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EliteCheck 1.1b
ReadMe First Document
April 1992
Please read this document first before anything else. This document
contains information on:
1. Intended Use
2. Disk Packing List
3. Important Files to Read
4. First Things to do
5. Using ECFILES utility to check the CONFIG.SYS file
6. Installing EliteCheck
7. Starting EliteCheck
8. First-Time Account Setup
9. Exiting EliteCheck
10. What's New in This Version
11. Updates to the Manual
1. Intended Use
---------------
This program package is a checkbook/budget manager for home or
small business use. Anyone familiar with a regular checkbook can
quick start use it.
2. Disk Packing List
--------------------
The EliteCheck v1.1b program package should contain the following
files:
EC.EXE The EliteCheck program
EC.REF EliteCheck Reference Id
EC.HLP On-line help file
READ.ME A text file that you must read first before you use
the program
PACKING.LST List of files in your package
INSTALL.EXE Installation program
EC.DOC On disk User Manual
VENDOR.DOC Vendor distribution information
REGISTER.DOC Registration and license information
REGISTER.FRM Registration Form
ECFILES.EXE Utility program to increase files parameter in the
CONFIG.SYS file
3. Important Files to Read
--------------------------
Anyone wishing to use this program must read this file first. The
EC.DOC file contains a full description on how to use EliteCheck.
To register your use of EliteCheck, read the REGISTER.DOC file and
follow the instructions.
Shareware distributors, disk vendors, computer clubs, and BBS
SYSOPs must read the VENDOR.DOC file.
The following text files can be printed to your printer:
READ.ME PACKING.LST EC.DOC VENDOR.DOC
REGISTER.DOC REGISTER.FRM
If you want to print any of above text files, you could use the
COPY command to print it. For example, to print the EC.DOC file to
your printer, insert the disk that contains the EC.DOC file in
drive A and type this command:
COPY A:\EC.DOC PRN
If you are a registered user, you do not need to print the EC.DOC
file since your package includes a printed User Manual.
4. First Things to do
---------------------
1) Make sure that the EliteCheck distribution disk has all the
files listed above.
2) Make a backup copy of your EliteCheck distribution disk.
3) Make sure that your computer has:
- DOS 3.0 or later version
- minimum 512K memory
- two floppy disk drives or hard drive
- the CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory of your boot
disk that contains a line:
FILES=nn
in which nn must be at least 15.
5. Using ECFILES utility to check the CONFIG.SYS file
-----------------------------------------------------
To ensure that the CONFIG.SYS file has a FILES parameter properly,
you can use ECFILES utility program supplied with this package.
To run ECFILES, simply invoke it and follow the instructions given
by the program.
6. Installing EliteCheck
-------------------------
<Note>
If you have been using the previous version 1.1(a), you can
continue to use your existing account data files with this new
version. Simply install in your current EliteCheck directory.
All existing program files will then be replaced by new ones
without affecting existing account data files.
<Note>
If you obtained the EliteCheck package in an archived file and
decompressed it on your disk, you are already ready to start
using EliteCheck. In that case, skip this section.
+--+
| | To Install EliteCheck to a Hard Disk
+--+
1) Start your computer.
2) Insert the EliteCheck Install disk in drive A.
3) Run the INSTALL.EXE by typing as follows:
A:INSTALL C:\EC
The Installation program will automatically install
EliteCheck to the \EC directory in drive C. If you want
to install EliteCheck to a directory other than \EC,
simply replace C:\EC with the directory path name you
want when you invoke the installation program.
If the specified directory contains the program files of
the previous version 1.1(a), they all will be replaced by
the new files. Your account data files, however, will
remain unaffected by this installation.
If the specified directory does not exist, INSTALL.EXE
will automatically create it.
+--+
| | To Install EliteCheck with Two Floppy Drives
+--+
To use EliteCheck without a hard disk, you need two floppy disk
drives: one for a EliteCheck program disk and the other for a data
disk. To install EliteCheck to a floppy diskette, do the following
steps:
1) Start your computer with a DOS system diskette.
2) Insert the EliteCheck Install disk in drive A.
3) Insert a formatted blank diskette in drive B.
3) Run the INSTALL.EXE by typing as follows:
A:INSTALL B:\
While running the INSTALL program, follow the
instructions on the screen.
The Installation program will install EliteCheck to the
root directory in drive B.
7. Starting EliteCheck
----------------------
To start EliteCheck on a hard disk:
1) Change current directory to the EliteCheck directory.
C>CD C:\EC
2) Invoke EliteCheck by typing EC followed by <ENTER> key.
C>EC
To start EliteCheck on a floppy disk:
1) Make sure that your computer was booted from the DOS disk
that contains the CONFIG.SYS file with a line 'FILES=15'
(or greater than 15).
2) Insert EliteCheck program disk in drive A.
3) Invoke EliteCheck by typing EC followed by <ENTER> key.
A>EC
4) Insert your data disk in drive B when EliteCheck
instructs you to do so.
If your monitor screen becomes unreadable when you start
EliteCheck, start EliteCheck with /M option:
C:>EC /M
8. First-Time Account Setup
---------------------------
When you start EliteCheck for the first time, EliteCheck will bring
up the Account Setup Window. Enter required information on the
blank entries in the Account Setup Window as follows:
Account Type: Select either BUSINESS or PERSONAL based on
how you will use your first account. To select
the account type, press Space bar.
Account Name: Enter 1-25 alpha-numeric characters to
identify your account.
Account No: Enter the account number (or anything to
describe the account). You may leave this
entry blank.
Balance: Enter the amount of opening balance.
As of: Enter the opening date.
To move between entries, use the following keys:
UP Arrow move up
DOWN Arrow move down
TAB move to next entry
Shift-TAB move to previous entry
ENTER move to next entry or complete the account
setup if pressed in the last entry
9. Exiting EliteCheck
---------------------
To exit EliteCheck, do the following steps:
1) If none of the menu items on the top line of the screen
is highlighted, press <ESC> until one of them becomes
highlighted.
2) If Quit menu item is not highlighted, press right arrow
key until Quit menu item gets highlighted.
3) Press <ENTER>.
4) When you see a pulldown menu item saying "Exit to DOS",
press E or <ENTER>.
10. What's New in This Version
------------------------------
Update to version 1.1b
EliteCheck now allows you to choose a date format from the
following three choices: MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY, and YY/MM/DD.
Updates to version 1.1a
Bug fixes
. Changing the check number of an existing transaction now
works without an error condition.
. EliteCheck 1.1 got stuck in an error condition when the
Mark Cleared Transaction pulldown menu choice was
selected with the blank transaction entry partially
filled in. This problem is now fixed.
. Category items are now included in the Check Register
print-out.
Enhancements
. In Register, you can now undo changes made to the
highlighted entry by pressing Ctrl-C.
. Hyphens (-) are now allowed in the direct payee entry as
well as in the payee list.
. The reconciliation summary display now includes the
difference amount between the adjusted bank balance and
the new checkbook balance.
. Almost all popup windows can now be dragged around the
screen by pressing Ctrl-Up, Ctrl-Down, Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-
Right, Ctrl-PgUp, and Ctrl-PgDn keys.
. Minor enhancements in screen display
. Minor updates in online help messages
11. Updates to the Manual
-------------------------
. To clarify the intended option, the transaction
confirmation window in the Register now provides the
following three menu choices: Save, Undo, and Escape
(instead of Yes, No, and Esc).
Save to save the highlighted transaction
Undo to undo changes to the highlighted transaction
Escape to return to the Register without recording.
. The pulldown menu associated with the Setup main menu
item includes a new menu choice: Date Format. This menu
choice allows you to change the current date format:
MM/DD/YY month/day/year format
DD/MM/YY day/month/year format
YY/MM/DD year/month/day format