Dialog service
The dialog service holds a number of dialogs and functionality related to the UI of the POS. Some dialogs are being used exclusively by other services others are being used specifically by an operation within the POS where the rest of the functionality is not available in the development pack.
Some of the dialogs use Dev Express components and cannot be opened up in designer view in Visual Studio without having Dev Express v. 15 installed.
Configurations
There are no specific configurations for this service as it is used by various other services and operations.
Main functionality
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ShowMessage | Displays a touch friendly message dialog with a message and an icon. There are various versions of this function with different parameters |
| ItemSearch | Used by the Item search operation as well as the Infocode service and the inventory lookup dialog |
| BarcodeSelect | Used by the Item search operation when the item selected has more than one barcode |
| ShowSpinnerDialog |
Displays a dialog with a spinner. Should be used when the action that is being run can be expected to take some time. Note -> should not be used with Site service operations. Then usethe function UpdateStatusDialog |
| EmailAddressInput | Makes sure that the value entered into the dialog is a valid email address |
| KeyboardInput | Displays a touch friendly dialog for keyboard input. Used by various operations in the POS |
| DateSelection | Displays a touch friendly dialog for the user to select a date |
| NumpadInput | Displays a touch friendly dialog for the user to enter a number |
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ShowStatusDialog, UpdateStatusDialog, CloseStatusDialog |
Displays a status dialog that should be used when the action is being run can be expected to take some time. Note -> this dialog can be used with Site service operations. |
| ShowCloseDrawerMessage | Shows a modal message dialog which does not close until the drawer is closed. This dialog will automatically close if called when the drawer is not open. |
POS Operations
Many operations in the POS directly call the Dialog service. Here below is a list of all the operations and which functions they call
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Sales person | Calls function ShowSalesPersonDialog |
| Return transaction | Calls function ShowReturnItemsDialog |
| Set reason code | Calls function ShowReturnItemsDialog |
| Item sale | Calls function ShowReasonCodeSelectDialog |
| Show journal | Calls function ShowJournalDialog |
| Item search | Calls function Item search |
| Price check | Calls function PriceCheck |
| Tender declaration, Bank drop, Safe drop, Bank drop reversal, Safe drop reversal | Calls function TenderDeclaration |
| Inventory lookup | Calls function InventoryLookup |
| Recall suspend transaction | Calls function ShowOverrideCustomer |
Development pack
To find this service in the development pack go to DevPack\Source\POS\Services
