Welcome to version 0.4 of ZMoney. This file should help you get started using ZMoney quickly!
Main Window
When you start the application, the Main Window will appear. This window consists of account buttons and the account display which shows you the account names and balances for each account. Parent accounts are to the left and child accounts are indented. By default, child accounts contribute to the balance of their respective parents.
Press this button to add a new account to the list.
Press this button to delete an account that you've added. At present,
you can't delete any account with transactions or a parent account which
has child accounts.
Press this button to transfer money between accounts.
When you start the application, the Main Window will appear. This window consists of account buttons and the account display which shows you the account names and balances for each account. Parent accounts are to the left and child accounts are indented. By default, child accounts contribute to the balance of their respective parents.
Press this button to add a new account to the list.
Press this button to delete an account that you've added. At present,
you can't delete any account with transactions or a parent account which
has child accounts.
Press this button to transfer money between accounts.Add Account
Use the Add Account dialog to add accounts. The initial
balance may be typed in manually or you can push the calculator to enter
the amount with the stylus. If you select this as a child account,
a pulldown menu will appear so you can select its parent account. To
cancel the account addition, click the X button. Otherwise, press OK
to complete the account addition.
Transfer Window
Using this Transfer Window, you can transfer money between
accounts. To enter a date, you can either type the date manually or press the
calendar button and select the date from the calendar. To cancel the transfer, click
the X button. Otherwise, press OK to complete the transfer.
Transaction Window
To see the transactions for each account, highlight the
account and press the Transactions tab, this will display the transaction
window, the account name you've selected, the account balance and several
transaction buttons.
New Transaction
Edit Transaction. Use this button to edit transactions
or transfers. Just select the transaction or transfer you want to edit
and the appropriate window will appear.
Delete Transaction. This also deletes a transfer if one is selected.
Clear or Reset Transaction. Use this button to clear transactions.
If an uncleared transaction is selected, it will be cleared. If
a cleared transaction is selected, it will be reset. This functions
identically for transfers.
New Transaction
Edit Transaction. Use this button to edit transactions
or transfers. Just select the transaction or transfer you want to edit
and the appropriate window will appear.
Delete Transaction. This also deletes a transfer if one is selected.
Clear or Reset Transaction. Use this button to clear transactions.
If an uncleared transaction is selected, it will be cleared. If
a cleared transaction is selected, it will be reset. This functions
identically for transfers.
If you choose to view a parent account, the program defaults
to showing all the transactions in the child accounts associated with the
selected parent. An new button also appears at the top right of the window.
In addition to having child accounts with transactions, you can
also add transactions directly to the parent account. By default, however,
they won't be displayed along with the child account transactions.
To display the transactions for the parent account, press this button.
This will show transactions only for the parent account. Press
it again to show the transactions from the child accounts of this parent.
To display the transactions for the parent account, press this button.
This will show transactions only for the parent account. Press
it again to show the transactions from the child accounts of this parent.
Preferences Window
This is the preferences window. If you want to show
all transactions, cleared or uncleared, check this box. Otherwise cleared
transactions will be excluded from the transaction display.