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Hi, We’ve labelled ‘Cost’ and ‘Markup’ as they appear in the same area of QuickBooks. The only difference is in QuickBooks you can enter values such as “50%” in the cost column and “100%” in the Markup column. Where as in Method you have to indicate if the value for cost is a % and if the ...

I think this was brought up before but in another context. For me, I learn by example...so I copy a method screen, such as New Activity, so that I can see what the coding is. However, after I run through a dropdown (vendor, for example), I don't want to Save & Close the screen because what happens is that it thinks that I made a change and ...

 James, Glad to see my advice helped you get on your way. I really do think you’re better off using lose focus when it comes to columns that are number values.   Where are you storing these price levels? I’m not sure how your customization is set up but you might be able to avoid the all the conditional statements. The ...

Mark, Can you replicate this issue on demand? Is there a particular screen it is happening on more than others? I’ll keep my eye out for it...I use FF a lot.

Hi Caliper, There are different ways to perform basic math using grid columns. You can add actions to each of the grid’s columns using events like text change, gain or lose focus as appropriate. The key is to determine what will trigger the actions. For example: If I wanted to calculate column1 + column2 and enter it in column3 it would ...

Can someone please explain the following columns when creating an estimate? Cost = I'm not sure if this refers to our cost or our retail price  % = there is a percentage column with no explanation Markup = ordinarily this would make sense, but see the next option Markup % = how is this differrent from % and Markup in ...

Have a look at how we did the Check printout from the Check screen.  It's all done using scripts in the report designer (obviously advanced). It spells out the numbers there. We've even had a user in central america alter that script to print checks in spanish :) !! Paul

Good Morning. Is there a way to have the total price worded out?  Not sure if thats the correct term.  If you have a esimate for 100.00 can I have method spell out: One Hundred Dollars. I want to insert that into a contract. thanks, John M  

Great!  Now I'm really excited. Thanks for confirming this.  The screen designer combined with Actions is really an amazing tool to build an inferface.  It really keeps the user out of trouble while providing tons of functionality.      

Fantastic.  Thanks for explaining both methods. My problem actions are on the QTY text change event which occurs after the actions on my Item text change event.  I've got a Show Message Action at the end of the action sequence of the Items actions, and a Show Message at the very beginning of the QTY actions.  The Item actions ...