💰 FinSync - Financial Synchronization Hub

A beautiful, modern GUI application for tracking your income and expenses built with native Windows API (Win32) and C++.

✅ No external libraries required! Works out of the box on Windows.

📖 Quick Links

• Quick Start Guide - Get up and running in 2 minutes!

Main File

FinSyncWin32_Fixed.cpp - The main application file with fully functional dialogs and smooth UI.

The CMakeLists.txt is already configured to build the application.

Features

• ✅ Add Income & Expenses - Track all your financial transactions
• 📊 Category Management - Organize expenses by Food, Rent, Entertainment, Transportation, Utilities, and more
• 📈 Financial Reports - Generate detailed reports with category breakdowns and percentages
• 💾 Data Persistence - Automatically save and load your data
• 🎨 Modern UI - Beautiful, intuitive interface with color-coded transactions and smooth dialogs
• 📅 Date Tracking - Easy date input with current date default
• ✏️ Edit & Delete - Modify or remove transactions as needed
• 📊 Real-time Summary - Always see your total income, expenses, and net savings
• 💱 Philippine Peso (₱) - Full support for Philippine currency

Screenshots

Main Application Window

The application features:

• A clean header with "FinSync" branding and modern blue color scheme
• Financial overview panel showing Total Income (green), Total Expenses (red), and Net Savings (blue)
• Action buttons for adding income, expenses, editing, deleting, generating reports, and saving
• A comprehensive transaction table with color-coded entries
• FULLY RESPONSIVE dialog boxes with working OK, Cancel, and X buttons
• Philippine Peso (₱) currency display throughout

Recent Fixes (December 12, 2025)

✅ Fixed laggy/unresponsive dialog buttons - Dialogs now use proper Windows message handling ✅ Updated to Philippine Peso (₱) - Full currency support throughout the application
✅ Improved GUI appearance - Better colors, spacing, and modern design ✅ Removed unnecessary files - Cleaned up old console and duplicate versions ✅ Smooth dialog operations - OK, Cancel, and X buttons work instantly

Installation

Prerequisites

• C++17 compatible compiler (MSVC, MinGW-GCC, or Clang)
• Windows OS (uses native Win32 API)
• CLion, Visual Studio, or any C++ IDE
• NO external libraries needed!

Windows (CLion - Recommended)

1. Open the project in CLion:

   • Launch CLion
   • File → Open
   • Select the FinSync folder

2. CLion will automatically detect CMakeLists.txt and configure the project

3. Build & Run:

   • Click the Build button (🔨) or press Ctrl+F9
   • Click the Run button (▶️) or press Shift+F10
   • The GUI window will appear immediately!

Alternative: Pre-built Executable

• Simply run FinSync.exe in the main folder or cmake-build-debug folder!

Windows (Command Line)

Option 1: Using the Build Script (Easiest!)

build.bat

This will automatically detect your compiler (Visual Studio or MinGW) and build the application.

Option 2: Manual Build with MinGW

g++ -std=c++17 -municode -mwindows FinSyncWin32_Fixed.cpp -o FinSync.exe -lcomctl32 -lgdi32 -luser32

Option 3: Manual Build with Visual Studio (cl.exe)

cl /EHsc /std:c++17 /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE FinSyncWin32_Fixed.cpp /Fe:FinSync.exe /link user32.lib gdi32.lib comctl32.lib

Windows (Visual Studio)

1. Open the FinSync folder in Visual Studio
2. Visual Studio will detect CMakeLists.txt
3. Press F5 to build and run

Usage

Adding Income

1. Click the "➕ Add Income" button
2. Enter the amount
3. Select the date (defaults to today)
4. Click OK

Adding an Expense

1. Click the "➖ Add Expense" button
2. Select a category from the dropdown
3. Enter the amount
4. Select the date
5. Click OK

Editing a Transaction

1. Click on a transaction in the table to select it
2. Click the "✏️ Edit" button
3. Modify the fields as needed
4. Click OK

Deleting a Transaction

1. Select a transaction in the table
2. Click the "🗑️ Delete" button
3. Confirm the deletion

Generating Reports

1. Click the "📊 Generate Report" button
2. View the comprehensive financial summary including:
   • Total income, expenses, and net savings
   • Expense breakdown by category with percentages

Saving Data

• Data is automatically saved when you close the application
• You can manually save by clicking "💾 Save" or using File → Save
• Data is stored in transactions.txt in the application directory

Project Structure

FinSync/
├── FinSyncWin32_Fixed.cpp  # Main application file (UPDATED & FIXED!)
├── CMakeLists.txt          # CMake build file (for CLion)
├── transactions.txt        # Data file (generated at runtime)
└── README.md               # This file

Data Format

Transactions are saved in CSV format:

Type,Amount,Category,Date
Income,5000.00,,15/12/2025
Expense,50.25,Food,15/12/2025
Expense,1500.00,Rent,01/12/2025

Customization

Adding New Categories

Edit the categories vector in FinSyncWin32_Fixed.cpp:

const std::vector<std::wstring> categories = {
    L"Food", L"Rent", L"Entertainment", L"Transportation", 
    L"Utilities", L"Healthcare", L"Other"  // Add new categories here
};

Author

Louis Antonio D. Lapayag - Lead Developer

License

This project is open source and available for personal and educational use.

Support

For issues or questions, please create an issue in the project repository.

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FinSync - Smart Financial Synchronization & Expense Tracking 💰