How To: Add the EC Number into the Customs Invoice

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Your EC Number as defined in [ System Values | General | Your Company ] can be shown in Customs Invoices. It is going to be added iat the bottom of the report.

  1. Follow the menu route [ System Operations | Basic Reports Setup ] to open the "Basic Reports Setup" dialog.
  2. From the dialog's [ Reports List ] tab, double-click on "Customs Invoice Report".
  3. Focus on the Brand and then click on the Basic Reports Design button button to edit the Customs Invoice's report template using Report Builder Designer.
    Note: you can save the current layout with a new name so that you don't affect the invoice layout as you are updating it. It also means that you have a backup. To do this select Save As... from the file menu.
  4. Click on the Label Button in the top left toolbar.
  5. Click in the bottom area of the report and position and resize the Label using the handles (the circles at the sides and corners).:
    Adding the EC Number to the bottom of the Customs Invoice - placing the label
  6. Make sure this label field is selected and in the Text section on the left, enter the caption EC Number.
    Adding the EC Number to the bottom of the Customs Invoice - giving the label a name
  7. Click on the DBMemo Basic Reports Memo button button on the top menu.
  8. Click to the right of the label you have just added and position and resize the DBMemo field using the handles.
  9. Make sure the DBMemo field is selected.
  10. In the top right select jitSystemValues from the dropdown list.
  11. In the adjacent dropdown select EC_Number, you will see your EC Number is now displayed if it has been added in [ System Values | General | Your Company ] :
    Select the EC_Number from the dropdown
  12. If you are happy with the layout, save what you have done by going to File -> Save.
  13. Test the layout and make any adjustments as required.


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