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Ostendo Scripting Features Overview

Scripts allow users to add custom features to Ostendo without customizing the core software. Scripts can be run from Ostendo's main menu, command line, or desktop icons. The Ostendo help menu provides guidance on available scripting functions and examples to help users learn how to write scripts. Common uses for scripts include adding options to menus, customizing order screens, and running actions when data is added, deleted, or changed.

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Ostendo Scripting Features Overview

Scripts allow users to add custom features to Ostendo without customizing the core software. Scripts can be run from Ostendo's main menu, command line, or desktop icons. The Ostendo help menu provides guidance on available scripting functions and examples to help users learn how to write scripts. Common uses for scripts include adding options to menus, customizing order screens, and running actions when data is added, deleted, or changed.

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FUNCTIONALITY | SCRIPTING

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FUNCTIONALITY | PRICING | BUY PRICING

Scripts
Scripts are a way of adding features to Ostendo to suit your business without having to customise Ostendo on a business-by-business basis. The benefit of using scripts over programme customisation is that you are not tied to the version of the software that your programme customisation was designed for. By using a script, you can continue to receive updates to Ostendo to get the latest features and your script will still be compatible. A brief overview of where scripts can be run along with examples to demonstrate each option follows: Custom Menu Script: A Custom Menu Script can be run in the following ways: o Ostendo's Main Menu: Adds the Script Name to the drop-down under Custom on Ostendos main menu Command Line Script: This allows you to run a script from the Command Line of your computer. This is very useful if, for example, you wish to run the script as part of your computers overnight batch process. Desktop Icon Script: This allows you to run a script from a Desktop Icon without the necessity of starting up Ostendo.

Scripting use in Ostendo


The Ostendo Help Menu help provides a guide as to what scripting functions and procedures are available in Ostendo. Accompanying each function is a simple script that you can copy and paste into the appropriate scripting area and then run the function to see how it works and what results are obtained.

Related Menu Script: Adds the Script Name to the drop-down Menu

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FUNCTIONALITY | PRICING | BUY PRICING

held against the Related button within specific screens. Order Script: This allows you to create a Script specific to a preselected Order Screen Data Script: Related to Master, Order, Receiving, and Invoicing Screens where the action of Adding or Deleting a record or changing any field within the record will automatically run this Script Workflow Script: These are scripts that can be used to change the appearance and/or Text of a Workflow Object. Report Layout Editor: Scripts to control many printing options such as printing fields under certain data conditions, etc Unit Price: The Buy Price per Suppliers Unit of Measure in the currency specified against the Supplier.

Simple Script:

Result:

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Ostendo is available in Christchurch from Colleen King of aboutBusiness www.aboutbusiness.co.nz P: 03-359 4231 F: 03-359 5332 E: [email protected]

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