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THE AUCTIONEER
Version 2.0
A. Installation:
The Auctioneer is installed by simply unzipping the files into a directory.
The following example shows how to install if the aution zip file is on a
floppy in drive A. Change any commands necessary for your system.
md\auction 'make a directory off the root
cd\auction 'change to the directory
pkunzip a:auc20e 'unzip the file, change as needed
auction 'run the program
B. New Features
1. LAPTOP SUPPORT:
Monochrome laptops (or PCs) are supported automatically, the program checks
for monochrome and if found operates in black and white. Laptops that support
color with shades of blue, silver etc. may be hard to read because the shades
for two colors are too close. To over come this, Auctioneer can be started to
force monochrome. Execute auction with a /m to force monochrome, eg.;
C:\>auction /m
2. SALE INFORMATION:
1. Local tax rate - optional, if zero will not appear on Bill-of-Sale
2. Country - U.S. or Canada (default is U.S.) Affects terminology,
eg. State for U.S. Providence for Canada.
3. Lots - Yes or No. If yes, inventory is input by Lot. Sale Recap then
reports tracking information about each Lot.
4. Save Bidder file to ASCII.
3. INVENTORY MAINTENANCE:
1. Optional Details of item, if Yes enter free-form details of the item.
Some word processing features apply, press F1 for Help.
2. Lots - If Lots is Yes in Sale Information, a prompt will appear for
the Lot Number.
4. BIDDER MAINTENANCE:
1. Tax Exempt - If Yes, tax will not be added to Bill-of-Sale.
2. Local Tax Exempt - If Yes, local tax will not be added to
Bill-of-Sale.
5. CONDUCT A SALE:
1. BID ON ITEM - New to version 2.0. Enter a bid on any item. When all
bids are in, select Enter Item to sell, enter the item number, then select
Pick Bidder. The system will then select the highest bid with the earliest
date (if bids were entered on different dates).
6. SALE RECAP:
1. OPTIONS - The Buyer, Seller, Lot, or Inventory recaps may be toggled
on or off in any combination. A recap that is toggled off will not be
printed or displayed.
7. OPTIONS:
1. DEFAULT COUNTRY - The default country may be changed by entering U for
U.S. or C for Canada. Prompt for country may be set to yes or no. When set
to yes, the program will prompt for country when adding or changing Sale
Information, when set to no, the program will by-pass the country entry.
2. LABELS - Mailing labels may be printed from the currently selected
bidder file.
3. BACKUP - A full festured backup/restore program has been added to
version 2.0. ArcBack is a menu driven backup program that compresses
data file to make maximum use of floppy disk space. Do full or partial
backups, restore entire directoies or a single file.