Receipt Log - > CD
By
use of this function, which you can start from the window Receipt
Archiving, the files containing the booking data are backed up on CD.
Therefore, a CD recorder has to be connected for executing this function.
Please note that the files have to be created via the function "Create
Receipt Log" before being stored on CD. The content of the backed up files
can be viewed any time via the function "Receipt Log Display" – even
if the files have been deleted from the hard disk after the backup procedure. A
description can be found in the chapter Receipt
Archiving, Status Deleted.
Note:
- A detailed documentation of the entire screen
mask including the description of all selection criteria, list fields,
statuses and functions can be found in the chapter Receipt
Archiving. A description of the general procedure of receipt archiving
and receipt data transfer to CD can be found in the chapter Receipt Archiving / Receipt Log on CD.
After
you have clicked on the button, a selection window is opened in which you can
select the data to be backed up by company, branch, profit center, terminals
and dates. If you make entries, only the booking data within the selected
number range will be considered. Please note that possible selections of
"selection criteria" do not have any effect on the files to be backed
up.
Two
buttons (options) have to be described in detail:
- "Total Size of Files"
By a click on this button, the required memory is calculated. Please note
that only those files will be considered
a) that have been selected in the selection window and
b) for which the state "Transferred" has been activated.
Please note that the information will not be updated automatically.
- "Delete automatic"
When this option is activated, the files will be deleted automatically
after a successful
data backup. If errors are found after the recording procedure, a faulty
file will not receive the
state "Transferred" and will not be deleted.
As
soon as you have started the transfer, the program checks if the CD memory is
sufficient.
- If there is not enough space on the CD, the
following message appears:
"Too much data for the CD – select less"
The window will then be closed.
- If the application finds out that the CD has
enough space, you will be asked for a CD description. Then you can enter a
name. If you do not enter a name, the date will be used for the
description.
Afterwards,
the program "WinOnCD", which does the transfer, will be executed.
Notes on WinOnCD:
- Being the user, you only have to activate the
writing on the CD.
- The data to be transferred has already been
entered. In order to avoid a "Buffer underrun", the option
<"On the fly ", if possible> should be deactivated.
- If there is already data on the CD (multi
session), they have to be imported first. For this purpose there is the
menu item "import session" in the menu "CD-ROM
Editor". Otherwise a warning will be generated before the writing. If
this warning is ignored, there may be a program crash of
"WinOnCD".
After
the writing procedure, the program "WinOnCD" is closed. The
application returns to MICROS Retail OSCAR POS automatically.
In
the next step, the transfer is checked for correctness. For this purpose, the
application tries to read the backed up data from the CD by use of a checksum
and the examination of the file length. If errors are found, the file name will
be displayed in a list on the screen and recorded in a file called "RecLogError"
in the directory "work". For these file(s), the function has to be
carried out again. Transferred files with errors will not be deleted, no matter
if the option "Delete automatic" has been activated.
Notes
- The check for file changes requires a lot of computing
time, above all with large files.
- This examination is carried out shortly before
the start of WinOnCD, during the proof reading after the end of WinOnCD
and during the selection in the main program.
For
files which have been transferred correctly, the state "Transferred" is activated. At
the same time, these files receive the checksum, the file length and the CD
description in the List Window.
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