Program Overview

      This program is used to allow a user to enter transaction data that will be processed by the other programs in this suite of seven. The user is always informed about the data that is expected from them via on screen prompts. The following transaction types are available to be entered via this program.

      I Issue     - Stock issued.
      R Receipt   - Stock received.
      C Creation  - Create a new customer record.
      D Deletion  - Delete an existing customer record.
      A Amend     - Amend an existing stock record.
      N New       - Create a new stock record.
      Z Zap       - Delete an existing stock record.

      All entered transactions are written to the disk file named 494792TD.DAT (in text format) for further processing by the Validation program (494792P1). At the end of user input when the user indicates they wish to exit the program by selecting the appropriate menu number. A report of all transactions stored on the transaction file is sent to the printer and each transactions data is printed under suitable headings.

      The default file names are as follows: -

      Transaction file - 494792TD.DAT
      Printer - PRN

      Unlike the rest of the suite of programs this program does not support command line arguments being given to override the default file names. This feature may be added at a later date, if it is required by the users.

      However when the program first starts the user is given the choice of either appending transactions to the existing transaction file or overwriting the existing transaction file with the data that is about to be entered (creating a new file). A welcome screen is shown which will look similar to the screen shot shown below: -

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