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Henry,
I’m interested in your advantages list – no mention of the actual reason we did Accrual Payroll – the accrual aspect. (Expenses posted to books in period they occurred, rather than the date of the pay cheque.)
I know many/most of your clients use Accrual Payroll. Is that entirely to take advantage of the distribution of expenses?
Bob
Yes – open up the joining priviledges to allow anyone to create a login.
With that comes tons of spam, porn, etc. I’ve been advised by people that know that this is what will happen, and that option is definately out.
I’m not aware that the wait is that long to get a login though – it should be a nearly same-day thing.
Bob
Seems like an option that should have been there from day 1.
I’ll try to steal the time to do it.
Bob
Problem solved.
She e-mailed me a cut/paste of the text she used and there was a space between the @chr and (64)
Bob
Re: USB Printers
We’ve found that a USB connnection to the printer is not the end of the road for DOS printing.
I personally setup an HP 1000 via USB cable and it worked 1st time with DOS/NV. Before doing this I studied the HP web-site for info on DOS printing and followed the instructions I found there. (And they were simple – no hocus-pocus.)
In support we’ve had success with USB printers by using the “NET USE” command.
The type of connection (USB, Parallel, Serial, Infrared, etc.) is not the issue – these are:
1 – Whether the printer will understand output from a DOS program (see other posts about this.)
2 – Connecting to the printer. This is now quite simple on NT family systems (NT, 2000, XP) using the NET USE command.
Last point on the connection issue: If you think about it, when printing to a network/shared printer attached to another computer, your connection to the the ‘printer’ is a network cable – parallel/USB doesn’t even come into the mix.
Bob
Geneva e-mailed me privately saying the above did not work for her (got an error trying to PARSE the template.)
I’ve double-checked and tested it and found no problem. Has anybody else used this and/or had a problem?
Bob
Re: 16-bit Error
This occurs if the “Fast Access” option is turned on in the NewViews options. As Henry said, this error can occur after copying the NV programs directory to a new machine if the option was set to “On” on the old machine. This is often the case where you are moving from an old DOS/Windows version that allowed Fast Access to a new system that doesn’t. Re-installing NewViews from the diskettes has the effect of restoring the Fast Access option to the default “Off”.
Simply go to options and turn Fast Access Off and you will not be bothered by the error again. (And, while you are there, turn off Keyboard Polling.)
Bob
If the systems are NT/XP/2000 then the “NET USE” command will probably get you going.
See my post of 03-02-04 under the “Configuring Printer” thread for more on this.
Bob
Printing problems fall into two broad categories:
1 – You can’t print at all – you get an error or there is absolutely no output on the page.
This is a ‘system’ issue and at this point the printer driver used in NewViews is irrelevant. One (or more) of the following is the cause:
– You have a ‘Windows only’ printer, and David’s nvPRNq will get you going.
– The system needs to be configured so DOS programs can print. Under Win 2000 & XP the “NET USE” command is often just the ticket. For example, if the printer share name is HPLASERJ on machine SERVER1 you would type (at a DOS prompt)
NET USE LPT1 \SERVER1HPLASERJ /PERSISTENT:YES
This sets up a ‘permanent’ connection between LPT1 and the desired printer. (This can even get you printing on some USB printers.)
The bottom line when solving this problems is this: Shut NewViews down and simply work at a DOS prompt. The test is to do this:
DIR > LPT1
When the system is configured properly for DOS promting, this command will result in a directory listing going to the printer. When that works, NewViews will be able to print. We often council people to do this when they are dealing with a 3rd-party support person, like a printer manufacturer. We find that many times they tell a user a printing problem is NewViews’ fault when in fact it isn’t. If NewViews isn’t even running then they are often forced to actually solve the problem.
2 – You get output, but it doesn’t look right.
This is now a driver issue, and the name of the printer in the Print Options prompt becomes relevant.
I’m betting if I look for this in the documentation I’ll have a hard time findint it, so …
You can place any ‘odd’ character you like on a template using the @chr() statement. For example, to get the ‘@’ needed in an e-mail address you would do this:
Run the ASCII procedure to find the ASCII # of the @ character (64)
Put the following on the template:
vivace@chr(64)speakeasy.net
Parse the template
@chr() can also be used to place a sequence of characters on a template, such as a printer instruction sequence. To do this you separate the character numbers with a comma. eg: @chr(10,20,30). This would send characters 10, 20, and 30 to the printer. You can use this to do things like turn bold on or off, etc. But you have to find the correct sequence for your particular printer, which is pretty easy since there are really only two command sets: Epson & Hewlett Packard.
While we’re at it, there’s another couple of commands that can be placed on tempates:
@prn(HP10P) Start using the HP10P printer
@prc(MYPROC) Call the procedure MYPROC
Hope this all helps.
Bob
That would not be a problem.
I would be interested in other people’s requirements in this regard – there may be other variations that would be usefull too. I’ll watch this thread to see what else comes in.
Bob
