Order Numbers

[Freeze]

Hi ya

My client uses the ordernumber generated in an offline database to cross reference orders / purchasing and support.

Is the order number generated by Actinic or by the PSP (Protx) ??

If it is generated by Actinc can I control the format it takes??

Cheers

G

[Jan]

The order number is generated by Actinic but I don't think that other than changing the 'next' number suffix you can control the format of it.

[zmagyar]

The order number is generated by OrderScript.pl. There is the code fragment

	$::s_sOrderNumber = $sInitials . $sPostCode . substr($$::g_pSetupBlob{CGI_ID}, -1) .
		substr("0000000" . $nCounter, -7);

which assembles the final number. You can alter this line if you have some perl knowledge. But you must be very carefull here (and note that Actinic doesn't support any script customisation).

I hope this helps.

[Freeze]

Spot on Zoltan -- now to try a few variants

[jxm28788]

bumping up the order numbers

I'm quite happy with the order reference format, but as I'm just starting out I would prefer not to give away to my customers that they are the first few by giving them order numbers of 000001, 000002 etc...

Is it possible to manually increase the variable "$nCounter" to a more respectable level?

[Jan]

You can do this in help / troubleshooting.

Regards,

[Ben]

Hi John

Yes, you can do this in Help | Troubleshooting. Enter the starting number you want and click 'Update Order Number'.

Ben

[jxm28788]

Cool, thanks. Just what I was looking for.