Invoice Pre-saving Hook

Invoice Pre-saving Hook (R-ITOTAL.MAC)

The script file must be located in your CAPITAL program directory and must have the file name R-ITOTAL.MAC. It is executed just before an invoice system transaction is saved. (This may include adjustment notes, stock transfers, and other types of invoicing related transactions.)

Entry Values

Variable

Purpose

Mode

0 = normal. 1 = bulk generation of invoices. E.g., when releasing multiple invoices via service manager global invoicing or back order release.

Action

This is a 4 element array with the following structure:

1st form name

number of copies to print of 1st form

2nd form name

number of copies to print of 2nd form

Return Values

Return FALSE to cancel saving the transaction.

Comments

You may use this script to perform some action just before a transaction is saved. For example, the opening of a cash draw or the update of the message that appears on a POS display terminal.

Example #1 - Open A Cash Draw

The following script "shells out" to a utility program that opens a cash draw.

* Open Cash Draw by Running Drawopen.exe program

RunApplication("Drawopen.exe", 0)

Return TRUE

Example # 2 Open a Cash Draw

The following script opens a cash draw by sending ASCII control codes to LPT1 if the first form to print is called docket.sty and the number of copies to print is greater than zero.

* Send control codes ASCII 27, 255 and 0 to LPT1

If Upper(Action[1]) == "DOCKET" .And. Action[2] > 0

SendDirect( { 27, 255, 0 }, "LPT1")

Endif

Return TRUE

Also see the Invoice Payment Prompt Hook.

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