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EZ Loan Manager 97 for Windows 95, Version 4.12
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(Released: March 6, 1997)
1. Introduction:
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EZ Loan Manager 97 for Windows 95 (Version 4.12) provides the simplest
tool for you to evaluate and manage your loans and mortgages. With its
easy and flexible interface, EZ Loan Manager is just for you, whether
you have a fixed, adjustable or biweekly loan, or like to save interest
money with early extra payments. If you pay your loan early, EZ Loan
Manager will show you how much interest you will save. This is a
maintenance release with improvements in inputting loan information.
Free upgrade for registered users. A one time registration fee
is only $5.00 for home users, if you register before June 30, 1997.
2. Requirements:
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Microsoft Windows 95 or higher.
Microsoft Visual Basic run-time library: VB40032.DLL
VB40032.DLL is available as vb40032.zip on many internet sites,
such as http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/dll/vb40032.zip
3. Installing EZ Loan Manager 97:
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Run the Setup.exe program.
4. Uninstalling EZ Loan Manager 97:
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Remove EZ Loan Manager 97 from control panel.
5. Changes:
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Version 4.12 (March 8, 1997)
This is a maintenance release with improvements in inputing loan
information.
Version 4.11 (February 11, 1997)
1) Allow to input loan term in biweeks in Biweekly loan.
2) A few bug fixes.
Version 4.10
1) Added biweekly loan type.
2) Added drag and drop support.
3) Added eazy loan amortization table navigation function.
4) This Year's amortization table now loads automatically for
registered users.
5) Added fuction to easily input monthly extra payments for a year.
6) Added many "Easter Eggs".
6. Frequent asked Question:
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1) How To Do A Fixed Rate or Biweekly Loan Calculation?
a. Select "Fixed Rate" or "Biweekly" in the Loan Type box.
b. Input Amount of Loan, Starting Interest Rate, Starting Date (in
MM/DD/YY) and Term in Years, Months or Biweeks.
Note: Double click in the Starting Date box will put today's
date in the box.
c. Input any other information in Loan Description for you to
identify the loan.
d. Do the calculation by click the <New Loan Calculation> button.
e. You can now view amortization table by clicking a numeric button.
2) How to Do An Adjustable Rate Loan Calculation?
a. Do the same as in a fixed rate loan calculation, but select
"Adjustable Rate".
b. Go to the amortiztion table of a particular year by clicking a
numeric button.
c. Change the interest rate and click <Calculate>, or you may
manually input the new monthly payment
d. Click <Update> to update the loan amortization table.
3) How To Do A Loan With Extra Payments?
a. Go to the amortization table of a particular year by clicking a
numeric button.
b. Input extra payments in the amortization table.
c. Click <Update> to update the loan amortization table.
4) How does the <Update> button work?
The <Update> button does not change the amortization table before
the current year but will set the future interest rate and monthly
payment to the same as the current year.
5) How is the "Interest Saved" calculated?
The "Interest Saved" is calculated by comparing the interests with
and without extra payments.
6) How to quickly navigate the loan amortization table?
a. Press <Home> button to view first year's amortization table.
b. Press <End> button to view last year's amortization table.
c. Press <F12> button to view This year's amortization table.
When there is no active amortization table, clicking mouse below
the numeric buttons does the same. When the table is active,
click on the Blue Year Banner also loads This Year's table.
d. Press <Page Up> button to view previous year's amortization table.
e. Press <Page down> button to view next year's amortization table.
7) How to add monthly extra payments in a particular year?
a. Go to a particular year by clicking the numeric button.
b. Input the extra payment in the month you want to start paying
monthly extra.
c. Double click the number and you will see the extra payments are
added within the year.
d. Click <Update> to update the loan amortization table.
8) What type of loan is best for you?
With EZ Loan Manager, you can easily determin what type of loan is
best for you. The following are comparison of various loans.
(Encluded with the software)
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File Name Fixed-0.ezl Fixed-1.ezl Biweekly.ezl Adjustable.ezl
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Loan Type Fixed Fixed Biweekly Adjustable
Amount Borrow $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000
Interest Rate 7.25% 7.25% 7.25% 4.25,6.25,8.25,
10.25,8.25,
7.25, 7.25, ...
Loan Term 30 Years 20 Years 20 Years 20 Years
Pay No./Year 12 12 26 12
Monthly Payment $682.18 $682.18 $364.53 $789.82**
Monthly Extra $0 $107.64
Annual Payment $8,186.12 $9,477.84 $9,477.67 $9477.84**
Extra cost/Year
compare with $0 $1,291.72 $1,291.55 $1,291.60**
Fixed-0.ezl
Total Interest $145,583.47 $89,858.99 $89,553.42 $84,217.15
Savings* compare
with Fixed-0.ezl None $55,724.47 $56,030.05 $61,366.32
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* The savings are the differences comparing with a fixed loan,
i.e. Fixed-0.ezl, not the "Interest Saved" as shown in the
amortization table.
** When the interest is 8.25% or higher, monthly payments are higer
than $789.82.
9) How to quickly open a loan file using Drag and Drop?
a) Double click a loan file (*.ezl).
Note: In the first time, you need to Creat the EZ Loan Manager
file type.
or
b) Creat an EZ Loan Manager shortcut on you desktop, and drag the
loan file to the shortcut to open it.
10) Notes on EZ Loan Manager Data file.
The loan data file format has been changed. Loan data files created
from previous version of EZ Loan Manager will be automatically
transformed to the new version. The file default extension .dat has
been changed to .ezl, which is unique and easy for you to creat the
EZ Loan Manager file type in the Explor or other file managers.
Although the loan data files are plain ASCII files, editing it with
an editor may cause the files unreadable by EZ Loan Manager.
7. Files:
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The EZL97D32.zip file you downloaded from the internet contains:
File_id.diz ------- Brief description of the software.
Readme.txt -------- This file.
Ezloan.exe -------- The program file, which is the only file needed
besides the runtime library files.
Adjustable.ezl ---- An adjustable loan example.
Biweekly.ezl ------ A 20 year biweekly loan example.
Biweekly1.ezl ----- A biweekly loan with 360 biweeks/payments.
Fixed-0.ezl ------- A fixed rate loan example without extra payment.
Fixed-1.ezl ------- A fixed rate loan example with extra payment.
Car-loan.ezl ------ A car loan example.
The following files are Microsoft Runtime Library files that you may
already have, if you are using other softwares that are developed with
MS Visual Basic V4.0.
Comdlg32.ocx
Comctl32.ocx
Mfc40.dll
VB40032.dll ------- Not included, but available on many internet
sites as VB40032.zip
ven2232.olb
olepro32.dll
msvcrt20.dll
msvcrt40.dll
ctl3d32.dll
The follwoing files are used for installing the