Some suggestions

[lykamspam]

Hi,

I have been using MMEx for two years. let me introduce some suggestions/feature these would be useful.

1)Assets -> Cash
Currency should be available for Assets Type "Cash". Now only in Base Currency.
2) Organize Currency
When I add my own currency, its rate is not refreshed by Online Update. Why? It should have been according to currency symbol.
3) Options Dialog
Kindly add Save & Cancel buttons. It is really confusing because an user does not know, whether his editions will be save or no.
4) Organize Categories
Let change a parent for categories from level 2 (move up/down nested categories).
5) Reports (most of then)
When the report present amount per categories (fe Where the Money Goes), let an user to set an aggregation level.
- level1 - only parent categories are presented in the report
- level 2 - report breaks down to child categories
6) Recent databases
In "File" pop-up menu add "Recent database" option in order to switch easily between two or more databases.
7) Encrypted DB
When wrong password entered, the application runtime error appears.
Regards
lykamspam

[Nikolay]

1)Assets -> Cash
Currency should be available for Assets Type "Cash". Now only in Base Currency.

Never store your money in a safe or under a mattress. It shoulb be invested or puted in a bank. The Bank and investment account already present.

When I add my own currency, its rate is not refreshed by Online Update. Why?

For example, if someone want have fixed exchange rate for currencies

3) Options Dialog
Kindly add Save & Cancel buttons.

It's not a problem but I heard that in MAC OS there is no such buttons.

4) Organize Categories
Let change a parent for categories from level 2 (move up/down nested categories).

I don't like the Organize Categories. I think to provide most used subcategories at the top.
To change order of categories I used prefixes like $ 1 2 3 etc

5) Reports (most of then)
When the report present amount per categories (fe Where the Money Goes), let an user to set an aggregation level.
- level1 - only parent categories are presented in the report
- level 2 - report breaks down to child categories

That good idea.

[lykamspam]

1)Assets -> Cash
Currency should be available for Assets Type "Cash". Now only in Base Currency.

Never store your money in a safe or under a mattress. It shoulb be invested or puted in a bank. The Bank and investment account already present.

Good joke, however, why did you create 'Assets' at all? Remove it.

When I add my own currency, its rate is not refreshed by Online Update. Why?

For example, if someone want have fixed exchange rate for currencies

Just add check-box 'Fixed rate' or something like that.

3) Options Dialog
Kindly add Save & Cancel buttons.

It's not a problem but I heard that in MAC OS there is no such buttons.

Maybe it is not a problem but it is surely poor development.
Suprise, I use Windows XP SP3, I do not have too.

4) Organize Categories
Let change a parent for categories from level 2 (move up/down nested categories).

I don't like the Organize Categories. I think to provide most used subcategories at the top.
To change order of categories I used prefixes like $ 1 2 3 etc

I now how to sort them. I want to move a subcategory from one parent to another.

Cat 1
- SubCat 1.1
- SubCat 1.2
Cat 2
- SubCat 2.1
- SubCat 2.1

I want to change easily (translations already exists) above to following structure:

Cat 1
- SubCat 1.1
Cat 2
- SubCat 2.1
- SubCat 2.1
- SubCat 1.2

[stef145g]

As a user for 12 months now, and a developer for 3 months I will respond as follows:

1 Assets -> Cash
Not sure how this would be implemented for MMEX. How would the user control the currency?
Possibly better to use Term accounts for this.
Cash as an asset: I can see the need for this asset type where cash is managed by a management fund and the investor cannot control the actual investment, but knows that it will grow at a fixed rate over the years.

2) Organize Currency
I have tested this feature and it works for me.

I used Currency symbols: AUD and USD in my test. AUD is not one of the default currencies but is available on the selection box. Used USD as base currency for my test. ( AUD - Australian Dollar Not a default currency)
Using the Update button in the dialog box updates your changes only. To update currencies, use the Tools-> Options to enable the Tools -> Online Update Currency Rate, then use this option.

3) Options Dialog
Too difficult to change. Means a total reconstruction of that code. I suspect most users would not like the change as it has been around for longer than me as a user.

5) Reports (most of then)
Difficult to implement in reports.
In development version we are reintroducing custom reports where the user can develop and use their own reports.

6) Recent databases
Good idea perhaps, but how popular would this be for the amount of time it would take to implement?

7) Encrypted DB
I fixed this part of the program in 0.9.7.0 because in previous versions if you forgot the password, you could not recover from this. At least not at the user level. Now the run time error you talk about is actually a sqlite error and is difficult to fix. (Confuses a would be hacker perhaps? ) To recover use an empty password.

[stef145g]

7) Encrypted DB
When wrong password entered, the application runtime error appears.

7) Encrypted DB
I fixed this part of the program in 0.9.7.0 because in previous versions if you forgot the password, you could not recover from this.

In the development version I have finally discovered how to capture the SQL Error and completely fixed the problem.
The user will now get a more informed response, and allow the user to take corrective actions.

[stef145g]

6) Recent databases
In "File" pop-up menu add "Recent database" option in order to switch easily between two or more databases.

In finding this posting again, with the possibility of setting this up in future, I came across postings that this feature [Recent files] was removed in version 0.9.6.0. Now this has been requested again. I am finding that it would be useful when I am testing features in test databases, and switching to my working database.

Since this was removed once, should this feature be reintroduced?