                    Accounts II

           (c) 1989 Betelgeuse Computing

             Version 1.0 Nov 16th 1992

The program was originally written for a Model B BBC Micro
and as such makes use of a menu driven mode 7 display, spread
over several BASIC files. I have done minimal work to
convert it to the Arc, a simple application directory
and printing to a 1WP type file rather than directly to a
printer.

To make use of the printing mechanism you must drag the 'OutPut'
file to a printer driver that can handle text files. I have tested
it with the RiscOS 3.1 drivers and it seems to work ok.

I use this program regularly to keep track of my own accounts
and have had no real problems since it was first written in 1989.
Recently I became tired of having to enter my monthly standing
orders and decided to add the standing order section.

Standing orders are a real hack, I discovered that I had forgotten
how most of the code works and so did the minimum of work to tack
it on. It works in exactly the same way as the 'Add' function except
that it reads data from the file "D.S_Orders" rather than the
keyboard and uses the "" key instead of carriage return. To use this
option you must edit the file, putting in a line for each of
your standing orders, eg.

01Poll TaxSTOTAX-24.60SND0y
24Rabbit HandsetSTOBNK-29.00SND0

The above file would add a "Poll Tax" entry on the 1st and a
"Rabbit Handset" entry on the 24th. The absence of a "y" at the
end of the last line tells the program that there are no more lines.

You get the opportunity to enter a baseline date (useful if the
entries are for next month) and to confirm each entry.

I realise that the code is really messy but I don't get much time
these days to tidy it up (I wrote it when I was at university and
had time on my hands). One day I may get round to re-writing the
whole thing in 'C' as a desktop application, but then again,
pigs might fly!                                                                 

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This program is Freeware - the author retains the
copyright but it may be copied and distributed freely
including storage on bulletin boards and information
servers.

If anyone wants to make changes/improvements they are
free to do so but I would appreciate a copy of any
improvements so they can be included in any future
release.

Any product derived from this code may not sold or
used in any way for financial gain without the
complete agreement of the author.

No guarantee is given of the suitability of this
program for any purpose whatsoever. The author takes
no responsibility for any loss or incovenience caused
by using this program.

At the time of writing the author can be contacted
via email at the following address:

        ajdh@bnr.co.uk

Andrew Hurley

P.S. I also read USENET comp.sys.acorn fairly regularly and
may be contacted on there if it would be of interest to other
users.