Copyright: (c) 1999 - 2002 by Bjoern Mueller


Parameter
Program parameters

Call up AuktionMaster with as many of the following parameters as you like:

AuktionMaster.exe /Parameter1 /Parameter2 /Parameter3 ...

The following parameters are available:

/NAME=xxx

With this parameter you can display any name on the task border of AuktionMaster. If you run AuktionMaster on several computers, you will always know then, e.g., in which AuktionMaster you are currently working. Recommended in the Client/Server version only.

/NOPRGNACH

Prevents a defined external program that should normally be executed after posting items from being ignored

/NOPRGVOR

Prevents a defined external program that should normally be executed before posting items from being ignored

/NOHTMLBACKUP

Prevents that AuktionMaster automatically executes a backup on the received HTML pages after posting items.

/NOSOCKET

If this parameter is set, AuktionMaster does not set up on the WinSock.Dll if possible, but uses the API interface WinINet made available by Microsoft. You should set this parameter only after contacting the support team.

/NOSSL

Prevents AuktionMaster from using modules based on SSL. Pure SSL modules are ignored due to this parameter.

/NOW

Starts posting items immediately. The latest values for users and categories are used in this case. If an AutoConnect function has set data in the meantime, these data are used.

/QUIT

Closes AuktionMaster immediately after posting items, without executing an eventually active external program that should normally be executed after posting items.

/START

Starts posting items immediately. The latest values for users and categories that were set at the last manual posting are used in this case. Settings defined later by an eventual AutoConnect function are fully ignored.

/STOP

For internal use only (for giving back update.exe)

/TIME

Starts AuktionMaster with the AutoConnect function. If you entered any AutoConnect timespans, you need to start AuktionMaster with this parameter in order to use them accordingly. The entering of AutoConnect timespans only is not sufficient without the setting of this parameter.

/USESSL

Some modules come in two versions, SSL and NOSSL. After setting this parameter, the SSL version is favoured. As a standard, the NOSSL module is used.

/UPDATE

For internal use only (for calling up AFTER Update.exe)

/USER=xxx

Internal parameter in order to start several AuktionMasters at the same time.

(Only recommended and to be used in the server version)


Semaphore
Semaphore files
(only in the AuktionMaster server mode)

In the server mode it is possible to communicate with AuktionMaster by so-called semaphore files. Semaphores are the simple precursors of named pipes.

The following semaphores can be communicated to AuktionMaster:

.Start

Starts posting items immediately (prior to that, however, data will be picked up from the temporary server).

.eMail

Starts processing eMails immediately (prior to that, no data will be picked up from the temporary server.

.Close

AuktionMaster is requested to close itself (is executed only if all activities prior to that are finished).

.Check

Makes AuktionMaster pick up data from the temporary server.

.Stop

Interrupts possibly a currently running posting. If no posting is presently run, the next posting will be aborted immediately after its start.

The following semaphores are possibly communicated back by AuktionMaster:

.EVN

After the end or abort of a posting, data referring to the connection and the number of posted items are stored here.

.Closed

This file is created if AuktionMaster was closed with the semaphore „. Close“. This file needs to be deleted manually.

.RunInfo

In this file the number of items posted as well as items still to be posted is stored during a posting run. After the end of posting, this file is deleted. Interrupts possibly a currently running posting. If no posting is presently run, the next posting will be aborted immediately after its start.


Directories

/AuktionMaster

•	AuktionMaster Program files

•	Log file {AuktionMaster.log}

•	Help files

/Modules

•	For each auction there exist two module files

•	Auktion.Module is for the data exchange with the auction

•	Auktion.Select is for the entry page in AuktionMaster

/Data

•	Item file {main file}

•	Message file {main file}

/Data/Items

•	Item data {one file for each posted item}

0	/Data/Messages

•	Message texts for individual items, sorted by auctions

/Receive

•	Here the received HTML pages are stored. This is necessary because only then it can be checked afterwards, why an error occurred. The directory is deleted after closing AuktionMaster.

0	/Exchange

•	Here, the received HTML pages and diverse data are stored that are needed by AuktionMaster in the client/server mode. Data of client are stored in subdirectories (sorted by date).

0	/Update

•	If updated program versions exist, these are stored temporarily in the directory Update.

0	/BackUp

•	In this directory backup data is provided as a standard. You can change this directory in the dialogue settings.


Selectaufbau
Aufbau der Select
/MODULE/Auktionsname.Select

Mögliche Felder:

[Layout]

FeldName= Angezeigter Text:FeldTyp

-	Text {TextFeld}

-	Zahl {TextFeld}

-	Prozent {TextFeld}

-	Wert {TextFeld}

-	JaNein {CheckBox}

-	Auswahl {ListBox}

-	AuswahlJaNein {CheckListBox}

[Hinweise]

FeldName= Angezeigter Hinweis

[Standard]

FeldName= Standard-Wert

[KategorieListe]

FeldName= Standard-Wert

Hier werden alle Kategoriefelder (Auswahl) der Auktion aufgelistet

[OnChangeListe]

FeldName=Aktion#1 (neue Sektion in dieser Datei)

[Aktion#1]

Wenn FeldName diesem Wert entspricht (evtl. mit „*“)=Aktion#2 (neue Sektion)

[Aktion#2]

FeldName=Text [TLabel], SHOW/HIDE [TEdit], Liste#1 [TcomboBox]

[Liste#1

Angezeigter Text= Wert

 [Limitierung]

Abstand= x {x = mininaler Eintragungsabstand}

(Module.Select-Feld)= x {x = maximale Länge des Feldes}

[FeldName] {beliebige Anzahl}

Angezeigter Text= Wert

Beispiel mit Erläuterungen:

[Layout]

dauer=Laufzeit:Text

rubrik=Zielkategorie:Auswahl

geschaeftsart=Geschäftsart:Auswahl

anzahl=Anz./Res.:Text

Hier wird definiert, wie die Anzeige aussehen soll.

[OnChangeListe]

geschaeftsart=geschaeftsart.onChange

Wenn das Feld geschäftsart geändert wir, wird in der Sektion geschaeftsart.onChange überprüft, was zu tun ist.

[KategorieListe]

rubrik=Fahrzeuge

In dem Feld Rubik sind die Auktionskategorien gespeichert. rubrik wird aus der Sektion [Layout] genommen.

[geschaeftsart.onChange]

Artikel in einer Auktion anbieten=geschaeftsart.onChange-Auktion

Artikel als Festpreis-Geschäft anbieten=geschaeftsart.onChange-Festpreis

Was passiert, wenn der vor dem „=“ stehende Text im Feld geschaeftsart ausgewählt wird ? Sofern vor dem „=“ ein „*“ steht, wir nur ein partieller Stringvergleich durchgeführt.

[geschaeftsart.onChange-Auktion]

TAB_Label_anzahl=

anzahl=HIDE

rubrik=geschaeftsart.onChange-Auktion.rubrik

Die Felder vor dem „=“ auf die entsprechenden Werte setzen. Das Feld anzahl wird versteckt, die Auswahlliste rubrik erhält neue Einträge – sofern Auktion laut geschaeftsart.onChange.

[geschaeftsart.onChange-Auktion.rubrik]

Auktionskategorie #1=1

Auktionskategorie #2=2

Auktionskategorie #3=3

Die Liste rubrik wird mit diesen Werten ersetzt.

[geschaeftsart.onChange-Festpreis]

TAB_Label_anzahl=Anzahl:

anzahl=SHOW

rubrik=geschaeftsart.onChange-Festpreis.rubrik

Die Felder vor dem „=“ auf die entsprechenden Werte setzen. Das Feld anzahl wird angezeigt, die Auswahlliste rubrik erhält neue Einträge – sofern Festpreis laut geschaeftsart.onChange.

[geschaeftsart.onChange-Festpreis.rubrik]

Festpreiskategorie #1=1

Festpreiskategorie #2=2

Festpreiskategorie #3=3

Die Liste rubrik wird mit diesen Werten ersetzt.

[geschaeftsart]

Artikel in einer Auktion anbieten=2

Artikel als Festpreis-Geschäft anbieten=3

Mögliche Auswahl für das Feld gechaeftsart.

[rubrik]

Auktionskategorie #1=1

Auktionskategorie #2=2

Auktionskategorie #3=3

Festpreiskategorie #1=1

Festpreiskategorie #2=2

Festpreiskategorie #3=3

Hier sind alle möglichen Varianten aus geschaeftsart.onChange-Auktion.rubrik und geschaeftsart.onChange-Festpreis.rubrik gelistet. Diese Liste selbst, wird in diesem Beispiel nicht zu Anzeige verwendet (was möglich wäre), sondern dient lediglich dem Abgleich bei der Eintragung.


Modulaufbau
Aufbau der Module
/MODULE/Auktionsname.Module

Mögliche Felder:

[System]

Seiten= Anzahl der Seiten (insgesamt ohne Fehlerseiten)

Datum= internes Datum des Modules

Währung= Kürzel der Währung des Auktionslandes (z.B. DM, ATS, SFR, €, $)

TextWährung= Internationales Kürzel der Währung (z.B. DEM, ATS, CHF, EUR, USD)

Passwort= Passwort für SmartUpdate (von uns zugewiesen)

LandesInfo= Land, in dem die Auktionen ihre Sitz hat

Agent= Ggf. Agent-Name des Browsers, wenn nicht „AuktionMaster“

SSLModule= 0 => kein SSL, 1 => ausschließlich SSL, 3 => beides verfügbar

[Info]

Auktion= Name der Auktion

Url= Internet-Adresse der Auktion

Post01= Postanschrift der Auktion

Post02= Postanschrift der Auktion

Post03= Postanschrift der Auktion

Kontakt= Name des Ansprechpartners bei der Auktion

TelefonKontakt= Telefon des Ansprechpartners bei der Auktion

Telefon= Telefonnummer des Auktionsbetreibers

Telefax= Telefaxnummer des Auktionsbetreibers

eMail= eMail-Adresse des Auktionsbetreibers

[Copyright]

AutorID= Coder-ID (von uns zugewiesen)

Name= Name des Programmierers

Firma= Herstellerfirma des Moduls

eMail= eMail-Adresse der Herstellerfirma

[Software]

Software= Modul geschrieben für [Software]

Kompatibel= Modul kompatibel mit [Software] {“|” entspricht “Return” für die Anzeige}

 [Formel]

001=+|0,00|1000,00|5,00|0,00|50,00

002=+|1000,00|0,00|3,00|0,00|0,00

Lfd.-Nr= {1|2|3|4|5|6}

1: +/-/~ Wert addieren, abziehen, ersetzen

2: Wert muß größer als {2} sein

3: Wert muß kleiner oder gleich {3} sein

4: Prozentualer Aufschlag

5: Mindestaufschlag (Betrag)

6: Maximalaufschlag (Betrag)  maximal {3} + {{3 / 100} * {4}}

[Lizenz]

xxxxxx= Die Zeichen VOR dem „=“ werden als Lizenz angezeigt.

xxxxxx= Anzeige durch Registry-Einträge „Lizenz Gelesen“ und „Lizenz Datum“

[Limitierung]

(Datenbankfeld)= x {x = maximale Länge des Feldes}

[Zeichensatz]

Trennzeichen= Welches Dezimaltrennzeichen verwendet die Auktion

(Datenbankfeld)= xyz... {xyz = jeweils ein NICHT erlaubter Buchstabe}

(Datenbankfeld)-Change= xyz... {xyz = jeweils ein Ersetzungs-Buchstabe}

  -> das Zeichen „^“ wird in ein Leerzeichen konvertiert

  -> beim Zeichen „|“ wird das Ursprungszeichen gelöscht (nicht ersetzt)

[Grafik]

Fehler= Anzahl der zusätzlichen Seiten für einen aufgetretenen Grafikübertragungsfehler

Byte= Maximale Größe der Grafik {auch MaxByte}

Breite= Maximale Breite der Grafik {auch MaxBreite}

Hoehe= Maximale Höhe der Grafik {auch MaxHoehe}

MinByte= Minimale Größe der Grafik

MinBreite= Minimale Beite der Grafik

MinHoehe= Minimale Höhe der Grafik

[Seite x] {x= fortlaufende Nummer}

ProzessOnlyIf=1:2 {nicht auf der 1. Seite möglich}

ProzessOnlyIfNot=1:2 {nicht auf der 1. Seite möglich}

1 = Feldbezeichnung des privaten Artikelfeldes

2 = Wert, den das private Artikelfeld (nicht) enthalten muss

ProzessOnlyIfText=Rückmeldungstext {nicht auf der 1. Seite möglich}

ProzessOnlyIfTextNot=Rückmeldungstext {nicht auf der 1. Seite möglich}

UseGrafik= Soll eine Grafik benutzt werden (optional)

0 = Unbedeutend {Standard}

1 = Grafiklink darf nicht leer sein

2 = Grafiklink MUß leer sein

LokalGrafik= Soll eine lokale Grafik benutzt werden (optional)

0 = Unbedeutend, ob lokale Grafik oder Link {Standard}

1 = NUR ausführen wenn lokale Grafik

2 = NICHT ausführen wenn lokale Grafik (optional)

AttachGrafik= Lokale Grafik als Binärdaten anhängen (optional)

0 = Keine Grafik anhängen {Standard}

1 = Grafik mit Feldname <GrafikName> anhängen

GrafikName= HTML-Name des Feldes für die Aufnahme der hochzuladenen Grafik (optional)

Url= [{UseLastUrl}] [{UseLastUrlPath}] siehe Grundsatzaufbau

UseLastUrl bedeutet, dass die zuletzt benutze Url noch mal verwendet wird

UseLastUrlPath bedeutet, dass der Pfad (ohne Datei) der zuletzt benutze Url verwendet wird

Info= Informationen für den Benutzer

Parameter=[MULTIPART=] siehe Grundsatzaufbau

MULTIPART bedeutet, dass die Daten als Multipart-FormData geschickt werden

Rückmeldung= Zeichenkette, die der Server bei "OK" zurückliefert

Cookie=Cookie-Text und/oder {C:Text im Formular|Davor|Danach}

Mit Cookie kann ein Cookie gesetzt werden, der z.B. als JavaScript übertragen wurde

AlternativRückmeldung= Zeichenkette, die der Server bei "OK" zurückliefert

LocationVerify= Aufruf des angegebenen Skripts bei Location-Change [AMPP]

UseAsGrafikLink= Zeichenfolge, hinter welcher der “GrafikLink” zu finden ist.

UseAsGrafikLinkInsert= Vor den ermittelten “Grafiklink” setzen

UseAsGrafikLinkAppend= Hinter den ermittelten “Grafiklink” setzen

AuktionMaster trägt diesen “Grafiklink” dann dauerhaft in die Datenbank ein. Wenn beispielsweise eine Auktion irgendwo in der HTML-Seite “<INPUT TYPE=text NAME="bildurl" VALUE=”Grafik”>” liefert, dann müsste UseAsGrafikLink so aussehen: “UseAsGrafikLink=NAME="bildurl" VALUE=”

UseAsTempGrafikLink= Zeichenfolge, hinter welcher der “GrafikLink” zu finden ist.

UseAsTempGrafikLinkInsert= Vor den ermittelten “Grafiklink” setzen

UseAsTempGrafikLinkAppend= Hinter den ermittelten “Grafiklink” setzen

AuktionMaster verwendet diesen “Grafiklink” dann die gerade aktuelle Auktion. Wenn beispielsweise eine Auktion irgendwo in der HTML-Seite “<INPUT TYPE=text NAME="bildurl" VALUE=”Grafik”>” liefert, dann könnte es so aussehen: “UseAsTempGrafikLink=NAME="bildurl" VALUE=”

AuktionID= {1|2|3|4}  = eindeutige Auktions-ID [History] (optional - nur bei der letzten Seite)

1: +/- Zeile über/unter der Indexzeile

2: Indexzeile (1:1, bei ersten Zeichen der Zeile gestartet)

3: zu löschen (vor dem Wert)

4: zu löschen (nach dem Wert)

Grundsatzaufbau:

{1 : 2 : 3}

1:	KennBuchstabe

2:	Feldname {Wird vom Auktionsformular verlangt}

3:	Bezeichnung {Bezeichnet das in AuktioMaster benötigte Feld}

Der komplette Ausdruck (oder einzelne Teile davon) können umgeben sein von

[@CALC:Formel]

[@IF:ArtDB:Entsprechung ->Setzen] (priv. Artikelfeld = Entsprechung)

[@NOT:ArtDB:Entsprechung->Setzen] (priv. Artikelfeld <> Entsprechung)

[@IFCHR:Zeichen:Entsprechung ->Setzen] (Zeichen = Entsprechung)

[@NOTCHR:Zeichen:Entsprechung ->Setzen] (Zeichen <> Entsprechung)

[@IFINTGT:Zahl:Entsprechung ->Setzen] (Zahl größer Entsprechung)

[@IFINTLT:Zahl:Entsprechung ->Setzen] (Zahl kleiner Entsprechung)

1:	Feldbezeichnung des privaten Artikelfeldes, beliebige Zeichen oder eine Zahl

2:	Wert, den das private Artikelfeld, das Zeichen, die Zahl (nicht) enthalten muss

3:	Text/Wert, der eingesetzt wird, wenn die Vorgaben übereinstimmen

Das Feld Calc“ kann mit „~“ davor versehen werden z.B. [@~Calc:Formel], dadurch wird erreicht, dass ein berechneter Wert OHNE Nachkommastellen zurückgeliefert wird. Innerhalb von „Calc“ können auch nachstehende Artikel-Variablen benutzt werden: „[@Calc:{D::Preis} * 1.16]“

Die obigen Zusatz-Optionen werden erst ausgeführt, nachdem sämtliche Variablen ausgefüllt wurden. Die Reihenfolge, in der die Zusatzoptionen angewandt werden ist belanglos. Es wird jedoch immer die rangniedrigste Option zuerst ausgeführt. Im nachfolgenden Beispiel wäre die Reihenfolge also: CALC, NOT, IF: „[@IF:xxx:[@NOT:xxx:[@CALC:xxx+xxx]->xxx]->xxx]“

Beispiel zum Grundsatzaufbau:

Das Formular verlangt folgendes: user=Benutzer&artikel=Artikel&test=test&nix=nix&kat=Kategorie,

dann sieht die Zeile so aus: {S:user:Name}&{D:artikel:Artikel}&test=test&nix=nix&{P:kat:Kategorie}

Mögliche Felder:

A:	Grafik-Info-Feld {A:[Ausgabe]:Wert}
AuktionMaster-Grafik-Info-Feld: Mögliche Wrte sind:

•	BYTE	Grösse des Bildes in Byte

•	WIDTH	Breite des Bildes in Pixel

•	HEIGHT	Höhe des Bildes in Pixel

•	FORMAT	Liefert das Format zurück (gif / jpg)

•	UCFORMAT	Liefert das Format in Großbuchstaben zurück (GIF / JPG)

C:	Kalkulationsfeld {C:[Ausgabe]:Wert=DatenFeld}
AuktionMaster-Berechnungsfeld: DatenFeld ist dabei das Feld in der Select-Datei. Diese Feld muss standardmäßig die Laufzeit in TAGEN beinhalten. Legen Sie beispielsweise in der Select-Datei ein Feld "Laufzeit" an, so sind gültige Einträge nur ganze Zahlen. Der Aufruf wäre dann {C:[Ausgabe]:Tag=Laufzeit}.

•	Tag	Datum - Tag

•	Monat	Datum - Monat

•	Jahr2	Datum - 2stellige Jahreszahl

•	Jahr4	Datum - 4stellige Jahreszahl

•	Stunde	Uhrzeit – Stunde (DatenFeld in Sekunden)

•	~Stunde	Uhrzeit – Stunde (DatenFeld in Tagen)

•	Minute	Uhrzeit – Minute (DatenFeld in Sekunden)

•	~Minute	Uhrzeit – Minute (DatenFeld in Tagen)

•	Sekunde	Uhrzeit – Sekunde (DatenFeld in Sekunden)

•	~Sekunde	Uhrzeit – Sekunde (DatenFeld in Tagen)

•	AMPM	Uhrzeit – AM / PM (DatenFeld in Sekunden)

•	~AMPM	Uhrzeit – AM / PM (DatenFeld in Tagen)

•	StundeAMPM	Uhrzeit – Stunde (DatenFeld in Sekunden)

•	~StundeAMPM	Uhrzeit – Stunde (DatenFeld in Tagen)

Der Wert „AMPM“ oder „~AMPM“ liefert entsprechend die Zeichenfolge „AM“ oder „PM“ zurück, was mit einer nachfolgenden [@IF...-Abfrage entsprechend in das von der Auktion benötigte Format umgewandelt werden kann. „StundeAMPM“ oder „~StundeAMPM“ liefert die Stunde im AMPM-Format zurück, jedoch OHNE den Zusatz „AM“ oder „PM“.

Bei den Werten „Tag“, „Monat“, „Jahr“, „~Stunde“, „~Minute“, „~Sekunde", „~StundeAMPM“ oder „~AMPM“ gibt das Datenfeld die Anzahl der Tage an, die zum aktuellen Tagesdatum hinzuaddiert werden sollen. 1.00 entspricht einem Tag, 0.50 entspricht 12 Stunden, 0.25 entspricht dementsprechend 6 Stunden, usw.

Bei den Werten „Stunde“, „Minute“, „Sekunde“, „StundeAMPM“ oder „AMPM“ gibt das Datenfeld die Anzahl der Sekunden an, die der aktuellen Uhrzeit hinzuaddiert werden sollen. Das Tagesdatum wird dabei NICHT berücksichtigt.

D:	Datenbankfelder {D:[Ausgabe]:Wert}

AuktionMaster-Datenbankfeld {Hauptdatei}

•	ARTIKEL	Artikelbezeichnung inkl. Hersteller

•	HERSTELLER	Hersteller

•	BEZEICHNUNG 	Artikelbezeichnung

•	BESCHREIBUNG	Ausführliche Beschreibung des Artikels (TEXT)

•	HTMLBESCHREIBNG 	Ausführliche Beschreibung des Artikels (HTML)

•	PREIS	Preis inkl. jeweiligen Auktionsaufschlag

•	G_PREIS	gerundeter Preis inkl. jeweiligem Auktionsaufschlag

•	VERSANDKOSTEN	Versandkosten

•	G_VERSANDKOSTEN	gerundete Versandkosten

•	INTERNET	Internetverweis

•	SHORTINTERNET	Internetverweis (ohne "http://")

•	GRAFIK	Grafikverweis (nur sofern im Internet)

•	SHORTGRAFIK	Grafikverweis (ohne "http://", sofern im Internet))

•	GRAFIKSTRING	Liefert den Text des Feldes „Grafikverweis“ zurück

G:	<TYPE=TEXT> {G:[Ausgabe]:Text-Feld im Formular@#Formular-Name}

HTML-Text-Feld: Im HTML-Quelltext als "Input <Text>" markierte Felder. Für den Wert „Text-Feld im Formular“ kein ein * verwendet werden, es werden dann alle Text-Felder ausgewertet.

H:	<TYPE=HIDDEN> {H:[Ausgabe]:Hidden-Feld im Formular@#Formular-Name}

HTML-Hidden-Feld: Im HTML-Quelltext als "versteckt" markierte Felder. Für den Wert „Hidden-Feld im Formular“ kein ein * verwendet werden, es werden dann alle Hidden-Felder ausgewertet.

I:	<TYPE=TEXT & HIDDEN> {H:[Ausgabe]:Feld im Formular@#Formular-Name}

HTML-Text- und Hidden-Feld: Im HTML-Quelltext als "Input <Text>“ oder „versteckt" markierte Felder. Für den Wert „Feld im Formular“ kein ein * verwendet werden, es werden dann alle Text- und Hidden-Felder ausgewertet.

N:	CheckFeld {N:[Ausgabe]:Wert gem. Select}

AuktionMaster-Datenbankfeld {Artikeldaten}

Wenn das Checkfeld "DatenFeld" nicht aktiviert ist, dann ist wird "Ausgabe" eingesetzt, andernfalls ist die Ausgabe leer.

O:	<OPTION SELECTED> {O:[Ausgabe]:Select-Feldname@#Formular-Name }

HTML-Select-Feld: Im HTML-Quelltext als "Option Selected" markierte Felder. „Select-Feldname“ ist der übergeordnete Bezeichner; es wird immer das Feld, das standardmäßig selektiert ist zurückgeliefert.

P:	privates Artikelfeld  {P:[Ausgabe]:Wert gem. Select|Davor|Danach}
AuktionMaster-Datenbankfeld {Artikeldaten}

1.	Überprüfung -> handelt es sich um ein Auswahlfeld ("/Module/Auktionsname.Select")

1.	Überprüfung -> handelt es sich im reinen Text ("Artikel/LfdNr")

S:	Systemfeld {S:[Ausgabe]:Wert}

AuktionMaster-SystemFeld {Tools  Einstellungen  Daten bzw.  Benutzerdaten}

•	Name	Ihr Anmeldename bei der Auktion

•	EMail 	Ihr eMail-Adresse

•	Passwort 	Ihr Auktionspasswort

T:	Textfeld {T:[Ausgabe]:Text im Formular|Davor|Danach}

AuktionMaster-Formular-Text-Feld: Wie G/H/I nur innerhalb des Quelltexts ohne besondere Hervorhebung. Jeglicher Text wird durchsucht; Übereinstimmung in der gefundenen Zeile reicht aus; der Text muss nicht an Position 1 der Zeile beginnen.

W:	CheckFeld {W:[Ausgabe]:Wert gem. Select}

AuktionMaster-Datenbankfeld {Artikeldaten}

Wenn das Checkfeld "DatenFeld" aktiviert ist, dann ist wird "Ausgabe" eingesetzt, andernfalls ist die Ausgabe leer.

X:	Temporary Field {X:[Ausgabe]:TempFeld|Davor|Danach}

AuktionMaster-Temporär-Feld

Für TempFeld kann eine Zahl zwischen 0 und 50 verwandt werden. Das „TempFeld 0“ dient als Ersatz für den Grafikverweis. Ist „TempFeld 0“ gesetzt, dann wird „TempFeld 0“ automatisch an Stelle des Grafikverweises benutzt, ohne das der eigentliche Grafikverweis geändert wird. Die „TempFelder 1-50“ können mit beliebigen Werten gefüllt werden. Um ein Tempfeld zu füüllen, wir die „[Ausgabe]“ mit „~AM~TEMPFIELD~xx“ bei sämtlichen benötigten Feldern ersetzt. xx steht dabei für die Zahl des zu verwendenden „TempFeldes“ {D:~AM~TEMPFIELD~03:Artikel} füllt das „3. TempField“ mit dem Inhalt des Datenbankfeldes „Artikel“.


eMail-Modulaufbau
Aufbau der eMail-Module
/MODULE/Auktionsname.eMail

Mögliche Felder:

[System]

Preisindikator= Multiplikation des Gebotes (bei anderer Währung als DM)

Versandindikator= Multiplikation der Versandkosten (bei anderer Währung als DM)

[EingetragenMulti]

LineCopy= [Zahl] {0=KeyWordCopy, 1=LineCopy}

Keyword= [Wort] Wort indiziert Multimessage (bei KeyWord mehrfaches Vorkommen erforderlich)

MsgStart= [Wort] Wo beginnt die erste Bieterangabe (nur bei LineCopy)

Lines= [Zahl] Wie lange ist die Bieterinformation (nur bei LineCopy)

StopWord= [Wort] Auswertungsende bei erreichen von StopWord (nur bei LineCopy)

[Eingetragen]

Von= von eMail-Adresse (auszugsweise)

Subjekt= Subjekt der eMail (auszugsweise)

Ignore= [Wort] Nachricht ignorieren, wenn diese Zeile (1:1) vorkommt

IgnoreStatus= [Zahl] Status, wenn Ignore (1=Eingetragen, 2=Erfolgreich, 3=Erfoglos)

Prozess= [Wort] Nachricht nur verarbeiten, wenn diese Zeile (1:1) vorkommt

ProzessStatus= [Zahl] Status, wenn nicht Prozess (1=Eingetragen, 2=Erfolgreich, 3=Erfoglos)

Artikel= [Index] oder Hersteller= [Index] & Bezeichnung=  [Index]

Menge=  [Index]

Preis=  [Index]

Versand=  [Index]

AuktionID=  [Index] (eindeutige Nummer der Auktion)

[ErfolglosMulti]

LineCopy= [Zahl] {0=KeyWordCopy, 1=LineCopy}

Keyword= [Wort] Wort indiziert Multimessage (bei KeyWord mehrfaches Vorkommen erforderlich)

MsgStart= [Wort] Wo beginnt die erste Bieterangabe (nur bei LineCopy)

Lines= [Zahl] Wie lange ist die Bieterinformation (nur bei LineCopy)

StopWord= [Wort] Auswertungsende bei erreichen von StopWord (nur bei LineCopy)

[Erfolglos]

Von= von eMail-Adresse (auszugsweise)

Subjekt= Subjekt der eMail (auszugsweise)

Ignore= [Wort] Nachricht ignorieren, wenn diese Zeile (1:1) vorkommt

IgnoreStatus= [Zahl] Status, wenn Ignore (1=Eingetragen, 2=Erfolgreich, 3=Erfoglos)

Prozess= [Wort] Nachricht nur verarbeiten, wenn diese Zeile (1:1) vorkommt

ProzessStatus= [Zahl] Status, wenn nicht Prozess (1=Eingetragen, 2=Erfolgreich, 3=Erfoglos)

Artikel= [Index] oder Hersteller= [Index] & Bezeichnung=  [Index]

Menge=  [Index]

Preis=  [Index]

Versand=  [Index]

AuktionID=  [Index] (eindeutige Nummer der Auktion)

[MultiMessage] {für erfolgreiche Auktionen}

LineCopy= [Zahl] {0=KeyWordCopy, 1=LineCopy}

Keyword= [Wort] Wort indiziert Multimessage (bei KeyWord mehrfaches Vorkommen erforderlich)

MsgStart= [Wort] Wo beginnt die erste Bieterangabe (nur bei LineCopy)

Lines= [Zahl] Wie lange ist die Bieterinformation (nur bei LineCopy)

StopWord= [Wort] Auswertungsende bei erreichen von StopWord (nur bei LineCopy)

[Erfolgreich]

Von= von eMail-Adresse (auszugsweise)

Subjekt= Subjekt der eMail (auszugsweise)

Ignore= [Wort] Nachricht ignorieren, wenn diese Zeile (1:1) vorkommt

IgnoreStatus= [Zahl] Status, wenn Ignore (1=Eingetragen, 2=Erfolgreich, 3=Erfoglos)

Prozess= [Wort] Nachricht nur verarbeiten, wenn diese Zeile (1:1) vorkommt

ProzessStatus= [Zahl] Status, wenn nicht Prozess (1=Eingetragen, 2=Erfolgreich, 3=Erfoglos)

Artikel= [Index] oder Hersteller= [Index] & Bezeichnung=  [Index]

Menge= [Index]

Preis= [Index]

Versand= [Index]

AuktionID= [Index] (eindeutige Nummer der Auktion)

eMail= [Index]

Alias= [Index]

Name= [Index]

Strasse= [Index]

Plz= [Index] und/oder Ort= [Index]

Vorwahl= [Index] und/oder Telefon= [Index]

Info= [Index]

[Ersetzungen]

X1=X2|X3|X4|X5|...

X1 = Durch was ersetzen

X2 = Welches Wort ersetzen

X3 bis X? sind Worte, die in der gleichen Zeile vorhanden sein müssen.

[Delete]

Delete-X1=X2|X3|X4|X5|X6

bzw. DeleteErfolg-X1=X2|X3|X4|X5|X6

X1 = Fortlaufende Nummer

X2 = +/- Zeile über/unter der Indexzeile

X3 = Indexzeile (1:1)

X4 = Dieses muss in Zeile X2 gefunden werden

X5 = +/- wie viele Zeilen über/unter der Index-Zeile

X6 = Anzahl der zu löschenden Zeilen

Grundsatzaufbau:

Index: 1|2|3|4

1: +/- Zeile über/unter der Indexzeile

2: Indexzeile (1:1)

3: zu löschen (vor dem Wert)

4: zu löschen (nach dem Wert)

Ignore / Prozess: Es können die Variablen [Name] und [eMail] verwendet werden. Diese Variablen werden mit den für die betreffende Auktion eingestellten Daten aufgefüllt.

Reihenfolge: Ignore  Prozess  Ersetzungen  Nachrichtenverarbeitung

Beispielnachricht:

Guten Tag,

Sie haben einen Artikel zum Preis von 50,- DM ersteigert.

Der Artikel wird laut Vereinbarung per Nachnahme versandt

Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Auktion

Um den Preis zu ermitteln können Sie z.B. folgendes verwenden:

Beispiel #1: 0|Sie haben einen Artikel zum Preis von|zum Preis von|DM ersteigert.
Beispiel #2: 2|Guten Tag,|zum Preis von|DM ersteigert.

Beispiel #3: -1|Der Artikel wird laut Vereinbarung|zum Preis von|DM ersteigert.

Versuchen Sie immer eine EINDEUTIGE Zeile als Index-Zeile zu verwenden.


AuktionMaster.Ini

The file „AuktionMaster.Ini“ (you can find in the AuktionMaster directory) specifies how AuktionMaster handles automatic-eMails.

Content:

[eMail]

Self=[0/1]  1 – Copy of answer-eMail to you

User=[0/1]  1 – Send answer-eMail to User

Support=[0/1]  0 – Copy of answer-eMail to AuktionMaster-Support

[eMailCopy]

One additional eMail-address per line, truncated with „=“.

The answer-eMail is send (additionally to Section [eMail]) to all listed addresses.


Statusmeldungen

000 - 009   = OK (evtl. Zusatzinfo)

- 000 = Keine weitere Info

- 001 = Sprung zum nächsten Datensatz

- 002 = Artikel wurde eingetragen

- 003 = AutoConnect Status

- 004 = Fehlende AutoConnect Zeit -> Eintragungsabbruch

- 005 = Seite wird ignoriert (ProzessOnlyIf / ProzessOnlyIfNot)

- 006 = Modul vom Benutzer deaktiviert

- 007 = Keine Eintragung wegen Zeitspanne

- 008 = Einragung nicht vom Benutzer gewünscht

- 009 = Eintragung auf Benutzerwunsch abgebrochen

010 - 019   = SmartUpdate

- 010 = Updateinformationen anfordern

- 011 = Aktualisiertes Modul anfordern

- 012 = Programmupdate anfordern

- 013 = Modul wird gelöscht

- 014 = Modul wird umbenannt

- 019 = Smartupdate beendet

020 - 029   = Timer-Aktionen

- 020 = GetPost-Timer aufgerufen

- 021 = TimeOut-Timer aktiviert

- 022 = TimeOut-Timer deaktiviert

- 023 = TimeOut-Timer TimeTick

- 024 = TimeOut-Timer aufgerufen

- 026 = Auktion wegen ResponseTime-Überschreitung temporär deaktiviert (wg. Globaleinstellung)

- 027 = Auktion wegen ResponseTime-Überschreitung temporär deaktiviert (wg. Moduleinstellungen)

030 - 039   = Grafikupload

- 030 = Information: Grafikformat

- 031 = Lokale Grafikdatei als Binärdaten anhängen

- 036 = Grafikformat wird vom Server nicht unterstützt

- 037 = Kein Grafikupload erlaubt - Benutzereinstellung

- 038 = Fehler beim Einladen der Grafikdatei

- 039 = Interner Fehler beim Kopieren

040 - 049   = Grafikseiten

- 040 = Seite wegen fehlender lokaler Grafik nicht aufgerufen

- 041 = Seite wegen vorhandener lokaler Grafik nicht aufgerufen

- 042 = Seite wegen fehlender Grafik nicht aufgerufen

- 043 = Seite wegen vorhandener Grafik nicht aufgerufen

- 044 = Backup-Seite wird ignorieren, da bisher kein Fehler

- 045 = Standardseiten wegen eines Fehlers ignorieren

050 - 059   = Datenbank auslesen

- 051 = <Text>

- 052 = <Hidden>

- 053 = Artikelfeld

- 054 = Datenbankfeld

- 055 = Systemfeld

- 056 = Berechnungsfeld

- 057 = Artikelfeld [ohne xxx=]

- 058 = CheckBox

- 059 = System (Berechnung)

060 - 069   = Grafik-Übermittlung

- 060 = Information: GrafikFormat anzeigen

- 061 = Seite wegen fehlender lokaler Grafik nicht aufgerufen

- 062 = Seite wegen vorhandener lokaler Grafik nicht aufgerufen

- 064 = Der Auktions-Server unterstützt dieses Grafikformat nicht

- 065 = Hinweis: Lokale Grafikdatei wird als Binär-Daten angehängt

- 067 = Kein Grafikupload erlaubt - Benutzereinstellung

- 068 = Falsches Grafikformat: Die Grafik kann nicht geladen werden

- 069 = Fehler beim Einladen der Grafikdatei

070 - 079   = eMails abrufen

- 070 = Verbindung herstellen

- 071 = Als Benutzer anmelden

- 072 = Passwort prüfen

- 073 = Nachrichtenliste abrufen

- 074 = [xxx] Nachrichten vorhanden

- 075 = Kopfdaten von Nachricht [xxx] empfangen

- 076 = Auf doppelten Empfang prüfen

- 077 = Nachrichtentext von Nachricht [xxx] empfangen

- 078 = Nachricht [xxx] gelöscht

- 079 = Abbruch wegen Zeitüberschreitung

080 - 089   = eMail-Verarbeitung

- 080 = Mehrere Bieter (nach MsgLines)

- 081 = Mehrere Bieter (nach KeyWord)

- 082 = Nachrichteninhalt ermitteln

- 083 = Nachricht beantworten

- 084 = Nachricht bereits vorhanden

- 085 = Nachricht absenden

- 086 = Benutzer ist nicht auf AKTIV gesetzt

- 087 = Abbruch wegen Fehler

- 088 = Nachricht ignorieren

- 089 = Alle Nachrichten verarbeitet

090 - 099   = Datum / Zeitfunktionen

- 091 = Falsches Datumsformat

- 092 = Falsches Zeitformat

100 - 109   = GET - Aktion

- 100 Get ausgeführt

- 102 Get URL (IE-Komponente)

- 105 Grafikdatei wird angefordert

110 - 119   = Post - Aktion

- 110 Post ausgeführt

- 111 Post-Parameter

- 112 Post URL (IE-Komponente)

- 115 Grafik-Anhang

120 - 129   = Location-Änderung

- 120 = Location-Änderung erkannt

- 121 = Location-Änderung von GET

- 122 = Location-Änderung von POST

- 127 = Verwendung des AMPP erforderlich {AuktionMaster Page Protocol}

- 128 = AMP-Protokoll wurde erkannt {AuktionMaster Page Protocol}

130 - 139   = AuktionMaster Client (FTP-Transfer)

- 131 = Verbindung mit FTP-Server herstellen

- 135 = Abbruch wegen Zeitüberschreitung.

- 137 = DFÜ-Verbindung herstellen

- 138 = DFÜ-Verbindung trennen

- 139 = Fehler bei der FTP-Datenübertragung

140 - 149   = AuktionMaster Client

- 141 = Registry wird gepackt

- 142 = Artikeldaten werden gepackt

- 143 = Nachrichtendaten werden gepackt

- 146 = Temporäre Dateien löschen

150 - 159   = AuktionMaster Server

- 151 = Allgemeiner Fehler

- 156 = Client-Registry einlesen

160 - 169   = AuktionMaster Server (FTP-Transfer)

- 161 = Fehler bei FTP-Transfer

- 165 = Abbruch wegen Zeitüberschreitung

170 - 179   = Automatischer Verbindungsaufbau

- 170 = Verbindung wurde hergestellt

- 171 = Bestehende Verbindung wird genutzt

- 175 = Verbindung konnte nicht hergestellt werden

- 177 = Verbindung wegen gedrückter "STRG"-Taste nicht getrennt

- 178 = Verbindung wurde getrennt

180 - 199   = <Nicht belegt>

200 - 209   = Fehler bei GET

- 200 = Seite nicht gefunden oder Abbruch

- 201 = Server hat Anforderung zurückgewiesen

- 202 = Interner Dateifehler

- 205 = Fehler beim Anfordern der Grafikdatei

210 - 219   = Fehler bei POST

- 210 = Seite nicht gefunden oder Abbruch

- 211 = Server hat Anforderung zurückgewiesen

- 212 = Interner Dateifehler

220 - 229   = Allgemeine Programmfehler

- 220 = Internet Dateifehler

- 221 = Modul ist nicht kompatibel mit der Programmversion

- 222 = Fehlerhafte Eintrags-Rückmeldung vom Server

- 226 = Wechselkurs für Fremdwährung fehlt

- 228 = Auktionsseite darf nicht angesprochen werden

- 229 = Fehler beim Erstellen / Einlesen eines ZIP-Archivs

230 - 239   = Update-Fehler

- 230 = Fehler beim Anfordern der Update-Informationen

- 231 = Interner Dateifehler

- 232 = Modulanforderung fehlgeschlagen

- 233 = Programmupdate fehlgeschlagen

- 234 = Fehler beim Konvertieren eines Wertes

- 235 = Update wegen eines gravierenden Fehlers beendet

- 239 = Provider-Werbung wird ignoriert


Welcome at AuktionMaster

Use this help function in order to learn more about AuktionMaster

•	Read the Help Text How to Install AuktionMaster

•	Learn everything How to Enter Items

•	Learn More about the Menu Options

•	Frequently Asked Questions / Error Messages

Legend:

This on-line help supports you by displaying the dialogues used in AuktionMaster. Sometimes you need to select the appropriate dialogue page in this on-line help in order to get help for your specific purpose.

Leads to the previous dialogue page

Leads to the next dialogue page

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Introduction to AuktionMaster

AuktionMaster is a software tool, which makes it substantially easier for you to enter items into the various on-line auctions on the Internet. You need to enter each item once only in AuktionMaster. AuktionMaster automatically enters this item in regular intervals into the auctions chosen by you.

On average, you need 2-3 minutes to enter one item manually into one on-line auction. In the same time span, AuktionMaster enters this item into all supported auctions.

In some versions AuktionMaster can start automatically at a certain time-of-day, even without you being present. Hereby you can achieve that your auctions start and/or end at a strategically favourable point of time.

Of course you can enter an individual duration for each auction as well as appropriate price mark-ups. This is useful because some auction platforms charge commissions, if an item is entered (a listing or insertion fee), and/or if an item is successfully sold (a success fee or final value fee).

AuktionMaster is future-oriented. You can write modules for new auctions yourself. There is no need for modifications in the AuktionMaster program code. However, most of the times this is not necessary, since we publish new auction modules on demand. You find these and further useful information at http://www.AuktionMaster.de.

If you encounter an error, please send us a support inquiry. By all means, please let us know your eMail address! We need this address in case your error is not reproducible, in order to contact you. You can also contact us by eMail.

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First Steps with AuktionMaster

If you want AuktionMaster to work perfectly, please carry out the following two steps first:

Enter your personal data in the AuktionMaster dialogue “Settings”.

Enter your individual items to be auctioned. Please make sure that you do not enter Special characters such as Umlaute. Otherwise problems with certain auctions can arise.

Post the entered items in the on-line auctions.

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AuktionMaster

You can start to post items in Internet auctions by clicking the function “Start posting items” in the menu “Auctions”.

•	“Address” displays the currently called up Internet page.

•	“Parameter” displays the data, which are transmitted to the Internet page.

•	“Status” shows, which item is currently posted in which auction.

System messages:

•	In the upper window for system messages you see all activities carried out by AuktionMaster. This window is of little interest for you. Usually, these data do not mean anything to you.

•	In the lower window you see whether an item was successfully posted, or whether an error occurred. If an error occurs, the Internet page, which caused the error, is shown for 15 seconds.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. I do use AOL or T-Online. It is impossible to select an Internet provider in the AuktionMaster settings or AuktionMaster sends error messages / cannot enter items, although I am connected with the Internet

AOL and T-Online are not supported as provider by AuktionMaster [if you do NOT use Dial-Up Networking]. Please establish a Dial-Up Networking connection (if your provider supports this) or use another provider for connecting to the Internet. Read here how to establish a Dial-Up Networking connection.

2. The message "GET/POST failed" is displayed.

This message occurs primarily if you do not have a connection to the Internet. Problems in this context arise primarily with T-Online and AOL. In any case, AuktionMaster needs an ORIGINAL Dial-Up Networking connection. Please check the function of AuktionMaster by proceeding in the following way:

•	Click the function “Settings” in the menu” Tools”

•	Click on the plus sign in front of “Internet” in the left field and then on “Provider”.

•	Deactivate “Automatically connect to the Internet”.

•	Open an existing Dial-Up networking connection (Go to your Desktop. Double click on the icon “My computer”. Double click on” Dial-Up Networking”. Choose a “Phonebook Entry to dial”.

•	Establish a manual connection by clicking on the button “Dial”.

•	Switch back to the AuktionMaster, e.g., by pressing “Alt” and “TAB” simultaneously.

•	Close the function “Settings”.

•	Click on “Start posting items” in the menu "Auctions”.

3. The message “serious update error” is being displayed

There are different possible reasons for this. It may be that you don’t have a connection to the Internet (see questions 1. and 2.) or that you did not select an update server. Check the settings in the menu
" Tools”  “Settings”  “Internet”  “SmartUpdate”.

4. AuktionMaster does not post items in auctions

AuktionMaster posts items in real time if all settings are correct. Please check:

)	whether you are connected to the Internet

)	whether the SmartUpdate ("Tools”  “SmartUpdate") does work

)	whether any messages are displayed in the lower ‘red/pink’ reference display of the AuktionMaster main window

Error Correction:

•	In case of a) and b) see questions 1 and 2

•	In case of c): if no message is shown, but you have entered items into the database, then you have probably forgotten to activate the field “Activate”. Click on “Enter item data” in the menu "Auctions” and make sure that the button “Periodically post item in selected auctions” is not greyed out. If it is please click into the field “Activate”.

If error messages are shown please refer to the help function. There all error messages are described in detail. Please make sure however that you filled out all fields referring to item data and auction data correctly.

5. AuktionMaster does not transmit pictures

Pictures of your items must be available on the Internet. It is not sufficient if you have stored the pictures on your local hard disk. If you don’t possess your own home page simply create one using any of the many free-of-charge services.

In AuktionMaster, references to image files always must contain the complete string of the Internet address. Example of an URL for the link to a picture: “http://www.MyServer.com/MyPicture.gif”.  You have to include the string “http://” at the beginning of the link. No further parameters are permitted at the link’s end. Please be aware that some auctions accept GIF files only, others accept GIF and JPG files. Preferentially create GIF files, as these are accepted by all auctions, which support pictures.

6. Frequently I get the error message “Due to short time interval item ...”

That is because you did enter an “interval” for individual auction pages. This is the interval in days between the individual entries. For example, if you have posted an item on May 1st and set the interval to two days, then the item is entered again on May 3rd, but not on May 2nd. So on May 2nd you would get the above mentioned error message.

7. I get the message “Incorrect feedback ...” for some items.

The most frequent cause is because you have entered an item incorrectly or did not fill in all the necessary fields on the current auction page. Please check your input for plausibility and make sure that data are entered in each auction-specific field.

Sometimes it also happens that the auction server is heavily overloaded. So AuktionMaster could not post an item in this auction. However, if the error occurs for EACH item to be posted in a certain auction then your auction module is probably outdated. Do a SmartUpdate ("Tools”  “SmartUpdate") and try again. If the error should not be corrected afterwards, please send us an eMail.

8. I entered my name and eMail address correctly and checked these data several times, but nevertheless the messages “Incorrect feedback…” or “Incorrect username/password” are displayed.

Please make sure that you have entered your access data for the individual auctions in the menu “Tools”   “Settings”  “Auction data” and NOT in “Tools”   “Settings”  “Program”  “User data”. Select a specific available auction (clicking on “Tools”  “Settings”  “Auction data”) and enter your name, your eMail address, and your password there, as confirmed by this auction. Repeat this for every auction you have registered yourself with.

The function “Tools”   “Settings”  “Program”  “User data” is needed on the one hand to download current updates. On the other hand your name and eMail address is necessary for eMail correspondence. Please make sure that you have entered your correct Christian name and surname as well as your correct eMail address here, too.

9. How can I start AuktionMaster in such a way that all items are posted automatically at a certain without me being present at this time?

Start AuktionMaster with the parameter /TIME.

To do so please use the Windows Explorer to click on “Start” in the lower left corner of your desktop. Click on “Programs”, then on AuktionMaster and right click the AuktionMaster icon. A pull down menu gets displayed. Click on “Properties”. Click into the field “Target” after “AuktionMaster.exe“ and enter the parameter /TIME.

Example for this string to be entered: “C:\Programs\AuktionMaster\AuktionMaster.exe /TIME”.

AuktionMaster will then connect automatically at HH:MM with the Internet (if you activate this option in “Tools”   “Settings”  “Internet”  “Provider”  "Automatically connect to the Internet”) and start entering your items. After the end of the entry, the connection with the Internet is terminated and AuktionMaster stays inactive until the time defined by you with the above mentioned time parameter. At this defined point of time AuktionMaster tries to again to post your items (the interval time of period defined by you before an item shall be posted again in a specific auction is being taken into consideration). BE CAREFUL: Rarely, but definitely, it can happen that AuktionMaster is not able to actually terminate the Internet connection, thereby causing immense costs to arise for you. Therefore we strongly recommend the application of this function under supervision only !!!

10. When starting AuktionMaster or when calling a certain dialogue I see the message “One or more graphics could not be loaded”. What is to be done?

AuktionMaster loads all graphics (except the logo) from the file “AuktionMaster.dll”.  Thereby the program size of the AuktionMaster SmartUpdate is minimised, because the DLL file rarely changes.  If changes are made, usually the AuktionMaster.dll is transmitted, too. However, in some systems the error can occur that the new “AuktionMaster.dll” is not available despite of the update. Solve the problem in the following way:

•	Terminate AuktionMaster

•	Change to your AuktionMaster directory, e.g. to “C:\Programs\AuktionMaster\”, using the Windows Explorer

•	Create a folder (subfolder) named “Update”.

•	Open an Internet browser and call up the following Internet page:
" http://www.AuktionMaster.de/SmartUpdate/AuktionMasterSystem.zip”

•	Your Browser requests to enter a directory in which the file is to be stored.

•	Store the file in the just created directory “Update”.

•	Change to your AuktionMaster directory again using the Windows Explorer.

•	Run the program “Update.exe”.

•	AuktionMaster should now run perfectly. However, if there should still be any problems, please contact our support team.

0	11. AuktionMaster constantly runs program updates, the program however is always the same - no update is made.

1	While using SmartUpdate errors can occur on some systems. Files are not updated despite of SmartUpdate and Download. Solve the problem in the following way:

•	Terminate AuktionMaster.

•	Change to your AuktionMaster directory, e.g. to “C:\Programs\AuktionMaster\”, using the Windows Explorer

•	Create a folder (subfolder) named “Update”.

•	Open an Internet browser and call up the following Internet page:
http://www.AuktionMaster.de/SmartUpdate/AuktionMaster-30Update.zip”.

•	Your Browser requests to enter a directory in which the file is to be stored.

•	Store the file in the just created directory “Update”.

•	Change to your AuktionMaster directory again using the Windows Explorer.

•	Run the program “Update.exe”.

•	AuktionMaster should now run perfectly. However, if there should still be any problems, please contact our support team.

12. What does the term “Proxy” mean?

If you do not know, what a Proxy is, you do not use one. You can leave the fields for Proxy blank.

13. What does “RAS component” mean?

RAS component does mean the same as Dial-Up Networking. AuktionMaster needs Dial-Up Networking in order to establish a connection to the Internet. AuktionMaster DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, if you use the Internet access software of T-Online or AOL. If you do not know how to install Dial-Up Networking write an eMail to us. You get an installation guide from us immediately sent to you by eMail.

For problems with AuktionMaster, which are not described here, contact our development team directly. You reach us by eMail using the address Support@AuktionMaster.de

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Main Menu

Click on a function in a menu in order to get help displayed for the selected menu.

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Menu Auctions
Auctions

Click on a function in a menu in order to get help displayed for the selected menu.

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Enter item data

Click on a selected area in order to get help displayed or read here how to create new items.

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Enter item data - entering items
Enter item data
 Create new Item

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

•	Click on the function “Enter item data“ in the menu “Auctions“ or press the function key “F3“
(in case you are not already in the dialogue for item entry).

•	In order to enter a new item, you can either press the key “insert” or click, with the right key of your mouse, at an empty row in the table in the upper part of the screen. When using your mouse you can also click on the function “Add Item” now. In the following text we will explain the meaning of some of the fields:

•	Fill in all fields: “Item”, “Manufacturer”, “Item title”, “Description”, “Price”, “Shipping cost”, “Internet” and “Graphic link”.

Logically the field “Item” is a summary of the fields “Manufacturer” and “Item title”.
Easy to remember: Manufacturer + Item title = Item. Please always enter data in every field,
i.e., “Item” as well as “Manufacturer” and “Item title”, since different auctions sites require different
data input. If you don't fill in one or more of the fields, this can result in the item not being posted
successfully in an auction.

•	In the field “Internet” you can enter a link to a web page in the Internet. Some auctions show this input as a link underneath the description of the item.

•	In the field “Graphic link” you can enter both a local picture (picture stored on your local hard disk) as well as a picture available in the Internet. If you use a picture that is already available in the Internet, then enter a string like “http://MyServer.de/myPicture.gif”. Due to the abbreviation, “http://”AuktionMaster notices that your input relates to a picture that is not stored locally. We recommend, however, that principally, you should enter links to pictures already available in the Internet. Not all auctions sites can use pictures that are stored on your local hard disk. On the other hand, local pictures can be used, e.g., at the auction “Offerto.de” without any problems.

•	As an example, we demonstrate the data input for the auction site Offerto. You need to repeat these steps for each auction site you want to post your item to. In order to enter the rest of the required data for “Offerto” click on the tab “Offerto” now.

•	Again, enter data in every field of this page. It is especially important that you enter data in every field, since otherwise the item can definitely not be posted successfully in the auction site.

•	“Active”: Activate this field is you wish to enter the item into the selected auction (in our example Offerto). If you do not activate this field, the item will not be entered into the selected online auction.

•	“Interval”: The field “interval” does not relate to the duration of an auction. As “interval” you define how long AuktionMaster ignores this item after a successful posting into the selected auction.
I.e., the duration of a specific auction can be set, independently of the chosen “Interval” period, longer or shorter.

o	At “interval”, enter this item’s interval time between each posting in this auction.
Enter “2”, if you want AuktionMaster to post the item each second day only.
If you enter “1”, the item is posted daily.
Values smaller than “60” are interpreted as days. Values bigger then or equal to “60”
are interpreted as hours. Therefore, “2” relates to a two days interval. On the other hand, “120” relates to an interval of two hours (120 minutes)

Example of application: Set the interval as 2 days, the duration of the auction, however, as 5 days. Accordingly, after two days, the item will be posted twice in the selected auction. AuktionMaster posts the item, e.g., on the 03rd of May, on the 05th of May, on 07 th of May, and so on, while each auction is running for five days.

•	„Mark-up“. Here you define the mark-up individually for each auction. Under the tab “Item data” you have already set a starting price for your item. Some auctions, however, charge commissions if an item is auctioned successfully. In the field “Mark-up” you can enter any value you would like to add to your starting price in order not to make losses if you need to pay the commissions for a successful sale. If you do not know the mark-up of a certain auction, just enter “?”. AuktionMaster then calculates the mark-up required by the individual auction automatically and adds it to the starting price when posting the auction. There are different possible inputs in the field “mark-up”:

o	Figures 1-9 (positive as well as negative, decimal points. You are allowed to enter, e.g., “18.50”. Then the starting price at this action is higher by “18.50” than the starting price set generally for this item at “Item data”.

o	Figures followed by a “%”-symbol. The mark-up is calculated as “x of hundred”.

•	Example: Item price “100”, mark-up “5%”  “105.00” starting price at this action

o	Figures followed by a “$”-symbol. The mark-up is calculated as “x in hundred”

•	Example: Item price „100“, mark-up = „5$“  „105.25“ starting price at this action

•	This function is the one most frequently used. If an auction charges, e.g., “5%” of the highest bid as commission, the mark-up needs to be higher then “5%” since otherwise, you would not get the expected selling price of “100“ after deducting the auction’s commission.

•	Explanation: If you enter, e.g., “100” as selling price and 5% as mark-up, the item will be posted with an starting price of “105” in the auction. However, “5%” fee of the actual selling price of “105” are “5.25”. As a result, you would get only “105” minus“5.25” = “99.75” instead of your “100” originally set.

o	As a first symbol you can always enter a tilde “~”. That means that the calculated mark-up will be rounded up to the next integer value. If the calculated result is, e.g.,”105.25” and you entered “~” as first symbol, you would post the item with a price of “106.00”.

o	We recommend to enter principally a question mark (or ~?) in the field “Mark-up”. AuktionMaster then automatically calculates the mark-up needed for the specific auction.

•	“Increment”. Enter here the value a second bidder needs to add to the bid of the previous bidder in order to get his bid accepted. If you set, e.g., the item price at “100“ and the increment to „5", the second bidder needs to bid at a minimum „105“, the third one „110“, and so on.

•	“Description”. Enter here the description of your item. You can enter plain text as well as a HTML description. Please be aware that HTML descriptions are not accepted by all auctions. In this case AuktionMaster automatically converts the entered HTML description into a plain text description. HTML text as converted to plain text can be displayed up-front by clicking on the question mark to the right side of the field “description”.

•	When selecting a category, please take care to select only one category if it is not explicitly stated otherwise for a specific auction site.

The following tips are for experts only. Please use the following functions only if you are absolutely certain about the way they work. In the field “description” you can, additionally, use the following text strings:

•	{A:[Name of auction]=[Text]} Enter here a specific auction site instead of [Name of auction] and any text instead of [Text]. This text is only used if AuktionMaster enters an item at [Name of auction]. For all other auction sites, this text will be 100% ignored.

•	{G:[Name of auction]}. Enter here a specific auction site instead of [Name of auction].
For this auction site, the “Graphic link” of your item will be inserted into your description as HTML <IMG TAG> for a picture already existing in the Internet. This feature saves the time
for updating the description, e.g., if you change the “Graphic link” at a later point of time.
You can use this to enhance the attractivity of your item description.
Please use this function sparingly since most auction sites show graphics anyway if you
enter a graphic link. This function is primarily designed for auctions sites that do not offer
the possibility to transfer pictures as links. Find out for yourself which auctions work that way. Of course, the function only works if the auction site supports HTML-code.

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Enter item data - item profile
Item data entry
 Item profile

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

•	In the field “User profile”, select all user profiles this item should be entered for. If you do not select a profile, the item will be entered for any profile. If you select, e.g., “User 1” and “User 2”, the item will be entered for those two user profiles only. If you select a manual posting for “User 3”, then this item will not be posted. (how you can select this, please read here),

•	Use the “Order” list box to select what kind of items should be displayed. You can select one order sequence per item only. E.g., you select “kind 1” as a display modus. Then function “Item data” displays only and exclusively those items for which you have set “kind 1” in the “sort” field.

•	“Posting category” is responsible for the selection of items posted in an auction site. If you have defined an item belonging to “category 1” and “category 2”, then this item is posted only, if you select either “category 1” or “category 2” before “start posting” at the actual time of posting.
Only one of the categories selected before “start posting” needs to fit an item to have it posted.
If you select, e.g., “category 1”, “category 2”, and “category 3”, all items fitting at least one of these categories will be posted.

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Enter item data - TimeTable
Enter item data
 TimeTable

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Enter item data - enter message
Enter item data
 Enter messages

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

•	Click on the tab “messages”.

•	In the left list, select an auction site, which you want to send a message.

•	Enter the message in the text field on the right hand side. Click the right mouse key in order to insert a “AutoField”. An “AutoField” will be automatically filled in with the corresponding value if AuktionMaster generates a success message.
The AutoField “Item”, e.g., will be filled with the item title.

•	Please do not forget to click the button “Confirm” after you entered the message text.
Otherwise the text is not saved when you exit the message text field.

•	Click on “Copy” if you would like to use the message text of the selected item for other auction sites, or if you would like to use this text for all items of a selected auction site.

•	Click on “Load” if you would like to load text from a text file (*.TXT).

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Overview: Active Auctions

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Here you get the chance to activate or deactivate selected auctions quickly and easily by drag & drop. Select a certain auction site and drag it in the field for active or inactive auction sites.

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Item overview
Overview: Active Items

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Here you get the chance to activate or deactivate selected items quickly and easily by drag & drop. Select a certain auction site and drag certain items in the field for active or inactive items.

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Random item title

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

You can enter random terms by clicking with the right-hand mouse key in the field “Item”, „Manufacturer“ or „Item title“. The random term will be inserted in the field you place your cursor in.

In the field “Item” you have the chance to enter a random item title. This is currently especially necessary for Offerto and Primus, in order to post an item (with the same item title) daily even if the item is, at the same time, already posted as an auction which is still running.

•	Click, with your LEFT mouse key in the field “Item”, at the place where you want the individual terms to be entered.

Example for an item title: "Video cassette Scotch, original"

Delete the word "Video cassette" and click, with the right-hand mouse key in the space before "Scotch"

•	Enter now the individual alternatives.

Example: Video-Cassette (+) VideoCassette (+) Video Cassette (+)

(+) means, that you need to press the button showing a hook after each alternative. After you entered all alternatives, click on “confirm”.

•	Your item title should now look like the following text:

{Z:Video-Cassette|VideoCassette|Video Cassette} Scotch, original

AuktionMaster now selects one of the entered random item titles (shown in the bracket after the “Z:”), if you activate “Use random item title” at the relevant auction.

You find here further information concerning random item titles.

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Individual Description

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Individual description_delete
Individual Description

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Substitute description

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Search & Replace

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Global change

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Data exchange (Client)

 Comparison of data

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Data exchange (Client)

 Manual entry

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Data exchange (Server)

This dialog will be started before each posting to be done by AuktionMaster Server. This dialog is necessary to compare data with the AuktionMaster client.

In between, data can be obtained manually by using this dialogue or can be prepared for the client. Normally this dialogue does not need to be started by the user

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Posting overview

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Start Posting Items

Click on “Start posting items” in order to initiate the transfer of item data to the individual auction sites.

Immediately afterwards, you will see a dialogue requesting some entries.

Read more about it here.

Read here, how you enter item data. Please be aware that you need a working Dial-Up Networking connection because AuktionMaster is based on it. Read here how to establish Dial-Up Networking.

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Posting Preparations

 Settings

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Posting Preparations

 Sequence

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Posting Preparations

 Extension

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Import item data

 Select database and data format

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed. Click on “forward” or “back” in the following dialogue in order to look at the previous or next page.

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Import item data - Data base
Import item data
 Display database information

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed. Click on “forward” or “back” in the following dialogue in order to look at the previous or next page.

Brief Explanation:

The database to be imported is shown here in order to enable you to test whether you selected the correct source of data. If nothing is displayed here or AuktionMaster displays an error message, the data selected by you cannot be imported. The reason for this can be that the name of the file or database is not correct or that another user has exclusive rights for data entry into the database.

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Import item data - assign fields
Import item data
 Assign fields of the database

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed. Click on “forward” or “back” in the following dialogue in order to look at the previous or next page.

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Import item data- Reference table
Import item data
 Create new reference table/Use existing reference table

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed. Click on “forward” or “back” in the following dialogue in order to look at the previous or next page.

Brief Explanation:

Define whether AuktionMaster should use a reference table or not. You can also create a new reference table. A reference table is necessary in order to update data subsequently. Imagine, e.g., you import data from a warehouse system. If you have created a reference table you can update data if, e.g., prices are changing. If you did not create a reference table, you cannot update data but need to delete the data and import them again.

If you would like to use a reference table, please enter the primary key field of the import database. AuktionMaster needs this unique key to assign the imported items, e.g., to your warehouse system.
If you would like to use a reference table, you need to enter data here.

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Import item data - Filter criteria
Import item data
 Filter criteria

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed. Click on “forward” or “back” in the following dialogue in order to look at the previous or next page.

Brief Explanation:

If a filter is activated for a certain amount of data, only those strings of data are available that fulfil the filter criteria. The filter consists of the sequence of symbols describing the filter criteria. The following filter criteria show, e.g., only strings of data with the field “STATE” containing the value “CA” of “MA”.

(State = 'CA') or (State = 'MA')

If you want to compare specific parts of data strings only, please use “*” as substitute. Example:

State = 'M*'

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Export items

 Item data

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Here you have the possibility to export data stored by the AuktionMaster in order to process them externally. You have to enter one file name for “item data” and one for “messages” every time you want to export data. If you don’t enter a file name, your data will be not exported.

The check box “Link messages to item data” means that item data can transferred within the message export, too. E.g., in order to import you data records into an invoicing program.

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Export items - Messages
Export items

 Messages

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Export items - Settings
Export items

 Settings

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Exit program

Here you can exit AuktionMaster.


Report Menu
Report

Click on a function in a menu, in order to get help for the selected menu.

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Update eMails

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Click on “Update eMails” in order to get messages from the eMail server or respectively to create automatic congratulation messages. Read here how to activate the automatic message processing.

By using the file “AuktionMaster.Ini” you can influence the processing of eMails. This file is to be created in the AuktionMaster main folder.

Structure:

[eMail]

Self=[0/1]  1 – Copy of answer-eMail to you

User=[0/1]  1 – Send answer-eMail to User

Support=[0/1]  0 – Send copy of answer-eMail to Support

[eMailCopy]

per line one eMail-address, where a copy will be sent to as well

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Posted items

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Here you can scroll through all messages received from auction sites confirming your postings.

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Unsuccessful Auctions

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Here you can scroll through all messages received from auction sites confirming your unsuccessful postings.

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Successful Auctions

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Here you can scroll through all messages received from auction sites confirming your successful postings.

On the left, you can see the complete list (sorted by items) of messages received from the auctions sites confirming your successful postings. After each entry you find 2 values (Example: [100,00 DM / 15,00 DM]). The first of these values shows the total turnover of the respective item and the respective auction site. The second value shows how much more expensive the item was sold for compared to your starting price. If you posted, e.g., an item with a starting price of 150 and if the item was sold at 175, then the value is shown as [175,00 DM / 25,00 DM] because you received 25 more than minimally requested.

Click on “Go to answer message” in order to jump to the automatically generated answer message. AuktionMaster principally stores the received eMail from the auction site as well as the eMail sent by AuktionMaster. Click this button in order to see the answer sent by AuktionMaster.

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Confirmed Postings

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Here only those auction data is displayed that could be unequivocally identified by AuktionMaster. Sorry, but some auction sites don’t send unique auction numbers. Therefore these eMails are not shown here.

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Tools-Menu
Tools

Click on a function in a menu, in order to get help displayed for the respective menu item.

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Settings

 Internet

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - Provider
Settings

 Internet – Provider

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

Brief Explanation:

Activate “Automatically connect to the Internet” if you want AuktionMaster to connect with the internet on his own. Please do not forget to select a provider up front. If you can not select a provider, you did not install or configure Dial-Up Networking. AuktionMaster can’t be used without an installed Dial-Up Networking connection. Read here how to install Dial-Up Networking.

Enter whether a proxy and which one should be used by AuktionMaster. You received proxy data by your provider. If you don’t have any proxy data or do not know what a proxy is, please leave these fields completely blank. Do NOT fill in the user name or the pass word either!

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Settings - SmartUpdate
Settings

 Internet – SmartUpdate

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

Brief Explanation:

Select a server for the SmartUpdate. This server will be contacted automatically each time before posting in order to download new/updated modules and/or program updates.

Please activate the functions „ModulUpdate“ and „ProgrammUpdate“ to ensure that you work with the current AuktionMaster version. If you don’t activate one of these options, it can’t be guaranteed that AuktionMaster is working correctly. It might even happen that AuktionMaster is posting incorrect data to the auction sites.

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Settings

 Program

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - Directories
Settings

 Program – Directories

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - User data
Settings

 Program – User data

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

Brief Explanation:

Enter your name and your eMail address. These data are necessary for SmartUpdate as well as for automatic answering of eMails about successful auctions.

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Settings - Data backup
Settings

 Programm – Data backup

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - Colour settings
Settings

 Programm – Colour settings

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - External Programs
Settings

 Program – External Programs

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - System settings
Settings

 Programm – System settings

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

Brief Explanation:

Activate “Do not display context sensitive help PopUps” if you do not want AuktionMaster to explain briefly what you need to enter into each field while you “enter item data”.

Aktivate “Do not display incorrect feedback” if you do not want AuktionMaster showing HTML-feedback to you. We do not recommend to activate this function since you will, otherwise, face difficulties in finding out where the error occurred at the posting.

Activate “Do not write automatically log file” if problems arise while writing the log file (mainly with Windows NT 4.0). AuktionMaster does not write a continuos log file but deletes the old one if a new log file is created.

Activate “Do not run ItemWizard automatically” ONLY if massive problems occur or if you would like to test something for a short while only. If you deactivate the ItemWizard it is not certain that the entered data match the current auction modules.

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Settings

 Messages

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - eMail-server
Settings

 Messages – eMail-Server

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

Brief Explanation:

Activate the respective functions. You can let AuktionMaster delete the eMails on your eMail server, but we do not recommend this function. You would not have any manual control on your eMails any longer.

Enter the address of your receiving mail server in the field “Inbox” as well as the address of the mail server you want to send the answer eMails from at the field “Outbox”.

Enter your user name and password necessary to get eMails from your eMail server. You have received these data from your provider.

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Settings - Message text
Settings

 Messages – Message text

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

Brief Explanation:

Enter your message text. Click the right hand mouse key in order to insert a "AutoField".
AutoFields" will be automatically filled with the related values when your message is created.
E.g., the "AutoField – Item" will be filled with the item title.

Enter shipping costs to be used by AuktionMaster if no shipping costs are posted with the related item nor communicated by the auction. We recommend entering the highest shipping costs you ever paid for this item (just to be on the safe side -:)).

Activate “Do not exclude legal commitment for 48 hours” if you do NOT wish that the following sentence is shown underneath the automatically sent eMails. "The content of this message is not binding by law since this message is generated automatically. However, it becomes binding if you
do not get any other message within 48 hours.

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Settings - Messages Footer
Settings

 Messages – Messages-Footer

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings

 Settings

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - Currencies
Settings

 Settings – Currencies

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - Country data
Settings

 Settings – Country data

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings

 Settings – Expert-Mode

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - Expert Mode
Settings

 Settings – Expert-Mode – Setting

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - User profiles
Settings

 Settings – Expert Mode – User profiles

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings - Item category
Settings

 Settings – Expert Mode – Item category

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

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Settings

 Auction data

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

Brief Explanation:

Enter your name, your eMail address and your password exactly in the way you entered it when registering at the respective auction. In any case pay attention when using small and capital letters.

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Settings - Auction site data
Settings

 Auction site data – Auction

Click on an entry of the list on the left side in order to show another entry page. Click on any area in the entry area on the right in order to get context sensitive help.

Brief Explanation:

Enter your name, your eMail address and your password exactly in the way you entered it while registering at the respective auction sites. In any case please especially pay attention when using small and capital letters.

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Settings - Display auction list
Display auction list

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

Here you get the chance to activate or deactivate selected auctions with Drag & Drop quickly and easily. Simply select a certain auction and drag it in the field for active or inactive auctions. In any case, pay attention at the selection of the correct user profile.

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Auction data
Auktion data

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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SmartUpdate

Click on "SmartUpdate" in order to update the program manually. You only need to execute SmartUpdate manually if you deactivated the automatic SmartUpdate at the Settings. We do not recommend it since eventually incorrect registrations at individual auctions can occur.

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Support inquiry
Support-inquiry

Here you get the chance to communicate your question or your error report to us quickly and simply. Simply enter your question and activate as soon as you are requested the files that are, in your opinion, relevant for us in order to answer your question.

In any case, please enter your eMail address and your name.

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Database-Menu
Database

Click on a function in a menu, in order to get help for the respective menu.

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Reorganisation

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

We recommend to execute this function on a weekly basis since thereby errors that develop from time to time in the database, are corrected. Besides, you can delete stored messages that you do not need any longer.

By reorganising the database sometimes storage space can be saved since already deleted data strings are physically deleted here as well.

You need to reorganise the database if AuktionMaster shows an error while grabbing ??? the database. AuktionMaster announces e.g. “Incorrect BLOB field” of “File is damaged but not in the prologue ???” ore something similar.

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Backup

Here you get the chance to establish a manual backup. As a standard, AuktionMaster on its own establishes (if you did not deactivate this feature) a backup after each tenth call (in the folder Programme\AuktionMaster\BackUp).

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Restore Backup

Here you get the chance, after a system absturz??? or after you deleted some data by mistake to restore item data entered by you. The eMail data eventually created by AuktionMaster are restored as well. These data are only available if you have established a backup before. As a standard, AuktionMaster on its own establishes (if you did not deactivate this feature) a backup after each tenth call (in the folder Programme\AuktionMaster\BackUp).

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Restore Auction modules
Restore modules

Here you get the chance, after a system absturz??? or after you deleted some data by mistake to restore auction modules purchased by you. These data are only available if you have established a backup before. As a standard, AuktionMaster on its own establishes (if you did not deactivate this feature) a backup after each tenth call (in the folder Programme\AuktionMaster\BackUp).

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AuktionWizard-Menu
AuktionWizard

Click on a function in a menu, in order to get help for the respective menu.

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Check item data

The ItemWizard is principally activated prior to each posting if you did not deactivate it (not recommended).

ItemWizard finds out incorrect input and marks it so that the item is not posted in the respective auction. The transfer of incorrect data to an auction can be avoided thus. A transfer of incorrect data could be disastrous if the auction site has changed the field “price” and therefore an incorrect / too-low-a-value is posted.

You can deactivate the ItemWizard in the menu ToolsSettings. If possible, a deactivation should, however, be avoided due to the above mentioned possibility of incorrect postings.

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AutoConnect Settings

 Workday

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

Brief Explanation:

In order to make AuktionMaster obey the automatic timing for registration, you need to start AuktionMaster with the parameter “/TIME”. The following example shows how a connection is made. Click with the right hand mouse key on the connection. Select “Properties” from the pull-down menu. Complete the line “Target” in the following way:

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AutoConnect Settings

 Weekend

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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AutoConnect Settings

 Properties

Click on a selected area in order to get a help message displayed.

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Add new auction

With the AuktionWizard (only available in the professional version) it is possible to add new auctions to AuktionMaster on your own. The Wizard checks the form pages of the auction and shows all possible data entry fields. Select fields and enter the respective values.

We would like to mention that you should not use this Wizard without basic knowledge of HTML and PERL/CGI since in the case of incorrect selection incorrect data can be transferred to an auction. Principally, we recommend that you talk to us if you want to add a new auction. Normally, if the auction appears to be interesting, we will provide a relating module within a short time.

AuktionWizard can either read data from a locally stored file (recommended) or directly from the internet (if the page can be requested with a GET-order) We recommend local files since in this case online costs can be saved.

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Change auction modules

With the help of the ModulWizard (only in the Professional-Version) you can change individual modules.

We recommend the use of the ModulWizard to expert users only since you enter deeply into the system level of AuktionMaster that is can be impossible afterwards that the AuktionMaster is posting your auction data.

A description of the module structure you find here.

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Registration

 Select folder

Brief Explanation:

The registration assistant changes your version of the AuktionMaster in a version licensed for you. It is not absolutely necessary but is recommended because you get rid of the omnipresent adverts, on the other hand you get the chance to enter more articles.

Please select here the folder you have installed the AuktionMaster in. Normally, you only need to press “go on “ since AuktionMaster automatically selects the installation folder.

Limits of individual versions:

•	AuktionMaster Freeware

•	Omnipresent adverts

•	5 items max and only some free of charge modules

•	This version is exclusively for testing AuktionMaster

•	AuktionMaster Standard

•	No adverts

•	15 items max and one module of you choice

•	Additionally you get some free of charge auction modules

•	This version is for small enterprises for the quick registration at an auction.

•	AuktionMaster Extended

•	No adverts

•	100 items max and four modules of you choice

•	Additionally you get some free of charge auction modules

•	This version registers up to 400 items (in 4 auctions) per day.

•	AuktionMaster Professional

•	No adverts

•	999 items max and all available modules

•	With this version you can register your items in ALL relevant auctions

Of course you can purchase,

 additionally to each version

 (incl. Freeware) further modules.

 You will find our prices in the internet at http://www.AuktionMaster.de


Registration

 Licence code & Activation key

Brief Explanation:

Please enter your first name and family name. AuktionMaster is then registered in this name.

Enter the licence code and activation key given to you in the related fields. Among others, these data are necessary for the AuktionMaster to know your update rights. According to this key, SmartUpdate will transfer the most current modules to you.


Help-Menu
Help

Click on a function in a menu, in order to get help for the respective menu.

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Help-Contents
Contents

Read here about the contents of the AuktionMaster help function.

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Help-Index
Index

Get an overview about individual AuktionMaster help topics

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Help-Tipps & Tricks
Tips & Tricks

Read here some useful tips and tricks concerning AuktionMaster. If activated, this dialogue is automatically shown when you are starting the AuktionMaster.

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Help-Information
Information

Here you find information such as

•	Registering

•	Copyright

•	Upgrade prices

•	Date and notes to the last program update

•	Date and notes to the last module update

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Minimise

Click on “Minimise”, in order to reduce AuktionMaster to an icon on the Task border. This function makes sense if you currently do not want to work with AuktionMaster, and another program requires to be displayed at the total screen.


Maximise

You cannot increase the display of AuktionMaster to screen size.


Close

Click on the icon “Close” in order to exit AuktionMaster. The symbol “Close” is also to be found in all other AuktionMaster dialogues.


Copyright

© 1999, 2000 by Bjoern Mueller

eMail: Support@AuktionMaster.de


Task border

The task border is the border display at the lower edge of the screen. It contains different icons. Click on an icon in order to increase the program to screen size.


Item and Manufacturer/Item Title

Some auctions use either the field “Item” or the field “Manufacturer” in combination with the field “Item Title” for their registration. The field “Item” and the fields “Manufacturer”/”Item title” will therefore never be used cumulatively.


Special characters

The following symbols are special characters for AuktionMaster, and may therefore not be used in any fields, since otherwise serious problems with some auctions can arise.

•	Symbols smaller #32 [Blank key]

•	The symbol "&"

•	The symbol "+"

•	The symbol "="

•	The symbol "%"


Item data base

Here you can see all items you entered in AuktionMaster. Click with the right hand mouse key on this field in order to create a new item, to delete an item or to select other options.

By double clicking on an item you will get a list of the auctions where the item is posted. You can then, by drag & drop, activate or deactivate auctions here. The list provides a very good overview on the auctions your items are posted at.


Select auction

Select here the active auction you would like to work on. In the left column, always ALL available auctions are shown. Active auctions are shown as tabs.


Statistics

Here you see some statistical data, among others the date of the latest registration as well as the exact date of the last module update.


Message text

Enter a message text. Click in this field on the right hand mouse key in order to insert a “AutoFill”. If a message is created, the “AutoFill” will be automatically filled with the item title.

Do not forget to save your text by pressing the button “Confirm” after the data entry.

Here you also get the chance of inserting a mathematical function in order to display calculations directly. Simply add the text „{Calc:???}“. Instead of „???“ you enter the respective functions.

I you want to obtain a rounded value, use the symbol “~” followed by „(“ ??? „)“.

If you enter, e.g.,  „~(10 + 0.25)“ you get the value of “10”.

If we assume that total shipping costs are 9 EUR, and a bidder bid 100 EUR for your item, the following function might be entered:

{Calc:10+[Shipping]+~([Bid]/1.16)}

=> 10 + 9 + ~(100 / 1.16)

=> 19 + ~(86,21) => 19 + 86 => 105


Copy

Click here if you want to copy the entered and “confirmed” text to other auctions or other items.


Load

Here you can load a message text from any text file.


Confirm

Always press this button if you entered or changed a text since otherwise your input is rejected.


Time table

Determine here, by means of multiple marking, at which time items may be posted at selected auctions.

Click with the right hand mouse key on the time to start, and drag the cursor (by pressing the left-hand mouse key) up to the required end.

If you like to mark several periods, release the mouse key and start pressing it again marking another period. While doing this, you need to press the “STRG” key additionally.

In order to delete periods, click with the right hand mouse key in the timetable and then on “delete period”.

Do not forget to press “Confirm” at the end.


Set identical time spans for all auctions

Click here if you like to select identical registration periods for all auctions. The currently displayed time spans will be applied to all other auctions then.

If you entered any change to these time spans, please press “Confirm” first.


Copy

Click here if you like to copy the periods you have entered and “confirmed” to other auctions or items.


Confirm

Always press this button after you entered or changed a period since otherwise your input is rejected.


Sort

Use the “Sort” list box to select what kind of items should be displayed. You can select one sort sequence per item only. E.g., you select “kind 1” as a display modus. Then function “Item data” displays only and exclusively those items for which you have set “kind 1” in the “sort” field.

If you just want to see the items of one category, click with the right hand mouse key in the a.m. table and select one category for display.


Posting Category

“Posting category” is responsible for the selection of items posted in an auction site. If you have defined an item belonging to “category 1” and “category 2”, then this item is posted only, if you select either “category 1” or “category 2” before “start posting” at the actual time of posting.
Only one of the categories selected before “start posting” needs to fit an item to have it posted.
If you select, e.g., “category 1”, “category 2”, and “category 3”, all items fitting at least one of these categories will be posted.


User profile

In the field “User profile”, select all user profiles this item should be entered for. If you do not select a profile, the item will be entered for any profile. If you select, e.g., “User 1” and “User 2”, the item will be entered for those two user profiles only. If you select a manual posting for “User 3”, then this item will not be posted.


Active

Activate this field if you wish to enter the item into the selected. If you do not activate this field, the item will not be entered into the selected online auction.

Additionally you get the chance here to define how the item should be posted. You can, e.g. define that the item is posted on a regular basis or only once or as long an as certain number is reached.

The following choice is available:

Periodically post with selected auctions
Posts item as long as you do not deactivate it.

Post item once in all selected auctions
Posts the items once in all active auctions.
After the registration process the article becomes inactive.

Post item once in the first (alphabetically) selected auction
Posts the item only in the alphabetically first selected auction;
any further active auctions are disregarded.
After this one registration process the article becomes inactive.

Post item until a certain number is reached
If you set, e.g., the number at “100”, them your item
will be posted 100 times at the auctions selected by you
before it becomes inactive:
If you, e.g., activated the item for 20 auctions,
 the article will be included in exactly 5 registration runs since
after 20 auctions the number of 100 is reached.

Post item up to a certain amount of registration runs
If you set, e.g., the number at “100”, then the item will be included
in 100 registration runs, no matter how many auctions are currently
active. With this variant, the item will be, in most cases,
posted more often than defined. If you post,
e.g., once each day, and if you like the item to be offered
for the next five days only, you enter the number “5” here.


Item

Logically the field “Item” is a summary of the fields “Manufacturer” and “Item title”.
Easy to remember: Manufacturer + Item title = Item. Please always enter data in every field,
i.e., “Item” as well as “Manufacturer” and “Item title”, since different auctions sites require different
data input. If you don't fill in one or more of the fields, this can result in the item not being posted
successfully in an auction.

In the dialogue “Settings” you get the chance to shorten an entry that is too long automatically. We recommend activating this function in any case. You find it under the heading “settings”, “program”, “system settings”


Manufacturer

Enter here the manufacturer of the product. You may never leave this field blank.

In the dialogue “Settings” you get the chance to shorten an entry that is too long automatically. We recommend activating this function in any case. You find it under the heading “settings”, “program”, “system settings”


Item title

Enter here an item title describing the product. Please be aware that the item title should not be longer than 40 symbols since otherwise some auctions face problems listing the item.

In the dialogue “Settings” you get the chance to shorten an entry that is too long automatically. We recommend activating this function in any case. You find it under the heading “settings”, “program”, “system settings”


Description

Enter here the description of your item. You can enter plain text as well as a HTML description. Please be aware that HTML descriptions are not accepted by all auctions. In this case AuktionMaster automatically converts the entered HTML description into a plain text description. HTML text as converted to plain text can be displayed up-front by clicking on the question mark to the right side of the field “description”.

By means of individual description you get the chance to fix special describing texts for a group of countries or individual auctions. Click with the mouse on the downward arrow on the right hand side of this entry field.

Sequence:

Standard text -> Text for the auction country -> Text for the individual auction

Within the individual texts you can use the variables [text] and [country]. Instead of [text] the standard text will be inserted, instead of [country] the text defined for the country where the auction is held.

In order to select the respective individual description click with your mouse on the downward arrow on the right hand side of this entry field.


Price

Enter a price here (use in any case the currency valid in your country).

Please be aware that you need to define an exchange rate in the dialogue ”Settings” for auctions that are not held in your country. As long as you did not enter an exchange rate, you can only post at auctions in your country.


Shipping costs

Enter the shipping costs here (use in any case the currency valid in your country)

Please be aware that you need to define an exchange rate in the dialogue ”Settings” for auctions that are not held in your country. As long as you did not enter an exchange rate, you can only post at auctions in your country.

Additionally you can, for each country, apply an individual table for shipping costs.


Internet

In the field “Internet” you can enter a link to a web page in the Internet. Some auctions show this input as a link underneath the description of the item.


Graphic link

In the field “Graphic link” you can enter both a local picture (picture stored on your local hard disk) as well as a picture available in the Internet. If you use a picture that is already available in the Internet, then enter a string like “http://MyServer.de/myPicture.gif”. Due to the abbreviation, “http://”AuktionMaster notices that your input relates to a picture that is not stored locally. We recommend, however, that principally, you should enter links to pictures already available in the Internet. Not all auctions sites can use pictures that are stored on your local hard disk. On the other hand, local pictures can be used, e.g., at the auction “Offerto.de” without any problems.

If an auction requires a graphic upload but the format of your graphic does not match the format required by the auction, AuktionMaster automatically converts the graphic. For this conversion, in total 7 graphic converter are available. As standard, a quick and relatively exact converter is used. The higher the number of the graphic converter, the more exact, but also the slower it is. In order to select another graphic converter take the following steps:

Open the Windows-Registration

Open the entry „HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE“

Go to „Software\WebDiver\AuktionMaster\System“

Set the entry „GrafikFilter“ on a DWord -> 0-6

You need to find out empirically which filter is best for you. The standard setting “1” however is the best choice in 99% of all cases.


Show detail

Click on this button in order to get more information to your entry. Some kind of WYGIWYS information for your item is displayed.


Item

Here you see the item you are currently working on.


User profile

Select here a user profile to work on or to look at. Then, you can activate or deactivate the auctions assigned to the respective profile.


Active auctions

Here you see all currently active auctions. In order to deactivate an auction, click with the left-hand mouse key on the name of the respective auction and drag it to the field “inactive auctions” while pressing the left-hand mouse key simultaneously.


Inactive auctions

Here you see all currently inactive auctions. In order to activate an auction, click with the left-hand mouse key on the name of the respective auction and drag it to the field “active auctions” while pressing the left-hand mouse key simultaneously.


Select auction

Select an auction here, and look at or work on the active or inactive items assigned to this auction.


Active items

Here you see all currently active items. In order to deactivate an item, click with the left-hand mouse key on the name of the respective item and drag it to the field “inactive items” while pressing the left-hand mouse key simultaneously.


Inactive items

Here you see all currently inactive items. In order to activate an item, click with the left-hand mouse key on the name of the respective item and drag it to the field “active items” while pressing the left-hand mouse key simultaneously.


Help

Displays this help function


Close

Click here in order to close the auction abstract.


So far posted alternatives

Here you see all possible entry variants. Please do not forget to click, at the end, on the button with the hook. If you enter two different values, AuktionMaster selects one of these values randomly at each auction. Consequently you get two different entry variants for one item. Of course you can enter more than two alternatives.

Try to keep the random item title as short as possible since the maximal length is limited to 255 symbols.

The optimum input you achieve by combining several random item titles. Example:

Siemens {Z:C10D|C 10 D|C10 D} {Z:Swing Handy|Swing-Handy}


Random entry

Enter here one possible entry variant. Please do not forget to click, at the end, on the button with the hook. If you enter two different values, AuktionMaster selects one of these values randomly at each auction. Consequently you get two different entry variants for one item. Of course you can enter more than two alternatives.

Try to keep the random item title as short as possible since the maximal length is limited to 255 symbols.

The optimum input you achieve by combining several random item titles. Example:

Siemens {Z:C10D|C 10 D|C10 D} {Z:Swing Handy|Swing-Handy}


Change sequence

You can chance the sequence of alternatives here. This, however, only influences the appearance of the item on your screen, but not the selection of any alternative by AuktionMaster.


Add alternative

Click here in order to add a new alternative to the a.m. list. You enter this alternative on the left side of the button.


Delete alternative

Select a value from the list of alternatives and click here to delete it from the list of possible random item titles.


Confirm

Click here in order to confirm an entry or a change of a random item title. It does not make much sense to press “Confirm” if you entered just one value as alternative since no random function can take place then.


Cancel

Click here in order to cancel the entry or change of a random item title.


List of auctions

Here you see a list of all available auctions. For auctions marked with a green sheet you already entered individual text. Mark here one or more auctions if you want to delete or copy their text.


Show all available auctions

Activate this control button if you do not only want to look at the active auctions. After the activation of the button all available auctions are on display.


Selected source text

The field is relevant for the copying of text only. Here you see which auction holds the text for copying. If, e.g., Amazon is selected here, the text defined at Amazon is used as source for the following copy job.


Item

Here you see the item you currently work on.


Select source text

Click here in order to select the auction to hold the text you want to copy. If, e.g., Amazon is selected here, the text defined at Amazon is used as source for the following copy job.


Copy source text of this item

Mark a source text first, and then select one or more auctions the source text at this item should be copied to. If you select, e.g. Amazon as source text and you mark Atrada and eBay, then the text will be copied from Amazon to Atrada and eBay.


Define identical text for all items in the database

Mark the source text first, and then select one or more auctions the source text for all items in the database should be copied to. If you select, e.g. Amazon as source text and you mark Atrada and eBay, then the text of this item will be copied from Amazon to Atrada and eBay for all items of the database.

Example:

Item #1 – before copying

Amazon: This is item #1 for Amazon (<- Amazon = Source)

Atrada: This is item #1 for Atrada (<- marked for copying)

eBay: This is item #1 for eBay (<-marked for copying)

Item #2 – before copying

Amazon: This is item #2 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #2 for Atrada

eBay: This is item #2 for eBay

Item #1 – after copying

Amazon: This is item #1 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #1 for Amazon

eBay: This is item #1 for Amazon

Item #2 – after copying

Amazon: This is item #2 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #1 for Amazon

eBay: This is item #1 for Amazon


Define individual text for your items

Mark the source text first, and then select one or more auctions the source text for all items in the database should be copied to. If you select, e.g. Amazon as source text and you mark Atrada and eBay, then the text of this item will be copied from Amazon to Atrada and eBay for selected (e.g. special categories) items of the database.

Example:

Item #1 – before copying

Amazon: This is item #1 for Amazon (<- Amazon = Source)

Atrada: This is item #1 for Atrada (<- marked for copying)

eBay: This is item #1 for eBay (<-marked for copying)

Item #2 – before copying

Amazon: This is item #2 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #2 for Atrada

eBay: This is item #2 for eBay

Item #1 – after copying

Amazon: This is item #1 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #1 for Amazon

eBay: This is item #1 for Amazon

Item #2 – after copying

Amazon: This is item #2 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #1 for Amazon

eBay: This is item #1 for Amazon


Define identical text for all items in the database

Mark the source text first, and then select one or more auctions the source text for all items in the database should be copied to. If you select, e.g. Amazon as source text and you mark Atrada and eBay, then the text of each item will be copied from Amazon to Atrada and eBay for all items of the database.

Example:

Item #1 – before copying

Amazon: This is item #1 for Amazon (<- Amazon = Source)

Atrada: This is item #1 for Atrada (<- marked for copying)

eBay: This is item #1 for eBay (<-marked for copying)

Item #2 – before copying

Amazon: This is item #2 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #2 for Atrada

eBay: This is item #2 for eBay

Item #1 – after copying

Amazon: This is item #1 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #1 for Amazon

eBay: This is item #1 for Amazon

Item #2 – after copying

Amazon: This is item #2 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #2 for Amazon

eBay: This is item #2 for Amazon


Define individual text for your items

Mark the source text first, and then select one or more auctions the source text for all items in the database should be copied to. If you select, e.g. Amazon as source text and you mark Atrada and eBay, then the text of each item will be copied from Amazon to Atrada and eBay for selected (e.g. special categories) items of the database.

Example:

Item #1 – before copying

Amazon: This is item #1 for Amazon (<- Amazon = Source)

Atrada: This is item #1 for Atrada (<- marked for copying)

eBay: This is item #1 for eBay (<-marked for copying)

Item #2 – before copying

Amazon: This is item #2 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #2 for Atrada

eBay: This is item #2 for eBay

Item #1 – after copying

Amazon: This is item #1 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #1 for Amazon

eBay: This is item #1 for Amazon

Item #2 – after copying

Amazon: This is item #2 for Amazon

Atrada: This is item #2 for Amazon

eBay: This is item #2 for Amazon


Execute

Click here in order to execute the previously selected process.


Close

Click here in order to exit the dialogue.


Help

Click here in order to read this help function.


Delete item text

Mark one or more auctions where you want to delete text. Only the selected auction texts of the current items are deleted.


Delete text of all items

Mark one or more auctions where you want to delete text. The selected auction texts of all items in the database are deleted.


Delete text of selected items

Mark one or more auctions where you want to delete text. The selected auction texts of the currently displayed items (e.g., after selection of a certain category) are deleted.


Delete

Click here in order to execute the deleting process.


Search text

Enter here text that should be looked for. You can enter words or whole sentences. AM searches for items that contain exactly this word or sentence.


Small/Capital letters

Click this button if you want that AuktionMaster is paying attention to caps while searching for your text.


Replace

Enter here the text that should replace the text previously searched.


Replace without comparison

Activate this field if you, e.g., want to add a prefix to each item description. If you want, e.g., to inform the bidder that you are on holidays for a certain period of time, just enter at “Replace with” the date of your holidays with a short message. Now mark the field “Replace without comparison”. IN FRONT OF each item description the text from “Replace with” will be inserted.

The field “Search word” can stay blank in this case since in any case ALL item descriptions are changed.


For all items

Activate this field if you want that text for all items is replaced. If you do not activate this field, only those items currently on display are replaced.

You need to consider the selection of this field only if you work with categories and if you restricted the display of items.


Replace

Click here in order to start replacing text.


Close

Click here if you do not want to replace anything.


Text to search for

Enter here the text you are looking for. The word needs to be in the field you started the dialogue with.


Connection

Define here whether a second field should be included in the search. Define how this second field is connected to the first one.


Field to be searched

Select here which fields are to be searched for a certain value

(to be entered afterwards). If you want to replace all articles, leave the entry „<no selection>“.


Text to be searched

Enter or select what text should be contained in the previously defined field for a replacement to take place.


Contains / does not contain

Select here whether the field that should be searched should contain the value related to the field or not.

Attention:

Assume you just created a new item.

You did not jet, e.g., change the field “Active”.

The field “active” has consequently neither the status “selected” nor the status “not selected”.

If you want to select “active” for all items, you need to enter:

If the field „Active“ – „Yes (selected)“ – „does not contain“,
At the other variant the comparison would show incorrect results, because you did not define before that “Active” should not be selected. The field “Active” does not have any value, before you change it manually for the first time.


Replace field

Select here the field containing data that should be replaced.


Replace

Enter or select the replacement of the data to be changed.


Replace all items

Activate this field if you want that all items are replaced. If you do not activate this field, only the items currently on display are replaced.

You need to consider the selection of this field only if you work with categories and restricted the display of items.


Replace

Click here in order to execute global changes according to a.m. definitions.


Close

Click here in order to cancel global changes or in order to close the dialogue after a finished change.


Posting Statistic

Shows information concerning the selected posting by graphical means.


History of entries

This list shows the break down of all postings up to now. On the second level of the tree you find a list of error messages related to the selected posting. By clicking on the button “Display item” you can directly jump to the item that caused the error. Click here with the right hand mouse key in order to delete several entries at once. You get a list of all entries, and can select them as desired.


Delete history entry

Click here in order to delete the stored data of the selected posting.

Attention:

By doing this ONLY the local copy gets deleted. Of course, the items themselves remain in their respective auctions up to the set point of time.


Display item

Click here in order to show the data of the item that initiated an entry error.


Data transfer

Click here in order to transfer data to the server or to get data of the latest posting(s) from the AuktionMaster server. You need to get data at least in periodical intervals in order to locate errors.


LOG-file

In this window the entry information for each individual item are shown. You can scroll in order to see the postings of AuktionMaster as well as the items that were not posted due to your settings or errors.


Save settings

Click on this button in order to save permanently the settings you defined on the left-hand side. This is especially necessary if you want to use the settings defined in future again.


Post items

Click on this button in order to tell the server to post items as soon as possible according to the options set on the left-hand side.


Update eMail-Messages…

Click on this button in order to tell the server to answer your auction eMails as soon as possible.


Do NOT, if possible, execute instructions

Click on this button in order to tell the server to ignore the instruction just given. You can send this cancellation at any time. It works, however, only if the server has not started to work on the fulfilment of your request jet.


User profile

Select the user profile of the items to be posted.

If you do not select a profile, all items are posted.

If you select a profile, only items matching this profile are posted.


Sequence of posting

Please select here, in which sequence you want to transfer items to selected auctions.


Apply

Click here if you want AuktionMaster to compile a new list after a change of sequence.

You can check this list in the “item overview”.


Item Overview

Here you see which items will be posted in which sequence.

By “deleting” temporarily, you can exclude an item from the next posting.


Selection of categories

Select here the categories you want to post.

If you do not select any category, all items will be posted.

After the selection of categories, only items matching at least one of these categories are posted.


Use timetable data

Activate this field if you want that AuktionMaster takes into account the time-spans for posting that you defined in the dialogue “Enter item data”

If you leave this field blank, the time-spans defined by you will be ignored.


Deactivate temporarily

Define here how long AuktionMaster may try to post an article at ONE auction.

If this limit is exceeded three times during one posting process, the auction will be ignored for the rest of the current posting.

Notice:

You should not deactivate this field since, otherwise, AuktionMaster spends a very long time at auctions that are currently not reacting. In this case, no item is successfully entered at all.

Remark:

In the menu “Settings” – “Auction data” you can individually fix this time-span longer or shorter. The setting here will be applied only for auctions without individually defined values.


TimeOut

Define here, how long AuktionMaster should wait for the answer to a request. Normally, 60 seconds are absolutely sufficient.


Back to the program

Click here if you currently do not want to start posting items in auctions.


Post items

Click here if you want AuktionMaster to post items in auctions.


File name

Select here a file you want to import. If you want to import data from an ODBC source, please enter here the ODBC alias.


Search

Click here in order to search for an available database.


Database format

Select here the format of the database to be imported.

If you want to import data from an ODBC source, please select ODBC-Import here.


BDE-Alias / ODBC

Select here if necessary the BDE alias or the ODBC driver.

The display always shows the available options for your current selection.


Abort

Click here to cancel the import.


Database overview

Here the data of the database to be imported are displayed.

So you can, once again, check whether you selected the correct database.


Assign fields

Select here which fields are related to each other.

On the left side you see the field provided by AuktionMaster.

On the right side you see the field of your database to be imported.

Mark each time one field, and click on “Assign”.


Assign

Click on “Assign” in order to assign one field of your database to be imported (right) to the AuktionMaster database (left).


Deselect

Click on “Deselect” to cancel an assignment that was already defined.


Reference table

Define here whether AuktionMaster should use a reference table. If you use a reference table, you can, at a later point of time, easily compare the imported data with another database if you e.g. change prices there.


Index field

Select here the field to be used as index field. Pay attention that this field is unequivocal within the database to be imported.


Filter criteria

If a filter is activated for a certain amount of data, only those strings of data are available that fulfil the filter criteria. The filter consists of the sequence of symbols describing the filter criteria. The following filter criteria show, e.g., only strings of data with the field “STATE” containing the value “CA” of “MA”.

(State = 'CA') or (State = 'MA')

If you want to compare specific parts of data strings only, please use “*” as substitute. Example:

State = 'M*'


Import-Option

Select here the data to be imported. The options related to a reference table are not always available.


Continue

Click on “Continue” to start the import of data.


File name

Enter here the name of the file your item data is to be exported to.

Leave this field blank if you do not want to export item data.


Search

Click here to search for a file on your local disk.


Internal fields

AuktionMaster internally uses some database fields that can rarely be used for exporting data.

Always first try to export without using these internal fields.


HTML-Description

AuktionMaster internally holds HTML description. Very few programs to be used for this export function can process this description in a reasonable way. Here you get the chance to export pure text descriptions of your items.


Export

Click here to start exporting data.


Close

Click here to abort the export.


File name

Enter here the name of the file your item data is to be exported to.

Leave this field blank if you do not want to export item data.


Link messages to item data

Here you can define that messages are to be linked with item data. That means that your export file will contain messages as well as item data related to each message at the end of each line.


Field separator

Define here which symbol should separate individual cells from each other.

Comma and Tab are commonly used symbols. You can, however, also select your own individual symbol.


Own separator

Here you can – if selected – define an own separator. You can also define a whole sequence of symbols. Remember, however, that the program that imports the data at a later point of time, needs to know how to interpret the separator.


Field frame

Here you can set each field e.g. to be framed by quotation marks. This feature is especially recommended if you export with a comma as field separator.


7-Bit ASCII

Define whether the export should be executed in 7-Bit ASCII. Use this option only if your import program is not compatible with AuktionMaster.

Warning:

AuktionMaster does not provide 100% 7-Bit ASCII Code.


User profile

Select the user profile you want to get your eMails with. If you do not select a profile, the standard profile is applied.


Update eMails

Click on „Update eMails“, in order to start data processing


Cancel

Click on „Cancel“, in order to cancel the updating of eMails.


Item overview

In this overview you see messages sorted by item.

If you want a certain message to be displayed click on the message number on the 3rd level.


Search for message

Select here the field to be looked for.

Enter here the text you are looking for.


Crude data

In this area you can look at the message data that is not jet processed. Here you can start a targeted selection of messages in order to see more information in the lower part of this dialogue.


Overview

Here you see the readable processed data of the selected message.

You can select a message either in the crude data or, on the left, in the list of items.


List of items

In this overview you see messages sorted by items. In order to get a certain message displayed, click on the message number on the third level.

After each entry you find 2 values (Example: [100,00 DM / 15,00 DM]). The first of these values shows the total turnover of the respective item and the respective auction site. The second value shows how much more expensive the item was sold for compared to your starting price. If you posted, e.g., an item with a starting price of 150 and if the item was sold at 175, then the value is shown as [175,00 DM / 25,00 DM] because you received 25 more than minimally requested.


Message

Displays the text of the selected message. You can select a message either in the crude data or on the left side, in the list of items.


Address data

Displays the address of the bidder related to the selected message.

You can select a message either in the crude data or on the left side, in the list of items.


Reference text

Displays the kind of message selected. Possible variants: “original message” or “automatic answer”. An original message is one that AuktionMaster received from the auction. “Automatic answer” is the message sent to the best bidder automatically by AuktionMaster


Field “Status”

By reorganising data you can delete whole periods of time. The answer eMails by AuktionMaster will be deleted only if you activated the field “Bidder answered”. This feature should enable you to search for a bidder as long as the business is not completely settled. Due to the field “status” the unintentional deletion of a business that is not settled jet can be prevented.


Progress of posting

Only auction data that could be clearly identified by AuktionMaster are shown here.

It is a pity that some auctions do not send back an unequivocal auction number. These postings are not listed here.


Item data

In the fields with the grey background you can see the price and the shipping costs of the item as stored in the database. In the right field “Price” and “Shipping” you can see the data the item was actually posted with.


’Autoconnect

Define whether AuktionMaster should connect to the internet automatically if you start posting items.

If you activate this field you need to have deposited name and password for the selected provider in the dial-up network.

Notice:

If a connection to the internet is already existent at the time of posting, this connection is used.


Provider

Enter here a provider AuktionMaster should connect to the internet with. If there is no connection, a connection to this provider will be established.

If a connection to the internet is already existent, this connection is used.


Alternative provider

Enter an alternative provider. A connection to this provider is established only if problems with the connection to your first provider arise.


Redials

Define here how often AuktionMaster should try to establish a new connection in case a connection is aborted during a posting run.

This setting has nothing to do with dialling your provider or alternative provider. Both providers are dialled in sequence twice each.


Proxy

Define settings here if you want to or need to use a proxy. If you do not know what a proxy is, do not mind leaving these fields blank. If you are in doubt, please leave these fields blank in any case, since AuktionMaster can otherwise eventually not transfer any data to the internet.


UpdateServer

Set the server you want to get updates from. Normally you do not need to change this setting.


Module / Program

Here you can select, which data should be updated automatically.

Due to security reasons you can only change this setting by request to AuktionMaster support.


Newsletter

Periodically we send you an eMail with current information about AuktionMaster.

You can cancel this service by deactivating this button.


System directories

The directories are displayed for control reasons only. You can see here the directories used by AuktionMaster.


BackUp-Directory

You get the chance here to define a backup directory yourself. Please enter the path to a directory or click on the button “Browse”.


Name

Please enter in any case your complete Christian and surname.

If you purchased AuktionMaster for your company, please enter the company name.

AuktionMaster cannot work without these entry data.


eMail

Please enter in any case your valid eMail address here.

Pay especial attention on the correct spelling.

AuktionMaster cannot work without these entry data.


System data

Here you can obtain your registration data:

The name AuktionMaster is registered for, your customer number, the maximum number of items to be posted.


AutoBackUp

Define here whether AuktionMaster automatically should execute a data backup after each 10th start.

We do not recommend activating this field since otherwise no automatic data backup is executed at all.


Period of AutoBackUp

Define here after how many days AuktionMaster should automatically delete backup data again.

Note:

If you enter 0 here, the entry data are not automatically deleted.


Posting BackUp

Define her after how many days AuktionMaster should delete the backup HTML pages transferred by the auctions during posting. We recommend keeping these data for at least 60 days since the problem of proofing a posting has risen again and again in the past.

Note:

If you enter 0 here, the entry data are not automatically deleted.


Colour settings

Set here the colours to be used by AuktionMaster in order to present information to you.


Standard colours

Click here in order to reset a change of colour settings to the standard settings (as delivered).


Program prior to posting

Here you can set a program that should be executed each time before a posting of items in auctions. This program will ALWAYS be executed before a posting if you do not start AuktionMaster with the command line parameter „/NOPRGVOR“.

Enter the program you need or click on the button “Browse”.


Exit 10

Here you can define that AuktionMaster should, after the execution of the set programs, be closed automatically with the Exit Code 10.

Program line parameter:

If you start AuktionMaster with the parameter „/NOPRGVOR“, the program that is defined to run before the posting is not executed.


Program after posting

Here you can set a program that should be executed each time after a posting of items in auctions. This program will ALWAYS be executed after a posting if you do not start AuktionMaster with the command line parameter „/NOPRGVOR“.

Enter the program you need or click on the button “Browse”.


Exit 20

Here you can define that AuktionMaster should, after the execution of the set programs, be closed automatically with the Exit Code 20.

Program line parameter:

If you start AuktionMaster with the parameter „/NOPRGVOR“, the program that is defined to run after the posting is not executed.


Entry indications

Activate "Do not display entry indications automatically", if you do not want AuktionMaster to explain briefly what should be entered into which field (item data).

We do not recommend deactivating entry indications since otherwise possibly incorrect data could be entered in a field.


Incorrect feedback

Activate “Do not display incorrect feedback” if you do not want AuktionMaster to show HTML feedback to you. We do not recommend activating this function since it is then very difficult to find out where an error during the posting occurred.


LOG-file

Activate “Do not write automatically log file” if you face problems with saving the log file (especially under Windows NT). AuktionMaster does not create an ongoing log file but deletes the existing one if a new log file is created.


ItemWizard

Activate “Do not run ItemWizard automatically” if you face massive problems or if you want to test something on the short run. If you deactivate the ItemWizard, it is not guaranteed that the auction models correspond to the input data.


Posting items

Some auctions do not allow long item titles. Since, in AuktionMaster, the length of the item title is not restricted, you should activate these fields.

“Automatically shorten item data if necessary” cuts the item title at auctions that regard your item title as too long. The function attaches “…” so that the bidder becomes aware of the shortening.

„Add item text before description if necessary,” means that in the case of shortening the complete item title is shown at the beginning of the description.

We recommend to always activating both functions since otherwise it is possible that your item is not entered due to exceeding length.


Process eMails

Activate this function if you want AuktionMaster to get eMails for you in order to create a statistical analysis. You can then also look at the names of the successful bidders in AuktionMaster

If you activate this function only, NO eMails are deleted and no answers are send to the winners of the auctions.

Attention:

If you have one eMail account only, you always need to get the eMails with AuktionMaster first, before you get them with your own eMail program. Most eMail programs delete eMails directly from the server, so that AuktionMaster can no longer analyse them. You can, after AuktionMaster got the eMails, get your eMails again without any problem with your eMail program.


Automatically send reply mails

Activate this function if you want AuktionMaster to answer automatically to successful auction eMails to the best bidder. The text for this answer can be entered into this dialogue under the heading “message text” or on the page “messages” in the dialogue “Enter item data”


Delete

Activate this function if you want AuktionMaster to delete all eMails from the server that were already recognised and processed by AuktionMaster. Emails addressed privately to you are not deleted.


Delete all

Mark this field only if you established an absolutely independent eMail account for AuktionMaster, and no other programs but AuktionMaster access this account. By activating this function you prevent any unprocessed eMails to remain in your account.

Warning:

If you activate this function, but get your eMails from this account with another program a well, it is quite certain that eMails get lost.


Inbox

Enter here the eMail address of the inbox server of your provider (POP3-Server).


Outbox

Enter here the eMail address of the outbox server of your provider (SMTP-Server).


Mailbox

Enter her the name of your mailbox assigned by your provider. Often, this name is called user name as well.


Password

Enter here your password that is necessary to access your eMail account at your provider.


Report

Activate this field if you do not want AuktionMaster to send a report to your eMail address after the end of eMail processing


Message text

Enter a message text. Click in this field on the right hand mouse key in order to insert a “AutoFill”. If a message is created, the “AutoFill” will be automatically filled with the item title.

Do not forget to save your text by pressing the button “Confirm” after the data entry.

Here you also get the chance of inserting a mathematical function in order to display calculations directly. Simply add the text „{Calc:???}“. Instead of „???“ you enter the respective functions.

I you want to obtain a rounded value, use the symbol “~” followed by „(“ ??? „)“.

If you enter, e.g.,  „~(10 + 0.25)“ you get the value of “10”.

If we assume that total shipping costs are 9 EUR, and a bidder bid 100 EUR for your item, the following function might be entered:

{Calc:10+[Shipping]+~([Bid]/1.16)}

=> 10 + 9 + ~(100 / 1.16)

=> 19 + ~(86,21) => 19 + 86 => 105


Shipping costs

Enter the shipping costs that should be used by AuktionMaster if there are no shipping costs entered with a certain item and if there is no feedback value from the auction.

We recommend entering the highest possible value for shipping your items.


Legal commitment

Do not exclude legal commitment for 48 hours” if you do NOT wish that the following sentence is shown underneath the automatically sent eMails. "The content of this message is not binding by law since this message is generated automatically. However, it becomes binding if you  do not get any other message within 48 hours.


Sender

Principally, the eMail is sent to the best bidder with the sender name set by you. The suffix „[AuktionMaster]“ is automatically attached to this name.

Here you get the chance to deactivate advertising text that is placed automatically underneath each eMail. This function, however, is only available if you purchased the eMail module.


Advertising

Here you get the chance to deactivate advertising text that is placed automatically underneath each eMail. This function, however, is only available if you purchased the eMail module.


Copyright

As a standard, the text „© by AuktionMaster“ is added underneath each eMail.

Here you get the chance to deactivate advertising text that is placed automatically underneath each eMail. This function, however, is only available if you purchased the eMail module.


Standard currency

Here you see the standard currency you defined under windows. You can change this currency if you need to in the system settings of windows.


Currencies

Select here a currency in order to get the current exchange rate displayed, and to enter any data.


Exchange rate

Enter here the exchange rate related to the currency selected on the left side. Eventually you need to recalculate the exchange rate provided by your bank since AuktionMaster always needs the rate for 100 units of your local currency.


Round price and shipping costs

Exchange rates can lead to odd starting prices and shipping costs. Here you get the chance to define whether such odd values should be used as they are or whether they should be rounded upwards or downwards.


AutoExchangeUpdate

Activate this field if you want AuktionMaster to update exchange rates of individual foreign currencies automatically. The exchange rates will be adjusted in periodic intervals during the smart update.


Country of origin

Please enter in any case your country or origin here since otherwise problems with the calculation of shipping mark-ups can arise.


Selection of countries

Select here a country if you want to see the related shipping mark-ups or enter data


Shipping costs

Enter here up to which sum the following values are valid. Define different mark-ups for different shipping costs.

Example:

If you define a mark-up of 20 for shipping costs up to 100, and a mark-up of 40 for shipping costs up to 1000, you get the following values:

Shipping costs = 50 results in a mark-up of 20

Shipping costs = 100 results in a mark-up of 20

Shipping costs = 200 results in a mark-up of 40

Shipping costs = 2000 results in a mark-up of 0


Global

Enter here a global mark-up for shipping costs. This mark-up is calculated on the basis of the original value.

Example:

Entered shipping costs = 100

Global mark-up = 20, Mark-up in percent = 10

Finally result in = (100 + 20) + (100 * 10%) = 130


Percent

Additionally, enter here a percentage mark-up. This mark-up is calculated on the basis of the original value.

Example:

Entered shipping costs = 100

Global mark-up = 20, Percentage mark-up = 10

Finally result in = (100 + 20) + (100 * 10%) = 130


Save

Click here in order to save the mark-ups defined for the shipping costs entered.


Delete

Click here in order to delete the mark-ups defined for the shipping costs entered.


Expert-Mode

Define here whether you want to use item categories and user profiles. Both are available in the dialogue “Enter item data” and “Start posting items” only if you activate the expert mode.


AutoInc through Software

You should only change this field if you get the exact request by the AuktionMaster support team. The field is primarily meant to clear errors that eventually arise from the use of an old BDE.

In the client server mode this field needs to be active in order to be able to match message data against each other.


Disconnect

Activate this field if you want AuktionMaster to disconnect the eventually established internet connection during the processing of eMail. The processing of eMails can take a very long time on some systems, dependent on the number of eMails. Therefore it might be worthwhile to disconnect during the processing – AuktionMaster does not transfer any data to the internet during this time.


Client/Server

You can change this setting, but you do not influence the functionality of AuktionMaster this way. The Data is set by AuktionMaster support if your AuktionMaster should work as client.


User profile

Here you see the user profiles already defined by you. You can edit a profile, delete a profile, or add a new profile.


Label

Each user profile needs to have an unequivocal label, so that AuktionMaster can distinguish the different profiles. This label will be displayed in the dialogue “Input item data”.


Description

Briefly describe here the user profile e.g. by entering a user name or abbreviation.


Name

Please enter here the name of the user to be related to the user profile.

This name will be used for the processing of eMails with this user profile only. All answer eMails that will be sent show this name as sender.


eMail

Please enter here the eMail address to be related to the user profile.

This eMail address will be used for the processing of eMails with this user profile only. All answer eMails that will be sent show this eMail address as sender.


Add

Click here in order to add a new user profile. You need to enter a label and a description up-front.


Delete

Click here in order to delete a selected user profile.


Item category

Here you see the item categories already defined by you. It is no problem to edit, delete or add a new category here.


Label

Each item category needs to have an unequivocal label, so that AuktionMaster can distinguish the different categories. This label will be displayed in the dialogue “Input item data”.


Description

Briefly describe the item category here, e.g. by entering a more detailed description of the category.


Add

Click here in order to add a new item category. You need to enter a label and a description up-front.


Delete

Click here in order to delete a selected item category.


User

Enter here your user name or your user number. This general piece of information corresponds to the name and number you registered at the auctions. Please pay attention to the correct spelling.

Notice:

If you do not enter any other data on a lower level these data will be used for your registration at the auctions.


eMail

Please enter your general eMail address here. It should be identical with the address you registered at the auctions. Please pay attention to the correct spelling.

Notice:

If you do not enter any other data on a lower level these data will be used for your registration at the auctions.


Password

Please enter your general auction password address here. It should be identical with the password you registered at the auctions. Please pay attention to the correct spelling.

Notice:

If you do not enter any other data on a lower level these data will be used for your registration at the auctions.


Encode passwords

Activate this control box if you want your passwords to be displayed encoded. You will be requested to define a “Master Password” to be used to reset this encoding. Never forget your “Master Password”.


User

Please enter your user name and user number for the selected auction here. It should be identical with the name and number you registered at the respective auction. Please pay attention to the correct spelling.


eMail

Please enter your eMail address for the selected auction here. It should be identical with the eMail address you registered at the respective auction. Please pay attention to the correct spelling.


Password

Please enter your password for the selected auction here. It should be identical with password you registered at the respective auction. Please pay attention to the correct spelling.


Max. time waiting for response

Define here how long AuktionMaster may try to post an item at the selected auction. If this period is exceeded three times during a posting run, the auction will be ignored for the rest of the current posting run.

Notice:

In the menu “Start posting items” you can define a general value before each posting run. If the value here is set “0”, this general value will be used. Otherwise the value you enter here will be used.


Active

Define here whether you would like to post items at this auction. If you deactivate this field the auction will not be displayed in “Input item data” nor will any items be posted at this auction.


Upload

Some auctions do not support any link to a picture in the internet. If you enter a link AuktionMaster loads the picture to the respective auction as binary data. This might eventually take some time, but it makes sure that in each auction a picture of your item is posted.

You should only deactivate this field if you have sufficient reason not to transfer any pictures.


List of auctions

All auction modules displayed here are available to you

Select an auction you require more information about.


Auction data

At one glance, you see all data of the auction selected on the left side here.

You can directly click on the internet address with your mouse. Your browser takes you directly to the respective auction site then.


Module information

Here you see the copyright for the module, and the person to be contacted in case of an error.


Indications

Here you see some useful information relating to the auction selected by you. You should read this information periodically, since new features of the auction are mentioned here too.


New Index-Data

Please activate this function only if a normal reorganisation did not lead to the desired result. If you run AuktionMaster in a network environment, please make sure that all instances of AuktionMaster were closed before.


Delete messages

You can define here that, during reorganisation, messages are deleted that were received or processed by AuktionMaster before the entered date.

Notice:

As a standard, only eMails about “posted” and “unsuccessful” auctions are deleted.


Also successful auctions

Activate this field if you also want that successful eMails are deleted that were processed before the defined point of time.


Delete all eMails

Activate this field if you also want to delete “Automatic answer messages” where you did not tick the field “Bidder answered” jet. Read more about the message field “Bidder answered” if you look at all successful eMails (F8) and the related “help”.


Execute

Click here in order to start the reorganisation and, eventually, the deletion process of no longer needed messages.


Close

Click here in order not to execute the reorganisation and the eventual deletion of messages.


Timetable

Define, by means of multiple marking, the time when AuktionMaster should automatically start posting items. Do not mark periods, but only individual starting times. Click with the left-hand mouse key on the starting time.

If you want to define several starting times, release the mouse key and click again, this time, however, on the next starting time, pressing the CTRL key simultaneously.

If you want to delete any points of time, click with the right-hand mouse key in the timetable and, afterwards, on “delete”.

Important remark:

In order to make AuktionMaster obey the automatic timing for registration, you need to start AuktionMaster with the parameter “/TIME”.

The following example shows how a connection is made. Click with the right hand mouse key on the connection. Select “Properties” from the pull-down menu. Complete the line “Target” in the following way:


List of times

Select here a time-span in order to define, on the right side, settings for the selected point of time. The individual starting times will be displayed to you on the second level.


Use of item-specific timetable

Activate this field if you do not want the time-spans for posting defined under “Enter item data” to be used.

If you activate this field, the time-spans defined by you are ignored.


Copy for all time spans at a certain day

Copy the settings defined above to all posting start times of the displayed day of the week.


Copy for all time-spans

Copy the settings defined above to all posting start times you defined.


Danger of overlapping

Define here if, and if yes, when AuktionMaster should disconnect the current posting run because the next starting point of time comes close. If you activate this field, enter at least a period of 10 minutes.

Notice:

The setting defined here influences automatically ALL AutoConnect-starting times.

If you start a manual posting despite of AutoConnect, the current posting will be interrupted as well if the next point of AutoConnect time but one comes close.


How to install Dial-Up Networking ?
How to...

... install Dial-Up Networking ?

If you use T-Online without Dial-Up Networking, AuktionMaster does not work, since a special file is used in order to load internet data. You can fix this problem by installing Windows Dial-Up Networking.

The following guideline describes how to install Dial-Up Networking for T-Online and Arcor.

If you face problems installing Dial-Up Networking, please contact our support team.

1)	Install Dial-Up Networking under Windows NT:

•	Go to the Desktop.

•	Click on "My computer".

•	Double click on” Dial-Up Networking”.

•	Click on "New".

•	Fill in the necessary fields
(if you need help to do this, please see below or contact the T-Online or Arcor hotline).

•	Click on “OK”.

2) Install T-Online or Arcor Dial-Up Networking:

For T-Online

•	Enter the description "T-Online" and select a Modem

•	Enter the preselection 01033

•	Enter the number 0191011

For Arcor

•	Enter the description "Arcor" and select a Modem

•	Enter the preselection 01070

•	Enter the number 0192070

For both providers

•	Click on "OK"

3) Settings

•	Select T-Online / Arcor by clicking once, and click on "Settings" or "Properties" in the menu "File".

•	Click on "Types of server" in the dialogue "Settings"

•	Deactivate everything but not TCP/IP

4) Establish connection

•	Double-click on T-Online / Arcor

For T-Online

•	Enter the following User name: <Anschlußkennung><T-Online-Nummer>#0001
You find the data on the confirmation of admittance sent by Deutsche Telekom. Enter all data directly one after the other without blanks.

•	Enter your personal password in the field "password"

For Arcor

•	Enter the user name "arcor" (in smallprint)

•	Enter the password "internet" (in smallprint).

For both providers

•	Click on "Save password"

•	Click on "Connect".

5) Connection

•	As soon as a connection is established, you see two small screens blinking green/light green in the status line (directly next to the clock on the lower left side).

•	You are connected with the internet as long as you see these screens. For disconnecting, please double-click on these screens and afterwards on the button "Disconnect" that appears.

•	During your time online, you can execute AuktionMaster and ALL other internet applications.

6) Notice

•	The price per minute for the connection established just now is 6 Pfg while writing this help function.


How to create a (further) item ?
How to...

... create a (further) item ?

•	Go to the function "Enter item data" in the menu "Auctions"

•	Click with the LEFT-hand mouse key in a field of the table (Item / Manufacturer / Price) and select with the RIGHT-hand mouse key the function "new" or "copy".

•	Enter all data at "item data".

•	Go, one after the other, to the individual auction pages.

Notice:

Do not forget to activate the field "active" on the page "Item data" and the field "Post item" on the individual auction pages. THIS FIELD MAY NOT BE GREYED IN IF YOU WANT THE ITEM TO BE POSTED:

In the field "Interval" on the auction pages, enter the internal interval between different AuktionMaster postings. Please do not mix up this field with the duration of an individual auction. "Interval" means the time in days when AuktionMaster does not start posting this special item.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION THAT YOU ENTER DATA IN EVERY FIELD !!!

In the fields for item, manufacturer, and description you can enter a random item title. This is necessary since some auctions do not permit to enter more than one item with the same description.

Use the function "Random item title" in the following way:

Click, with the LEFT-hand mouse key, in the field where a random item title should be inserted. Click now with the RIGHT-hand mouse key on the same field. The ItemWizard appears. Enter individual alternatives and click the button with the hook after each entry. As soon as you entered all possible alternatives, please press "Confirm".

You can enter several random item titles one after the other. Look at the following example:

"{Z:Telekom T-D1|Telekom T D1} {Z:Xtra Card|Xtra-Card}{Z:,Neu|, Neu}"

Here, three different variables can be noted, mathematically speaking, this results in eight different random combinations.

You find further information on random item titles in


How to post items in auctions ?
How to...

... post items in auctions ?

•	Click on the function "Start posting items" in the menu "Auctions".

Notice:

Do not forget to activate the field "active" on the page "Item data" and the field "Post item" on the individual auction pages. THIS FIELD MAY NOT BE GREYED IN IF YOU WANT THE ITEM TO BE POSTED:

In the field "Interval" on the auction pages, enter the internal interval between different AuktionMaster postings. Please do not mix up this field with the duration of an individual auction. "Interval" means the time in days when AuktionMaster does not start posting this special item. If you do not enter any interval, or if the necessary interval has not lapsed jet, AuktionMaster is not posting the item at the respective auction. The following message is displayed: "Due to short time-span…"


How to let AuktionMaster automatically post items ?
How to...

... let AuktionMaster automatically post items?

In some versions of AuktionMaster so-called AutoConnect-settings can be established. They refer to periods when AuktionMaster is automatically connecting with the internet and posting items without you sitting in front of your screen.

Read here more about AutoConnect settings


Help Assistant
What does it mean...

... "Item [xxx] was posted" ?

The respective item was posted successfully at the auction on display.


Help Assistant
What does it mean...

... "Incorrect feedback with item [xxx]" ?

The item could not be posted at the respective auction.

Reasons

The most frequent reason is that you entered an item incorrectly or that you did not fill in some fields on the current auction page. Please check your entries for plausibility and make certain that something is entered in each auction-specific field.

Sometimes it can also happen that the auction server is so overloaded that it was not possible for AuktionMaster to enter an item.

If the error occurs at EACH item at a certain auction, with a high degree of certainty your auction module is outdated. Execute a SmartUpdate then. If the error is not corrected that way, please send us an eMail.


Help Assistant
What does it mean...

... " Item [xxx] not posted due to short time-span, " ?

The item was not posted according to your request.

Reason for error message

In the field "Interval" on the auction pages, enter the internal interval between different AuktionMaster postings. Please do not mix up this field with the duration of an individual auction. "Interval" means the time in days when AuktionMaster does not start posting this special item. If you do not enter any interval, or if the necessary interval has not lapsed jet, AuktionMaster is not posting the item at the respective auction.

Additionally the display shows which interval you set and how many days have lapsed since the last posting run.


Help Assistant
What does it mean...

... "Item [xxx] not posted due to user request." ?

The item was not posted according to your request.

Reason for error message:

Do not forget to activate the field "active" on the page "Item data" and the field "Post item" on the individual auction pages. THIS FIELD MAY NOT BE GREYED IN IF YOU WANT THE ITEM TO BE POSTED:


Help Assistant
What does it mean...

... "Module [xxx] is not compatible with the program version" ?

The auction module contains data that cannot (longer) be analysed by AuktionMaster in the version at hand, because the version of the program is not up to date. Please execute a SmartUpdate in order to update AuktionMaster.


Help Assistant
What does the system message mean...

... "Function Get [xxx] failed" ?

•	AuktionMaster could not connect to the auction server. It is therefore very likely that you are not connected to the internet by Dial-Up Networking. Read here, how to establish Dial-Up Networking.

•	Another possibility is, that the auction manager changed the name of the site and AuktionMaster can therefore no longer connect to the site to post items. Please execute in this case a SmartUpdate.


Help Assistant
What does the system message mean...

... "Function Post [xxx] failed"?

•	AuktionMaster could not connect to the auction server. It is therefore very likely that you are not connected to the internet by Dial-Up Networking. Read here, how to establish Dial-Up Networking.

•	Another possibility is, that the auction manager changed the name of the site and AuktionMaster can therefore no longer connect to the site to post items. Please execute in this case a SmartUpdate.


Help Assistant
What does the system message mean...

... "Location: Request new page" ?

The page transmitted by the auction refers to a (more recent) page. This is an absolutely normal process that is also executed by each browser (in the background) often during one sitting.


Help Assistant
What does the system message mean...

... "Jump to stage [xxx]"?

This is an internal message for us to be able to reconstruct what we should be looking for if an error occurred to you.


Help Assistant
What does the system message mean...

... "TimerAction: TimeOut-Timer - Send request for abort" ?

•	Your connection to the internet is relatively slow, or, the server of the auction manager is not available or overloaded on the short term. AuktionMaster waits 60 sec maximum for an answer of the server. If there is no feedback within this period, the current process is aborted and repeated up to two times. After that, the respective auction is skipped.

•	It is also possible that you are not connected to the internet by Dial-Up Networking. Read here, how you establish Dial-Up Networking.

•	Another possibility is, that the auction manager changed the name of the site and AuktionMaster can therefore no longer connect to the site to post items. Please execute in this case a SmartUpdate.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "Serious file error" ?

AuktionMaster cannot create or copy a temporary file. This error occurs especially under Windows NT if you do not have any writing rights in the directory AuktionMaster is installed in. In some cases, this error was observed under Windows 95 as well. Please restart your computer in this case. Afterwards, the problem should be fine.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "Serious error at update " ?

This error occurs only after an automatic update of AuktionMaster. AuktionMaster cannot create or copy a temporary file. This error occurs especially under Windows NT if you do not have any writing rights in the directory AuktionMaster is installed in. In some cases, this error was observed under Windows 95 as well. Please restart your computer in this case. Afterwards, the problem should be fine.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "Error at creating a file" ?

AuktionMaster cannot create or copy a temporary file. This error occurs especially under Windows NT if you do not have any writing rights in the directory AuktionMaster is installed in. In some cases, this error was observed under Windows 95 as well. Please restart your computer in this case. Afterwards, the problem should be fine.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "Update aborted due to serious error" ?

•	AuktionMaster could not connect to the update-server. It is therefore very likely that you are not connected to the internet by Dial-Up Networking. Read here, how you establish Dial-Up Networking.

•	Another possibility is that you did not enter an update-server in the menu "Settings". Please check the Settings.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "AuktionMaster needs a Dynamic Link Library (DLL)" ?

The DLL required by AuktionMaster is not (no longer) available. Please contact our Hotline, so that we can solve the problem for you.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "One or more pictures could not be loaded" ?

The DLL required by AuktionMaster is not (no longer) available. Please contact our Hotline, so that we can solve the problem for you.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "AuktionMaster could not find the necessary database" ?

AuktionMaster was not installed properly. Install the program once again and make certain that you do not install BDE, if this is not yet available in your system. If the error cannot be corrected, please contact our Hotline.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "You do not have the right to post more than [xxx] items" ?

Your licence does not allow posting more than xxx items. You can order an upgrade of a version any time in order to post more than xxx items. Simply go to our web-site at http://www.auktionmaster.de and decide for the version you need.


Help Assistant
What does the error message mean...

... "Your licence does not allow to use this Wizard" ?

You can use the AuctionWizard and the ModuleWizard in the professional version only. You can order an upgrade of a version any time in order to use the wizards. Simply go to our web-site at http://www.auktionmaster.de and decide for the version you need.


Help Assistant
Where do I get...

... updated AuktionMaster versions ?

AuktionMaster automatically executes an update prior to each posting. During this time, a new program version is requested if an update is available. You can also execute a manual update if you click on "SmartUpdate" in the menu "Tools". A further possibility of update is the download of the latest version from the internet at http://www.auktionmaster.de.


Help Assistant
Where do I get...

... Help if I do not no what to do at all ?

In case the unlikely happens, and you do not find any solution for your problem in this help-function, do not hesitate to contact us. You will find the number to call in the internet under http://www.auktionmaster.de.  You can also reach us by eMail under Support@AuktionMaster.de .


Help Assistant
Where do I get...

... a version where I can post more than [xxx] items ?

You can order an upgrade of a version any time in order to post more than xxx items. Simply go to our web-site at http://www.auktionmaster.de and decide for the version you need.


Help Assistant
What are...

... User profiles ?

A user profile is nothing else but an individual user. So you get the chance to install AuktionMaster once and e.g. use it as person A, person B and person C. Of course you can separate your private data from your business data that way.

For each user profile it is possible to enter individual registering data into the online auctions, so that it is also possible to mark items in an auction as private or business by using different auction accounts

User profiles are available only if you activated the expert mode.

Read here more about the set up of user profiles


Help Assistant
What are...

... item categories ?

An item category is nothing else but a certain sort of item. So you get, e.g., the chance to mark certain items as a category that can than be posted by a few mouse clicks while the rest of your items are ignored.

Due to the function “Selective item display” in the menu “Enter item data you get a considerably better overview on your items.

Item categories are available only if you activated the expert mode.

Read here more about the set up of item categories


Help Assistant
What are...

... AutoConnect-settings ?

In some versions of AuktionMaster so-called AutoConnect-settings can be established. They refer to periods when AuktionMaster is automatically connecting with the internet and posting items without you sitting in front of your screen.

Read here more about AutoConnect-Settings