' Please read instructions at bottom of page
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Product Maintenance allows you to add,change and
delete individual products. A product is a unique
item which you are selling or distributing such
as 80286 20 MHz Computer, Lotus 123, Ford Bronco,
etc.
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Category code:
The code of the product category you are using or
creating. These could be used as follows:
code 1 - COMPUTERS
code 2 - SOFTWARE
code 3 - SUPPLIES
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Product code:
A unique code you have assigned or intend to assign
to this specific product. It is recommended that you
use either the product code from your existing
Inventory Control System or your suppliers reorder
code number.
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Name :
The name of the product. An example would be
IBM 80286 Computer
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Description:
A short, single line description of what this product
is. After entering this one line, you will be
presented with a box which will allow further multiple
lines of description to be added. These lines are
displayed to the user in the product listing screen.
More detailed description may be added for display
via the split screen viewing by using the Extra File #
explained below.
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Manufacturer:
The manufacturers name of this product.
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Supplier code:
The supplier code of the firm who sold/sells you this
product. This field is optional and for reference
purposes only. Supplier info is maintained in the
Supplier Database.
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Extra File # :
This number is the link into the Extra Files
Database. For each product you may have an entry in
the Extra Files DB which associates pictures, text
files and downloadable files to the product.
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Vol Disc Code :
This code points to the Disc/Terms DB volume discount
record(s). If you allow customers to receive a
discount on volume purchases of this product, place
the code you used in the Disc/Terms DB for volume
discount in this field. This will only be activated
if the customer has had the Volume Discount Flag set
to Y in his/her Customer DB record.
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Disc code:
This code points to the Disc/Terms DB record(s). If
your customer has a match to this code in their
Customer DB record Disc Code field,then they will
receive the percentage discount for this product
as indicated in the Disc/Terms DB.
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Sale Disc Code :
This code points to the Disc/Terms DB record(s). If
you are having a sale on this product, an entry here
will use the sales discount record from the Disc/Terms
DB to discount the price of the product.
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Add. Disc Code :
This code points to the Disc/Terms DB record(s). If
your customer has a match to this code in their
Customer DB record Add. Disc Code field,then they
will receive the percentage discount for this
product as indicated in the Disc/Terms DB.
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Weight:
The weight of this product, for freight charge
calculations. If you indicated Y in the BUSINESS
CONFIG module to if you are using Freight, then you
also filled in the freight companies and their
associated rates. One of these rates was $ per pound.
That rate times the product weight is used to
calculate the freight charge.
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Volume:
The volume of this product for display purpose only.
If you care what the volume is then input it here.
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Cost:
YOUR cost to purchase or produce this product. This
information will NOT be displayed to the users or
customers. It is used with the Def Margin% to
calculate the price to be displayed to the customer.
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Price:
The price you will be selling the product for. This is
the M.S.L. price, or the HIGHEST price. Discounts are
calculated by the system, for your customers specific
security and access level.
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Tax Flag:
Should tax be calculated on this product as you
outlined in the tax table database ? Yes or No ?
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Security:
The customers access or security level required to see
this product on-screen when they log into your system.
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'              VisuaLink Database System - Product Database Help File
'
'       Author:         Lorne Wilson - Perigee Software Corporation
'       Date:           April 9, 1992
'       Version:        1.0
'       Copyright:      (C) 1992 - Perigee Software Corporation
'                               All Rights Reserved
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'This module is a integral part of the VisuaLink Database System and performs
'the functions of:
'       - GETINFO routine reads this file based upon the KeyWord and loads
'         the MArray$() array which is then used by the SYSHELP modeule to
'         display the help information.
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'       Text is to maintained at a width of 56 Characters Max.
'       Text is limited to 15 lines.
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'       First Two Digits are the KeyWord Required for Access
'       Second set of Digits are the number of lines in the help text
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