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Port-a-Quicken ... Travelling checkbook helper for the Atari Portfolio.
(c) 1990 David Stewart
1280 Royvonne Ave. SE #23
Salem, OR 97302
This program is shareware. Please register (see below).
Port-a-Quicken is a program that will allow you to use your
Portfolio to keep track of financial transactions that you normally
would load into Quicken (which is a trademark of Intuit ... a
company with which I am in no way affiliated). Let's say you're
away on a trip with the portfolio, and you write a check. Just use
Port-a-Quicken to make a note of the check, and you can use Quicken's Import
feature to bring the file into your desktop PC!
This program is quite simple to use. Just type QUICK to get started.
The program will ask you for a filename. Input the name of the file you
want to store the checking information in. If this file doesn't exist, it
will be created. If it already exists, the new information will be added
to the end. (I have the program set up to default to A:\QUICKEN.TXT ... if
you want to use that file as well, just hit ENTER when asked for a filename).
Then the program asks you for what you would input into Quicken:
Date: Enter in MM/DD/YY format. Example: 11/30/90
Amount (with -): Enter the amount spent. If it's a deposit, just input the
number. If it's a payment, input the number preceded
with a - sign. Example: -5.00
Number: Enter the check number. Example: 125. Or even ATM.
Payee: Enter the name of the person or company to whom you
wrote the check. Example: David E. Stewart
Memo: Enter a note about the transaction. Example: Registration fee
Category: Enter the category of the transaction. Example: Misc. Note: If
you enter a category that is not recognized by
Quicken, it will ask you to re-enter it during import mode.
The program will then ask if you wish to continue. Enter y to do it again;
enter lowercase n to stop.
When you want to import this information into Quicken, you'll have to transfer
the data to your PC first. (I use a PC Card Drive from Atari; it's great!)
Then get into Quicken's register, hit F2, select Import, and enter the
filename. That's it!
Some notes:
This program works with Quicken Version 3.0 Once again, I'm not associated
with Intuit in any way, and Quicken is a trademark of that company. This
program may or may not work with other versions; I haven't tried. If you
can't get it to import, send me a copy of the page in your documentation about
the format of your version's import/export files, and I'll revise the program
to suit you (although you MUST register for me to do this).
This program also works on a desktop PC.
WHY YOU SHOULD REGISTER:
A. Because this is a copyrighted program.
B. Because we all need more software on the Portfolio, and I would love to
write it ... but I need some money to buy the developer's guide book!
C. Because it's only $5 ...
HERE'S WHAT YOU GET:
For your $5, you'll be a registered user. What's that mean? Well, I'll
save your name and address so you can be alerted to other Portfolio programs
that I'm developing, and get special offers on them.
HOW TO SAVE SOME MONEY:
You could save $5 by not registering at all, but do you want that guilt? How
about saving $1 instead by sending in $4 and a good programming idea for
the Portfolio? If I implement your idea, you will get a share of the
registration profits from it! If I don't, then you still saved a dollar. Not
a bad deal, eh?
Send your registration check ($5 or $4 and a program idea) to:
David Stewart
1280 Royvonne Ave. SE #23
Salem, OR 97302
(Please specify your IBM PC disk size for when I send updates).
Technical note: This program was written with Microsoft QuickPascal version
1.0. If you want source code, tack an extra $20 onto the registration check,
and I'll send that along.
ALSO AVAILABLE:
Port-a-Sketch: Draw with your portfolio! $5 registration required.
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