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@1@Maintaining Your Associates, The Associate                
Selector@0@                                                  
                                                             
Maintenance of the Associate Table is                        
performed with the @1@Maintain Associates@0@                 
option under the @1@Tables@0@ menu.  You can                 
also maintain your associates from @8@many@0@                
places within MEGA-Check 2 because many panels               
contain an "Associate" entry field, which is                 
@8@listable@0@.  When you position the cursor                
on such a field and right click the mouse, the               
"list," (in this case the Associate Selector),               
pops up for you to select the associate you                  
want to enter on that line.  It is at this                   
point that you can perform any modifications                 
to your Associate Table.                                     
                                                             
If you select @1@Maintain Associates@0@ it                   
will read "Maintain Associates," otherwise it                
will read "Associate Selector."  Both are                    
identical, because it is the same panel, so                  
don't be misled by the panel title.                          
                                                             
The @1@Selection@0@ field will contain the                   
name that was typed on the field that the                    
panel was called from.  If you thought you                   
knew the exact name of the associate you                     
wanted, but MEGA-Check 2 didn't @2@Auto@0@fldconv.hlp       
@2@Complete@0@ it for you (in which case youfldconv.hlp     
would know that you typed an associate that                  
isn't defined in the Associate Table), then                  
you could right click on that field and this                 
panel will appear with the Associate name                    
passed to the selection field.                               
                                                             
At this point you can attempt to @8@find@0@                  
the associate by clicking on the @1@Find@0@                  
button (or pressing @1@Control+F@0@).                        
MEGA-Check 2 will respond with "Searching..."                
in the window title bar while it searches the                
Associate Table.  It will scan each associate                
for the string in the Selection field.  If an                
associate name contains anywhere the                         
characters in the selection line, it will                    
highlight that associate and display its                     
balance information.  It will also replace the               
selection line with the associate name it                    
found.  If this isn't the one you wanted,                    
simply press @2@Undo@0@ to restore thefldedit.hlp           
Selection field back to its previous state and               
Find again.  However, because searching always               
starts from the top line of the current window               
position, you must move the window down one                  
line, or else it will select the same                        
associate on the top line again.  If no more                 
occurrences of the search string are found, an               
alert saying "No matches found" will appear.                 
You can use the window scroll bar mechanisms                 
to find the associate you want.                              
                                                             
Whenever you click on an associate, its name                 
appears in the @1@Selection@0@ field.  The                   
Associate Selector's "tools" @8@always@0@ act                
on the associate name that is typed in the                   
selection field, regardless of which one is                  
highlighted.                                                 
                                                             
Clicking on @1@OK@0@ will pass whatever is in                
the Selection field back to the field of the                 
previous panel from which the Associate                      
Selector was called.                                         
@9@Adding or Changing an Associate@0@                        
                                                             
Adding or changing an associate is simple.                   
Just type the name of the associate you want                 
to add (or click on the associate that you                   
want to change) and click on @1@Add/Chg...@0@                
The @4@Add/Change Associate@0@ panel appears                 
with the Associate's name passed to the                      
@1@Name/Co@0@ field.  If this associate is                   
already defined in the Associate Table, all of               
his or her information is brought up, ready to               
be changed.  Otherwise, the panel comes up                   
blank (again, except for the Name/Co field).                 
                                                             
Type in the information for the Associate, the               
field labels should be fairly obvious.  The                  
@1@Account@0@ field can be used to connect                   
this associate to an account.  For example,                  
lets say you want to enter the bank that gave                
you a loan for an automobile.  You'd want to                 
put the name of the bank in the @1@Name/Co@0@                
field, but the account name that keeps track                 
of your loan balance might be called "Car                    
loan."                                                       
                                                             
For business owners, using the @1@Account@0@                 
field will enable you to create a report of                  
all of your customers who are overdue on their               
payments.                                                    
                                                             
The @1@Add/Chg@0@ button actually makes the                  
update to the Associate table.  If the                       
@8@Name/Co@0@ of this associate already exists               
in the table then MEGA-Check 2 will inform you               
that the addresses of all transactions that                  
reference this Associate have been changed                   
(that's because each transaction actually                    
refers to the Associate Table for the Address                
information).  If the name of this associate                 
@8@doesn't@0@ exist in the Associate Table,                  
MEGA-Check 2 will simply add it by creating a                
new record in the Associate Table.                           
                                                             
The @1@Print Label@0@ button provides a quick                
and easy way to print an envelope with this                  
Address.                                                     
                                                             
The @1@Clear@0@ button clears out all the data               
on the panel, but doesn't delete anything out                
of the Associate Table.                                      
                                                             
                                                             
Deleting Associates is as easy as clicking on                
the Associate name you want to delete and                    
clicking on the @1@Delete@0@ button on the                   
Associate Selector.  MEGA-Check 2 will inform                
you that the addresses of all transactions                   
that reference this Associate will be lost and               
ask you to confirm.  Click on @1@Yes@0@ to                   
delete it.                                                   
                                                             
@9@Related topics@0@:                                        
                                                             
  @2@Information stored in the Associate Table@0@assctbl.hlp
                                                             
