This the fisrt tutoral of ABC. It is intended to allow you to undersand the basi mechanism to manipulate the product. Particulary, you will see who to use the grag & drop, which permit to catch an object somewhere to use it anywhere else.
You may first look at picture animation of the opeartions you will do to create your first invoice from scratch . Or you may have a look on the following tutoral, and then have a look on teh animation as a resume.
 
 
 
 
If the product is running, you should see this small control pannel.

First, open the two catalogues for addresses and products by pressing the corresponding buttons.
Ajust the subwidows like in the followinf picture.
 



 
Adjust subwindows.



 
Then open the document menu, and choose one editor. For example, why not, an invoice.



 
 
 
They are two button of interest now. Their should be called holes, because they can catch objects symbolized the a paddle which shape is sumilaire the white figure they hode. A white figure represente a hole, and black paddle represente an object



 
 
 
NOw, click (press and release) with the rigth button of your mousse on any item listed in the address caltalogue and move to hole having the appropriate shape in the documnent editor pannel. An hair line will appears connecting the source line to a paddle having the shape of a man. Click again ont right button of the mousse to drop that address.

 



 
 
The address fied is now filled with the identification of a recipient. You do the same operation for a product. You drag now from the product catalogue to the document product line editor located in the middle of the document editor. 

 



 
 
 
The product line editor is now loaded excepted the quantity field (Up to now we do not found any solution to fill this field automatically!). Thus, you must field in this field and then press the aknowledge button on the right side of the line editor.

 



 
 

A first line appears in the list. As you have now one line in that list, this is teh minimum required, you may save your works. For that, just click on the save button indicate on the figure.
BUt, you may reppeat teh drag & drop operation to add more product in your invoice.

 



 
 
After saving the document, the current state appears. This should be a state meaning that it is a draft state. That means that it can be reopend and modified. 

 



 
 
 
.Suppose that you are satisfy with that editing. You will now activate the automaton. The only first action possible in that model is to close it. This will forbid any futher change of the content.
(Caution, under MS_Windows, the action menu is at windows top.)

 



 
 
 
Notice that the document is now dated.
You can now send this documnent. This action will print a formated copy on your local printer. Endeed, the present model make the assomption you only send invoices by poste. It's node case for orders, which selects fax if availlable or else poste (it means printing). 
We will see a litle bt later that this action include also accounting records.

 


 lesson 2