Seeking Filepro Programmer

[Rick Mitchell]

Did anyone get a response on this?




Rick Mitchell

r.mitchell at bbswork.net
270-842-6789
270-202-7999
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On 3/2/17 1:32 PM, "Delmont Neroni via Filepro-list" <	> wrote:

>I am mostly retired at this point, but I still have one client left, and
>he needs a programmer/support person to do a bunch of cleanup and
>modifications to his system. I told him this was a good time for me to
>bow out and pass his business on to another Filepro programmer who is
>younger (hopefully) and more up to date (not difficult) than me. He has
>agreed to that. 
>He has been running the system for at least twenty years (maybe longer, I
>can't remember). It is a highly customized version of the old Fourgen
>system. The company is a Dunkin Donuts chain. The system runs in their
>back office. They originally used all the major functions, including
>payroll, inventory, etc., but they have gradually replaced many of those
>functions with external automated systems (payroll, inventory, etc.). The
>only thing left is accounting and sales input to the accounting system.
>The system currently runs on a SCO Unix 5 HP server . One major problem
>is that the menu system was built using Menu Maestro. This works very
>well, but Menu Maestro, as far as I know, only runs on SCO 5, so the
>system cannot be ported to any other platform. One project might be to
>convert the Menu Maestro menus to Filepro menus, but this is not an
>immediate need, perhaps a follow on.
>As I understand it right now, the immediate needs are:
>1. Eliminate unused code, menus, and data from the system (system
>cleanup). 
>2. Automate input of sales data (currently done manually).
>3. Automate export of accounting data to reporting and analysis tools
>that the owner likes to use to generate his own reports, etc. (mostly
>Excel, I believe).
>4. Improve the bank reconciliation process - automate this as much as
>possible. 
>So, we are looking for someone with plenty of experience developing
>Filepro systems and a detailed understanding of accounting systems.
>Knowledge of, or experience with, Fourgen is a definite plus, as is any
>knowledge of Dunkin Donuts systems.
>If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your phone number
>and a brief summary of experience to del at altsystem.com.
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>Thanks, 
>Del Neroni 
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