Welcome to the WaverlyStreet Easy Money Program Easy Money (EZM) is a quick and easy-to-use means to record where all your money comes from and where it goes. I set out to write it after becoming frustrated with several other popular "money" programs, all of which seemed a lot more complicated than they needed to be (or at least a lot more than *I* wanted). All I wanted was a (slightly) glorified ledger book on the computer screen, where I could simply note how much money I had spent on what, and then be able to review the information and print simple reports. Using EZM is quick and painless. You can easily start the program, enter in several expenses, and get back out in a matter of seconds. This high speed, no nonsense operation makes it easy to get in the habit of using the program every day. EZM organizes records according to user-defined categories. For example, you might set up categories for "work", "food", "shelter", "utilities", etc... Whenever you make or spend any money, make an entry under the appropriate category. If you keep this up on a regular basis, you will be rewarded with some genuinely useful composite information. The EZM Macro utility allows you to automate the recording of recurring expenses and income, such as payroll checks. Macro files can be written to automatically make a number of entries at the same time. The EZM Reports utility allows you to specify exactly which categories, and which range of dates to include. All reports have a summary section showing the sub-totals for each category, the percentage of the grand total, and the grand total. There is also a simple bar graph in the summary section. At your option, the summary is followed by a complete listing of each line item, grouped under category headers and divided into "money IN" and "money OUT". If desired, you may set up passcode protection, where the program will not start unless the correct code is first entered. (The passcode requirement may turned "off" or "on" at any time.) Screen colors may be modified however you see fit, and there is a small "reminder" utility to keep you from forgetting important things. EZM requires an IBM-compatible PC running DOS 3.1 or better, about 250K memory, color VGA display, and free disk space greater than the size of the EZM data files. If you have a RAM drive configured, you may direct EZM to use it for temporary file processing (greatly reducing hard disk activity). LICENSE INFORMATION EZM comes in two different versions. The first is an evaluation version (EZM[version number]E.EXE). The evaluation version is fully functional, but it "nags" you a little bit. If you like it, send in for registered version - no more nagging! Feel free to share the EVALUATION version with others. The use of the REGISTERED version requires that a registration fee be paid to WaverlyStreet. Each individual who uses the registered version must pay the registration fee - the program may not be copied and shared with other people. REGISTRATION INFORMATION Registration costs only $15 (US), plus $2.50 (US) to cover the disk, shipping materials, and postage. So to order, write a check for $17.50 (US funds, payable to WaverlyStreet) and send it to: WaverlyStreet, P.O. Box 14249, Columbus, Ohio, 43214 (US) In exchange, I will send you a disk containing the latest unrestricted version of the program and documentation, through the US Postal Service. Make sure that you include your name and ship-to address, and please indicate whether you want a 3.5 or a 5.25 inch disk. (I'll send 3.5" if you do not specify). THANKS! (By the way, Easy Money is a replacement for an earlier program I did called PER12. The QBasic source code for PER12 was included in William Yu's "All Basic Code" archives (the last packet in 1995, I think). There is a utility available to convert the old PER12 data files into the new format (useful on the off chance that you were using PER12). Let me know if you need the conversion utility.) Questions/comments to the address above, or via E-mail to: dgjess@infinet.com Easy Money (tm) Copyright (C) WaverlyStreet, 1996. All Rights Reserved *** OTHER PRODUCT(S) Well, OK, at this writing there is only *1* other WaverlyStreet product, but hey, I'm looking forward, alright? Said "other product" is called "ShareCon". ShareCon is an easy-to-use name/address/phone number program for PCs. It is designed for use by INDIVIDUALS, but includes provisions for working within a GROUP environment. The records that ShareCon maintains are tagged as either PERSONAL or PUBLIC. Each individual user keeps their OWN records, on their OWN personal computer and/or office network workstation. Entirely at the individual user's discretion, ShareCon will produce public MERGE files that other users may incorporate into their own records. ShareCon makes a great name/address/phone number database program for home use. Of course, there are lots of other programs that will do that same thing; the trouble with most other ones is that they aren't any good at all for business (where you need to share contacts with your co-workers). Frankly, life is complicated enough without having to know how to operate two different name/address programs; wouldn't it be better to use the same program at work as at home? This home/work portability is the MAIN idea behind ShareCon. ShareCon incorporates a number of features to make it easy to find specific records, including a Keywords system. Each ShareCon record may contain up to three keywords. Use keywords to group records together. For instance, you might attach the keyword "vendor" to all the names and addresses of every firm that you buy things from. To get more specific, you might attach a second keyword (say, "widgets") to those vendors from whom you buy widgets. You ought to be able to find it at the same place you found Easy Money, but if not, please contact me and I will let you know where to get it. THANKS!