Read219q Premvet 5 (Version 2.19.07) - August -> September 2003

Access Permissions

The following access permissions have been added or changed.

112	This has been expanded to cover the Discount field (See below).
137	Access to the Utilities section of DataMajor

Access to the Utilities section is now controlled via access permission 137.

The Adhoc Clinical Text Contains - you can now specify 'or', if you enter tabs|script it will list lines where either the word tabs OR the word script appears.

If you are using the PAF database for entering your address details this can be exported into DataMajor to allow you to compare your exisiting records.

The re-build of the PAF section of DataMajor is NOT automatic, it does not get re-built when the main files run - there is an option on the Utility Menu 'Build Aux Tables' and there you will find the Postcode option - it is a quick rebuild 1-2 mins.

On the Stored Report -> Tidy Up -> Postcode related you have:

     -- The scripts below assume the PAF database is installed --
     -- and the Aux Tables (Utils->Tables) have been built --
     Use PAF DataBase to list invalid Postcodes (Ad1, Ad2 same)
     Use PAF DataBase to compare postcodes
     Use PAF DataBase to list non-existent postcodes
     Use PAF DataBase to list all addresses at a postcode
     Use PAF DataBase to list all postcodes at an address
     Use PAF Database - list all invalid postcodes

New Reports

Financial	Day of Week, reports on number of animals seen and turnover by Day of the Week. This is broken down by Morning, Afternoon, Evening and overnight. This only includes SA records.
Clinical	Has Had and Also had, this can be used to list animals that have had one piece of work and another at some point. For example had 'Vaccination' and 'Cruciate', or had ACP and the text 'firework' - you can use the exisiting options to list all with one OR the other, this option handles had BOTH at some point.

If you set Tree_Discount_Same to Yes in params.txt then when you use the Tree 'Set' option or answer 'Yes' to the update related animals then the Discount Field and Bill type WILL be set to the same as the Master record.

You do need access to Permission 112 to be able to edit the discount field.

If you set New_Animal_Carry_Discount to Yes in params.txt then when a new animal is added via the tree the discount (and bill type) from the LAST animal in the chain will be used. This allows you to sent the earlier records as you want for EQ/FC and then switch discount structure for all future SA records.

The default settings if the above is not used will be taken from the Parameters -> New Animal -> Discount.

The 'R'eport option on the Clinical screen and the 'H'istory option on the Treeview has been updated to generate Nroff output. This allows a better presentation for the clients.

For the user defined reports (the 1st 20) there is a new option 'Report' on the setup screen, this will switch the report between the default output and groff. For the three system reports, by default these will be vanilla text - if you set Default_Roff to Yes in params.txt then they will switch over to be groff.

E-Mail: A 'pop-up' box will appear making it easier to add in the mail address, subject and if you require any Carbon Copies. The system will default to any mail address on the record card, it will use the name of the report as the subject and will use the params.txt 'Mail_CC' entry for the carbon copy. If this a referral animal and the Address book has a mail address flagged for mailing then this address will be used.

Fax: A fax option has been added, a pop-up box will appear with the usual fax options. If this is a referral animal and the address book has the contact details this will be used as the defaults.

As Fax will use groff output and Email will use plain text; the system will check for two different .def files for customising the report. If it was report 14 for example, plain text will use the default report14.bot but if it is nroffed output it will add an n e.g. look for report14.topn.

The pop price option has four new options: Idexx, NWL, Custom and PetLog. You can search the NWL and Idexx price list for any test. The PetLog option will show you the Species and Breed codes for any breed, the Custom option will look at the text file custom.txt and search the contents for anything you want to put in there.

You should copy the csv files from, Idexx and NWL to the main vet folder (drag and drop from a Windows PC to the 'premvet' share) as idexx.csv and nwl.csv respectivly. The 'petlog.txt' file is available from support.

The params.txt option Stk_Manual_Net = Yes will switch the system back to allow you to manually enter the Pack Actual price. By default it will base the Net price on discounts you have set against each Manufacturer and supplier. The manual option allows you to enter the actual net price.

• Sample IP Filter script installed for applying security filters if you are net connected (/usr/utilities/nat.sample).

• The problem with a blank pop-up batch number box when in AP has been fixed.

• Itemised and POS bills can printout exclusive of VAT if you add Show_Itemised_Vat = Yes to params.txt.

• Option to allow old systems with just two address lines to switch over to four address lines added. Old notes will be transferred to animal sheet.

• Using the groff .fi request can now co-exist with the .if/.el option.

• Sending stock to remote sites: If the sub-unit description is blank but a later sub-unit has text the wrong description was used. Now blank earlier sub-units will have a ~ added automatically.

• Aged Debtor list - the CSV file will contain a column for the user who entered the comment and the full date the comment was made.

• Aged Debtor and Invoicing - the ageing will treat ana code 213 (Classification discounts) as being done in the current month.

• Absolute Fees (the [ metacharacter) are Ex Vat by default, if you set AP_absfee_Inc = Yes then any price specified will be taken as a VAT inclusive price.

• Definition Files - If you use Colour, Age, Sex, Breed, Weight on a def file from a farm record they will be blanked.

• The dose abreviations WOI and WOT expanded to allow an extra character for quarters etc.

• The recall.csv file has had Surname, Title and Initials added.

• A 'Qualification' option has been added to the User-Info screen this can be used with the &qual reserved word.

• If you want to use the @ AP metacharacter for Small Animal mileage rather than the default of weight set AP_SA_Mileage = Yes in params.txt.

• The animal's weight (SA) will be shown on the right of the screen when you enter Auto Pricing (Colour event 177). If it has been more than 30 days since weighed then it will use event 220.

• When a record has had an admin lock applied the 'C'ash option will still work.

• A new date function has been added to definition file processing @Date(f) will return the date as per 10th October 2003.

• If you use F5 to send a message to all the user that sent it will
• an asterisk (*) added to indicate it was sent 'to all'.

• There is an option to allow you to globally move classifications please contact support if you think you need to use this.

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