Read Me File For Motoring Expenses

1. Overview
2. Installation
3. Opening the application
4. New vehicle
5. Folders created
6. Files created
7. Back Up
8. Help
9. Author
10. Registration

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1.	Overview

Before starting please note the following:

a. Motoring Expenses uses the mileage and dates entered when the motorist enters personal fuel data to estimate future servicing by date and mileage.
b. The application will produce error messages when using new files if not enough fuel entries and servicing entries are made. It also needs servicing intervals to be entered.
c. The application expects the mileage and dates to increase when fuel and servicing data is entered, otherwise errors may occur. (Mileage should not reduce for a later date!) 
d. The application functions best after a number of servicing and fuel entries have been made.
e. The current vehicle's databases are sorted and compressed on exiting the program. The databases are sorted by mileage except the reminder database which is sorted by date.

Motoring expenses is an application designed to help the average motorist 
keep track of his monthly motoring expenditure.  It will supply reports and statistics 
and help remind the motorist of when servicing of the vehicle is due.  It can keep 
track of a number of vehicles and can produce a personal fuel consumption graph.  
Obviously the author can take no responsibility for any loss of data or incorrect 
servicing information, the program is only an aid.  Any problems should be 
reported to the author who will try and rectify the problem. 

"This product includes software licensed from Symbian Ltd  (c) Symbian Ltd 1999"
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2.	Installation
	
The application is supplied in a zipped SIS file format which has to be 
unzipped before the SIS file can be run to install the application.  The SIS file will
set up the application directory and a data folder (see Folders created).
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3.	Opening the application

Once installed, the application can be opened by selecting  it from the 
taskbar in the normal way.  The first screen will display a taskbar with four buttons 
and a menu can be displayed by pressing the MENU button.   The first task on 
opening is to create a new vehicle (see New vehicle) 
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4.	New vehicle

	The fist task is to enter a new vehicle this will create the databases required 
by the application to store the data for it's various tasks.  A number of vehicles can 
be entered which is useful if you use a number of vehicles. 
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5.	Folders created

	The  folders created are:

C:\system\apps\motoring
C:\system\apps\motoring\icons
C:\motoring
C:\motoring\backup (when the application is first 
opened)

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6.	Files created

The files created are:

dataxxxxxxx
detailsxxxxxxx
intervalxxxxxxx
reminderxxxxxxx

Xxxxxxx = the vehicles registration
All these files are kept in the c:\motoring folder.
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7.	Back Up

	There is a backup option which moves the above files to the backup folder 
and recreates the folders in the c:\motoring folder, these recreated files contain no 
records until the user starts to use the application after the backup.
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8.	Help

	Pressing Shift-Control-H will bring up the help file this will close 
automatically on closing the Motoring Expenses application, or it can be closed 
independently.

	Check out the Motoring Expense Web Site:

			www.motorexpense.co.uk
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9.	Author

	The author, Matthew P. Chapman, wrote the application in his spare time 
and is not a professional programmer.  However, any recommendations/problems 
should be passed to him for review.  
	Check out the Motoring Expense Web Site:

			www.motorexpense.co.uk


He can be contacted at:

support@motorexpense.co.uk
Independently.
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10.	Registration

Reg.Net #: 8841

	This program can be registered through Reg.Net - The Registration Network
by using any of the following methods
     On the web - http://www.reg.net
     By Phone - 1 800 WWW2REG (1 800 999-2734) or (719) 576-0123
     By Fax - 1 (719) 623-0399

	Registration entitles the user to free upgrades if and when they become 
available and to free technical support. 

	Check out the Motoring Expense Web Site:

		www.motorexpense.co.uk
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