Key Features

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File Utilities Selector

Creating new Programs or Data Files is an extremely easy step-through process with Profi’C System Utilities. Data File Dictionary Maintenance allows you to create and maintain your file dictionaries and assign each dictionary its specific attributes.

The Global Dictionary Maintenance feature simplifies changes that affect all files associated with the dictionary. Maintaining system help text is also handled through Global Help Text Maintenance.

System Control File Maintenance provides the ability to make changes to or manipulate and maintain system parameters such as the Order Processing program to use, whether or not a price/discount window will appear on your Order Entry Screen, or whether you want inventory to prompt for a substitute product. This feature is commonly used to strip down or add to some of the existing prompts located throughout the system, giving you customizing capabilities at your fingertips. Additional benefits to the File Utilities Selector of System Utilities include Automated File Sizing with Back-up Report and Update, Print or Display the list of dictionary descriptors, Print or Display file dictionaries and attributes by a specified file, such as Accounts Receivable.

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Program Maintenance Utilities Selector

Program Template Utilities provide the ability to move fields around the screens, add or remove fields from screens, change field characteristics and indicate how a user can affect a field with regard to data entry. Access and Report templates make it easy to design complex access statements/reports. Plus, easily embed the reports you design on any screen. Create comprehensive data entry screens simply by taking a file and capturing the associated dictionary items. The copy a Program File Template is a great time-saving feature. With it, you can create a new program by copying the templates of a similar program then maintain or modify it to create a new program. A Program Modification log provides a detailed trail including dates for all programs modified.

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Keyword Search Building

Each Profi’C module ships with a cross reference index, referred to as key word search, already built for most major fields. Locator maintenance, creation and inquiries may be maintained or enhanced upon. For example, a user may want his or her customer locator to accept that Customer’s telephone number to find the customer. This Locator Building Selector feature allows the user to customize to their own specific preference, the practical way.

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Visual Basic Interface

Set new levels of productivity with this integration to Visual Basic. Client Server Applications, what all users are now demanding, will be simple to create with the Profi’C tool set. This new feature allows even the novice user to create Visual Basic Programs based on any objects defined with these tools. Now menus and programs can be easily created and set up on the user’s PC in seconds versus the days and weeks of the past.

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Options

The Define Keyboard option allows you to enter Cursor Key Escape Codes, Un-shifted Function Key Codes, and Shifted Function Key Codes. User Logon Maintenance allows you to perform maintenance for each user, such as the individual’s Operator Name, Terminal Type, Color Type, etc. Menu Control File Maintenance allows you to list the programs to run from the corresponding selection number on any Profi’C menu with the ability to password protect any item.

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