Customisation: Text Files

This option allows you to edit some of the text files used by the system. The primary one being params.txt.

params.txt

Invoicing, Bills and Receipts
Option	Used In	Details
Invoice_Code_230	Invoicing	The description used for analysis code 230 when using Invoice Layout 'L'
Show_POS_Vat	Bills and Receipts	Set to 'Yes' if you want show the VAT content on POS bills.
Show_Today_VAT	Bills and Receipts	Set to 'Yes' if you want show the VAT content on Today bills.
Show_POS_Disc	Bills and Receipts	If set to 'Yes' then POS bills will show the discount percentage for each line (where possible).
Credit_Control_Ana	Control Debtor	The analysis code assigned for Credit control purposes, the most recent line will be shown on the Control Debtor Report.
Diary and Waiting Room Lists
Option	Used In	Details
Show_Last_Seen	Waiting Room	If Set to No then this section will NOT be displayed. The default is to display it.
Last_Seen_Balance	Waiting Room	If Set to No then the Last Seen and Forward lists will NOT show the animal balance.
Waiting_Room_Summary_Logoff	Waiting Room	Number of minutes till the summary screen is logged off. Default is 30 mins.
Show_Forward_WR	Waiting Room	If Set to Yes then the forward waiting room list will appear on the summary if there is anyone on it. The default is NOT to show this section.
Hide_Diary_No_Show	Waiting Room	The Waiting room summary (Classic) will show clients that are due to appear. You may get the situation where a client who missed their appointment at 9am still on the list at 6pm. This option (default 2hrs), is used to adjust how long after the appointment time the animal appears on the list. This should contain the number of minutes e.g 2hr = 120 mins.
Diary_Show_Window	Waiting Room	The Waiting room summary (Classic), this will limit the clients who are due in for an appointment to those due within the number of minutes specified. The default is 4 hours (240 mins).
Diary_No_Colour	Diary	If this is set to NO then no colour events will be used when displaying the diary page. This will enable the system to scroll the pages quicker when dumb terminals are being used.
Diary_Ask_Personnel	Diary	If this is set to YES then you have the option of changing the 'Personnel' column for each appointment.
Diary_Use_User_ID	Diary	If this is set to Yes then when an appointment is made for an animal is the diary slot is marked with a specific user then this will be displayed on the management record card instead of the diary name. The user MUST exist as a valid user. If you booked an 'unmaked' slot then the MR will contain the diary name as before. You cannot use the new style waiting room list.
Diary_No_Show_Check_Ana	Diary	If this is set to No then when the 'No Show' report is run (from the menu) then any text entered on the day of the appointment will cause the system to assume the animal has been seen and it will be skipped.
Diary_Overview	Diary	This can be set to a range of diary number that you want to appear on the overview screen, separate each diary number with a space.
Log_Diary_Cancel	Diary	If set to yes then whenever an appointment is cancelled a clinical note will be added giving the reason. If it is set to 'Ask', you will be prompted as to whether the reason should be logged or not.
Consent, Recovery and General forms
Option	Used In	Details
Log_Ops_Form	Def Files	If this is set to Yes then any form generated from the Operation Prompt Line e.g. general, consent, recovery will be logged on the clinial record (Analysis Code 211).
Recovery_Reset_Operation	Recovery Form	If set to No (default is Yes), then when a recovery form is generated the animal willNOT be removed from the ops list.
General_Def_Default	Def Files	The default filename when 'Ops' -> 'General' is selected.
Consent_Def_Default	Def Files	The default filename when 'Ops' -> 'Consent' is selected.
Recovery_Def_Default	Def Files	The default filename when 'Ops' -> 'Recovery' is selected.
Letter_Def_Default	Def Files	The default filename when 'Ops' -> 'Text' is selected.
Euth_Def_Default	Def Files	The default filename when 'Ops' -> 'Euth' is selected.
Letter_Def_Index	Def Files	The default Index used when 'Ops' -> 'Text' is selected.
Def_Win_Files	Def Files	Used to check the document extension to see if it should be processed by a Windows Application. The default will be .doc if this in not specified.
Win_Open_No_Print	Def Files	If the file extension is present, the document will be 'Opened' rather than the default of 'Printed'.
Print_Filetype.XXX	Def Files	For prining Windows documents in a terminal enviroment you need to specify a 'filter' for the different document type. For Example, printing Word documents, you may setup a filter: Print_FileType.doc = catdoc %s | lp -d %% This will pass the filename (%s) to the 'catdoc' utility and route it to your default printer (%%).
Web_Documents	AP Definition Files	When using ^22=file.html within an AP code, normally the system will assume the web page is on your local server. If however you have a separate web_server or have the web pages in a different location this option will prepend the contents tot he file. e.g. You have all your AP help files in /u/www/practice, if you specify: Web_Documents = http://practice/ then this will be added to the file, then passed to your Web Browser.
Management Record Cards
Option	Used In	Details
Insured_Field	Management Record	What the Insured Field on the Management Record is labeled, by default this will be Insured.
Insured_Field_Event	Management Record	The Colour Event used to display the insured field if not NO.
New_Animal_Ask_Additional	Adding an Animal	If this option is set to 'Yes', then you will be prompted for details on the Additional Screen
New_Animal_Loyal_Multi	Loyaly Scheme	Set the default loyalty multiplier for new animals.
Hide_Animal_Status	Treeview	This contains the status codes that indicate the animal should not be shown by default when the treeview is displayed.
Tree_Colour	Treeview	This option allows the animal lines displayed on the Tree View to change colour based on the status code. Status codes are 'mapped' to colour events 131 - 139. e.g. Tree_Colour = RHMW (Two codes 'RH' and 'MW') These will map to RH to event 131, MW to event 132. PDSA sites should have 'AA' as the first code listed.
Clinical_Default	Clinical Prompt	If you want to alter the default on the clinical screen, set this to the option you want. If you want the system to cycle through menu options in turn then set this to the options you want e.g. ATQ will default 1st to Auto, then Text and finally Quit. As this may not be suitable for all users then set Access Permission 117 can be used to switch it off and default the user to 'Quit'
Show_Day	Clinical Screen	If set to Yes the system will display the day of the week the transaction took place under the date on the clinical screen.
Print_Swipe_Slip	Payments	If set to Yes then when a credit card payment is made credit card slips will be printed to the POS printer.
Euro_Unit	Euro Conversion	The text here should be thei description of the old base currency, this is used if you are converting from one currency to another e.g. the Euro. By default this is set to 'Euro', if you have converted over to the Euro then this to be the OLD base currency e.g. for Ireland this should be set to 'Punt'. e.g. Euro_Unit=Punt.
Stock and Automatic Pricing
Option	Used In	Details
AP_Show_Surcharge	Auto Pricing	If this option is set to 'Yes' then when you surcharge any items this will be shown on the clinical text e.g. Visit [Surc. 20%], if the surcharge was 20%.
AP_Default_Accept	Adding AP Work	Set to 'Yes' if you want the default when adding AP/Stock to be Accept rather than Yes.
AP_Force_Batch	Adding AP Work	Set to 'Yes' if you want the user to be forced to select/enter a batch number.
Class_Ignore_Dfee	Adding AP Work	When using classifications to discount work the default is to discount 100% any dispensing fees, if this is set to YES then disp. fees will be charged at full price.
Dunlops_Bar	Bar Codes	This will be set automatically when barcode data is received from Dunlops and is used to expand Batch Number and Expiry dates.
NVS_Code_Length	Bar Codes	Set this to the length of the supplier reference you are using if you are an NVS customer. The default if not specified is six.
Stock_Order_Ref_{Branch}	Stock Ordering	If Ordering via the modem and you are using separate stock files per branch this will contain the supplier location number for the branch. Replace {Branch} with the actual branch number.
Stk_Skip_Process_Batch	Stock Ordering	This is the default answer for the question 'Skip Batch/Bar Details' the default is 'N', to change the default to Yes then set this to Y.
Ask_Batch_Expiry_Date	AP Stock	If set to yes then if the stock item you are entering has batch details but no expiry date then you will be prompted for one.
Scanner_Start	Scanners	The default settings for scanners are 001 (^a) as the start/end characters. This is not suitable for Wyse terminals. You should set Scanner_Start to the same character as is programmed into the scanner.
Ask_PO_Order_Scan	Process an Order	When scanning Tote sheets, if this option is set to Yes then you will be asked for the PO it relates to.
General
Option	Used In	Details
Confirm_Exit	Quiting the System	If this option is set to Yes you will be asked to comfirm that you want to exit the system.
Separate_Vatbooks	Vatbook	If this option is set to 'Yes' then you can run session resets on a per surgery basis. This applies mainly to site connected via leased line.
Recall_Printer	Recalls	This can be set to a printer letter (A-Z) and if set this will over-ride the user defaults for the printer to use when generating recalls.
Laser_Labels	2-Up Labels	This can be set to a printer letter (A-Z) and if set this will over-ride the user defaults when generating 2-Up Laser lables. recalls.
FeeNote_Printer	Fee Notes	This can be set to a printer letter (A-Z) and if set this will over-ride the user defaults for the printer to use when generating fee notes.
Help_Default	Breed/Poisons	The default will be to ask for breed help, if this option is set to misc then the default will chage to the general option, usually poisions.
Options Specific to the PDSA Version
Option	Used In	Details
Open_Account_Number	PDSA Specific	Internal accounting ID.
Weekly_Mail_To	PDSA Specific	Mail address for summary reports.
PDSA_Period_Start	PDSA Specific	Start date for PDSA period.