McDuck main menu is the entry point of McDuck application and has following commands:

• NEW EXPENSE - creates new expense
• SEARCH EXPENSE - searches expenses by criteria
• NEW CURRENCY - creates new currency
• CURRENCIES LIST - displays list of all currencies created
• NEW EXPENSE CATEGORY - creates new expense category
• SEARCH EXPENSE CATEGORY - searches expense categories by criteria
• CLEAR DATABASE - clear database data of your choice
• HOW TO ORDER? - (only in demo version)explanation how to order full product version
• ABOUT - something about the developer :) - me, Nikolay Nikolov
• EXIT - exit from the application

Navigate to the item you want and press the commit button. It will open the screen needed.

You create new expense by selecting "NEW EXPENSE" command from the main menu. It opens "EXPENSE DETAILS" screen which contains expense data items: category, date, amount, currency and description. To select expense category for the new expense, first you must create expense category as explained later in this document. Here we suppose that you created some expense categories and want to select one of them for the new expense. Navigate to the expense category item and press the commit button. You could select also from the screen menu "SELECT CATEGORY" command which is displayed only when the category item is selected. So press te commit button or use the menu command to select expense category. It opens new screen on which you could search the category desired by some criteria. Add some criteria if you have a lot of categories created and select the screen menu "SEARCH" command. It will display list of categories. Navigate to the category which you want to select, mark it by pressing commit button and use the menu command "CHOOSE". If you select "CHOOSE" command "EXPENSE DETAILS" screen will display again and you will see cateogory selected for the new expense. If you want to search again use "BACK" command or if you want to cancel selection. There is a "BACK" command on the search category screen too, if you want to return to "EXPENSE DETAILS" screen. So we have selected category for newly created expense. You could enter expense creation date if want. By default this screen item is filled with current date. Enter expense amount - the most important thing. Now we must select the currencie in which the expense amount is expressed. Navigate to the currency list and selecte some currency. If you want to add some additional info for the expense, move to the description field of the expense and use the same technique like in selecting category, i.e press the commit button or select "EDIT DESCRIPTION" command from the screen menu. It will open new screen on which you could type some expense description if you want. You have "CLEAR" command to clear what is typed or "SAVE" command if you want to save what is written, "BACK" command to return only to the previous screen. So you entered all expense data needed. To save this data in the database for later use, just select "SAVE" command from "EXPENSE DETAILS" screen menu. From this menu you have command to jump to the main menu "MAIN MENU" or to close the application "EXIT".

You could search expenses stored in the database by selecting "SEARCH EXPENSE" command from the main menu. "SEARCH EXPENSE" screen will open on which to enter searching criterias and ordering required. You could search by category, creation date from and to, amount from and to. You could order the results as you want. After you enter some search criteria and ordering rules, select "SEARCH" command from the screen menu. If there are expenses which correspond to the criteria, they are displayed in "EXPENSES" screen. Here You could calculate total on the expenses, delete, view and edit some expenses. Thre are options to select or deselect all items in the screen by using "SELECT ALL EXPENSES" and "UNSELECT ALL EXPENSES" commands. If You want to delete selected expenses use "DELETE SELECTED EXPENSES" but if you want to delete all of them use "DELETE ALL EXPENSES" and this will delete required expenses from the database. To calculate total per category and currency of some expenses, just select "CALCULATE TOTAL" command. Be carefull, if you selected some expenses it will calculate total only over them, if you are not selected anything it will calculate total on all expenses from the screen. You could calculate total directly from the "SEARCH EXPENSES" screen. Instead of "SEARCH" select "CALCULATE TOTAL" command.If You want to review or edit some expense, select it and use the "VIEW EXPENSE" screen menu command. It will open the same screen like "NEW EXPENSE" menu command. When You finish with the editing or review and want to return to the "EXPENSES" screen just use screen menu "BACK" command. On "EXPENSES" and "SEARCH EXPENSE" screens you have option to jum to main menu by using "MAIN MENU" command or to exit the application by using "EXIT" command.

You could create list of currencies in which you expenses amounts are expressed. You create new currency by "NEW CURRENCY" main menu command. It opens "CURRENCY DETAILS" screen. Here you have to enter only one item - currency code. For example You could enter BGL, USD ... or somthing else by which to know that amount is in currency which you are interested in. Navigate to currency code item and press the commit button or select from the screen menu "EDIT CODE". On the new screen enter some currency code. You have option to clear what you entered by using "CLEAR" command or to save it by using "SAVE" command. If you want to move to the previous screen without to save, just use "BACK" command. So let suppose that you entered some currency code. To save the new currency, use "SAVE" command in the screen menu of "CURRENCY DETAILS" screen. After you create the new currency it will be available in currency item of the "EXPENSE DETAILS" screen. You have option to jum to main menu by using "MAIN MENU" command or to exit the application by using "EXIT" command.

If you want to see the list of all currencies entered use the "CURRENCIES LIST" main menu command. It will open "CURRENCIES" screen which displays all currencies used. Here you could edit some currency or delete currencies which you are not interested in. You have option to select all currencies by using "SELECT ALL CURRENCIES" command, unselect all currencies by using "UNSELECT ALL CURRENCIES" command, delete all currencies by using "DELETE ALL CURRENCIES" command, delete selected currencies by using "DELETE CURRENCY(IES)" command, edit/review currency by using "VIEW CURRENCY" command which opens "CURRENCY DETAILS" screen. If you edit currency code you could return to "CURRENCIES" screen by using "BACK" command available on "CURRENCY DETAILS" screen. You have option to jum to main menu by using "MAIN MENU" command or to exit the application by using "EXIT" command.

To create new expense category use "NEW EXPENSE CATEGORY" main menu command. It opens "EXPENSE CATEGORY DETAILS" screen with the following items: name, date, description. Navigate to name item. Press the commit button or use screen menu "EDIT NAME" command. It opens new screen on which to enter some useful category name. To save the name use "SAVE" command, to clear content use "CLEAR" and to back to previous screen use "BACK" command. So let suppose that you entered category name. Move to the date item if you want to enter date different that current date. Move to description item and enter some useful description about the category which explains for what you using it for example and if you want to enter some. To save the new category use "SAVE" menu command. You have option to jum to main menu by using "MAIN MENU" command or to exit the application by using "EXIT" command.

Because the list of categories could be long you have option to search gategories entered. To search categories entered use "SEARCH EXPENSE CATEGORY" main menu command. It opens "SEARCH EXPENSE CATEGORY" screen. On this screen you could enter some search criteria and ordering rules. You could search by : category name, creation date from and to. You could order results as you want. After you enter some search criteria and ordering rules use "SEARCH" main menu command to start to search categories. If there are categories which correspond to searching criterias they will be displayed on new "EXPENSE CATEGORIES" screen. On this screen you could delete all categories by using "DELETE ALL CATEGORIES" command, delete selected categories by using "DELETE CATEGORY(IES)" command, select all categories by using "SELECT ALL CATEGORIES" command, unselect all categories by using "UNSELECT ALL CATEGORIES" command, review/edit some category by selecting it and use "VIEW CATEGORY" command. You select some category by navigate to it and use the commit button to mark it. If you treview/edit some category, you could return back to "EXPENSE CATEGORIES" screen by using "BACK" command. On "EXPENSE CATEGORIES" and "SEARCH EXPENSE CATEGORY" screens you have option to jum to main menu by using "MAIN MENU" command or to exit the application by using "EXIT" command.

You could clear database part which you want. You could clear: all expenses, all currencies, all categories. Be carefull, If you delete all currencies or all categories and plan to use expenses which are allready created and linked to some currencies and categories they will stay with no category and no currency. This option is only to initialize database part fast. For example you want to delte all the expenses. Use "CLEAR DATABASE" command. This command open "CLEAR DATABASE" screen. This screen contains list of database parts items. Select items you want to delte and use "CLEAR DATABASE" screen menu command. You have option to jum to main menu by using "MAIN MENU" command or to exit the application by using "EXIT" command.