Want to know some more information about drugs when they are dispensed?
Then attach a definition file to the stock card by appending a letter and entering the definition file name.
In this example all NSAID could have the file no.def
appended to them - look at bottom line of the screen shot - appeand a
letter is set to Yes and Letter has the definition file in it (no.def).
no.def would look like this :
.qu Please answer the following questions ....... .qu !Why are you using? <A>rthritis <S>urgery <O>ther .qu !Previous NSAID for condition? <N>one <M>etacam <C>arprofen <P>lt <O>ther .sa nsaid.csv &pname,&date,&user,&breed,&Age,&SName,&PASS,&var1,&var2 .SY NoLog
What does this do?
.qu asks the question that follows. The top one acts as a
prompt to stop trigger happy vets returning through the defaults without
thinking! (the answer to &var0 is ignored)
! forces the user to give an answer from the list
<?>xxxxx are the highlighted options for the user to choose from
&SName is the drug description,
&PASS is the quantity.
.sa sends the data from the questions &var? as well
as any other reserved words you want to use to a csv (Comma Separated Value) file in this case
nsaid.csv
.SY stops you getting any un-needed messages in the clinical about the form being printed.
How do I see the results?
Ideally on a PC you simple open windows export files and scan for csv's. Look at the file and the information should then open up straight into excel for you to interrogate as you wish!