Zero Quantity in Contracts

Problem

Contracts include "scope of work" descriptions for items in an estimate, even if their quantity is zero.

Caught By

User feature request.

Workaround

Remove the excess line items from the word processor document, after creating the contract.

Solution

Starting with version 4.3, Goldenseal contract writing software will skip items that have zero quantity.

We have also added a new checkbox field in each Contract record, so you can control whether zero-quantity items are included in the Scope of Work, or not.

HINT-- You may want to include items with zero quantities in the Scope of Work, to emphasize that you are not doing that item of work.

To change the handling of items with zero quantity, follow these steps:

1. Choose Contracts from the Income menu.
2. Locate the contract you want to print.
3. Click the Contract Setup button.
4. Turn on the Include Zero Items checkbox if you want to include all line items in the contract's Scope of Work. Turn it off if you want to skip items with zero quantity.
5. Click OK.

Technical Details

Programmer note-- code added in CContract::WriteContract and CItemBreakdownEntry::WriteContractSpecs