At 07:48 2018-10-12, Alan Bourke wrote:
Easy for the staff to count, or difficult for the opposition to
count. Pick one.
In situations like this, aren't there supposed to be three
things with a choice of two? Especially on a Friday.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
It doesn't have to be either or. I have put forward the various
suggestions to the client and will let them decide how they want it done.
Thanks to everyone for their contribution.
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 12/10/2018 10:48 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
Easy for the staff to count, or difficult for
Easy for the staff to count, or difficult for the opposition to count. Pick one.
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Subject: Numbering Scheme
I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequence (it's a
pawnshop). The sequence helps them balance thi
> >> > ELSE
> >> > m.lcRetval=m.pcRandomChar+m.lcRetval
> >> > ENDIF
> >> > ENDIF
> >> > RETURN m.lcRetval
> >> > ENDFUNC
> >> >
> >> > FUNCTION ReturnRandom
> >> > LOCA
Retval
>> > ENDFUNC
>> >
>> > FUNCTION ReturnRandom
>> > LOCAL m.lcRandomSeed AS Character, m.lIsGood AS Boolean
>> > *!* get a bunch of values to work with which will hopefully give at
>> least one alpha not in monkeyship
>> > m.lcRandomSeed=SY
YS(2015)+SYS(2015)+SYS(2015)
> > m.lIsGood=.f.
> > FOR m.y=LEN(m.lcRandomSeed) TO 2 STEP -1 && don't need to check
> first char in sys(2015)
> > IF ISALPHA(SUBSTR(m.lcRandomSeed,y,1)) AND NOT
> UPPER(SUBSTR(m.lcRandomSeed,y,1))$[MONKEYSHIP]
> >
so to improve this solution : print the time and then add the sequential number
as milliseconds such as :
172543.124 : the ticket has been printed at 17h25m43s and is the 124th ...
The Foxil
Le 11/10/2018 à 17:12, Frank Cazabon a écrit :
That may work!
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 11/10/2018
What I would do: at a 3digt random prefix and a 2 digit random suffix to
your seq number of fixed lengte.
So you will end up with something like 45600198
67000261
45800377
Aso
If you print the list like this you will see at one glance the seq number
but your competetiors are not Abel to see that
LOL!
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 11/10/2018 11:06 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:54 AM Frank Cazabon
wrote:
Thanks, Obscuring the number is not a problem, but I think they want to
be able to read the number off the ticket at the end of the day in
sequential order and I don't
That may work!
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 11/10/2018 10:59 AM, Vassilis Aggelakos wrote:
Try to put the real number between two 1 single digit other numbers. For
example 3452 --> 3=dummy 45 = real sequence 2--> dummy.
No math needed, just this little trick!
Hope this helps.
On Thu, Oct 11,
Thanks
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 10/10/2018 06:45 PM, Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. wrote:
How about table with two columns in an Array:
- Column One is sequential by one
- Column Two is generated by Random Number Generator with IF THEN
- If Random Number Exists, reGenerate
-
If you want it a bit more sophisticated, the last digit it could denote how
many digits are dummy in the begining.
E.g: 45672 --> 45=dummy --> 67 real number and 2 dummy indicator.
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 6:03 PM Ed Leafe wrote:
> On Oct 11, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Vassilis Aggelakos
> wrote:
> >
>
They actually have barcodes on the ticket but never use the scanners to
actually read them, they just read the number (printed below the bar code).
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 10/10/2018 06:19 PM, Mike wrote:
Print the sequential number using a barcode font. If a customer has a
barcode scanner,
The people in the know memorize the rebus. But you mentioned nobody wants to
think so...
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I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequence (it's a
pawnshop). The sequence helps them balance things back at the end of the
day (read that as chec
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:54 AM Frank Cazabon
wrote:
> Thanks, Obscuring the number is not a problem, but I think they want to
> be able to read the number off the ticket at the end of the day in
> sequential order and I don't see how I can come up with a simple way to
> do this.
>
Invisible
I would guess they are more concerned about overestimating, but that's
just a WAG.
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 11/10/2018 10:55 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
Do you care more about competitors overestimating or underestimating the amount
of business being done?
On Oct 11, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Vassilis Aggelakos wrote:
>
> Try to put the real number between two 1 single digit other numbers. For
> example 3452 --> 3=dummy 45 = real sequence 2--> dummy.
>
> No math needed, just this little trick!
This is the best solution so far! You could use multiple
On 10/10/2018 03:41 PM, Eric Selje wrote:
What difference does it make if the competition knows how much business
you're doing?
I really couldn't say. They seem to "spy" on their competitors this way
and think their competitors also do it to them. I really don't
understand their reasoning,
Subject: Numbering Scheme
I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequence (it's a
pawnshop). The sequence helps them balance things back at the end of the
day (read that as check for stealing) when checking the various parcels
received for the tickets issued (they keep a copy of the ticket
Try to put the real number between two 1 single digit other numbers. For
example 3452 --> 3=dummy 45 = real sequence 2--> dummy.
No math needed, just this little trick!
Hope this helps.
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 5:55 PM Alan Bourke wrote:
> Do you care more about competitors overestimating or
Do you care more about competitors overestimating or underestimating the amount
of business being done?
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Subject: Numbering Scheme
I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequence (it's a pawnshop). The
sequence helps them balance things back at the end of the day (read that as
check for stealing) when checking the various parcels received for the tickets
That would still involve some thought on the users part (and they don't
think at all).
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 10/10/2018 03:46 PM, Vassilis Aggelakos wrote:
Multiply the number by 3.
Vassilis
On 10 Oct 2018, at 22:42, Ted Roche wrote:
Keep a table with the primary key (a
They have a barcode on the ticket, but we also print the number. They
(for whatever reason) found that using the barcode was too hard.
A QR code won't make it any easier. :(
Frank.
Frank Cazabon
On 10/10/2018 05:35 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
01 =1 10=2
Why not print a QR Barcode and stick
True, but they would need several invoices to compare...which means
they're "looking" for a sequence and not just "noticing".
Mike
Paul Hill wrote:
On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 at 23:19, Mike wrote:
Print the sequential number using a barcode font. If a customer has a
barcode scanner, they can
On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 at 23:19, Mike wrote:
>
> Print the sequential number using a barcode font. If a customer has a
> barcode scanner, they can "see" the number, but they'd have to be
> looking pretty hard.
Or they could just use their phone.
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How about table with two columns in an Array:
- Column One is sequential by one
- Column Two is generated by Random Number Generator with IF THEN
- If Random Number Exists, reGenerate
- Assign numbers to items from Column Two
Instead of an Array, create a Table to be used --
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From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Frank
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Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 2:25 PM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Numbering Scheme
I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequen
Print the sequential number using a barcode font. If a customer has a
barcode scanner, they can "see" the number, but they'd have to be
looking pretty hard. Meanwhile, an $80 barcode scanner (USB connection)
on the office computer would let them read the sequential number.
Mike Copeland
01 =1 10=2
Why not print a QR Barcode and stick the number in there instead?
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 4:24 PM Frank Cazabon
wrote:
> But how will the staff be able to read the binary numbers off the ticket
> and know it's in sequence?
>
> On 10 October 2018 15:33:10 GMT-04:00, Stephen Russell
So effectively display one number on the ticket but when it comes to checking,
run a report displaying the sequential numbers and the random/nonsense number?
On 10 October 2018 15:42:30 GMT-04:00, Ted Roche wrote:
>Keep a table with the primary key (a non-data-bearing auto-incremented
>integer)
But how will the staff be able to read the binary numbers off the ticket and
know it's in sequence?
On 10 October 2018 15:33:10 GMT-04:00, Stephen Russell
wrote:
>Go binary! 10010110101 They are kicking ass today!
>
>
>On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 2:26 PM Frank Cazabon
>wrote:
>
>> I have a
, and
see the label to try to figure out the numbers.
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Subject: Numbering Scheme
I have a client who issues tickets
Multiply the number by 3.
Vassilis
> On 10 Oct 2018, at 22:25, Frank Cazabon wrote:
>
> I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequence (it's a pawnshop).
> The sequence helps them balance things back at the end of the day (read that
> as check for stealing) when checking the
ednesday, October 10, 2018 3:25 PM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Numbering Scheme
I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequence (it's a pawnshop). The
sequence helps them balance things back at the end of the day (read that as
check for stealing) when checking the various parcel
Multiply the number by 3.
Vassilis
> On 10 Oct 2018, at 22:42, Ted Roche wrote:
>
> Keep a table with the primary key (a non-data-bearing auto-incremented
> integer) as the sequential number, to ensure things don't go missing out of
> sequence.
>
> For each ticket, create a unique number
Keep a table with the primary key (a non-data-bearing auto-incremented
integer) as the sequential number, to ensure things don't go missing out of
sequence.
For each ticket, create a unique number that's not already in the table.
Use the random functions to generate a mix of numbers and letters,
ROFL.
John Weller
01380 723235
07976 393631
Go binary! 10010110101 They are kicking ass today!
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Or Hex?
What difference does it make if the competition knows how much business
you're doing?
E
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 2:33 PM Stephen Russell
wrote:
> Go binary! 10010110101 They are kicking ass today!
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 2:26 PM Frank Cazabon
> wrote:
>
> > I have a client who
Go binary! 10010110101 They are kicking ass today!
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 2:26 PM Frank Cazabon
wrote:
> I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequence (it's a
> pawnshop). The sequence helps them balance things back at the end of the
> day (read that as check for stealing) when
I have a client who issues tickets in numerical sequence (it's a
pawnshop). The sequence helps them balance things back at the end of the
day (read that as check for stealing) when checking the various parcels
received for the tickets issued (they keep a copy of the ticket issued
to their
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