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- SALES-BIZ
- Vs 1.2
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- This program is for those needing a sales tracking program to
- maintain customer and product sales. It also provides for sales
- contacts and sales logs. Various daily, period and to date sales
- reports are provided.
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- The program uses table lookups and scrolling record windows
- for ease of use. Sales can be entered in the order of dates,
- customers or products. A lot of automation is built into the
- program and could be confusing at first. After becoming familiar
- with the auto prompts however, I think you will find the program
- to be very easy to use.
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- Requirements for the program are at least 512k ram, a hard disk
- drive and proper CONFIG.SYS file installed in the root directory. See
- CONFIG.SYS below. The program uses many files and you may have to
- increase the files and buffers in your present CONFIG.SYS file if you
- have one.
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- To install the program, you should create a new directory and
- copy the program into it. It will create several data files and
- should be placed in a directory of it's own. For two floppy drives,
- place the program disk in drive B and enter B:SALBIZ at the A
- drive prompt. This will create the data files in your drive A.
- Make sure to label the disks for future uses.
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- The program also has a screen saving feature that will blank
- the monitor after 10 minutes of inactivity. This can be very useful
- for those wanting to keep the program up for logging contacts, etc.
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- If you like the program, registration is 35.00. You will then
- be sent the registered version and a program to rebuild the index
- files should you ever have have need of it.
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- Your support is appreciated. Feedback is welcome.
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- I. J. Smith
- 9795 Rustling Oaks
- Baton Rouge, La. 70818
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- QUICK START
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- You will need to first establish customer and product files in
- order to enter sales. You may also want to enter sales contacts for
- the various companies you do business with. Use the main menu
- options "Company File", "Products File", and "Maintain Contact File"
- to start off with until you are more familiar with the program. The
- "Company File" is for the customers or companies you wish to keep
- sales amounts and other information on.
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- You will find many automatic window prompts thruout the program.
- For example; if no records exist in a file, the program will display
- a data entry window for your first record automatically. Where
- appropriate, lookup tables will also be displayed for your choices
- automatically. As with most programs, you should experiment with
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- test data until you feel comfortable enough to install it for more
- permanent uses.
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- To add new records within the record tables, simply press the
- INSert key. A data entry window will appear to allow you to enter
- the needed information. A message line will appear with "Record
- will be added." This status message will be found on most data
- entry windows near the top line. Press the ESC key to cancel or
- exit screens.
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- To change information, highlight the record using the cursor
- keys and press the ENTER key. The message line will read "Record
- will be changed". You do not have to step thru all the data fields
- in the data entry windows. You can simply press the CTRL and ENTER
- keys simultaneously instead. This becomes a must when entering
- note fields in the customer and sales log records.
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- To delete a record, press the DELete key when the selected
- record is highlighted. The data entry window will appear with the
- message "Press Enter to delete". Pressing the ENTER key will then
- remove the record or you can press the ESC key to cancel.
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- Although the cursor keys can be used to scroll thru the tables,
- the PgUp and PgDn keys can also be used for full screen changes.
- Pressing the CTRL key with the PgUp and PgDn keys will place you at
- the beginning or end of the file.
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- As you can see, data entry is very easy in this program. It
- eliminates the need for a lot of paper shuffling to find account
- numbers, etc.
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- SALES ENTRIES
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- As noted above, you can enter sales data by date, company, or
- product. A popup menu will allow you to choose your preference.
- The actual data entry windows are not changed. Your choice simply
- displays the records in the order chosen and makes it easier to
- insert, change or delete records.
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- NOTE: The customer and product files are updated with each
- entry or deletion. This becomes important when you wish to delete
- the sales records for a new period. Use the "Reset Sales" options
- for the deletions instead. This will leave the to-date sales figures
- in the customer and product files intact.
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- As described above, the product or customer tables can be
- displayed for your choices by simply pressing the ENTER key at the
- blank prompts. Data entry consists of date, customer, product,
- quantity and total amount of sale.
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- CONTACTS
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- Use the contacts file to maintain contacts for various customers.
- These are tied to the customer Company file. The company phone number
- will automatically be inserted. A second number is provided for.
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- A notes field is also provided for various information you may
- want to record. You may want to keep them brief if you will be
- listing them to your printer. Use the combination CTRL-ENTER keys
- to save the records.
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- LOGS
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- This option is for those needing to log their sales contacts.
- It provides for date and time of contacts. A separate Type of
- Activity file is also provided for lookups. This feature can tie
- several messages together for printing options which allow for a
- listing by Type of Activity.
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- A notes field is provided for your use. Use the combination
- CTRL-ENTER keys to save the records.
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- SALES REPORTS
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- Reports are provided for day, period and total sales. The day
- sales report option will prompt for a date to be listed. Use as
- needed.
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- The period sales reports will list all current sales entries
- in the sales file. The program allows for reports by products as
- well as by dates and customers.
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- The Total Sales report will list period and to date totals
- only. As mentioned earlier, these amounts are posted as sales are
- entered. This makes for a faster printing report. Some reports can
- be printed by company as well as by products.
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- FILE LISTINGS
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- Most of the file listings are straight forward. Use as
- needed.
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- The labels option allows for printing customer name and address
- labels.
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- The program also allows the listing of logs by Types of
- Activity. An automatic table prompt is provided for your choice
- of listings.
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- FUNCTION KEY USAGE
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- The following keyboard keys are used in the multiple record
- table windows. A popup window will appear from these keystrokes.
- A description of the action will appear in this window such as
- 'This record will be added' or 'Press ENTER to delete'. You can
- press the ESC key to cancel or in the case of the deletion, press
- ENTER and the record is then removed. You may find it easier to
- add records by being situated where you want to add the record...
- thus the use of the INSert key.
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- KEY FUNCTION
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- INSert Used for adding new records. Record will
- automatically be inserted in proper position.
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- DELete Used for deleting highlighted records.
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- ENTER Used for changing highlighted record or for
- for auto lookups.
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- ESC Cancel or exit.
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- ARROWS These keys are used to scroll thru the records
- one at a time.
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- PgUp Displays previous window of records.
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- PgDn Displays next window of records.
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- CTRL PgUp Displays records from beginning of file.
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- CTRL PgDn Displays records from end of file.
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- LOCATOR Locator fields are used to locate records more
- quickly. As you enter the number desired, the
- program will try to highlight the record or the
- nearest one found.
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- The data entry windows are fairly straight forward. You simply
- add or change data as needed with the ENTER key. Use of the ESC key
- can also restore data if you wish. The ARROW keys can also be used to
- step thru the data fields. If your data is correct, you can also
- press CTRL ENTER and not have to step thru the fields.
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- Lookup fields are also used thru-out the program. Tables will
- usually automatically appear for your choices. Simply use the arrow
- keys to highlight your choice and press ENTER. When the tables are
- displayed for your choices, you may also INSert new records or DELete
- records in the displayed tables.
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- CONFIG.SYS file
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- As stated above, the program will not work without a proper
- CONFIG.SYS file in your root directory. It should contain lines of
- code such as:
- files=30
- buffers=24
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- You can use your editor to check for these lines of code. If
- you do not have this file in your root directory, use your editor to
- create one or copy the one named CONFIG.DTA included with the
- program and rename it CONFIG.SYS. It must be in your root directory
- and becomes effective when system is first started. If you get an
- error message that there are too many files, you can be fairly sure
- that this file is your problem.
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- This file can be sent to your printer for reference by entering
- the following at the DOS prompt:
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- COPY SALBIZ.DOC LPT1:
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- DISCLAIMER
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- USER ASSUMES ALL LIABILITIES IN THE USE OF THIS APPLICATION. DUE
- TO THE NATURE OF THIS PROGRAM AND THE MANY VARIOUS COMPUTERS AND
- OPERATING SYSTEMS BEING USED, IT IS THE USER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
- INSURE THE FITNESS OF THE PROGRAM FOR IT'S INTENDED PURPOSE. THE
- APPLICATION HAS BEEN TESTED. HOWEVER, IT IS STILL THE USER'S
- RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND USE IT PROPERLY. NO WARRANTIES
- ARE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. AS WITH ALL COMPUTERS, BACKUPS OF ALL
- IMPORTANT DATA FILES SHOULD BE MADE PERIODICALLY.
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