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- CHANGE DATE FORMATS
-
- With this utility you can modify the date format used by "JOB
- COST" to be that of any of several national standards. This
- function was installed to address the needs of users outside of
- the U.S.A.
-
- Upon selecting this function you will be displayed a special
- screen listing the various national date formats available. (This
- display may not mention your specific nationality but does cover
- all known date formats.) Select the format you wish to use by use
- of the arrow keys and press <ENTER>. This will modify your system
- configuration to that of the selected date format and will
- maintain this format selection until you change it again. All
- displays and listings will now utilize the selected date format.
-
-
- UPDATE PERSONALIZATION INFORMATION
-
- With this function you can update your business name and address
- information and enter your "USER REGISTRATION NUMBER". Keep in
- mind that your "USER REGISTRATION NUMBER" is based upon your
- business name. Any change you make to your business name after
- receiving your registration number will make the current number
- invalid. Even the changing from upper to lower case in name
- spelling and the addition/deletion of spacing will make this
- number invalid.
-
- Upon selection of this function you will be presented a special
- display screen that will show you your current personalization
- information. Just type over the current display with the new
- information. Upon finish just press the <ENTER> key.
-
-
- PRINT USER REGISTRATION FORM
-
- With this function your "JOB COST" system will print out a "USER
- REGISTRATION FORM" to be completed and mailed (with requested
- registration fee of $45.00) to Micro Data Assist. Be sure that
- you have properly setup your "PERSONALIZATION INFORMATION" before
- you request the printing of this form. KEEP IN MIND THAT YOUR
- REGISTRATION NUMBER IS BASED UPON YOUR BUSINESS NAME AS YOU HAVE
- IT CURRENTLY SETUP. ANY CHANGE MADE TO YOUR BUSINESS NAME AFTER
- REGISTRATION WILL MAKE YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER INVALID.
-
- Upon selecting this function you will be requested to turn your
- printer on. No other information is needed other that for you to
- finish filling out this form and mailing it, along with the
- requested registration fee of $45.00, to Micro Data Assist, 2701-
- C, West 15th, #149, Plano, Texas 75075.
-
-
- DATA FILE FORMATS
-
- The following data file formats are provided to aid those of you
- that wish to extract information from your data files and produce
- custom reports. Please make a copy of any data file you plan to
- modify and work on the copy only. If you must make a change to a
- working data base structure please RE-INDEX your data files prior
- to using them again. DO NOT CHANGE THE NAMES, CHARACTERISTICS, OR
- SIZE OF ANY FIELDS THAT ALREADY EXIST WITHIN YOUR DATA FILES.
-
- JCMASTER.DBF - This is your job master header. Contents of these
- records summarize the total job status. There is only one
- JCMASTER record for each job on file.
-
- JCCENTER.DBF - These records are your cost center masters.
- Information contained within these records summarize the budget,
- expenses posted to date, and completion status of each cost
- center. There is only one record per job/cost center/change order
- on file.
-
- JCEXPEDT.DBF - This is a temporary expense file used only for
- your EXPENSE EDIT/POST cycle. Upon posting of the records
- contained within this file to your 'JCCENTER.DBF' all of these
- records are then appended to the JCEXPHIS.DBF data file. Upon
- completion of the posting cycle this file is deleted and
- recreated with zero entries ready for the next edit cycle.
-
- JCEXPHIS.DBF - This is your expense history data file. All posted
- expense records end up in this file.
-
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