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1st Things First...
Latest Update...
NEW Series Two ** Important Update Information:
Click here for
all the details...
Series Two - v2.0.03, 10/15/2015 click
here to update... (NEW
Barcode Reader Function) With this update you can scan
coupons into la Coupon-Tracker using Barcode Reader...
Series One - v1.0.19, 01/25/2012
is the last update click here for
more information...
Check Out Our New Product...
Basic Tips...

Tooltips - if you move your mouse over any header, a tip will be
displayed about that field.

To select any item listed on any grid, Double Click
the gray box to the far left.
- Use TAB key to move from one field to
another.
- Use ENTER key to accept a Command Button
when button is active.
- During any screen session, you must select the Save
All button to save all applied changes back to your
database. This allows you to Quit without
saving any changes.
- It's always a good idea to backup your Databases, backup the
files CouponTracker.accdb and the
laSystem.accdb (just copy them to a flashcard)
- On any data table view, you can select any header to
sort by that header ascending or descending.
- On any data table view, you can select items by using the
mouse and Shift key or Ctrl key. To select all - click the gray
box in the top left corner. Then use Ctrl C to copy and Ctrl V
to paste. You can copy/paste into any other Windows program
including Word and Excel.
- Pull-Down Menus are sorted alphabetically,
use your mouse or keyboard to help make selection. Example: your
looking for Hunt's in the name brand pull-down, enter the letter
H, it may not go right to Hunt's but it will go to the first H.
Then use your mouse or up and down arrow keys to find Hunt's
then press TAB key to make selection.
- Remember the Name Brand is the primary
match key and the product and coupon Description
is the secondary match key. Keep this in mind when setting up
your Name Brands, Products and Coupons.
As you open each screen; the products screen, coupons screen or
any other screen. You're working in what is referred to as a screen
session or file maintenance session. This design allows you to make
many changes to many different records within the same session. Then
when ready you can Save all the changes that you made back to the
databases, or you could choose not to Save any changes at all. As
each screen loads, it loads all the records into that session for
you to view, modify, add or delete.

Most all screens look similar to this one, you have your basic
Add, Delete, Save All
and Refresh buttons at the very bottom and the
Edit, Apply and Cancel
buttons in the Current Record section. After making a
change to any record, you select the Apply button
to apply that change to your session. (memory only) When you're
finished making all your changes, select the Save All
button to save all changes back to the databases.
- Add - add new record.
- Delete - delete current record highlighted
- Save All - save all changes back to your
live databases.
- Refresh - reload all data from current
databases.
- Edit - edit current highlighted record.
(you can also double click record to edit)
- Apply - apply change to current session
(memory).
- Cancel - cancel any change to current
record being added or edited.
Example: You made a change to a coupon and apply it, then you
deleted an expired coupon. But you then realized that you deleted
the
wrong coupon. Select either Refresh or Quit
without saving all.
To Quit or Exit any screen
session, click the X in the upper right corner of
that window. This includes the Main Menu Screen.
This system has two match keys used to match products and coupons
together when working with the coupons file and the shopping list.
- Name Brand - by default Name Brand is the
primary match key. (the system works best when the Global System
Option (One) is set to ON, see System Options)
- Description (product or coupon) - by
default is the secondary match key.
As you select the Name Brand when working with the Coupon file,
the products table is filtered down to the Name Brand. As you type
the description, the products table is then filtered down even
deeper to the secondary match key.

You can use the Match Filter checkbox to toggle
between match Name Brand Only or
match Name Brand + Description.
The basic idea of this system is to catalog products and coupons
using the Name Brand as the primary match key, this allows you to
utilize the products table during Coupon file maintenance. And
utilize both the products table and coupons table during the
Shopping List file maintenance. The Name Brand insures that products
and coupons can be matched up when creating your Shopping List. For
that reason the Name Brand is selected from a system Pull-Down menu
rather than typing it over and over.

It also keeps the Name Brands consistent
throughout the system.
The Name Brand is the common dominator between products and coupons.
The shopping list is designed so you can have multiple shopping
list going on at the same time. The system can do this by utilizing
a Shopping List Header (master) table and a Detail Line Item
Shopping List table. The header holds the name of the store and
shopping date while the detail holds each shopping list line item
and coupons that go with each item. The shopping list works much
like an order entry type program. You process your shopping list,
print and clear your shopping list from here.

- Shopping List Items - add, edit and delete
line items in the highlighted shopping list.
- Print Shopping List - print
the highlighted shopping list.
- Clear Shopping List - clear the highlighted
shopping list.
- Note: After completing a shopping list, and
before clearing, you should Edit the shopping list making any
changes as needed so the coupon counts will continue to be
correct.
- Note: Clearing Shopping List will remove
(delete) all line items for that shopping list.
- If you Delete a Shopping List Header, it
will also remove (delete) all the line items and is the
equivalent to Clearing Shopping List.
- Tip: Laurie Ann never deletes a shopping
list header, she will Clear Shopping List for a
completed list. And then she will reuse that header by changing
the shopping date and starts a new shopping list. Again
she can reuse the header because she has Cleared
the old line items from the detail item table.
- Tip: Laurie Ann will use any sale ads from
newspapers while working in her shopping list, by selecting the
Name Brand she can tell if she has coupons for that item.
The Basics when setting up Shopping List...
- Add a line item.
- Select Name Brand.
- Browse the products table to locate the product (double
click to insert)
- If product is not found, make up the product description.
- Insert Coupons as needed for that line item.
- Note: Coupon counts are deducted at this
point. (that's why it's important to make any changes before
Clearing Shopping List)
- Note: All product Unit Prices are saved
back to the product table. If you never double click from the
product table, then it cannot associate that line item back to
product table.
Laurie Ann's Coupon-Tracker Database comes with hundreds of Name
Brands, Categories and Products already loaded. Follow steps below
to get started...
- Use the File pull-down to access all file
maintenance screens.
- All files are customizable.
- Modify the Stores File to fit your area and
needs. You can change store names.
- Browse the Categories and Name Brands File
to modify as needed or required. Please keep in mind that some
products may be assigned to existing name brands or categories.
- Start adding your coupons, if a name brand does not exist,
Save All and add it using Name Brand file maintenance.
Note: you can add new products during Coupon File
Maintenance.
- Start a New Shopping List.
- Print Shopping List and go shopping.
- After completing shopping list, modify any changes and Clear
Shopping List.
- The Print Shopping List
requires Microsoft Report Viewer to be installed, this should
have installed during the initial installation, If you get an error when
trying to print shopping list you should install that FREE add-on software.
To install Now - click here
Microsoft Report
Viewer..
If you like this program? click here to
purchase...
Backup and Empty Tables Utilities
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Under the System pull-down menu, you will find a
menu option called Utility. Under that Compact
Database, Backup and Restore and Empty Tables options.
- Compact Database (feature discontinued in Series Two
Version) - use this to compact and
repair the CouponTracker.accdb database. Basically this will
pack if you will, the database, decreases the size and allows
the program to run faster and more efficiently.
- Backup Database - use this to make a backup
copy of the CouponTracker.accdb so you can easily restore if
needed.
- Restore Database - use this to restore from
one of two backup copies. One is before a Compact is run from
above. The other is the copy created by the Backup Database
option from above.
- Empty Tables - use this to empty data
(delete) from any or all tables. The system comes with hundreds
of Categories, Name Brands and Products pre-loaded. Most users
would rather empty those tables and start over with their own
Brand Names and Categories. Use this if you wish to empty any or
only certain tables.
Transferring la Coupon-Tracker from one computer to another...
NOTE: The latest version Two
series is a completely different database than the series One, the
new series Two version uses an embedded SQL Ce database. We no
longer use Access databases.
- Series One version number starts with
1 like v1.0.15 - used Access databases.
- Series Two version number starts with 2
like v2.0.15 - Embedded SQL Ce databases.
- Important: Series One and Series Two
Versions are NOT compatible with one another.
Let's say you have got yourself a new computer... Great! Now you
need to get la Coupon-Tracker and your data transferred over to your new computer. Follow
instructions below to do that...
Note: click here to open
this instructions page in a new window... (outside la
Coupon-Tracker)
- Using your New Computer....
- Download and install la Coupon-Tracker again from this
website. (Series Two Only)
- Start it up just like you did before, it should set the 14
day trial...
- After la Coupon-Tracker is installed and running in the 14
day trial mode on your new computer, logon to your old
computer...
- Make sure la Coupon-Tracker is not running...
- Using a thumb drive or memory stick copy and paste these two
files from your old computer to the thumb drive or memory stick,
or what ever media that you may be using.
- CouponTracker.accdb (Series One)
- laSystem.accdb (Series One)
- CouponTracker.sdf (Series Two)
- laSystem.sdf (Series Two)
Both files are located in the C:\laCouponTracker
folder of your old computer.
- Now plug the memory stick or media that you may be using
into your new machine.
- Make sure la Coupon-Tracker is not running.
- Copy and paste those two files from the (media) into the
C:\laCouponTracker folder on your new computer.
(making sure to overwrite the existing files)
- Startup la Coupon-Tracker on the new machine... you should be
good to go...
- Once you're satisfied that your data has been transferred
over to your new machine, you should un-install la
Coupon-Tracker from your old machine.
Note: You should not have to re-activate the
product...
Warning: under copyright law and the EULA
(end-user-license-agreement) that you agreed too, requires that you
should un-install la Coupon-Tracker from your old machine since you
have installed it on another.