The foreign codes are simply aliases for company item code.Foreign item codes has been introduced to enable EAN codes instead of internal codes during counter sale. This is auxiliary numbering which is less useful on purchase side, where purchase staff use company item codes, which eventually should be translated to supplier codes (this is not implemented yet).
Janusz
1,101 12/20/2010 09:04:43 am
Re: How to edit "item code" ? (14 replies, posted in Items and Inventory)
1,102 12/19/2010 05:15:40 pm
Re: How to change database server to ms sql server? (7 replies, posted in FA Modifications)
Really I don't know what can be a problem here. Do you use only latin chars in login/password, or also some utf8/georgian accented letters ? Maybe this is some problem with encoding used on login screen?
Janusz
1,103 12/19/2010 05:08:07 pm
Re: GL Accounts not working (9 replies, posted in Report Bugs here)
All the changes between RC2 and RC3 you will find in Changelog.txt file. Sorry, I cannot reproduce the problem with GL accounts edition. Moreover there is nothing special on this screen comparing to other edition interfaces.
Janusz
1,104 12/19/2010 04:34:47 pm
Re: There are no purchasable inventory items defined in the system (9 replies, posted in Accounts Payable)
Seems all your created items are defined as manufactured goods, so they are not purchasable.
Janusz
1,105 12/19/2010 04:30:39 pm
Re: installation freezes up (6 replies, posted in Installation)
Look into Setup/System Diagnostics page to know whether your server supports nl_BE locale or not.
Janusz
1,106 12/17/2010 09:43:51 pm
Re: RSS on the News page (1 replies, posted in Report Bugs here)
While we have no RSS source on our web page you can attach to any of our forums e.g. Announcements. RSS feed address for forums is: https://frontaccounting.com/punbb/extern.php, and here you will find some instructions:
http://punbb.informer.com/docs/dev.html#syndication
Janusz
1,107 12/17/2010 09:05:48 pm
Re: installation freezes up (6 replies, posted in Installation)
Hi Frank,
I couldn't find the problem on my linux box, but Joe (who use Win) just have solved the problem. Please supersede the inlcudes/packages.inc file with the one downloaded from our CVS, or place following line just after remote_url.in inclusion in packages.inc.:
include_once($path_to_root."/includes/hooks.inc");
Or do not install any additional packages in wizard: you can do it later after installation.
Janusz
1,108 12/17/2010 08:50:26 pm
Re: How to change database server to ms sql server? (7 replies, posted in FA Modifications)
Jori, please let me know what is the problem with MySQL. While I personally use only unix-like systems, Joe really does all the development and testing works under Windows without any problem. Could you send me some link to the bug report still ignored by MySQL team?
As I have stated before, porting FA from MySQL to any other database engine is NOT trivial work. We have done our best to make it easier - all db-related instructions (beside install wizard) are moved to single file, so only thing which any volunteer have to do is "just" change this file to use mssql, run FA using mssql and fix a couple of found problems. I would like to say good luck, but nobody determined enough to continue have not appeared so far.
Or I have missed any brave heart over there 
?
Janusz
1,109 12/17/2010 05:45:22 pm
Re: Giving a Credit (3 replies, posted in Setup)
Yes, it would be great to have all this explained in Wiki. Regarding dimensions I'm not especiall familiar with the idea, so I can't elp, but this feature is descried in a couple of posts on dimensions forum.
Janusz
1,110 12/17/2010 12:59:11 pm
Re: GL Accounts not working (9 replies, posted in Report Bugs here)
Probably you have some local problem with installed files. All works right in 2.3.0 - you can check on next.frontaccounting.eu demo. Please download and install latest tarball from sourceforge.net to be sure.
Janusz
1,111 12/17/2010 12:51:58 pm
Re: Updated files (1 replies, posted in Report Bugs here)
Please download latest 2.3.0a tarball from Sourceforge .net
Janusz
1,112 12/17/2010 12:40:24 pm
Re: void a transaction - direct invoice - PO not voided (2 replies, posted in Accounts Payable)
Regarding direct invoice voiding this is consistent with the way how invoice is voided in sales module, but maybe this should be changed to make user's life easier. The other things you have described should be considered as a bug, so please report them on Mantis.
Janusz
1,113 12/17/2010 12:29:03 pm
Re: plz help, i need to make a invoice with negative amount (15 replies, posted in Accounts Receivable)
No, finally it was not introduced in 2.3 due to lack of resources, but I have just filled related report on Mantis, to investigate the preposition it in near future.
Janusz
1,114 12/17/2010 12:18:29 pm
Re: Transaction Type (2 replies, posted in Banking and General Ledger)
Look into includes/sysnames.inc. Here you will find two tables at the top: one with transaction names, the other with shortcuts. You can try to mangle with the names here, however it can have side effects like having 'SI' instead of 'Sales Invoice' also in printed document 
.
JAnsuz
1,115 12/17/2010 12:10:56 pm
Re: installation freezes up (6 replies, posted in Installation)
The error messages are because of some weird server setup. Not allowing to use putenv() is a little paranoid. If you want to know more about the problem with white screen on you box, set go_debug to 1 in config.php, tehn error reporting is switched on.
Janusz
1,116 12/17/2010 12:05:19 pm
Re: Giving a Credit (3 replies, posted in Setup)
Customer deposits should be entred via Customer Payment in Sales module, but if you have used right customer selector in Deposits under GL it also should work. Credit Notes can be entered with no relation to any Sales Invoice via CustomerCredit Note, or against invoice selected in Customer Transactions Inquiry.
Once you have Invoice entered you can allocate any previous payment or credit note via Customer Allocation Inquiry.
Janusz
1,117 12/13/2010 10:13:47 am
Re: Login Timeout (5 replies, posted in Installation)
The reason is definitely on server settings side. But were the dot you mention about is added? Maybe you have some invalid mod_rewrite settings in apache2.conf ?
Janusz
1,118 12/13/2010 07:40:14 am
Re: Login Timeout (5 replies, posted in Installation)
Your problem is probably related to invalid session handling on your server host. Try to set explicit save_path directory uncommenting line 196 in session.inc. An yes, the problem is not related to commented out setenv() calls, however this can disable language switching in your application providing you are using MS Win system.
Janusz
1,119 12/12/2010 04:57:43 pm
Re: DATABASE ERROR : could not get location info error code : 1064 (3 replies, posted in Accounts Payable)
Unfortunately we have introduced this bug during last fixes before 2.3.0 release. Please download changed file from Mantis. It is attached to bug report 0000318.
Janusz
1,120 12/12/2010 04:57:23 pm
Re: DATABASE ERROR : could not get location info error code : 1064 (2 replies, posted in Report Bugs here)
Unfortunately we have introduced this bug during last fixes before 2.3.0 release. Please download changed file from Mantis. It is attached to bug report 0000318.
Janusz
1,121 12/12/2010 09:30:46 am
Re: Drop down list containing account number and account name - bigger? (3 replies, posted in Banking and General Ledger)
You can fix selector width changing max-width setting for select in default.css file in theme used. The list width is in most cases some compromise between readability and proper screen layout in various resolutions.
Janusz
BTW. Probably your company should look for new person responsible for IT policy .
J.
1,122 12/12/2010 09:23:04 am
Re: installing extensions - changed? (1 replies, posted in Setup)
Yes, there was huge changes in this matter. Now to install extensions you have to create hooks connector class derived from 'hooks' class found in includes/hooks.inc. All needed integration hooks should be defined here.
Unfortunately I have not found time to write documentation nor example implementation for new extensions system. I promiss to do it asap . In meantime you can read comments in hooks.inc which explain most details of new integration scheme.
Janusz
1,123 12/12/2010 09:17:28 am
Re: theme fancy - "back" button is not working (3 replies, posted in Setup)
Ernie, registration system on mantis works just right (tested a couple of days ago), the problem is probably in invalid antispam settings on your box, or rather at you mail services provider. Please try another mail to activate your mantis account, you can correct the address in account settings later.
Janusz
1,124 12/11/2010 10:56:20 am
Re: Recurring Journal Entry ... entry and posting function (7 replies, posted in Wish List)
Really good idea to be included in FA2.4
Janusz
1,125 12/11/2010 10:55:23 am
Re: Manufacturing: How do I Track Inventory costs of elements and product? (5 replies, posted in Manufactoring)
Manufacturing module in FA is rather simple, and in fact full manufacturing chain implementation needs all the module rewrite. If you have also experience with databases feel free to start the work by redesign the FA database area related to manufacturing.
Janusz