Regit Express Point-of-Sale for Windows

Regit Express
Point-of-Sale For Windows

Copyright 1984-2014 by APi

For Regit Express Version 3

Regit Express Point-of-Sale for Windows

Regit Express Point-of-Sale for Windows

Regit Express
Point-of-Sale For Windows
Table of Contents

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2
3
4
5

Getting Started
Setup
Regit Express Cash Register
Regit Express Office
Customer Accounts

Appendix 1 Instructions for Charge Card Software Setup

Index

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CHAPTER ONE
GETTING STARTED

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Regit Express Point-of-Sale for Windows transforms a PC into a powerful point-of-sale cash
register for retail sales and service businesses. No limitations are placed on the number of
products that can be stored in the system. Regit Express Point-of-Sale works with or without bar
code equipment.
During the basic transaction, Product Codes are entered or scanned into the transaction and the
screen instantly displays the quantity, price, and product description. When completed, the
transaction is totaled, sales tax is applied, change is computed, the cash drawer is opened, a
receipt is printed, and inventory and sales records are updated. Many options are available to the
cashier during a transaction making Regit Express a reliable, affordable, and powerful point-ofsale system.
The system is divided into two functional areas:
The Regit Express Cash Register, which is used as a cash register for day to day operations
and sales.
The Regit Express Office, which provides all support functions. Regit Express Office handles
system setup options, accesses data stored by the system, provides sales and inventory
reports, and many other functions.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Required
A PC with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8

Optional Equipment
Important: Check the current list of supported/compatible equipment brands and models on our
web site before purchasing any equipment.

Receipt Printer (for receipts)

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Standard Printer (for reports)

Bar Code Scanner
Customer Pole Display
Electronic Cash Drawer
Magnetic Card Reader

Keyboard and/or Mouse Operation

The Regit Express Cash Register has been specially designed to allow for easy operation with or
without a mouse. API has designed the Regit Express Cash Register to use the function keys,
arrow keys, page keys, Escape key, and Enter key to make the Cash Register easy to operate
even in a mouseless environment. For those who will be using a mouse, mouse operation is
standard. You will find the special programming for operation of these keys greatly simplifies
getting around in the Regit Express Cash Register--with or without a mouse. The Regit Express
Office is geared more towards standard mouse operations.

Screen Resolution
Regit Express will automatically adjust to the following standard screen resolutions:
1920 X 1080 (widescreen format)
1600 X 1200
1440 X 900 (widescreen format)
1280 X 1024
1280 X 960
1280 X 768 (widescreen format)
1152 X 864
1024 X 768
800 X 600
Regit Express expects Window's standard bottom task bar and with no add-on side menus.
Other resolutions will default to 800 x 600 and show as a partial screen (not cover the entire
available working area).

UP AND RUNNING IN 5 MINUTES

Regit Express was designed to be a powerful system, but at the same time, very simple to
operate. Follow these suggestions to get up and running right away:

Learn the basic transaction first--this should not take more than five minutes. This will get
you up and running and teach you to complete a transaction.

Skim through the manual to become familiar with available features. Use the manual to learn
those features you plan to use.

Later go through the manual more thoroughly to acquaint yourself with all the features
available.

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Regit Express is loaded with many more features than any single business will ever use. For
this reason, we have designed the program so features that are not needed or not being used
can be completely ignored. For example, Regit Express offers three levels of taxes. Ninetynine percent of our customers use only a single sales tax and can completely ignore the other
two levels. However, if you are a Canadian customer, you will be very interested in the
available tax levels and will want to read about them in the manual.

The Quick Setup

Before going through our basic transaction example, you will first need to enter your tax rate and
a test product.

From the Regit Express Office menu select SETUP, SALES TAX SETUP.

The Sales Tax Setup Window will appear. Select the Tax One tab, if not already selected.

Check the Apply Tax One box, then enter your Sales Tax Percent (we will enter 7.25).

Move down to Display On Receipts and enter "Sales Tax", or whatever you wish to call the
tax on your receipts. Some like to enter the rate, such as "7.25% Sales Tax", its up to you.
Your choice will precede the sales tax on the screen and on your receipts. The choice is not
permanent, you may return here and change it whenever you like.

Select how you want your sales tax to round. We selected "Round .5 and above up".

Select OK to save and return to the main Regit Express Office screen.

Sales Tax Setup

Now select File, Add New Product(s) from the Regit Express Office menu.

Enter or scan a Product Code for a new item in the Enter/Scan Product Code entry box.

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We are entering the Universal Product Code (UPC) for Kleenex Facial Tissues, 03600027710.
You may enter/scan a Product Code of your own.

Move down to Description One and enter your products description, we are entering
"Kleenex Facial Tissues".

We are placing 10 into Inventory Qty.

Move down to Standard Price and enter 1.49, or your products price.

Press F2 to save, then Exit.

Entering New Products

The Basic Transaction

We will now enter the most basic transaction into the Cash Register.

Exit the Office to Enter the Regit Express Cash Register.

Enter, scan, or "Lookup" the Product Code: 03600027710.

The product appears (repeat above step to enter additional products).

Press F8 (or click the Tender ICON) to total the transaction and bring up the Tender
Window.

Enter the cash tendered (or select the Cash ICON to enter the exact cash amount).

Press Enter, to record the transaction (and print a receipt, if the receipt printing has been
setup).

There are many, many possible variations to this basic transaction, however, most transactions
will be as simple as this to complete.

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Importing Existing Databases

If you already have a list of your products in a spreadsheet, database, or another program, you
should be able to import the products directly into Regit Express. Existing databases are often
available from suppliers. Check with your suppliers, it could save you a lot of time. See
IMPORTING PRODUCT/CUSTOMER RECORDS in the Regit Express Office section, Chapter 4
of this manual for details on importing your products into Regit Express.

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CHAPTER TWO
SETUP

Regit Express Office

SYSTEM SETUP (PREFERENCES)

Default system preferences are accessible from the Regit Express Office SETUP, SYSTEM
OPTIONS menu. These system preferences allow you to customize how you wish the Regit
Express Cash Register to respond to different situations. You will probably wish to start with the
default preferences (not checked). Then, when you are more familiar with the Cash Registers
operation, come back and review the possibilities to customize you register. The system options
are divided between 8 tabs and are generally self-explanatory.

System Options

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SALES TAX SETUP

Regit Express has two sales tax application methods.
1) The first, also the default method, is the tax exclusive method where tax is applied to the total
of taxable items in the transaction (Sales Tax = Taxable Items Sales Total x Tax Rate).
2) Second is the tax inclusive method. With this method, the tax is included in the sales price
of the item. Tax is calculated reverse of the exclusive method (Sales Tax = (Taxable Items Sales
Total / (100 + Tax Rate)) x Tax Rate). To switch to this method select Setup, System Options, Tax
Type tab in the Regit Express Office.

Exclusive Sales Tax

Regit Express will allow you to store and apply taxes at three separate rates. Every product can
be set to have any combination of the three taxes or no tax applied at all, giving a total of eight
possible combinations. These eight combinations are referred to as the TAX CODES.

Tax Codes

Code 0 = Nontaxable Item

Code 1 = Apply Tax 1 Only
Code 2 = Apply Tax 2 Only
Code 3 = Apply Tax 3 Only
Code 4 = Apply Tax 1 & 2
Code 5 = Apply Tax 1 & 3
Code 6 = Apply Tax 2 & 3
Code 7 = Apply Tax 1, 2, 3
Code 8 = Tax Exempt Item

The appropriate tax code should be entered into the Product database table (TaxCode
field/column) and then the appropriate tax will be applied during the transaction. The cashier may
also change the taxable status of a product during a transaction.

Nontaxable VS Tax Exempt

Before continuing, a brief explanation on nontaxable items verses tax exempt items is necessary.
A nontaxable item is an item that is not taxed by the taxing institution (often food and medicine are
nontaxable). A tax exempt item is an item that is normally taxable, however, the customer is
exempt for some reason (often customers purchasing for resale, charitable organizations, or
governments are tax exempt). For tax reporting purposes, the program keeps track of sales made
to tax exempt customers. For this reason, the program will require the cashier to identify the tax
exempt customer prior to allowing a tax exempt item or tax exempt transaction to be completed (a
system preference allows recording of tax exempt customers to be turned off if desired). Tax

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exempt is a condition of the customer and not the product, thus all tax exempt sales are identified
at the time of sale and not from a default tax code within the Product database table.
The Tax Exempt database table stores various information on each tax exempt sale. This
information may or may not be required by your taxing institution. To avoid accidentally erasing
needed information, none of the close/clear utilities delete any of this databases records. How
often you delete the file or its records is up to you. It will probably depend on how often you are
required to file sales tax information. Past tax exempt database entries can be deleted on the
Office's Utilities menu, Clear Tax Exempt.

Altering Taxes At The Time-Of-Sale

To change a single line item's default tax, access the Product Window (F7, or click the Product
ICON). Enter the number of the new tax option in the tax code entry box. As the cashier moves
the focus to the tax code entry box, a window with the different tax options will appear to help with
the decision.
An entire transaction can also be identified as nontaxable or tax exempt. To do so, bring up the
Transaction Window (F4, or click the Transaction ICON). Select Nontaxable Transaction or
Tax Exempt Transaction. Another window will appear allowing the cashier to select any
combination of the three tax levels as either nontaxable or tax exempt. For all tax levels selected,
the default tax will be overridden. If you are only using one tax level, the cashier may either select
that one level, or all of them, it makes no difference, the unused ones are ignored by the program.
To keep the cashier informed, a Transaction Sales Tax Box will show "NT" followed by the
nontaxable tax levels (NT123) or "TE" followed by the tax exempt tax levels (TE123).
Any or all tax levels may also be entered manually. Select Manual Tax OverRide from the
Transaction Window and another window will appear which allows the cashier to enter a manual
tax for any of the three tax levels. Manual tax entries will override the default tax, charging the
manual amount to the transaction. A Transaction Sales Tax Box will show "MT", followed by the
tax levels entered manually (MT123).

Setting The Tax Rate

To begin using one or all of the three sales tax levels available, you must first set the tax rate.
To set the tax rate, select SALES TAX SETUP from the Regit Express Office SETUP Menu.
If not already selected, choose the appropriate tab for the tax you will be working with
(generally "Tax One").

Check the Apply Tax One box.

Enter your Sales Tax Percent rate (7.25% would be entered as 7.25).

Some states/countries have a minimum sale before any tax is charged, typically about $0.15,
but some areas have extremely high levels. Most will leave this at zero. Enter the correct
amount, if any, in Minimum Taxed.

Move down to Display On Receipts and enter "Sales Tax", or whatever you wish to call the
tax. Some like to enter the rate, such as "7.25% Sales Tax", its up to you. Your choice will

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precede the sales tax on the screen and on your receipts. The choice is not permanent, you
may return here and change it whenever you like.

Select how you want your sales tax to round (see Determining The Rounding Method).

Select OK to save and return to the main Regit Express Office screen.

Now each item in the product database with a corresponding tax code in the TaxCode field will be
have the exclusive tax applied.

Sales Tax Setup

Determining The Rounding Method

If Round Up is selected, the customer will be charged an entire cent for any portion of a cent
owed. For example, if the tax rate is 6.5% and the customer's purchase is for $11.25, the tax
owed would be $.73125 (73.125 cents). This would be rounded up by the program to $.74 (74
cents).
If Round Down is selected, the customer will not be charged until an entire cent is owed. For
example, if the tax rate is 6.5% and the customer's purchase was for $11.50, the tax owed would
be $.7475 (74.75 cents). This would be rounded down by the program to $.74 (74 cents).
If Round .5 And Above Up is selected, the tax owed will be rounded to the nearest cent. That is,
any calculation showing the tax owed to be one half cent ($.005 or .50 cents) or above will be
charged the entire cent. Any calculation showing the tax owed to be less than one half cent
($.0049 or .49 cents) will not be charged for the cent.
The rounding method you should select depends on the laws of your state. Call your appropriate
state office to determine the correct method. You may have a little trouble finding someone who
knows! So let's discuss an alternate method for determining how your state chooses to round.
The method involves the use of the tax schedules that are published by the states to assist
businesses in calculating sales tax applicable to taxable transactions.

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As an example, we will use the "State of California 6% Sales Tax Reimbursement Schedule, Civil
Code Section 1656.1", effective April 1, 1974, Appendix G to Regulation 1700. Any schedule will
do, however.
Move down the table and multiply a few of the brackets breaking point by 6% (.06) and compare
what 6% actually is to the amount of sales tax listed. Here is a good example from the schedule
that shows both the upper and lower limits:
Transaction
----------10.75-10.91

Tax
--.65

So the State of California says to charge $.65 if the transaction falls within the range of $10.75 to
$10.91. Multiply out the lower break point:
.06 X 10.75 = .645
Percent of 10.75 is only sixty-four and one half cents. However, the state schedules says to
charge a full sixty-five cents. So we now know that the state either rounds everything up, or
rounds .5 and above up (to the nearest penny). Let's check the upper break point and find out:
.06 X 10.91 = .6546
We can now clearly see that California does not round everything up, but rounds to the nearest
penny. So we should select ROUND .5 AND ABOVE UP. All transactions will then result in sales
tax charges identical to the amount that would be charged if we were using the State's 6% Tax
Schedule.

Sales Tax and Transaction Discounts

When an Transaction Discount if given, each item in the transaction is discounted by the
discounted amount and the tax is applied to the discounted price.

Inclusive Sales Tax

With the tax inclusive method, Regit Express has one tax rate only. Each item can be set as a
taxable item (tax code 1) or nontaxable item (tax code 0). The StandardPrice field in the products
database table should be populated with the price including the tax (or the total price that will be
charged for each item).
For example, if you have a 10% tax rate and an item you wish to sale including tax for $1.00, You
enter 1.00 as the standard price and 1 as the tax code. When the item is entered into the
transaction the transaction will show the price as $1.00, but the system will keep track that the
sales total was actually for $0.91 and the tax was $0.09.

Tax Codes

Code 0 = Nontaxable Item

Code 1 = Apply Tax 1

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The tax code should be entered into the Product database table (TaxCode field/column) after
which tax will be calculated and recorded during the transaction.

Altering Taxes At The Time-Of-Sale

You cannot change a single items tax code during a transaction like you can with the exclusive tax
method. You can, however, designate the entire transaction nontaxable. Taxable items will be
recalculated and the tax portion or the price removed as they are entered into the transaction.
Individual prices for items with a nontaxable tax code will not change. To designate the transaction
as nontaxable, you must make this designation at the beginning of the transaction. Select the
Trnsactn icon (or F4), then Nontaxable Transaction (F4), then check the Nontaxable Tax 1 box (or
F1).
There is no Manual Tax OverRide for the tax inclusive method as there is with the tax exclusive
method.

Setting The Tax Rate

To switch to the tax inclusive method select Setup, System Options, Tax Type tab in the
Regit Express Office. Then select the tax inclusive method.

Next you will need to set the tax rate. To set the tax rate, select SALES TAX SETUP from the
Regit Express Office SETUP Menu. If not already selected, choose the "Tax One" tab.

Check the Apply Tax One box.

Enter your Sales Tax Percent rate (7.25% would be entered as 7.25, 5% as 5.00).

There is no Minimum Taxed option for the inclusive tax method. This selection is subdued.

Move down to Display On Receipts and enter "Sales Tax", or whatever you wish to call the
tax. Some like to enter the rate, such as "7.25% Sales Tax", its up to you. Your choice will
precede the sales tax on the screen and on your receipts. The choice is not permanent, you
may return here and change it whenever you like.

For the inclusive tax method taxes are rounded .5 (.005) and above up. Overall taxable sales
are rounded based on the transaction total rather than on the individual item. The selection
line for this is subdued.

If you do not wish to show the tax amount on the receipt, check the box Do Not Print Tax on
Receipts

Select OK to save and return to the main Regit Express Office screen.

Now each item in the product database with a 1 in the TaxCode field will be have the inclusive tax
applied.
You can change the entire or part of products database table's TaxCode field using an update
query. For example to change all the tax codes to 1, the query would be:
UPDATE Products SET TaxCode=1

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To change just the tax codes for Department #12:

UPDATE Products SET TaxCode=1 WHERE DepartmentNumber=12

Sales Tax Setup

RECEIPT, PRINTER, & CASH DRAWER SETUP

Supported vs Other Receipt Printers
Supported printers are printers we keep on hand and test with supported Windows versions. This
allows us to make system default settings to better control these printers' activities. Other printers
are printers that we have not tested and the system has no built in default settings. If you have not
purchased a printer, you should purchase a supported printer for better control and assured
compatibility. If you already have a receipt printer, you will need try to get it functioning correctly
with our Other Printers settings (see Other Printer in this section).

Printer Settings
Select RECEIPT & PRINTER SETUP from the Regit Express Office's SETUP menu to setup or
change the receipt settings (or click the Receipt Printer ICON on the tool bar).
A receipt is stored by Regit Express even when the user selects not to print a receipt and even
when default receipt printing is turned off. These stored receipts can be printed (or reprinted)
immediately following a transaction by selecting FILE, PRINT LAST RECEIPT (Ctrl+P). Receipts
can also be printed later by selecting FILE, PRINT PAST RECEIPT (the system prompts the user
to enter the past receipts transaction number).

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These stored receipts are saved in the user defined default receipt format. So if you will only be
printing receipts occasionally, it is still a good idea to select the default receipt format that is right
for you.
The Regit Express Receipt Setup utility divides receipt setup into four tabs Printer, Heading,
Options, and Other Printer.

Printer/Receipt Setup

Printer
Select the printer model and the number of default receipts (if any).

Heading
Enter Receipt heading and bottom line message.

Options
Select the receipt format and customizing options. There are six standard 40 column receipt
layouts to select from. The layouts are labeled 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d, 40e, and 40f.
Receipts 40a, 40b, and 40c are two line formats. With these formats, each item sold uses two
lines on the receipt, while 40d and 40e use only one line per item. Receipt 40a will expand to
three lines if the second description field is used.
Receipt 40a
LINE 1: Item Description
LINE 2: Quantity, unit, @, price per unit, extended price
|
|
|
|

Goldfish bowl, 1 gallon

2.00 ea @
8.98

|
|
17.96 |
|

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Receipt 40b
LINE 1: ProductCode
LINE 2: Quantity, unit, @, price per unit, extended price
|
|
|
|

012345678901
2.00 ea @

8.98

|
|
17.96 |
|

Receipt 40c
LINE 1: Item Description, ProductCode (left 13 digits only)
LINE 2: Quantity, unit, @, price per unit, extended price
|
|
|
|

Goldfish bowl, 1 gallon

2.00 ea @
8.98

|
012345678901
|
17.96 |
|

Receipt 40d
LINE 1: Item Description, extended price
|
|
|

Goldfish bowl, 1 gallon

|
17.96 |
|

Receipt 40e
LINE 1: ProductCode, extended price
|
|
|

012345678901

|
17.96 |
|

Receipt 40f
LINE 1: Extended Price
|
|
|

|
17.96 |
|

Policy Statement. The system will print a policy statement on the bottom of each receipt. The
policy statement file is used when a large amount of information needs to be placed on a receipt.
Return policy and warranty information are common examples.
To print a policy statement, check Print Policy Statement on Receipts in the Offices Setup,
Printer/Receipt Setup on the Options tab.

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The policy statement is written to a text file. This file is then read by the system and added to the
bottom of the receipts. The policy statement file can be developed with any text editor/word
processor/notepad/etc., that can save information in a standard ASCII (text) format. Window's
Notepad is the best choice. Name the policy statement file policy.txt. Place the file in the
\posdata subdirectory (folder).
The files will be printed exactly as entered in the text editor. Spaces will be retained for centering of
text. Each line of the file should end with a carriage return/line feed and should not exceed 40
characters. There is no limit to the length of these statement files.

Opening Cash Drawers

Every receipt printer that we are aware of includes a cash drawer driver. As Regit Express is
designed to print to these receipt printers, Regit Express opens printer driven cash drawers only.

Supported Receipt Printers

If you have identified a supported receipt printer, the system will automatically send the open
drawer signal when a receipt is printed. The open drawer signal may be disabled at the Office's
Setup, Receipt & Printer Setup, Options Tab, then check Don't send open drawer signal.

Other Receipt Printer

The other printer tab is for attempting to get a nonsupported printer to correctly print and open
cash drawers with Regit Express. This is not necessary for supported printers as the system
knows the correct font size and open drawer signals for supported printers.
You will need to trial and error the font size to find the size that most appropriately fits your paper
width.
Below is an example for setting up the supported printer Star TSP100 as a nonsupported printer.
Consult your printers manual for open drawer codes for your printer.

Other Printer

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Gift Receipts
Gift receipts are available after the transaction has been completed. Select File, then Print a Gift
Receipt (or Ctrl+G). The last transaction will be the default gift receipt. Change the transaction
number to print a gift receipt from an earlier transaction.
The instructions for customizing a gift receipt are included on a gift receipt that comes with the
system. Print a gift receipt from the system to obtain these instructions and see the default
example. Change this default gift receipt template to match your return policy. The gift receipt
template is located in the \posdata subfolder and is named gift.txt. Edit this file with Windows
Notepad.

External Customer Display

External displays can be set to the Ultimate Standard (UTC), AEDEX Stardard, or PartnerTech
CD5220. Currently we have tested only with the Partnertech (which will work in any of the three
standards), however should also work on other displays with any of these standard capabilities.
You can use a serial (comm) interface or USB interface. Many computers today come without RS232 serial ports so you will need a serial port card or a USB to serial port converter. USB models
of pole displays are also available, but require special software drivers (which convert them back to
a serial (comm) ports. These are available from the manufacturers.
Enter a message to display between transactions.
message to the position desired.

Use blank spaces to adjust/center the

On Screen Customer Display

Settings to turn on or off the on-screen customer display are located in the top line menu's
Preferences section. You may select a phrase to display between transactions and you may select
to scroll or not scroll the display. Also available is an adjustment for the speed at which the text will
scroll. Scrolling text is limited to a 300 character message. Use spaces to center of adjust for both
scrolling and non-scrolling messages. Leave the text blank if you do not want any messages
between transactions.

Charge Card Setup

See Appendix 1 for specific charge card software setup information.

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Security/Password Setup
By default all password functions are off and it is not necessary to enter an ID or password to enter
the Regit Express POS system.
Security of the system can be provided through the use of the cashier/employee's identification
numbers, passwords, and authorization levels. The business owner or chief manager (the
individual ultimately responsible for the store's funds) should assign the identification and
passwords and make all authorization level decisions.
The owner or manager must be assigned an authorization level of 99 (the highest level) to prevent
being denied access to any area. To prevent accidental lockout, the system comes with a fictitious
employee who carries an authorization level of 99. The Employee ID is sysop, and Sysops
password is password. Once the manager has an Employee ID and password of his/her own,
Sysop can be deleted from the Employee database table.
As an example, we will assign James Smith as the Store Manager:

Open Regit Express Office FILE, OPEN DATABASE TABLE, Employees Database Table.

Enter an employee ID in the CashierID field/column. A good choice is to use the employees
SSN last 4 digits, however any alphanumeric can be used.

Enter a password in the Password field/column.

Enter 99 in the PasswordLevel field/column for the highest authorization level.

Enter the employees name (James Smith) and any other information you wish to store about
the employee.

James Smith will need to remember both his cashier ID and password.

Close the Employees database table.

Choose the PASSWORD menu selection, then the Office Password.

Set both the Access Employees DB and Access Password Levels to the highest level
(99). Anything but the highest level for these two areas negates the whole process by allowing
employees to access areas where the levels can be changed.

From the two available screens, Cash Register Passwords and Regit Express Office
Passwords, input the desired level of password protection (a good starting place is a level of
50--see below for a discussion of this topic). A level of 0 (zero) means the area is not
protected at all, a level of 99 means it has the highest possible protection.

Check the Password Protection On/Off box to turn on all password protection. This box can
be checked on either the Cash Register Passwords screen or the Regit Express Office
Passwords screen and will turn on all passwords selected on both screens.

Additional Security information is provided in Chapter 3, Security Section.

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Where to Start
Ninety-nine levels are many more than most businesses will need. The easiest method to start is
to assign areas you wish to protect a level 50, then assign employees either an access level of 1 or
99. Password protection levels will be an ever changing and developing process. This starting
method will put you right in the middle and give the maximum range for developing your security.

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CHAPTER THREE
THE REGIT EXPRESS CASH REGISTER

Main Cash Register Screen

The main cash register screen is divided into seven sections.

Top Line Menu - The Top Line Menu can be accessed with the ALT key or mouse as with any
standard Windows menu.

Tool Bar - The Tool Bar provides quick access to the most commonly used areas during cash
register operation. Each area can be accessed by clicking the tool bar or pressing the
indicated function key.

Enter/Scan Line - The Enter/Scan Line is the line that has the focus as items are
entered/scanned into the transaction.

Center Screen - The Center Screen displays the products selected for the current transaction.
Move the highlight bar with the Tab Key, Up/Down Arrow Keys, Page Up/Page Down, or
click with the mouse. You can change the order the products are listed in a transaction.
Highlight the product line to move, then press and hold down the Shift Key. Then using the
Up/Down Arrow Keys, move the line to the desired location and release the Shift Key.

Transaction Information Boxes - The Transaction Information Boxes displays information

relating to the current transaction (tax setting, customer, discounts, etc.).

Transaction Totals Shows the current transaction's sale, tax, and quantity total (Quantity
Total is a system option).

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On Screen Customer Display Optionally display an on screen Customer Display. Settings

for this option are located on the Cash Register's top line menu's Preferences selection.

Changing Quantities
There are two methods to change item quantities during a transaction.
First, if not already there, place the highlight bar on the line of the item to change.

The quickest method is to simply enter the equal sign, the quantity, and press the Enter key
(i.e., =5).

The second method is to select the Product ICON (F7) to invoke the Product Window. This
window has a field for changing quantities.

Note: If a zero is entered into the Products database tables StandardSalesQty field, the quantity
window will automatically appear when the item is entered or scanned. Use this technique to quickly
bring up the quantity box for items that rarely have a consistent sales quantity.

Changing Prices
There are two methods for changing price of an item during a transaction. Both methods change
the price on the selected line for that transaction only. Change the price in the Regit Express
Office to permanently change an item's price.
First, if not already there, place the highlight bar on the line of price to change.

The quickest method is to simply enter the dollar sign, the individual price, and press the
Enter key (i.e., $5.75).

The second method is to select the Product ICON (F7) to invoke the Product Access
Window. This window has a field for changing the price.

Product Access Window

Product Access Window

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The Product Access Window provides access to several of the products fields that cashiers may
need to adjust during a transaction. Changes made within the Product Window will change the
one product line highlighted by the indicator bar for the current transaction. It does not
permanently change the items database information. To call the window, first move the
highlighted indicator bar to the product line you want to access, then select the Product ICON or
press the F7 function key.
The Product Window allows adjustments to the default sales tax code, default price, unit, or
item description.

Deleting/Clearing Items and Transactions

Deleting/Clearing the transaction (F5) also clears all transaction information (identified customers,
sales return flag, transaction discount, etc). Deleting all lines in a transaction also clears any
associated transaction information when the last line is deleted.

Transaction Options Window

Transaction Options Window

Select F4 or click the Trnsactn Icon to bring up the Transaction Window. The Transaction
Options Windows selections affect the entire transaction, rather than a single item within the
transaction.

Sales Return Transaction

Nontaxable Transaction
Tax Exempt Transaction
Manual Tax OverRide
Transaction Discount

For more information about the above selections see the individual topics (i.e. Sales Returns,
Sales Taxes, Discounts). To make individual items nontaxable or tax exempt, you will use the
Product Access Window (F7).

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PRODUCT LOOKUP
Click the Product Lookup icon or F9 to lookup an item by Product Code, Description, SKU, or
Department. A default look category is available in the Office's Setup, System Options, Cash
Register tab. You can skip the product selection screen by entering the lookup criteria into the
Regit Express's Cash Register entry box (Enter/Scan Product Code box) before pressing or
clicking the F9. The program will then use that information to match. The match will be made to
whichever field has been selected to serve as default in the System Setup.

TYPE CODES
Type codes tell the system what type of item has been entered into the transaction. The type
codes are identified by a field (named TypeCode) in the Product database table. There are three
type codes recognized by the system.

Type Code 0. Products (default code)

Type Code 1. Services
Type Code 2. Payments to Account

The system keeps separate totals for services and product sales. Also, there is no inventory
reduction for service items. Other than that, there is no difference in the way the system handles
the two categories.

TRANSACTION NUMBERS
Consecutive transaction numbers are automatically assigned by the system. The starting point for
the numbers can be changed from the Regit Express Office, SETUP, SYSTEM OPTIONS,
Cash Register tab.

Sales Transaction. Each sales transaction is assigned a unique transaction number.

Sales Return Transaction. Each sales return transaction is assigned a unique transaction
number.

Voided Transactions. The sale and void share the same unique transaction number.

Void and Restore Last Transaction. The original sale and void share a transaction number,
the restored (new) transaction has a new transaction number.

You can view that last transaction number and then next transaction number by selecting VIEW,
TRANSACTION NUMBER, or CTRL T.

SALES TAX ALTERNATIVES

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See Chapter 2s SALES TAX SETUP for information on getting your sales tax properly set up for
your system. The SALES TAX SETUP section contains valuable information on how your sales
taxes work within Regit Express.
During a transaction, the cashier may change the default tax options for a single product or for the
entire transaction.

To change a single line item's default tax, bring up the Product Access Window (F7). A
second window, listing the different tax options will appear on screen when the focus is on the
Tax Code box. This list is to help select the appropriate tax code.

To identify the entire transaction as nontaxable or tax exempt, bring up the Transaction
Options Window (F4). Select Nontaxable Transaction or Tax Exempt Transaction.
Another window will appear allowing the cashier to select any combination of the three tax
levels to be either nontaxable or tax exempt. For all tax levels selected, the default tax will be
overridden. To keep the cashier informed, the a Transaction Information Box will show "NT"
followed by the nontaxable tax levels (NT123) or "TE" followed by the tax exempt tax levels
(TE123).

Manual Tax OverRide

Any or all tax levels may be entered manually. Select Manual Tax OverRide from the
Transaction Options Window and another window will appear which will allow the cashier to
enter a manual tax for any of the three tax levels. Manual tax will override the default tax and
charge the manual amount to the transaction. A Transaction Information Box will show "MT"
followed by the tax levels entered manually (MT123).
If you will need to occasionally or frequently use one of the tax levels to enter a manual amount,
then turn the "Apply Tax" to "ON" and set the tax rate to zero in the Regit Express Office Sales
Tax Setup. Then when you want to apply the tax, enter it as a Manual Tax OverRide.
Using the Manual Tax OverRide feature needs some careful consideration. With the Manual Tax
OverRide, there is no accurate tracking of the actual taxable event. When you enter a tax
manually, your total taxable amount, (the amount you report to your taxing institution) is no longer
an accurate percentage of the tax collected. The system records the entire amount of the
transaction as taxable when a manual tax is entered, which may or may not be the case. It is
assumed that the taxable totals will not be needed for reporting total taxable receipts, possibly
because tax is not applied as a percentage of sales, or some manual method is used to maintain
or adjust the totals necessary for reporting to the taxing institution. Whatever the case, the
decision to use the manual tax should be made with the understanding that tracking the taxable
portion of the receipts must become the responsibility of the user.

SYSTEM PRICE SELECTION

The system determines the price charged for an item by examining several criteria.
Manual price override, transaction percent discounts, quantity pricing, standard price, and
promotional price, can all influence how the price of a single item is determined.
If the standard price is overridden by a Promotional Sale Price, a Quantity Price, or a Manual
Price, then a price selection box will appear with the transaction info boxes when the selected
(highlighted) line is on that item.

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Best Price - How the System Selects a Price

BEST PRICE - The best price means the most favorable price given to a customer based
on an examination of all product pricing criteria.
Generally, the system searches all pricing possibilities and provides the customer with the BEST
PRICE based on the criteria of the sale. For example, suppose an item had a standard price of
$1.25, a promotional price of $1.05 (Promotional Price OverRide is ON), and a 10 or over quantity
price of $1.10. If the customer buys a quantity of 15, the system would check each of these prices
because they all fit the criteria for the sale, and then determine that the BEST PRICE is the
promotional price of $1.05. If the promotional price OverRide had been OFF, then the system
would have selected the quantity price of $1.10.

Standard Price
The standard price is the default "normal" price charged for an item when no other criteria such as
promotional price, quantity price, or discounted price, apply to the item. The standard price for an
item is entered or changed in the Products database table (Products database table,
StandardPrice field).

Promotional Price
The promotional price, PromotionalPrice field is a "sale" price that can be turned on or off using
the PromotionalOnOff field in the Product database table. If a 1 is entered into this field, then
the promotional price will be selected over the standard price. (The promotional price must be
lower than the standard price or the BEST PRICE will be charged.) A zero turns off the
promotional price. All PromotionalOnOff records can be returned to zero by selecting Records
from the top line menu, then Clear Promotional Column (this does not clear the
PromotionalPrice field, only the on/off status).

Quantity Pricing
Quantity pricing is activated automatically by placing a price in the Product database table Qty AE Price field and a quantity greater than or equal to one in the Qty A-E field.
Each level the quantity should exceed the previous level, and the price should be the previous
price. For example:
Level
Level
Level
Level
Level

A:
B:
C:
D:
E:

A-E Price
$ 5.00
$ 4.75
$ 4.50
$ 4.25
$ 0.00

QTY A-E
10
100
1000
10000
0

The quantity pricing is selected when the purchased quantity equals or exceeds the amount in the
QTY A-E field. If a customer purchases 100 of the product in the example, they will be charged
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Additionally, the program always checks to see if a promotional sale override is on. If it is on, the
customer will be charged the sale price only if it is more advantageous to the customer than the
customer or quantity price.
Quantity pricing will not change any price that has been manually overridden (see below)

Manual Price
Manual price overrides the standard price, quantity price or promotional price.
There are two methods to manually "OverRide" the system price.

In the Product Code entry box enter a $ and the new price (for example, $1.99) and the
currently highlighted item will receive that price.

Press F7 for the Product Window and adjust the price for the item in that window.

Once the price for any item has been entered manually, no changes in quantity affect the Manual
Price. Override the price again to change a price. If you wish the system to reselect the price for
one that has been overridden, it is necessary to delete the item and reenter it.

Transaction Discounts
Transaction discounts discount each standard priced item in the transaction by the user selected
percentage. Additionally system options allow customizing Transaction Discounts so they may or
may not be applied to promotional sales prices, quantity prices, and manual override prices. To
give a transaction discount, select the Transaction Icon, then Transaction Discount on the
Transaction window (or press F4, then F9) and enter the discount at any time during the
transaction.
Once the transaction discount has been selected, a transaction information box will appear
showing the discount amount. The individual price on the screen will reflect the discounted price.
There are three options for customizing transaction discounts. These options determine how
transaction discounts are applied to quantity discounts, promotional sales prices, and manually
overridden prices. These are set in the Regit Express Office Setup System Options section under
the Pricing Tab.
With Quantity Discount
Give best price between transaction discount and quantity discount (unchecked=give
both discounts).
If above option is checked, the system will apply the lowest price between the quantity discounted
and the transaction discounted price. If not checked, the quantity discount will be applied and
then an additional discount will be applied for the transaction discount.
With Promotional Sale Price
Give best price between transaction discount and promotional sales price
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If above option is checked, the system will apply the lowest price between the promotional sales
price and the transaction discounted price. If not checked, the promotional price will be applied
and then an additional discount will be applied for the transaction discount.
With Manual Priced Items
Do not apply transaction discounts to manually entered prices.
If the above option is check, the system will not apply the transaction discount to manually
overridden prices and vice versa.

Sales Returns and Voided Transactions

The system automatically updates all sales and tax totals to account for returns and voids.
The primary difference between a void and a sales return is the handling of the amount tendered.
In a void, the original tendered amounts are voided/removed from the sales totals. In a sales
return, the cashier has control over the tender categories that will be returned to the customer.

Sales Returns
There are two methods for returning an item previously sold:

Manual Entry Method. A transaction can be identified as a Sales Return Transaction at

any time prior to completing and tendering the transaction. All amounts for items and taxes
within the transaction will be returned. Check the Sales Return box in the Transaction
Window (F4) to identify the transaction as a Sales Return Transaction. Alternatively, a
transaction can be identified as a sales return from the ACTIONS, SALES RETURN menu
selections (or Ctrl+R).

Recall Transaction Method. This method allows the original transaction to be recalled and a
sales return completed from that transaction. Once the original transaction is recalled, the
sales return transaction reverts to the manual method described above, and any items can be
added, removed, or changed before completing the return. Select the Recall ICON (F6), then
Sales Return from a Past Transaction (F9), then, as prompted by the system, enter the
transaction number of the original sale.

Completing a Sales Return

Sales Return Transaction. The standard sales transaction Tender Window, will become the
Return Window during a sales return transaction. Enter the currency type(s) being returned
in the appropriate tender category. If a charge card is being credited, then enter the Visa, MC,
etc. total. If cash is being given, then enter the return amount in cash. A special sales return
slip will print in place of the sales receipt.
Note: When a Regit Express transaction is voided or a sales return is made, Regit Express
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separately process a refund/void using your charge card processing software to remove the
charge from the customers account.

Voids
A Void returns a transaction and all sales totals back to the amounts that existed prior to the
transaction. There are three methods to process a void. All are accessed from the Recall ICON
(F6) on the tool bar.

Void, Then Restore the Last Transaction (F5). Voids the last transaction, then
restores the transaction to the way it was prior to totaling/tendering the transaction.
Used primarily for the customer who remembered another item they wished to
purchase after the sale was completed.

Void the Last Transaction (F7). Voids the last transaction.

Void a Past Transaction (F8). Voids a past transaction. The system prompts the
cashier for the transaction number.

Note: When a Regit Express transaction is voided or a sales return is made, Regit Express
does not automatically contact the credit card company with that information. You must
separately process a refund/void using your charge card processing software to remove the
charge from the customers account.

Sales Return/Voids and Employee Sales Totals

If an employee/cashier was identified with the original transaction, then a void will always remove
the sales quantity for the cashiers running sales totals. A return will also be removed from the
employees totals if the return was started from a past transaction and the system option is set to
remove sales returns from cashier's sales totals (System Options, Miscellaneous Tab). When a
return is initiated manually, then no employee's sales total will be adjusted. for the return.

Sales Totals for Sales Returns & Voids

Sales Returns and Void Last Transactions reduce the day, month, year, and life sales totals as
reported on the sales reports and printed on the Closing Sales Reports by the values being
returned or voided.
Voiding a previous days transaction should not be a common occurrence. We can think of
few reasons why a previous days transaction should be voided; however, we have provided this
capability. When processing a void from a previous day, you will need to keep in mind that the
current days sales totals are adjusted along with all the other (month, year, life, etc.) sales totals.
This is necessary to keep the records in balance. If you are processing a lot of these previous
days voids, you may want to do them separately at the end or beginning of the day, then Close
The Register. This will keep the voids from being reflected in the current days sales reports.

Drawer Totals for Sales Returns & Voids

Sales Returns and Void Last or Past Transactions are always subtracted from the current drawer
totals.

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A void on an out-of-the-current-drawer-period transaction will affect the current drawer totals.

Thus, this must be kept in mind when balancing your daily or shift drawer totals.
Because sales returns are always assumed to be taken from the drawer, returns that are not
actually taken from the drawer require special consideration. For example, if a check was issued
for returned merchandise, the checks in the current drawer will be off by that amount. The same
would be true if returned cash was taken from another source, such as a safe. This presents no
problem except remembering why the drawer is off. If desired, the drawer total can be manually
adjusted to reflect the return.

CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Identifying the customer may or may not be necessary for your business or for the individual
transaction.

Identifying a Customer
The system can optionally require that a customer be identified for each transaction or it can just
remind the cashier to identify the customer (System Options, Miscellaneous Tab).

Select or Add Customer

To identify a customer into a transaction, select the Customer ICON (F3) and a prompt for the
customer code will appear. Enter any one to twenty-five digit alphanumeric as a customer code, or
use the handy lookup function to lookup the customer by Customer Code (F6), Customer Name
(F7), or Company Name (F8).
If the customer already exists in the customer database, the customer's name, address, phone
number and all customer information previously entered for that customer will be displayed. If the
entered customer number is not in the database, the system assumes a new customer is being
entered and an empty record appears. The new customer's name, address, phone number and
any other desired information can then be entered.
Use the up and down arrow keys or the tab key to move around in the Customer Window. To exit
the customer window, the cashier must either select F2 or Escape. F2 will identify this customer
with the transaction. Escape will exit without identifying a customer (or turn off a previously
identified customer). An Information Box will display the customer code indicating if a customer
has been identified for the transaction.

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Customer Window
All fields that appear on the Customer Window can be accessed by opening the Regit Express
Office Customer database table where customer reports can be created and accessed.
Customer History. The customers past sales history is shown in the Customer History Box.
The Month-To-Date sales, Year-To-Date sales, Life, and Year Returns do not include any sales
taxes that may have been charged. The Month, Year, and Life sales totals have been adjusted to
reflect sales returns. A password level higher than the cashiers for See Customer History will
keep this information from appearing on the screen.

CARRY ALONGS
A carry along automatically adds a second product /service whenever a primary item is scanned or
entered into the transaction. This is primarily used for deposits or container redemption values,
but can be used for any other purpose.
You can also chain additional items. For example item A can point to a carry along for item B and
item B can point to item C, etc. When item A is entered into the transaction, items B and item C
will also be entered into the transaction. If item B were scanned/selected, item C would also be
entered, but not item A (careful see the Endless Carry Along Trap below).
If you are using the option to automatically combine like items, the highlighted item after scanning
will be the carry along item. In the case of multiple carry along items, the last item in the chain will
be highlighted.
To enter a carry along for a primary item, simply enter the carry along item's Product Code in the
primary items CarryAlongItem field in the Products database table.
Endless Carry Along Trap: Be careful not to point items in a carry along back to each other or
you could end up in an endless loop. For example if item A points to item B as a carry along and
item B points to item A, then there is no end. Every time item A sells it carries along item B, then
item B carries along item A, then item A carries item B, etc., etc., etc. The first time you try to sell
and item with an endless carry along, your system will either freeze of fill up to the maximum 350
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We could prevent this activity by not allowing the system to chain carry alongs past the second
item, but we really don't want to place that limitation on users who might want to chain multiple
items. Just be aware of the possible trap.

CASHIER SALES TOTALS

When cashiers are identified through log in requirements, sales total for the day/shift, month, year,
and life will be accumulated. These totals are available in the Employees database table grid.

Sales Returns/Voids and Cashier's Sales Totals

If an employee/cashier is identified with the original transaction, then a void will always remove the
sales quantity from the cashiers' running sales totals. A return will also be removed if the return
was started from a past transaction (F4 Recall; Sales Return From a Past Transaction F9) and the
system option is set to remove sales returns from cashier's sales totals (System Options,
Miscellaneous Tab). When a return is initiated manually, no employee's sales total will be adjusted
for the return.

CASH DRAWER TOTALS

A cash drawer total is kept for each tender category. The totals are cleared (zeroed) when the
register is closed. To access the Cash Drawer Totals, select VIEW, DRAWER TOTALS (or Ctrl+D)
from the Regit Express Cash Register menu.

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PRODUCT INFORMATION
Product information, available from the VIEW menu selection (or Ctrl+I), allows the cashier to
obtain additional information about the currently selected/highlighted product.

Product Information Window

Some items, such as inventory and cost, will not display in the product information screen if
password protected.

ADDING ON-THE-FLY
Adding on-the-fly means adding a product or service during a transaction. A product added onthe-fly will only require the minimal amount of information needed to complete the transaction.
Therefore it will be necessary to later add any other information that may be wanted or needed. To
aid in identifying the products added on-the-fly, the new products are placed into a common
department aptly named on-the-fly. Once updated, they can be changed to the department in
which they belong (if departments are being used).
To add a product on-the-fly, simply enter or scan the product number. The system will recognize
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the cashier chooses to add, the On-The-Fly Window will appear. The information needed to add
the product into the database and into the transaction can then be entered.

On-The-Fly

CASHIER IDENTIFICATION
The System Options (SETUP, SYSTEM OPTIONS menu, Security Tab) provides an option that
will require the cashier to identify himself or herself by entering their ID and password when the
Cash Register is started. While the system does not require identifying the cashier, several
functions must have this information to be used or used to the fullest. Some of these functions
include password protected areas, cashier sales totals, receipt name, Transaction Log and Product
History. In addition, certain reports and databases store the cashier associated with a sale. We
suggest that all but sole owner-operated businesses (where there is one and only one person
using the register) use this Require Cashier Identification option.

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Password Access Window

To setup and turn on password protection for the system, see PASSWORD SETUP in Chapter 2.
Once the password protection has been setup and implemented (turned on), password protection
becomes active. When an employee attempts to use a functional area that has a higher
authorization level than they have been assigned they will receive an "ACCESS DENIED"
message from the system. Someone with a higher access level will be needed to gain access to
that area (see Manager OverRide below).
Regit Expresss SECURITY menu provides the following options:

Lock Register. Brings up the Password Access Window. The system is locked and cannot
be opened until a valid ID and password are entered. The user may, however, exit (unless
password protected to disallow exiting) then re-enter Regit Express. So unless system
settings are set to require identification on entry, Lock Register will do no more than delay
entry.

Identify Cashier. For use by establishments that do not require cashier ID (using the
"Require Cashier Id" System Option) and do not have password protection turned on, but
may want to identify the cashier to place on their receipts and transaction records.

Switch Cashier. Used to change the system recognition of current cashier without exiting the
register. May be used when switching cashiers or when two or more cashiers are using the
same register. If two or more cashiers are using the same register, you may also wish to use
the "Automatically Lock Between Transactions" System Option. This insures the correct
cashier is identified with each transaction. If you plan on using this feature, you may want to
keep ID numbers and passwords as short as possible to minimize delays.

Manager Override. Used to increase the authorization level to that of the manager or
whoever enters their ID and password (Top Line Security, Manager O/R or Ctrl+M). The
purpose of this option is to let the manager override the cashiers password level and gain
access to a protected area. The manager override function can be set to remain active from
10 to 180 seconds. Once implemented, the user has this amount of time to begin any
function that the overriding manager's level has access to. However, during a Manager
Override the Regit Express Office is locked to prevent a user from accessing/changing
sensitive system data.

CASH REGISTER RECEIPT OPTIONS

Select Default Printer
When the Regit Express Cash Register is started, all printing is assigned by default to the
Windows default printer. The default printer can be changed with the Select Default Printer
Option on the Cash Register's File menu.

View or Print Past Receipts

Printing Past Receipts is available from the Recall ICON (F6). When View or Print Past Receipt
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Upon entry of a valid past transaction number, the Receipt Preview Window will display. The
system also loads the next 99 receipts so you may page up and down through the 100 receipts if
you are searching for a specific transaction for which the transaction number is not known. If not
password protected, the receipt can be altered prior to printing. Any alterations made to receipts
will not be permanent. The next time the same receipt is recalled, it will be the original.

Receipt Preview Window

Print Last Receipt

Print Last Receipt is available from the Recall ICON (F6), the Cash Registers FILE menu, or
using the Ctrl+P keys. The last receipt did not have to be printed in order to reprint it.

TENDERING THE TRANSACTION

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The Tender Window

Once all items to be sold are entered into the transaction, the cashier selects the Tender ICON
(F8) from the Cash Registers tool bar to bring up the Tender Window.
From the Tender Window, the cashier enters types and amount of currency tendered. The
cashier may Cancel at any time and return back to the Cash Register Window to enter or
change items within the current transaction.
The Amount Tendered area at the left side of the screen is used to enter the amounts tendered.
The cashier may combine amounts from any, or all, of the thirteen tender categories (split tender)
to arrive at the total amount tendered. The Tendered: and Due: lines at the bottom automatically
do the calculations for the cashier.
The tool bar ICONS function as follows:

Balance (F2). Calculates and places an amount equal to the remaining balance in
the current (focused) tender category.

Exact Cash (F3). Empties any tender category with an amount in it, then fills the
cash tender category with the exact amount of the transaction. Note: A system
preferences (Regit Express Office, System Options,Tender Tab) will allow this
selection to go automatically into recording the transaction without selecting the OK
button.

Exact Check (F4). Empties any tender category with an amount in it, then fills the
check tender category with the exact amount of the transaction. Note: A system
preferences (Regit Express Office, System Options,Tender Tab) will allow this
selection to go automatically into recording the transaction without selecting the OK
button.

There are six User Defined tender categories available for customizing your own tender screen.
Add tender categories in the Regit Express Office, System Options, on the Tender Tab.

OPEN/SAVED TRANSACTIONS
Transactions can be saved and restored at a later time or later date.
Restored transactions can have products added or deleted from them and can be modified just
like any other transaction. Then the transaction can either be tendered or re-saved.
To save a transaction select FILE, Save Current Transaction (or Ctrl-F).
To restore a transaction select RECALL (F6), then Restore Open (Saved) Transaction (or F6, then
F10).
The system assigns saved transactions negative transaction numbers starting with -1001. The
negative numbers distinguish saved transactions from completed transactions. Once a transaction
has been restored, that transaction is removed from the Saved Transaction List. If you need to
save it again, simple re-save it and the it will receive a new saved transaction number.
Saved transactions do not affect any ongoing totals or any databases in the Regit Express system.
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Save transactions are cleared by the selected date range when/if past receipts are cleared on the
Office's Utilities menu.

Open/Saved Transaction List

CLOSING THE REGISTER

Closing the Register is the process of returning all daily or shift sales totals to zero.
The user can optionally print drawer totals and a Closing Report during the close process (see
Print Closing Report below).
The drawer is also reset (totals returned to zero) when the register is closed.
The drawer may also be cleared independently of closing the register. Often the drawer is reset
after every shift while the register is closed daily.
For most operations closing the register daily is standard, however, there are operations that will
prefer to close more or less often (both at the end of each shift and once a week are common
examples). This does not make any difference to the system. Daily sales reports will then reflect
shift or weekly totals rather than daily totals. Also see Closing the Month and Year in the Regit
Express Office section.

Close Register

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Print Closing Report

A 40 column closing report will print automatically when closing the register. This report is
specifically designed to print on 40 column receipt printers. The information on this report is
customizable in the Regit Express Office's Setup, Setup Options, Closing Report tab.
Customizing the closing reports can prevent employees from seeing certain sales information.
It is not necessary to print closing reports as the system automatically stores a full copy of the
Closing Report when the register is closed. See Past Closing Reports in the Regit Express Office,
Reports section (Chapter 4) for full information.
You can view a current copy of the closing report at any time in the Office on the Reports Menu.
This report reflects what the sales totals would be if you were to close the register at the time you
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CHAPTER FOUR
THE REGIT EXPRESS OFFICE
The Regit Express Office provides the support functions for the Regit Express Point-of-Sale
System. Database access, data entry, sales reports, system preferences, sales tax setup,
equipment setup, receipt preferences, and password/security are some of these support areas.

OPEN DATABASE TABLETHE GRID

Open Database Table is the heart of Regit Express Office. It provides
access to all database tables maintained by the Regit Express System.
FILE, OPEN DATABASE TABLE gives the user full edit, query, sort, and reporting capabilities for
the database tables maintained by the Regit Express System. The row/column spreadsheet
style grid layout provides quick access to database information.

Database Tables

Records are displayed in a scrollable grid table.

Columns may be moved and resized with the mouse.
Columns may be individually totaled.
Records may be sorted or viewed by any field order.
Ability to select multiple records for deletion.
Report layouts may be saved and reopened using select queries.
Print preview and reports.

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The Database Table Window

Navigating in the Database Tables

The current cell on the grid is identified by the current selected Windows color scheme, or, if not
selected, by the flashing cursor in the cell. The column containing that cell is also current for any
column commands (Sum Current Column, etc.). Make another cell/column current by clicking on
it, or using the keypad navigation keys.
To scroll the contents of the grid up or down, use the vertical scroll bar or the numeric keypad
navigation keys (arrow keys). To scroll the contents of the grid left or right, use the horizontal scroll
bar.

Resizing and Moving Columns

To resize a column, grab the vertical line at the columns right edge and drag it to the desired
location. Columns have a minimum width of one character.
To move a column, grab its heading (the cell in which its field name is displayed) by depressing
and holding the left mouse button and dragging the column to the desired location.

Deleting Records
Position the mouse at the far left of the record/row you want to select. The box will highlight. At
this point, simply click the left mouse button and the entire row should highlight. You can select as
many rows/records as you want by holding down the Control Key as you click the desired rows.
To de-select a row, repeat the same procedure. To mark inclusive rows, hold down the Shift Key,
then mark the first and last record. Marking multiple records is used in combination with the EDIT,
DELETE MARKED ROW(S) menu commands for deleting multiple records.

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ADDING RECORDS TO DATABASES

There are two methods to add new records to a database table.

Select RECORDS, ADD NEW RECORD, which will take you to the end of the
database table where new records may be added. For adding multiple new items, it is
best to use the Quick Product Add/Edit utility explained next.

For adding new products, there is a QUICK PRODUCT ADD/EDIT utility available
from Regit Express Offices main menu, UTILITIES menu. This form greatly
simplifies new product entry and is the method of choice for adding new products to
your database.

CHANGING / UPDATING RECORDS

There are two methods to change/update records in a database table:

Simply click on the row and field/column you wish to change, then edit the data (see
Editing Data in the Grid).

For editing products, there is a QUICK PRODUCT ADD/EDIT utility available from
Regit Express Offices main menu, UTILITIES menu. This form is actually designed
for entering new product and it is usually is easier to use the Grid method for editing
existing records.

Editing Data in the Grid

To edit a cell click or move to the cell to edit. If you will be replacing the entire content of the your
can just begin typing and the original data will be replaced. To edit within the cell, put the cell in
"Edit Mode" by clicking once or twice more on the cell (twice to completely unselect the exiting
data). You also need to put a cell into this "Edit Mode" to use the Cut, Copy, and Paste functions.
The Transaction Log, Product History, and Tax Exempt database tables are all read only in the grid
(Cannot edit existing data or add new records). You may delete selected rows, but the changes
cannot be saved. Update queries can be executed on these database tables. Records from these
database tables can be cleared from the Office's Utilities menu.

Saving Changes to the Grid

Changes made to the grid are saved by selecting FILE, SAVE prior to Exiting the grid. Changes
become permanent and written to the Database when they are "SAVED". Selecting EDIT,
RESTORE/RESET DB TABLE reverses any unsaved changes grid. To reverse grid changes you
can also EXIT without saving. Deleted rows/records are also be reversed if not saved. Note that
changes made using the EXECUTE UPDATE QUERY method are automatically saved to the
database and cannot be reverse.

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QUERYING YOUR DATA

Types of Queries
There are two types of queries available to the user--the SELECT query and the UPDATE query.

Select Queries (also referred to in Regit Express as Report Queries) return a subset
of the original database table in a selected order based on the specific criteria in the
query. No data is actually changed, only the arrangement of the data is changed
temporarily.

Update Queries permanently changes (updates) the data in the database tables to
meet the queries' request. A special type of Update Query is the Delete Query.

Viewing, Saving, Loading, and Building Report Queries

Select Queries create reports based on customized design criteria. Saving these queries allows
you to view the reports, created by the queries, without having to redesign them each time.
Access to the queries functions is located on the grid's top line menu under Report Queries.

See SQL for Current Report

Select VIEW SQL FOR CURRENT REPORT from the REPORT QUERIES menu to see
how the current database table appears as a query.

Save Current Report Query As...

Save the current query by selecting SAVE CURRENT REPORT QUERY AS... from the
REPORT QUERIES menu. Then provide a title for the query as prompted. This query
can then be recalled under that title by selecting the OPEN SAVED REPORT QUERY
menu selection.

Open Saved Report Query

Previously saved queries are available by selecting OPEN SAVED REPORT QUERY from
the REPORT QUERIES menu.

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Create New Report Query

Select CREATE NEW REPORT QUERY to bring up the handy Query Builder Window.
This window does most of the work of building a query for you. You simply point and click
the fields and operators and the system builds the query for you.

Select Query Builder

SELECT QUERIES (Report Queries)

While you can write select queries that do not contain the database tables' "primary key field" (the
column used to identify the record/row), if you do so, you will not be able to save any changes you
make to the data. The system would not know where to save the changes. So when creating
queries without the primary keys, functions will be limited to viewing or printing reports.
Primary Keys:
Product database table = ProductCode
Customer database table = CustomerCode
Employee database table = CashierID
Sales Totals database table = Record

Quote Marks in Queries

In a query, any text field comparisons must be enclosed in double quotes "text information" while
numeric information is not enclosed.

Upper and Lower Case

Upper and lower case is ignored during the sorting and comparing of database fields. So the
query:

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SELECT * FROM Products ORDER BY DescriptionOne

would return:
Description One
anchovies
Art
BOOKS
bulls
Similarly, the query,
SELECT * FROM Products WHERE Vendor="ABC Company"

will return all or any of the following:

ABC Company
abc company
ABC COMPANY
aBc ComPany

Selecting
SELECT and FROM identify the database table and the fields desired. The asterisk * returns
all fields.
SELECT list field names or asterisk FROM database table name

SELECT * FROM Products

SELECT ProductCode, DescriptionOne, InventoryQuantity FROM Products WHERE InventoryQuantity<0

returns the entire "Products" database table.

returns just the ProductCode, DescriptionOne, and InventoryQuantity fields from the Products
database table which have an inventory quantity less than zero.

Where Clause
WHERE is the conditional part of the query. It is generally used with one of the comparison
operators equal to, less than, or greater than:

SELECT * FROM Products WHERE StandardPrice > 10

SELECT * FROM Products WHERE VendorCode = "ABC Company"

SELECT * FROM Products WHERE InventoryQuantity > 10 AND StandardPrice > 100

SELECT * FROM Products WHERE LEFT(ProductCode,2) = "V2"

Select query selecting all records where the Standard Price is greater than 10.
Select all records where the vendor is the ABC Company.
Selects all records where the inventory quantity is greater than 10 and the standard price is greater
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Selects all records from Products where the left two characters of the ProductCode field equal
"V2".

SELECT * FROM Products WHERE RIGHT(ProductCode,4) = "Inch"

SELECT * FROM Products WHERE MID(ProductCode,2,3) = "xyz"

SELECT * FROM Products WHERE LEFT(VendorCode,3) = "ABC"

Selects all records from Products where the last four characters of the ProductCode field equal
"Inch".
Selects all records from Products where the three characters starting at the second position of the
ProductCode field are equal to "xyz".
Selects all records from Products where the first three characters of the Vendor field equal "ABC".

Sort Order
The ORDER BY clause is to specify the sort order.

SELECT * FROM Products ORDER BY DescriptionOne

SELECT * FROM Products ORDER BY DescriptionOne DESC

SELECT * FROM Products ORDER BY VendorCode, DepartmentNumber

SELECT * FROM Products ORDER BY DescriptionOne, DescriptionTwo, ProductCode

Selects all from Products and sorts by the DescriptionOne field.

Selects all from "Products" and sorts by the DescriptionOne field (descending order).
A double sort query--first sorted by vendor, then by department number.
A triple sort query, sorting by both description fields, then by ProductCode.

Update Queries
Update queries are extremely powerful database tools. They allow for making global changes to
your data that can save you hours of time punching in new or changing existing data.
Because the data is changed rapidly and completely, always make a backup with Regit Express
backup utility prior to executing an update query. That way, any mistakes or unexpected results,
can be reversed.
OpenText and OpenNumber fields are included is some database tables. These open fields can
be used for obtaining the results of calculations or for temporarily holding information.
Select EXECUTE UPDATE QUERY from the REPORT QUERIES menu to bring up the Update
Query Window. The program will check to see if you wish to backup before entering the Build
Query Window. Update Queries cannot be saved and recalled as Select Queries can.
Here are some sample Update queries that may be useful when designing your own:

UPDATE Products SET PromotionalPrice = Standard Price * .75

UPDATE Products SET PromotionalPrice = Standard Price * .75 WHERE DepartmentNumber = 5

Updates the Products database tables PromotionalPrice field to equal .75 times the Standard
Price field.
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UPDATE Products SET OpenNumber1 = YearSales - (CurrentCost * YearQty) WHERE YearQty > 1

UPDATE Products SET OpenNumber1 = MonthSales - (Cost * MonthQty) Where MonthQty > 1

UPDATE Products SET OpenNumber1 = DaySales - (Cost * DayQty) Where DayQty > 1

UPDATE Products SET OpenNumber1 = 0

UPDATE Products SET OpenText1 = ""

UPDATE Products SET TaxCode = 1

DELETE FROM Customer

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This query will place the profit, by line item for year-to-date, into the OpenNumber1 field. Add
(sum) the OpenNumber1 column for total annual profit.
This query will place the profit, by line item for the month-to-date, into the OpenNumber1 field.
Add the Open Number 1 column for total profit for the month.
This query will place the profit, by line item for the day, into the Open Number 1 field. Add (sum)
the Open Number 1 column for total profits for the day.
Zero the open number 1 field.
Empty the open text field.
Turn on Tax Code 1 for all products.
Deletes the entire Customer database table--see how easy? This is why you backup before using
update queries.
An update query that deletes all records for "XYZ Company".

REPORTS
Along with the ability to design endless reports from any Opened database table grid (previous
section), Regit Express has predefined, commonly used reports. These reports are accessible
from the Regit Express Offices Sales Reports menu.

Current Sales Report

The current sales report shows the latest sales figures for your business. If you were to close the
register, the current sales report would be written as the Closing Sale Report for that day or shift.
The Current Sales Report is opened in Window's Wordpad.

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Past Closing Sales Reports

Every time you close the register, a copy of the Closing Sales Report is saved for future reference.
When selected, the Closing Sales Reports are displayed using Window's Wordpad.
Closing Reports can be customized in the Office's Setup, System Options, Closing Report tab.

The Sales Totals Database Table

Sales totals are kept and adjusted by the program and should normally not require any further
adjustment by the user. However, if necessary, any of the sales totals may be directly adjusted by
opening the Sales Totals database table. Do not change the structure of this database, as the
program expects all records to be in the appropriate location.
The first column (field) in each record contains the record number. The second column contains
the record description, and the third column contains the current sales total. The remaining 12
columns contain the archived months. The current totals are moved to these columns when the
corresponding month is closed.

Sales Returns and Sales Reports

The system automatically adjusts sales totals and sales tax totals to account for sales returns. All
sales reports show sales figures that are net after sales returns. In other words, sales returns are
subtracted from sales totals (and taxes from tax totals) providing reduced amounts which already
account for sales returns.
The total sales returns are provided in the Miscellaneous Information Sales Report for your
information. But remember that it is not necessary to subtract these returns from sales to arrive at
your net sales.

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MANAGEMENT REPORTS
The Management Reports are two separate reports; the Profit Report and the Inventory Value
Report. These reports work with departments 1 through 99 (see Departments later in this
Chapter) to provide information by department, or by the total inventory. The data for these
reports are taken from the Product database tables. Each record must be read before the various
report totals can be calculated. For this reason, there is a brief waiting period (varies according to
size of database) while calling either of these reports.
Note: These two reports should not be used instead of the Sales Reports for recording your
accounting data. The Sales Reports contain the penny-accurate totals. These two reports are
constructed from the individual item totals and are not running sales totals. Items deleted from the
database are not included in these reports totals. However, the reports do provide a sound
approximation of the stores activity on which to base management decisions.

Profit Report
This report provides sales, cost, and profits for the entire inventory, for those items in departments
1 through 99, and individually by departments.
The profit column will only be accurate if the cost fields for the items are complete. If the cost fields
will not be kept accurate for all products, but you wish to keep track of the profitability for certain
items, then place those products you wish to track accurately into their own department.

Inventory Value Report

This report provides both the cost and retail value of the inventory. The report only calculates items
with a product type code (type code 0). Any negative inventory quantities are ignored in the
calculations. Totals are provided for all departments, for those products in departments 1 through
99, and individually by departments.

DEPARTMENTS
Departments are used by those who wish to obtain data broken into separate areas. The reasons
for breaking information into separate areas vary widely.
If you have no need for information on a department level, then it is not necessary to assign
departments.

Numbering Departments
Each product has two fields in the product database associated with the department
DepartmentNumber and DepartmentName. You assign each product any department number
between 1 and 99. Any department not assigned a department number will be assigned to
department zero (0).

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Departments are named in the Department Names Database Grid (Office, File, Open Database
Table, Department Names). In the grid are department numbers 1 through 99. Type in your
departments names in the DeptName column next to the corresponding number in the
DeptNumber column. You may also make any changes to department names in this same
manner. Save the table and exit after entering new or changing department names.
On the Main Regit Express Office menu select Utilities, then Write Department Names. This
utility will go through your product database and add (or change) the department names to match
the corresponding department numbers.

Department Names

CLOSING THE MONTH AND YEAR

The month and year are closed from the Regit Express Office UTILITIES menu.

Close Month
The system requires the register be closed before closing the month (the system will notify if the
register has not been closed).
Every month, the month sales totals should be closed to bring those month totals back to zero.
Closing the month clears (zeros) monthly running sales totals in the Sales Totals database table,
Products database table, Customer database table, and Employee database table.

Close Year
The system requires that the register be closed prior to closing the year (the user will be notified if
the register has not been closed). Closing the year clears (zeros) daily, monthly, and annual
running sales totals in the Sales Totals database table, Products database table, Customer
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CLEARING PAST INFORMATION

Several database tables contain dated information for your reference. The system does not use
this information, it is there to keep you informed or to provide information on past activity. Each of
these areas may be cleared of past data by providing a date from which you wish to clear back
from is a clearing utility.

Clear Past Receipts

Access these utilities from the Regit Express Office UTILITIES menu. They include Clear Past
Receipts, Clear Product History, Clear Transaction Log, and Clear Tax Exempt. To clear the
entire table, you would enter today's date. To clear all entries prior to the year 2010, you would
enter 2009-12-31.

Inventory Tracking
Some operations have no need for inventory tracking, but still need the sales data provided with a
POS system. These are generally operations with very quick moving inventories or very slow
moving inventories. You may let your inventories go negative from sales updating (this makes no
difference to the system), or you may turn off inventory tracking. Check "Do not track/update
inventory." in the Offices Setup, System Options, Miscellaneous Tab.

Importing and Exporting

Importing and Exporting product inventory and/or customers in Regit Express is available off the
Regit Express Office's Utilities menu.

Working with ASCII Comma Delimited Files

ASCII ( Standard Code for Information Exchange) Comma Delimited files are also sometimes
referred to as text files or comma separated values. These files often have extensions of .asc, .csv,
or .txt.
These files can be viewed and changed in Windows Notepad which will not change the format of
the files.

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In the comma delimited format, a comma separates each field within a record. The entire record
will end with a carriage return and line feed (not visible in most programs).
field 1, field 2, field 3, field 4, field 5<CR><LF>
An example of a file might look like this:
089976533, Blueberry Jelly, 3.24, 8, T788
098393992, Strawberry Jelly, 2.38, 6, T738
099338483, Grape Jelly, 197, 9, T745

Sometimes alphanumeric fields are enclosed in quotes. This method is used so commas can be
distinguished within a field (i.e. "Memphis, TN"). Both methods function the same within the Regit
Express Data Integrator. The above file would look like this:
"089976533", "Blueberry Jelly", 3.24, 8, "T788"
"098393992", "Strawberry Jelly", 2.38, 6, "T738"
"099338483", "Grape Jelly", 1.97, 9, "T745"

Sometimes the first record in an ASCII file will contain the field names. For example:
Item Number, Description, Price, Inventory, Location
089976533, Blueberry Jelly, 3.24, 8, T788
098393992, Strawberry Jelly, 2.38, 6, T738
099338483, Grape Jelly, 197, 9, T745

It is usually necessary to tell the program that will be using the ASCII file that the first record
contains the field names. With the Regit Express import utilities, there is a check box to identify
this situation.
ASCII uses quote marks to distinguish between alphanumeric and numeric data. Placing quote
marks or using the quote mark to indicate inches " into product descriptions, codes, or any other
fields will cause you to lose importing/exporting capabilities until these are removed.

Testing ASCII Comma Delimited Files

This utility tests ASCII comma delimited files for the correct number of fields in each record. When
an error (incorrect number of fields) occurs, the program will stop, identifying the record number
where the error was found. Any identified record should be examined for extra commas,
unmatched or out-of-place quote marks, and the correct number of fields.
This procedure should be repeated until it can get through the entire file without encountering an
error.

Exporting Products and Customers

Select Export Data from the Utilities menu, then select either Products or Customers. The
system will tell you the name and path of the exported file..

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(Note: The discussion in this section focuses primarily on the product database, however, the
customer database will have identical or similar characteristics.)
Regit Express can import an existing database into its Product database table. The imported
records can replace an existing database, fill an empty database, or merge with an existing
database.
The database being imported must be in ASCII comma delimited format. This format can be
"Saved As" with most of the common spreadsheet and database programs (OPEN OFFICE,
EXCEL, ACCESS, PARADOX, LOTUS, etc.). This type of file can be referred to as a text file,
comma separated ASCII, comma separated values (csv), and sometimes uses file extensions
such as .asc, .txt, and .csv. Sometimes alphanumeric characters are enclosed in double quotes
"xxxxxx" and sometimes they are not. A sample record might look like this:
"09823338432","9-Digit Calculator",8,"XYZ Inc.",0,1,7,12.95,6.50
The above record has a total of 9 fields (number of commas plus one). This record could also
appear without the quotes as:
09823338932,9-Digit Calculator,8,XYZ Inc.,0,1,7,12.95,6.50
and it would make no difference to the importing routine.
The import function allows importing the 10 most commonly imported fields. Most other fields will
not be relevant to the Regit Express database (see Entering Other Fields).
We will use our example record to explain the import process:
1. Before importing the ASCII file, first run the ASCII test utility on the file to make sure each
record is the correct length (see Testing ASCII Comma Delimited Files in this section under
Working With ASCII Comma Delimited Files.)
2. Click on the Open Import File button and identify the file to import from the Open Dialog Box.
3. Enter the field location next to the import field it represents. In the example database, 5 of the
9 fields will be imported. The first field is the ProductCode, so a 1 is placed in that box, next is the
description so a 2 is placed next to the description box, the price field is the eighth field so an 8 is
placed in the price box, the cost is the ninth field so a 9 is place is the cost box, the last field being
imported in this example is the vendor field. The vendor field is located in position four so a 4 is
placed in the vendor code box. All other boxes are left blank.

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4. Select the "Type of Import". Replace existing data (or an empty database), or merge with
existing data.
5. Be sure to check if the first record contains the field headings.
6. Click on the "Begin Import" button.

Description Field
If the description being imported exceeds 25 characters, the second 25 characters (or remaining
characters) will be placed in the DescriptionTwo field. You may want to edit these descriptions and
break them at a more natural separation point.

Common Importing Problems

Importing must be accomplished perfectly. Unfortunately, even an expert may have to do it several
times before getting it right. Some of the common (but by no means the only) problems are:

Identifying the fields in the incorrect order.

Double quotation (") marks existed somewhere in your product descriptions or ProductCodes.
The double quotation mark is used by ASCII to specify an alphanumeric field. If it comes
across one in the product description (many times they are used to indicate inches), it will
think that is the end of the field. From that point on, your database will be incorrect. Use a
text editor to search for stray double quote marks. Also the ASCII Test Utility will identify this
problem.

Incorrect number of fields in a record. Again, use the ASCII Test Utility to identify the offending
record.

Header information if included in the file, in front of the first record. Be sure to check if the first
record contains the field names.

If you edit the file with Wordpad, make sure to save it as "text only" and not in the Wordpad
format. (Notepad always saves in the correct format)

Cash Paid Out

The cash paid out feature is generally used for paying vendors from the cash register drawer.
The payout should not have anything to do with the sale of merchandise to a customer, but will
probably be a business expense or a purchase (cost of goods sold item).
From the Cash Register menu, select ACTION, CASH PAID OUT, then fill in a dollar amount
and explanation for the payout. The explanation should be complete enough so your accountant
or bookkeeper can determine the expense category the payout will be charged to.
Each payout is recorded in the Paid Out database table. Print a report from this database table so
your accountant or bookkeeper can charge the expenses to the appropriate categories.
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Cash Paid Out is automatically subtracted from the Drawer Total's Cash.
A Cash Paid Out can be reversed by entering a negative for the amount.

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CHAPTER FIVE
CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS
Setup
From the Office's Setup, System Setup menu there are three options for controlling customer
accounts.
Do not use customer accounts By default, the system will accept charges to customer
accounts for payment of sales transactions. To stop the tender window from allowing ON
ACCOUNT as a tender category check this option.

Allow customer account charges to exceed sale's totals Select this option to allow cashiers
to effectively loan cash to customers (provided as change to the transaction). The cash will be
charged to the customer's account. This option may also be password protected to allow a greater
selection of who may or may not provide cash loans.
Do not show account balances in customer history The cash register's customer history
shows the current account balance when a customer is identified with a transaction. Check this
box if you do not want these balances shown in customer history.

Customer Account Passwords

Two cash register passwords apply to customer accounts.
Accept House Credit will require a password level exceeding the entered level to charge sales

Allow to Exceed Sales Total allows the cashier to charge more than the sale amount
to an account if the appropriate password level is available. This effectively allows the
cashier to give the customer a cash loan provided through the change function. The loan
will be charged to the customer's account. The setup option to allow providing cash back
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Tendering a Charge to an Account

The amount being charged to an account is entered in the ON ACCOUNT tender box. If the entire
amount of the transaction is being charged, select the ON ACCOUNT box and click Balance or F2
to automatically file in the transaction amount. You may also split a charge to an account by
entering the amounts to any combination of the cash, check, debit, credit, or user defined and the
on account amount.
Note that the customer will need to be identified during the transaction before a charge to their
account can be completed.

Non Register Charge to Account

You may wish to occasionally make a non register charge to account. A reason might be for a late
payment charge or interest charge. (Note that late payments or interest payments are income
which is not tracked by the system.)
On the Office's Account menu select Account Maintenance.
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Then enter the reference and amount:

Payments To Accounts
There are two methods for recording payments to accounts.
Method 1: Payments at the Register payments at the register are generally payments made
by on-site customers who want to make a payment while at your location. These type of payments
can also be made as part of a regular sales transaction. Drawer totals will reflect the payment.
Method 2: Non Register Payments non register payments are generally used when payments
are made by mail and a customer receipt is not necessary. Current drawer totals are not affected.
These type of payments are much quicker to record than processing a full transaction.

At the Register Payments To Accounts

Making a payment to an account at the register is very simple. To the cashier, it looks and is
handled just as a product or service sale. To the program, however, it is a payment to an account
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Payments on accounts may also be made during a sales transaction. The customers receipt will
show that they made a payment along with their purchases.
The Product database table comes setup with a payment record -- PAY, for Payments on
Account. You may add more or change these records if you desire. If you have upgraded from a
version prior to featuring customer accounts or have deleted that record, you will need to add it
back to the Product database. See Setting Up Additional Payment Records in this section.
If the cashier needs to know the customers current account balance, that information can be seen
when identifying the customer with the transaction. Detailed account information can be accessed
in the Office (addressed later in this section).
To make a payment to account follow these steps:

Identify the customer (the system will require this if forgotten).

Enter the product code: PAY.
The Payment Window will appear requesting the amount.
Enter the payment amount and close the window.
If applicable identify any other items being sold (the order is not important).
Total and tender the transaction normally.
The receipt will reflect the payment along with any purchases.

The tender categories should reflect the currencies that were actually paid with--if they paid with
Visa, then record the tender in the Visa tender category, etc.
The account receivable totals for the customer will be automatically recorded and adjusted to
reflect the payment.

Setting Up Additional Payment Records

As mentioned, you may set up as many payment records as you desire. This is handy for using
the receipt to explain the transaction to the customer. For example, some prefer their customers to
pay a monthly fixed amount. While they could change the amount and month manually during
the transaction, it would be easier to add additional records. In this example we will add a
payment record for $25 for the month of January.
To set up a new payment record:

Open the Product database table in Office.

Enter a product code in the Product Code field/column. It may be anything you like.
We will use "JANPAY" for our example.

Enter a description. This will print on the customers receipt so make it descriptive.
We will enter "Jan Payment to Account".

Enter the payment type code 2 in the Type Code field/column. This is important, if
the type code is not correct, the system will not recognize it as a payment.

Place a one in the Standard Sales Quantity field to prevent the system from prompting
the cashier for the quantity with each payment.

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Be sure to enter a zero as the tax code. You don't want to charge tax for a payment.
The customer was already charged taxed at the time of sale.

Note: The system automatically sees a payment as nontaxable even if their is

another tax code in the database.

Normally the standard price will be zero, because the payment amount will be entered
at the time of sale. However, if standard payments are common ($5 , $10, $25, etc.),
then they may be added to the payment records collection--there are no limits to the
number that may be included. We are using $25 for this example.

Return to the first step to make any additional payment records.

Save and Close the Product database table. That's it, you may now enter JANPAY
as a Product Code during a transaction to make a payment.

Non Register Payments to Accounts

On the Office's Account menu select Account Maintenance.
Highlight the Account to add a payment to, then click the Make Payment/Addition to Selected
Account button.

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Then enter the payment amount:

Statements and Reports

Account statements and reports are accessed off the Office's top line menu Accounts:

Account Balances
Account Balances lists each customer where a customer account has previously been charged.
Accounts are sorted by customer code by default. To resort by last name or another column,
simply click the column's name in the column heading. As with all statements and reports, any
negative balances indicate the customer has a credit balance (an amount you owe that customer
or the customer has prepaid).

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Account Statements
Regit Express offer's three types of account statements, Running Accounts, Detailed Statements,
and Consolidated Statements.

Running Account
The running account is handy for businesses that allow charging to an account but do not send
out statements. This report/statement shows all accounts and their current balance.

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Statement Headings
Ten lines are available to print on customer detailed or consolidated statements. To save time,
enter default information which will be automatically filled on each statement in the Default
Statement Lines. This information may be modified prior to printing a statement.

Detailed and Consolidated Statements

Customer account statements may be either detailed or consolidated. Detailed statements show
every charged item while consolidated statements just show transaction totals.
To print a detailed statement:
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3.
4.
5.

In the Office select Accounts, then Account Statements.

Highlight the customer from the list.
Select the Detailed Statement button.
Make any changes or additions to the heading information.
Select the Print button.

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The same statement in the consolidated format would appear as:

Account Maintenance

Delete Selected Account

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Deletes the highlighted account (all charges and payments).

Delete All Accounts With a Zero Balance

Deletes all customer accounts that have a zero balance.

Bring Balance Forward

Prompts for a date, then brings the balance forward to that date. The statement will show
Balance Forward with the balance to the account on that date. If the balance forward is zero, the
balance forward is eliminated along with the earlier charges and payments.

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Credit Card Software Setup with Regit Express
Manuals for setup and using Assure, Xcharge XpressLink, or Merchant Warehouse are
individually available on our website at www.free-pos-software.com/docs.htm.

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Alphabetical Index
Account Maintenance............................................................................................................................................................66
Account statements and reports.............................................................................................................................................62
ASCII......................................................................................................................................................................................52
Balance Forward.....................................................................................................................................................................67
Balance Icon...........................................................................................................................................................................38
basic transaction.......................................................................................................................................................................7
bottom line message...............................................................................................................................................................16
carry along..............................................................................................................................................................................32
cash drawer total.....................................................................................................................................................................33
Cash Paid Out.........................................................................................................................................................................56
Cash Register..........................................................................................................................................................................22
Cash Register Passwords.......................................................................................................................................................20
Cashier Identification.............................................................................................................................................................35
cashier sales totals..................................................................................................................................................................33
CLEARING PAST INFORMATION.....................................................................................................................................52
Clearing the transaction..........................................................................................................................................................24
Close Month...........................................................................................................................................................................51
Close Year...............................................................................................................................................................................51
Closing Report........................................................................................................................................................................39
Closing Sales Report..............................................................................................................................................................49
Closing the Register ..............................................................................................................................................................39
Columns, resizing, moving.....................................................................................................................................................42
current sales............................................................................................................................................................................48
current sales report.................................................................................................................................................................48
customer.................................................................................................................................................................................31
Customer Account Maintenance............................................................................................................................................66
Customer account statements and reports.............................................................................................................................62
Customer Accounts................................................................................................................................................................57
Customer Code......................................................................................................................................................................31
Customer Display...................................................................................................................................................................19
Customer Window.................................................................................................................................................................32
Deleting Records....................................................................................................................................................................42
Departments...........................................................................................................................................................................50
Employees database table......................................................................................................................................................20
Enter Receipt heading............................................................................................................................................................16
Entering New Products............................................................................................................................................................7
Exact Cash..............................................................................................................................................................................38
Exact Check............................................................................................................................................................................38
Exclusive Sales Tax................................................................................................................................................................10
Exporting................................................................................................................................................................................52
External displays....................................................................................................................................................................19
font size..................................................................................................................................................................................18
Gift receipts............................................................................................................................................................................19
grid..........................................................................................................................................................................................41
Identifying a Customer...........................................................................................................................................................31
Importing............................................................................................................................................................................8, 52
In-House Accounts....................................................................................................................................................................
payments to.......................................................................................................................................................................59
inventory tracking...................................................................................................................................................................52
Inventory Value Report..........................................................................................................................................................50
Lock Register..........................................................................................................................................................................36
lookup, product......................................................................................................................................................................25
Manager Override...................................................................................................................................................................36
Manual price...........................................................................................................................................................................28
Manual Tax OverRide.......................................................................................................................................................24, 26
Minimum Taxed.....................................................................................................................................................................11
mouse.......................................................................................................................................................................................5
nontaxable..............................................................................................................................................................................10
Nontaxable Transaction....................................................................................................................................................24, 26

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Office......................................................................................................................................................................................41
Office Passwords....................................................................................................................................................................20
On Screen Customer Display.................................................................................................................................................19
on-the-fly................................................................................................................................................................................34
Open Database Table..............................................................................................................................................................41
open drawer codes..................................................................................................................................................................18
open transactions....................................................................................................................................................................38
Opening Cash Drawers..........................................................................................................................................................18
Optional Equipment.................................................................................................................................................................4
Other Printer...........................................................................................................................................................................16
paid out...................................................................................................................................................................................55
password protection...............................................................................................................................................................36
Password protection levels.....................................................................................................................................................21
Password Setup......................................................................................................................................................................20
Past Receipts..........................................................................................................................................................................36
Payments To Accounts...........................................................................................................................................................59
policy statement.....................................................................................................................................................................17
price override..........................................................................................................................................................................26
PRICE SELECTION..............................................................................................................................................................26
Price, best...............................................................................................................................................................................27
price, changing........................................................................................................................................................................23
Printer Settings.......................................................................................................................................................................15
printers....................................................................................................................................................................................15
Product Access Window........................................................................................................................................................24
Product Information Window................................................................................................................................................34
Product Lookup......................................................................................................................................................................25
Profit Report...........................................................................................................................................................................50
Program Overview....................................................................................................................................................................4
promotional price...................................................................................................................................................................27
quantities, changing................................................................................................................................................................23
Quantity pricing......................................................................................................................................................................27
Queries, select.........................................................................................................................................................................44
QUERYING YOUR DATA....................................................................................................................................................44
Quick Setup..............................................................................................................................................................................6
Recall......................................................................................................................................................................................30
receipt layouts........................................................................................................................................................................16
Receipt Printer........................................................................................................................................................................18
receipt settings........................................................................................................................................................................15
Records...................................................................................................................................................................................42
Records, adding......................................................................................................................................................................42
Records, marking, deleting.....................................................................................................................................................42
REPORTS...............................................................................................................................................................................48
Require Cashier Id..................................................................................................................................................................36
Require Cashier Identification................................................................................................................................................35
restoring transactions..............................................................................................................................................................38
Rounding Method..................................................................................................................................................................12
Running Account...................................................................................................................................................................63
sales return..............................................................................................................................................................................29
Sales Return Transaction........................................................................................................................................................24
SALES TAX ALTERNATIVES.............................................................................................................................................25
Sales Tax Setup........................................................................................................................................................................6
SALES TAX SETUP..............................................................................................................................................................10
saved transactions...................................................................................................................................................................38
Saving Changes to the Grid....................................................................................................................................................43
screen resolutions.....................................................................................................................................................................5
Scrolling text...........................................................................................................................................................................19
Security...................................................................................................................................................................................20
SECURITY.............................................................................................................................................................................35
Select Queries.........................................................................................................................................................................44
serial port................................................................................................................................................................................19
spreadsheet style....................................................................................................................................................................41
standard price.........................................................................................................................................................................27

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Star TSP100 ...........................................................................................................................................................................18

Statement Headings................................................................................................................................................................64
stored receipts.........................................................................................................................................................................16
supported printers...................................................................................................................................................................15
supported printers ..................................................................................................................................................................18
Switch Cashier........................................................................................................................................................................36
system preferences...................................................................................................................................................................9
System Requirements..............................................................................................................................................................4
tax codes...........................................................................................................................................................................10, 14
tax exempt..............................................................................................................................................................................10
Tax Exempt Transaction...................................................................................................................................................24, 26
Tax, Exclusive.........................................................................................................................................................................10
Tax, Inclusive..........................................................................................................................................................................13
Tender.....................................................................................................................................................................................38
Transaction Discount..............................................................................................................................................................24
Transaction discounts.............................................................................................................................................................28
transaction numbers...............................................................................................................................................................25
Transaction Options Window.................................................................................................................................................24
transaction, clearing................................................................................................................................................................24
Type codes..............................................................................................................................................................................25
Update queries........................................................................................................................................................................47
Update Queries.......................................................................................................................................................................44
user defined tender.................................................................................................................................................................38
Voids.......................................................................................................................................................................................30
widescreen format....................................................................................................................................................................5
Windows..................................................................................................................................................................................4