Amateur
Invest, Version history!
On this page, you'll find
the version history of Amateur Invest. This is so that
you can see, what has been enhanced in the program, and
so you can decide if you would like to upgrade.
At the bottom part of this
page, You'll find an error report. In case you find any
errors, you should use that form to report the error.
If you have any ideas or
improvements you would like to see added to Amateur
Invest, please use the Guest Book, and write your proposal in the
"Comments" area. Please check the beta
version page
first, to see if your wishes are work in progress.
Amateur Invest 2003, Rev. A, 1.
Feb. - B, 1. Mar. - C, 4. Apr. - D, 1. Oct. 2003.
Production version eleven
+ maintenance releases.
- New:
Buy/Sell/Investment advisor.
- New: Scrolling stock
ticker, for up/down stock quotes.
- Improved: Portfolio
investment selection.
- Improved: Sell costs
also in sell window.
- Improved: Bank
postings filtering.
- Improved: Larger ID
and Amounts bought fields.
- Improved (2003B): New
look in menues (like xp style).
- Improved (2003B+C):
More investment advisors.
- Improved (2003C):
Visual work in some windows.
- Improved (2003C):
Speed improvements in some areas.
- Improved (2003C):
Improved help + focussing on securities in
general.
- Improved (2003D):
More robustness + Print changes.
- Fix: sell of part of
stock investment, printer init, what-if, company
transfer, more.
- See beta page for more.
Amateur Invest 2002, Rev. E, 1.
Jun. - Rev. X, 1. Nov. 2002.
Production version ten +
Interim release on the way to AI 2003.
- New: Get currencies
via internet.
- New: Get more
companies via internet.
- New: Get historical
stock prices / quotes via the internet.
- New: Top 10, biggest
rises / loses list.
- Improved: Setting of
stop profit / loss.
- Internal database and
installation changes.
Amateur Invest 2002, Revision B,
1. Feb. 2002.
Production version nine.
- New: Now also view
graphical index on industries.
- Improved: Mass assign
interest rates.
- Improved: Mass assign
budget codes.
- Improved: Many
enhancements to budget.
- Improved: Speed up
stock graphics windows.
- Improved: Filter
stocks in portfolio.
- Fixed: some problems
with sold stocks.
Amateur Invest 2002, Revision A,
1. Nov. 2001.
Production version eight.
- New: Timed automatic
download of stock prices / stock quotes.
- New: Financial
calendar tool.
- Improved:
German+French prices again.
- Improved: Budget -
printing.
- Improved: % totals in
portfolio window.
- Improved: Multiselect
in many windows.
- Improved: Several
fixes and improvements.
Amateur Invest 2001, Revision T,
30. June 2001.
This is a maintenance
release on the way towards A-Invest 2002.
- Fixed: posting on
more bank accounts.
- Enhanced: easier
setting of proxy connection.
- Some fixes, including
a possible installation problem.
Amateur Invest 2001, Revision B,
04. April 2001.
Seventh production
version.
- New: Can have main
windows open at the same time.
- Enhanced: one new
technical analysis added.
- Enhanced: ability to
use proxy servers.
- Some fixes.
Amateur Invest 2001, Revision
A+, 20. February 2001.
Sixth production version.
- A+ version with fixes
- please download upgrade package, if you have
downloaded 2001, from 15-20 feb.
- New: More currency
work, for international stock purchases.
- New: Budgetting, for
better personal finance management.
- New: Some technical
analyses has been added.
- Enhanced: Registered
users can have own logo in reports.
- Enhanced: Saves date
setup for graphs.
- Enhanced: can now
automatically download stock prices from USA,
Canada, England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Australia.
Examples are included.
- Enhanced: Faster
startup time and update of stock prices.
- Improved looks in
graphs.
- Internal improvements
in printer support and internet download.
Amateur Invest 2000, Revision
D++, 01. October 2000.
Fifth production version.
- Again a major release, and still in 2000...
Registered users can
upgrade free of charge!
- Enhanced: bank rates,
and interest calculations can be with intervals.
- Enhanced: Active,
test and sold stocks, shown seperately. Sell all
or part.
- New: Net-worth,
All-in-one overview of economy.
- New:
"reload" button for new installations.
- New:
"update" button for internet
definitions.
- New: change sort
order in company database.
- New: right click in
company database - goto company internet site.
- Minor internal
improvements in internet download.
Amateur Invest 2000, Revision C,
28. April 2000.
Fourth production version.
Registered users can
upgrade free of charge!
- New: Find in both
bank transactions and companies.
- Enhanced: Stop
profit/loss check enabled.
- Fixed: Only 2
decimals in portfolio value summation.
- Fixed: Adding
transactions.
- Fixed: Yahoo change
of UK stock price import.
Amateur Invest 2000, Revision B,
04. April 2000.
Third production version.
This really is a major release, but we are still in
2000...
Registered users can
upgrade free of charge!
- New: Up/Down arrow
stock price indicators i company data and
portfolio.
- New: Financial
calculations; simple- and enhanced
What-if-analysis.
- New: Pop up limits
checking upon stock price import.
- New: Manage multiple
portfolios.
- Enhanced: Help texts
have been expanded.
- Enhanced: Summation
in portfolio of all individual profit/losses.
- Enhanced: Choose
between accounts from description also.
- Enhanced: Free text
search for bank postings.
- Enhanced: Internet
links in company data.
Amateur Invest
2000, Revision A, 01. February 2000.
Second production version.
- New: Automatic
download and update of stock prices from
internet.
- New: Now bank section
also contain a consolidation column.
- New: Compare two
companies in one graph.
- View four companies
in one window.
- Improved looks in
tables.
- Improved looks in
many reports.
- Many other small
improvements.
Amateur Invest,
version 1.0A, 04. April 1999.
First
production version.
- New: Possible limit
setting and monitoring.
- New: All reports have
been worked over.
- New: Now possible to
save graphics of eg. stock prices to a file.
- Many minor fixes and
enhancements.
Amateur Invest,
Beta 2.0, 20. December 1998.
Last beta
version.
- Fixed: the import
function for rates & info did not work
correctly.
- Fixed: the postings
report had "tilted" amounts on large
reports.
- New: in most windows,
you can now directly view reports on screen.
Amateur Invest,
Beta 1, 11. November 1998.
Some parts of the
program are still being addressed:
- The advice section,
in alarm/watch.
- Sometimes an
"index out of bounds" error shows up in
graphics.
- Some admin settings
doesn't change program behavior (eg. language,
etc).
If you do find other
errors, please report them, using the following form
(simply cut and paste):
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Error Report ------------------------------------
E-mail to: Simply Data.
Version and revision
used (look under "help / about Amateur
Invest"): ___________
Error found by (name):
______________________________________________
Full e-mail address:
________________________________________________
How does the error
show itself? _______________________________________
(eg. error message,
break of program, etc.).
Can you reconstruct
the error again and again? ___________________________
Which steps leads to
the error? _______________________________________
(please write all the
menu commands/functions all the way from the main menu)
Any further comments:
______________________________________________
(please write any good
ideas, suggestions, etc)
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Error Report ------------------------------------
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