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ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE - Customization Features

The features described below enable a user to customize a specific online accounting application and the entire installation without program modifications. Most of these features can be implemented "on the fly" and take effect immediately.


 1.  When using a PC, the screen color and help screen color windows can be
     specified differently for each user and is set in the User Control
     Record (DB08).

 2.  The initial menu to be displayed after the user signs on the financial
     system can vary by operator and is set in the User Control Record.
 
 3.  The display of disk read counts while printing online reports is set by
     System-Option-14 in the Company Control Record (DB03).
 
 4.  Different functional options for a specific application are defined by
     various system options in the Company Control Record.  Each application
     can have its own Company Control Record.

 5.  The date format including separator character (e.g. dash, period or
     slash) for data entry and reporting is set by several options in the
     Company Control Record.

 6.  How data prompts are displayed including separator character (e.g. dash,
     underscore) and field delimit character (e.g. brackets, parenthesis)
     for data entry screens is initially set in Program File (DBSPGM) and
     System-Option-32 in DB03.

 7.  Run-time parameters are used to set basic options when the application
     is initially loaded or starts.  These run-time parameters are defined
     in the Program File (DBSPGM), which also defines the disk location of
     each file and application program.

 8.  Any error message and help message can be changed or expanded by 
     updating the source Help File (DBSHLP.TXT) and then executing procedure
     DB11 to reload the online Help File.
 
 9.  The data prompt names and the order they are displayed can be changed
     by updating the source Format File (DBSFMT.TXT) and then executing
     procedure DB11 to reload the online
     Format File.

10.  Only the user can change his/her password at any time by using the PW
     command.  The new password is encrypted when stored in the User Control
     Record.

11.  The HP laser printer PCL commands are defined for each report and
     stored in Code Definition Records with a Code-Type of "LP".  Some
     reports can be setup to print a border.  To selectively print a border
     around any report written to disk, enter 92V to view the report, press
     F8 and then press F9 to print the report with a border.

12.  A general report writer capability allows the user to select, sort and
     print any field within any record using procedure DB12.

13.  The user-ID can be printed in the heading of all reports to identify
     which report was requested by whom when several operators are sharing
     the same printer.  This is set by System-Option-30 in DB03.

14.  The format of page numbers in accounting and management reports is set
     by System-Option-37 in the Company Control Record and is either "Page x"
     or "Page x of y".

15.  Most management and accounting reports provide a sort option prompt
     which allows the operator to specify the sequence of detail transactions
     printed in the report.  Any non-default sequence is indicated in the
     report heading as "SEQ=X".

MORE INFORMATION:

To receive additional information on the Legler Systems online accounting software, please e-mail Bill Legler or go to the Accounting Software Summary page.

Revision 7.8 - Copyright 2000 by Legler Systems Company. All rights reserved.