Rice Lake TransAct 5.0 - Installation & Operation Manual - Manual (Page 183)

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FAQ
Defining Categories
We are working towards the goal of having all setup functions accessible from the
program. Unfortunately, the setup for categories is not one of them. To set up and enable
a category table you must still modify the initialization file manually. Using either
NotePad or WordPad, open the Transact.ini file located in the windows folder (usually
C:\Windows). In the initialization file, find these sections and make the modifications to
the listed keywords. You will find additional keywords in your initialization file. Ignore
them for now and just worry about the ones listed here.
[Rates]
MeasuredRates=1
This specifies the category table that will be the
material table.
RateTableCodes=4
This specifies the category table that will be the
price table.
Factor1=Cu Foot To enable user defined unit 1, assign a name here.
Factor2= To enable user defined unit 2, assign a name here.
[Category 1]
Title=Material
To enable a category 1 table, assign a name
here.
CategoryNote=GL Account
Enter the label you would like to place on
the user note field.
SubCat1=(1,Rock)(2,Sand)(3,Crushed)
Entries for subcategory 1 in the form
(code,name).
SubCat1Title=SubCat1 (Type)
Enter the title you want to use for
subcategory 1.
SubCat2=(1,North)(2,South)(3,West)(4,East)
Entries for subcategory 2 in the form
(code,name)
SubCat2Title=SubCat2 (Yard)
Enter the title you want to use for
subcategory 2
[Category 2]
Title=Pit To enable category 2 table, assign a name here.
CategoryNote=
Enter the label you would like to place on the user
note field.