Free From Text

Free Form Text Maintenance

Free Form Text Maintenance allows you to insert, update and delete free form text.

The maintenance screen is divided into the following three sections:

Maintenance Grid

The grid area displays the currently defined free from text entries. All fields are display-only and all modifications to free form text must be done by selecting the row and modifying the fields in the data entry section. Once the focus is within the grid area, you may use the arrow-up and arrow-down keys to navigate through each of the rows. All values for the selected item will be displayed dynamically in the data entry section.

Select All

Clicking on the upper left corner of the grid will select all free form text entries. To select multiple contiguous rows, select the first row then press down the SHIFT key on your keyboard and while the SHIFT key is pressed, select the last row in your range. To select multiple rows that are not contiguous, select the first row then press down the CTRL key on your keyboard and while the the CTRL key is pressed, select each subsequent rows that you want to include in the selection. Once you are done selecting all your rows, you can release the CTRL key. All data edits or option changes will be applied to all selected rows. Pressing on the Delete button while in multi-select mode will delete all selected free form text entries.

	Item Row Maintenance
	Right clicking on any of the row numbers will display a pop-up menu that will allow you Delete, Insert or Duplicate a row. Rows may also be deleted, inserted or duplicated by using the delete, insert or duplicate buttons in the buttons area.

	Column Sort
	Clicking on a column header will sort the rows either in ascending or descending order, A small arrow at the top of the column will point up for ascending or down for descending order.

Data Entry

The data entry area dynamically displays the currently selected free form text.

	Free Form Text Id
	Enter a unique integer value to identify the free form text entry. Required field. Duplicates not allowed. When modifying free form text entries, a warning message will be displayed indicating that any references to the free form text will be lost when the changes are saved.

	Caption
	Enter the free form text display name. Required field. Max 25 characters.

	Options
	Select one or more of the following options:

Print Caption

Select this option if you wish to print the caption on the receipt. You may select both print caption and variable text if you want both to be printed on the receipt.

Variable Text

Select this option if want to allow the user to enter text to be displayed on the receipt. Please note that if you do not select variable text, the caption will be printed on the receipt regardless of the print caption option.

Print On Bottom

Select this option if you wish to print the caption and/or variable text on the bottom of the receipt.

	Print On
	All printers and customer displays defined in Hardware Maintenance will be shown. Select one or more of the listed printers. At least one printer must be selected.

Print Font

Select one of the supported printer fonts.

Font A Standard

Font A Standard 2 x width & height

Font A Standard 3 x width & height

Font A Standard 4 x width & height

Font A Standard 5 x width & height

Font A Standard 6 x width & height

Font A Standard 7 x width & height

Font A Standard 8 x width & height

Buttons

The buttons area consists of the following 5 buttons:

	Delete
	Click on this button to delete the currently selected row or rows. A warning message will be displayed indicating that any references to the deleted free form text will be lost when the changes are saved.

	Insert
	Click on this button to insert a new row at the end of the list. All validation errors on the current row must be corrected before inserting a new row.

	Duplicate
	Click on this button to duplicate the currently selected row. All validation errors on the current row must be corrected before duplicating the row.

	Save
	Click on this button to save changes. All validation errors must be corrected before saving your changes. The button will not be enabled until a change has been made.

Click on this button to close the window. If any changes have been made you will be prompted to save the changes before closing the window.

	Yes Button
	Click on Yes to save changes and close the window. All validation errors must be corrected before saving your changes.

	No Button
	Click on No to discard all changes made and close the window.

	Cancel Button
	Click on Cancel to abort the close and return to the maintenance screen.

Import

One or more free form text entries exported from one program may be imported into the same or a different program. Each free form text saved during the export will be inserted as a new free form text entry into the current program.

Click on the Import button to open the "Open" file dialogue. Select the File you want to use to import data from, and click on the Open button to verify the file. If a valid OSI Free Form Text Export file (*.fft) has been selected, the system will attempt to import each free form text entry included in the file. Click on the Cancel button to cancel the import and close the "Open" file dialogue.

Export

One or more free form text entries from one program may be exported and then imported into the same or a different program.

Click on Select All or select the row or rows you wish to include in the export file. Click on the Export button to open the Save As dialogue window which will allow you to export the selected free form text entry(s) to an OSI proprietary export file (FreeFormTextExport.fft). The name of the export file will be defaulted based on the selection or selections made, but may be changed to a file name of your choice.

Type in the File Name and location where you want to save the export file and click on the Save button to perform the export or click on the Cancel button to cancel the export. A message will be displayed when completed indicating whether the export was successful or not.