Program Overview

          The contents of the newly updated (created) stock master file produced by the Stock Update Program (494792P5.exe) are now to be printed under suitable headings. Stock records that have free stock levels below their minimum stock level are highlighted on the report. Also stock records that have a zero free stock level are highlighted on the report.

          The binary file which contains the updated stock records must be named STCKMAST.DAT, and must be located in the same directory from where the report program is located and executed from. The updated stock index file must be named STCKMAST.IDX, and must be located in the same directory from where the report program is located and executed from. This is unless the user changes these default file names by entering additional program parameters at the command line. Below describes how the default file names may be overridden: -

          494792P6.exe <stock master file> <stock index file> <printer>

          The defaults file names are as follows: -

          Stock Master file - STCKMAST.DAT
          Stock Index file - STCKMAST.IDX
          Printer - PRN

          If the user wishes to override one of these files they must also enter the file names of all the files preceding it. For example to override the printer to a text file named test.txt, they must enter the following command: -

          494792P6.exe STCKMAST.DAT STCKMAST.IDX test.txt

          However if the user only wishes to change the name of the stock master file, they may enter the following command: -

          494792P6.exe NEWSTCK.DAT

          The overriding of the default file names is mainly for test purposes or where there is a need to do so. Such a need may arise when there is a need to produce a report for an old stock master file, where maybe the old report had been accidentally destroyed. The everyday users of this program need not even have to be aware of this overriding feature.

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