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AutoLoad Digital Images of Supply Items

A digital image may be linked to each supply item to visually confirm what item is being ordered.

This can be especially useful when departments order supplies in Requisition Plus.

But loading image files manually into each supply item can be very tedious and time consuming.

There is an easier way: Autoloading!

u Prepare Image Files

How to AutoLoad Image Files

The trick:

· Name each image file with the item's Stock Number, .e.g., M1-215.jpg.

· Save all image files in a separate folder.

It's that easy—no calling up supply items one-at-a-time and browsing for image files. Plus, naming the image files after the stock number of the item they represent makes them much easier to manage over time.

How it works: During AutoLoad, ULTRA will search the separate folder for all image filenames that "match" the item stock number and link the image filename to the Stock Number.

So, let's begin by choosing Main Menu | File | Digital Images to bring up the AUTOLOADER function.

v Open AutoLoad

Main Menu | Files | Digital Image

w Click this button

x Select the Image File Folder from Look In Box

Here, we select the folder "2007 ULTRA" from the "Look In" box (top left).

y Select any File

Next, you simply click on any file in the "Open" window.

This tells ULTRA "Hey, the image files are in this folder."

z Click

Note: ULTRA "knows" all the common image file extensions and will attempt to match the filenames in the 2007 ULTRA folder against its internal list of Stock Numbers.

Note: For this example, we only added five image files (for all five types of batteries we stock). Notice (below) that all five battery image files have been autoloaded into the grid.

Autoload can be run each time you add a new item image.