Read219b Premvet 5 (Version 2.19.00) - Changes October 1999 > Feb 2000

With the longer breed names some abbreviations have been added to enable definition files that were designed for the short names to be used:

&breed	The full breed name
&wbreed	The 1st Word of the breed
&sbreed	The 1st 10 characters of the breed
&abreed	The 1st character of each word

e.g.

&breed	Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
&wbreed	Cavalier
&sbreed	Cavalier K
&abreed	CKCS

When using a modem to transfer the order to Centaur you can specify the 'location' for delivery and billing purposes. The location is one character added to your ordering reference and is allocated by Centaur. This should be entered following the existing ref number via Stock -> Params -> Lookup -> Edit

e.g. If your existing code is 123 and you want to use location 4 you would enter 123 4 - note the space.

The Waiting room list summary and to-pay screens will show the total amount outstanding for the CLIENT.

If you are not sure of when you want to see the animal you can set up an AP code with 0 days as the number to recall. In this case:

Any comments you make using the ' will be carried over to the diary.

If the AP code you are using relates to Euthanasia etc. (the status code is set to DD AND the vaccination is set to 0 then any appointments for this animal will be removed from the diary automatically.

The Irish 2/3's rule can be enabled by:

General Apps -> Params -> Fields -> VAT -> Number 4 to Yes

Set Vat rate B to the Services rate (currently 12.5%) and VAT rate C to the goods rate (currently 21%).

Whenever automatic pricing is used to add work the system will when you exit AP re-calculate the VAT on the lines entered after applying the 2/3's rule.

The 2/3's rule is only applied to work entered via Auto Pricing.

You can specify 'local' printers, any work sent to these printers will by-pass the windows print spooler and work will be sent directly to the port.

You would set them up in the printer setup utility as :

Printer Command
local lpt1	Print directly to LPT1
local com1:227	Print to a serial printer at 9600 baud on COM1
local com2:131	Serial printer at 1200 baud com2

You may in some cases need to use the 'mode' command in you batch file prior to calling the vet system e.g. mode com2 9600,n,8,1

These can also be used with cash drawers, set the cash drawer device in you vet/netvet batch file to be say \W and make sure \W is set to the port the cash drawer is on.

The 'Spare' printer code has been re-named 'Open Till' and applies to cash drawers.

If the cash drawer is attached to a POS/Label printer then the value should be \007 otherwise any text can be used.

This option on the 'Print Recall' menu will allow you to:

• Change the interval or delete a specific recall
• Set the interval to Zero based on clinical records
• Add/Update a recall based on clinical records.

When selected you will have three choices:

Change an interval - Scan all the client with a matching species, for the specified recall type and alter the recorded interval. e.g. you want to change the dental recall from 27 weeks to 26 weeks. If you want to remove a recall completely set the number of weeks to -1.

Scan Clinical and Update - Scans the clinical records for each animal looking for either specified analysis codes or clinical text and update (or add) the specified recall. There may be cases where you want to ignore text - this can be specified in the 'Does NOT Contain' field. e.g. Analysis codes 10-20 all deal with Recall Type 1 - Vaccination BUT you don't want the recall updated on '2nd Vaccination', in this case you would specify 10-20 as the analysis code range and add '2nd' to the ignore field.

Scan and set to Zero - Works the same way as the option above but will set the interval to zero.

Note(s):

• Animals marked DD in the status field will be ignored
• The update will NOT affect existing recalls on records NOT found
• Use FARM as a species to include farm records
• Multiple text can be entered separated via a comma (,) e.g. died,dead,euth,cremate can be entered as ignore and any of the 4 words will cause a match.
• As the recall will be added if it does not exist it can be used to introduce a new recall type very easily and include historic data.
• Access to this option is controlled via Access Permission 111
• Using BOTH analysis codes AND Text contains - in this case BOTH criteria MUST match. This is useful to avoid free hand comment (usually ana code 200) from triping the recall. e.g. Include the range 1-199 and the text Vacc,Booster etc.

&idnumber	The ID number for the animal or farm
&herdref	The Herd Ref field

If the file 'bill.top' is present this will be used to print the practice name and address on the top of invoices.

Normally the recalls and fee notes will be generated in alphabetical order. If you prefer them in numerical order then alter the settings:

General Apps -> Params -> Fields -> Options -> More -> 16 / 17

Analysis Codes and Events

When you are adding/editing analysis code descriptions the text will be displayed using the colour event chosen to make it easier to get the correct combination of colours.

Some terminals need handshaking switched on as they cannot handle the speed of some systems. This is done via the startup option -h.

Normally when a stock order is sent to the wholesaler via modem the system will automatically update the prices and quantities at the time the order was placed based on the reply file received.

This can sometimes lead to confusion if the item(s) do not arrive.

You can generate an 'order file' which can be processed manually when the goods are received - now with modem ordering if you answer 'Y'es to Generate an Order file the modem reply file from the wholesaler will NOT update prices and quantities.

This means you can use the modem to place the order and when the goods are received you can use the 'Process Order' option to tell the system what has/has not been received.

A new option has been added to the search criteria - animal age. You can restrict the listing to animals UNDER a specific number of weeks old. This allows you to generate a report such as:

All dogs under 20 months old who are over due by at least one month but not more than 2 years overdue for a recall.

Normally the .DP is followed by a letter e.g. .DP F,/code> to print to printer F. However, this can limit you if you are dynamically altering the printers in use by location. To allow printers to be assigned by location use a number (1-3) this number corresponds to :

1	Currently selected main printer
2	Currently selected label printer
3	Currently selected receipt printer

so assuming your receipt printer is set to B then .DP 3 will be translated to printer B.