Fitrix Documentation Organizer

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The organizer gives you on screen access to the entire Fitrix Documentation set including over 50 manuals and dozens of technical notes and supplements. We have also included references to outside material that may be helpful. Our goal is to insure your complete understanding of the Fitrix product and how it will benefit your business. You may view all of the documents by category, or you can view the documents we recommend based on your use and familiarity with the Fitrix system.

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If you are Evaluating or want an overview of the Accounting and Business software, Click here for a recommended reading list

If you are Evaluating or want an overview the Technology, Click here for a recommended reading list

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Evaluating or want an overview the Accounting and Business software

Evaluating or want an overview the Technology

Reading List: Evaluation or Overview of the Fitrix Accounting and Business software

If you are reviewing Fitrix to determine if it is a fit for your business, there are a few documents that we recommend that you read in full, and others that you should scan or refer to as you have questions. The entire document set is included here so you can have access to just about any information you might need.

Required Reading:

Getting Started With Fitrix - This will teach you the basic keystrokes and use of the system. You should at least scan this entire manual so you will understand the many features common to the entire suite of Fitrix applications.

VDT User Guide – This guide will teach you how to use the Graphical (Windows PC or X11) user interface. You should at least scan this entire guide so you will understand how to operate the application if you are using the Graphical user interface.

User Guides – Each application module (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, …) has a User Guide. The User Guide contains overview information and detailed instructions on how to use each module.

General Ledger User Guide	Account Payable User Guide	Accounts Receivable User Guide	Payroll User Guide
Fixed Assets User Guide	Order Entry User Guide	Inventory Control User Guide	Purchasing User Guide
Replenishment User Guide

Advanced Reading:

If you want additional details on any of the application software modules, refer to the User Guide, and Supplement of every module that you will be using..

· The User Guide contains overview information and detailed instructions on how to use each module

· The Supplement contains new features added to the latest version of the software

Application Module	User Guide	Supplement
General Ledger	General Ledger User Guide	General Ledger Addendum
Accounts Payable	Account Payable User Guide	Accounts Payable Addendum
Accounts Receivable	Accounts Receivable User Guide	Accounts Receivable Addendum
Payroll	Payroll User Guide	Payroll Addendum
Fixed Assets	Fixed Assets User Guide	n/a
Multi-Currency	n/a	n/a
Order Entry	Order Entry User Guide	Order Entry Addendum
Inventory Control	Inventory Control User Guide	Inventory Control Addendum
Purchasing	Purchasing User Guide	Purchasing Addendum
Replenishment	Replenishment User Guide	n/a

Reading List: Evaluating or overview of the technology

Required Reading

Fitrix RAD Tool Quick Tutorial – This tutorial will explain the basic concepts of the RAD tool and provides hands on exercises that will show you how to create and run an application program using the RAD Tool.

Chapter 1 of the Screen Technical Reference

Chapter 1 of the Report Code Generator User Reference

Chapter 1 of the Report Writer User Reference

Chapter 1 of the Character Menus User Reference (if you are going to be using Character Menus)

Chapter 1 of the Visual Menus User Reference (if you are going to be using Visual Menus)

Introduction and Chapter 1 of the Informix 4GL Concepts and Use

Introduction and Chapter 1 of the Informix 4GL Reference Manual

Accounting Technical Reference – explains technical details of the accounting application modules

Advanced Reading

Screen Technical Reference

Report Code Generator User Reference

Report Writer User Reference

RAD 4.12 New Features

Visual Menus User Reference

Informix 4GL Concepts and Use

Informix 4GL Reference Manual

Links To the complete Fitrix Doc set by Category

Application Documentation (End User):

General

Document Name	Getting Started With Fitrix
Addendum	Getting Started With Fitrix - Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Evaluation, all application users (and technical support)
Purpose	To learn Basic Capabilities of User Interface
Additional Comments

Document Name	Fitrix Application Release Notes 5.20
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Evaluation, all application users (and technical support)
Purpose	What’s new and last minute information for the latest version
Additional Comments

Document Name	Short Cut Implementation Checklist
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Managers and technical staff performing initial implementation
Purpose	Steps through the initial implementation set-up
Additional Comments

Document Name	Report Writer User Reference
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Non-technical / Application Users
Purpose	How to generate reports using Information from the database
Additional Comments	This is a character based report writer to allow non-technical users to create reports. Can also be used by programmers to create Report Design (.ifg) for Report Code Generator.

Accounting

Accounting Training

Document Name	Accounting Training Guide: G/L, A/P, A/R
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	All application users (and technical support)
Purpose	Used with training class for G/L, A/P, A/R modules
Additional Comments	Can be used as a self-study, works with the ‘sample’ database accessed by the training login. (Also can be used with the Evaluation database)

Document Name	Payroll Training Course Workbook
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	All application users of this module
Purpose	Payroll Module training
Additional Comments

General Ledger

User Guide

Document Name	General Ledger User Guide
Addendum	General Ledger User Guide Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of General Ledger
Additional Comments

Accounts Payable

User Guide

Document Name	Accounts Payable User Guide
Addendum	Accounts Payable User Guide Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Accounts Payable
Additional Comments

Accounts Receivable

User Guide

Document Name	Accounts Receivable User Guide
Addendum	Accounts Receivable User Guide Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Accounts Receivable
Additional Comments

Payroll

User Guide

Document Name	Payroll User Guide
Addendum	Payroll User Guide & Reference Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Payroll
Additional Comments

User Reference

Document Name	Payroll User Reference
Addendum	Payroll User Guide & Reference Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Using Payroll
Additional Comments

Fixed Assets

User Guide

Document Name	Fixed Assets User Guide
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Fixed Assets
Additional Comments

User Reference

Document Name	Fixed Assets User Reference
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Using Fixed Assets
Additional Comments

Multi-Currency

User Reference

Document Name	Multi-Currency User Reference
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Using Multi-Currency
Additional Comments

Distribution Training

Document Name	Distribution Training Guide: O/E, I/C, PU
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	All application users (and technical support)
Purpose	Used with training class for OE, IC and PU modules
Additional Comments	Can be used as a self-study, works with the ‘sample’ database accessed by the training login. (If you are evaluating the product, you will use the ‘standard’ database).

Order Entry

User Guide

Document Name	Order Entry User Guide
Addendum	Order Entry User Guide Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Order Entry
Additional Comments

Inventory Control

User Guide

Document Name	Inventory Control User Guide
Addendum	Inventory Control User Guide Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Inventory Control
Additional Comments

Purchasing

User Guide

Document Name	Purchasing User Guide
Addendum	Purchasing User Guide Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Purchasing
Additional Comments

Replenishment User Guide

Document Name	Replenishment User Guide
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Replenishment
Additional Comments

Bill of Materials User Guide

Document Name	Bill of Materials User Guide
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Application users of this module
Purpose	Overview of Bill of Materials
Additional Comments

Application Documentation (Technical):

Document Name	Accounting Technical Reference
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users and Programmers
Purpose	Overview of Design and Programming Conventions used.
Additional Comments

Data Import/Data Conversion User Guide

Document Name	Data Import / Data Conversion User Guide
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users and Programmers
Purpose	Using the Data Import Tool
Additional Comments

Data Maps for all Modules

Document Name	ALL Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments	The tables mentioned here are common across all modules.

Document Name	Accounts Payable Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	Accounts Receivable Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	Fixed Assets Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	General Ledger Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	Inventory Control Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	Multi-Currency Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	Order Entry Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	Purchasing Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	Payroll Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Document Name	Replenishment Module Table Maps
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical users
Purpose	Getting to know the data structures of the Module
Additional Comments

Rapid Application Development (RAD) Tools (technical users)

Document Name	Fitrix RAD Tool Quick Tutorial
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Users of the RAD Tool / Evaluating Technology
Purpose	To get an initial overview of the RAD tool with some exercises
Additional Comments

Document Name	VDT/RAD Tool Release Notes v 5.2
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical Users of RAD Tool, System Administrators
Purpose	New Information on the Current Version
Additional Comments

Document Name	Screen Technical Reference
Addendum	Screen Technical Reference Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical Users of RAD Tool
Purpose	How to create or Modify Forms.
Additional Comments

Document Name	Enhancement Toolkit Technical Reference
Addendum	Enhancement Toolkit Technical Reference - Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical Users of RAD Tool
Purpose	Learning advanced features of FG RAD Tool
Additional Comments	Advanced features that can be added to programs created with the RAD Tool.

Document Name	RAD 4.12 New Features (Supplement)
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical Users of RAD Tool, Programmers
Purpose	New features added to the RAD Tool.
Additional Comments

Document Name	Visual Menus Technical Reference
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical Users of Visual Menus
Purpose	Getting to know the features of the Visual Menus
Additional Comments	Refer to this only if you are developing Visual Menus.

Document Name	Report Code Generator Technical Reference
Addendum	Report Code Generator Technical Reference - Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical Users of RAD Tools
Purpose	How to create or modify Report Programs.
Additional Comments

Document Name	Report Writer User Reference
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Non-technical / Application Users / Programmers
Purpose	How to generate reports using Information from the database
Additional Comments	This is a character based report writer to allow non-technical users to create reports. Can also be used by programmers to create Report Design (.ifg) for Report Code Generator.

Document Name	Report Tools Training Guide
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical User attending Training Class
Purpose	Training Guide for the Report Writer
Additional Comments	Also use for self-study.

Document Name	Screens & Menus Training Guide
Addendum
Publisher	FGSS
Target Audience	Technical User attending Training Class
Purpose	Training Guide for the Screens and Menus
Additional Comments	The Menus here correspond to Character Menus and not the Visual (Graphical) Menus. Also use for self-study.

Four J's Technical Documents:

The Four J's documents have been provided as part of this media, for your convenience. Four J’s regularly updates these Documents and the latest version can always be obtained from their web site at http://www.4js.com (Support - Documentation).

Document Name	Four J’s Business Development Language User Guide
Addendum
Publisher	Four J’s
Target Audience	Developer who will be programming in BDL (the language used by Genero)
Purpose	User Guide for BDL (4GL)
Additional Comments

Document Name	Four J’s Genero Application Server Users Guide
Addendum
Publisher	Four J’s
Target Audience	Developer who will be using extended features of the products
Purpose	User guide for the GAS component of Genero
Additional Comments	The Fitrix products fully implement the Genero Application Server so that an understanding of this product is not required for developing business applications with the Fitrix RAD Tools

Document Name	Four J’s Genero Desktop Client Users Guide
Addendum
Publisher	Four J’s
Target Audience	Developer who will be using extended features of the products
Purpose	User guide for the GDC component of Genero
Additional Comments	The Fitrix products fully implement the Genero Desktop Client so that an understanding of this product is not required for developing business applications with the Fitrix RAD Tools

Document Name	Four J’s Genero JAVA Client Users Guide
Addendum
Publisher	Four J’s
Target Audience	Developer who will be using extended features of the products
Purpose	User guide for the Genero JAVA Client
Additional Comments	The Fitrix products do not use the Genero JAVA Client, however this technology is supplied with Fitrix and can be implemented if needed.

Document Name	Four J’s Genero Web Client Users Guide
Addendum
Publisher	Four J’s
Target Audience	Developer who will be using extended features of the products
Purpose	User guide for the Genero Web Client
Additional Comments	The Fitrix products do not use the Genero Web Client, however this technology is supplied with Fitrix and can be implemented if needed.

Document Name	Four J’s Genero Web Services Extension Users Guide
Addendum
Publisher	Four J’s
Target Audience	Developer who will be using web services
Purpose	User guide for the Genero Web Services Extension
Additional Comments

IBM-Informix Documents

IBM/Informix Title List of Documents gives a comprehensive list of all Documents that are available but many of them will not apply to you and have no bearing to what products you have. (You need to be connected to the Internet to access this link)

The List of Documents below has been included for your convenience and will provide a reference to IBM/Informix that are part of this package. IBM/Informix may update these documents on a regular basis. The latest version can always be accessed from the link given above.

Document Name	4GL by Example Version 7.3
Addendum
Publisher	IBM/Informix
Target Audience	Technical User’s of BDL (4GL)
Purpose	4GL by Example
Additional Comments	The Four J’s documents are specific to differences between BDL and 4GL, but these IBM/Informix documents give all the basic information on the 4GL product.

Document Name	4GL Concepts and Use Version 7.3
Addendum
Publisher	IBM/Informix
Target Audience	Technical User’s of BDL (4GL)
Purpose	4GL Concepts and Use
Additional Comments	The Four J’s documents are specific to differences between BDL and 4GL, but these IBM/Informix documents give all the basic information on the 4GL product.

Document Name	4GL Reference Manual Version 7.3
Addendum
Publisher	IBM/Informix
Target Audience	Technical User’s of BDL (4GL)
Purpose	Reference Manual for Informix 4GL
Additional Comments	The Four J’s documents are specific to differences between BDL and 4GL, but these IBM/Informix documents give all the basic information on the 4GL product.

Document Name	IDS Searchable Index
Addendum
Publisher	IBM/Informix
Target Audience	Technical User’s of the IDS database and SQL
Purpose	Reference Manuals for all of IDS
Additional Comments	This covers IDS, SQL, DBACCESS

Document Name	IDS Documentation Folder
Addendum
Publisher	IBM/Informix
Target Audience	Technical User’s of the IDS database and SQL
Purpose	Reference Manuals for all of IDS
Additional Comments	This covers IDS, SQL, DBACCESS. All of the IBM documents are here in pdf format. These are the same documents accessed by the searchable index above

Recommended Reading

Informix Guide to SQL: Reference and Syntax, 2nd Edition, from Informix Software. ISBN: 0-13-016166-7

— This comprehensive reference covers SQL, stored procedures, and triggers and now includes a syntax section in the second edition.

Informix Guide to SQL: Tutorial, 2nd Edition, from Informix Software
— This tutorial shows how to write simple and advanced queries to fetch data, refine and optimize queries, insert, delete, etc. Updated for Informix's SQL version 8.2. ISBN: 0-13-016165-9

Informix Handbook by Ron Flannery
— A comprehensive desktop reference for anyone working with Informix databases. ISBN: 0-13-012247-5

Programming Informix SQL/4GL: A Step-By-Step Approach, Second Edition, by Cathy Kipp
— This example-rich primer covers everything you need to know to successfully design, implement, and maintain databases with INFORMIX's version of SQL. ISBN: 0-13-675919-X

Using Informix SQL (2nd Edition)
by Jonathan Leffler (Paperback) ISBN: 0-20-156509-9

Informix Unleashed

By John McNally, Glen Miller, Jim Prajesh, Jose Fortuny

ISBN: 0-67-230650-6

INDEX TO DOCUMENTS

Fitrix End User Starting	Fitrix Technical Starting	Four J’S Genero:
Fitrix Application Release Notes 5.20	VDT/RAD Tool Release Notes V 5.2	Business Development Language User Guide
Getting Started With Fitrix	RAD Tool Quick Tutorial	Genero Application Server Users Guide
Short Cut Implementation Checklist	Fitrix Technical Guides	Genero Desktop Client Users Guide
Fitrix End User Guides	Accounting Technical Reference	Genero JAVA Client Users Guide
General Ledger User Guide	Screen Technical Reference	Genero Web Client Users Guide
Accounts Payable User Guide	Enhancement Toolkit Technical Reference	Genero Web Services Extension Users Guide
Accounts Receivable User Guide	FG 4.12 New Features (Supplement)	Informix 4GL Syntax:
Payroll User Guide	Visual Menus Technical Reference	4GL by Example Version 7.3
Payroll User Reference	Report Code Generator Technical Reference	4GL Concepts and Use Version 7.3
Fixed Assets User Guide	Report Writer User Reference	4GL Reference Manual Version 7.3
Fixed Assets User Reference	Fitrix Technical Training	IDS Database:
Multi-Currency User Reference	Report Tools Training Guide	IDS Documentation Search Index
Order Entry User Guide	Screens and Menus Training Guide	IDS Documentation Folder
Inventory Control User Guide	Fitrix Database Maps
Purchasing User Guide	ALL Module Table Maps
Replenishment User Guide	Accounts Payable Table Maps
Bill Of Materials User Guide	Accounts Receivable Table Maps
Fitrix End User Training	Fixed Assets Table Maps
Accounting Training Guide	General Ledger Table Maps
Distribution Training Guide	Inventory Control Table Maps
Payroll Training Course Workbook	Multi-Currency Table Maps
	Order Entry Table Maps
	Purchasing Table Maps
	Payroll Table Maps
	Replenishment Table Maps
	Fitrix Data Import/Conversion
	Data Import/Data Conversion User Guide