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    Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

    Hi,

    This is driving me nuts. I thought that I had fixed the Invoice Auto increment, (i.e. if 100, then next number should be 101, etc...), but obviously screwed it up again. Been looking at it for 3 hours, and for some reason, when I got into "Tool Issue", the invoice number increments between 3 and 4 times. So, if the last invoice number was 103, then it may assign 107 as the next Number to be issued.

    The master login is - "rsw123" and the Tool issue login is "123456". Once you select the Tool Issue, you will see what I mean.

    I've attached my last backup file...

    Thanks,

    Ryland gone Crazy

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    Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

    Ryland

    Too many gaps in your explanation to use your sample.... You've posted a desktop question in the web forum?
    Al Buchholz
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      #3
      Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

      Ryland, Al is right. You need to mark a bright trail through all the log ins, and then all the buttons and fields that are necessary for us to see the problem... and you need to tell us how to get to the control panel if you've got it blocked. You should assume we know diddly about your app or what it is you're trying to accomplish. Take the time necessary to make it easy for us and you'll get a better answer faster.

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        #4
        Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

        Thanks Tom, will do..

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          Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

          Hi,

          So that all can see the "Challenge" with the Invoice Numbering, here are the steps:

          1 - unzip the TRACS.zip
          2 - From Alpha, select the TRACS, that will bring up a Menu
          3 - on the "SCAN CAC" enter "rsw123" as login and hit "Verify"
          4 - from the "TRACS" Menu Screen, select "Tool Issue"
          5 - scan id to verify is "123456", and select "Verify"
          6 - This will Bring up the "TRACS Tool Issue Screen" and:

          The problem begins here. Sometimes is auto increments properly, and sometime not. I just did a 115 and 116 Invoice, no problem. When I just hit the "Issue Tools / Return to Main Menu", and re-enter from Step 4, then the Invoice number jumped to 120.

          You can get to the control panel by exiting all the way back to the Main Menu, and hit the "exit TRACS" at the top left hand of the tool bar.

          Thanks for all your help in advance.

          Ryland

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            #6
            Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

            Originally posted by Tom Cone Jr View Post
            Ryland, Al is right. You need to mark a bright trail through all the log ins, and then all the buttons and fields that are necessary for us to see the problem... and you need to tell us how to get to the control panel if you've got it blocked. You should assume we know diddly about your app or what it is you're trying to accomplish. Take the time necessary to make it easy for us and you'll get a better answer faster.

            Hi Tom. I just re-submitted. Let me know if it makes sense....Ryland

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              #7
              Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

              Any particular things we need to know or enter to begin and save an invoice once we get to the right form?


              Later...

              You stopped giving detailed instructions just when it got interesting. I tried entering a few records on the form you led us to and the auto-inc field seems to be working just fine. But then since you didn't give us keystroke by mouse click instructions it's likely I'm doing or not doing something you do without even thinking about it. More details please. Much more.

              Still later...

              A narrative description of the sequence you have designed will help, too. You have built a complicated series of scripts some of which can call themselves over and over. A narrative description of how they all fit together would be a big help. i.e.

              The process begins here: ____________
              If __________, then _______________
              If __________, then form ______________ is opened and a new record is begun
              The process ends here when ______________
              etc
              etc

              -- tom
              Last edited by Tom Cone Jr; 06-19-2009, 06:20 PM.

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                #8
                Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

                Ryland,

                1) as others have noted, this thread is in the wrong message board forum. Your app is for the desktop, not the web.

                2) you should open the Invoice_Header table with Alpha's "default browse" to verify that invoice numbers are actually being skipped. I think you'll find that what's happening instead is that unwanted records are being entered, each of which receives a correct invoice number from the auto-inc field rule. If so, this means the field rule is working correctly but your data entry sequence is causing blank records to be saved to the table. The solution will be to carefully study the exact sequence you have developed to figure out what is triggering the unwanted records.

                3) While studying your app I see several things that are troubling. I don't know if they contribute to or cause your immediate problem:

                a) You should not set database properties to open your Main Menu form if you use an AutoExec script to open the Main Menu form on startup. You wind up with two instances of the Main Menu form being open. Not good.

                b) Your "menu" forms are based on live tables. Main Menu is based on the Customer table; TRACS Management form is based on the Inventory Set. This is not good. Each time these forms open Alpha is opening another instance of all the tables supporting the forms. These tables contain live data. They should not be opened (or left open) when you are not doing data entry into them. Use dummy tables that don't contain any live data to support these types of forms.

                c) I am puzzled by your OnInit, OnFetch, and OnEnter scripts in the "Invoice_Issue_New" form. The OnInit doesn't seem to be doing anything. The OnFetch event script seems to tell the form to navigate to a different record in some cases. This kind of thing can force Alpha to save any pending changes before moving the record pointer - and may be the source of your unwanted blank records.

                -- tom

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                  #9
                  Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

                  Thanks Tom,

                  Sorry about the wrong forum. I will go ahead and mark the exact sequence as you recommend. Also, thanks for the advice on the menus's and the autoexec. Honestly, I do not know why I used the live tables.

                  I'll check out the the events as well. I have a feeling that they were left overs from an earlier "coding trial adventure".

                  Ryland

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                    #10
                    Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

                    Tom,

                    I made the corrections (except the menus') as recommended. The autoexec.bat removal in the database properties took care of the duplicate menu.

                    Also, removing the unnecessary event codes took care of the invoice increment problem.

                    All is now working smoothly, and next I will redo the Menu's to use dummy files.

                    Thanks for all your help !!

                    Ryland



                    PS any way the moderator can move this to the proper forum ??

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                      #11
                      Re: Invoice Number Skipping 3 -4

                      Hey, that's good news. I'm glad you got it going...

                      -- tom

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