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Acknowledgements Software design and programming: Jackson Wong

User Manual Construction: Jack Phillips User Manual Revised by: Chirs Palmer, Aaron Sperber & the

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Introduction

Launched in December 1998 into the Australian market, the core technology of MAUS Stockmarket Plus, has now become the market leader in portfolio management, offering investors a highly efficient tool to monitor and keep

track of all their investments.

The MAUS Stockmarket Plus package contains three separate modules:

(i) The Portfolio Management Module will allow you to monitor and manage investments. The software tracks investments in shares, options, warrants, fixed interest, dividends, managed funds, superfunds, unit trusts,

property, accounts, collectibles and more. Utilising the range of finance calculators included in the package, it is

possible to track an unlimited number of portfolios.

(ii) The Reporting Module will allow investors to view any information regarding the value of their investments including holdings, profitability, taxation and stock reports. These can be produced for any particular period giving

users a unique facility to view historical information on their portfolios.

(iii) The Charting and Analysis Module will allow you to chart and graph the progress of any stock, allowing for

comparison charts, line and volume charts and the ability to create watchlists for investor’s preferred stocks.

Through your purchase of MAUS Stockmarket Plus you have taken the first step in effective comprehensive monitoring and management of your investment portfolios, the essential elements to successful investing. MAUS

Stockmarket Plus will support you as an investment management tool, but always seek the advice of a professional

prior to making any investment decisions.

What are the benefits of using MAUS Stockmarket Plus?

With MAUS Stockmarket Plus, you can:

• Keep track of investment records and monitor multiple portfolios • View portfolio performance history and compare it with a stock or an index • Create watch lists of stocks that you are interested in and perform analysis on those stocks in

the watch list

• Perform analysis on an investment property taking into account tax credits and depreciation

costs

• Classify the stock to a sector and an industry, and thereby create a sector holdings report to

view portfolio weightings in each sector

• View the stocks held as at any date. For example, you can report what stocks were held a year

ago in any portfolio, the quantity and at what price, as well as the portfolio’s cost and value at

that time

• Test the profitability of stock purchases and disposals • Keep track of brokerage and dividend payments • Work out the tax liabilities • Up to date with the latest 2016-2019 taxation requirements • Tax statement report • Keep track of income and spending through account reports • Use the investment calculators to work out margin lending and home loan payments

• Produce charts on portfolios and stock prices — export the chart to other applications

• Search company (stock) information

• Work out the cost of bonus shares or units Perform ad hoc queries on stocks

• Understand financial market terminology. • Watchlist feature • Income window

Customer Support and Enquiries

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product & iteration of that product. After 2 years a version of the software ends its product lifecycle and is no

longer supported by the MAUS team. We recommend that users upgrade to the most recent version of the

product at this time to continue to be supported.

MAUS provides extensive On-line help, FAQ’s and Technical support:

Online Help — Regularly updated on-line help files which are available through our website at

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Frequently Asked Questions — This section contains a list of commonly asked questions and their respective

answers. They are available through our website at

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Table of Contents MAUS Business Systems Stockmarket Plus................................................................................................... 1

Disclaimer.................................................................................................................................................. 2

Legislation reproduced ............................................................................................................................. 2

© 2014 MAUS Business Services .............................................................................................................. 2

Copyright Notice ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Warranties, Liability and Indemnities ....................................................................................................... 3

Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 4

What are the benefits of using MAUS Stockmarket Plus? ........................................................................ 4

Customer Support and Enquiries .............................................................................................................. 5

Customer Feedback .................................................................................................................................. 5

Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 8

What can you do with MAUS Stockmarket Plus? ..................................................................................... 8

Chapter 1 - Getting Started ........................................................................................................................... 9

Installing MAUS Stockmarket Plus ............................................................................................................ 9

Registering MAUS Stockmarket Plus......................................................................................................... 9

Chapter 2 - Quick Start Guide ..................................................................................................................... 11

MAUS Stockmarket Plus Quick Start Guide ............................................................................................ 11

Navigation ........................................................................................................................................... 11

Adding a Portfolio ............................................................................................................................... 12

Adding a Bank account ........................................................................................................................ 12

Adding a Broker................................................................................................................................... 13

Buying a Stock ..................................................................................................................................... 13

Selling a Stock ..................................................................................................................................... 13

Adding a Dividend/Income item ......................................................................................................... 13

Generating Reports ............................................................................................................................. 14

Chapter 3 – Portfolio Management Tools .................................................................................................. 15

The Portfolio Window ............................................................................................................................. 15

Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 15

Adding a portfolio ............................................................................................................................... 17

Modifying a portfolio .......................................................................................................................... 17

Deleting a portfolio ............................................................................................................................. 17

The Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest Window ......................................................................................... 17

The Current Transactions Window ......................................................................................................... 18

Purchasing Stocks ................................................................................................................................ 18

Short sell ............................................................................................................................................. 21

Stock Splits/De-Mergers/Instalment Receipts/Capital Returns .......................................................... 22

The Disposed Transactions Window ....................................................................................................... 22

The Income Window ............................................................................................................................... 23

Reporting ................................................................................................................................................ 24

Chapter 4 – Advanced Tips ......................................................................................................................... 26

How to Create a Custom Transaction type ............................................................................................. 26

Appendix – Troubleshooting & Solutions ................................................................................................... 27

Knowledge base ...................................................................................................................................... 27

Unlock Code ............................................................................................................................................ 27

Common Runtime Errors ........................................................................................................................ 27

Runtime 53 Error ................................................................................................................................. 27

Runtime 75: Path/File Access Error .................................................................................................... 27

Other Common Errors ............................................................................................................................. 28

SQLState = 08001 ................................................................................................................................ 28

Printing cuts off part of the screen OR part of Reports have been cut off ......................................... 28

“Encountered an Improper Argument” Error ..................................................................................... 29

If the Error message notes that a “MSVCP100.dll file” missing from the PC ..................................... 33

Overview Features of MAUS Stockmarket Plus

What can you do with MAUS Stockmarket Plus?

MAUS Stockmarket Plus is an easy to use high-end portfolio management tool that will allow you to

keep track of investments in multiple portfolios. Users are able to create unlimited portfolios providing

the ability to pinpoint the exact financial status of a portfolio at any given time. Users are also able to

download prices directly into the program to update the entire value of all portfolios. With these prices

the charting and graphing facility may be used to plot stock price movements and create separate watch

lists.

The Portfolio window

This is the heart of MAUS Stockmarket Plus. It is the main screen from which you navigate to other areas

of the program. The screen is split into two different areas. On the left-hand side are the portfolios that

you create. Each one has a Portfolio folder located on the right-hand side, which gives you a summary

view of your assets in the portfolio

The Security window

The Security window allows you to maintain a database of equities, options/warrants, fixed interest,

indices, properties and other investments as well as view, sort and filter the securities on many criteria

including sector and industry (for more detailed information on the Security Window, please see

Chapter 5).

The Price history window

The Price history window is where you update and maintain price information on the securities. This can

be done by either manually entering the data, importing a file containing price data or by taking

advantage of the MAUS daily data service and the MAUS historical data CD-ROM (for more detailed

information on the Price History Window, please see Chapter 8)

The Reporting facilities

MAUS Stockmarket Plus allows you to produce many different types of reports which can be generated

on criteria such as on a particular portfolio or all portfolios, summary or detail, realised or unrealised

and dates. You can also sort and filter the contents of a report on any field you wish (for more detailed

information on the Reporting Facility, please see Chapter 9)

The Charting facilities

MAUS Stockmarket Plus provides charting tools, which allow you to plot share prices in the form of Line

(with moving average), , Comparison, Line & Volume, and Hi-Low-Close charts (for more detailed

information on the Charting Facility, please see Chapter 10)

Chapter 1 - Getting Started

Installing MAUS Stockmarket Plus

1. In order to install the software click the install link provided via email and wait until the

setup menu appears then click the Next button.

2. Select the default setting when installing MAUS Stockmarket Plus unless you have a

specific reason to do otherwise.

3. When the installation is complete click the Exit button to close the setup menu.

4. Once MAUS Stockmarket Plus has been installed you will find a MAUS Stockmarket Plus

icon on your desktop.

Registering MAUS Stockmarket Plus

Upon opening the program for the first time a screen detailing the registration process will appear. The

software will need to registered after 30 days.

The software is fully functional within the 30 days and will allow 3 additional uses once the 30 days have

expired.

30 days after instillation the software will ask you to register. Please call MAUS on 02 9907 1669 or

email [email protected] to obtain your unlock key.

Note: Tip of the day

The ‘Tip of the day’ window is the first screen that you will encounter. This includes advice and useful

shortcuts when navigating through the program. You can permanently remove the window by un-ticking

the ‘Show tips at startup’ tick box in the bottom left hand corner of the window. To enable the tips

again go to Help Tip of the Day then click the ‘Show tips at startup’ option.

Chapter 2 - Quick Start Guide

MAUS Stockmarket Plus Quick Start Guide

The Quick Start guide has been developed to show you the quickest and easiest way to access the core

features of the program. By following the documented instructions, your navigation of Stockmarket Plus will

be made much simpler and help you in understanding the program.

Navigation Stockmarket Plus is designed to have the most streamlined navigation possible. The tool has a default

layout whish is shown below, as well as the ability to customize the layout which will be detailed further

in the manual.

This default layout has 5 key areas:

1. The Centre Screen

- Located at the centre of the screen (by default)

- This area is where you will be conducting the majority of your work, whether it be

processing purchases, inputting income items, reviewing details within reports or many

of the other Stockmarket Plus functions.

2. The File Bar

- Located at the top of the screen (by default)

- This will allow you to view some high level view options, as well as a simplified tab

navigation feature.

3. The Navigation Menu

- Located on the left-hand side of the screen (by default)

- This area will allow you to navigate between your portfolios, and the sections within

your portfolios. You will find you will be using this area frequently as you move between

your Current Transactions (current holdings), Income, and other areas. All prompts here

will load the relevant section of the system into the Centre Screen.

4. The Reporting Bar

- Located on the right-hand side of the screen (by default)

- This area contains 3 of the primary reporting mechanisms within the tool, the traditional

reporting functionality, the in-system notifications for cut loss/take profit points and

individual stock reports. Ant report generated will appear in the Centre Screen.

5. The Application bar

- Located at the top of the screen (by default).

- This area contains many of the secondary features of Stockmarket Plus, including the

Data downloader, Online Charts, Inbuilt Calculators and more. Items from within the

Application Bar will either occur as a pop up or within the Centre Screen.

- This area is where you will be able to access the majority of configuration & settings

options for Stockmarket Plus, including Database backup/restore, options, view settings,

and support assistance. Items from within the actions bar will either occur as a pop up

or within the Centre Screen.

Note: You can restore this default Layout via either:

- Pressing F3

- Clicking on “View” and then clicking on “Default Layout”

Adding a Portfolio 1. Click on the “Portfolio” prompt within the Navigation Bar to open the Portfolio screen

2. Utilize the “Add” prompt at the top of the Centre Window to open the Add Portfolio pop up

3. Fill in the form as required, pressing “OK” to save your changes.

4. The new portfolio will now be added to your database.

Adding a Bank account 1. Select the “Account” prompt from the Home tab in the application bar. (see image on

the right)

2. This will open the Cash account window, where you can manage your cash accounts.

Press the “+” prompt in the bottom left hand side of the Centre Screen to open the

Add Account window.


4. The new Cash Account will now be added to your database

Adding a Broker 1. Select the “Broker” prompt from the Apps bar. (see image on the right)

2. This will open the Add Broker pop up.

3. Press the ‘+’ button to bring up the add broker form.



Buying a Stock 1. Utilize the Navigation Bar to access the portfolio you would like to process a Buy for.

2. Press the “+” Symbol next to the Portfolio to expand the Portfolio’s contents

3. Press the “+” Symbol next to “Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest” to expand your holdings

information

4. Click on “Current Transaction” Menu item

5. Click on “Buy”, which is located either:

a. Within the Action menu in the Actions Bar

b. At the top of the Centre Screen

6. This will open the Buy pop up


8. The Transaction will now be added to your Current Transactions folder

Selling a Stock 1. Utilize the Navigation Bar to access the portfolio you would like to process a Sell for.



information

4. Click on “Current Transaction” Menu item

5. Select the Stock packet you wish to sell by clicking it once, which will highlight the Transaction in

blue

6. Click on “Sell”, which is located either:



7. This will open the Sell pop up


9. The Transaction will now be moved to your Disposed Transactions folder, and the information

will be amended in accordance with your inputs for step 7

Adding a Dividend/Income item 1. Utilize the Navigation Bar to access the portfolio you would like to process a Sell for.



information

4. Click on “Income” Menu item

5. Click on “Add”, which is located either:



6. This will open the Income pop up


8. The Transaction will now be added to your Income folder

Generating Reports 1. Enter the Report Bar via clicking the Report tab from within the Application bar.

2. Within this bar you will note a number of reporting options, including the Annual Tax Statement,

Holdings report, Transaction History report and more. Clicking on the name of a report will open

the

3. This will open the relevant report’s pop up

4. Fill in the form as required, pressing “OK” to generate your report

5. The Generated report will appear in the Centre Screen for your review.

a. In order to extract the report from Stockmarket Plus, select either the

Print or PDF prompts as required

Chapter 3 – Portfolio Management Tools

The Portfolio Window

Overview A portfolio consists of the investments that have been acquired over time. MAUS Stockmarket Plus lets

you split these assets into different groups for reporting and management purposes. When creating a

portfolio, you are able to specify whether the portfolio is a company portfolio, an individual portfolio or

a superannuation fund portfolio (this can also be changed later). If you wish to create and manage an

individual portfolio you are in luck, as the as the individual portfolio is the default for all newly created

portfolios within Stockmarket Plus. By selecting one of these portfolio options you are setting up MAUS

Stockmarket Plus to apply the relevant taxation situation to that portfolio. You can even have the

portfolio linked to a margin lending account by checking the

“Margin Lending” tickbox.

In the Portfolio window, each portfolio is represented as a

folder, which contains sub-folders:

1. Share | Funds | Fixed Interest

a. Current Transaction

b. Disposed Transaction

c. Income

2. Property

3. Cash Account

4. Other Investment

a. Current

b. Disposed

5. Action Plan

a. Archive

6. Document

7. Expenses

Note: When you click on each folder, all the records in that

folder will be listed within the Centre Screen.

The sub-folders within a portfolio can be accessed by clicking the

“+” symbol to the left of the folder name. Once again when you

click on each folder, all the respective records in that folder will be listed within the Centre Screen.

Key:

When you click on Description

Portfolio name A view of the current and relative value of all investments

Share/Funds/Fixed Interest

A holdings report for all current share/trusts/fixed interests securities with a summary of total value

Current Transaction sub-folder

A view of unrealised profit/loss for each transaction record. A record will be created here when you buy a stock and moved to the Disposed Transaction sub-folder when you sell the stock.

Disposed Transaction sub-folder

A view of realised profit/loss for each completed transaction record.

A record will be created here when you sell the stock in the Current Transaction sub-folder.

Dividend/(Trust) Distribution sub-

folder

A view of all dividends/trust distributions received for the selected portfolio.

The Portfolio section allows you to:

• Add/modify/delete a portfolio

• Add a stock/warrant/option/trust/managed fund/bond/debenture to a portfolio

• Add an original/dividend/rights issue/dividend/bonus issue/short sell/write

• Add a stock with similar details as an old stock

• Sell a selected stock in the portfolio

• Group sell a stock in a portfolio

• Adjust the stock price for stock splits

• Add a second payment on an instalment warrant/stock

• Add a capital return to a stock

• Import/Export buy and sell details

• View stock price history

• Include a property as part of a portfolio

• Include a cash account as part of a portfolio

• Display a pie chart for the selected portfolio

• Display a properties window for the selected portfolio

• Modify/delete a transaction record

• Sort or filter transaction records

• Add a Quick “Dividend per Share” record

• Add a new dividend/trust distribution record

• Delete a dividend/trust distribution record

• Modify a dividend/trust distribution record

• Sort and filter dividend/trust distribution records

• Print dividend/trust distribution records

• Purchase/sell an “other” investment record

• View purchased/sold “other” investments

• Delete an “other” investment record

• Modify an “other” investment record

• Print an “other” investment record

• Export dividend/trust distribution records

Adding a portfolio 1. Click on the “Portfolio” prompt within the Navigation Bar to open the Portfolio screen

2. Utilize the “Add” prompt at the top of the Centre Window to open the Add Portfolio pop up

3. Add Portfolio Options

a. Code: The portfolio code will appear in the portfolio

b. Name: The portfolio name is the description of the portfolio

c. Marginal Tax Rate: By default the marginal tax rate will be set at 47% however the field can be

updated

d. Account: The account option allows you to link a bank account to your portfolio this can also be

done after the portfolio has been created

e. Type: The portfolio type allows you to select what kind of portfolio you wish to create; you can

select multiple types or you can leave the options blank

f. Expected Allocation: The expected allocation field is your investment strategy, the total

expected allocation must add up to 100%


Modifying a portfolio 1. Click on the “Portfolio” prompt within the Navigation Bar to open the Portfolio screen

2. Locate the portfolio in question and either:

a. Double click it to access the edit menu.

b. Click it once to highlight it in blue, and Click on “Modify” within the Actions menu/bar

This will provide you with very similar options to the Add Portfolio Menu


4. The Portfolio will now be amended.

Deleting a portfolio 1. Click on the “Portfolio” prompt within the Navigation Bar to open the Portfolio screen

2. Locate the portfolio in question and Click it once to highlight it in blue

3. Click on “Delete” within the Actions menu/bar

Note: This will permanently remove the portfolio form your database and this cannot be recovered

aside from reverting from a backup.

The Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest Window To access the Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest window, select the Portfolio in question and press the “+”

symbol next to it to expand sub folders. You should notice Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest as the first

available sub folder which can be accessed by clicking on the name of the folder. This Folder contains 3

sub folders which will allow you to manage your stocks and income items.

The Current Transactions Window To access the Current Transactions window, select the Portfolio in question and press the “+” symbol

next to it to expand sub folders. You should notice Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest as the first available

sub folder which will have a “+” next to it. When clicking this “+” 3 sub folders will expand which will

allow you to manage your stocks and income items. These three subfolders include the Current

Transactions Window, The Disposed Transactions Window and the Income window.

Within the Current transactions window, you can view all transactions you currently hold in the system.

You can also process purchases, perform Demergers, capital returns and more.

Purchasing Stocks You will need to purchase stocks in MAUS Stockmarket Plus through the “Add a Stock to a Portfolio”

window. This can be accessed through the Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest Window.

When you wish to enter previous, current and future purchases:

1. Utilize the Navigation menu to locate the portfolio in question.

2. Expand your Portfolio by clicking the “+” symbol next to your portfolio

3. Expand the Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest Window folder by clicking the “+” symbol next to the

Shares | Funds | Fixed Interest Window heading

4. Click the Current Transaction folder

5. Select Action from the tool bar then click Buy. This will bring up the ‘Add a stock to portfolio’

window

6. Fill in the details for your transaction then click on ok.

- Further information regarding each field is mentioned below.

7. The stock will now be added to your current transactions

Tip: The details of the purchase are listed in the “current transaction” subfolder. You are able to enter

price information here, and this will allow calculate the value of your stocks based on this new price,

however once the portfolio screen is exited, these prices will change back to the last price that was

saved to the database. This allows you to do a “What if” analysis to see the values of your holdings if

specific price changes occur. Updating price history is discussed in the relevant section of this manual.

There are different fields within the Buy window. Not all of these are necessary to fill in, however

specific ones may be relevant to your needs depending on the transaction in question:

Transaction Types

- Original: for the purchase of normal shares, trusts, managed funds etc.

- Rights: made to existing shareholders, where each shareholder is entitled to one new share for a

stated number of shares already held

- Dividend: paid out as income to existing shareholders out of company profits made.

- To record the breakdown of dividends, please do this within the income Subfolder Bonus Issues:

bonus share given to existing shareholders

Note: To buy a normal share (e.g. Telstra, BHP), leave “Transaction Type” as Original

Stock Type

You also have the ability to purchase a range of different securities. Below, is a list of the type of

securities that can be monitored in Stockmarket Plus, and also an example of each one.

- Equity – a normal Share traded on an exchange such as Telstra or Wesfarmers

- Warrant – a long term option contract issued by a third party and traded on the equities market

- Option – a contract between two parties that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation

to buy or sell a security at an agreed price

- Trust – for the input of Managed Funds – e.g. Colonial First State Balanced Fund

- Bond – a form of debt and are issued for a period of more than one year. Governments, local

governments, water districts, companies and many other types of institutions sell bonds.

- Debenture – another form of debt, similar to a bond, which is normally issued by companies and

the lender is paid interest

- CFD – a Contract for Difference is simply an agreement to exchange the difference in value of a

particular share between the time at which a contract is opened and the time at which it is

closed

Note: If you purchase a Bond or Debenture you will be prompted to add a Payment Schedule to

calculate your interest component.

Stock Code

This is where you select the stock code/security code for a stock that you are purchasing. If the stock

code is not already entered into your database the program will prompt you to create the new security.

You will receive the below message if you purchase a stock who’s code has not been entered into the

database (either through a data download service or manually). To create a new security into the

database, click Yes (also see chapter 5 for creating a new security).

Broker

This is where you add the particular broker whom you purchased a stock through. Once set-up, this will

correctly calculate the affiliated brokerage rate for that particular trade. This is for administration

purposes only, and is up to you whether you want to set it up or not (please refer to the end of this

chapter).

Holding Number

This is where you are able to enter the information on your contract note in relation to the contract

note. This is for administration purposes and it is up to you if you wish to enter in the relevant details.

You are able to sort by holding numbers in the Current Transaction screen.

Withdraw From

The trading account is the main account linked to your portfolio, and is where funds come from when

purchasing shares. This can be amended by selecting another account in the drop-down menu. If you do

not wish to have a trading account, delete the account from the “Cash Account” field and leave it blank.

See Below screen shot for more details:

Quantity

Enter in the total amount of shares that you have purchased.

Price

This is where you enter in the price per share that you have paid, which can be found on your contract

note. This is NOT the total price you have paid for the shares.

Brokerage (inc GST)

Here, you can enter in your total brokerage fee and the GST element on that brokerage fee in addition

(where applicable).

Other Fees

In Australia, prior to 30/06/01, stamp duty was a tax that was applied to the transfer in name of certain

assets such as shares. In Stockmarket Plus, you have the ability to backdate the purchase of shares and

include the stamp duty amount where relevant in the “Other Fees” box. You can also add any other fees

that may have been incurred in the transaction.

Stop Loss Exit Price

Here, you can set a limit price to which you would like to exit from out of the stock that you have

purchased in order to make sure that you only lose a pre-determined amount of money. This only works

in conjunction with a Data Download service (see chapter 6), or if you are updating the prices manually

each day. The program will tell you that your stock has reached the stop loss exit price with the

descriptions listed below in the table.

Target Price

The opposite of the Stop loss exit price, the target price will let you know when a stock has reached a

certain level in order to let you know that a specific profit has been reached, and once again works only

when price data is being updated in Stockmarket Plus. The program will let you know that it has reached

the target price in the Current Transaction through notification section of the Report bar.

Notes

This page will also provide you with an area where you are able to document additional comments for

your own personal records.

Bonus Issues

To help you through the complexity of bonus issues, MAUS Stockmarket Plus has a Wizard to assist you

in determining the cost of bonus shares/units and whether they are subject to capital gains tax or can be

treated as a dividend.

The treatment of bonus shares or units is different from a dividend reinvestment plan in that the

shareholder does not have the option of taking a cash dividend instead of the bonus shares.

From a taxation viewpoint, the paid-up value of the bonus shares/units may be taxed as a dividend and

the bonus shares/units may be subject to capital gains tax depending on a number of factors. In

addition, the calculation of cost of the bonus shares/units may be different.

Once you have entered the details for the transaction, clicking the OK button will prompt you to run the

Bonus Share Wizard

Follow the Wizard’s instructions to work out the cost of bonus shares/units.

NOTE: For more details regarding the calculation of bonus shares/units, please contact your local

Taxation Office.

Short sell To allow you to record short sell transactions, an additional “Short Sell” button is included when you are

in the portfolio or current transaction folder. Selecting this option will open the short sell window. The

short sell feature is most commonly used when trading options/warrants. For example, if you want to

write an option, you first enter the option code into the security window to add this to the database

(please see adding a new security in chapter 5). Then you go back into the portfolio window and conduct

a short sell as explained below. This will automatically add the “premium” you receive for the option to

the account that the portfolio is attached.

Performing A Short Sell






5. Select Action from the tool bar then click Short Sell. This will bring up the “Short Sell” window

6. Fill in the details for your transaction then click on OK.

Covering A Short Sell






5. Locate the Short Sell you wish to Cover, and left click it (it should now be highlighted in Blue)

6. Select Action from the tool bar then click Cover. This will bring up the “Short Sell Cover” window

7. Fill in the details for your transaction then click on OK.

Stock Splits/De-Mergers/Instalment Receipts/Capital Returns

Stock Split

If a stock has been purchased in a company that has announced a stock split, you can run the stock splits

function and specify the split ratio. MAUS Stockmarket Plus will automatically adjust the purchase price

and quantity of that stock.






5. Locate the Security you wish to split, and left click the first transaction for this code (it should

now be highlighted in Blue)

6. Select Action from the tool bar then click Split. This will bring up the “Stock Split” window

7. Fill in the details for your transaction then click on “OK and Proceed to Next”

You can also reverse a previously entered Stock Split via the following process:






5. Click on “Action” -> “Capital Actions History ”

The Disposed Transactions Window To access the Current Transactions window, select the Portfolio in question and press the “+” symbol





The Income Window To access the Current Transactions window, select the Portfolio in question and press the “+” symbol





Within the Income window, you can record/view your income items such as Dividends. This can be

achieved via the “Add”, “Modify” and “Delete” prompts at the top of the window:

Furthermore, you can also utilize the “Upcoming Dividend” prompt within the Application Bar to show

all Dividends that have been announced on the AXS. Using the “Add Dividend” prompt the system will

cross reference these records with your portfolio & provide you with a list of Dividend items that are

relevant to you, and can be added to your portfolio via the “OK” prompt.

Reporting

Reporting options can be accessed via the Report Tab within the Application bar. Users

who are familiar with older versions of Stockmarket Plus will likely want to use the first

prompt, “Tree view”, to access the older view of reporting options (See image on the

right).

Within both the Reporting dropdown from the “Apps Bar” and the Reporting folders in the

“Report” plane on the right will have the same options available. The majority of reports in

the system will provide you with configuration options you will have to select, such as the

following for the “Holdings Report”:

After confirming your configuration preferences, you can press “OK” to generate the report. The system

will provide the report to you which can be viewed within the system in addition to a number of options,

including the ability to regenerate the report for a different portfolio/date range in addition to printing

and converting to a PDF. All of these options will appear across the top of the report:

Please note, some reports may also be able to be reordered based on Colum headings. Clicking on

Column headings such as Quantity or Date should reorder the data based on this preference.

Chapter 4 – Advanced Tips How to Create a Custom Transaction type Access the “Home” Menu and click on the “Code” prompt. You will then be deleived to the “Category

Code” page with a number of transaction types, including Property, Account, and Secruity. Simply select

the kind of transaction by clicking on it, and you will be provided with the existing transaction types that

currently exist in the system:

You can then utilize the “Add” prompt to add a new record by filling out both the Code and the Name.

Finally, please ensure that you select “Save” to save your changes.

Appendix – Troubleshooting & Solutions

Knowledge base The MAUS Stockmarket Plus Knowledge base can be accessed at http://www.maus.com.au/maus-

support/knowledge-base/ and is a great place to start when looking for assistance with the tool. It has a

number of articles reviewing commonly asked questions.

Unlock Code 30 days after you install the product, you will receive a message requesting you to unlock the product,

and will be provided with a 5 digit unique key. From this point you will have 3 days/access attempts to

access the tools before the system will not allow further access without inputting the unlock code, and

we would recommend reaching out to the MAUS team at your earliest convenience and provide your

unique key. Our team will be able to generate an unlock code based on this unique key without delay

and provide it to you.

Once the unlock code is input into the software your software will be registered to your device, and

unlocked. This will not likely occur again unless the product is reinstalled, updated, or a major

software/hardware change occurs in your PC.

Common Runtime Errors

Runtime 53 Error 1. Right click on the StockMarket Plus Shortcut.Click on Properties.

2. Click on the Compatibility Tab.

3. Tick the Run this program as administration Tab.

4. Click Apply, then OK.

Runtime 75: Path/File Access Error Runtime error 75: Path/file access error occurs when something within your system is preventing

Stockmarket Plus from Launching. We normally find that this is the antivirus software which is in place

on the machine in question, I would strongly recommend suspending the antivirus service/s you use on

the machine for a short time, and reattempting to open Stockmarket Plus. Should this resolve the issue,

you can then create exceptions for Stockmarket Plus within your antivirus service to ensure that this

error does not occur again in the future.

Should the suspension of your Antivirus service not resolve this issue, this indicates that there is another

process in place within the device in question which is preventing the software from launching, and will

require you to review the device further to discern what software could be preventing Stockmarket Plus

from launching correctly.

http://www.maus.com.au/maus-support/knowledge-base/

http://www.maus.com.au/maus-support/knowledge-base/

Other Common Errors

SQLState = 08001 This error indicates that something is preventing Stockmarket Plus from reading the database file.

Depending on the nature of the text in this error, there are a few possible pathways to resolving the

matter:

If the error mentions a “Stock.log” file

If you receive an SQL Error referring to stock.log which is preventing you from using StockMarket Plus it

generally means that a process didn’t correctly stop the last time the software was run, or some older

files were leftover prior to an installation of a new version.

To fix this error, browse to the location of the database that you use to run the software, and locate and

delete the stock.log file.

Unless you run a multi-database setup or have manually changed the location of your stock.db file (or

the stockmarketplus folder) the file will be in the default location which is C:\Program Files

(x86)\StockMarketPlus (V14 or earlier) or C:\StockMarket Plus (V15)

If you use a multi-database setup, have an alternate location for your stock.db file (or stockmarketplus

folder), then the stock.log file will appear in the same location as your stock.db file that you load, e.g. if

your stock.db file loads from C:\users, then your stock.log file will also be in C:\usersr

If the error says “stock.db was created by a different version of the software”

This means that you are coming from an older version of the software and your database is not directly

compatible with the current version of Stockmarket Plus. You will need to email [email protected]

with your stock.db file attached so that the MAUS team can convert it to the current database structure.

If the error says “Database not found” or “Connot Connect to Database”

These errors usually indicate that it the database may have not saved properly, which can cause a

corruption in the data. In order to rectify this, I would suggest doing the following:

1. Follow the tips HERE to locate your database file, and send it to the MAUS Team for review, in the event the data is retrievable or the file is required should the later steps not resolve the situation

2. Once you have successfully send the database file to us, follow the tips HERE to perform some trouble shooting steps. Ideally, you will be able to utilize a recent backup of the database file, and will be able to move forward from there.

Should the issue not be resolved by the end of step 2, our team here can take a look at the database file

for you. Should a standard debugging not resolve the matter, we may need to facilitate a full database

repair, which can take a few business days and incur a cost of $165. Hopefully we can avoid this if

possible.

Printing cuts off part of the screen OR part of Reports have been cut off If a StockMarket Plus’ reports are coming out in a strange format, having blank pages, or cutting of part

of the report, it is likely that their printer is set to Letter and not A4. This has been fixed in version 15 of

the software, but can be manually resolved by the client by:

https://www.maus.com.au/knowledgebase/locate-database-file-stock-db/

https://www.maus.com.au/knowledgebase/sql-error-database-not-found/

1. Close StockMarket Plus.

2. Go to Devices and Printers.

3. Right clicking on the printer (the one they want to use).

4. Click on Printing Preferences.

5. From here the settings can vary by model of printer, but you want the client to change the page

size from letter to A4, then click apply then ok.

Additionally, be on the lookout for the date format of your computer being in the US format instead of

the AUS one, meaning that the days and months are reversed. This can cause issues with StockMarket

Plus, so a client needs to make sure their PC is using the AUS date time format (DD/MM/YYYY).

“Encountered an Improper Argument” Error

1. Navigate to where the program is installed using File Explorer. (Found in the start menu, file location should be “C:\stockmarketplus”)

2. Scroll down to find the file “smarket.exe” and right click it – Then select “Properties”

3. Click the “Compatibility” tab – Then tick the box at the bottom which says “Run this program as an administrator”.

4. Check to ensure that the tickbox “Run this Program in Compatibility mode for:” is unticked before proceeding.

5. Once this is done, you should be able to run the program – You may notice this window popping up – Click “OK” and the program will run afterwards.

If the Error message notes that a “MSVCP100.dll file” missing from the PC We would recommend speaking with Microsoft, or any other trusted PC

assistance/troubleshooting/technician company who can assist with troubleshooting the error as this

error is not linked with Stockmarket Plus but actually a windows related issue. For some context, this is a

file which should be present in windows but doesn’t appear to be present on your device. From what we

understand you are able to download the missing file and input it into your PC, however our team here

are not trained to resolve issues outside of the MAUS range and as such we would highly recommend

getting a trained professional to review this and insure that it is not indicative of a larger issue present in

your PC.

After some further checking, we have had one other client in the past who experienced this (who was

utilizing a different product), and they were able to resolve it by reaching out to Microsoft directly who

were able provide the client with a quick fix for this error. As you will see from THIS google search, it is

not something that is specific to Stockmarket Plus as it is required by other programs, and has been an

on and off issue for windows for the past 5+ years.

There are some resources HERE, HERE and HERE from various sources which discuss this error

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%22msvcp100.dll%22

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-performance/msvcp100dll-missing/9a687c31-0619-4ee9-b511-020985e29b5f

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/msvcp100-dll-missing-error-on-windows-10-fixed/

https://www.dll-files.com/msvcp100.dll.html

Thank you for reading!

For any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Technical

Support Team on (02) 9907 1669 for technical support!

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