Rice Lake TransAct 3.5 - Manual (Page 186)

Appendix Editing the TransAct Initialization File
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The category name is displayed in the Title section. Each category can have up to two subcategories.
Use SubCat(#)Title to define the subcategories name and the SubCat# to define descriptions for the
SubCat(#)Title .
Confused yet? Let’s do some examples. We will start with a simple one.
Example No. 1
Let’s say you run a solid waste operation. When you installed TransAct, Material was setup as a category.
However, instead of Material you prefer to use the word Commodity . Run the Notepad editor found in
Windows. Select File | Open. Find TRANSACT.INI in the Windows subdirectory and open the file. Scroll
through the text until you find the following lines.
[Category 1]
Title=Material
SubCat1=
SubCat1Title=
SubCat2=
SubCat2Title=
Position the mouse I-beam at the end of the word Material and press the Backspace key until the word
Material is deleted. Type in the word Commodity exactly as you would like to see it in TransAct. If the
letter C is not capitalized, it will not be capitalized in the program. You should now see...
[Category 1]
Title=Commodity
SubCat1=
SubCat1Title=
SubCat2=
SubCat2Title=
Save the file and Exit the Notepad editor. Quit TransAct and then restart TransAct to make certain all
changes take effect . Commodity should now be listed under Admin | Categories.
Example No. 2
Let’s say a third category is required, called Area ( this category is automatically installed with the Solid
Waste demo database). It does not matter which inactive category you choose to edit. We will use
Category 2 for our example. Run the Notepad editor found in Windows. Select File | Open. Find
TRANSACT.INI in the Windows subdirectory and open the file. Scroll through the text until you find
the following lines.
[Category 2]
Title=
SubCat1=
SubCat1Title=
SubCat2=
SubCat2Title=