VERSION 1.9X p.1 of 5 06/03/1994 ****** Full Operating Demo Version ******* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** INTRODUCTION **** This is the information & registration file on the program CJPOS. CJPOS was created by Christopher J. Ryba to provide an EXTREMELY user friendly point-of-sale program for my friend Christopher Kilcoyne ; owner of Brookpark Certified Automotive Service in Parma, Ohio. He wanted a program to print receipts and save estimates at his shop. What evolved from simple beginnings in August of 1992 is rather complete package for any small business who can dedicate a CGA or VGA IBM compatible computer with DOS 3.0 or higher to point of sale operation. Any printer will work to if you load the control characters. Default includes the EPSON character set or an Ithaca receipt printer. Print receipts and reports from any port- LPT1 thru LPT4; COM1 thru COM4. Additional default printers are being added to PRINTERS.DRV in future additions to assure compatiblity. DUE FOR RELEASE ON 08/01/1994 IS A DBF FORMAT VERSION !!! CONTACT CUYAHOGA COMPUTING OR BROOKPARK CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE TO OBTAIN A MORE RECENT VERSION. THIS PROGRAM NOT ONLY FOR AUTOMOTIVE USE - BIKE SHOPS, GUITAR SHOPS, COMPUTER VENDORS, GUN SHOPS & PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE ALSO USING IT ! ************************* OPERATION *************************** In the Receipt Menu is included a screen saver to prevent monitor burnout. The F1 to F12 keys are struck to bring up different departments. For BCAS of Parma these departments are Labor (F1 is Labor, unless specified otherwise during setup), F2 is Exhaust, F3 is Emmisions, F4 is Brakes, F5 is Shocks & Struts, F6 is Springs, and so on to F12 for Miscellaneous. After pressing one of these F keys a window pops up with various part discriptions. For example, at BCAS pressing F2 brings up the Exhaust Department with parts such as mufflers, pipes, hangers, clamps, etc. Using the cursor keys moves a selection box to a part description. Say we chose Mufflers, now striking the Enter key replaces the first window with a second window listing the part numbers under that part description. For our example, we choose #1811G of Mufflers by using the cursor keys again to move the selection box. This exact part number for Mufflers has the price to go with it. Finally the quantity is prompted at the bottom of the window; the default value is 1. For the Labor department( F1 ), canned descriptions of labor are loaded in with their hour quantity. These descriptions can be added to. The appropiate labor rate is then selected. The beauty of CJPOS is that it is a "build on the fly" program in which a user can add part, part number, & labor descriptions as they're needed. Moving the cursor box to any line with "****" will allow putting a new item into the appropiate window. A total of 70,400 unique part numbers can be loaded into the program in this manner for departments F2 thru F12. If a labor type is not specified this theoretical maximum rises to 76,800. A total of 99 "canned" labor descriptions can loaded into the Labor department (F1). (C) Copyright 1994, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.2 of 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OPERATION CONTINUED ... When a receipt is ready, it can be saved as an estimate, or finalized as TENDERING to Cash, Check, Visa/MC, Discover, American Express, or Accounts Receivable. Also Line items can be deleted or changed if an incorrect entry occured. Customer names & information are prompted before the end of a sale. This information can retrieved if a sale re-occurs to the same customer at a later date by providing 1 to 3 letters of the last name. Your present customers can be added if you desire. Back to the main menu, several other choices are presented. Daily sales can be viewed and expenses entered. A daily printout sheet of these items is provided. Also the products sold for the day and any variable period can be tallied, viewed, printed, or output to a ASCII space delimited or comma delimited text file for a spreedsheet program. Inventory of part numbers is tracked and quantities altered in the Inventory subprogram. A printout of loaded part numbers can done for every department; a cost sum of positive inventory counts is included. The Accounting subprogram allows for adjustment to any sales figures and the account charges/credits. The program saves receipts in an ASCII text format that can be viewed like this file. * One of the two address lines can be used for your BAC # in California and individual labors assigned per mechanic/salesperson. Anyone else use the two address lines for other info. (Second Phone #, Etc.) * A routine for creating Purchase Orders has been finished. Those with FAX/Modem software can fax the order after exit from CJPOS. The PO file can be faxed by your software by using a file named PO####.DAT in the PO subdirectory of CJPOS. This PO##.DAT file is in ASCII format like this README.TXT file. * Non-taxable parts can sold by preceeding the primary description with a "+". For example, in the first screen of a department such as Exhaust having a description such as "+Exhaust Inspection" any items loaded under this description will not be taxed. * If your type of retail operation handles rentals then use Program Setup to change to a rental store. When you write an ESTIMATE the items will be removed from stock. At invoice time the items will return to stock. Those items that are not rentals should be prefaced with a "*" as in "*Blank Tapes" for the primary desription. * Your present customer base can be added to the customer file. * Canadian GST IS supported by this program, as well as Provincal Tax !! * If you need to tender two different currencies for cash the PROGRAM SETUP will let you input the name of the currency (i.e., PESOS) and the conversion rate. (C) Copyright 1994, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.3 of 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The first customer desription (#7) is normally a important criteria for your customer database,i.e., Same person but different types of "Cars" or whatever. This 25 character field can be made to appear as the first item on receipts if desired. If you aren't using it for critical information then a "*" should added to last space of this 14 character prompt so that CJPOS doesn't see it as an important field. *************************** INSTALLATION ******************************** 1.) Unzip onto a floppy drive or a hard drive directory the CJPOS19x.ZIP file which contains a SETUP.EXE program to create a blank part/item numbers and other files and directories used by the program. 2.) Run SETUP from the floppy or hard drive. If installing from a location on your hard drive be sure to let SETUP install the directory. During SETUP department sizes are set as well as the prompts for customer info. At BCAS the additional info prompts are Make & Model, Engine, Mileage, & VIN Code. The DEMOSET.DAT settings file has example names for each department and customer Info prompts. You can run a quick setup using these names and change parameters later after installation. Putting a "\" before the customer prompt during setup or in 'Change Program Paramters'will prevent that field from being printed on receipts. 3.) Type CJPOS to start * Included are example LEGALEST.TXT , LEGALRCP.TXT , WARRANTY.TXT, and SAVER.TXT files used at BCAS. Examine these files and modify to your application.These files are in ASCII format and using any text editor such as EDIT can modify them. * If the LEGALEST.TXT or LEGALRCP.TXT are removed multiple types of receipt "taglines" can chosen from when a receipt is created. You could create different files for different occasions with this method. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The program needs an MINIMUM of 1.8 Meg hard disk space to run. Naturally as more receipts are written, the program could outgrow 1 Meg in size ( I hope your business is selling something ! ). At BCAS Automotive one full year required 4 Meg of HD space for his Fiscal 1993. * 640 K of RAM is required. * DOS 3.30 or higher for the operating system. (C) Copyright 1994, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.4 of 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***** QUESTIONS & REGISTRATION ***** This program may be used and reproduced without charge. However, it MAY NOT be sold, and may only be distributed intact. This program and its documentation are provided as is, without warranty of any kind. The author assumes no liability for damages from which may result from the missuse of CJPOS. The evaulation version allows for a trial period of 30 sales days a past due tag is printed on your receipts or estimates. Those desiring a full ($ 99 including manual and latest update) or custom modified version should contact me at this address: MAIL TO: CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CHRISTOPHER J. RYBA 5413 E. 131st St. CLEVELAND, OH 44125-3246 VOICE PHONE : 216-587-1595 Author Home phone 6pm to 1am EST BUSINESS PHONE : 216-749-2080 8:30am to 7pm EST (BROOKPARK AUTO) COMPUSERVE ID # : 71413,2540 INTERNET EMAIL : christopher.ryba@pcohio.com If you would like to download the latest version call me and I will set my system to act as a BBS. ** Those wishing to talk to Chris Kilcoyne about the use of this program at Brookpark Certified Automotive Service can contact him at 216-749-2080 for his input on the success of this program. He will also accept any orders. ** It has come to my attention that some BIOS do not accept my start of day routine. If you have a problem where a message appears that says "A Day of the Week Must be Assigned" then start CJPOS as CJPOS 8. This will stop the program from looking at your BIOS. This problem has occured for Tandy & Gateway 2000 PC's. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is an evaluation version. No registration is required. For the full version send $ 99 by check or money order. VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, & DISCOVER accepted thru Brookpark Certified Auto Service for an additional $10. Price subject to change, therefore register now and save. Print this file and send in the next page. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (C) Copyright 1994, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.5 of 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CJPOS POINT-OF-SALE REGISTRATION CALL 216-749-2080 TO CHARGE YOUR COPY AT BROOKPARK CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER ACCEPTED Mailing address: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Company Name ** EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS ON RECEIPTS *** _______________________________________________ Company Phone ** EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS ON RECEIPTS *** ____________________ Disk type: [ ] 360K [ ] 720K [ ] 1.2M [ ] 1.44M The above information is critical for a proper registration file. The REGISTER.POS file is updated by Cuyahoga Computing to give your company an unique serial number for your copy of CJPOS. **************-->IMPORTANT !!!!!!<--*************-->IMPORTANT<--********* Please enclose a printed copy of your CJPOS SETTINGS.DAT OR A RECEIPT PRODUCED BY CJPOS to ensure proper registration. ************************************************************************* Please list any suggestions or comments on the back of this page. Your suggestions are most welcome and I do pay attention to them. Anyone distributing CJPOS for any kind of remuneration must first contact Cuyahoga Computing at the address above for authorization. Dealers interested in resale of CJPOS will be given volume discounts. Registration MUST be done through Cuyahoga Computing so that a registration file can be sent to the owner. You are encouraged to pass this copy of CJPOS along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to get the registered version if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of CJPOS and registered serial number. Price of CJPOS is subject to change at any time, so act NOW !. (C) Copyright 1994, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved.