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- WinCheck 3.0p Notes
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- BUG FIXES:
-
- 1. Registers with 00/00 dated transactions can be repaired:
-
- A. Load WinCheck, with TUT account
- B. Choose Help... About
- C. Press then END key, a "Repair Damaged Account" dialog should
- appear
- D. Enter initials of your damaged account, press OK.
-
- 2. Accounts that used to cause WinCheck to lock up and hang now load.
-
- Note: If WinCheck does not show data for a month you know
- to actually have data, simply add a Misc transaction for
- $0.00 to that month. This should make your data reappear.
-
- 3. Correct balance calculations for accounts whose ending monthly
- balance is negative.
-
- 4. When editing a common transaction, Alt-Tab will not cause hang
-
- 5. If no check printer is available in Fonts dialog, fonts
- dialog will close instead of causing endless error message loop.
-
- 6. Reconciliation Helper accepts negative balances in opening
- dialog.
-
- 7. Minor 3.1 Parameter validation bugs have been fixed.
-
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- WinCheck 3.0k
- ========================================================
-
- Overall Design Changes
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- * DETAILS.xxx, NDETAILS.xxx, and SPLIT.xxx files
- have been rolled into the MMMYY.xxx files, and
- then deleted. This eliminates the possibility
- of cross-linked details or splits
-
- * ALL strings have been moved to a LANGUAGE.H file,
- for quick and easy internationalization.
-
-
- Bug Fixes
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- * NDETAILS file is now deleted correctly
-
- * "Pay Account" field editable in Common Transactions
-
- * Register Window can be maximized via keyboard after
- restoring it
-
- * Keyboard focus returned to Register after adding
- common transaction
-
- * When transfering from and account to an unopened account,
- "current account" is correctly set, therefore next
- transaction made goes into correct account.
-
- * ATM always makes the correct transaction amount
-
- * Deleted categories/subcategories wont appear in
- exported registers
-
- * When editing multipl transactions, closing one places
- focus on another open transaction if one is open.
-
- * Extra form feeds are not sent after printing reports
-
- * 800x600 mode budget dialog no longer has stray digits
- (this is caused by a bug in the 800x600 driver. If
- you still have this problem, update your driver)
-
- * Print preview uses ANSI font, so Euro characters
- display correctly.
-
- * Print Direct now prints address correctly
-
- * Reminders work
-
- * If the user makes a common transaction that has a "Pay to"
- field indicated, two copies of the check do not get printed.
-
- * Details are no longer caried over and cross linked.
-
- * Split information no longer cross-referneced
-
- * Opening light show reduced
-
- * UAE when printing reports in rapid succession fixed
-
- * Reconciliation helper calcuates interest correctly
-
-
- New Features/Enhancements (all of these are suggestions from the Users)
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- * When creating a new account, you can use categories
- from an already existing account. The "Pre Defined
- Categories" group box of the New Account dialog
- has a list of available accounts.
-
- * The Regsiter screen draw code has been optimized. On
- VGA systems you will see a 60-100% increase in refresh
- speed, on 8514 systems you will see a 300-500% increase
- in refresh speed.
-
- * Check Printing Queue can be flushed from the Check Form
- Printer Setup Windows... Flush Queue.
-
- * Common Transactions can now be made to happen either
- on the date specified, or using the current date. Transactions
- that use the current date will have their date in
- parentheses, i.e. (11/15). This can be set from the
- Common... Properties dialog.
-
- * A transaction already in the register can be added to the
- Common Menu by Choosing the "Add Transaction to Common Menu" item
- from the Common Menu.
-
- * Memo line 1 is on the Transaction dialog.
-
- * When opening a transaction detail, the Pay To field defaults to
- the Payee field on the check.
-
- * F10 is an accelerator key for Credit/Debit cards
-
- * Spin Buttons have been added to the transaction dialogs
- to change the date. Also, the Up/Down arrows, and the
- numeric Keypad Plus/Minus change the date while you
- are editing the date field.
-
- * Control buttons moved to the end of the tabbing sequence
- in the Report Generator dialog
-
- * The balance of an account is not displayed until the
- correct password is entered
-
- * Search results can be printed
-
- * Printer Escape sequences for "Print Direct" checks can
- be indicated in the win.ini:
-
- [WiChk14a]
- EscapeStart=
- EscapeFinish=
-
- Any characters in the EscapeStart will be printed before the
- check prints, and any characters in the EscapeFinish will
- print after the check prints.
-
- * Zip code prints on same line as City and State
-
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-
- New to version 3.0H of WinCheck:
-
- a) New "Print Direct" feature for printing one check at a time to
- Dot-Matrix style printers (no page eject).
-
- b) Categories can now be classified as Income, Expense, or Both.
- All of your categories from your current version will default to
- "Both". You can modify these categories to specify income or
- expense with the "Edit Categories" dialog. By indicating Income
- or Expense, your budget reports will be more informational.
-
- c) Categories can be classified as Tax deductible. When you enter a
- new transaction, the "Tax Deductible" box will automatically check
- when you select one of these categories. You can, however, still
- un-check the box if you desire.
-
- d) Expandability! WinCheck now allows you to add custom tools to your
- menu. These tools use DDE to communicate with WinCheck. Two NEW
- tools have been included, PAYROLL.EXE and BALANCE.EXE. Try them!
- They are on the TOOLS menu.
-
- All of the information you need for using WinCheck's DDE can be
- found in the DDE.TXT file.
-
- The source code to PAYROLL and the source code to a more simple
- add-on tool (Visual Basic) have been included on the distribution
- disk in the DDE_VB.ZIP file. Sample code for hardcore SDK tools
- may be found in the DDE_SDK.ZIP file.
-
- e) The categories for the Budget, Cash Flow, Profit/Loss, and category
- reports are now in alphabetical order (instead of order of entry).
-
- f) New pre-defined categories on startup of account or by running a
- WinCheck command file.
-
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- What's New for WinCheck 3.0f
- ---------------------------------------
-
- BUG FIXES!
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-
- Numerous bugs have been fixed, some of the more major one addressed below:
-
- * Multiple "Personal" categories (or multiple of any category) are
- no longer possible. If your data has already been corrupted,
- the second "Personal" category will change to "Personal-1", etc.
- This way you can delete them.
-
- * Many of the reports have been fixed to print accurate numbers,
- and not to print deleted categories.
-
- * Many "mystery" bugs have vanished due to some internal code
- cleanup. These include dialog boxes without text, accelerators
- not working, and other windows wierdness.
-
- * When deleting a transfer between accounts, you will no longer UAE.
-
- * The DDE interface is significantly cleaned up and working.
-
- * The fonts dialog no longer lies.
-
- NEW FEATURES!
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-
- * Checks can now be printed one at a time on a dot matrix printer.
- To enable this feature, select "Form Attributes" while in the
- WinCheck Form Designer. Check the button labeled "Print Direct",
- and indicate the port your check printer is connected to.
- Please keep in mind that you will not be able to select fonts
- anymore for check printing-- the printer's internal default font
- will be used.
-
- * Categories can now be classified as Income, Expense, or Both. All
- of your categories from your current version will default to "Both".
- You can modify these categories to specify income or expense with
- the "Edit Categories" dialog.
-
- By indicating Income or Expense, your budget reports will be more
- informational.
-
- * Categories can be classified as Tax deductable. When you enter a
- new transaction, the "Tax Deductable" box will automatically check
- when you select one of these categories. You can still un-check
- the box if you desire.
-
- * Expandability! WinCheck now allows you to add custom tools to
- your menu. These tools use DDE to communicate with WinCheck.
- A sample tool has been included to manage Payroll deposits.
- The tool is called PAYROLL.EXE and requires that you have the
- VBRUN100.DLL file (Visual Basic Engine).
-
- To add this Payroll tool, select "Add Tool..." from the Tools menu,
- and type PAYROLL. If PAYROLL.EXE is in a different directory than
- WinCheck, indicate the full path of PAYROLL.EXE.
-
- Once you have added the tool, you will find it on your Tools menu.
-
- The source code to PAYROLL and the source code to a more simple
- add-on tool (Visual Basic) have been included on the distribution
- disk in the TOOLS directory.
- tool
-
- * The categories for the Bugdet, Cash Flow, Profit/Loss, and category
- reports are now in alphabetical order.
-