Description of the Applications

etepos.exe

This is the ePOS development system for creation of the decision tables and dialogs.

The ePOS development system can be started with the following command-line options.

/TDV_DATA Path	Use a different data path.
/VBG Name	Open the specified group
/VB Name	Open the specified compound
/ET Name	Open the specified decision table
/DIALOG Name	Open the specified dialog
/PG Name	Open the specified parameter group
/SMP_NG	Use the dialog editor to edit dialogs for SalesManager NG
/DB_SERVER	Name of the database server, if a database different from the one specified in the ePOS configuration is to be used
/DB_NAME	Name of the database
/DB_USER	Login username for the database
/DB_PWD	Login password
/VDB_INIT	All rule-based controls stored in the rule-based controls directory are registered in the database, provided that they are not checked out. Note: The development system is started with this option at the end of the installation.
/VDB_LOAD Names	Names is a list of groups separated by commas. All groups specified in the list of name are registered in the database as the current version. This option is used during an update installation. Example from installation /VDB_LOAD tdv
/VDB_ENTW	Instead of the rule-based controls path of the user, the program uses the general path of the development version.
/VDB_PROD	Instead of the rule-based controls path of the user, the program uses the general path of the production version.
/VDB_NO	Do not use version control
/VDB_YES	Use version control
/ASPX	ASPX files are automatically created when saving dialogs. These files are needed to start rule-based controls in web environments. Note: when using this option, care must be taken that all elements of the dialogs receive a designation. Otherwise, it is assigned automatically.

eposstart.exe

This program serves to merely for the execution of decision tables (see ePOS User System).

The decision table to be executed is passed to the program in the form of a transfer parameter:

eposstart.exe <Group> <Compound> <Start-DT> [Options]

The parameters Group, Compound, and Start-DT must be specified. Further statements are optional.

List of possible options

/TDV_DATA Path	Use a different data path.
TRACE	Execution in test mode
TRACEM	Execution in test mode with metacode
BATCH	Execution without dialogs
/STATUS	The status (0, or the error status in case of an error) of the execution is sent to the standard output. By redirecting the output to a file, the status becomes available for processing by subsequent actions.
/STATUSTEXT	If the execution terminates in an error, it is displayed in a dialog box.
/PARA	Parameters can be predefined with /PARA Name1=Value Name2=Value. If the values contain space characters, they must be contained in quotes ("). E.g. /PARA Name="Thomas Müller" ZipCode=76275 City=Ettlingen
/ID	The value following this option in the command line is written to the parameter ID

This program can be placed on the desktop shortcut (including the specification of the Start-DT, so that the process can be started by double-clicking the icon).

settings.exe

The program settings.exe enables the editing of all basic ePOS settings that cannot be changed directly in the running program, e.g. the data path of the ePOS database or displaying the license information.

This program can be started through the menu item "Settings" in the ePOS program group.

The file tdv.ini in the Windows-directory contains the system settings.