FrameReady: The Main Menu

The Main Menu is the perfect resting place for daily operations:

It displays no private or sensitive customer or shop pricing information.
It contains short cuts to help you quickly go to all other areas of the program, find documents and create new records.
Returning to the Main Menu lets other employees know you are finished with your task.

Screenshot of FrameReady's Main Menu

Get Familiar with the Main Menu

Use the top navigational buttons to move to any FrameReady file without creating a new record. Clicking on an icon is like opening a file drawer, it takes you into the corresponding file and lets you see the last record anyone was viewing.
Each of the file icons are repeated in the colored blocks corresponding to that file. They perform the same function.
The large colored blocks in the middle of the screen correspond to the specific screen color in each file. The background screen color of the file corresponds to the color of the button, a good visual reminder.
The Main Menu is also where you set up your basic business information and default options for Work Orders and Invoices (login as level3 or higher)

Main Menu Special Features

Badges

Two 'badges' are visible on the Main Menu:

The number of Vendor Updates available (red circle to the left of the Update Vendor Pricing button); also displays the total count of available Vendor Matrix updates available.
The number of Incomplete Work Orders (orange circle to the right of the Find Incomplete Work Orders button)

Price Check Button

The Price Check button is a quick and easy way to give a customer a quote on the retail price per foot of any moulding. It is also available from Menu Bar > Perform > Price Check.

In the Price Codes section, click the Price Check button.
The Price Checker window opens.
Scan a bar code from the back of the corner sample or type the moulding number (or a partial number) into the Item field.
Click the Search button.

Note: If more than one moulding matches the search criteria, then a list of items appears. Click the moulding you want. Clicking the Find button returns you to the first dialog box.

The dialog box changes to show the Retail Price Per Foot for the moulding you have entered. If you wish to find another moulding price, simply click in the Item field. The previous entry will be removed and you can type in another number.

Note: The Retail Price per foot appears based on the price structure you have set up in the Price Codes file (which is why the background color of this dialog box is the same as the Price Codes file.)

Click Done to close the window.

Vendor Updates

Keep Your Prices Up-to-date

The Update Vendor Pricing button is only available from the Main Menu (in the Pink Price Codes Section). Automatic vendor pricing updates can be done easily with a valid FrameReady Subscription and internet service on your FrameReady computer.

One-click Vendor Pricing is Available For FrameReady

We support over 200 vendors in the US, Canada, Mexico, UK and Australia. Our annual subscription membership package entitles you to instant supplier pricing downloads.

Call the FrameReady Team at 1-888-281-3303 during business hours (ET).

Successful shops make it a habit to click this button on a regular basis (perhaps the start of your business week) in order to see which of their preferred vendors has updated prices.
If there is an update for a preferred vendor, a checkmark appears beside the Validation Date. If you do not wish to perform any updates, click Cancel.
See Vendor Pricing Updates for complete instructions.

Information at a Glance

The Login Account field (lower left) shows which account you are logged into, i.e. level1, level2... On FrameReady Multi site this field also shows the specific location, i.e. 1-level1, 2-level3, etc.
The FrameReady version number appears bottom center.
Today's date appears in the bottom right.

Screen Size

The Auto Zoom feature allows you to take advantage of higher screen resolutions so that the program will attempt to fill your entire screen.

FrameReady 10.2+ is designed to take advantage of a 1920x1080 HD screen.

Simply click on the checkbox.
When running the program on a network and you wish to have the auto zoom either default to On or Off, this procedure must be done on the Host/Server computer using a copy of FileMaker Pro.
Problems? See: Windows Are Too Big or Small

Reports Printable from the Main Menu

The following documents and reports can be printed from within the Main Menu:

Pro Tips

All underlined words are buttons. Clicking such buttons will open detail windows.
The Create Frame Order and Create Product Order are are also available on the Purchase Order file in the Form View.
Sales Reports are accessible only from the Main Menu when logged in as level4.