Improvements to Statement Print Locking

If an account statement is set to flag back to the account record – to update last statement date, statement page number or Credit Control flag – then the system requires exclusive access to the sales accounts file when doing a statement run.

This new option allows the ability to use record locking rather than file locking for statement production. This allows the system to process a statement for all required accounts but skipping any that are exclusively locked by another operator and reports at the end of the procedure if any accounts not processed. Missed accounts can be reprocessed later by running the statement on a selective basis (perhaps using the statement date not equal to ‘today’).

Installation

Document Design Manager

A new parameter has been added to the statement design to omit file locks for the statement print.To update the Document Design select Installation from the main menu followed by the Application Manager option and then Document Design Manager. Select the Sales Ledger application and the Statements document type.Select the document to be updated and then, once the document mask is displayed, select the Parameters option on the main toolbar – the new option is available on the first parameter screen.

Omit File Locks – set to omit exclusive file locks when the statement definition is run but to apply record locks to the accounts.