Thursday, March 18, 2010

CAPS LOCK NOW Thing of the Past

With new append query in Repgen, you no longer need to use caps locks on the phone. Unit number, serial numbers, regulations can all be lower case. They will be converted to upper case when you move data using the "move data" button in Repgen. Check the email I sent today.

CAPS LOCK NO LONGER NEEDED IF YOU SEND BY PHONE

CAP LOCKS IS NOW A THING OF THE PAST IF YOU SEND PERIODIC REPORTS VIA THE PHONE.

I also have new query that when you put it into your Repgen on your home computer, you won't need caps locks there either. Contact me when you are ready for that.

As mentioned in previous post: periodic first, then next step is onhire reports.

CAPS LOCK Nearly Thing of the Past

With a little more testing, the need to use caps lock on periodic reports on the phone will be a thing of the past. See all the CAPS letters in the attached image? After this, we can then focus on the onhire form. Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. That is, if you need something fixed, work with me and I'll help get it done. (Times may vary.)

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

MORE CAPS LOCK

I'm going to search a few more times over the next week for an answer to the caps lock issue on the phone. Right now I think the problem is independent of the software we use to make the envelope key the tab key. What I mean by this, is that if you have caps lock on (without the tab key software installed) and then you go to another field on the form, the caps lock resets itself.

See how this is really a problem regardless of the software we are using for the tab key?

So, if nothing works with the phone, one logical step would be to put a "make this all caps" function directly on all the fields on the reports in repgen (well, the ones that need capital letters always). One possible disadvantage is that info on the phone will be lower case...but maybe that doesn't matter to you the surveyor when viewing the info on the phone.