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EASY INVENTORY
Version 1.5
This business inventory program is for those needing an easy
to use, stand alone inventory program. Many businesses should
find the program to be ideal for their purchases and sales as well.
Besides various inventory reports, other sales reports should be
ideal for monitoring cash flow and income from sales as well. The
program maintains the cost of sales based on the cost at the time
of the sale. It uses auto lookups and scrolling record windows
for ease of use.
The program provides for inventory by number, locations, and
by supplier for the reorder report. It also offers virtually
unlimited record capacities. It will even blank your monitor screen
after 10 minutes of inactivity to protect it from burn in.
Requirements for this program are at least 512k ram and a
proper CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory. A hard disk is
also highly recommended. This is a large application and a separate
directory should be created for it's use. Please see CONFIG.SYS
below for further information concerning this file. If you have
a color system and the program does not come up in color, try
entering MODE CO80 just prior to running it. This application
will not run on standard 360k floppies.
Please read the following instructions before using, especially
the section explaining the use of the keyboard keys in the program.
The program contains a good bit of automation for data processing
and could be confusing otherwise. You will need to create a separate
directory and copy the EASINV.EXE file into it. Program is then
started by entering EASINV at the prompt. The program will
generate the necessary data files.
If you like the program, registration is only 35.00. You will
then be sent the registered version of the program. You will be
able to view reports on screen or send them to an ASCII file; an
additional summary report will let you monitor cash flow and profits;
an index file rebuilder and printed instruction manual will also be
provided.
Your support is appreciated. Feed back is always welcome.
I. J. Smith
9795 Rustling Oaks
Baton Rouge, La. 70818
The program is straight forward with the following steps:
1. Add Inventory Locations Main Menu option D
2. Add Inventory Suppliers '' '' '' E
3. Add Inventory Items '' '' '' C
4. Enter Purchases and Sales '' '' '' A & B
5. Print reports as needed '' '' '' F
The order shown is for first time use. Many items can be added
when their tables are displayed for lookup purposes from various
data prompts by simply pressing the INSert key.
Purchases need to be entered and processed before sales to
properly reflect the cost of sales. A last unit cost is used as a
default and will be used if there is no cost at the time of sale.
This should at least assure a reasonable cost of sale in the various
sales reports.
When making changes to purchases and sales transactions, the
description information will not be reflected properly until the
inventory number has been chosen. This is normal and you can cancel
with the ESC key if you wish, previous data will not be lost.
FUNCTION KEY USAGE
The following keyboard keys are used in the multiple record
table windows. A popup window will appear from these keystrokes.
A description of the action will appear in this window such as
'This record will be added' or 'Press ENTER to delete'. You can
press the ESC key to cancel or in the case of the deletion, press
ENTER and the record is then removed. You may find it easier to
add records by being situated where you want to add the record...
thus the use of the INSert key.
KEY FUNCTION
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INSert Used for adding new records. Record will
automatically be inserted in proper position.
DELete Used for deleting highlighted records.
ENTER Used for changing highlighted record or for
selections in prompts.
ESC Cancel or exit.
ARROWS These keys are used to scroll thru the records
one at a time.
PgUp Displays previous window of records.
PgDn Displays next window of records.
CTRL PgUp Displays records from beginning of file.
CTRL PgDn Displays records from end of file.
LOCATOR Locator fields are used to locate records more
quickly. As you enter the number desired, the
program will highlight the nearest record found.
These are located in the upper left corners of
the record table windows. Make sure you try
these out as they will make data entry much
quicker with large files.
The data entry windows are fairly straight forward. You simply
add or change data as needed with the ENTER key. Use of the ESC key
can also restore data if you wish. The ARROW keys can also be used to
step through the data fields. If your data is correct, you can also
press CTRL-ENTER and not have to step through the fields. This can be
very useful when simply needing to change data in only one field.
Lookup fields are also used thruout the program. If prompted
for a number for example, you can enter the number desired or if
blank simply press ENTER. Choices will then be displayed in a table.
The table will also be displayed if the number you enter does not
exist. If the number is new, it can be added by simply pressing the
insert key. Where appropriate, some tables will automatically pop
up for your choices.
When choosing file entry options, if there are no records in
the file a record entry window will automatically appear for your
entry. Simply press the INSert key for further additions.
SCREEN BLANKER
The program has a built in feature that will blank the monitor
screen after 10 minutes of inactivity. This feature is to help
protect your screen from burn in. Simply press one of the arrow
keys to refresh the screen display.
PURCHASES AND SALES ENTRY
The program will allow you to enter the unit cost (or unit price)
and will extend them for the total amount. The default unit cost is
the last cost in the record. If you prefer to enter total extended
amounts, you may override the total amount extended and enter your
total instead. The total amount is the recorded amount.
Main Menu option A Purchases
This option will pop up a small menu to enter purchases. Option
A will display the data entry table for the purchases. If none exist
then the pr