Contents
Contents for Investment Tracker

MAIN MENU SELECTIONS:

Alpha Menu Bar

Icon Menu Bar

Fund Input/Summary Screen

Enter/View Fund Transactions Screen

Special Note about Reports

Click on an underlined green topic above for additional information.

NOTE: To Start Investment Tracker from the Main Menu:
Click on "FILE" and then on "OPEN" from the Alpha Menu
Bar.  This will take you to the FUND INPUT/SUMMARY Screen.
A new Fund can be established on this Screen. Click on the
ENTER/VIEW button to establish transactions for that fund.


Alpha Menu Bar

You have reached help for the Alpha Menu Bar Functions.

The following choices are part of this menu bar:
(Click on a topic for more information)

File

Edit

Record

Tools

View

Reports

Windows

Help


File

FILE is a choice on the alpha menu bar which allows you to
start Investment Tracker.  When you select "FILE" a sub-menu
with choices that are self-explanatory will appear.  OPEN is
one of the sub-menu choices. When you select OPEN, the Fund
Input/Summary Screen will be displayed.  You can now enter
information into to the Fund Summary File. If funds already
exist you can page through the records by using the Icon Menu
Bar.  The order in which records will be displayed is set forth
by the indexed order option. This option is explaned under
"VIEW" on the Alpha Menu Bar.

Other related topics for the Alpha Menu Bar:

Edit

Record

Tools

View

Reports

Windows

Help


Edit

EDIT is a choice on the Alpha Menu Bar which allows usage of the
Windows Clipboard.  Sub-menu choices like cut, copy, paste, etc.,
are self explanatory.  This function is not really used except to
import characters or numbers from another Windows application or
file.

Other related topics for Alpha Menu Bar:

File

Record

Tools

View

Reports

Windows

Help


Record

RECORD is a choice on the Alpha Menu Bar which allows certain
records to be displayed on the Fund Input/Summary Screen, or the
Fund Transaction View Screen.  The user can select from several
sub-menu choices like First, Last, Previous, Search, Query, etc.
The same choices are offered on the Icon Menu Bar and are explained
in that section of this documentation.  As an example, if "LAST" is
selected while on the Fund Input/Summary Screen then the last database
record for the Fund Database File will be shown.

Other related topics for the Alpha Menu Bar:

File

Edit

Tools

View

Reports

Windows

Help


Tools

TOOLS is a choice on the Alpha Menu Bar that provides repair and
maintenance for the database records created with Investment Tracker.
Several sub-menu choices are offered ie., Re-index, Pack File,
Import/Export, and Table Settings.  Import/Export and Table Settings
are for future expansion and should not be used with this application
at the present time.  Re-index is used to recreate indexes for all
database records with Investment Tracker.  Be sure to run this once
for each file presented.  Re-index is not normally needed except when
power failures and lockups occur with your system.  Please realize
this option does not negate the necessity for proper and regular backup
of the database records in Investment Tracker.  Those containing a DBF,
ABF, or KBF extension should be backed up. Pack File must be done after
records are selected for deletion, or they still occupy space in your
database file. This option should also be performed when you are trying
to repair damaged or corrupted database files.  If you want to delete
all your database records and re-enter information, or start from
scratch, then do the following:

1. Quit Investment Tracker.
2. Copy the files with a KBF extension to the files with a DBF extension.
3. Rebuild the indexes under the Tools Menu the first thing when you
   restart Investment Tracker.

Other related topics for Alpha Menu Bar:

File

Edit

Record

View

Reports

Windows

Help


View

VIEW is a choice on the Alpha Menu Bar that allows you to change the
order in which records in the database are displayed.  Indexed order
for the Fund Database is by fund name, or by fund ID Number.  Natural
Order is the way records were entered into the database.  Query is
an order that was previously established by the QUERY option with either
the Alpha Menu Bar, or the Icon Menu Bar.  Deleted record order shows
only records that were deleted before the "Pack File" option was used
with TOOLS on the Alpha Menu Bar.  Use "View" to reset the order for
database record display after doing QUERY.  Once you change your
"View" then when First, Next, Previous, Last, etc., are selected from
the Icon Menu Bar the way records are displayed on the screen will
change.

Other related topics for Alpha Menu Bar:

File

Edit

Record

Tools

Reports

Windows

Help


Reports

REPORTS is a choice on the Alpha Menu Bar that allows printing,
or viewing information with separate selectable reports.  Two report
choices are shown on a sub-menu as Fund and History. The fund
report gives the total current value of all funds.  Other investment
analysis information is also included.  The history report shows all
transactions for each investment fund.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT REPORTS:
Since indexes to your database records are kept
open after a new investment fund is established,
you can experience "GP-General Protection Fault" errors
from Windows if you try to run a new report.  Serious
data corruption can occur if you get this error while
trying to run a report.  To prevent this occurence, please
exit investment tracker before running a new report when
you have added new investment funds.  This will insure indexes
will be properly closed.  This is only necessary if you have
added new funds.  Otherwise this proceedure can be ignored.

Other related topics for Alpha Menu Bar:

File

Edit

Record

Tools

View

Windows

Help


Windows

WINDOWS is a choice on the Alpha Menu Bar that allows you to change
the appearance of all active Windows, or to change which Investment
Tracker Screen is displayed.  The sub-menu choices which are available
are really self-explanatory.

Other related topics for Alpha Menu Bar:

File

Edit

Record

Tools

View

Reports

Help


Help

HELP is a choice on the Alpha Menu Bar that allows you to view the
on-line help which you are now using with Investment Tracker.

Other related topics for Alpha Menu Bar:

File

Edit

Record

Tools

View

Reports

Windows


Icon Menu Bar

You have reached help for the Icon Menu Bar.

The following functions are part of this menu:
(Click on a topic for more information)

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Exit

EXIT is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows immediate exit from Investment
Tracker.

Other related topics for the Icon Menu Bar:

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


First

FIRST is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows you to see the first record
in the database of the file that is accessed
by the current screen you are using.  The
indexed order selection, or Query will
affect what is displayed with this choice.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Previous

PREV is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows you to see the previous record
in the database of the file that is accessed
by the current screen you are using.  The
indexed order selection, or Query will
affect what is displayed with this choice.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Next

NEXT is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows you to see the next record
in the database of the file that is accessed
by the current screen you are using.  The
indexed order selection, or Query will
affect what is displayed with this choice.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Last

LAST is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows you to see the last record
in the database of the file that is accessed
by the current screen you are using.  The
indexed order selection, or Query will
affect what is displayed with this choice.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Find

FIND is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows you to locate a desired record
in the file that is accessed by the current
screen you are using.  The sub-menu offers a
text box for data entry which should match a
selectable search field. The Fund Summary Screen
will activate Fund Name, or fund ID Number as
possible search fields.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Query

QUERY is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows you to locate a desired subset of
records in the database of the file that is
accessed by the current screen you are using.
 A sub-menu offers a selectable field, operator,
and user definable constant.  After specifying the
desired values click on the "ADD" button and then on
the "APPLY" button.  You can then page through the
subset of records by using the FIRST, NEXT, LAST,
etc., choices on the Icon Menu Bar.  As an example,
if you wanted to see all Fund Summary Records which
had a an average cost less than $5.00 you would do
the following:

Select FIELD as "AV_COST" (for average cost field)
Select OPERATOR as " < " (for less than)
Input CONSTANT as "5.00" (for $5.00)
Click on ADD button
Click on APPLY button
Go to Icon Bar to page through records with NEXT, etc.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Reset

RESET is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows you to reset the displayed
order established by a Query.  You can
also accomplish the same thing with the
 VIEW option on the Alpha Menu Bar.  It is
recommended for best results to go to the
first record in the present set of displayed
records and then select RESET.  Then try
paging through your database with the other
Icon Menu Bar choices like NEXT, LAST, etc.
If the displayed order of records does not
meet with your satisfaction, please try the
the VIEW option on the Alpha Menu Bar. Reset
will reset the datafile to the full database
after a FIND or a QUERY.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Add

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Add

ADD is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that allows you to add additional records
to the database which is referenced by
the screen that you are currently using.
 Add puts you in the Add Record mode and
allows you to enter new records.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Copy

Save

Delete

Undelete


Copy

COPY is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that is helpful in data entry with records
that are very similar.  Bring up the contents
of some desired record and click on COPY and SAVE.
 SAVE will copy the contents from the displayed
record into a buffer. Click on COPY to establish
a new record with the contents from the buffer.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Save

Delete

Undelete


Save

SAVE is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that writes the current displayed record in-
to the database file.  The system also per-
forms this function automatically when you
 change from one screen to the other.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Delete

Undelete


Delete

DELETE is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that marks the current displayed record
as a candidate for deletion.  The system
does not physically delete the record until
 a PACK choice is selected under the TOOLS
Option on the Alpha Menu Bar.  Deleted
records can be displayed by using the ORDER
option and selecting "deleted records".

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Undelete


Undelete

UNDELETE is a choice on the Icon Menu Bar
that removes the deletion marker on any
displayed record.  In order to display a
deleted record you must use the VIEW and
SHOW DELETED RECORDS choices.  If a PACK
 operation has already been performed on
other deleted records then the option will
not work for undeleting records.

Other related topics for Icon Menu Bar:

Exit

First

Prev

Next

Last

Find

Query

Reset

Add

Copy

Save

Delete


Fund Input/Summary Screen

You have reached help for the Fund Input/Summary Screen.

This screen is used to setup or view all
desired investment funds.  To enter a new
fund, fill in the FUND NAME and tab to the
ENTER/VIEW button at the bottom of the screen.
ENTER/VIEW will allow you to establish new
transactions for the fund.  Once you click
on the ENTER/VIEW button a new screen will be
presented.  See help for Enter/View Fund
Transactions. (Enter/View Fund Transactions)
Fund Name--
enter the name of the Investment
Fund. (MAX 20 characters)
Fund ID--
a system assigned number to identify
each fund. (MAX 999999)
Revalue Price--
enter the the price to revalue the
current fund.  This is not used on
a new fund setup.  It is used when
the last transaction does not reflect
the current price that shares are
traded for.  The system automatically
will calculate all yeild analysis
figures based on the last transaction
that occurred, unless the cursor was
not on the last transaction when you
left the Enter/View Fund Transactions
Screen.  If the last transaction was
done several months ago a newer price
might need to be entered to revalue the
the fund.  This is where this field can
can be appropriately used. It can also be
used to do a "what if" type analysis on the
fund profitability. (MAX 99,999.XX)
Total Shares--
system computed total based on all
shares traded as seen on the Enter View
Fund Transactions Screen. (MAX 999.XXX)
Book Value--
system computed total based on all
shares traded as seen on the Enter View
Fund Transactions Screen.
(MAX 9,999,999.XX)
Total Current Value--
system computed value based on all
shares traded and the current price.
The price can be established in the
Revalue Price field above, or will be
based on the last transaction price
as seen in the Enter/View Fund
Transactions Screen. (MAX 99,999.XX)
Gain or Loss Percent--
system computed value based on all
fund activity as seen on the Enter View
Fund Transactions Screen. (MAX 999.XXX)
Average Cost--
system computed value based on all
shares traded as seen on the Enter View
Fund Transactions Screen. (MAX 99,999.XX)
Gain or Loss Dollars--
system computed amount based on the
current value and the book cost of all
transactions seen on the Enter View
Fund Transactions Screen.
(MAX 9,999,999.XX)

ADD BUTTON--
Add puts you in the Add Record mode and allows you to enter new
records for additional investment funds.

CANCEL BUTTON--
Cancel closes the current screen without saving any of the data entered
there.

ENTER/VIEW BUTTON--
Enter/View takes you to the Screen where transactions can be entered
or viewed for this particular investment fund in the current window.
 Once into this screen, the last transaction saved will be used
when you return to the FUND INPUT/SUMMARY Screen for the yield analysis.
This price can be over-ridden if a "Revalue Price" was already established.
If the Revalue Price on the FUND INPUT/SUMMARY Screen is not the desired
price, then re-enter the desired price in the Revalue Price field to get
the correct yield analysis. Anything entered into the Revalue Price field
will always be used as the price for the yield analysis.  If you zero out
this field then the last entered price on the ENTER/VIEW TRANSACTIONS
Screen will be used for the yield analysis. You can also move the
cursor to the last line with a price in the ENTER/VIEW FUND TRANSACTIONS
Screen and return to the FUND INPUT/SUMMARY Screen to get the correct
yield analysis.  This is because when you change screens it should save
what was last entered.


Enter/View Fund Transactions Screen

You have reached help for the Enter/View Fund Transactions Screen.

This screen is used to establish all trans-
actions for a given fund so that a proper
yield analysis and audit trail of all activity
can be accomplished.  The system will guide the
user with each type of transaction that is per-
formed by moving you to the proper place in the
columnar speadsheet screen.  The system will
calculate the book value automatically based on
required input.  Shares used for sold amounts
must be entered with a minus sign. Commissions and
fees entered on any transaction will increase the
book cost.  Cash Dividends will decrease book cost.
A unit fee should be entered with a negative amount
of shares and affects the total number of shares.
A fee in cash will increase the book cost.
Tran Type--
enter the one digit alpha code to identify
this transaction.  A field choice box can be
used by clicking on the down arrow.
Allowed values are as follows:
B=Bought Shares
S=Sold Shares
C=Cash Dividend, or dividend paid in cash
D=Dividend in Shares
F=Fee charged in Cash to this fund
U=Unit/Share Fee, or a fee charged by selling
  a certain quantity of shares to pay for it.
(MAX 1 character)
Trade Date--
enter the date this transaction occurred.
The date should be entered with slashes
as MM/DD/YY. (MAX MM/DD/YY or 8 characters)
Price--
enter the the price at the time shares
where traded when this transaction
occurred. (MAX 99,999.XX)
Shares Traded--
enter the number of shares traded when
this transaction occurred.  Sold shares
should be entered with a minus sign as
well as those involved with a Unit Fee.
(MAX 999.XXX)
Comm/Fee--
enter the commission or fee involved
with this transaction.  A commission
will increase the book cost and so will
a fee. (MAX 99,999.XX)
Cash Dividend--
enter the amount of the cash dividend
that was received on this investment fund.
This is used with only the "C" cash dividend
transaction.(MAX 99,999.XX)
Book Value--
system computed value based on the type
of fund activity. (MAX 9,999,999.XX)

CANCEL BUTTON--
Cancel closes the current screen without saving any of the data
entered there.

RETURN BUTTON--
Return takes you back to the FUND INPUT/SUMMARY Screen where the yield
analysis can be computed and observed. If you enter this screen and save
the last transaction, then when you return to the FUND INPUT/SUMMARY
Screen the yield analysis will be computed based on the price
seen on this last line.  This price can be over-ridden if a
"Revalue Price" was already established on the FUND INPUT/SUMMARY
Screen. If the Revalue Price is not the desired price then re-enter
the desired price in the Revalue Price field to get the correct yield
analysis.  If any value exists in the revalue price field other than
zero, it will over-ride the last transaction price when computing
the yield analysis.  If you want the system to use the last transaction
price then enter a zero in the revalue price field, or leave it blank.
You can also move the cursor to the last line with a price in the
ENTER/VIEW FUND TRANSACTIONS Screen and return to the FUND INPUT
/SUMMARY Screen to get the correct yield analysis.  This should in
effect save the last transaction and calculate the yield based on this
last transaction price.


Special Note about Reports
Important information about Reports

You have reached help for needed information about reports.

Since indexes to your database records are kept
open after a new investment fund is established,
you can experience "GP-General Protection Fault" errors
from Windows if you try to run a new report.  Serious
data corruption can occur if you get this error while
trying to run a report.  To prevent this occurence, please
exit investment tracker before running a new report when
you have added new investment funds.  This will insure indexes
will be properly closed.  This is only necessary if you have
added new funds.  Otherwise this proceedure can be ignored.


Windows Keys

Choose from the following list to review the keys used in Windows:

Cursor Movement Keys

Dialog Box Keys

Editing Keys

Help Keys

Menu Keys

System Keys

Text Selection Keys

Window Keys


Cursor Movement Keys

Key(s)	Function

DIRECTION key	Moves the cursor left, right, up, or down in a field.

End or Ctrl+Right Arrow	Moves to the end of a field.

Home or CTRL+Left Arrow	Moves to the beginning of a field.

PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN	Moves up or down in a field, one screen at a time.


Dialog Box Keys

Key(s)	Function

TAB	Moves from field to field (left to right and top to bottom).

SHIFT+TAB	Moves from field to field in reverse order.

ALT+letter	Moves to the option or group whose underlined letter matches the one you type.

DIRECTION key	Moves from option to option within a group of options.

ENTER	Executes a command button.

Or, chooses the selected item in a list box and executes the command.

ESC	Closes a dialog box without completing the command. (Same as Cancel)

ALT+DOWN ARROW	Opens a drop-down list box.

ALT+UP or DOWN ARROW	Selects item in a drop-down list box.

SPACEBAR	Cancels a selection in a list box.

Selects or clears a check box.

CTRL+SLASH	Selects all the items in a list box.

CTRL+BACKSLASH	Cancels all selections except the current selection.

SHIFT+ DIRECTION key	Extends selection in a text box.

SHIFT+ HOME	Extends selection to first character in a text box.

SHIFT+ END	Extends selection to last character in a text box


Editing Keys

Key(s)	Function

Backspace	Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.

Or, deletes selected text.

Delete	Deletes the character to the right of the cursor.

Or, deletes selected text.


Help Keys

Key(s)	Function

F1	Gets Help and displays the Help Index for the application. If the Help window is already open, pressing F1 displays the "Using Windows Help" topics.

In some Windows applications, pressing F1 displays a Help topic on the selected command, dialog box option, or system message.

SHIFT+F1	Changes the pointer to [image] so you can get Help on a specific command, screen region, or key. You can then choose a command, click the screen region, or press a key or key combination you want to know more about.

(This feature is not available in all Windows applications.)


Menu Keys

Key(s)	Function

Alt	Selects the first menu on the menu bar.

Letter key	Chooses the menu, or menu item, whose underlined letter matches the one you type.

Alt+letter key	Pulls down the menu whose underlined letter matches the one you type.

LEFT or RIGHT ARROW	Moves among menus.

UP or DOWN ARROW	Moves among menu items.

Enter	Chooses the selected menu item.


System Keys

The following keys can be used from any window, regardless of the application you are using.

Key(s)	Function

Ctrl+Esc	Switches to the Task List.

Alt+Esc	Switches to the next application window or minimized icon, including full-screen programs.

Alt+TAB	Switches to the next application window, restoring applications that are running as icons.

Alt+PrtSc	Copies the entire screen to Clipboard.

Ctrl+F4	Closes the active window.

F1	Gets Help and displays the Help Index for the application. (See Help Keys)


Text Selection Keys

Key(s)	Function

SHIFT+LEFT or RIGHT ARROW	Selects text one character at a time to the left or right.

SHIFT+DOWN or UP	Selects one line of text up or down.

SHIFT+END	Selects text to the end of the line.

SHIFT+HOME	Selects text to the beginning of the line.

SHIFT+PAGE DOWN	Selects text down one window.

Or, cancels the selection if the next window is already selected.

SHIFT+PAGE UP	Selects text up one window.

Or, cancels the selection if the previous window is already selected.

CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT or RIGHT ARROW	Selects text to the next or previous word.

CTRL+SHIFT+UP or DOWN ARROW	Selects text to the beginning (UP ARROW) or end (DOWN ARROW) of the paragraph.

CTRL+SHIFT+END	Selects text to the end of the document.

CTRL+SHIFT+HOME	Selects text to the beginning of the document.


Window Keys

Key(s)	Function

ALT+SPACEBAR	Opens the Control menu for an application window.

ALT+Hyphen	Opens the Control menu for a document window.

Alt+F4	Closes a window.

Alt+Esc	Switches to the next application window or minimized icon, including full-screen programs.

Alt+TAB	Switches to the next application window, restoring applications that are running as icons.

Alt+ENTER	Switches a non-Windows application between running in a window and running full screen.

DIRECTION key	Moves a window when you have chosen Move from the Control menu.

Or, changes the size of a window when you have chosen Size from the Control menu.