Screen And Messages
The Screen and Messages form allows you to set options
for several messaging, printing, sorting, formatting and
debugging functions. This form also provides access to the
Date Format form where you can control how dates are
displayed and printed in Collect!.
Accessing Screen And Messages
Providing you have access to the various menus and
forms, you can access the Screen and Messages form in
the following way.
1. Using the menu bar at the top of Collect!,
select System to display the drop-down
menu. Select Preferences from
this menu and the System Setup menu will appear.
2. Select the Options, Sounds and Colors
button to display the Screen And Messages form.
Screen and Messages Form
Turn Off Normal Beep Sounds
This switch disables the beep sound used
for standard attention getting. Use the
spacebar to change this setting.
Turn Off Error Reporting Beep
This switch disables the beep sound used
when a system error or other important
system event is detected. Use the space
bar to change this setting.
Verbose Message Display
This option displays more messages to the screen when
Contacts are being scheduled.
Switch ON Verbose Message Display to write to the
Collect! Log when processing a batch. When you perform
batch operations, a completed log of Events and a list
of file numbers processed will be written to this file.
When this switch is ON, it affects performance speed.
You may want to turn it OFF until you need it for a
specific procedure.
Messaging is largely controlled by the setting
in the Operator form (Normal, Advanced,
Expert.) The Verbose switch has been structured
to control contact scheduling messages and to
log batch processing routines.
Use the spacebar to change this setting.
This switch should only be used temporarily
for very specific testing and debugging
processes. It should never be left on for
normal operations in Collect!.
Enable Internal Debug Checks
This option enables several internal checks as the
program is running.
1. Allocated memory is tested before and after use
to ensure the program never writes past the end of
an allocated block and does not attempt to use a
previously freed block of memory.
2. Network locking procedures are also checked to
report any potential areas of deadlock.
If you are experiences issues with Collect!, you can
switch this ON to help determine if the problem is
an internam system error.
This switch does adversely affect
performance. In general, this switch should
be turned OFF, and activated only when
problems are occurring.
This switch should only be used
temporarily for very specific testing and
debugging processes. It should never be left
on for normal operations in Collect!.
No Daysheet Autocalc
Normally (when this switch is OFF) Collect! automatically
recalculates a daysheet when you open the Daysheet form.
Turn this switch ON to stop the automatic recalculation.
You will need to select the Recalculate
button on the Daysheet form to
update its totals.
This switch is useful when you have a large number of
Contacts or listings on specific dates, and find the
recalculation of daysheets an exhaustive task.
Write Note To File When Printing
To flag this field, select it with your mouse or
while you are in this field, press your spacebar
to toggle the switch OFF or ON. When you set
this switch, Collect! automatically writes a
line, with a date and time stamp, to the
Debtor notes when a letter is printed. This works
for any letter that is designated to 'Start On'
Debtor.
No Duplicate ID In Notes
Normally, when this switch is OFF, every time you
enter Debtor Notes, your ID and the current date
and time are written at the top of the notes.
When you switch this ON with a check mark, the
first time you enter the notes for an account, your
ID and the date and time are stamped into the notes.
However, when you enter notes a second time on
the same Debtor right away, that is, on the same
day and no one else has entered a note since
your last one, the ID and other information is
not loaded into the notes.
Disable Web Host Session ID
Switch this ON to disable the Session ID security
checking - useful when debugging Web Host.
Disable Batch Messages
Switch this ON to prohibit messages from popping
up during batch letter printing. This is important for
running a batch unattended, as a message popping up
would temporarily stop the printing process until you
respond to the message. Any messages will be written
to the Application Log instead when this switch is ON.
Batch Assign To Disabled ID
Switch this ON to let Collect! assign accounts to an
operator whose ID has been disabled. By default,
when the check box is NOT checked, Collect! will
display a prompt asking for confirmation from the user
prior to assigning accounts to a disabled operator.
They can select YES or NO to proceed.
Don't Convert Case On Name Entry
Switch this ON if you want Collect! to retain the
exact capitalization you have used when it
transposes the Debtor's Name into the Contact
field during data entry.
For example, "VanAllen, James" by default (with
setting unchecked) is transposed as James Vanallen.
With switch set, it is transposed as James VanAllen.
Write Millisecond Notes
Switch this ON to include milliseconds in Debtor
Note lines. This enables Notes entered at virtually
the same time to sort correctly using a fixed-length
date/time stamp. Notes entered in quick succession,
by contact plans or imports, for example, will sort
correctly when this switch is enabled.
This works with Status Codes between 1 and 4
characters and Operator IDs between 1 and 6
characters. Extra spaces are padded to maintain
the fixed-length.
This switch is helpful for sorting notes lines
written to the Debtor through a batch process.
Many notes may be written in quick succession
and they will appear in the correct order in the
Debtor Notes.
Only Numerics In Phone Fields
Switch this ON with a check mark to strip non-numerics
from all phone fields as data is entered.
Whenever you leave any existing phone field, non-numerics
will be cleaned out of the phone number. Any phone data
you enter will be cleaned up immediately, as soon as
you leave any phone field.
Example:
(250) 345-4567 becomes 2503454567
This switch will also strip non-numerics from
phone fields filled during an import routine.
To strip non-numerics from all phone fields of
existing accounts, you can create an
import/export routine and use the option 'strip
non-numerics' for the phone field specifications.
For details, please refer to Help topic,
Import Field Options.
Word Wrap
Put a value in this field to set the column width
for editing reports printed to screen. When you
print a report to screen and make changes,
the text will word wrap at this column instead
of the screen width. In all other respects, the
editor remains unchanged.
Quick Sort
This is the maximum number of records loaded into
RAM when sorting debtors. It is set internally at 5000
records. If you have over 150,000 to 200,000 accounts
and you do a lot of searching and sorting, you may
want to set this number to 25000 to speed up the
sorting process.
Lists exceeding the Quick Sort Limit will be sorted
directly on disk. This is slower than the Quick Sort,
but can handle any number of records.
OK
Select this button to save any changes you
have made and return to the previous screen.
Date Format
Select this button to open the Date Format
form where you can edit the date format
and choose how you wish to display dates
throughout Collect!.
Cancel
Select this button to ignore any changes you
have made and return to the previous screen.
Help
Press this button for help on the
Screen and Messages form and
links to related topics.
See Also
- Introduction to Setup
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