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- The following document each ARexx function. I recommend that you look
- over each command as I comment throughout the document how certain
- commands are related to others (especially the "user session commands"!!).
-
-
-
- Generic commands
- ----------------------
-
- GET COMMANDLIST,AUTHOR,COPYRIGHT,VERSION,LASTERROR
- "GET" provides some program information depending
- on the parameter you provide.
-
- COMMANDLIST returns all commands (with their
- templates) for your review.
- COPYRIGHT displays the amicheck copyright
- AUTHOR displays my name :)
- VERSION displays the version you are using
- LASTERROR displays a description of the last error
-
-
-
- File/Project commands
- ----------------------
-
- OPEN FILENAME/A/F
-
- Open an account.
-
- FILENAME The name of the account to open
-
-
- SAVE FILENAME/F
-
- Save (or "save as") an account. With no parameter, the application is
- saved.
-
- FILENAME Use if you wish to do a "save as" using the FILENAME you
- provide.
-
- QUIT FORCE/S
-
- Quit amiCheck. If no parameter, you will be prompted if the database
- has been modified with a "are you sure" requester.
-
- FORCE Use this parameter if you wish to ignore the requester.
-
-
-
- Project Specific Account Info
- -----------------------------
-
- AC_GETINFO ENTRIES/S,CURRBAL/S,STATEBAL/S,FILTBAL/S,FILENAME/S,HOLDER/S,
- ACCOUNT/S,BANK/S,OPENDATE/S,CLOSED/S,CLOSEDATE/S,STARTDEPOSIT/S
-
- Read information on the account. Read one field at a time.
-
- ENTRIES Number of entries in the FILTER
- CURRBAL Current balance
- STATEBAL Statement balance
- FILTBAL Filter balance
- FILENAME The account filename
- HOLDER The account holder
- ACCOUNT Account number
- BANK The institution the account belongs too
- OPENDATE Date of the account opening
- CLOSED >0 if closed, 0 otherwise
- CLOSEDATE Date of closing
- STARTDEPOSIT Initial deposit
-
-
- AC_SETINFO HOLDER/F,ACCOUNT/F,BANK/F,OPENDATE/F,CLOSED/F,CLOSEDATE/F,
- STARTDEPOSIT/F
-
- Set the account information via arexx. Set one field at a time.
-
- HOLDER Account holder
- ACCOUNT Account number
- BANK The institution the account belongs too
- OPENDATE Date of the account opening
- CLOSED >0 to close account, 0 to not close it.
- CLOSEDATE Date of closing
- STARTDEPOSIT Initial deposit
-
-
-
- User Session Commands
- ---------------------
-
- AC_USERSEL SETENTRY/N,GETENTRY/S
-
- Read or set the visually selected item (ie: the item the
- user has clicked on).
-
- SETENTRY Specify the entry to show selected (1 = first).
- GETENTRY Read the current selected entry (0 = none).
-
-
- AC_LOCK
-
- Lock the database from the user (he/she will receive a
- "busy" mouse pointer). It is very wise to use this when
- reading or updating the database if the user can ruin
- everything by using the application during this time.
-
- AC_UNLOCK
-
- Remove a lock on amicheck (user gets use of the mouse back :)
-
-
- AC_REBUILD
-
- You MUST MUST MUST do this whenever you modify the database
- (you don't need to if you only read items). If you don't,
- amiCheck may zonk out big time. Note that I did this for speed
- reasons. Your arexx macro can zip along and then update the
- user's window when you are done.
-
- To say that again more clearly, your script may make many
- modifications. Then when it is done, or if it needs to pause
- for user input, do AC_REBUILD. This call will update the user
- register window. The catch is you cannot allow the user to
- interact with the program while modifying the database behind
- the scenes, so to speak. For added safety, consider the
- lock and unlock calls. Otherwise you should do AC_REBUILD
- after every modification (ie: AC_PUTRECORD).
-
-
-
- Database Query Commands
- ------------------------
-
- AC_GETRECORD ENTRY/A/N,TYPE/S,NAME/S,MEMO/S,DATE/S,AMOUNT/S,CLEARED/S,
- PRINTED/S,VOIDED/S,TAX/S,CHECKNUMBER/S
-
- Extract information on a given record. Request only ONE of the fields
- at a time (I can only return one thing at once).
-
- ENTRY Required. The number of the transaction to be read (1 = first
- record).
- TYPE Returns 0=check, 1=withdrawal, 2=deposit.
- NAME Returns the Name field.
- MEMO Returns the Memo field.
- DATE Returns the Date as per the date preference of amiCheck.
- AMOUNT Returns the amount
- CLEARED Returns >0 if cleared, 0 if not.
- PRINTED Returns >0 if printed, 0 if not.
- VOIDED Returns )0 if voided, 0 if not.
- TAX Returns >0 if deductible, 0 if not.
- CHECKNUMBER Returns the check number (0 if not check).
- CATEGORIES Returns the number of categories this transaction.
-
-
-
- AC_EDITRECORD ENTRY/A/N,NAME/F,MEMO/F,DATE/F,AMOUNT/F,CLEARED/N,PRINTED/N,
- VOIDED/N,TAX/N,CHECKNUMBER/N
-
- Edit an existing record. Edit one field at a time.
-
- ENTRY The transaction to edit (1 = first).
- NAME The new name field.
- MEMO The new memo field.
- DATE The new date field (as per amiCheck date preferences).
- AMOUNT The new amount field.
- CLEARED >0 = clear transaction. 0 = unclear (ha, unclear, get it? ha ha. erg)
- PRINTED >0 = printed, 0 = not.
- VOIDED >0 = voided, 0 = not
- TAX >0 = deductible, 0 = not.
- CHECKNUMBER The new check number.
-
-
- AC_GETBUDGET ENTRY/A/N,CATNUM/A/N,CATNAME/S,CATBUDGET/S
-
- Read information on a transaction's budget (ask for only one
- field at a time).
-
- ENTRY The transaction to read (1 = first)
- CATNUM Number of category to read (ignored currently)
- CATNAME Returns the category name
- CATBUDGET Returns amount budgeted to category
-
-
- AC_ADDBUDGET ENTRY/A/N,CATEGORY/A,BUDGETED/A
-
- Add a budget to the transaction. Currently this just replaces
- the category.
-
- ENTRY Transaction to modify (1 = first)
- CATEGORY Category to modify (currently, you must use 1)
- BUDGETED Amount to budget (currently ignored)
-
-
- AC_DELBUDGET ENTRY/A/N,CATNUM/A/N
-
- Remove a category from a transaction. Currently this just applies
- the default category "None".
-
- ENTRY Transaction to modify (1 = first)
- CATNUM Category to modify (currently you must use 1)
-
-
- AC_DELRECORD ENTRY/A/N
-
- Delete a record from the database.
-
- ENTRY The transaction to remove (1 = first).
-
-
- New Transaction Entry
- ---------------------------
-
- AC_BUILDRECORD TYPE/N,NAME/F,MEMO/F,DATE/F,AMOUNT/F,CLEARED/N,PRINTED/N,
- VOIDED/N,TAX/N,CHECKNUMBER/N
-
- Construct a new entry for the database (set one field at a time). The entry
- will not be inserted into the database until you issue AC_PUTRECORD.
-
- TYPE Set the transaction type: 0=check,1=withdrawal,2=deposit
- NAME Set the Name field
- MEMO Set the Memo field
- DATE Set the date field (as per the amiCheck date preference)
- AMOUNT Set the amount field
- CLEARED >0 = mark cleared, 0 = don't
- PRINTED >0 = printed, 0 = not
- VOIDED >0 = voided, 0 = not
- TAX >0 = deductible, 0 = not
- CHECKNUMBER set the check number
-
-
- AC_BUILDBUDGET CATNAME/A,CATBUDGET/A
-
- Add a category to the transaction.
-
- CATNAME The category name
- CATBUDGET The amount to budget. Currently, use 0.00
-
-
- AC_PUTRECORD
-
- Inserts the record you have built into the database.
-
-