VERSION 1.23 5/08/1993 ***** Evalutation Version /w LABOR ****** (C) Copyright 1993, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, This is the information registration file on the program CJPOS. CJPOS was created by Christopher J. Ryba to provide a 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 to point of sale operation. Any printer that can do EPSON emulation will work to print receipts (most printers do). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** 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 always Labor), F2 is Exhaust, F3 is Emmisions, F4 is Brakes, 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 35,200 unique part numbers can be loaded into the program in this manner for departments F2 thru F12. A total of 39 "canned" labor descriptions can loaded into the Labor department (F1). When a receipt is ready, it can be saved as an estimate, or finalized as sold 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. 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 Lotus type ASCII 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. The program saves receipts in an ASCII text format that can be viewed like this file. JUST ADDED ......... Those wonderful UPC barcodes can now be read by CJPOS using a wedge type reader. If you want a pen type reader one is availble from Cuyahoga Computing for $ 299. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ INSTALLATION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To Install the program: 1.) Unzip onto a floppy drive the CJPOS12.ZIP file which contains a SETUP.EXE program to create a blank part number and other files and directories used by the program. 2.) Run SETUP from the floppy 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. Putting a "/" before the prompt during setup will prevent that field from being printed on receipts. 3.) Type CJPOS to start Included are example ITEMS.LST , LABOR.LST, LEGALEST.TXT , LEGALRCP.TXT , WARRANTY.TXT, and SAVER.TXT files used at BCAS. Copying these files into your CJPOS directory will (Save your own first) will provide an examples. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The program needs a minimum of 1 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 ! ). 640 K of RAM is required. !! Contact me if you need a custom installation. !! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (C) Copyright 1993, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. 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 1.23. The evaulation version allows for a trial period of 59 sales days. Those desiring a full ($ 100 including manual and updates) or custom modified version should contact me at this address: MAIL TO: CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CHRISTOPHER J. RYBA 9207 HILLSIDE RD. INDEPENDENCE, OH 44131-5420 VOICE PHONE : 216-524-1796 COMPUSERVE ID # 71413,2540 My local BBS is PC-Ohio, "The Best BBS in America" which can be called at (216) 381-3320. There never a problem getting on - it has a zillion nodes. 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. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is an evaluation version. No registration is required. For the full version send $ 100 by check or money order. Price subject to change, therefore register now and save. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CJPOS POINT-OF-SALE REGISTRATION Mailing address: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Company Name (The starting screen name, exactly as it appears during startup!! ) _______________________________________________ Company Phone (The one printed on receipts) ____________________ ***---> Disk type: [ ] 360K [ ] 720K [ ] 1.2M [ ] 1.44M <---*** The above information is critical for a proper registration file. A printed copy of your CJPOS SETTINGS.DAT will 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. ####################### FILE LIST ################################ CJPOS.EXE - Program executable file SETUP.EXE - Sets up CJPOS, creating neccesary PN.NUM, ITEMS.LST, LABOR.LST, and SETTINGS.DAT files. Copies *.TXT files to your CJPOS directory. ITEMS.LST - Example used at BCAS LABOR.LST - Example used at BCAS WARRANTY.TXT - Example used at BCAS, Print in CJPOS receipt menu by pressing "P" LEGALEST.TXT - Examples used at BCAS for printing on LEGALRCP.TXT receipts and invoices. Use text editor to modify for your location. SAVER.TXT - My screen saver advertisement. 5 lines of text up to column 40 will printed on screen. This file must be 5 lines. Invoked in the Receipt menu when there is no keyboard activity after 5 minutes. SETTINGS.TXT - Explanation of items on the SETTINGS.DAT file README.TXT - This file ################## CREATED FILES BY SETUP AND EXECUTION ################### SETTTINGS.DAT - Holds items for program enviroment, see SETTINGS.TXT 1.DAT,2.DAT,etc. - Your Salespeople's date of sale and amount. ACCOUNTS.DAT - Fixed record database file of customers with accounts due. BARCODE.DAT - Binary file for UPC barcodes. CUSTSOLD. - Fixed record database file of customers. CUSTLIST.EST - Fixed record database file of customers with estimates. ITEMS.LST - ASCII file of a 24 column width containing primary pop-up screen info in departments. LABOR.LST - A 40 line file containing canned labor descriptions. LASTSALE. - Last sales day while running, pointer for SALELIST. PN.NUM - The biggie, it is a fixed record file containing partnumbers, price, cost, and inventory quantity. The records are pointed to by ITEMS.LST, i.e., every line of ITEMS.LST has one hundred records in PN.NUM. SALEMAN.DAT - The names of your salespeople. Up to 15 characters each. SALELIST. - Binary & ASCII file of sales days. ############################################################################# (C) Copyright 1993, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved.