. */
var dom = (document.getElementById) ? true : false;
var ns5 = (!document.all && dom || window.opera) ? true: false;
var ie5 = ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>-1) && dom) ? true : false;
var ie4 = (document.all && !dom) ? true : false;
var nodyn = (!ns5 && !ie4 && !ie5 && !dom) ? true : false;
var origWidth, origHeight;
// avoid error of passing event object in older browsers
if (nodyn) { event = "nope" }
/////////////////////// CUSTOMIZE HERE ////////////////////
// settings for tooltip
// Do you want tip to move when mouse moves over link?
var tipFollowMouse=true;
// Be sure to set tipWidth wide enough for widest image
var tipWidth= 590;
var offX= 20; // how far from mouse to show tip
var offY= 20;
var tipFontFamily= "Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif";
var tipFontSize= "11pt";
// set default text color and background color for tooltip here
// individual tooltips can have their own (set in messages arrays)
// but don't have to
var tipFontColor= "#000000";
var tipBgColor= "#DDECFF";
var tipBorderColor= "#000080";
var tipBorderWidth= 3;
var tipBorderStyle= "ridge";
var tipPadding= 4;
// tooltip content goes here (image, description, optional bgColor, optional textcolor)
var messages = new Array();
// multi-dimensional arrays containing:
// image and text for tooltip
// optional: bgColor and color to be sent to tooltip
messages[0] = new Array('\images/SO_Substitutes.png','');
messages[2] = new Array('\images/SO_Assembly.png','');
messages[1] = new Array('\images/SO_Options.png',"");
messages[3] = new Array('\images/SO_Procurement.png',"");
messages[4] = new Array('\images/PM_UOM.png',"");
//////////////////// END OF CUSTOMIZATION AREA ///////////////////
// preload images that are to appear in tooltip
// from arrays above
if (document.images) {
var theImgs = new Array();
for (var i=0; i Inform 2008 provides distributors with a remarkable order fulfillment
system. On-screen views reveal every aspect of your customer's Sales Order,
enabling higher productivity and happier customers. Build Sales ';
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// initTip - initialization for tooltip.
// Global variables for tooltip.
// Set styles
// Set up mousemove capture if tipFollowMouse set true.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var tooltip, tipcss;
function initTip() {
if (nodyn) return;
tooltip = (ie4)? document.all['tipDiv']: (ie5||ns5)? document.getElementById('tipDiv'): null;
tipcss = tooltip.style;
if (ie4||ie5||ns5) { // ns4 would lose all this on rewrites
tipcss.width = tipWidth+"px";
tipcss.fontFamily = tipFontFamily;
tipcss.fontSize = tipFontSize;
tipcss.color = tipFontColor;
tipcss.backgroundColor = tipBgColor;
tipcss.borderColor = tipBorderColor;
tipcss.borderWidth = tipBorderWidth+"px";
tipcss.padding = tipPadding+"px";
tipcss.borderStyle = tipBorderStyle;
}
if (tooltip&&tipFollowMouse) {
document.onmousemove = trackMouse;
}
}
window.onload = initTip;
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
// doTooltip function
// Assembles content for tooltip and writes
// it to tipDiv
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
var t1,t2; // for setTimeouts
var tipOn = false; // check if over tooltip link
function doTooltip(evt,num) {
if (!tooltip) return;
if (t1) clearTimeout(t1); if (t2) clearTimeout(t2);
tipOn = true;
// set colors if included in messages array
if (messages[num][2]) var curBgColor = messages[num][2];
else curBgColor = tipBgColor;
if (messages[num][3]) var curFontColor = messages[num][3];
else curFontColor = tipFontColor;
if (ie4||ie5||ns5) {
var tip = startStr + messages[num][0] + midStr + '' + messages[num][1] + '' + endStr;
tipcss.backgroundColor = curBgColor;
tooltip.innerHTML = tip;
}
if (!tipFollowMouse) positionTip(evt);
else t1=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='visible'",100);
}
var mouseX, mouseY;
function trackMouse(evt) {
standardbody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body //create reference to common "body" across doctypes
mouseX = (ns5)? evt.pageX: window.event.clientX + standardbody.scrollLeft;
mouseY = (ns5)? evt.pageY: window.event.clientY + standardbody.scrollTop;
if (tipOn) positionTip(evt);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// positionTip function
// If tipFollowMouse set false, so trackMouse function
// not being used, get position of mouseover event.
// Calculations use mouseover event position,
// offset amounts and tooltip width to position
// tooltip within window.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function positionTip(evt) {
if (!tipFollowMouse) {
mouseX = (ns5)? evt.pageX: window.event.clientX + standardbody.scrollLeft;
mouseY = (ns5)? evt.pageY: window.event.clientY + standardbody.scrollTop;
}
// tooltip width and height
var tpWd = (ie4||ie5)? tooltip.clientWidth: tooltip.offsetWidth;
var tpHt = (ie4||ie5)? tooltip.clientHeight: tooltip.offsetHeight;
// document area in view (subtract scrollbar width for ns)
var winWd = (ns5)? window.innerWidth-20+window.pageXOffset: standardbody.clientWidth+standardbody.scrollLeft;
var winHt = (ns5)? window.innerHeight-20+window.pageYOffset: standardbody.clientHeight+standardbody.scrollTop;
// check mouse position against tip and window dimensions
// and position the tooltip
if ((mouseX+offX+tpWd)>winWd)
tipcss.left = mouseX-(tpWd+offX)+"px";
else tipcss.left = mouseX+offX+"px";
if ((mouseY+offY+tpHt)>winHt)
tipcss.top = winHt-(tpHt+offY)+"px";
else tipcss.top = mouseY+offY+"px";
if (!tipFollowMouse) t1=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='visible'",100);
}
function hideTip() {
if (!tooltip) return;
t2=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='hidden'",100);
tipOn = false;
}
document.write('')
';
var endStr = ' ![]()

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Point-of-Sale and Showroom Sales

Cash Sale Handling
Using the same easy-to-learn screen as standard order entry,
POS cash, credit card, check, and split payments are easily managed.

Point-of-Sale Deposits
Accept deposits from point-of-sale customers, manage partial or
pay-in-advance shipments, and provide your customer service team
with single-screen access to order payment history

Retail as well
as Wholesale operations
Inform is well suited to busy retail environments as well as
wholesale operations. Outfit your retail showroom with POS hardware,
including cash drawers, integrated credit card processing, signature
capture, receipt printers, and bar-code scanners.

Manage Customer
Pricing
Authorized users edit sell prices, discounts, and even costs. Optional Sales
History-based pricing maintains sell prices based upon the previous sales
profit margin.
Interactively substitute items,
add complementary items and accessories,
use quantity breaks,
edit kits, and more.
Sell and purchase with different
units of measure, including
separate
packaging and pricing units.
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