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EXPENSE ver 1.52 - Foreign Travel Expense Accounting
August 1995
DESCRIPTION
Foreign Travel Expense Accounting Version 1.52 tracks travel
expenses, performs the currency conversions and outputs
reports to the screen and printer. It is designed primarily
for business travelers who want a simple, convenient way to
keep track of travel expenses that involve foreign currencies.
It can "home base" your expenses in any of the currencies
listed (approximately 45) and allows you to use up to 10
(including the "home base currency") at any one time. It is
designed for practicality, not a lot of fancy pictures; just
get the numbers crunched and the expense report out. This
version is FREEWARE.
NOTE: Files created with this version are not compatible with the
original version 1.0, which dealt with only Asian
currencies, or versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4 because of the
way the files are saved (they are with version 1.5, 1.51).
This should not be a major problem because, in most cases, you
will use the program to track the expenses and rates during
a trip and print out the result at the end, not saving the
data (in the computer file) for posterity.
FILE LIST
-Readme.1st - this file.
-Expense.exe - the program.
-Expense.hlp - help in Windows format.
-Sample.exp - sample file.
INSTALLATION
-Install this program the same way you would any other
Windows program, i.e. copy the files EXPENSE.EXE and
EXPENSE.HLP to whatever directory you want them in. Then,
click on the "FILE" menu, then the "NEW" menu, then the
"PROPERTIES" menu and fill in the appropriate information.
This program does not fool around with any of your Windows
files such as win.ini etc. You can also double click on
the file name (EXPENSE.EXE) from the File Manager in
Windows to start the program.
-After starting the program, click on the "DATA" menu and
fill in the items you wish to use; it is probably best to
start by filling in the exchange rates and names, etc.
(NAMES/RATES) first. If you save the file, you can then add
exchange rates and transactions as you need to, while
traveling. If you use the same exchange rates a lot, just
use the "SAVE AS" under the "FILE" menu to save a copy of
your data file under a new name and then simply go through
the "TRANSPORTATION", "HOTEL" etc lists clicking on the
"DELETE" button to remove your old transactions. You then
have a clean data base to start with using the same exchange
rates as before without having to re-enter the rates.
-As mentioned in the "HELP" files, the capacity is limited,
but should be enough for at least one week at a time.
-Please read the first page of "HELP" files for particulars
on some of the functioning of the program. I did not add a
lot of error checking so the old adage about "garbage in,
garbage out" still applies.
-Some of the icons are better for monochrome screens so choose
whichever is easier for you to read. Also, please note that
the default screen font for lower resolution screens (which
I arbitrarily assumed would be laptop or notebook etc.) is
smaller than normal. That was done not to make the screen
harder to read, although it has that effect, but so that more
would fit on the screen without having to move all around.
As of version 1.4 you can easily change the screen font to
something you like by using the "FONT" menu.
-A sample data file, imaginatively called SAMPLE.EXP, is
included with these files so you can see what it all looks
like when it is filled in.
IMPORTANT NOTE - THERE ARE TWO CARDINAL RULES FOR OPERATING
THIS PROGRAM: RULE ONE - YOU MUST DESIGNATE YOUR BASE
CURRENCY AS HAVING A VALUE OF "1.0". RULE TWO - IF YOU
WANT TO USE THE DATE SORT (CHRONOLOGICAL TRANSACTION
SORTING), YOU MUST ENTER THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION DATES
IN THIS FORMAT MM/DD/YY WITH LEADING ZEROS AS NECESSARY,
SO THAT 9 APRIL 1995 BECOMES 04/09/95.
VERSION ENHANCEMENTS
-Version 1.52 fixes a few minor menu selections and
eliminates the hot key conflicts.
-Version 1.51 fixes header printing with certain printer
drivers and fixes printing if you print other than the
first page first.
-Version 1.5 adds improved screen scrolling, the use of sub
accounts for sorting (PROJECT/CLIENT), chronological sorting,
a ROWVIEW for easy access quick editing, and some improvement
in the continuing battle for perfect printing.
-Version 1.4 added a "BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT" section for
tracking expenses, as well as the ability to change screen
and printer fonts on the report as a whole, and added page
headers.
AUTHOR
-David D. Black, I can be reached at 70670,3063 on Compuserve
and would welcome questions, comments and suggestions.
The program, written with Microsoft Visual C++, was designed
to perform a simple function in a simple, straightforward way
and should be very easy to use.