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- Investor 1.20
- =============
-
- Contents of the Zip File
- ------------------------
-
- * INVESTOR.PRC - Palm Pilot application
- * INVESTOR.INI - Configuration settings file
- * README.TXT - Release information
- * CURL.EXE - Internally used routine
- * INVESTOR.BAT - Internally used routine
- * INVESTR1.EXE - Internally used routine
- * INVESTR2.EXE - Internally used routine
- * _CURLRC - Configuration file for going through a proxy server
-
- CURL is supplied under the MOZILLA PUBLIC LICENSE.
- See http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ for more information.
-
-
- Changes in Version 1.20
- -----------------------
-
- * Forced to switch to a new quote server. Unfortunately, the index
- symbols are different, and only the following indices are now
- available:
-
- Old Symbol New Symbol Index Name
- ---------- ---------- ----------------------------
- DJII $INDU Dow Jones Industrial Average
- COMP $COMP NASDAQ Composite
- SPIC $SPX S&P 500
-
- If you're upgrading from a prior version, please rename any old stock
- indices you track to their new names, and delete any indices other
- than these.
-
- * Added color support. Positions are now color-coded as follows:
-
- Stock/Mutual Funds - Black
- Indices ($INDU, $COMP, $SPX) - Blue
- Cash ($CASH) - Green
-
- In addition, the following fields are display in red if they are less
- than zero:
-
- Day's Change View: Change, Change%, P/L
- Profit/Loss View : P/L, P/L%
-
-
- System Requirements
- -------------------
-
- * Windows 95/98/NT/2000 or later with 1M of disk space available
- * Palm Professional, Palm III, or later or Visor with 29k of memory available
- * Internet connection (required only for updating quotes)
-
-
- Installation and One-Time Setup
- -------------------------------
-
- * Install the Palm application by double-clicking on the INVESTOR.PRC file.
-
- * Edit the INVESTOR.INI file. The first line in this file must contain the
- path to where you installed the Palm Desktop. The default is C:\PALM, but
- you might have chosen a different location when you did the installation.
- The second line must contain the name of your personal folder. If your
- user name is "John Doe", the default name for your folder is "DoeJ".
-
- For example, if you installed the Palm software in C:\Software\PalmIII
- and your folder's name is DoeJ (i.e., your personal folder is located at
- C:\Software\PalmIII\DoeJ), the INVESTOR.INI file should contain:
-
- C:\Software\PalmIII
- DoeJ
-
- Make sure that:
- 1. The above lines start in column 1
- 2. There are no trailing blanks (after PalmIII or DoeJ)
- 3. You use "\" and not "/"
-
- The good news is that you will have to do this only once.
-
- * If you are accessing the internet through a proxy server:
-
- 1. Put the _CURLRC file into the C:\ directory. Make sure you don't rename it
- or add a file name extension.
- 2. Find out what your proxy server host name is and what port you are using:
- A. In Internet Explorer, select "Internet Options" from the View Menu
- B. Click on the "Connection" tab
- C. Find the proxy server "address" and "port" and write them down
- 3. Edit the _CURLRC file (this is probably easiest using Notepad)
- 4. Find the line that says: #-x host:port
- 5. Delete the '#' at the start of the line, and replace the word "host" and
- "port" with your proxy server name and port, so that it looks like this:
-
- -x my.proxy.server:80
-
- 6. Save the file (make sure you don't add a file name extension)
-
- * Execute a Hotsync.
-
- * Run Investor. This first time, you should set up your categories, in
- whatever way is useful to you. It is recommended that you use a separate
- category for each account you have, e.g., Investment, Roth IRA, 401(k), etc.
-
- If you have any trouble with this, please check the Investor FAQ at:
-
- http://sites.netscape.net/tapperware/investor_faq
-
-
- Updating Quotes
- ---------------
-
- To get the latest quotes onto your handheld, make sure your internet connection
- is up, and execute the INVESTOR.BAT file. You will have to hit ENTER twice to
- exit the install tool.
-
- The next time you Hotsync, those values will be copied to your handheld.
-
- I would suggest you put the INVESTOR.BAT file on your start menu to make this easy.
-
- Note: If you have added stocks since your last Hotsync, you will have to Hotsync
- TWICE to get the quotes for the newly added stocks: once to get the new
- stock symbols to your desktop, and then a second time to get quotes for
- them.
-
- If you have any trouble with this, please check the Investor FAQ at:
-
- http://sites.netscape.net/tapperware/investor_faq
-
-
- Registering
- -----------
-
- The unregistered version will let you create only 3 positions.
-
- You can buy the registered version from PalmGear H.Q. at:
-
- http://store.yahoo.com/pilotgearsw/tapperware.html
-
- for $14.95. Orders can also be taken over the phone by calling 800-741-9070 or
- by faxing 817-640-6614 with your credit card information.
-
- You can check for updates to Investor at:
-
- http://sites.netscape.net/tapperware/Investor
-
- Please send any comments regarding Investor to Tapperware@netscape.net.
-
-
- CHANGE HISTORY
- --------------
-
- Changes in Version 1.11
- -----------------------
-
- * Changed column widths on Market Value view so that larger numbers can
- be displayed
- * Added support for the following indices:
-
- Symbol Index Name
- ------ ----------------------------
- DJII Dow Jones Industrial Average
- DJIT Dow Jones Transportation
- DJIU Dow Jones Utilities
- NYA NYSE Composite
- COMP NASDAQ Composite
- NDX NASDAQ 100
- SPIC S&P 500
- SPMC S&P 400 Midcap
- SPIO S&P 100
- RUT Russell 2000 Index
- NIKI NIKKEI 225 Index
- HKX AMEX Hong Kong 30
- TOP AMEX Eurotop 100
- MXY AMEX Mexico
- JPN AMEX Japan
-
- If you are tracking indices, simply use zero as the number of shares.
-
- * No more restriction on blanks in the path name
- * Compatibility with Palm OS 3.3
-