Tint Selector

Tint Selector.

In the Data Panel there is a new button Tint Details. If you bring this up then it will show a list of tints. Click on a tint and indicate whether Solid / Graduated, Colour Group and Density. You can also set a Commercial code.

The commercial code is used for pricing so if a supplier has 100 tints at the same price then they can be set to the same commercial code, making that part easier. The data is stored as extra columns in the treat.csv file so once you have added one or two then you may find it easier to continue using your favourite spreadsheet program.

In the lens picker screen, there is a link by the tint combobox. If pressed then the user is asked to select Solid/Graduated, Colour Family and Density and a list of matching tints is shown.

Note that Density is used as we are not specifically specifing Absorption or Light Transmission. It may make easier for all to use if Absorption (ABS) or Light Transmission (LTF) is set in the tint description.

Glazed Promotion Pricing

There is a new feature which is aimed at labs wishing to give special prices for the combination of lenses into certain frame types.  Typically this would be for customers where the lab is offering special deals on supra or rimless glazing for certain products.

More information can be found here:
www.hawkstonedesign.co.uk/documentation/glazed promotion pricing.pdf

Sales Extraction Overnight

If the Sales Extract is being run daily then it is possible to have this run automatically. 

There is a program SalesExtractor which can be run as a standalone program.

This program can be set to run from the task scheduler so automating the process.

It can be downloaded from here:

www.hawkstonedesign.co.uk/downloads/salesextractor.exe

Customers on Annapurna and Solenzara

There has been a disconnect between the Annapurna and Solenzara software. In Annapurna, we have customers and in Solenzara we have users.

When there is a new customer for the lab, it is added into Annapurna and then added again into Solenzara as an user.

In order to make life easier, a new link has been added into the Annapurna customer screen. It is on the bottom panel - Upload to Solenzara.  

This will take all the Annapurna customers where there is an email address (as this is required by Solenzara) and upload to Solenzara as a user.  The default password will be set to Welcome1  although this may be configurable in the near future.

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Adjust Shape Size on the printers.

In order to get accurate sizes of shapes drawn, it is sometimes necessary to apply a scaling factor. The layout definitions are held on the server and this meant that the scaling factor was also held on the server.

It can be that the prints are being sent to a local printer (default printer) and so the server scaling could be inappropriate for the local printer.

In order to overcome this, a new field has been added into the layout manager for a local scaling factor. The applied scaling will be the server scaling multiplied by the local scaling so a local scaling of 1.00 will apply the server scaling as currently.


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VCA Glazer - Correction to shape for an individual customer

Version 1.20

This program has been updated so that it is possible to specify a correction to the shape for individual customers.

It is anticipated that this is for cases where the optician has a different tracer from the lab. In these cases the stylus on the tracer may not have the same distance into the bevel as the lab tracer. Therefore in order to be compatible with the lab set up then the traced shape is adjusted.

Corrections can be specified for Plastic / Metal frames.  For completeness, correction can also be set for Rimless and Supra frames.

The Corrections can be reached from the configuration page.

Identifying EDI orders

If you have a need to identify orders sent by EDI - eg for checking then there is an update to record this.

On EDI orders, there will be an E in the top left hand corner of the main part of the "view order details".

A new layout field has been set for inclusion on the print out  <SalesSource> so that EDI orders can be identified on prints.

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