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    Calculating an invoice total

    I am having a serious issue with an application I developed in Alpha Five v.10.5

    I created a one-to-many set, one for an Invoice_Header (parent), and the other as Invoice_Body (child).

    I have a numeric "invoice_total" field in the Invoice_Header, that I am needing to calculate the totals from the Invoice_Body.

    I tried numerous ways to make this happen...

    A) Trying to make "invoice_total" a calculated field that took the total from invoice_body... but Alpha Five error'd and didn't like this calculation.

    B) I then tried posting any amount to calculated in the invoice_body and having it post to the "invoice_total" field in the invoice_header. This worked as long as you entered the data in invoice_body perfectly--but if you choose the wrong product number, and then go back and edit the product code (for the item being sold), and then the price changes, although the line item in the invoice_body changes, it does not like to consistently post (add the new, and subtract old line item) from the "invoice_total" field.

    I'd prefer not to use the post function at all, and would rather just have some sort of calculation so that it the totals remain kosher at all times...

    I did create a calculated field within the Invoice form (which does calculate perfect 100% of the time) but I have not found a way to make that number then post into the "invoice_total" field within the invoice_header field.

    Any ideas? I feel like this is too complicated for something so easy.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Re: Calculating an invoice total

    Actually, I think that I have discovered a way to circumvent the relational restriction...

    When you hit "save and exit" or "save and print" or "exit the form" I have add a set variable from the calculated field, and then have set the value of the header invoice_total field using that variable.

    It seems to work.. does this seem to be the best method to achieve this?

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      Re: Calculating an invoice total

      Hello Comrade Niko,

      I use the Summarize then Post from the temp table. More accurate that way and overcomes your.

      Once an Invoice has been submitted, it should not be able to be edited. If it is wrong then either a Credit should be raised and/or a new Invoice created.
      Regards
      Keith Hubert
      Alpha Guild Member
      London.
      KHDB Management Systems
      Skype = keith.hubert


      For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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        Re: Calculating an invoice total

        Correct, I have set it up so that once the "complete" button is pressed, it locks the record, prints the record, attaches the Windows Login ID of the user who completed/printed the ticket, and as of the moment, I also use a variable to calculate the flow that total to the "invoice_header" file.

        Oddly enough, I used the same process of "posting" the data in the field rules section for the inventory numbers, and it seems to work great without issue. Invoice totals on the other hand did not seem to like the posting method of keeping track of invoice totals.

        I am not familiar with the "summarize then post" method you mentioned, but I understand the concept in theory, so I will poke around with it and see how that works for me. I just recently made the upgrade to A5v10.5 from the A4v8, hehe, so I'm still learning a lot. All in all though, AlphaFive seems to be a great upgrade, it's just a big learning curve.

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