Rice Lake TransAct 5.0 - Installation & Operation Manual - Manual (Page 118)

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A 30 character alpha-numeric field containing the order description.
Inactive Check Box
When checked, this order is inactive. It will not appear in any drop down lists on other
screens and will be considered a candidate to be purged from the database by the purge
utility. In order to be purged, there must be no transactions in the database that reference
this order.
Customer
Select the customer account that will be billed for this order.
PO
Enter the purchase order number attached to this order. Purchase order is a 20 character
alpha-numeric field. This field is used to preset the transaction PO field when tickets are
processed against this order.
Special Instructions
Use these four fields to enter special instructions (directions, driver memos, etc.) for the
order. Each field is 50 characters in length. These fields can be printed on the ticket.
Quote Date
Quote date is automatically set when a new order is entered. However, it can be modified.
Order Date
An order date must be entered to activate the order. It will then appear in drop down lists
of other screens. (Note: The program does not check the value of the order date, it simply
looks for a non-blank value.)
Starts Date
You can specify when an order becomes active by entering a start date. If no start date is
entered, the order becomes active as soon as an order date is entered.
Expires Date
You can also specify when an order expires by entering an expiration date. If no
expiration date is entered, then the order will never expire.
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