Max pie slices, log scale, and font style (bold, italic)
- Portfolio autosave setting
Black and white printing improved
- Pie charts use hatch marks instead of greyscale
- Overlayed lines printed with different line styles (dashed...)
Notes added to 'Investment Transactions' report
'Distribution Summary' report now value based
Nine price update dialog scrollable
Mouse zooms improved
Internet price importing options and instructions in online help
Bug fixes and other minor improvements
Discontinued historical price service
Visa and Mastercard payment option added
Registration fees: $23 for 9.0, $29 for 2.0
10/23/96 versions 9.1 for Windows and 2.1 for Win95
Bug fixes:
- CIS retrieve more robust
- Report printing
- NAV+DIST overlay line colors
Other minor improvements
2/17/97 versions 9.2 for Windows and 2.2 for Win95
Retrieve prices from the Internet
Export prices to a CSV text file
Delete price commands
Interpolation Range options added
- linear/step
- turn on/off interpolation prior to inception
Winsock functions in newly included fmintrtv.dll
%Gain-V to Portfolio Performance report
Terse option for "Edit/All Data" register in Windows version
"Notes" edit box stops accepting input when 255 character storage limit reached
Generic import supports fractional prices
3/24/97 versions 9.3 for Windows and 2.3 for Win95
Added support for QuickStock
Internet retrieve more robust
3/25/97 updated 2.3 for Win95
fixed bug in the install program when installing under NT
5/3/97 versions 9.4 for Windows and 2.4 for Win95
Updated PC Quote internet retrieve for changed reply format
11/28/97 versions 10.0 for Windows and 3.0 for Win95
Copy report text to clipboard
Memorized reports
Added support for 4 more Internet quote servers
- www.secapl.com
- www.asx.com.au
- cbs.marketwatch.com
- www.teleserv.co.uk
Multiple currency support
- up to 8 different currencies supported
- adjustable symbols
- view data exchange rate adjusted on/off
- flexible exchange rate options
Date format option (MM/DD/YY or DD/MM/YY)
Value format option (1,000.00 or 1.000,00)
Default cash account and automatic transfer of funds option
Capital gains reports separate short/long term gains
- long term range user adjustable
New "Investment Goal" category for investments
New graph types
- Pie Chart - Investment Goal
- Pie Chart - Symbol
CompuServe retrieve from GQUOTES (global quotes)
Automatic backup feature
Added more keyboard shortcuts
- scrolling dates
- zoom/unzoom
- undo mouse zoom
Popup menu on graphs for investment specific actions
Added note and split markers
Marker data displayed in status bar when cursor passes over
Uninstall program added
Generic transaction import
Maximum size of ticker symbol increased to 49 characters
Instructions/support for importing from www.fundlib.com
User adjustable default yield terms
Portfolios store more user preferences
Generic price import improvements
- remembers last 6 format strings
- support for tabs and comments
Option to view data split adjusted (on/off)
Check status of Internet quote servers feature
Added more custom report fields
Improved color selection
Export prices to a MetaStock formatted text file
More investment sorting capabilities
Other minor improvements
New user registration fee changed to $34 ($5 upgrades)
11/29/97 versions 10.1 for Windows and 3.1 for Win95
Moved non-winsock related functions into new fmsprt.dll
3/8/98 versions 10.2 for Windows and 3.2 for Win95/NT
Updated CNN, ASX, and CheckFree quote servers
Added support for 2 new quote servers:
- Quicken - CA (mutuals) (http://quicken.macleans.ca)
- Yahoo - UK (http://finance.yahoo.co.uk)
Moved internet retrieve functionality into new FMINTENG.DLL
Integrated ability to download updated FMINTENG.DLL as available
Documentation reflects new Web address: www.beiley.com
Documented online registration capability
Documentation reflects new support e-mail: support@beiley.com
Documentation reflects new registration e-mail: registration@beiley.com
Help menu shortcuts to FM related web pages
Added keyboard accelerator for importing from CompuServe
Modified multiple price dialog to tab across instead of down
Bug fixes and other minor improvements
3/22/98 versions 10.2 for Windows and 3.2 for Win95/NT
Updated FMINTENG.DLL to version 102 for Yahoo-UK changes, no change to program version
4/5/98 versions 10.2 for Windows and 3.2 for Win95/NT
Updated FMINTENG.DLL to version 103 for Yahoo-UK changes, no change to program version
6/22/98 versions 10.2 for Windows and 3.2 for Win95/NT
Updated FMINTENG.DLL to version 105 for ASX changes, no change to program version
8/29/98 version 3.3 for Windows 95/98/NT
Added support for medium term capital gains
Updated FMINTENG.DLL to version 109
9/24/98 version 3.4 for Windows 95/98/NT
Bug fix