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SOAR REBILLING UTILITY
SOAR gives you the option of printing a bill and/or sending the bill to a
disk file. This utility, "REBILL.EXE", allows you to scan through the
disk file and optionally reprint a bill and/or save it to another file. It
is important to note that this utility will only work properly with SOAR
Versions 3.00 or greater. In the Version 3.00 update a special character
was embedded in the bill file to indicate the start of a bill. This is used
in this program to identify one bill from another.
REBILL must be loaded into your SOAR DATA directory (NOT the program
directory) for use. Assuming you setup your directories as suggested in
the manual, place the disk containing REBILL.EXE in Drive A and proceed as
follows:
CD \SOAR\DATA <ENTER>
COPY A:REBILL.EXE . <ENTER>
Whenever you wish to use the program, type:
CD \SOAR\DATA <ENTER>
REBILL <ENTER>
The opening screen will ask for a filename. If you don't know the name,
just depress the ENTER key and a listing of all bill files will be shown
in a window. REBILL looks only for files with the extension ".BLL". For
example, JAN-89.BLL. You need only enter the name without the extension.
For instance, JAN-89 <ENTER>. If the file cannot be found, an error
message will be displayed and you will again be prompted for a file name.
If the file is found, REBILL will display the bill on the screen. You can
work on the files with the following commands:
Down Arrow : Scroll down the bill toward the end
Up Arrow : Scroll up the bill toward the start
ENTER : go on to the next bill
PgDn : go on to the next bill
P <ENTER> : print the bill shown on the screen
S <ENTER> : save the bill shown to a disk file
ESC : exit the program
Once you have gone past a particular bill, you cannot backup. The only way
to get to a bill you passed over is to run REBILL again.
The SAVE option sends the selected bill to a disk file with the extension
".DBL". For example, bills selected from JAN-89.BLL would be saved in the
file JAN-89.DBL in the same directory. The disk file is useful for
extracting selected bills that must be edited. This is most valuable when
you have billed a lot of customers and the .BLL file is too big for your
word processor.
Potential Problems:
The display directory feature makes use of a shell that operates through
COMMAND.COM. This file is always in the root directory of a bootable
disk. If the directory feature doesn't work, make sure your PATH is
properly defined in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example,
PATH C:\; ......
An alternative solution is to copy COMMAND.COM into your SOAR data
directory. Try this if you have problems.
If you edit the saved file with a wordprocessor, the funny little symbol at
the end of each bill is a formfeed character. This will be found for all
billing formats except "A". Format A does not use a formfeed. Most word
processors recognize the formfeed character and will not cause problems.
If you SAVE some bills, exit REBILL, and then go back and save some more you
will find that there is a formfeed character missing between the last bill
saved from the first session and the first bill saved from the subsequent
session. Use your wordprocessor to insert a page break between these bills.
If you have any problems, please call.
Ed Croson
438 Ave De La Vereda
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 646-1335