Rice Lake TransAct 3.5 - Manual (Page 183)

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Axle Weighing is available as two different options; Short or Long . Short axle weighing refers to a scale
that is too short to weigh the entire truck, each axle is added together. Long axle weighing refers to a
scale that is long enough to weigh the entire truck but still needs to weigh each axle. Previous axle
weights are subtracted from the total weight to determine the current axle weight. Invoke
Axle Weighing
by adding one of the following command lines.
AxleWeighing=Short
AxleWeighing=Long
Category Note is a note for each category item that is tied to rates. This field can be exported. By default
the name of this field is Note . To change the name add CategoryNote= to the end of the weight options
section followed by the field name.
CategoryNote=Description
DeductiveAdjustment allows the user to use the second adjustment field in the weigh form as a weight
value that is subtracted from the net weight or as a percentage of the net weight. Invoke
DeductiveAdjustment by adding one of the following command lines.
DeductiveAdjustment=Weight
DeductiveAdjustment=Percent
Percent is the default when TransAct is installed.
NOTE: Be certain to activate the second adjustment field in the weigh form. To enter a
meaningful name in the
Percent Deduction Label field, click the Options button.
The Account, Hauler, Bill-to Acct, and Job labels can be customized by adding the following text with
the new label name.
AccountSelectText=new label
AccountSelectedText=new label
AccountBilltoText=new label
JobText=new label
NOTE: The AccountBilltoText and JobText labels will be used for unattended prompts.
All the other information in the [Weigh Options] section can be changed by selecting the Options button
in the Weigh form. It is recommended to use the Options window for all other changes.
Scale labels can be changed from the default values of 1 and 2 and customized to meet the users needs.
Scale labels in the Weigh form will reflect the new text
Scale1Text=new label
Scale2Text=new label