(BlockPO.exe) This program will allow the user to create a Reserved Block of Purchase Orders for a specified Department and Entity. Select the Entity by using the drop down, enter the Department or use the lookup. Enter the quantity of PO's to be reserved. Press the Create Reserved Block PO button. A Warning displays asking if you are sure, answer yes, and a log file is created in Notepad, which can be used for recording the Vendor ID and Vendor Name into Purchase Order Entry at a later time. In the Tools menu, Show Prior Log Files may be accessed.
The user may access the reserved purchase orders by entering the Purchase Order Entry program and pressing F9 while the cursor is in the PO NO field which will invoke the Reserve PO Lookup, which allows the user to search all Reserved Purchase Orders by PO, Date and Vendor or all purchase orders that have no detail lines. A user may also reserve a purchase order by saving the Purchase Order Header without any lines on the Detail