Recommendations for a checkbook manager

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Looking for a checkbook manager. Have Quicken (came installed) but would
like something better and smaller, if possible. Just need simple
functions. Like configurability. Can't find anything at Pricelessware
(?!), or an address book (?!!). Can you help? Many thanks.
 
Looking for a checkbook manager. Have Quicken (came installed) but would
like something better and smaller, if possible. Just need simple
functions. Like configurability. Can't find anything at Pricelessware
(?!), or an address book (?!!). Can you help? Many thanks.
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SoftBanking

http://www.illusionsoft.net/


Tried it briefly, and it looks usable.

Bob
 
Looking for a checkbook manager. Have Quicken (came installed) but would
like something better and smaller, if possible. Just need simple
functions. Like configurability. Can't find anything at Pricelessware
(?!), or an address book (?!!). Can you help? Many thanks.
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I've never used Quicken so I don't know how these compare to that. Maybe
one or the other will suit your needs.
AceMoney Lite
http://www.mechcad.net/products/acemoney/index_lite.html
PL Cash
http://www.arachnoid.com/PLCash/
 
J44xm said:
Looking for a checkbook manager. Have Quicken (came installed) but would
like something better and smaller, if possible. Just need simple
functions. Like configurability. Can't find anything at Pricelessware
(?!), or an address book (?!!). Can you help? Many thanks.
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I came across this one recently that may fit your needs.

Simple Checkbook v2.1

Simple Checkbook is just that... a simple checkbook. In function it is
exactly like your little paper checkbook register - except you don't have to
do the math and it makes reconciliation a breeze. It's laid out like a
regular checkbook and you fill it in like a regular checkbook. It's just a
simple spreadsheet and I've included an MS Excel version (.xls), an MS Works
version (.wks) and a Sun Star Office version (.sdc).

Requirements: This is not a standalone program. You'll need Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Works or Star Office to use it.

572.6 kb download size

http://www.pagetutor.com/checkbook/
 
Subject: AceMoney's registry entries

J44xm said:
["burnr"; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:26:53 GMT]
AceMoney Lite
http://www.mechcad.net/products/acemoney/index_lite.html
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Thanks to all respondents. AceMoney seems to be my initial pick.
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I'd installed this, for the sake of file conversion. My retarded bank
refuses to provide our statements in a standard delimited format,
like .csv. I long ago uninstalled Money and Quicken, and don't want them.
So I use Ace Money to let me convert the reports from my bank to .csv.

The part about this that I'm posting: Each time I run AceMoney, my followup
command is to delete its ugly registry entries.

It autocreates a bunch of file extensions keys in the registry, which I
don't want.

.mmw .ofc .ofx .qfx .qif

For the first extension there, .mmw, its own, it creates this filetype key:
[HKCR\AceMoney.Document].

For those other four extensions, the filetype key it creates is named in
a way that is totally against tradition. It uses a period to precede the
filetype name. A standard expected for the extensions, not the filetype
keys. While it is still functional, it's unnatural. This filetype key
created, its this: [HKCR\.Document].

Another note about those extensions. As I am not using Money or Intuit,
I definitely don't have any use to keep those extensions registered on
my system. But those who do want to launch files with those extensions,
and have other financial programs, I suspect they will have a problem.
AceMoney does a hostile takeover, whenever you run it, on those extensions.

So if you expect another program, say Quicken, to launch, when you click
a .qif file, you will be outta luck.

I'll append the undo reg file that I use. It was not written to keep any
settings, at all, for extensions like .qif and those others. Further, it
fits my needs specifically because I don't want AceMoney to come up upon
my clicking of any of those filetypes. I want them associated with nothing
other than my default "unknown filetype" handler, notepad.

Repeat. This undo reg file, in current form, it won't be of any use to those
who want to keep those extensions associated with a separate program. You'd
have to create a separate file containing open commands to Intuit etc, for
that purpose. Second, this undo reg file meets my needs because I don't want
to click on files outside of AceMoney to have it open. I only want to run
Acemoney itself directly, and then open files from its interface.

And, note the nature of this. It undoes the action that occurs each time
AceMoney is run. Means that on next run, AceMoney stubbornly re-inserts
those same entries. (launching from a .bat with start /wait can automate
the deletes, though)

Finally. Why bother? It's only for those of us picky about having our
filetypes and extensions getting too crowded with a bunch of debris that
we don't need.

It's not a functional issue. Those keys which this deletes are not ones that
cause any intrinsic harm, beyond clutter. (Aside from the hostile takeover
circumstance.)


;---------------------------------------------------------------
REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Document]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mmw]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ofc]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ofx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qfx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qif]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AceMoney.Document]

// Attention: this deletes keys! coldblooded, no mercy!
;-----------------------------------------------------------------

.. . .

I'll append a version that deletes the same keys as the one above, but
includes - for informational purposes - their subkeys and values. The paths
will of course be local to my install location, but the semicolon comment
character used in the reg file means that regedit won't look at those lines
on a merge.

Note that one of the subkeys is the obnoxious type. One that
serves to shove itself into your explorer context menu for
New...(file here).

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mmw\ShellNew]

--
Karen S.



;---------------------------------------------------------------
REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Document]
; @=" Document"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Document\shell\open\command]
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACEMONEYIMPORTER.EXE \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE /p \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE /pt \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mmw]
; @="AceMoney.Document"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mmw\ShellNew]
; "NullFile"=""

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ofc]
; @=".Document"
; "Content Type"="text/ofc"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ofx]
; @=".Document"
; "Content Type"="text/ofx"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qfx]
; "Content Type"="text/qfx"
; @=".Document"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qif]
; "Content Type"="text/qif"
; @=".Document"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AceMoney.Document]
; @="AceMoney Document"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AceMoney.Document\DefaultIcon]
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE,1"

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AceMoney.Document\shell\open\command]
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEYIMPORTER.EXE \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE /p \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE /pt \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AceMoney.Document\shell\print\command]
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEYIMPORTER.EXE \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE /p \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE /pt \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AceMoney.Document\shell\printto\command]
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEYIMPORTER.EXE \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE /p \"%1\""
; @="G:\\DEHORS\\Y2003\\PROGS\\ACE\\ACEMONEY.EXE /pt \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""

;---------------------------------------------------------------
 
J44xm said:
Looking for a checkbook manager. Have Quicken (came installed) but would
like something better and smaller, if possible. Just need simple
functions. Like configurability. Can't find anything at Pricelessware
(?!), or an address book (?!!). Can you help? Many thanks.
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--- I use and would recommend "Panda Money " very easy to use and
can be encrypted and password protected , you can still get it
from...
http://adrienmiller.free.fr/Dwnloads/EngDownloads.htm
 
Bob London said:
(e-mail address removed) (mike555) wrote in


Hi,

I went to the download site above, and downloaded panda money zip file.
Quite a fast download for 3.2 meg. I went to unzip it, and winzip cannot
open the file. File appears to be an invalide zip file, or is corrupt.
Anywhere else to find this?

Thanks

Bob,
London, Kentucky
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Try downloading again..... maybe part of the program got lodged in a nook or
cranny of the Web and didn't reach thee.

I saw the link in this thread, followed it, downloaded the critter, unzipped
it using the unzipper provided with Norton Systemworks 3.0, executed the
program resulting in little zeroes and ones skeedaddling around my
electronic brain and voila'....... the program was securely nestled in its
proper place and performed pleasingly.
 
Hi Omega!

I represent MechCAD Software, we are the parents of AceMoney. First of all
I'd like to say that we appreciate a lot your interest in AceMoney and
AceMoney Lite!
The part about this that I'm posting: Each time I run AceMoney, my
followup command is to delete its ugly registry entries.
It autocreates a bunch of file extensions keys in the registry, which
I don't want.
.mmw .ofc .ofx .qfx .qif
For the first extension there, .mmw, its own, it creates this
filetype key: [HKCR\AceMoney.Document].
For those other four extensions, the filetype key it creates is named
in a way that is totally against tradition. It uses a period to precede
the filetype name. A standard expected for the extensions, not the
filetype keys. While it is still functional, it's unnatural. This
filetype key created, its this: [HKCR\.Document].
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Omega, you should have written a bug report directly to us. It seems to be a
bug and we are going to fix it soon. Please, check out our web site in a
week or so for updates.
Another note about those extensions. As I am not using Money or
Intuit, I definitely don't have any use to keep those extensions
registered on my system. But those who do want to launch files with those
extensions, and have other financial programs, I suspect they
will have a problem. So if you expect another program, say Quicken,
to launch, when you click a .qif file, you will be outta luck.
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No, this is wrong. AceMoney checks if the extension is already registered
with another application and doesn't takeover by default.
Finally. Why bother? It's only for those of us picky about having our
filetypes and extensions getting too crowded with a bunch of debris
that we don't need.
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This is correct, it's not a big deal. These registry settings don't bother
99% of our users.
It's not a functional issue. Those keys which this deletes are not
ones that cause any intrinsic harm, beyond clutter. (Aside from the
hostile takeover circumstance.)
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We will take care of this issue. What if we add a special dialog box to
manage associated file types to AceMoney? Would it satisfy your needs?

Alex
MechCAD Software
http://www.mechcad.net
 
["MechCAD Software"; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:34:39 GMT]
This is correct, it's not a big deal. These registry settings don't
bother 99% of our users.
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Still, I think an option to disable them would be considerate to add.
 
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