How Do I ... Generate a Dental Chart
The examples below are based on Canine and Feline dental charts. These can be obtained from the Update server and are included with the Laboratory forms downlaod. See the Guide Downloading Lab Forms for details.
These can be added/accessed with the AP Metacharacter
^38=name_of_form
e.g.
for the Canine Dental Chart, create an AP card and add to
the Extra's lines ^38=k9dental.doc.
When used, the form will be copied over to the Attachment Screen and in this case Word will be called. You can fill in the details and click print. As the form has been copied over before you fill in the details if you click 'save' the competed form will be saved with no additional steps needed.
| Description | Dental Chart &(Canine |
|---|---|
| Keyword | k9den |
| M.Factor | Suppressed |
| Extras | ^38=k9dental.doc |
Note in the above example we have used the '&(' in the description - all this does is display to the user 'Dental Chart &(Canine' but when added to the record card it will appear as just 'Dental Chart'. This enables you to have standard wording on cards but let the user see which chart it is.
The Name of the attachment will be taken from the description of the AP card. In the above example it would end up as:
Dental Chart
and it will be attached as an 'AP Form'.
If you want to alter the defaults then add a params.txt entry:
Form_filename = Description | Attach as (the '| Attach as' is optional)
For the Canine Dental Chart this could be
Form_k9dental.doc = Dental Chart | Dental
This may not be the best example as the description in this case is the same. You can leave the description out and just use:
Form_k9dental.doc = | Dental
This will use the AP description but tell the attachment screen to class
it as 'Dental'.
For Feline charts then - the filename is catdental.doc, use this instead of k9dental e.g.
| Description | Dental Chart &(Feline |
|---|---|
| Keyword | feden |
| M.Factor | Suppressed |
| Extras | ^38=catdental.doc |
and
Form_catdental.doc = | Dental
Note: The form will be copied over to the attachment screen BEFORE the system checks they can actually be opened on the screen you are on. This allows the forms to put into place and another member to staff to finish them off and print them later.
In the above examples, the filename used are k9dental.doc
and catdental.doc - these are the same filenames as you will use if you are using the samples we provided.
Error When 1st Accessed
Both the above documents make use of the 'Windows Integration Module'. This is where the system get the Client and Animal details and fills them in automatically for you. To do this it looks at YOUR server for the details.
The 1st time run it has no idea what your server is called so you will get a message:
blah blah is a mail merge document/ Word cannot find its data source.
... will run the following SQL command ..'
then look at the FAQ - Remove the Select From Mesage
- Click 'Find Data Source'
- If you have a Windows Shortcut for your server click it
(otherwise Use My Network Places, locate 'Premvet on Samba Server') - Click the 'text' folder then click 'WordCsv.csv
- Save the document
Once you have followed the above steps once you will no longer be asked the question.