merging orders ..

[davidfarndon]

Recently I was away from my main PC and took actinic with me on a laptop in order to make sure I could process orders whilst I was away.

This happened (though as you will see from my other threads things are not entirely tickity-boo with my store), but now I have orders on the laptop AND orders on the main PC.. is there a way of copying the laptop's records (orders only) over to the original PC and merging them so I only have one set of records at any one time (so things don't get even more confusing than normal)

David

[pinbrook]

Yes this is easy peasy in v8.

File Menu Import orders.

This feature will import orders from your designated MDB fie (the one from laptop) into the PC.

1 Take backup snapshots.
2 copy latest mdb from laptop to PC save it somewhere safe
3 open actinic on PC
4 file menu, import orders, browse to saved MDB
5 import

This will add the orders from the laptop to the orders on the PC

[davidfarndon]

lovely .. thanks so much!

[Jan]

That will not merge orders, it will overwrite orders. I don't know of an easy way to merge orders from two different Actinic installations.

Regards,

[pinbrook]

Woops, sorry.

Just as well I included step 1.

[kev67]

what about take a Snapshot then just import the Orders only?

[pinbrook]

What Jan is saying is the import will always overwrite current orders rather than append.

Although in my book I would have though append should have been quite easy to program so I don't know why it isn't.

Maybe just another example of real world developer expectation versus actinic developer WAD.

[kev67]

or as the AUG states:

Use one PC for updates and the other for orders,

in saying that, I have a few orders on two pc's so I'll just shut up I think!.....

[Jan]

Although in my book I would have though append should have been quite easy to program so I don't know why it isn't.

It's not easy to append orders, it is actually quite a hard thing to do.

Regards,

[RuralWeb]

It's not easy to append orders, it is actually quite a hard thing to do

Agreed - Ive just been trying to sort out a client who is in the same mess

[pinbrook]

It's not easy to append orders, it is actually quite a hard thing to do.

Regards,

I like to throw down the gauntlet as a designer and not the inhouse developer ...

[davidfarndon]

just as well I didn't yet get around to doing it then.

I can get around this this time and perhaps this then is one for a wish list ..

At least we'll know in future, but I would think it would be a handy thing to merge order data in the way I outlined ... I doubt it'll be the last time me and my laptop potter away from the office and still need to access and download orders (and though my children think I am quite special .. well the oldest is 5 and now starting to wise up perhaps .. I doubt I'm unique in this situation!)
David

[kev67]

David

I can assure you the Import Orders will overwrite what you have in your order file

I know, I just bloomin' done it - and it wipes over all that you have, lovely!

[Jan]

Yes Jo, it is easy to misjudge the scale of a change in that situation.

Regards,

[george]

Actually, this is one for the wishlist. As in import an order into an existing order. (as in add the items to it, not replace them)

Innit?