Best way to handle payment of services

[Robbydobbs]

I am setting up a program for a client who plows snow. He may plow snow more than once for a customer before he gets paid. In other words, he may plow snow on three separate days before he gets paid. The payment will cover all three days. How can I setup an invoice showing separate days and one payment covering all the days. Also he has a customer who trades dog grooming for plow services, how is the best way to show payment for this service.

[Søren Dyhr]

Both invoices and payment registrations needs to go to the same table, what goes on in the "itemlines" of an invoice or a payment is next to irrelevant, what matters is the summing of services or the abstract merchandise money/payment.

Each of the two kinds of document have opposite signs, so getting the amount the customer owes or we owes the customer, is only a matter of summarizing all transactions belonging to the particular customer.

But unfortunately do I not have access to a fm5 version any more, so making you a template can't be done I'm afraid. Hopefully do you by this have enough to go on??

--sd

[Robbydobbs]

Thank you for your help. I will follow your advice. I am working on updating my FMPro.