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@HE VICAR - Program Introduction
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1.0 INTRODUCTION -
1.1 Features:
- Full Function Editing screens for data entry.
- On-Line HELP for pertinent data fields.
- User definable Screen Colors.
- Printing of Reports to Screen, or Printer.
- Printing of Wide reports on narrow carriage printers
(capable of condensed print) automatically.
- Pop-Up Calculator for on the fly calculations with Feed
back to entry fields. Available in most data entry screens.
- Pop-Up Scrolling Windows for selection of Customer
Account Numbers, G/L Numbers, and Salesmen Numbers.
*** - Only available in Registered Version.
- Configuration file allows user to define system
parameters such as printer initialization strings, width
of printer, printer error return codes, program path, DOS
utilities path, screen colors, maintenance passwords, etc.
- System Definition file stores all defaults as defined
by the user upon original startup for use by all
functions in the program. System Definition is editable
at any time to change defaults as user sees fit.
- Miniature G/L system to keep track of totals for sales
catagories, etc. and allow checking for correct G/L
accounts for customers.
- Customer Master file allows user to define defaults for
each customer as they are added to the system. Customer
cannot be deleted until all transactions for the customer
are purged.
- Simple entry of Invoices, Credit Memos, Manual Finance
Charges, and Debit Memos in the same batch from the same
data entry screen.
- Cash entry for both Balance-Forward and Open-Item
customers from the same data entry screen in the same
batch. For Open-Item Customers both individual invoice
payment, and Multiple Apply-to's can be entered in the
same Data entry Screen using the Scrolling Window to
Select the available invoice currently in the system.
Features - Continued.
- Seperate data entry screen to allow old Pre-Paid invoices to
be applied to their payments with scrolling window to show all
transactions in system for customer.
- Account Inquiry screen with aging of customers transactions
and scrolling window to view all transactions in system for
customer.
- Printing of Aged Trial balance report in two formats:
1. Summary - containing 30-60-90 (default) aging for each
customer in the customer range specified.
2. Detailed - containing 30-60-90 (default) aging for each
customer transaction and customer totals, in the customer
range specified.
- Automatic Finance charge generation for a range of customers
specified, according to users default or edited terms. All
finance charged are Editable/Deletable before posting to the
customer accounts.
- Programmable Discount Terms for prompt payment, etc.
15 Different Discount Types can be defined in system.
Discount types available for definition are No
Discount, Flat Discounts, Discounts if paid within a
specified number of days, or Discounts based on the
customers volume of business for current period (each
discount using this last method has up to 3 volume
levels, which if met then specify the discount rate to
be used in calculating a discount. Discount amounts
available to a customer are printed on the bottom of
their statement Only. Any discounts actually given to
a customer are determined by the operator during
payment entry.
*** - Available only in Registered Version.
- Printing of statements according to the users default
or edited terms, for a specified customer range. If the
user is Registered user, different statement formats
can be specified at the time of running statements aside
from the default format supplied with the program.
- Format design done by Vcc - Statement Format Editor NOT
available at this time.
- Sales Analysis by one of four customer criteria:
1. Customer Number.
2. Customer Type, as defined for each customer by the user.
3. Salesperson.
4. YTD Sales.
Other Features Worth Mentioning:
- Separate Password access for File Maintenance and
System Maintence allowing the user to limit access to the
more vital and dangerous parts of the program.
- Built-in Rebuild of all indexs used by the system.
- Backup of data files before postings available from the
main menu using the Standard DOS Backup and mating
Restore programs for easy uncomplicated protection of
data.
- G/L Information can be Exported to a separate G/L
system via an ASCII delimited file format. The current
Export format is compatible with *ACCPAC Plus G/L version
5.0. For registered users the program can be altered to
the format they require for a minimal fee.
@FO * ACCPAC Plus - registered trademark of Computer Assoc. Int'l.
1.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Purpose of this program is to provide the user a
convienient and straight-forward means to performing the much
needed control over a business's Account's Receivables. aka:
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid) This program was designed to
incorporate the bells & whistles of the many commercially
available programs. With an emphasis on limiting the "once in
a life-time usage" frills that some programs contain to
satisfy everyone, this program contains the ones that will
make "life" easier, not more complicated. Most fields of data
entry are checked to some extent to keep users from "straying
too far from home" but are at the same time kept to a minimum
to aleviate problems.
For example most programs now require ALL invoice numbers in
the entire system to be unique, therefore creating problems
when a branch office is using invoice numbers with the same
sequence numbers as another, or the printer duplicated a batch
of invoice numbers accidentally. Under most circumstances
they are used by different accouts (customers) ending the
duplication problem anyway. Also the user has to be aware of
some of the things going on around themselves anyway to
prevent a total lack of concentration towards their job.
Another unique feature of this program is the fact that the
data entry operator is NOT required to have a working
knowledge of G/L operation or Function, although it does allow
the user to have a better understanding of the Big picture.
All connections with the General Ledger are done by the
program itself through the Default accounts specified for each
customer when a customer account is created, or the accounts
specified in System Definition file. In this way some sources
of data entry errors are eliminated or at least minimized.
@FO #
General Description - Continued.
To allow "Stand-Alone" operation of this program, a miniature
G/L system is built-in to facilitate operation without having
to integrate with any specific G/L system, if any at all. In
this way if the user only requires the "services" of an A/R
system, this is the only program that will be needed to
fulfill this need, pure and simple.
One Very unique feature of the program, if you are a
registered user, is the fact that there will be a Statement
Format editor available soon to allow the user to edit
statement formats themselves, allowing multiple statement
formats to be used to accomadate changes in Printed Statement
formats, etc.
The Statement Formats do not allow the user to print a whole
lot of textual information beyond that which is retained in
the system itself, but it does allow the customer to use a
format to list the information they require in a somewhat
flexible format they are comfortable with. The fact that it
has a changable Statement Format is still a great improvement
over many of the current Accounting programs available which
force the user to use one of at most three or four formats
that the software manufacturer dictates.
1.3 SPECIFIC FEATURES:
1.3.1 Menus - All menus are setup to be used in a Top-Down
format, to accomplish a specific function, start with the
first item and proceed down the Menu to the last item, when
done, press <ESC> to exit the menu. The most often used used
selections in a menu are set as the default for that menu.
Eg. The main menu is set up to be processed from the top -
Customer Maintenance to the bottom - File Maintenance on a
monthly basis.
1.3.2 Data Entry Screens - All Data Entry Screens utilize a
combination of Control Key sequences and the cursor control
keys to implement all of the commonly needed editing functions
such as up, down, left, right, home, end, clear field, upper
case, lower case, insert, delete, etc. Beyond this, special
functions specific to individual entry screens are implemented
using the Function Keys as indicated at the bottom of the
individual entry screens. Pressing <F1> - HELP will display one
of two things, either a editing Key command description, or
field specific Help for the currently active field. This
depends on the associated complexity of the field.
@PA
Data Entry Screens - Continued.
Easy fields will cause the display of the editor commands Help
screen, and the more difficult fields will have their own
specific help screen. See the Program Operation Section for a
detailed description of the Data Entry commands and functions.
1.3.3 Pop-up Calculator - Allows for on-the-fly calculations to
speed data entry and reduce repetitive data entries.
1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -
System: IBM PC/XT/AT or Compatable.
Monitor: Monochrome or Color.
Memory: 640Kb. (512Kb program Memory.)
* EMS memory will be utilized if avail.
Disk Drives: 2 720Kb drives. (Minimum)
* Hard Disk will greatly improve performance.
Printer: 80 column capable of condensed print or
wide carriage with Parallel interface.
1.5 GETTING STARTED -
Required information - The following is a list of the general
information you will need before starting installation of
the VICAR (copyright 1988-1992 Victory Computer Consultants)
program:
1. G/L Account List of specific numbers to be used for A/R
and the related accounts for: Cash Account, Accounts
Receivables, Sales, Misc. Sales, Sales Tax, and if
applicable a 2nd Sales Tax, Mail Charges, Discounts,
and Finance Charges.
2. Aging periods, Billing Terms, including Finance Charge
Rate, Minimum Finance Charge.
3. Location (Path) of the DOS utities: RESTORE.COM &
BACKUP.COM, or RESTORE.EXE & BACKUP.EXE (DOS v5.0).
4. Printer Error Return Codes - See the Section:
INSTALLATION and SETUP for further instructions on
determining these codes.
5. If you have not already read the section:
PROGRAM OPERATION,
please read it before proceeding.