6.6 Changing a Packing Slip

As stated earlier, only packing slips that have not been marked as shipped can be changed. For non-shipped packing slips, about the only thing that can be changed are the detail lines. The filled date can be changed, it is only used for audit trail purposes.

To change the detail of a packing slip, first QUERY and FIND the packing slip. Do this by first pressing the QUERY <F2> button and entering data in one of more of the fields that identifies the packing slip. Press the FIND FIRST <F3> button to find the first matching packing slip. Pressing the FIND NEXT <F3> button repeatedly displays other matching records.

The QUERY and FIND functions search for records in the file by starting at the beginning of the file and proceeding to the end of the file. When the QUERY button <F2> is pressed the first record in the file that matches the search pattern is being queried. When the FIND NEXT button <F3> is pressed the next record in the file that matches the search pattern is displayed.

The QUERY function can be made to start its search with the last matching record by pressing the GOLD key <F1> before pressing the QUERY key <F2>. This means that the last record in the file that matches the search pattern is queried.

The direction of the FIND functions search can also be reversed if the GOLD key <F1> is pressed just before pressing the FIND key <F3>. As was explained above, each time the FIND button <F3> is pressed, the next record in the file that matches the search pattern is displayed. By pressing the GOLD key <F1> before pressing the FIND key <F3> the direction of the search is reversed and the previous matching record is displayed. The GOLD <F1> FIND <F3> keys and the FIND <F3> key can be used to move back and forth in the file.

With the correct packing slip header displayed, press the NEXT <F7> button to access the detail lines. Press the FIND <F3> button to find the detail line you need to change. Press the UPDATE <F4> button to allow you to make changes to the line.

As stated earlier, the units shipped field cannot be made greater than what is left unshipped. If your warehouse indicated a discrepancy in inventory, you can change the units shipped to the reflect what was actually shipped.

After all changes are made, press the STORE <F5> button to record your changes. you can also delete a single detail line by first finding the line as described above, and then pressing delete key sequence GOLD <F1> key and the letter D.