Rice Lake TransAct 3.5 - Manual (Page 185)

Editing the TransAct Initialization File Appendix
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To continue, click OK . To complete the transaction, click the Print Ticket button. To update the tare
weight, click the Update Tares button. The user will continue to receive the warning until the tare has
been updated.
[Rates]
MeasuredRates= 3
The category rates are attached can be changed in TransAct. To select a new category, select Accounting
| Rates and click the Reinitilize Tables button.
NOTE: Changing the category rates are attached to will delete all existing rates in the current
table. Changing from
Category 1 to Category 2 back to Category 1 will not restore rates for
Category 1 .
RateBasis
When TransAct is installed, the RateBasis is set to pounds. To view rates in a per ton value change the
keyword from pounds to tons.
RateBasis=Tons
RateBasis=Pounds
Factor
The category in which rate codes are attached provides a way to calculate conversions. Add the
following lines to enable this feature. Please refer to the section about Product Conversions, found later
in this chapter, for more information and examples.
Factor1 = keyword (This fields is required)
Factor2=keyword (This field is optional)
[Category 1-4]
The TRANSACT.INI file contains a similar section for each of the four category tables. Two categories
are automatically configured during installation. A category closely related to your business type and
Hauler (setup as Category 1 ). An inactive category will look as follows:
[Category 2]
Title=
SubCat1=
SubCat1Title=
SubCat2=
SubCat2Title=