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P O R T F O L I O
by Robert B. Cook
PORTFOLIO is a file program that will provide a quick assessment of
your investments. The program comes with several default categories of
investments -- Bank Savings, Stocks/Bonds, I.R.A./Keogh Accounts, Money
Market Funds, Certificates of Deposit, Mutual Funds, Life Insurance -- but
you can add to or change these to fit your needs.
This program is a compromise between a generic database and a dedicated
database. In a generic database, such as MASTERFILE II on LS 128 #14, you
set up the fields, record names, record lengths, etc. In a dedicated
database, everything is set up for you -- all you have to do is enter the
data. PORTFOLIO has everything set up for you, but since each of the
various types of investments is different, it's up to you to decide how to
fill in the pre-programmed blank file cards. For instance, on each record
there are fields for date of purchase and maturity date. If an investment
doesn't have a maturity date, this field will still be on the record, but
you should just skip it.
The categories are changeable by the user, but the layout of the record
cards is not. If you simply can't get the information you want to keep for
your particular investments to fit on the cards, then you should consider
using MASTERFILE II for your investments.
When the program begins, the default data file name "investments" is
ready to be loaded. Since this file has not been created, delete it with
the DEL key and press RETURN on a blank input. The main menu will appear
and you're ready to choose a category and start entering data. If you are
going to have just one investments file, just use the name "investments".
If you are planning to have more than one, may I suggest using
"investments1", "investments2", etc.?
Remember, to begin a new file, you must delete the word "investments"
totally and press RETURN to get to the main menu.
REVISING THE MENU
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The menu allows nine file categories, seven of which are listed above.
Two categories are unused, so you can add special investments that don't fit
into the seven right away without modifying the current categories.
However, it is easy to change any of them. Using the CRSR keys, move the
red highlight bar to 'Quit/Save/Revise' on the menu and press RETURN. Then
select REVISE MENU by pressing 'R'. Move the purple cursor bar to the
category name you wish to edit and select it by pressing RETURN. Enter the
new category name and press RETURN. The new category name(s) will be
preserved when you save your portfolio file.
ENTERING DATA
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Using the cursor keys, move the highlight bar to a category of your
choice on the menu and select it by pressing RETURN. The following options
are available to you:
+ - VIEW
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You may peruse your cards forward and backward with the + and - keys.
Of course you can't do this until you've filled in some cards.
F1 EDIT
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This allows you to add a new card to the file or edit an existing card.
Note the numbers at the top of the card, 'n of n'. The first number is the
card number that you are editing, the second is the number of cards in the
present category. When the card number is higher than the number of cards,
it indicates that the card is a blank, or new card.
There are nine places for entries. The first two lines are for the
Institution Name, Account or Certificate Number and the Address of the
institution. The third is for the Purchase Date and, if applicable, the
Maturity Date. The fourth line is for the Purchase Price per Share and the
Current Value per Share. The last line is for the Interest and, if
applicable, the Number of Shares owned. A '1' is automatically placed in
Shares if this entry is left blank.
Use the CRSR keys or the HOME key to move the cursor and the INST and
DEL keys to edit your entries.
Press F1 again to enter the card into memory. If you are editing an
existing card you'll exit from the EDIT mode, otherwise the number of cards
will be incremented by one and another blank card will be displayed for
editing. You may also press ESCape if you wish to exit without changing or
saving the card.
The maximum number of cards allowed per category is set in line 666 by
the variable MAX. There's room for about 275 records total if each field in
each record is filled. Since you probably won't be filling each field
completely, a more realistic number for total records is around 400. You
can increase the allowed number of records per category by breaking out of
the program (RUN-STOP/RESTORE), LISTing 666 and changing MAX=50 to MAX=75,
or whatever. Then scratch and save the program by entering GOTO10000 with
the disk in the drive.
F3 SORT
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You may sort the records in a category by any of several fields:
Institution, Account Number, Date Purchased, Maturity Date, Price per Share
and Current Value of Share. The sort will be in ascending or chronological
order in all fields. For best results, be consistent in the way you enter
everything. For Institution, capitalize all of the first letters, or
capitalize none. The sort IS case sensitive and will read "Bank" different
from "bank".
For dates, it's best to use a full 8-character entry every time.
03-25-92 is March 25, 1992. You may use any character in place of the
dashes but always use two characters for the month, two for the date, and
two for the year, each separated by a character.
If you choose to sort by date, note that from the Main Menu you can
choose between the U.S. format for dates (MM/DD/YY) or the European format
(DD/MM/YY). The records will be sorted by the format currently displayed on
the Main Menu.
F4 COPY
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You can copy the card on the screen to the current category or to
another category. Use the CRSR keys to scan the category names then choose
a category to COPY to by pressing RETURN.
F5 SEARCH
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Keeping your item entries consistent is necessary to enable the SEARCH
command to find similar items. The search string may be up to ten
characters long and these characters may occur anywhere in the title.
Pressing RETURN with no entry will display the blank (new) card for editing.
SEARCH is case sensitive.
F6 DELETE
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Deletes a card from memory and reduces the number of cards by one.
F8 PRINT
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The program is set to print standard text, but if you want to send
printer control codes to put your printer in different modes, press the C
key. Enter each code as a decimal number from 1 to 255 or as a letter from
a to z, lower case only, then press RETURN to send it to the printer. Exit
by pressing the ESCape key. Your printer will remain in the mode you place
it in unless you send the code to reset it or reset it manually.
FENDER'S NOTE: This feature works very well. With my Star NX-1000 I was
able to get it to do italics, underlining, subscript mode, etc. by sending
the codes listed in the back of the manual. Remember that 27 must be sent
before most codes. I think Bob may have found the simplest, most
straightforward way to send printer codes. Just don't try to print in the
graphics mode. This is strictly a text program.
If you wish to have the current date printed with your record press the
D key and enter the date. Since this date won't be saved to disk or used
for sorting, it may be in any format you wish, such as MM/DD/YY, MM-DD-YY,
MMM YYYY, etc.
The heading, which consists of the category names, can be printed at
the top of each page by pressing H. Then press R to print the current
record.
F7 MENU
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Returns you to the main menu.
TOTAL INVESTMENT
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Displays a listing of investment categories and the total amount in
each category plus a grand total of all your investments. Press F8 for a
print-out.
DATE MM/DD/YY
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The program boots up with the U.S. format for dates, namely,
Month/Day/Year. You can