Refresh All Workstations From One Location

How often have you found yourself taking 15 seconds to make a styling change and then spending 15 minutes to “refresh” all the workstations? Sure it only takes a quick punch of the reset button, but in a good sized fine dining operation you might have to walk the equivalent of a block or more to reach all the workstations. You find yourself arriving back at the office just about the time someone informs you that there is one more change needed. Well you can finally put your feet up and rest a bit, if you style these commands into your STARTUP chain:

        Variable Bkt Name = REFRSH

Variable Bkt Row = 0

Variable Bkt Col = 1

Search Bucket: NodeName    ;Sets Bucket Row to Row containing

                                    ;  the node name.   

If Bkt Row = 0              ;Node name not found.

Put NodeName                ;Add node name to bucket

Refresh Data

End If

…rest of chain…

The refresh is triggered by going to the DATA subdirectory and running the DOS command:

IF EXIST REFRSH.BUK ERASE REFRSH.BUK

This can be run from a shell in TouchPro, but since this often needs to be done in the office, make a Choose menu option or a Windows icon called Refresh Workstations, and set it up to run this command.

Important Note: When styling in the above commands, be sure to put them after you log in and before the rest of the order entry process. Otherwise the refresh may not occur until the second order is started, or the employee may find the system resetting suddenly in the middle of their order.