Loan & Mortgage Calculator

Fix:

• Some users have recently reported a licencing error 106 after installing Loan & Mortgage on a new computer. Version 2.3.5 fixes this problem.

Fix:

• List index out of bound error encountered when multiple installments including the last instalment are deleted. Version 2.3.4 fixes this problem.

Fixes:

• Index out of bound error encountered when multiple installments of a table are selected and the table is closed. Version 2.3.3 fixes this problem.
• Balloon style tool tips (3rd party component) not displayed properly. Version 2.3.3 fixes this problem by reverting back to standard style tool tips (eliminating the use of the erratic 3rd party component).
• The reorganization of Felitec's web site resulted in broken hypertext links in Loan And Mortgage and its help file. Version 2.3.3 fixes this problem.

Changes:

• Minor changes to meet product distributor requirements.

Fixes:

• Some error messages display the wrong product name. Version 2.3.1 fixes this problem.

Improvements:

• Help file converted to HTML format to be compatible with Windows Vista, which no longer supports Win32 help files.
• Miscellaneous changes for Vista (UAC) compliance.

Fixes:

• When the last installment of a table is deleted alone, an error occurs at the time of saving the table that requires the program to be restarted. Version 2.3 fixes this problem.
• After saving a table for the first time, the new table must be closed and then opened again before the Save button can save the table directly instead of presenting the Save As dialog as if the file had never been saved. Version 2.3 fixes this problem.

Improvements:

• Added a note field that allows keeping some notes about any installments in a table.
• Added Check for updates option under the App menu.
• Added instructions to create a simple interest table in the help file.

Fixes:

• The date fields in the Accumulations section of the report are not wide enough to print properly on some printers. Version 2.2 fixes this problem.

Fixes:

• In the Amortization details page of the Table Setup dialog, moving from field to field using the keyboard's Tab key does not happen in the right field sequence. Version 2.15 fixes this problem.

Fixes:

• In some older versions of Windows, if two or more tables are maximized at the same time then some of the system options (to minimize, restore or close a table) are disabled. Version 2.14 fixes this problem.
• In the Modify Installment dialog, changing the nominal rate without usign the Up or Down button of the Nominal Rate field results in the change not being honored by the program. Version 2.14 fixes this problem.
• Under specific circumstances, the caption bar of a newly created or newly opened table may appear in a position on the screen where it is unattainable by the mouse, making it impossible to move (drag) the table to a different position on the screen until it is selected again through the Windows menu. Version 2.14 fixes this problem.
• In the Table Summary report section, the Amortization Duration sometimes prints outside the boundaries of the Table Summary box. Version 2.14 fixes this problem.
• One instance of the word Summary and two instances of the word Installment were misspelled in prior releases of version 2. These spelling mistakes were fixed in version 2.14.

Fixes:

• In Loan And Mortgage version 2.0 and 2.1, the command to create a new table works only on computers where the decimals and thousands separators in the Windows Regional Settings are set to the decimal point '.' and the comma ',' respectively. Version 2.12 fixes this problem.

Fixes:

• In the Table Setup dialog, when changing the kind of amortization induces a change of compounding frequency, the interest factor should be recalculated automatically but is not. Version 2.1 fixes this problem.

Improvements:

• The program interface now supports the Windows XP style.

Improvements:

• Support for multiple interest rates on the same table.
• Ability to change the date of any installment and see ensuing results.
• Ability to modify the installment amount and/or the interest rate of one or many installments at once and see ensuing results.
• Ability to completely remove one or many installments at once and see ensuing results.
• Support for semi-monthly installments.
• Support for semi-monthly compounding.
• Support for month-end installments.
• Save and retrieve preferred table setups (templates for creating new tables).
• Selective accumulations report (by month, quarter, half-year, year and/or global).
• Table password protection.
• Preview reports before printing.
• Compute unknown value (Present Value, Future Value, Installment amount, Nominal rate, or Amortization duration).
• Copy partial/complete lists to clipboard for pasting into other applications such as Word or Excel.
• Export to CSV or XML.

Fixes:

• Some commands did not work properly when the short date format of the Windows environment regional settings uses only 2 digits for the year (e.g. yy/mm/dd). Version 1.1a fixes this problem by forcing 4 digits for the year regardless of the short date format in the Windows regional settings.

Improvements:

• Table -> View/Hide Summary option replaces the Table -> Summary option.
• New File -> Export to CSV option.
• New Table ->Balance as of option.
• New Table -> Recalc options (Loan Type, Loan Amount, Interest rate, Compound frequency and Interest method).
• New Table -> Duplicate option.
• New View -> Speed Bar option.
• The help file has been completely reviewed and now includes a few more problem examples in the How to topic.

Fixes:

• On some computers, the program returns the error message Invalid registration file! on startup and then exits. Version 1.0c fixes this problem.

Fixes:

• Improper positioning of the report first line if the user did not specify a company name during the installation. Version 1.0b fixes this problem.

Improvements:

• Possibility to change the font used in the printed report as well as the report title itself by changing the values of the FontName and Title identifiers in the Report section of the LAM.INI file created during the installation of this version.

Fixes:

• In version 1.0, the fonts scale did not fit properly on some monitors where the Windows display setup was set to use large fonts. Version 1.0a fixes this problem.