Using https - extra software needs to be installed

All our software will be switched over to accessing Solenzara via https which is more secure.  The web sites have been https for some time but other software such as VCATracer, Orinoco and Annapurna need to have some additional software to be installed on the local systems before they can access the sites via https. 

The installers for VCATracer and Orinoco will be updated to include this software and for Annapurna there are download links below.  There are two dlls that need to be placed in the Annapurna progs folder.

Annapurna downloads:
https://www.hawkstonedesign.co.uk/downloads/3rdParty/OpenSSL/libeay32.dll
https://www.hawkstonedesign.co.uk/downloads/3rdParty/OpenSSL/ssleay32.dll

Traffic Suitability

New fields have been added to inform on suitablity of lenses for driving.

More information is here:
https://www.hawkstonedesign.co.uk/documentation/traffic suitability.docx

Recent updates

Bug fixes.

Layout manager

The Layout manager did not always save the last item in the layout definition.


Receive Lenses

After use, the software did not always find the job to receive


Wholesale Entry.

Fix bugs in grid entry, in minus cyl and cells being marked as outside range.


CEF

A tracefile supplied with such orders is now retained.


Sales Extract.

The software now handles then cases when a job is uncompleted.


Frame data.

When adding a new frame, the brand and supplier were not copied.


Wait Orders.

The option to deelete old orders did not work.


VCADevice

The Inclined bevel option was not saved properly.


Freeform.

If left eye only was a freeform lens then the freeform link was not shown.

The freeform answer is retained when a balance lens is used.

Web ordering.

When there are multiple accounts for a supplier, these are now retained in the order as specified and not sorted into sequence.

Returns report.

The column headers have been tidied up.


Glazing Assembly.

The tint description is now looked up from the treatment csv file.

Improvements

Upload track

There is a runtime parameter to decide if to upload compcsv files to Solenzara. This will make this information available for other users to download into their Annapurna systems.


View Orders.

There is now a new search by attribute.

It is possible to view the invoice from the order.


Viewing lists.

When saving to csv file, only the columns that are displayed are saved.


Substitute lens codes.

In the substitution file then can now be entries such as

XXXX=FIN.

This will only force substitution of XXXX with another lens code to only happen on powers in the finished range.


Selecting frame.

There is now a check that library traces have sufficient points for glazing.


Reject.

When there is a reject a new service time is calculated to see if the job will be delayed. This will set an attribute of delayed and these can be viewed in view orders.


Job status

These have been updated to ensure that Annapurna_email and upload track use the same descriptions.


Estimate date.

The calculation of the estimated date is adjusted to consider the current status.


Inventory.

There is a new question to return stock if the order is cancelled.


VCADevice

A new feature of force Active blocking mode has been added.


Pricing

There is a new setting to ignore positive package prices.


Frame data.

There are new fields to record Panto and Wrap which are shown in order entry.

If the frame data is locked then there is an option for view only.


Individual Invoice.

There is an option to print the invoice directly from completion.


Customers.

There is a new invoice method of Not Invoiced.  This is for internal customers where an invoice is not to be raised.

 It is possible to set the customer so all orders are locked for review.


Courier.

There is an option to specify the last number in the range.


Daily report.

There are options to exclude credits and cancelled orders.


Receiving orders.

There is now receive frame button for glazed orders. This will advise if the lenses are available.


Inventory

For finished lenses, the back orders will be considered when making the reorder report.


Browse Orders.

If the notepad search is used then there is a print all option.


Deployment.

There is a new option to deploy lens / frame or both.

Macro Date Question

A new question has been added into the macros so that dates can be asked for

More information is here:

https://www.hawkstonedesign.co.uk/documentation/Macros Date Question type.docx

Different Accounts by Order Type for Supplier.

An earlier post explained how to set up different accounts with the supplier for different customers. If this is not implemented then it is possible to have different accounts with the supplier based on the order type.  If different accounts are set by customer then this step cannot be done and it is necessary to use the order type marker in the job reference.  This is explained at the end of this note.

The aim is to have different accounts for different order types so that the supplier will sort the orders into different boxes on delivery. The accounts are entered in the account field with : as the separator 
eg 123456:123457.  There needs to be matching passwords for each account also separated with :

There have been different requests so the rules for setting the accounts is more complicated than it needs to be but these are the rules.

2 accounts
123456:123457
The first account is for Uncut and Remote edge orders, the second is for glazed. The supplier is expected to have done the remote edging.

3 accounts
123456:123457:123458
The first account is for diameter, the second is for precal(shape), the third is for traced orders. This is really for ease of organising the work flow on receipt.

4 accounts
123456:123457:123457:123458
The first account is for uncuts, the second for glazed, the third is not used and the fourth is for remote edging.  It is allowed to have the account numbers repeated so if remote edging orders is to take place in the lab rather than at the supplier then it can be set to the same account so
123456:123457:123457:123457 will put uncuts on one account and all others on the other account.





To add order type marker into the reference sent to the supplier, please change the reference format in the supplier configuration to {uncut}{order}.  The {uncut} will be replace with @ for Uncut orders and ~ for remote edge order. Glazed orders will remain as is.  The reference including the order type marker will be printed on the lens label.  If Code 39 barcode is used then these defaults can be replaced with a character from the Code 39 font by settings under Web Ordering.

Power in 0.01 steps

There are some lenses that are permitted to have power in 0.01 steps.  This is allowed in Annapurna and Solenzara by a new column in the ranges csv file. This is Column O. If it is blank then the default power steps are applied. A value of 100 means steps are in 0.01 (1/100) and a value of 4 means steps are in 0.25 (1/4).




Note: Column N is used in Annapurna for routing the order for finished lenses.

Retain Manual Pricing

Manual Pricing in Annapurna.

It has always been possible to set a manual price in Annapurna but there was a problem. If an order was ‘redone’ then the system prices were restored. It is now possible to retain the manual prices. There is a new setting in Prices / Retain Manual Pricing.

When an order is manually priced then the pricelist used is set to the manual price shown by **.  When the order is amended then any lines flagged with the manual pricelist are not updated.

This can also be useful where a lens may be upgraded to a higher product due to inventory problems but the original price is to be retained.