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BeMyCheckbook 1.3 User's Guide


Frequently Asked Questions

Is this product Y2k compliant?

Thunder Munchkin Software, LLC. has tried its utmost to produce this financial product so that the user's finances are safe, secure, and will maintain the integrity through the switch to year 2000. Provided that the BeOS operating system is compliant, this product will also be compliant.

How do I print my accounts?

The BeOS at the current time has very few printer drivers, and at this time BeMyCheckbook does not support printing. In future releases there will be support for printing reports to text files, and other printing options as the BeOS printing support is increased.

Can I add a transaction while I am balancing my account?

Unfortunately, to maintain the register's integrity, you are unable at this time to add a completely new transaction while balancing. It is suggested that you look through your account and statement before balancing to make sure that you do have all of the transactions.

All my transactions are not appearing in the balancing screen! Where did they go?

The balancing screen will only have transactions that have not previously been balanced (or reconciled). Any transactions with an "R" in the column between Payee and Withdrawal will not be present in the balancing screen, but don't worry--they are still in the account.

The program never asks me to backup or save even though I selected a backup option in the Preferences screen. Why?

If the option "Do Not Automatically Save" is selected in the "Save on Close/Quit" preference the program will not ask you to save, or follow any backup options. The backup options are ignored in this case because the program cannot backup an unsaved file. You may still access backup through the "File" menu's "Backup" option.

The program seems to open the wrong file when I double-click on one of my account files. What is going on?

If the preference for "Action on Startup" is set to open the last saved account file, when you double-click on a file the program will open that last saved file, regardless of the one you have clicked on. If you do not wish to have the program act this way, you must change the "Action on Startup" preference to one of the other two options.

I moved one of my account files onto a disk, and back onto my BeOS system, and now I cannot double-click on the file to open the program. Is my file broken?

 

Please make sure first of all that your file has the suggested extension ".act". After moving a BeMyCheckbook account file onto and again off of a disk you will need to open the file from within BeMyCheckbook and save it before exiting in order for the BeOS to properly set its type again.

I changed the extension on my account file while the BeMyCheckbook open dialog was present. Now my file doesn't appear in the open dialog. What happened?

 

This is an issue with the BeOS. If you change your file extension while an open dialog is running, it does not update the screen. In order to see your file again simply exit the directory your file is in and re-enter it. This forces the BeOS to update the listing and your file will appear.