Form Settings

Form Settings

This tab contains settings relating to the forms used in PetLinx.

For users of the Desktop Network or Cloud edition, please note that the changes that you make in this screen will only affect your logon.
  1. The “Confirmations” section allows you to choose whether to be prompted when doing certain tasks within PetLinx.
  2. “Field Colors” sets the color of read-only fields and the current field in the PetLinx forms.
  3. “When PetLinx Starts” controls what forms are opened when PetLinx starts, if a list of customers with outstanding balances are shown, and if you should be prompted you about database backup issues.
  4. “Open a single copy of each form” prevents PetLinx from opening multiple copies of a form each time you click the form button in the Menu.
  5. The “Customers and Pets form” options relate to a legacy form used in older versions of PetLinx which can be toggled to be used or not.
  6. For the Calendar forms, if “Prompt about past uncompleted bookings when opening” is ticked you will be prompted about any uncompleted bookings when you open a calendar, which you can then view and update the status of. “Prompt to include past uninvoiced bookings when invoicing” indicates whether you will be prompted to include all past uninvoiced bookings (if any) when invoicing a booking for a customer.
  7. If “Prompt about expired or missing compulsory vaccinations” is ticked you will be alerted when updating a pet or making a booking if the pet’s compulsory vaccinations are not up to date.
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