Read219n Premvet 5 (Version 2.19.07) - March 2003

Access Permissions

The following access permissions have been added or changed.

130 DataMajor Update - Access to the update menu in DM

The Adhoc report 'Animals by Ana Group Usage' will include the surgery the animal is registered at.

Repeat Prescriptions are now transferred over to DM. See the clinical stored report for samples, the tables details are covered in the DataMajor on-line manual

An Add-In for Excel has been added to allow graphs and pivot tables to be automatically generated. See

http://www.premvet.co.uk/premvet/manual/dm/addin.html

The following Stored Reports have been added:

Breakdown by Analysis code by Branch the Work was done.
Breakdown by Time (Out of Hours Analysis) of Work
Work done breakdown (by GROUP) by user over a period
Work done breakdown (by Analysis Code) by user over a period
Repeat Prescriptions due in next 30 days
Repeat Prescriptions: 'See Vet', 'Non Specific' and 'Expired'
Compare Management Record Vaccination date with Clinical dates.
ATV by user if the transaction contains a specific Ana Code.
No-Shows and Cancellations in the diary.

On-Line Manual : http://www.premvet.co.uk/premvet/manual/dm/dm.html

A new sub-menu in Stored reports called 'Update' has been added. The scripts in this menu can be used to change the Premvet DataBase. Currently you can change the Species, Sex, Breed and Admin lock. Any changes made will automatically update the DataMajor snapshot, update the record cards and will cross update. It is protected via access permission 130. See manual for details.

Manual: http://www.premvet.co.uk/premvet/manual/dm/dm1.html

If you want to force the printout into Landscape mode, include the word <b>Landscape</b> in one of the script comment lines.

Practice Growth: The Growth script needs to know about animals that are no longer 'in the area' e.g. Moved Away. Use the option DM -> Utilities -> Setup -> 1 to enter the Status Code(s) you use to indicate the animal will not be returning to the practice e.g. MA (Moved Away), RH (Re-Homed) etc. These will be used on the NEXT re-build. This will set the animal field IsClient to No so it can be used in other scripts as required.

Full Text Search (OSR 5.0.7 only) - The full text search has been expanded to handle 'Boolean Searches' - this just means you have much more control over what is searched for. To explain look at the examples below. The system will switch into Boolean mode if any of the following characters are entered ()<>+-*" - in the search criteria. This does mean you cannot search specifically for them.

The basic Full Text Search looks for ANY occurence of the words you enter and will return a 'score' based on what it found. e.g. searching for 'Synulox tabs' look for lines where either word is present. When in boolean mode:

+synulox -tabs	Look for lines where Synulox IS present but tabs is NOT.
+synulox +tabs	Both words MUST be present but not necessary adjacent to each other.
"Synulox Tabs"	The text 'Synulox space Tabs' must be found
Synulo*	Any lines with the word starting Synulo something. The * must appear AFTER the text.

If you try the 'Boolean Mode' on earlier versions of the software you will get the message 'You have an error near boolean mode', this just indicates the version you have does not support it. It does no harm.

For Cross updating sites the address used in Purchase orders can be set to the surgery address rather than the practice address by setting PO_Use_Surg_Address to Yes in params.txt.

Dispencing Fee log - a CSV file is updated automatically when you add a dispensing fee to a card. It is text/dispfee.csv and it contains:

Date work was entered
Animal record it was added to
Disp Fee before any discounts/classifications
The amount of the Dispencing fee
The classification the animal was in
Analysis code of the item
Fees component of the line
Drugs component of the line
User who did the work

This file can be access via the 'S'can option under Windows Export Files.

If the params.txt entry Estimate_Add_Breakdown is set to yes then the Automatic Pricing codes that were used to generate the estimate will be printed at the same time as the estimate on a separate page. If you use esttop.def to customise the top of the form this will NOT be printed on the 'Made up by' page.

When making an appointment in the diary via AutoMatic Pricing, you can enter a valid date rather than number of days (if interval is set at zero). The appointment will be made on that date.

Normally the clinical text box is 7 lines of 34 characters, if you set Clinical_Box_Size = 1 in params.txt then the width of the box will be expanded to 73 characters. The system will still split the text up to 34 characters but you will have more space to enter it. When using a larger box the system WILL fold all multiple spaces down to one.

You can 'attach' a copy of the definition file to the animal's record with the .ATTACH text option. If 'text' is specified then this will be the description used. 'text' can include reserved words e.g. .attach &date Prescription will use today's date followed by Prescription.

A sample Tracer ID form is included ntracer.def - See the FAQ on ID Chip registration for details.

Most for the reports will use the duplexer (if installed) and will print on both sides of the page. You can enable duplex printing in definition files by adding &TF to the document.

New entries for the HP LaserJet 4600dn and LaserJet 2200dn have been added to the printer tables.

If you have a duplexer you should ensure that the 'Printer Codes' are updated to take advantage of it. Check the 2nd page of codes:

        Duplex Mode (P) (&TF)   \027 &l1S
        Duplex Mode (L) (&CO)   \027 &l2S

If your printer supports PCL5c colour codes the system can use them, select the Laserjet 4600dn model file as a starting point. The reserved words are the same as those for Deskjet colour printers (&c1...&c9).

If you use nroff documents, colour can be enabled (5.0.7 version) with .\m[colour] with .\m[] reverting to the previous colour. See the FAQ - Nroff Colour Codes for the colour names you can use.

If you set Weight_Show_Lbs = Yes in params.txt the weight lines on the clinical screen will show both Kgs and Lbs.

The new AP Metacharacter ^32= is the same as ^7= (Weight) but the system will assume the weight entered is in Lbs and convert over over to Kgs. If ^32 is used, both weights will be shown on the clinical line.

Tip: Use Weight[lbs] as the description, the [lbs] will not be displayed on the clinical screen but will appear when the / is used.

The E-Mail option can alter the apperance of the mail message by using HTML templates to allow fully customise 'corporate' image to be used. See the FAQ for details of enabling and customising the templates.

http://www.premvet.co.uk/premvet/faq/repmail.html

The 'Generate a Label' option has been expanded to generate prescriptions. If you use *S, it will print the definition file script.def. This can be customised with the labelling reserved words. When used: The item will be upriced, it will not destock, it will update the history file and the clinical screen. See the FAQ for the full details:

http://www.premvet.co.uk/premvet/faq/script.html

• A problem with crossupdating has been found that stopped discount/surcharge amounts from being transferred has been fixed.

• The spelling of February in bill.bot has been corrected. The spelling of surcharge in Auto Pricing as been fixed.

• When using the ? to check the number of spare XUD cards at remote sites, this will now show the number for that specific site. The main site will show the total.

• Aged Debt list. Rather than just show the Credit Control Reason, the Month/Year the reason was added will be added to the beginning of the line.

• A Print option has been added to Client Sheets, you will also be prompted if a Client sheet is present for either Animal or Client.

• Dead animals will no longer be removed from the Ops List automatically.

• Retired Users - To preserve the group the user was in when they left if you set the Login Name to an asterix (*) this will also indicate the user is retired.

• The reserved word &PASS1 will be set to the AP code used when generating forms from Auto Pricing (^11 and ^22).

• On AP description lines, if &! is used this will be replaced with the current balance and set the multiplier to the balance.

• If the Animal is dead the 'Date of Death' will be shown on the additional screen. This is updated automatically but the invisible option 'D' can be used to change it. The unattended validation will sort any historic data.

• More and Back options have been added to the 'Edit Classification Discount' screen.

• Milk and Meat withhold periods. If either the Milk or Meat period is set to 255 (days or hours) the system will show the local data sheet and prompt for the value (of the item that is set to 255).

• Spooler - The Viewing option will remove all print codes and convert the line graphics to hypens (5.0.7 only).

• Itemised Invoices - Itemised invoices for ONE animal with no related records will default to bill type I rather than bill type D.

URI » http://www.premvet.co.uk/ • Updated » Sat May 28 22:48:47 BST 2005 by twm