BT> Maintenance> Forms
Summary
Forms refer to Microsoft Word documents that, through the use of merge fields, allow users to pull data from the application and customize how that data is displayed on the forms. Forms will be saved in the Springbrook folder on your server at the path specified when the application was installed (SS> Utilities> System Setup> System tab> Archive Directory field).
The forms will be saved as .sbw files in this folder and should not be edited to avoid corruption. Forms can be attached to various application elements through the module process and maintenance palettes.
Follow this process to create forms to attach to Business Tax processes. The forms set up in the BT module will not be accessible in other modules that use forms.
Related Links
Click here for information on the System Setup window.
Click here for a complete list of available mail merge fields.
Step by Step
- Open the Word Merge Form Selection window (BT> Maintenance> Forms).
- The Word Merge Form Selection window will display all of the forms created in the application. Use the search criteria fields to filter the displayed forms.
- Highlight a form and click the Preview icon
to view the selected form. This will open the MS Word document in a new window. - Highlight a form and click the Copy icon
to copy the selected form. This will create a copy of the original form. - Highlight a form and click the Delete icon
or press DELETE to delete the selected form. - Highlight a form and click the Modify icon
or press ENTER to open and edit an existing form. - Click the Create icon
or press INSERT to create a new form. This will open the Word Merge Form Maintenance window.
- Enter a unique Form Name for the form. The field can be up to 32 characters long. Once the form has been saved, you will not be able to edit this field.
- Enter an optional form Description.
- The System drop-down will display BT by default.
- The Process drop-down menu is designed to limit the availability of individual forms to specified module processes. While you can select a specific process, the functionality behind this menu has not yet been implemented and the new form will be available in all BT processes.
- Click the Create icon to create the Word Merge form. This will open a Word document.
- Once the Word document is open, use the insert merge fields command in Word to specify the data fields you want displayed on the form. For instance, the merge field B_Bus_No is Business Number. By inserting this merge field into the Word document, and then attaching the form to a BT process, the form will display the data found in the Business Number field of the account included in the process. Click here for a complete list of available mail merge fields.
- Images, charts, tables, etc. can also be inserted into the Word document.
- Once you are finished
creating/modifying your form, be sure to save the form both on the Word document (File> Save)
and using the Save icon
on the Form Maintenance window. - The new form will now be available when creating form letters in the BT module.