To enter records into your carpet database the first thing you should do is to unlock the records. By default the records are locked. This is to prevent you from accidentally changing or erasing any of your data. To unlock the records click on the Options menu item and then on Unlock Records. You can also press Ctrl-U to unlock them as well.
To navigate between records use the navigational buttons at the lower left hand side of the screen.
To enter a new record click on the NEW button. The cursor will be positioned in the Style text box. Enter the style of your carpet, and press enter. That will transport you to the Manufacturer text box, where you enter the carpet manufacturers name. Press enter again to move to the SCU text box and enter the SCU. Press enter and move to the Yarn combo box. You can use your mouse or the arrow down/arrow up keys to move through your list of yarns. Press enter to select the yarn and move to the Texture combo box. Again use the arrow down/arrow up keys to select the appropriate texture for your carpet, and again press enter to move to the Cost text box. Here you want to enter your cost per square yard for that particular carpet style. Press enter and the software will automatically calculate the total cost per square yard of your carpet taking into account all the default values that you had previously entered when you ran the carpet wizard. It will also automatically assign the record a price range value that is based also on your default values.
Press enter until all the fields fill in and the $ appears in the text boxes and then click SAVE to save the record. To enter a new record, click on NEW and repeat the above process. (Note - Take care when entering the number in the Cost field. The program by default enters the decimal point. Take care not to enter two decimal points or you will get an error.) When a record is saved the database will automatically sort in alphabetical order as to style.
Deleting Records
If you want to delete a record from the database, first click Unlock Records
from the Options menu, then select the record to be deleted using the navigational
buttons, and click DELETE. If you delete the first record in the
database, the database will automatically reset itself. IMPORTANT: Never
delete all the records in any database in this program. In order for the
software to function correctly, always have at least one records stored.
Enter at least one of your records before deleting the sample records.
The great feature about this software is that it streamlines data entry. You need only enter the carpet style, manufacturer, scu (if applicable), yarn, texture, and your cost per square yard. CompuCarpet will calculate everything else, taking into account your markup price, your labor charges, and pad price.
A powerful feature built in to CompuCarpet is that when you make any change in any of the default values you entered when you run the Setup Wizard, those changes will instantly update the price of all carpets that you have previously entered. There is no need to go through each record and change the prices. That would be incredibly time consuming. CompuCarpet does this all for you with just a click of the mouse.
Once you have entered your carpet records, CompuCarpet will automatically sort your records in ascending order by style. Now you are ready to use CompuCarpet to create price quotes for customers.
