"BANK" by Pete Sipple
              Written for the Psion Series 3  (April 1994)


BANK is a shortish procedure that I've been using for the last few years, with
the occasional re-write here and there. I've found it very, very useful for
keeping track of my bank and credit card accounts.

At present, the supplied procedure, called BANK.OPO, comes with no documentation
other than this file, and has no on-line help.

If BANK.OPO fulfills anyone else's needs, then I'll be happy to expand / amend
the procedure, or write a more complete set of instructions

Copy BANK.OPO into the \OPO\ directory of your Psion.

The procedure creates BANKDEF.ODB (defaults), BANKSO.ODB (standing orders), and
up to five data files called BANK0x.ODB, all in the \OPD\ directory.


Version 8.x and above uses a different file format to earlier versions. A small
program called BANKCONV.OPO is included. This should ONLY be run once, and only
on files below Version 8.0


BANK.OPO allows the user to create up to five accounts, which can be either BANK
or CREDIT CARD accounts. It will automatically pay standing orders, arrange
inter-account transfers, and lets you print a statement to screen or printer.
It allows the user to verify a bank statement, and comes with a basic
password facility, to prevent casual prying. 

Please let me know your comments or suggestions regarding this procedure. If
someone, somewhere finds it useful, I will gladly re-write the procedure, or
provide some kind of additional information/documentation. Before I do this,
I'll need to know that someone's interested.

I can be reached by email at the following addresses:


psipple@cix.compulink.co.uk (checked daily)
Compuserve 100333,3266



Although this procedure is not over user-friendly, it is at least fairly
stable. However, I cannot accept any liability for loss, damage, or 
crashed news reports, as a result of using this procedure.

BANK.OPO is released into Public Domain, and I am not looking for any
payment for this procedure. I am, however, interested to know whether you
have found this procedure useful, and whether you have any suggesions for
improvements. Please feel free to email me with comments!




Written by: Pete Sipple
            30 April 1994