Rice Lake TransAct 3.5 User Manual

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Customizing a Ticket

Appendix

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Version 3.5

To print a different incoming ticket then outgoing ticket, the filename must match the filename of the
.

GTK

ticket (i.e.

STILLSON.GTK

). TransAct searches for a matching filename with a .

ITK

extension (i.e.

STILLSON.ITK

), in the folder in which TransAct was installed (

C:\TRANSACT

). If TransAct finds a file

with a matching filename using the .

ITK

extension, TransAct will use this ticket file when the

Store

Ticket

button is clicked.

TransAct will use the selected .

GTK

file as the incoming ticket if it cannot find a matching .

ITK

file.

The ticket will print on the same printer as the outgoing ticket. The layout of the each ticket can be
entirely different.

Ticket Creation Rules

When creating a ticket, five types of fields can be used:

Static Text

Database

Flag Fields

Printer Commands

Column Positioning

To accommodate multiple item transactions, the ticket is split into three sections: header, body, and
footer. Header lines are printed once before the first transaction item. Body lines are printed once per
transaction item. Footer lines are printed once after the last transaction item. Header lines are designated
by the letter

‘H’

in the first character position of the format line. Body lines are designated by the letter

‘B’

and footer lines by the letter

‘F’

. Each section letter must be followed by a space.

Any format line without a section identifier is considered a header line.

Example of a Ticket File

\\27 24 18\\

H COL0 "Account No. "[Account] COL46 "Transaction Information"

H COL0 [Account Name] COL46 "Ticket Number " [Ticket Number]
H COL0 [Account Address] COL46 "Date In " [Date In]
H COL0 [Account Address2] COL46 "Date Out " [Date Out]
H COL0 [Account City]", "[Account State]" "[Account Zip Code]
H
H COL0 "Truck No.:" COL12 [Truck Number]
H
H COL0 "Detailed Transaction Information"
H COL0 "Refuse Code:" COL15 “Rate” COL25 "Gross Weight:" COL40 "Tare Weight :" COL55 "Net Weight :"
B COL0 [Refuse Code] COL15 [Rate] COL25 [Weight In] COL40 [Weight Out] COL55 [Net Weight]
F
F
F
F COL0 “Total Items” COL12 [Ticket Items] COL 23 “Total Weight: “ [Grand Total Weight]

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