My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by Yuri on Wed, 04/07/2012 - 15:02

General User's Discussion

1. I note that the SMS window has a "character counter" which counts down from 160 enabling you to see how much text space you have left. Could this module (not counting down, though) be applied to the Microchip field? I ask as most MCs have 4-6 sequential zeros in their number and a character counter to the right of the field would ensure that you end up with 15 numbers, not 14 or 16. Is it a biggie, how much would it cost?

2. Could the microchip number be included in the left side summary screen? I note this was mentioned in the Oct 2011 meeting. Is it in development, is it a biggie, how much would it cost?

Yuri.

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by bencharlton (not verified) on Thu, 05/07/2012 - 12:31.

Not bad - however maybejust a count of the numbers from 0 would be more appropriate....

15 digits are ISO chips. (which I recognize are the Australian Standard)

however some pets still have the Trojan chips (10 ALPHANUMERIC- well hexadecimal)

Pets coming from Hong Kong will also always have the old 10 digit chips as that is the standard over there.

I think we need be careful not to localize ourselves any more than we have. Just makes any future internationalization strategy harder.

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by Yuri on Thu, 05/07/2012 - 15:48.

>I think we need be careful not to localize ourselves any more than we have.

I was trying to KISS (Keep It Simple and Straightforward) this issue, leaving the person inputting to know whether there where 10 or 15 characters in the string; this is what I envisioned:

Yuri.

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by tanderson on Thu, 05/07/2012 - 13:14.

For 1., the correct approach is to have separate archetypes for each type of microchip.

You can set a minimum and maximum field length (minLength and maxLength on the node descriptor) to ensure that the correct number of characters are entered.

So you might have:

entityIdentity.microchip - the default chip - ensures that 15 characters are entered
entityIdentity.microchipTrovan for Trovan chips - ensures that 10 characters are entered
entityIdentity.microchipSomeOtherStandard

For 2., theres only a couple of hours work, if you only want to add it to that one place in the main window.

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by Yuri on Thu, 05/07/2012 - 15:00.

>For 2., theres only a couple of hours work, if you only want to add it to that one place in the main window.

Yes, just that one place.....

So only about $165? I'll fund it.

Yuri.

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by tanderson on Fri, 06/07/2012 - 10:04.

There's an additional $190 release fee.

I've created a development project for this at: http://www.openvpms.org/project/display-patient-microchip-summary

-Tim

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by ppvs on Thu, 05/07/2012 - 14:26.

Another thought on the counting down. Could it be applied to the Invoice Notes section?

Thanks

Bernie

ps I think we also discussed at one time about adding more spaces to the Invoice Notes section. Not sure if this became a project or something that others find the need for?

Bernie

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by tanderson on Fri, 06/07/2012 - 10:06.

Invoice notes are set at 300 characters in 1.6. If thats not enough, you can change it yourself by updating the act.customerAccountChargesInvoice archetype. You just need to change the maxLength attribute of the notes node to something bigger.

How large do you want it to be?

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by ppvs on Fri, 06/07/2012 - 11:53.

Thanks Tim.

At least double would be great but maybe having the back up of 1000 would be excellent.

We are not sure if this would effect the layout of all invoices, even without typed notes?

Also we did use an implementor so I guess it would be safer to ask them to make this change for us?

Cheers

Re: My "little things" Wish List for v1.6

Submitted by Yuri on Fri, 06/07/2012 - 14:24.

>I guess it would be safer to ask them to make this change for us?

It's not hard and will only take a minute or so (if you're feeling adventurous......)

Click Administration | Archetypes
In the Search box type %customerAccountChargesInvoice%
Double-click on the result which should be act.customerAccountChargesInvoice.1.0
Bottom of page 1, you'll see "notes". Double-click on "notes".
Change Max Length from 300 to 1000.
Click Ok.