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Maxsys and MX Series Software Administrator’s Guide 169
Chapter 11: Stocks
This chapter provides information on creating and modifying
your stock inventory.
Using Maxsys Stock Setups
Those who may use Maxsys stock setups in the MX Series system should
carefully read the following section. Those who will not be using Maxsys
setups can skip this section.
The Stock Management system (released with Maxsys version 3.1) replaces the
Inventory Management system that was used in previous releases of Maxsys. The
new Stock Management system uses a different file format for storing stock files
to disk. Pre-Maxsys 3.1 stock files can be read by the Stock Management system;
however, Maxsys 3.1 and above cannot write stock files to disk in pre-Maxsys 3.1
format.
Anytime you click Save or Sav
e As on a stock dialog, the file written to disk will
be in Maxsys 3.1 format. Therefore, if you open a pre-Maxsys 3.1 stock object in
Maxsys 3.1 and above and then click Save or Save As, the stock object will be
written to disk in Maxsys 3.1 format. If you click Cancel, the stock file on the disk
will not be modified.
If your site has multiple Maxsys systems sharing stock files and different
releases of Maxsys software, you should be careful to edit only stock files
with your 3.0 or earlier system.
The following is a list of scenarios to consider:
• Scenario
#1 - You have different releases of Maxsys, but each Maxsys system
maintains its own list of stock objects (i.e. stock objects needed by each
Maxsys system is created on the Maxsys system that needs it). This is OK. You
will not have any problems with stock files as long as nobody (i.e. operators,
supervisors, MIS staff, etc.) copies stock files from one Maxsys system to
another.
• Scenario #2 - You have different releases of Maxsys, and each Maxsys system
has its own list of stock objects. However, the list of stock files is copied from
one Maxsys system to another. It is acceptable to copy stock files from a pre-