Search Again: Re: First Time Billing From: Shawn Hogan Date: Sunday, April 11, 1999 Time: 1:02:36 pm Wizard wrote: >I bet I am overlooking something, but here is >my question. I have elected to set all accounts >as Pending when they are setup. We do not >deal with dialup accounts, and sometimes the >account is not active for as much as a month after >they are entered. > >Once the account is activated, I want to bill them >for the following month based on the date >that it is moved from the pending status and then >their due date would be cycled from then on >from that date. In other words, they don't owe >me anything until the account is active. As I >was testing various accounts, it seems to want >to bill them from the date the account was entered. That is correct. If you want to give them free time, you will need to roll their expiration date forward. >As long as I am asking questions, is it possible >to allow people to setup accounts, but make it >quite difficult to change basic account information >later on? It seems far too easy to accidentally change >such things as an accounts name, there isn't even >a confirmation that you are doing it. If you overtype >the name and leave the screen, the info is changed. >Oops. Give them access to create new accounts but not edit anything. If you have the ability to create new accounts, you can automatically edit everything on that initial screen, but they are only able to edit account info later if they have the ability to "Edit Customer Info", "Edit Login", "Edit Password", etc. - Shawn ------------------------------- Shawn D. Hogan President, Digital Point Solutions http://www.digitalpoint.com (619) 452-3696 ------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe and list archive please visit http://www.optigold.com/lists -------------------------------------------

Messages In This Thread: First Time Billing by Wizard on Apr 11, 1999 at 12:55:17 pm Re: First Time Billing by Shawn Hogan on Apr 11, 1999 at 1:02:36 pm