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SUPER INVOICE

The SuperInvoice Templates

Version 4.00 (ABC)

for Clarion for Windows 4.0 and 5.0

(c) Copyright 1995-1998, BoxSoft Development Inc.

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Table of Contents
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 Installation..........................................................................................................................2 Upgrading From Earlier Versions ........................................................................................3 Adding SuperInvoice to your Applications ............................................................................4 Invoice Control...................................................................................................................5 Populating an Invoice Control Template ........................................................................5 Template Settings........................................................................................................6 Adding the Regular Controls for "In-Place" Entry..........................................................9 Formula Classes..........................................................................................................9 Embed Points.............................................................................................................10 Child Window Button ........................................................................................................12 ChildWindow OK Button ..................................................................................................12 Appendices............................................................................................................................13 Example Program.............................................................................................................13Troubleshooting................................................................................................................13 Contacting Technical Support ...........................................................................................14 License Agreement...........................................................................................................14 Disclaimer........................................................................................................................14

RTFM Warning!!! It is very important that you read this documentation. If you follow the instructions step-by-step, then the usage is very simple. It is almost IMPOSSIBLE if you try to do it on your own!

Introduction
The SuperInvoice template is designed to support “in-place” data-entry on alist box. The entire transaction (the parent and all children) are held in memory until the [OK] button is pressed, which is much superior to the regular “Form with a Browse” implementation. All features have been developed with the following goals: 1. 2. 3. 4. The feature must be easy to implement. It must work with the regular Clarion templates. All code must be visible in the template (i.e. noblack-box DLLs). The resulting programs should work intuitively and quickly.

Event though we build our Edit In Place (EIP) on top of Clarion’s foundation, you’ll discover that ours is much better. It’s easier to implement, more flexible, and far more powerful. Of course, we’re never finishing making improvements. If you have ideas, suggestions or comments (either positive or negative), please passthem along. They’re greatly appreciated. Although it is called an “Invoice” template, it is useful in any situation where you have a parent file and one or more child files, you want to provide in-place data entry, and you want to treat all changes as a single transaction. Another example would be a purchase order. In those situations where you can’t fit all the information in the listbox, you...