Ah3 Invoicing and Inventory System for Repair Shops

Joe Croft


Table of Contents
1. First Steps
1.1. Prerequisites
1.2. User Interface Basics
1.2.1. Form Basics
1.2.2. Table Basics
1.3. Invoking
1.4. Main Window
1.4.1. Current Work Order
1.4.2. Work Order Select
1.4.3. Predefined Jobs
1.4.4. Inventory
1.4.5. Vendors
2. Work Orders
2.1. Creating New Work Orders
2.2. Selecting Existing Work orders
2.3. Adding and Editing Work Order Parts
2.4. Adding and Editing Work Order Labor
2.5. Printing an Invoice
2.6. Closing a Work Order
3. Data Security and Disaster recovery
3.1. Data Backups
3.2. Data Restoration
4. Making Ah3 Your Own
4.1. Configuration Dialogs
4.2. Data Forms and Tables
4.3. Invoices and Reports
4.3.1. Input Blocks
4.3.2. Data Sources
4.3.3. Report Sections
5. Building and Installation
5.1. Building and Installing from Source
5.2. Installing Using the RPM Package
5.3. Creating the Database
5.3.1. By Script
5.3.2. By Hand
List of Figures
1-1. Table Example
1-2. Login Dialog
1-3. Main Window on Startup
1-4. Current Workorder Tab
1-5. Select Workorder Tab
1-6. Predefined Jobs Tab
1-7. Inventory Tab
1-8. Vendors Tab
2-1. Customer Select Dialog
2-2. Vehicle Select Dialog
2-3. Parts Entry Dialog
2-4. Parts Select Dialog
2-5. Labor Entry Dialog
2-6. Labor Select Dialog
2-7. Workorder Preview Dialog
List of Examples
4-1. Input Element
4-2. Data Source Element
4-3. Banner Element Containing an Image.