Managing Your Money for Windows Version 2.0a Update Disk MECA Software, L.L.C. February 15, 1995 ***************************************************************** ver20a.txt ****************************************************************** This file contains information about using the Managing Your Money for Windows Version 2.0A update disk. ****************************************************************** Description ****************************************************************** The files contained on the VER2A disk, or in the VER2A.ZIP downloaded from the MECA Software BBS or CompuServe forum, are described below. ver2a.exe is a self-extracting program which will decompress the following five files: 1. patch.rtp which contains the modifications to the existing MYM program files. 2. patch.exe is the executable that will find and modify the files. 3. patch.pif is an executable program information file that allows running the patch from within Windows. 4. this text file, called ver20a.txt in order to avoid overwriting the MYMWIN2 readme.txt. 5. faq.exe is a self-extracting file containing answers to frequently asked questions about MYMWIN Version 2.0. ****************************************************************** Installation ****************************************************************** A. For installation from DOS, copy the ver2a.exe file into the directory where you installed Managing Your Money for Windows. For a standard installation, this would be C:\MYMWIN2. Example: C:\>COPY A:\*.* C:\MYMWIN2 B. Change into the MYMWIN2 directory and type ver2a. Press Enter. Type patch. Press Enter. Example: C:\> CD\MYMWIN2 C:\MYMWIN2> VER2A C:\MYMWIN2> PATCH The patch.exe will find and update the MYM program files. MYMWIN2 has now been upgraded to MYMWIN2.0a. The Version 2.0a designation will be seen in the Help - About Window. C. For installation from Windows, use the Windows File Manager to copy ver2a.exe into the MYMWIN2 directory. D. Double-click on ver2a.exe in the MYMWIN2 directory to extract the 5 files contained in ver2a.exe. E. Double-click on patch.pif to apply the patch. Patch.exe will run within a DOS window. MYMWIN2 has now been upgraded to MYMWIN2.0a. The Version 2.0a designation will be seen in the Help - About Window. ****************************************************************** The Version 2.0a code will resolve the following problems in using Managing Your Money for Windows, Version 2: ****************************************************************** Blank Reports: Some users experienced problems where reports frequently displayed as blank or contained rows of "dots" on the screen causing users to have to minimize and then restore the report. Error 6.7, GPF's in Reports and general instability: This was found to be the result of MYM having problems once conventional memory went below a relative threshold. Changes have been made throughout the application to avoid this condition and to better handle low-memory situations. SuperQueue fix: Upon entering the Print Setup dialog with a printer queued under SuperQueue or SuperPrint, the user received a GPF. This problem has been fixed. See the answers to frequently asked questions (#31), included with this release, for more information on using SuperQueue with MYMWIN 2.0a. Windows NT Compatibility: MYMWIN 2.0a will now run successfully under Windows NT. There are still some minor problems, mostly with combo boxes not staying open in the registers. Dropped characters when printing reports: While this problem has not been completely resolved, changes were made to make the work-around easier. Previously, the Print True Type as Graphics and Paper Source options were not being saved. Now these options will be saved which, when selected, result in characters no longer being dropped from the printed reports. For more information, see #12 in the answers to frequently asked questions included with this release. Cash Forecasting Report problem: The Not Yet Received / Spent amount was being incorrectly calculated and is now accurate. Attempting to run a memorized report based upon the Cash Forecasting report in Version 2.0, will cause a GPF in Version 2.0a. Recreate the report in ersion 2.0a. The text on the Backup and Restore dialog boxes was rewritten for clarity. The following loan problems were fixed: If you deleted a loan where the Interest/Escrow was budgeted to Unallocated Expense, the budgeted amount was not properly removed. There is a workaround to correct this in the answers to frequently questions (#32) included with this release. If you Autobudgeted a loan and the Interest/Escrow was allocated to the "Unallocated Expense" budget category, you were not able to clear the amounts from the "Unallocated" category. There is a workaround to correct this in the answers to frequently questions (#32) included with this release. If you have edited an imported loan and are seeing incorrect figures for "Number of Payments Remaining" in the Memorized Transaction List, or, in the Adjust Principal window, there is a workaround to correct your data in the answers to frequently asked questions (#11) included with this release. The cause of this problem has been fixed. ****************************************************************** Viewing the Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ****************************************************************** Copy the file faq.exe to a directory on your hard drive. Change into that directory, type faq and press Enter. The faq.exe will extract into faq.txt containing 32 answers to frequently asked questions about Managing Your Money for Windows Version 2. The answers require approximately 48kb of disk space. You may associate the file to Windows Write, or your favorite word processing program. Answers to frequently asked questions are updated periodically and, new answers are added. You can obtain an updated index of available FAQ documents from our 24 hour fax information service. Dial (203) 255-7562 and follow the prompts to request an index of all available FAQ documents. You can also retrieve any of the FAQ documents from the files section of our BBS, (203) 259-2191, or from the MECA Software forum on CompuServe, GO MECA.