Automatic Screen Refresh

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:39:54 -0700

But wait.  This goes against proper inventory management.  At the time that
he makes the transaction, a check must be done to make sure that the he
hasn't oversold the inventory and to also update the totals - this
information then gets "locked" when the purchaser actually says "go ahead"
and the user commits the order.  Also, even if the inventory HAS been sold,
there should be a back-order placed to make sure that the shipment quota is
met.  He would then notify the purchaser on the other end that it is back
ordered and to expect a delay.
What if the item gets sold during the time he looks at a refresh and the
time he entered the order?   There's something basically wrong with the
scenario that you've laid out.  ie: refreshing in order to make sure that
the item exists.
This ordering should be run similar to the way airlines work - your
information is only as good as the last time you refreshed the data.
Refreshing the data  automatically really has no bearing on whether or not
the purchaser is assured of getting the item.

cheers

-----Original Message-----
From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com]On Behalf Of PAUL DIACONESCU
Sent: 2004 June 23 1:29 PM
To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
Subject: RE: Automatic Screen Refresh

The problem I have, is not when I use Ph with reflection.

For than we found a solution, programmed directly in the powerhouse code, 
and it works (see code in yesterday emails).

But when I try to do the same in Axiant, I have no solution.
It doesn't work.

And Axiant doesn't use Reflection.

Somebody sugested a programmed refresh button, like f8 key.
But this is not practical.

Imagine the sales person, talking on the phone with a customer, in order to 
sale a specific item.

While talking, he will have to continously hit the f2 key in order to be 
sure that the item he wants to sale has not been sold by an other user.
You can not ask him to do that for the 10 minutes phone negociations.

In this case an automatic refresh is mandatory.

>From: "Johnson, Harold A EDUC:EX" <Harold.A.Johnson@gems1.gov.bc.ca>
>To: "'Pickering, John (NORBORD)'" <PICKERIJ@norbord.com>,   "'PAUL 
>DIACONESCU'" <paul_diaconescu@hotmail.com>,   powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
>Subject: RE: Automatic Screen Refresh
>Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:54:45 -0700
>
>Wait!!  I've got it!    Get one of those Perpetual Drinking Birds, add a
>special pointer onto its head and let it hit the refresh button on the
>keyboard everytime it gets a drink!
>
>Homer Simpson's favorite replacement worker. A delicately balanced hollow
>glass bird is partially filled with a special fluid. Place a glass of water
>in front of the bird, dunk it's head to get it started, and the changes in
>balance caused by evaporation make the entire bird's body bob up & down,
>occasionally dipping the bird's beak into the water to "recharge" it. Not
>quite perpetual, but goes on for hours or days, as long as it can dip it's
>beak into the water in the glass.
>
>Sorry.  Seriously though - the Reflections scripting laguage will probably
>work for you.  We've used it a bit to wake up Windows and issue commands 
>and
>transfer files.
>
>cheers
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
>[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com]On Behalf Of Pickering, John
>(NORBORD)
>Sent: 2004 June 23 12:04 PM
>To: 'PAUL DIACONESCU'; powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
>Subject: RE: Automatic Screen Refresh
>
>
>Paul
>
>This is just a suggestion -- untried, untested, worth exactly what you paid
>for it :-)
>
>Since the user is running Reflection, why not let Reflection's scripting
>language do the work? Start the screen off prompting for your mill code and
>display the inventory data as in your original screen. In the postfind you
>should be able to invoke a Reflection macro which prompts for input with a
>timeout just like the MPE "input" command your posted code uses. Then
>Reflection can transmit whatever it receives back to the screen where it
>will get processed as before. In effect you're substituting the MPE "input"
>command for some equivalent in the Reflection scripting language of your
>choice (I still prefer RCL but then I'm a dinosaur according to the co-op
>script weenies).
>
>Please let us know if it works :-)
>
>Regards,
>JWP
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: PAUL DIACONESCU [mailto:paul_diaconescu@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: 2004 June 23 10:33 AM
> >To: Johnson, Harold A EDUC:EX; powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
> >Subject: RE: Automatic Screen Refresh
> >
> >
> >Harold,
> >Thank you for your sugestion (use of a scheduler).
> >My concern is how to use it.
> >
> >The user is on a Reflection Window, but he also runs a Quick menu , where
> >he
> >
> >can go back and forth from one subscreen to an other.
> >
> >We only want the automatic refresh in the inventory subscreen.
> >
> >And, in the same time, the user should be able to stop the automatic
> >refresh, by hiting a key on the
> >keyboard, in order to be able to find the inventory for an other product 
>(a
> >new request in the find procedure).
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Johnson, Harold A EDUC:EX" <Harold.A.Johnson@gems1.gov.bc.ca>
> > >To: "'PAUL DIACONESCU'" <paul_diaconescu@hotmail.com>,
> > >powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
> > >Subject: RE: Automatic Screen Refresh
> > >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:37:40 -0700
> > >
> > >How about using something like Splinterware's PC scheduler product?  It
> >can
> > >detect that a window is open by the title and automatically send a
> > >keystroke
> > >to the window (like a refresh for find keystroke).  Any scheduler could
> > >probably do it, maybe even the Window's Scheduler?
> > >
> > >This is probably only useful for single PC's or a small number.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
> > >[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com]On Behalf Of PAUL DIACONESCU
> > >Sent: 2004 June 23 5:37 AM
> > >To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
> > >Subject: RE: Automatic Screen Refresh
> > >
> > >
> > >Has anybody any method on how to do an automatic screen refresh , every
> >15
> > >secondes for exemple, without any user interaction (very usefull when 
>you
> > >want to continously show to the
> > >user, salesman, the most recent inventory data, while he is on the 
>phone
> > >with a customer) ?.
> > >
> > >We found out a method (see yesterday emails), but it works only in
> > >powerhouse, not in Axiant.
> > >
> > >May be a diferent method will work in both.
> > >
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