A double-left-click of the mouse on the first row of the Vehicle Selection List Box within the Vehicles Tab immediately invokes the Ratesbook (Multiple) Vehicle Selection form. This form is utilised to locate and select the appropriate vehicle(s) for the ratesbook by searching at manufacturer, model and variant level.
Alternatively, a single right-click of the mouse on the first row of the Vehicle Selection List Box presents a small Pop-up Menu Box which displays a number of menu options of which both the Add and Exclude invoke the Ratesbook (Multiple) Vehicle Selection form. The Add option includes selected vehicles within the ratesbook whilst the Exclude option ensures that the selected vehicles are not included within the calculation process.
This procedure is extremely flexible in that it enables selection to be made from a mixture of franchise, model and variant levels.
This form is split into four parts, which are as follows:
In addition to displaying the form name the Title Bar provides a number of useful buttons.
The contents of the Ratesbook (Multiple) Vehicle Selection menu bar is as follows:
Following selection, two alternative options are presented:
- Cancel
Exits the Vehicle Selection form and returns to the Vehicles Tab form without saving the vehicle selection criteria.
- Exit
Exits the Vehicle Selection form and returns to the Vehicle Tab.
Provides online access to a context sensitive Help form.
The contents of the full toolbar are as follows:
Exits the Vehicle Selection form and returns to the Vehicle Tab.
The Cancel button exits the Vehicle Selection form and returns to the Vehicles Tab form without saving the vehicle selection criteria.
Provides online context sensitive help information to the user
This area consists of two distinct fields under which are three List Boxes displayed side by side.
The List Box on the left displays franchises; the middle List Box displays models; and the List Box on the right displays variants.
Variant Availability
This is a facility allowing the availability type to be defined at variant level for the vehicle selection within the quotation.
This field is limited to the status of Current at present.
Model Availability
This is a facility allowing the availability type to be defined at model level for the vehicle selection within the quotation.
This field is limited to the status of Current at present.
Type
This field displays the applicable vehicle class type. Current available types are as follows:
- P Private Light Goods
- C Commercial
This is determined by the selection in the Product for PLG/Commercial field in the Details Tab (within Product Details / Miscellaneous Options).
Description
This is a facility allowing the entry of free format text for a vehicle description. Any vehicle variants that contain the entered text are displayed. This field can only be used following selection of the required franchise and model.
Franchise Selection
To select and return a single franchise to the Vehicle Tab for inclusion within the ratesbook vehicle selection use one of the following methods:
- Use the Scroll Bar, if necessary, to move to the required franchise. Double-click to select and return the franchise to the Vehicle Selection area of the Vehicles Tab.
- Use the up/down arrow keys to select and highlight the required franchise and press the [RETURN] key to return the franchise to the Vehicle Selection area of the Vehicles Tab.
This results in the display of the full franchise description within the Vehicle Selection area of the Vehicles Tab.
This procedure is to be repeated for each required franchise.
Model Selection
To select and return a single vehicle model to the Vehicle Tab for inclusion within the ratesbook vehicle selection use one of the following methods:
- Use the mouse or the up/down arrow keys to select and highlight the required franchise. All of the models appropriate to that franchise are then displayed within the second list box.
- Double-click with the mouse (or use the up/down arrow keys to select and highlight the required model and press the [RETURN]key) to select and return the model to the Vehicle Selection area of the Vehicles Tab.
This displays the full franchise and model descriptions within the Vehicle Selection area of the Vehicles Tab.
This procedure is to be repeated for each required model.
Variant Selection
This box displays the full variant description, model year, variant code, availability flag and vehicle class code.
To select and return a single vehicle variant to the Vehicle Tab for inclusion within the ratesbook vehicle selection use one of the following methods:
- Use the mouse or the up/down arrow keys to select and highlight the required franchise. All of the models appropriate to that franchise are then displayed within the second list box.
- Use the mouse or the up/down arrow keys to select and highlight the required model. All of the variants appropriate to that model are then displayed within the third list box.
- Double-click with the mouse (or use the up/down arrow keys to select and highlight the required variant and press the [RETURN] key) to select and return the variant to the Vehicle Selection area of the Vehicles Tab.
This displays the full franchise, model and variants descriptions within the Vehicle Selection area of the Vehicles Tab.
This procedure is to be repeated for each required variant.
If a List Box contains more options than the box can display, as with the Franchise box, the form presents a Scroll Bar which can be operated in a number of ways: