Cafam Software Knowledgebase

When the program is intially supplied and installed the labels have been designed to an Industry standard of 4"W x 3"D. The template has been set to work on a Zebra GK420T Label printer. These notes have been written to illustrate how to change the printer and/or alter the layout of your l...

These notes have been written to illustrate how to change and alter the layout of your Forms.


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Data in the Files will inevitably grow over a period in time. CAFAM provides for a process to archive data that has past over a period of time. The Archive process doesn't actually delete the data. It moves it out of the current area into Archive files. Whenever you do a Report, the program checks t...

These notes have been written to illustrate how to add a new empty line in the Control Files. Note that the new version of CAFAM64 uses CTR+Y (and not CTRL+N as was previously used)



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The Program has the facility to differentiate between Materials and Services for the purposes of presentation of the final invoice by applying a letter code "M" for Materials and "S" for Services. The reason being that Services are carried out under the Commercial Service Order a...

These notes set to explain this useful report - Job Breakdown Summary


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When you do a Direct Invoice (DIRECT INVOICES > INVOICED STOCK ISSUES) you can set up the Customer Account to auto-assign whether VAT is chargeable to the the entire Invoice, or just the Post & Packing (P&P) or not chargeable at all. These notes set out to explain how to set this up color=#B...

There are times when task within a Job may be chargeable to a another different new Job No e.g. for Warranty where the new Job is assigned and chargeable to a different account i.e. the Manufacturer. These note set out to explain how this process is carried out color=#BF0000] Please see the attachme...

CAFAM holds all monetory values in one chosen Currency. However Foreign Currency transaction are supported for raising Purchase Order and making Direct Invoice Sales. These notes have been prepared to illustrate the effect and impact of Foreign Currency Exchange Rates in the MATERIALS (Stores) syste...

CAFAM supports the export of the Ledgers (Sales or Purchase) to other Accounting Programs. However each export process and program has to be developed on a case-by-case basis tailored to each individual circumstance and client. The following attached screen shots illustrates how this process is made...