***************************************************************** -> This file contains basic information about YOUR-PLAN for the use of Shareware Distributors. -> The file has been supplied as an integral part of YOUR-PLAN. This is a personal financial planning software package developed as a shareware package for use on a 'try-before-you-buy' basis by Invest-Tech Limited. For contact details, see end of this file. -> To view this file page-by-page, type "TYPE VENDOR.TXT|MORE" To print this file, type "PRINT VENDOR.TXT" (Press CTRL+BREAK to quit now) ***************************************************************** INFORMATION FOR SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTORS ====================================== *** This is a NEW release of YOUR-PLAN *** * Update your master copy, catalogue descriptions & listings * Changes in Release 2.1 ---------------------- This release of YOUR-PLAN is designated 2.1. It includes details of the changes in UK income tax rates etc. which were announced inthe November 1993 Budget and which will take effect in the UK from April 1994. It also contains a friendly "front-end" introductory program and menu system called "GO". Changes in Release 2.0 ---------------------- This was a major upgrade of YOUR-PLAN. It incorporates some very interesting and useful changes and additions in five main areas as follows: 1. We have added a graph printing utility. This is contained in a separate archive file (YOURPLAP.ZIP). See below for guidance on archiving and distributing YOURPLAN.ZIP and YOURPLAP.ZIP. 2. To help users keep their projections up-to-date, we have added a "roll-forward" facility to allow them advance their forecasts one month at a time. We have also added "drill- down" facilities for all key projections. 3. To make YOUR-PLAN even easier to use, we have added pop-up Guidance and Hint Windows. 4. We have also added new text files called TAX.TXT, ENTERASS.TXT and MONEY.TXT. 5. The layout and contents of the README.TXT, VENDOR.TXT and MANUAL.TXT files have been improved and expanded. Short description for shareware listings ---------------------------------------- YOUR-PLAN (r2.1) - Fully-operational, comprehensive & easy-to-use personal cash planning and household budgeting package. Full description for shareware catalogues ----------------------------------------- YOUR-PLAN (r2.1). For personal cash planning and budgeting. Use to prepare a personal budget and cashflow projections for six months ahead. Fully operational package with very comprehensive features. Very friendly and menu-driven with extensive "on-line" context-sensitive help and "drill-down" features. Substantial accompanying documentation. YOUR-PLAN produces numerous reports and graphs with analyses of income & expenditure and details of projected bank and credit card balances. Handles any currency, income tax (any regime), interest calculations, salary deductions, expenditure under many headings etc. For easy updating of projections, it incorporates a facility for "rolling forward" assumptions and projections one month at a time. YOUR-PLAN is ideal for "what-if" analyses. As a bonus, YOUR-PLAN includes text files containing dozens of quotations about money and summaries of the latest income tax rates and allowances for UK and Ireland. YOUR-PLAN has been rated extremely easy to use. Registered users automatically receive an even more powerful version. Use YOUR-PLAN to forecast your income and expenditure, improve your financial planning & control and, ultimately, save yourself money! YOUR-PLAN is supplied on a single disk (360k). An optional graph printing utility can be supplied on a second disk. Alternatively, both YOUR-PLAN and its graph printing utility can be supplied together on a single 720k disk. Limitations ----------- None! Program is complete, fully operational and usable. Country classification ---------------------- YOUR-PLAN is an internationally useful product. It can accommodate different currency symbols and is suitable for use with most income tax regimes. Key words --------- Personal finance plan cash budget forecast money tax Archiving & distribution arrangement ------------------------------------ The two supplied archive files are YOUR-PLAN.ZIP and YOURPLAP.ZIP. YOURPLAN.ZIP contains all the basic program files required to run YOUR-PLAN. The second file, YOURPLAP.ZIP, is optional and only contains the graph printing utility. It is not essential in order to use YOUR-PLAN or to print its graphs. If you wish, you can distribute YOUR-PLAN as follows: 1. On a single 5.25" disk only containing YOURPLAN.ZIP if you only supply software on this disk size. 2. As a double 5.25" disk set containing YOURPLAN.ZIP plus YOURPLAP.ZIP respectively if you only supply shareware on this disk size. 3. As a 3.5" disk containing YOURPLAN.ZIP and YOURPLAP.ZIP. For convenience, you should add/append YOURPLAP.ZIP to YOURPLAN.ZIP before making your master copy for 3.5" disks. BBS sysops may wish to add/append YOURPLAP.ZIP to YOURPLAN.ZIP before loading it onto their systems. You should recommend users to install YOUR-PLAN to a subdirectory called "YOUR". The first thing a new user should do after installation is run a program called "GO". System required --------------- Industry-standard PC with DOS 3.30 or higher and a hard disk, or dual 3.5" or 5.25" drives. Conventional memory of 640k. Runs as a DOS program within Windows. VGA, GCA, mono, Hercules or LCD displays (or equivalents). Printer (dot-matrix, ink-jet or laser) desirable but not essential. Registration ------------ Fee is œ29 (twenty-nine pounds sterling) or US$40. If located outside the UK or Ireland, add 10% for shipping etc. Cheques, drafts, international money orders, Eurocheques etc. are all acceptable provided that they are denominated in pounds sterling, US$ or Irish pounds. Payment can also be made by credit card (Visa, Access, MasterCard or Eurocard). In return for registering, a user is licensed to continue using YOUR-PLAN on one computer without any time limit. In addition, a registrant automatically receives (at no extra cost) a fully-operational copy of a much more powerful and comprehensive version of YOUR-PLAN, called PERS-PLAN, with its 90-page spiral-bound printed manual (incorporating tutorial exercises etc.). In addition, full support is provided for both products. Further details are contained in the text file README.TXT. Registration is via Invest-Tech Limited for Europe etc. and through "PsL" (Public software Library) for the US/Canada. Feedback Required ----------------- Please let us have your comments etc. on YOUR-PLAN to help us make it an even better product. Send us copies of any reviews, catalogue descriptions, write-ups etc. which you prepare about YOUR-PLAN. ***************************************************************** DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS ========================= The Shareware Distributor Agreement Form below should be completed by every prospective distributor & approved by Invest-Tech prior to any distribution. The Agreement Form need not be completed by Approved Vendors of the US Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP), by members of the UK Association of Shareware Vendors (UK-ASV) or by libraries etc. which were supplied with a copy of YOUR-PLAN directly by Invest-Tech. If you wish, you may offer your own standard distribution agreement form instead of using our one. *** If you fail to notify us that you are distributing YOUR-PLAN, you cannot expect to be sent upgrades, new products etc. ***************************************************************** DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT ===================== The terms of the USER LICENCE AGREEMENT (see README.TXT) also apply to distributors. In particular, no distributor may break-up, change, interfere with or delete any part of the supplied software or documentation or make any changes whatsoever to Invest-Tech's and YOUR-PLAN's copyright and registration details. This does not preclude a distributor from adding a readily identifiable explanatory text file for user information, or changing the method used to archive all YOUR-PLAN's files as a single unit. Anyone wishing to charge a fee for distributing YOUR-PLAN should have the prior written non-transferrable authorisation of the author, Invest-Tech. Without this, a distributor is in breach of YOUR-PLAN's copyright. To secure authorisation, send the completed Distributor Agreement Form (or your own distribution agreement form) and a copy of your current shareware catalogue to Invest-Tech. Written authorisation must be received from Invest-Tech prior to commencing distribution. The following Terms of Distribution must be fully adhered to: 1. The fee charged by a distributor for supplying a copy of YOUR-PLAN may not exceed œ5 (five pounds sterling or equivalent) inclusive of P&P etc. This limit need not apply to CD-ROM distributors where YOUR-PLAN is included in a compendium of shareware products. 2. Every library's catalogue or listing must clearly state that YOUR-PLAN is NOT free software; that the library's charge to customers is a copying fee only and does NOT constitute payment for YOUR-PLAN; that registration is required for continuing use; and that YOUR-PLAN is copyrighted software and provided as shareware only to allow a user to evaluate it before purchase. 3. Distribution of YOUR-PLAN will cease as soon as Invest-Tech requests and YOUR-PLAN will be removed from library listings as soon as practicable thereafter. 4. All copies of YOUR-PLAN for distribution must include all the supplied files (contained in YOURPLAN.ZIP or YOURPLAP.ZIP) which must not be changed in any way and must be taken from the most up-to-date master disk supplied by Invest-Tech. 5. YOUR-PLAN must not be sold via "rackware" or as a low-cost retail product or packaged for sale with or without pre-printed documentation unless written permission has been given by Invest- Tech PRIOR to any such activity commencing. 6. YOUR-PLAN may not be used as a promotion or enticement for any commercial venture (including use as a "cover" disk for a periodical) unless prior written approval has been secured from Invest-Tech. ***************************************************************** DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT FORM ========================== Name of distributor (BLOCKS):.................................. Address (BLOCKS):.............................................. ............................................................... ............................................................... ............................................................... Tel:................ FAX:................ Dial Code:......... In return for a licence to charge a fee for the distribution of YOUR-PLAN as shareware, we have read and we agree to comply with the terms and conditions set out in the User Licence Agreement (in README.TXT) and in the Distributor Agreement (above). Signed for Distributor by:................................... Name:....................................... Date:........... Position:............................... Distribution licence approved by Invest-Tech Limited. Signed for Invest-Tech by:.................................... Name:...................................... Date:........... ***************************************************************** YOUR-PLAN (c) Copyright Invest-Tech Limited 1992, 1993 All Rights Reserved Invest-Tech Limited 27 Ardmeen Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Tel: 283 4083 (24-hours) Fax: 661 3130 Dial codes: National:01- UK:010-353-1- International:+353-1- ***************************************************************** To view this file page-by-page, type "TYPE VENDOR.TXT|MORE" ** End of VENDOR.TXT file **