Checkbook Accountant  0.9
                  by Jeffrey R. Almasol

                (release date: 12/24/90)

    Quick Documentation for Checkbook Accountant 0.9
    ------------------------------------------------

Checkbook Accountant is a checkbook recording program.
It is intended to be used as a companion to a checkbook
register (where you record transactions), not a
replacement.  What this program offers is a simple way of
balancing checkbooks, tracking bank transactions, and
recording budgeted transactions.

The program was designed to be functional using either the
mouse or keyboard.  Not all features have this duality,
but most do.  Another design consideration was to include
as many useful and timesaving features into one program.
For instance, you can scroll through any list by dragging
the scroll bar, using the arrow gadgets, or using the
cursor keys on the keyboard (along with SHIFT, ALT, or
by itself).  Also, the HELP key is available for on-line
help almost anywhere in the program.  Just be sure that
the cursor is not in a string gadget when pressing the
HELP key.

This release (0.9) of Checkbook Accountant is functional
for simple checkbook balancing.  Transactions can
reference a budget (from the budget list), but no real
use can be gotten from this until version 1.0 (see Support
for more information).  I am releasing a pre-1.0 version
for testing purposes.  I would like to get this program
to work on as many models and configurations as possible,
and I am asking my fellow Amigans for their assistance.



The dearchived file should contain the following files:
(17 files)
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   CA                            Checkbook Accountant
   CA.info                       icon for above file

   CAsetup                       startup script
   CAsetup.info                  icon for above file

   CAdefault.CAb                 the default budget list
   CAexample.CAc                 example of a checkbook
   CAquickdocs.txt               this text file

   CAhelp/CA.CAh                 help texts (8 files)
   CAhelp/CAbudget.CAh
   CAhelp/CAedit.CAh
   CAhelp/CAinfo.CAh
   CAhelp/CAprint.CAh
   CAhelp/CAreconcile.CAh
   CAhelp/CAselectedBudgets.CAh
   CAhelp/CAview.CAh

   CAsupport/kd_freq.library     file requester library
   CAsupport/FR_User.DOC         documentation explaining
                                 file requester usage.
    (these two files are Copyright 1990  Khalid Aldoseri)



To set-up the program and support files:
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   from the CLI:
   -------------
    1. Execute the CAsetup script.

          execute CAsetup

    NOTES:
       This script assigns CA: to the current directory
       and copies the kd_freq.library file to LIBS: (if it
       is not already there).  You can examine this file
       to customize its steps to your computer setup.

   from the Workbench:
   -------------------
    1. Double-click on the CAsetup icon.



Credits
-------

Special thanks to the following people, for which this
program could not have been completed (well, version 0.9,
anyway):

   -- Khalid Aldoseri,
         for his feature-packed and easy-to-implement file
         requester.
   -- My brother,
         for his encouragement and for not shutting-up
         when 20 million program features were not enough.
   -- Century Computer Systems,
         for allowing me to test out the program on their
         machines.
   -- The writers of the Amiga ROM Kernel Reference
      Manuals,
         for whom made me stay up fewer sleepless nights.



Support
-------

This program will be upgraded to version 1.0, hopefully
sometime early next year or as soon as I get a sizeable
break from school work.  That release will enhance budget
functionality to include setting projected budget amounts,
allow transactions to be distributed over a maximum of
five different budgets, and activate the Budget Summary
feature in the Print requester.

If you find any bugs in this program, especially with
it working (or not) on an Amiga 3000 and under
AmigaDOS 2.0+, or you have suggestions or comments,
please send EMAIL (as detailed as possible) to either of
the following addresses:

   PLink: JRA*GRFX
   GEnie: J.ALMASOL2

I cannot guarantee a quick reply or bug fix, but I'll do
my best.


The executable program, CA, and its support files, are
released as freely distributable.