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Shipping Methods

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Shipping Methods

This Help File Page was last Modified on 04/20/2013

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Shipping Methods

This Help File Page was last Modified on 04/20/2013

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The Shipping Methods Form is used to pre-define the various shipping services used for delivering products ordered on Purchase Orders.
Entering Shipping Methods:
On the Main Menu, Select Maintenance and Choose Shipping Methods.

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 Shipping Methods Form

 

This Shipping Methods Form may be Re-sized by Dragging the Top and/or Bottom up or down, and/or the Right side in or out.
Navigation Menu - The Navigation Menu is located at the top of the Shipping Methods Form.

 

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This Navigation Menu provides the normal Record Movement, New, Edit, Delete, Cancel, Save, and Refresh options; as well as a Print and Search function.

 

Record Editing section - The details of the currently selected record are displayed below the Navigation Menu at the center (Main Body) of the Shipping MethodsForm.

 

Table View tab - A tabular (spreadsheet style) Table View of the currently defined Shipping Methods is accessible by Clicking the Table View tab at the bottom of the Shipping Methods Form.

 

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To display a specific Shipping Methods record in the Record Editing section, Click on that record within the Table View section.
This Table View information may be Pinned in Place by Clicking the Pin Icon on the right.

 

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Shipping Methods Form - with Table View tab Pinned Open

 

You may Un-Pin this Table View by Clicking the Pin Icon again.
Click on any listed record to display that information in the center (Main Body) of the Form.
There are two columns of data in this Shipping Methods Record Listing:
1)ID - The record ID assigned by the system when the entry is originally saved.
2)Shipping Method - The actual company or description of the Shipping Method.
Each column's Header Name describes the data contained in that column.
Clicking on a Header Name will set the order in which the Shipping Methods will be listed.
Clicking on the same Header Name will set the order in the opposite direction (ascending vs. descending).

 

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The Header Name that is determining the Order of the list will have an Icon indicating the Order displayed next to that Header Name.
To define the Shipping Methods :
Click the HelpFilesNavigationMenuNewIcon to start the Shipping Method entry in the Record Editing section.
ID - This is the record number assigned by the system when this Shipping Method is initially saved.
Shipper - Enter a company name, or other shipper description (as appropriate) for this Shipping Method.
Click the HelpFilesNavigationMenuSaveIcon to record this Shipping Method entry.

 

Using the Special Functions on the Navigation Menu at the top of the Shipping Methods Form:
Print - Click the Print Icon to View and/or Print a list of the Shipping Methods.

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Yes - Click the Yes button to View a copy of the report.

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No - Click the No button to open the Windows® Print dialog where a copy of the report may be sent to a selected Printer, or Printed to a File.

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Cancel - Click the Cancel button to close this Print question and return to the Form.

 

Search - Click the Search Icon to open the Search Shipping Methods dialog.

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Search dialog

 

See the "Using the Generic Search dialog" section in the Advanced Search Dialog chapter for more information about this Search dialog.