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PCAccountant
a Public Domain Program by PC-Squared
(C) Copyright by PC-Squared
<< Documentation & Operating Manual >>
PC-Squared
P.O. Box 1610
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
<< LICENSE >>
This program can be freely copied and distributed so long as no
consideration is given other than specified in this document. The
user of this program which finds that it is of value to him/her
should consider making a donation to PC-Squared. See this
document for more information about becoming a registered owner.
I. Introduction
PCAccountant is a series of programs which allows a user to
maintain a personal bookkeeping record. While designed for home
use, the system can be used for a small business.
As they are developed, additional modules will be added to
the PCAccountant Library. These will expand the usefulness of the
entire system. The first of these will be PCCheck. This is
currently under development and will be released soon. PCCheck is
a check writing and management module which will not only
interface directly with PCAccountant, but also print your checks.
This system was written on a COMPAQ PLUS running PC-DOS 2.1
and has been tested by the authors on a Corona and an IBM PC.
The programs are compiled BASIC using Microsoft Basic.
All disk files are random files in an effort to increase
speed. As transactions are entered they are placed in a temporary
file and are only added to the year-to-date files when the month
is closed. This speeds the correction time necessary when you
have made a error or wish to reverse a transaction. The number of
transactions in a given month is only restricted by the disk
space available.
The system contains the following programs:
PCACTSU.EXE - This program provides information to the system
such as your name and the disk drive which will contain the data
used by the system. THIS PROGRAM MUST BE RUN BEFORE ANY
PROCESSING IS DONE. NOTE: Running this program will ZERO all
variables and counters maintained by the system. You should only
run this ONCE unless you want to start over.
PC-ACCT.EXE - This is the system booting program. It checks to
insure that you have prepared the system properly before loading
PCACCT.EXE.
PCACCT.EXE - This is the main program. All other programs (except
the above one) are driven from this program.
PCACTAC.EXE - This program is called by PCACCT and allows you to
define, change, delete, and print/display a Chart of Accounts.
<Called by selecting option 2 from the menu in PCACCT>
PCTRAN.EXE - This program is also called by PCACCT and allows you
to enter, change, delete, and print/display transactions. You
also use this program to enter Auto Journal Entries which you
want the system to post automatically every month. <Called by
selecting option 1 from the menu in PCACCT>
BUDGET.EXE - This program is called by selecting option B from
the menu in PCACCT. It allows you to enter budget figures for
every active account. In several of the listing produced by the
system, the actual amounts are compared with budget amounts.
All other processing is done within the PCACCT program.
Data files which are used by the system are as follows:
All data files MUST reside on the disk which you specify in the
set-up program EXCEPT the file called PCACTPW.DAT. This MUST
reside on the disk containing the programs. If you want, all
files and programs can co-exist on the same disk. Programs MUST
reside on the default drive.
Filename Record Len Contains
----------------------------------------------------------------
PCACTPW.DAT 69 Bytes Counters & General Info
PCACCT.DAT 42 Chart of Account Data
PCTRAN.DAT 51 Transaction Data
PCAJOR.DAT 51 Auto Journal Trans. Data
YTDAMT.DAT 120 Year-To-Date Accumlative Data
BUDGET.DAT 120 Budgeted Amounts
PCACCT.KEY 10 Key file for PCACCT.DAT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The system provides a means to maintain data and to do
calculations based on the financial matters of a household or
small business. It is designed for the 'non-accountant' type
person. You are required to have only basic bookkeeping
knowledge.
The system allows you to design your own 'Chart of
Accounts'. The Chart of Accounts is the basis for maintaining the
data (See Section III.).
PCAccountant also allows you to enter budget figures for
each account and compares actual to budgeted in two different
reports.
Transactions are entered on an 'as they occur' basis,
however, transactions which occur every month, and which are
identical every month, may be entered once using the Auto-Journal
Transaction function. The AJ function can be used for such
transactions as rent, mortgage payments, and the like.
The system forces you to enter two account numbers for each
transaction. One '+ Account', to which the amount of the
transaction is added, and one '- Account', which the amount is
subtracted from.
As stated before, as transactions are entered, they are
placed in a temporary file (PCTRAN.DAT), and are not added to the
Year-to-Date file until the close of the month. This way
corrections are simplified. All calculations are done as the
reports are being printed.
At the end of every month you must do End-of-Month
processing to close the month. Make certain that you have printed
all the reports which you want, as when you close the month, all
transaction detail is deleted (except for AJ transactions).
Closing the year totals all of the accounts and places them
in a prior year file. This way the system can compare current
year to prior year. Closing the year also zeros all current year
data files and counters.
Five separate analytical reports are provided by the system.
These are description more fully later. Each report provides
slightly different information either on a monthly data basis or
on an accumulative year basis. Two of the reports compare actual
to budgeted figures.
For maximum flexibility all reports, except two, can be
displayed or printed. All, except the two, are 80 column
printouts. The two exceptions require a 132 column printer.
II. Installation
A. On a Floppy Disk System. Place DOS on a newly formatted
disk and copy all PCAccountant programs onto it. Format another
disk for use as the data disk. Label both.
B. On a Hard Disk System. Copy all PCAccountant programs
onto the hard disk. If you wish to keep the data on a floppy
disk, go ahead and format one and label it.
From this time forward we will take for granted that if you
use a floppy disk for your data files you have placed the data
disk in the proper drive. The data disk MUST be inserted BEFORE
you run ANY program - including the set-up program.
Run the set-up program by typing PCACTSU. A screen will be
displayed asking you for the following data:
NOTE: Every screen which displays the data field limited by ']' &
'[" are auto-ending. This means that if you fill the field the
system will automatically go to the next data element. The only
time you need to hit RETURN is when you fail to fill the field.
Also ALL command require that you only press the proper key - NO
<RETURN> is required.
NAME - This is the name associated with the accounting,
i.e., THE SMITH HOUSEHOLD.