.TH sale "" "" "/act/sales Command"
.PC "Enter sale order, and item, update customer"
.B sale
.PP
.II "sales order"
The command
.B sale
is part of the accounting/sales system included with
.BR /rdb .
It enters a sales order into table
.B saleorder
and items into table
.BR saleitem .
It also permits an order-taker to add a new customer to
the customer-information table
.BR customer ,
or to update information on an existing customer.
.SH Example
.B sale
is interactive, to allow you to confirm each action.
First, it asks for customer number.
If you give it a number, it looks the number up in table
.BR customer .
If it finds a customer with that number, it displays information
on that customer for you to confirm.
If you do not have the customer's number, you can search with
the slash string option or enter the question mark to enter
.BR customer .
There, you can search for the customer or add a new customer.
.PP
The following gives an example order-entry session:
.DM
MakeaPile, Inc.                 saleorder
Enter Customer Number (? for new, /string search, Return to exit) \fB1\fP
Vendor Number 1
Mr. Luke  Skywalker   CEO
.sp \n(pDu
Rebel Enterprises
123 Lea Street
Space Port City, Far Side  123456789  Tatooy
.DE
.DM
Code    Qty
------- -------
\fBrdb  1\fP
Order   Number  Code    Backord Qty     Price   Total   Name
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
1       1       rdb          10 1          1500 1500.00 /rdb
Number  Cust    Date    Shipped Gross   Tax     Total
------  ----    ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
1       2       850723  0       1500.00   75.00 1575.00
.DE
.DM
Is this correct? (y, n) \fBy\fP
.DE
.PP
After you have confirmed the order, table
.B sale
modifies table
.BR salesorder ,
as follows:
.DM
Number  Cust    Date    Shipped Gross   Tax     Total
------  ----    ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
1       2       850723  860525  1500.00   75.00 1575.00
2       2       850724  860525  3000.00  150.00 3150.00
3       3       850902  860525  22500.00        1125.00 23625.00
4       3       850902  0       36000.00        1800.00 37800.00
5       3       850902  0       21000.00        1050.00 22050.00
.DE
.PP
It also modifies table
.BR salesitem ,
as follows:
.DM
Order   Number  Code    Backord Qty     Price     Total    Name
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------   -------  ----
1       1       rdb          10 1          1500   1500.00  /rdb 
2       1       rdb          10 2          1500   3000.00  /rdb 
3       1       rdb          10 5          1500   7500.00  /rdb 
3       2       act          10 10         1500  15000.00  /act 
4       1       rdb          10 5          1500   7500.00  /rdb 
4       2       rdb          10 19         1500  28500.00  /rdb 
5       1       rdb          10 5          1500   7500.00  /rdb 
5       2       act          10 9          1500  13500.00  /act 
.DE
.PP
Once you enter the correct customer number,
.B sale
gives you a table of items to enter.
Type in
.B Code
and
.BR Qty ,
and the program looks up the other information in the inventory.
Verify that the information is correct and make sure
that you have enough in inventory to satisfy the order.
Continue entering items until you are through.
Pressing \fB<Return>\fR indicates that you are finished;
.B sale
then calculates the totals for the order, including tax.
.PP
This program uses the commands
.B cursor
and
.B termput
to maneuver about the screen.
.SH "See Also"
.B
cursor,
invoice,
postar,
termput
.R
.SO sale