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- DPBank manual
- Daniel Pfund
- version 1.6, April 1997
- Copyright ⌐ 1995-1997 Daniel Pfund
- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/8130/
- ============================================
-
- 1. SUMMARY 2
- 2. FOREWORD 2
- 3. INTRODUCTION 2
- 4. DISTRIBUTION 2
- 5. USES 3
- 6. FEATURES 3
- 7. INSTALLATION 4
- 8. MEMORY REQUIREMENTS 5
- 9. USING THE PROGRAM 5
- 9.1 TRANSACTION DIALOG 6
- 9.2 MOVING AROUND 7
- 9.3 NEW ACCOUNTS 7
- 9.4 TRANSFERS 7
- 9.5 CURRENCIES 7
- 9.6 AUTO DESCRIPTIONS 8
- 9.7 CATEGORIES 8
- 9.8 STANDING ORDERS 8
- 9.9 EDITING TRANSACTIONS 8
- 9.10 EVALUATING TRANSACTIONS 9
- 9.11 COPY / INSERT TRANSACTIONS 9
- 9.12 RECONCILING TRANSACTIONS 9
- 9.13 DELETING TRANSACTIONS 9
- 9.14 ARCHIVING TRANSACTIONS 9
- 9.15 EXPORTING TRANSACTIONS 10
- 9.16 SUM UP TRANSACTIONS 10
- 9.17 VIEWING GLOBAL AMOUNT AND BALANCES 10
- 9.18 PREFERENCES 11
- 9.19 PASSWORD PROTECTION 11
- 9.20 COMPRESSION 12
- 9.21 USEFUL INFO 12
- 9.22 PRINTING 12
- 9.23 DIAMOND KEY 12
- 9.24 PLOTTING ACOUNT DATA 12
- 9.25 PLUGINS 13
- 9.26 SWITCHING BACK TO DPBANK WITH A HOTKEY 13
- 10. REGISTERING DPBANK 13
- 11. LIMITATIONS AND BUGS 13
- 12. TECHNICAL 14
- 13. FUTURE 14
- 14. THANKS TO 15
- 15. LEGAL STUFF 15
- 16. SUPPORT / IDEAS 15
- 17. AUTHOR 15
- 18. PLANET PFUND 16
-
- 1. Summary
- This file contains all the necessary information to use and
- install the DPBank bank accounts tracking program.
-
- 2. Foreword
- For those who never completely read the documentation files:
- just read the section 7 ``Installation'' and install the online
- help file which you can delete later when you're used to the
- program.
- If you are upgrading from a previous version, I suggest you
- read the file HISTORY.TXT for a list of changes. All version
- 1.x files are compatible with this version so you don't need to
- change anything. You do however need to need to copy the new
- application file as well as a language file and a help file if
- you want help. See the ``Installation'' section for details.
-
- 3. Introduction
- DPBank is a program designed to help you keep track of your
- bank accounts. The program is written in OPL and will only work
- on Psion Series 3a/3c palmtops.
- It lacks some of the bells and whistles of the ``big'' shots
- (like ``S3aBank'') but on the other hand, it offers rudimentary
- bank account tracking possibilities to those using a 256/512k
- RAM Psion Series 3a (and all others who care about their
- precious little RAM ;-) .
- The objective of this program wasn't to try to compete with
- such ``monsters'', but give users with lesser needs an easier
- to use and learn alternative.
- If you need more than a (fairly) simple bank account
- tracking program, I suggest you opt for S3aBank, otherwise take
- a look at section 6 for a list of available features.
-
- 4. Distribution
- DPBank is distributed under the terms of shareware. You can
- try it freely during a test period of 30 days. After this test
- period, if you still like and/or use DPBank you must either
- register it or delete all the files associated to DPBank from
- your Psion. See the file ``REGISTER.TXT'' for more details.
- The program can be distributed freely by any electronic
- means (anonymous FTP sites, BBSes, packet radio ...) provided
- the file ``DPBANKxx.ZIP'' (where the ``xx'' is the version
- number) stays intact (see section 7 ``Installation'' for the
- file's contents). This gives you express right to distribute
- this program by whatever electronic mean.
- Software distributors can freely distribute this program on
- their sharewaredisks, provided that:
- . You don't charge more than $5 for the service.
- . The file ``DPBANKxx.ZIP'' stays intact (see section
- 7``Installation'' for the file's contents).
- . You don't make any money out of it.
- Steve Litchfield has specific right to change the ZIP file
- contents to accomodate his disk's space needs.
- If you have any technical questions or comments of any kind
- (good/bad), do, by all means, contact me (Email prefered; see
- end of file)!
-
- 5. Uses
- DPBank is one of the most useful programs on my Psion (of
- course, otherwise why would I have written it ;-). It helps me
- keep track of my bank accounts and I can now have an overview
- of my bank situation at all times. I've added the possibility
- to ``see'' into the future for all those who use a lot of
- standing orders (up to 90 days). I myself am only a (poor)
- student and I must admit that I don't have hundreds of monthly
- transactions on my accounts, so this option is not very useful
- for me.
-
- 6. Features
- . Foreign currencies supported with exchange rates in either
- local or foreign form
- . Accounts can be held in foreign currencies
- . Currency conversions "on the fly" possible
- . Automatic transaction descriptions supported (avoids
- unnecessary typing)
- . Budget categories supported
- . Shows ``Global'' value (sum of your selected accounts)
- . Supports unlimited transactions
- . Supports unlimited monthly standing orders
- . ``Forecast'' possibility of up to 90 days
- . Automatically deletes counter part of a deleted transfer
- (unless it is already reconciled)
- . Automatically increments cheque number (if account uses
- cheques)
- . Supports useful information for each account
- . Programmed system conform, ie: interacts with the System
- screen for file changes, exit...
- . Optional password protection
- . Dynamically edit transfers
- . View specific balances, ie: debit/credit/reconciled...
- . Possible archive of selected transactions
- . Export of selected transactions to Quicken, ASCII, pure
- Psion DATA
- . Printing to either parallel, serial or file (but NOT with
- PsiPrint!)
- . Possibility to Sum up transactions with same descriptions
- or same categories (view or replace transactions)
- . Possible to evaluate amount (ie: enter 100+23+45 or even
- use calculator memories!)
- . Possible warning when reaching user defined limit
- . Possible automatic monthly interest rate calculation
- . Optional cache memory
- . Optional help system
- . Nice graphic user interface
- . Possible graphical plotting with external Plot application
- writen by Nick Dawkins
- . Plugin capability to allow you to infinitively expand
- DPBank to do what YOU want or need!
-
- 7. Installation
- Here is a table showing you what files are in the ZIP
- archive and where to put them on your Psion:
- File Directory Required Description
- DPBANK.OPA \APP Yes Executable
- LANGS01.OPO \APP\DPBANK Yes* UK language
- file
- LANGS10.OPO \APP\DPBANK Yes* US language
- file
- HELP01.RSC \APP\DPBANK optional UK help file
- HELP10.RSC \APP\DPBANK optional US help file
- DPBANKxx.TXT - - Doc in english,
- ASCII (DOS)
- format
- PLUGIN.TXT - - Technical
- plugin
- description
- (for OPL
- programmers).
- REGISTER.TXT - - Registration
- details in
- English, ASCII
- format
- HISTORY.TXT - - History of
- program, ASCII
- format
- *only one language file is necessary! (EITHER langs01.opo OR
- langs10.opo but not both!)
-
- As you can see, only the executable file and one language
- file is necessary for the program to run. These files can be
- placed on any drive (A, Internal, or B) of any media type
- (Internal RAM, Stat RAM, or Flash) as the files do not need
- modifying.
- Here are the language codes used for the language and help
- files:
- . 01: UK English
- . 02: French (available separately, look for the file
- ``DPBxx_FR.ZIP'')
- . 03: German (available separately, look for the file
- ``DPBxx_DE.ZIP'')
- . 08: Norwegian (available separately, look for the file
- ``DPBxx_NO.ZIP'')
- . 10: US English (check instead of cheque)
- If (for example) you own a UK Psion but want to use another
- language file, this is still possible by overiding your Psion's
- preference with the help of the LANGS.USR file (included in the
- different locale files but NOT in this english distribution
- file). This file must be an ASCII file with only the language
- number you want to use (from the above list) as the first (and
- only) line of the file.
- For a more permanent change of language for your Psion
- (including the keyboard), I suggest you take a look at
- Konstantin I. Saliy's excellent KbdMap program.
- To install DPBank, simply copy the required files to your
- Psion or use the RCOM installation script. On you Psion, go to
- the system screen and choose the menu option ``Install'' from
- the ``Apps'' list (or just press Psion-i for a shortcut).
- Choose ``DPBank'' and that's it! You will then see the DPBank
- icon I have drawn.
- If you wish to uninstall DPBank, you have to remove the
- \DPBANK directory the program created (as well as all files
- inside it) and \APP\DPBANK and finally the DPBANK.OPA file in
- your \APP directory.
-
- 8. Memory requirements
- DPBank requires about 60k of disk space (storage memory).
- When running, DPBank will need about 30k free (process memory).
- As you can see, the program was really optimized for people
- with small memory space. Of course, the counter part of this is
- that you lose in speed. (Programmer's axiom ;-) Although I
- tried to make a suitable compromise between space and speed, if
- you find DPBank too slow, contact me and I'll see what I can
- do.
- It may happen that you don't have this memory free if you're
- really low on mem. The program will warn you and act in
- consequence. Versions from 1.5 greatly improved the memory
- checking problem and it should not happen that DPBank exits
- without warning you that your memory is too low.
- Of course, if DPBank is running and then you open another
- application that requires a lot of memory, be sure to close it
- again before coming back to DPBank otherwise it may happen that
- DPBank closes itself.
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