| Review of Monnaie
for the 9210 |
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I have been testing on the Emulator Monnaie for version 6.00 Epoc
Crystal from Kylom Software.
This is one of the first third party programs I have used, and it
is very impressive. Monnaie is a well know currency converter for
ER5 and it has made the leap to ER6 with several improvements along
the way. You can read my summary and observation of the program
below:
Monnaie is shareware, and for those of you who don't
know this means you can try before you buy, I would encourage anyone
who regularly uses this program to register it so that you can provide
support to the author and encourage the release of new programs.
One of the most powerful things about EPOC is its extensibility
through 3rd party programs, something which makes the platform better
each time a new program is produced. Monnaie is a good example of
this for those who do a lot of currency conversion you wont find
a program better than this. Some of the features include:
- Handles multiple different currencies, presented in pages of
of 27 or 12. Ability to add currencies.
- Any amount is instantly converted into all the currencies.
- Screens can be customized (view by country or by region).
- Exchange rates can be automatically updated either directly
from Internet, or by import from a text file (different formats
are available). 4 different formats are available for the input,
import and display of exchange rates. Copy and paste compatible.
When you start Monnaie you are greeted by this screen,
for shareware this is known as a nag screen and will disappear once
you have registered. Monnaie has a low level of nagging compared
to some programs!
You can start using the program straight away - all
you need to do is type the number you want to convert (see highlighted
red box) and then press the appropriate letter according to which
country's currency you have entered. In this case I pressed 'F'
for Britain.
The result is instantaneous conversion into all the
different countries. By default the program includes 46, but as
we shall see these can easily be added to!
The menus give access to all features of the program
and when you are in them the toolbar pops up allowing you to use
the command buttons of the 9210 to select an item from the menu
or to cancel the menu. Here we can see the Exchange rates menu allowing
you to close the program, choose the format of the conversion rates
(see below) or allowing updating of conversion rates by various
means.
As an example the format menu takes you to a dialog
allowing you to control what currency the exchange rates are displayed
in. You can also choose your home currency from a subsequent dialog
box (see below).
Here we can see an import file being loaded and then
checked.
The edit menu allows the copying and pasting of values
from other programs.
For example if you have one value you could paste
it in, press the letter which represented the currency, then press
the letter of the country you want the value for, choose Ctrl+C
and you could paste the value of the converted currency back to
your original source. This is a much quicker process than it sounds.
The view menu allows you to control what is controlled
in the main screen, and the screenshots below give you an example
of some of these.
This shot shows the zoom function so that only 12
currencies are displayed on the screen at one time. This shot also
shows the program running with one of the different themes
of the 9210.
On to part two of Monnaie
review
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Copyright
(©) Rafe Blandford
2000-2001 | Last modified: September 19 2001.