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FAQ

Flying Money Manager


    Installation questions
  1. When I try to install your application, I get warning message: "The identity of the software supplier cannot be guaranteed. Do you want to proceed?"
  2. I get certificate error when trying to install FlyingBird Software software on my S60 3rd Edition smartphone. How to fix it?
    Synchronization
  1. I have my financial data in other format. How can I import it to FlyingMoney Manager?
  2. Does FlyingMoney Manager provides synchronization between MS Money and Quicken?
  3. Can I transfer my data from another finance application to Flying Money Manager?
    General questions
  1. I live in Europe/Australia/Asia. Can I use Euro and other currencies?
  2. Can I keep my data encrypted ?
  3. What is the difference between ending balance and current balance?
  4. How to use Budgets?
  5. What is this "class" for?
  6. What is a memorized transaction?
  7. How do I change my home currency?
    Program specifics
  1. What is the difference between export/import and backup/restore actions?

When I try to install your application, I get warning message
The identity of the software supplier cannot be guaranteed. Do you want to proceed?

This message is just a warning, it is not a panic error. You can still continue with the installation. You get this message because our application is self-signed with developer certificate and not Symbian signed yet. As soon as we will get the Symbian certificate we will upload the Symbian signed application and you will not have this warning message.


I get certificate error when trying to install FlyingBird Software software on my S60 3rd Edition smartphone. How to fix it?

If you get certificate error when attempting to install any 3rd party software on your S60 3rd Edition smartphone, it means that you haven't enabled installation of unsigned SIS files. Go to Tools -> App. Manager, choose Options -> Settings and set Software installation to All and Online certif. check to Off.

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I have my financial data in other format. How can I import it to FlyingMoney Manager?

We suggest you to use the QIF format conversion tools availbale in Internet. For example to convert CSV format (MS Excel) we can suggest freeware tool XL2QIF - an Excel macro that converts data to QIF format. Download from the site

OR:

MT2OFX is a freeware program to link downloaded banking transactions (in MT940, CSV, QIF, OFC, OFX or other non-binary format) to Microsoft Money, Quicken, FlyingMoney Manager or other programs which can work with the QIF, OFC and OFX formats.

Using this freeware application you can easily convert your finance data to QIF format to be imported to FlyingMoney Manager or if you want to export your finance data from FlyingMoney Manager to use in other finance application you can as well use one of these tools. Download the application. back to the top

Does FlyingMoney Manager provides synchronization between MS Money and Quicken?

Yes, synchronization is provided through export/import finance data in QIF format to/from MS Money or Quicken to FlyingMoney Manager.
Synchronize with MS Money:
Export data from MS Money to FlyingMoney Manager
1. Open MS Money
2. Go to File - > Export.
3. Export data in QIF format.
4. Using PC Suite copy file to your smartphone.
5. Open FlyingMoney Manager and go to Sync.
6. Choose Import and select the file that has your MS Money finance information

Export data from FlyingMoney Manager to MS Money:
1. Open FlyingMoney Manager and go to Sync
2. Choose Import, point to the destination for the file to be saved; check what data you want to import, click Run
3. Using PC Suite copy file to your PC.
4. Open the MS Money and go to File - > Import, choose the file with your finance information from FlyingMoney Manager.

Can I transfer my data from another finance application to Flying Money Manager?

Flying Money Manager provides import/export capabilities. You can import any *.QIF file to Flying Money Manager, and, furthermore, export your Flying Money Manager data to be used on your desktop PC or other PDA/mobile. To do so, go to Sync menu and select Import or Export command respectivelyback to the top

I live in Europe/Australia/Asia. Can I use Euro and other currencies?

To work with currencies, open List|Currencies. You can use as many currencies as you like, and set a home currency to be appied to all currency rates, budgets and balances. You can also customize any report to be shown using any entered currency.

When currency rate is being changed by user, its previous value is remembered. All transactions that were entered before this change, will be calculated using currency history. back to the top

Can I keep my data encrypted?

If you wish to keep your data secure, set a password using Settings ->> Password. When a password is set, your data file will be encrypted and this password will be required every time Flying Money Manager is started.

How can I use splits in transactions?

splitting of transactions

To split a transaction, select a Split menu command when viewing or creating a transaction. You will see a page where you can enter the split information. By default, when no split data has been entered yet, there is only one active split element - the first one. To enter some more data about your splitted transaction, click ADD and you'll be able to choose the split category and enter amount. Of course, you can edit the previously entered split elements.


What is the difference between ending balance and current balance?

Ending balance of a certain account is calculated taking into consideration all transactions of that account (including future transactions). Current balance includes only transactions that have been made before the current date. back to the top

How to use Budgets?

budgets, finance, banking, freeware, symbian Budgets are planned by people who want to schedule their expenses and incomes in some specific categories for a certain period (periods) of time. A user may wish to allocate a certain amount of money for a transaction category and Flying Money Manager budgets will help him stay within this amount of money.

Example: You intend to plan your money paid for coffes. You would like the amount of money spent in restaurants not to exceed $50 a month

  • Go to the Budgets view.
  • Tap New to create a new budget.

Name the budget - "my cofee drinking limit" . Choose monthly as budget's time interval. Go to the next tab - Expenses. and click Add to add a budgeted category and the 40 in the Amount field. Click Save and return tot he main menu.

Later on you will be able to visit the Budget view, run report to see how much money you've planed, already spent and how much you may yet spend for this category. If you exceed the predefined limit you will see the red negative number, which notifies you about the exceeding.back to the top

What is this "class" for?

In Flying Money Manager classes are used to distinguish between transactions just like categories. For example, you can use classes to know that these transactions were made during your vacation or that transactions are related to some event or activity. For instance, you can create a class named "Vacation" that will include all the transactions made during your vacation. The transactions can also be distinguished with categories, e.g. bills, food, clothing, etc.

What is a memorized transaction?

Memorized transactions ( also called regular transactions) are used for your convenience to speed up transaction data entry. When you create a new transaction, all the details you enter such as sums, categories and classes are memorized and associated with the payee for that transaction. Next time you enter the payee that is the same as in the memorized transaction, all the other details of the transaction are filled in automatically. This comes very handy for entering recurring transactions such as monthly/annual bills, incomes, etc. back to the top

How do I change my home currency?

money, banking, expense tracking, freeware, symbian

From the main menu go to Lists- > Currencies dialog and then check it as Home Currency












What is the difference between export/import and backup/restore actions?

Normally, backup is used for safety reasons. When one worries about keeping his data safe even after a crash, he creates backup copies in order to restore his financial information when needed. As to data export, this feature is used to provide integration between Flying Money Manager and other financial managers such as Quicken, Microsoft Money, and other. .pmm format used for creating backup copies of Flying Money Manager data, is more advanced than .QIF file format - in addition to all the data available in QIF files it also provides currency and budget data. Nevertheless, exporting is yet another way to backup your data.back to the top