Rice Lake TransAct 3.5 - Manual (Page 188)

Appendix Editing the TransAct Initialization File
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Save the file and Exit the Notepad editor. Quit TransAct and then restart TransAct to make certain
all changes take effect. The changes made to the TRANSACT.INI file will take effect when you re-run
TransAct. When you return to TransAct and select Admin | Categories | Area. The new sub-category
heading will appear in the category table as a drop-down list. To select a sub-category item, click on
the drop-down list.
[Indicator Types]
TransAct has provided several scale indicator types with the program. The [Indicator Types] section is
a listing of the indicator name and a series of codes that define the indicators serial stream to TransAct.
DO NOT change the data in these fields. If your indicator is not listed, please contact your TransAct
representative for assistance.
[Scale Settings & Scale 2 Settings]
TransAct does not recommend using the [Scale Settings] section to change your scale port settings. All
the items can be changed and tested within TransAct. Select Admin | Preferences | Scale Port , select
the scale indicator type, connection, baud rate, flow, parity, and stop bits. Select the Test button at the
bottom of the window to view the data the computer is receiving from the scale indicator.
[Printer Settings]
TransAct does not recommend using the [Printer Settings] section to change your printer port setup.
All items can be changed and tested within TransAct. Select Admin | Preferences | Printer Port 1 and
Printer Port 2. Select the printer type, connection, baud rate, flow, parity, and stop bits. Select the Test
button at the bottom of the window to send up to four lines of text to the printer.
[Data Terminal Settings]
TransAct does not recommend using the [Data Terminal Settings] section to change your data terminal
settings. All the items can be changed and tested within TransAct. Select Admin | Preferences | Data
Terminal Port. Select the Data Terminal type, connection, baud rate, flow, parity, and stop bits. Select
the Test button at the bottom of the window to view the data the computer is receiving from the data
terminal.
[Reports]
Custom reports using Crystal Reports for Visual Basic version 2.0 can be added to the list of reports in
the Report Options form. Add the following heading and report information at the end of the initialization
file.
[Reports]
Report1=Name of Report,nameorpt.rpt