' Please read instructions at bottom of page
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Customer Maintenance allows you to add,change and
delete the customer information records. These
records are used to control security as well as
price discounting for each individual customer.
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Customer Code:
The code you assign to your customer manually, or that
is automatically assigned when the customer logs into
the database system. The customer code has a maximum
length of 6 characters and can be any valid DOS
character.
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Security Code:
Each of your customers must be assigned a security
code, which in turn relates back to access levels and
pricing which you set up. The security code has a
maximum length of 5 characters and can be made up of
any valid DOS character. It is advisable to structure
your security codes into groups of similar users
such as Normal Customers, Preferred Customers, Dealers,
Family, Friends, etc.
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First Name:
The users or customers first name.
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Last Name:
The users or customers last name.
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Company:
Is the name of your users or customers company,
if any.
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Department:
The department that your user is in, in their
company, if any.
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Mail Addr 1:
Typically, the street name and number of the customers
mailing address. In conjuction with the following
fields, the address where invoices, orders and/or
correspondence is to be mailed to.
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Mail Addr 2:
Typically, the Suite, Unit or Apartment number of the
customers mailing address.
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Mail Addr 3:
Normally not used but could be if mail is to addressed
in care of someone or to be directed to a department.
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Mail City:
The mailing address city.
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Province:
The mailing address province, state or territory.
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Country:
The mailing address country.
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Postal Code:
The mailing address postal or zip code.
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Phone 1:
The main telephone number of the customer.
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Phone 2:
The secondary telephone number of the customer.
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Credit Card # :
If the customer wants to use a credit card to pay for
their orders, this is where the number is
stored/input.
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CC Expiry:
The credit card expiry date.
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Tax Exempt:
Y/N - Is this customer or user exempt from your tax
table(s) ?
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Vol Disc. Flag :
If a product has volume discounting applied to it, AND
if this flag is set to yes in the customers account,
then the volume discount will apply to the customers
order.
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Disc. Code:
This code relates back to the discount database
percentages that globally affect all of the product
pricing this customer has access to.
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Add. Disc. Code:
Additional discount codes are used for specific
customers who will receive an additional discount over
and above all other discounts you have set up in your
system.
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BBS Alias:
If you are running this product as a door on a
bulletin board system, AND allowing your users to be
known under an alias name, then this is where you
would insert their alias.
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Password:
The users of this system must all have their own unique
password to gain access. This is where that password is
stored. The maximum length for a password is 12 and can
be any valid DOS character, one word, with no spaces.
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Last Date On:
The last time the user was on your system.
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Expiry Date:
If you have set the system up with memberships that
expire, this will be the users' expiration date. They
will have to re-new their membership before this date
to gain access to your system.
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Last Ship Point:
By referencing the customers account, you can find
out where the last order they placed was shipped to by
using this field as a reference point back to the
Shipping Database.
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Def Terms:
This is the Default Terms Code for this customer. You
will setup Terms Codes in the Disc/Terms DB which could
be COD, N30, N60 and have associated discount % for
them. Example would be N30 - Net 30 discount 2%.
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Total Orders:
The total number of orders the customer has placed on
your system since they first gained access.
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Locked Out Y/N:
If you have an undesirable individual constantly
logging into your system and you DO NOT want them to
be able to log back in under this customers account
name, then change this to a Yes and they will not be
allowed back into your computer under this name.
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'              VisuaLink Database System - Customer 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.
'              
'       Text is to maintained at a width of 56 Characters Max.
'       Text is limited to 15 lines.
'
'       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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