April 18, 2008

In Focus: Construction Accident Lawyers

Filed under: Living With The Law — admin @ 4:34 pm

Accidents happen unexpectedly in our lives. They usually occur in our homes, in the office, in the streets, and in almost all places where we go. No matter how careful we are in what we do, these incidents are actually unavoidable especially when we overlook some necessary precautions for our safety. These accidents are really disturbing and destructive. Same is the case in construction accidents.

The effects of serious construction accidents are really hard to bear. And if you’ve been bothered by intense physical pain, emotional suffering, and huge amounts of financial responsibilities, you can be entitled to compensation due to what you’ve endured. However, it will be hard for you to determine the right amount that you deserve to receive just by yourself. You need somebody to help you get through this problem by winning your construction accident settlement. I am referring to a competent construction accident lawyer.

Construction accident attorneys know how it feels to be a victim of construction accidents. As legal specialists, they will only want to support you in going through your painful experience. In choosing one, you must look for a proficient and experienced lawyer who will be at your side all throughout the legal process. You have to consider the professional background of your lawyer and his geographic region. By doing so, you’ll be able to bring your legal concerns to a top professional who basically knows everything about this area of law.

In addition, you have to keep in mind that the law is very complex. Even though it exists to serve us and protect our rights, the legal process especially for construction accident cases can be truly threatening. And because of this fact, only skilled and knowledgeable personal injury lawyers must be with you every step of the way. With them, you will be able to discover every option to pursue strength and happiness. Nevertheless, you only deserve the best legal help possible from these lawyers.

Indeed, being injured in a construction accident is stressful. Basically, your construction accident lawyer knows and understands this fact, and your lawsuit will surely be treated with proper care and sensitivity. He will focus on identifying the best possible approach towards the success of your construction accident case. After all, your attorney only wants you to continue with your life peacefully after fully recovering from a construction accident.

About the Author

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Microsoft Great Plains Integration Manager - Advanced Techniques

Filed under: Software Tips + More — admin @ 9:53 am

Great Plains Integration Manager scripting and translation - overview for programmer, software developer, database administrator, IT specialist

Microsoft Business Solutions main middle market ERP application - Microsoft Great Plains has multiple integration options: MS SQL Scripting (stored procedures and views), ADO.Net programming, Microsoft SQL Server DTS packages. You certainly can deploy such SDK tools as eConnect. However here we would like to show you how to program the simplest user friendly tool: Microsoft Great Plains Integration Manager.

We assume that you are familiar with Microsoft scripting technologies: Visual Basic for Application (VBA). You should be aware, however, about poor performance of Integration Manager. We recommend it for low volume of complex transactions. It is good tool, if you are importing about 100 transactions per day from text file (when you need to come through empty lines or something not matching the template to filter integration lines). If you have thousand transactions and performance is critical - switch to SQL Stored procs or Dexterity custom process server.

1. VBA Scripting - Launch Great Plains Integration Manager, open your integration, right click->Properties, switch tab to scripts, open Before Document script. Now place this code in it:


If Left(SourceFields(”F4″), 4)=”THRU” Then

SetVariable “DocDate”, Right(SourceFields(”F4″), 8) 

End If

If IsNull(SourceFields(”F1″)) Or IsNull(SourceFields(”F7″)) Then

CancelDocument

End If

It should mean that you can create DocDate variable and assign it the value from your query field.  The second statement cancels document integration if certain condition met (when line is empty or is not actually integration line - something like comment record, etc.)

Now open Before Document Commit script and place this code there:

Dim MyTime, MyHour

MyTime = Now

MyHour = Hour(MyTime)

If Not IsNull(GetVariable(”DocDate”)) then

SetVariable “DocNumber”, GetVariable(”DocNumber”)+1

DestinationFields(”Document Number”)=”THRU”+GetVariable(”DocDate”) &”A” & GetVariable(”DocNumber”)

DestinationFields(”Posting Date”)=GetVariable(”DocDate”)

DestinationFields(”Description”)=”Client Check “+ SourceFields(”F1″)

If Not IsNull(SourceFields(”F8″)) Then

DestinationFields(”Check.Check Number”)=SourceFields(”F8″)

Else

SetVariable “DocNumber”, GetVariable(”DocNumber”)+1

DestinationFields(”Check.Check Number”)=GetVariable(”DocDate”)& MyHour&GetVariable(”DocNumber”)

End If

DestinationFields(”Check.Date”)=GetVariable(”DocDate”)

If Month(DestinationFields(”Check.Date”)+1)= Month(DestinationFields(”Check.Date”)) Then

DestinationFields(”Check.Date”)=DestinationFields(”Check.Date”)+1

End If

End If

Here you do two things.  First you construct check number, using Date and time plus Document number.  And the second is even more interesting - you alter check date.

In After Integration script place this code:

ClearVariables

It is good idea to nullify your variables.

2. Translation. Imagine that your are something like collection agency and you need to translate your vendors (from whom you purchase AR) into real vendors (banks). In AP integration open Destination Mapping, select Vendor ID, in the Rule Properties, click on the button next to Translation field, answer No, click on Translation tab and paste from Excel your translation list, something like this:


JOHNB	BANKOFAMERICA

PETERP	BANKOFAMERICA

MARTHAM	CITIBANK

Now your vendors from integration file will be replaced with real vendors from Great Plains.

Happy integrating! if you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

About The Author

Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, based in Chicago, California, Colorado, Arizona, New York, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Canada, UK, Australia and having locations in multiple states and internationally (www.albaspectrum.com), he is Dexterity, SQL, C#.Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer; akarasev@albaspectrum.com

Business Gift Cards

Filed under: PR — admin @ 9:52 am

Business gift cards are an idea for corporate incentive plans, gifts for your business clients, or for the whole family during the holiday season or for any special occasion. Business gift cards are a great way to thank or impress your clients or employees and to maintain good relationships.

People are stressed today and have little time to gift shop. Companies are particularly stretched with limited staff and an abundance of work. Marketing and public relations department don’t have time to “brainstorm” about what to give employees. Business gift cards act as a buffer for time spent wisely. Business gift cards can be used for purchases like spa visits, restaurants, movie tickets, travel, arts and craft classes and music.

Essentially, a gift card is like a gift certificate, but instead of being made with paper and presented like a coupon, it is made of plastic. Similar to a cash card, a business gift card is swiped at a register, at which point the funds assigned to that card are subtracted from its account. At this point the card is considered redeemed. If the card has multi-use value, the receiver can keep the card for another future purchase at the place where the card was assigned.

According to The National Retail Federation, gift card sales are expected to total $18.49 billion dollars by the end of 2005. That is a 6.6 percent increase over 2004. A holiday survey by Deloitte found gift cards will be the top gift choice this year, with 67 percent of consumers planning to give a gift card or certificate, up from 64 percent in 2004.

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