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Idea For New Feature
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:16 pm
by jamesb(james4de3)
I have an idea for a new feature in which you can set the stock table to minus from total. It would be good for if you have different couppons and you don't want employess to change the amount.
James B
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:08 pm
by ChrisKraus
They used to have this in version 3.46 or so, but then they simplified it. What else can you do if you can't trust your cashiers?
- Chris
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:30 pm
by jamesb(james4de3)
That was acttually going to make it simplier on the cashiers. So they don't have to type on the cupon price just scan it in.
James
work around
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:27 pm
by Nick
it is possible,... i havent tried this in awhile but if you create the stock # the normal way and set the opposite of the price you want then open your .tbl file and insert a minos in front of the number.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 1:08 pm
by jamesb(james4de3)
Ok I Will Try That
James
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 6:59 am
by Andrew
Uhhh....editing the stock table file manually is NOT a good idea.
That file (and most of DHPOS files) are a specific length, the program knows the length of every record and every field in each record.
If it is one space out in any location because you inserted extra characters such as minus signs - you will likely kill the stock table file because DHPOS will mis-read records and probably die.
Just a friendly reminder from the DHPOS Safety Committee
Simple fix
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:14 am
by Dylan1
heres how to *safely* do this:
typ in the stock # and type in the desc. now when you get to the price
type these keys "- 2 0 0 " for a $2 coupon. now the - WONT show, just hit backspace three times (or delete once) and do it again, BAM! it shows and you just entered a coupon.
NOTE: THIS MAY HAVE TO BE REPEATED TWICE!
Later,
James Dylan
aka Dil aka JD
My site is at
http://www.nrg.to/jdr
and has a pos ad on the front page
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:52 am
by Andrew
Dylan,
That is correct - however if you go through the entire stock table doing this on any item that requires a negative price, chances are you may make a mistake.
Then how are you to find out where the error is in that file which may contain up to 13,000 records? If you do fiddle with this - make a backup and be aware that if you don't and muck it up - your stock table will be corrupt.
The absolute safest way is to use the stock table editor in DHPOS and to use coupon/reduction which provide correct tracking of reductions etc...