Compound Interest

Compound Interest
 

Introduction

This small application shows how to calculate the compound interest of a saving.

Prerequisites:

  • Dialog Boxes
  • Group Box
  • Static Text Control
  • Edit Box
  • Button

When you deposit money in a savings account, your money earns interest that is calculated every month or quarter, etc. Because this is not money you need right away, the amount accrued can be reinvested, thus boosting your interest so the next calculation would be based on the original amount plus the new added value. This is the basis of compound interest.

The compound interest can be calculated monthly or quarterly, etc based on the original amount you deposited, the interest rate, and the period you and the institution agreed upon.

Creating the Application

This application uses a dialog box equipped with the necessary controls used to perform the type or related calculated. The formula we will use to perform the calculations is as follows:

Compound Interest Formula P = Principal
r = Annual (Interest) Rate
m = Number of Compounding Periods per Year
n = Total Number of Compounding Periods
A = Amount Earned After n periods

 

Practical Learning: Starting the Exercise

  1. Start Borland C++BuilderX and, on the main menu, click File -> New...
     
  2. In the Object Gallery dialog box, click New GUI Application and click OK
  3. In the New GUI Application Project Wizard - Step 1 of 3, in the Directory edit box of the Project Settings section, type the path you want. Otherwise, type
    C:\Programs\Win32 Programming
  4. In the Name edit box, type CompoundInterest
  5. Click Next
  6. In the New GUI Application Project Wizard - Step 2 of 3, accept the defaults and click Next
  7. In the New GUI Application Project Wizard - Step 3 of 3, click the check box under Create
  8. Select Untitled under the Name column header. Type Exercise to replace the name and press Tab
  9. Click Finish
  10. To create a resource header file, on the main menu, click File -> New File...
  11. In the Create New File dialog box, in the Name, type resource
  12. In the Type combo box, select h, and click OK
  13. In the file, type:
     
    #define IDD_MAIN_DLG                     101
    #define IDC_PRINCIPAL                   1001
    #define IDC_ANNUAL_RATE              1002
    #define IDC_NBR_OF_PERIODS        1003
    #define IDC_COMPOUND                  1004
    #define IDC_QUATERLY                    1005
    #define IDC_SEMIANNUALLY             1006
    #define IDC_RADIO4                        1007
    #define IDC_ANNUALLY                    1007
    #define IDC_CALCULATE_BTN          1008
    #define IDC_INTEREST_EARNED       1009
    #define IDC_AMOUNT_EARNED         1010
  14. To create a resource script, on the main menu, click File -> New File...
  15. In the Create New File dialog box, in the Name, type CompoundInterest
  16. In the Type combo box, select rc, and click OK
  17. In the file, type:
     
    #include "resource.h"
    
    //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Dialog
    
    IDD_MAIN_DLG DIALOGEX 200, 100, 329, 132
    STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_FIXEDSYS | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION |
        WS_SYSMENU
    CAPTION "Compound Interest"
    FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg" // , 400, 0, 0x1
    BEGIN
        GROUPBOX        "Preparation",IDC_STATIC,6,6,156,72
        LTEXT           "Principal: ...............",IDC_STATIC,18,21,72,8
        EDITTEXT        IDC_PRINCIPAL,90,18,40,12,ES_RIGHT | ES_AUTOHSCROLL
        LTEXT           "Interest: ...............",IDC_STATIC,18,40,72,8
        EDITTEXT        IDC_ANNUAL_RATE,90,36,40,12,ES_RIGHT | ES_AUTOHSCROLL
        LTEXT           "Number of Periods: ...",IDC_STATIC,18,58,72,8
        EDITTEXT        IDC_NBR_OF_PERIODS,90,54,40,12,ES_RIGHT | ES_AUTOHSCROLL
        LTEXT           "%",IDC_STATIC,132,42,8,8
        LTEXT           "years",IDC_STATIC,132,54,19,8
        GROUPBOX        "Compound Frequency",IDC_STATIC,168,6,90,72
        CONTROL         "Monthly",IDC_COMPOUND,"Button",BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON |
                        BS_LEFTTEXT | WS_GROUP,180,20,60,10
        PUSHBUTTON      "Calculate",IDC_CALCULATE_BTN,270,9,50,14
        PUSHBUTTON      "Close",IDCANCEL,270,30,50,14
        CONTROL         "Quarterly",IDC_QUATERLY,"Button",BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON |
                        BS_LEFTTEXT,180,33,60,10
        CONTROL         "Semiannually",IDC_SEMIANNUALLY,"Button",
                        BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | BS_LEFTTEXT,180,46,60,10
        CONTROL         "Annually",IDC_ANNUALLY,"Button",BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON |
                        BS_LEFTTEXT,180,59,60,10
        GROUPBOX        "Results",IDC_STATIC,6,84,252,36
        LTEXT           "Interest Earned:",IDC_STATIC,15,99,54,8
        EDITTEXT        IDC_INTEREST_EARNED,78,96,52,12,ES_RIGHT |
                        ES_AUTOHSCROLL
        LTEXT           "Amount Earned:",IDC_STATIC,144,99,53,8
        EDITTEXT        IDC_AMOUNT_EARNED,198,96,48,12,ES_RIGHT | ES_AUTOHSCROLL
    END
    //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  18. Display the Exercise.cpp file and change it as follows:
     
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <cstdio>
    #include <cmath>
    #include "Resource.h"
    
    //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    HWND hWnd;
    LRESULT CALLBACK DlgProc(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
    //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
    				   LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
    {
    	DialogBox(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_MAIN_DLG),
    	          hWnd, reinterpret_cast<DLGPROC>(DlgProc));
    
    	return FALSE;
    }
    //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    LRESULT CALLBACK DlgProc(HWND hWndDlg, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
    {
    	// These variables will carry the values in the text boxes
    	LPTSTR strPrincipal = new char[20],
    		  strInterest = new char[20], strPeriods = new char[20],
    		   strInterestEarned = new char[20], strAmountEarned = new char[20];
    	// These are handled for the various controls
    	HWND hWndPrincipal, hWndInterest, hWndPeriods, hWndCompound,
    		 hWndInterestEarned, hWndAmountEarned, hWndCalculate;
    
    	double Principal, AnnualRate, InterestEarned;
    	double FutureValue, RatePerPeriod;
    	int    NumberOfPeriods, CompoundType;
    	double i;
    	int n;
    
    	hWndPrincipal      = GetDlgItem(hWndDlg, IDC_PRINCIPAL);
    	hWndInterest       = GetDlgItem(hWndDlg, IDC_ANNUAL_RATE);
    	hWndPeriods        = GetDlgItem(hWndDlg, IDC_NBR_OF_PERIODS);
    	hWndCompound       = GetDlgItem(hWndDlg, IDC_COMPOUND);
    	hWndInterestEarned = GetDlgItem(hWndDlg, IDC_INTEREST_EARNED);
    	hWndAmountEarned   = GetDlgItem(hWndDlg, IDC_AMOUNT_EARNED);
    	hWndCalculate      = GetDlgItem(hWndDlg, IDC_CALCULATE_BTN);
    
    	switch(Msg)
    	{
    	case WM_INITDIALOG:
    		// Identify each control
    		SetWindowText(hWndPrincipal, "0.00");
    		SetWindowText(hWndInterest, "7.55");
    		SetWindowText(hWndPeriods, "0");
    		SetWindowText(hWndInterestEarned, "0.00");
    		SetWindowText(hWndAmountEarned, "0.00");
    
    		CheckRadioButton(hWndDlg, IDC_COMPOUND, IDC_ANNUALLY, IDC_COMPOUND);
    		return TRUE;
    
    	case WM_COMMAND:
    		switch(wParam)
    		{
    		case IDC_CALCULATE_BTN:
    			GetWindowText(hWndPrincipal, strPrincipal, 20);
    			GetWindowText(hWndInterest,  strInterest,  10);
    			GetWindowText(hWndPeriods,   strPeriods,    8);
    
    			Principal = atof(strPrincipal);
    			AnnualRate = atof(strInterest) / 100;
    
    			if( IsDlgButtonChecked(hWndDlg, IDC_COMPOUND) == BST_CHECKED )
    				CompoundType = 12;
    			else if( IsDlgButtonChecked(hWndDlg, IDC_QUATERLY) == BST_CHECKED )
    				CompoundType = 4;
    			else if( IsDlgButtonChecked(hWndDlg, IDC_SEMIANNUALLY) == BST_CHECKED )
    				CompoundType = 2;
    			else // if( IsDlgButtonChecked(hWndDlg, IDC_ANNUALLY) == BST_CHECKED )
    				CompoundType = 1;
    
    			NumberOfPeriods = atoi(strPeriods);
    			i = AnnualRate / CompoundType;
    			n = CompoundType * NumberOfPeriods;
    
    			RatePerPeriod = AnnualRate / NumberOfPeriods;
    			FutureValue = Principal * pow(1 + i, n);
    			InterestEarned = FutureValue - Principal;
    
    			sprintf(strInterestEarned, "$%.2f", InterestEarned);
    			sprintf(strAmountEarned,   "$%.2f", FutureValue);
    
    			SetWindowText(hWndInterestEarned, strInterestEarned);
    			SetWindowText(hWndAmountEarned,   strAmountEarned);
    			return TRUE;
    
    		case IDCANCEL:
    			EndDialog(hWndDlg, 0);
    			return TRUE;
    		}
    		break;
    	}
    
    	return FALSE;
    }
    //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  19. Test the application then close the dialog box
 

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