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                Fixes/Enhancements included in Version 2.8
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       WARNING!! Read the UPGRADE.TXT prior to applying a new version    
                       of MoneyMizer to an old version.                  
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  Version 2.8 files: mizer28d.zip  mizer281.zip mizer282.zip mizer283.zip
  Replace older files:
        Version 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7 from CompuServe and other BBS)
		mizdoc.zip    mizer1.zip    mizer2.zip   mizer3.zip
	Version 2.5 2.6 from Genie and other BBS bulletin boards.
		mizer25d.zip  mizer251.zip  mizer252.zip mizer253.zip
		mizer26d.zip  mizer261.zip  mizer262.zip mizer263.zip

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		   Brief Listing of Fixes and Enhancements
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1......BUDGET SELECTION upgrade
	Select by characters. Ex. "ele"ctricity.
2......ADD A REOCCURRING PAYEE
	While performing a transaction add a reoccurring payee has been added.
3......SEARCH BY AMOUNT
	Search by range. Ex. 10-30 finds all trans in this range.
4......RECONCILE and ACCOUNT SUMMARY
	Summary of checks/deps/debits/credits report has been added.
5......MAJOR BUDGET CATEGORY GRAPHS
	Bar graph added to graph 11 major categories.
6......ONLINE HELP changes
	Online help pages reference pages in the Users Manual.
7......DOCUMENTATION changes
	Reconcile/Balance,Errors,Upgrade instructions.
8......RECONCILED ACCOUNTS total
	Changed from 0 to "reconciled".
9......BALANCE message
	A message is displayed to inform the user to BALANCE after reconcile.
10.....SEARCH
	Search while in a transaction is not allowed.
11.....RECONCILE BAR
	Bar was invisible when red/white background was selected.
12.....END DISPLAYED
	"End" was invisible when red/white background was selected.
13.....BALANCE SUCCESSFUL message
	Message changed to inform where transactions go.
14.....ACCOUNT VERIFICATION
	Verification is performed to check for corruption/invalid account.
15.....WRITE OPERATIONS VERIFIED
	Verify/byte count and flush to disk.
16.....EDIT WHILE IN RECONCILE
	Edit mode can now be performed while performing a reconcile.
17.....NUMLOCK DEFAULT
	Changed to "n". Select "y" to toggle on numeric field.
18.....DATE SELECTIONS FIXED
	All dates are consistent with the transaction date routine.
19.....SEARCH by CHECK or BUDGET problem
	Only first occurrence would be found, continue searching was broken.
20.....SOME CHANGES for version 2.8.


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Brief Description/program     Detailed Description of problem/Information
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1)    Budget Selection         Enhancement to budget selection by
      by characters             typing the first character(s) of a
      of budget word            budget category. Up to 5 characters.
       (mm.exe)                 Ex.  "Ele"ctricity, "G"as etc...
				Press C to continue to search for the
				next occurrence if this budget is not
				the desired one.
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2)    Automatic Add            You can now automatically add a
      a Monthly                 monthly transaction which in turn
      re-occurring               automatically adds transactions for the
      payee                     re-occurring payee list.
      (mm.exe)                  F8 = Set to re-occurring payee list and
					 DO NOT commit to the account.
				F9 = Set to re-occurring payee list and
					 commit to the account.
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3)    Search by Amount         Upgrade to the search menu to search for
	 (mm.exe)               an amount within a range. The amount
				range will be requested in the format of
				begin and end. ex. 17.00 19.00 will
				search for amounts from 17 dollars to
				19 dollars. If the begin and the end
				is the same (17.00 17.00) then only
				transactions that are 17 dollars would
				be found.
				Debits and Credits are treated the same
				when searching 300/400 is treated the
				same as -300/-400 etc..
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4)    Reconciled Report         The reconciled and account report
      & Account Report          has been upgraded with the added
	 Upgraded               functionality.
	 (mm.exe)              1. Balance last statement.
			       2. Number and total of deposits trans.
			       3. Number and total of checks trans.
			       4. Number and total of interest trans.
			       5. Number and total of ATM trans.
			       6. Debit and Credit totals.
			       7. Current or Statement Balance.
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5)    Major Category            Enhancement to budget.exe allowing the
	  graphs                 major categories to be compared. This
       (budget.exe)              functionality was already in mm.exe
				 cash flow routine. But this was just
				 for the transactions in the active
				 register. (Jeff Menten)
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6)    On-Line Help            1. Budget Code (non-split) to inform the
     Changes/Updates              user that they may type the up to 5
       (help.dbb)                 characters to search for a match in
				  the budget code descriptions. Only the
				  first characters are checked.
			       2. All on-line help will reference a page
				  in the registered MoneyMizer Users Manual.


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Brief Description/program     Detailed Description of problem/Information
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7)    MoneyMizer Users         1. Changes to explain "search for a
       Manual Changes              budget" by selecting up to 5
     (Registered Users)            characters of the desired code
				   description. Version 2 page 26

				2. Detail ERROR/Warnings information
				   added.
				3. Reconcile/Balance Chapter Added.
				4. Account Maintenance Chapter updated.
				5. Upgrade instructions.

	  DOS version              MoneyMizer (mm.exe) and supporting
				   programs are only guaranteed to work
	   (read.me)               with DOS 3.XX and greater.
				   READ.ME has been changed to include
				   the statement "MoneyMizer is only
				   guaranteed to work with DOS versions
				   3.xx and greater.

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8)    Reconciled Accounts       Change to add "Reconcile" to the amount
	 totals are 0            column so that there is no confusion
	(mm.exe, *.dbr)          or mix up with the un-reconciled account,
				 which is the working accounts.
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9)    Balance  Message          A message will be displayed after
	 (mm.exe)                finishing a "reconcile" session to
				 perform a balance on the account.
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10)   Search while in           If a search is performed while you
      Transaction Mode           are entering a transaction the
	 (mm.exe)                transaction screen is erased and NOT
				 re-displayed. The program has been
				 changed to disallow searching while
				 in a transaction mode.
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11)    Reconcile Bar            If the background screen is RED/WHITE
       is invisible              (red background with white characters)
       when the screen           the reconcile bar is not displayed.
       background is             This was because the reconcile bar
       red with white            was red/white.
	characters.              If red/white is selected for the
	 (mm.exe)                background screen colors then the
				 reconcile scroll bar will be changed
				 to white/green.
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12)    Transaction Screen
       "End Displayed"          The "End displayed" and Balance Amount
       and Balance Amount        have been changed to be displayed in
       is invisible when         the color of the background display
       the background is         character color.
       red with white
       characters.
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Brief Description/program     Detailed Description of problem/Information
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13)    Balance Message          If the balance is successful the
	  Changed                reconciled transactions will be moved
	  (mm.exe)               to the reconciled account by the same
				 name as the un-reconciled account.
				 A message will be displayed informing
				 the user that this has occurred.
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14)   Accounts                  Verify that the account just read in
     Verification                is a MoneyMizer account. If a file
	(mm.exe)                 had an extension of .db or .dbr in the
				 working directory and WAS NOT a
				 MoneyMizer account mm.exe would still
				 try and use it causing program hangs.
				 Four verification routines have been
				 added to insure the account is a
				 MoneyMizer account and check each record
				 for corruption.
				 **** RUN CHKDSK/F If an account gets ***
				 **** corrupted.                      ***
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15)   Write Operations          1.Verify is turned on in MM for added
	  Verified                 write verification. On exit verify
	  (mm.exe)                 is restored to the previous environment.
			        2.Write operations occur immediately to
				   the disk by using int21 disk reset.
				   This insures that only 1 transaction
				   may be lost in case of a power or
				   hardware failure.
			        3.Each write is also verified for the
				   correct number of bytes written.
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16)   Edit while in             When performing a reconcile function you
	Reconcile                can edit a transaction. Press the "e"
	 (mm.exe)                 key for "edit".

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17)   Num-Lock Setup            The default has been changed to "N"
       (setck.exe)               and shipped with version 2.7.
				 You will have to run setck (setup) to
				 change the "Toggle numlock ON when
				 in a NUMBER field" to "Y" to use this
				 functionality.
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18)   Date Selection            The following routines have been changed
       Upgraded to               so the date selection is consistent with
      select mm/dd/yy            the transaction date input routine.
	by fields                Create Account, Cash Flow, Search by Date,
	(mm.exe)                 Balance Account (statement date).

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Brief Description/program     Detailed Description of problem/Information
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19)      Search                 The search by budget and check did not work
      Budget & Check             correctly. Only the first budget or check
	Only One                 would be found. If you selected a continue
	 found                   then any new occurrences would get ignored
				 and an error would be displayed.
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20) Fixes and enhancement to be included in the next MAJOR version (3.0) will
    include the following.

	1. Upgrade to the charge accounts for double entry.
	2. Field selection for printing report. Tailor your report.

	And more.........

