1. Landing Pages – Data Item Aliases When using the landing page, the column headings are based on the data item name label within the Datafile database structure. Data Item Names are however limited to 13 characters. For the most part this is sufficient for users to interpret the data,... Read More
2. Landing Pages - Ledger Enquiry and Landing Page Date Formats When dates are displayed on the landing page or ledger enquiry the system takes the display format from the user’s pc profile. For most users this is all that is required – the format on the user’s profile having been set to UK (DD/MM/Y... Read More
3. Ledger Enquiry - Prevent Auto Close of Associated File Folder on Enquiry Within the Ledger Enquiry an option ‘Associate Files’ is available. This is a folder that can act as a repository for scans, word documents, emails and so on that are linked to the enquiry record – for example a sales account. When you ... Read More
4. Warehouse Tablet - Goods Received Image Capture The Datafile Warehouse Tablet software also receives new features with this release. The Warehouse tablet is a ‘lite’ version of the Datafile Software to use within a warehouse environment using a Windows Tablet and provides options for S... Read More
5. Warehouse Tablet - Order Header and Order Detail Confirm Items The Datafile Warehouse Tablet software also receives new features with this release. The Warehouse tablet is a ‘lite’ version of the Datafile Software to use within a warehouse environment using a Windows Tablet and provides options for S... Read More
6. Warehouse Tablet - Show Stock Image on Enquiry The Datafile Warehouse Tablet software also receives new features with this release. The Warehouse tablet is a ‘lite’ version of the Datafile Software to use within a warehouse environment using a Windows Tablet and provides options for S... Read More
7. General System Options - D02.DFD – Include Sales and Purchase Order Authorisation Limits The D02.DFD, introduced in Datafile 2021 release, allows the system to maintain a database of users for the Datafile system and to carry additional information such as email addresses, job titles, contact information and address details. As part of t... Read More
8. General System Options - List of Users Database Within the Datafile system configuration options have often been set to allow for assignment of a Datafile user to a record – whether that is, for example, an option in Sales Order entry to assign a ‘Order Taker’ or to allocate a line m... Read More
9. Datafile INI Files Starting Up Datafile The icon for Datafile that you select to start up the system will have a target pointing to the DFWIN.EXE. Typically, this program call is followed by a folder path to the main Datafile folder – for example \\SERVE... Read More
10. Microsoft Office Links 2018 A new Datafile add-in is available with additional features in the links between Datafile and Microsoft Office. The add-in, available for use for users on Datafile 2018 with the Datafile Excel RTD Add-In, allows for links back from Excel spreads... Read More