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Fourth Generation Training Class Information

The Location:

All scheduled classes are held at our offices in Atlanta, Ga. We also offer on-site classes at your location.

Training Rates:

All scheduled classes are priced at a rate of $350 per day, for each student attending. This rate includes all class materials.

On-Site Classes:

Any of the listed classes are available to be held on-site at your location. All classes are limited to a maximum of 10 students. Labs can be performed on your equipment (the current version of all required products must be installed), or we can supply rental equipment for the class.

On-Site Training Rates:

On-Site classes are priced at a rate of $1500 per day, plus a per student charge of $55 per day, plus travel expenses. The per student charges apply to each day of a multi-day course, even if a student does not attend the entire course.

Custom Training:

We can design custom training classes to meet special needs.

Payment Options:

FGSS accepts checks and American Express. We will be glad to bill you, but require payment in order to hold your space. We offer a 10% discount for students that are registered and paid within 2 months before the class starting date. All prepayments are fully refundable up to 1 week before the class starting date.

Fourth Generation Training: End-User Accounting

Class Overview:

Audience: End-Users
Prerequisites: None
Length: 3 days

Products Covered:

• Fourth Generation Business General Ledger
• Fourth Generation Business Accounts Receivable
• Fourth Generation Business Accounts Payable
• Fourth Generation Multilevel Tax
• Fourth Generation Menus
• Fourth Generation User Control Libraries

Format: lecture and hands-on lab exercises

Course Overview:

This course is designed to familiarize End-Users with the Fourth Generation Accounting Modules. You will learn how to set up your accounting system, and how to perform the daily and periodic procedures through a combination of lectures and hands-on labs.

Course Objective: At the end of this course, you'll be able to:

• Use the Fourth Generation Accounting system
• Use the Fourth Generation Menus and Data Entry Commands
• Set up a new company
• Set up Multilevel Tax codes
• Understand the process used to maintain and update G/L account balances
• Set up each of the Fourth Generation Accounting Modules
• Record General Ledger documents
• Record Recurring G/L documents
• Complete the steps for Period End processing
• Print Period End reports and financial statements
• Understand the major tasks performed in Accounts Receivable

Fourth Generation Training: End-User Distribution

Class Overview:

Audience: End-Users
Prerequisites: none
Length: 3 days

Products Covered:

• Fourth Generation Inventory Control
• Fourth Generation Order Entry
• Fourth Generation Purchasing
• Fourth Generation Multi-level Tax
• Fourth Generation Menus
• Fourth Generation User Control Libraries

Format: lecture and hands-on lab exercises

Course Overview:

This course is designed to familiarize End-Users with the Fourth Generation Distribution modules. You will learn how to set up these modules, and how to perform daily procedures through a combination of lectures and hands-on labs.

Course Objective: At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Use the Fourth Generation Distribution System
• Use the Fourth Generation Menus and Data entry commands
• Set up a new company
• Set up Multilevel Tax Codes
• Set up each of the Fourth Generation Distribution Modules
• Understand the major tasks performed in Inventory Control
• Process Inventory Transactions such as receiving, shipping, transfers, adjustments and physical counts
• Understand the major tasks performed in Order Entry
• Process a customer order through all stages, beginning with entry of order through to invoicing of order
• Understand the major tasks performed in Purchasing
• Process a vendor purchase order through all stages, beginning with entry of purchase order through to receipts of merchandise and interface to Accounts Payable
• Create User Defined Fields
• Add Freeform Notes
• Use personal "To Do" notes
• Customize on-line help text
• Define function keys or control keys
• Set up User Defined Actions or Navigation Events
• Customize error messages and log errors
• Locate program status information
• Add a request for a change or addition to the software

Fourth Generation Training: End-User Report Writer

Class Overview:

Audience: End-Users
Prerequisites: None
Length: 2 days

Products Covered:

• Fourth Generation Report Writer
• 132 Column Pager

Format: lecture and hands-on lab exercises

Course Overview:

This course is designed to familiarize End-Users with the Fourth Generation Report Writer tool. You will learn how to use the Report Writer to increase your productivity by creating your own reports. You will have hands on experience building complex customized reports.

Course Objective: At the end of this course, you'll be able to:

• Use the Fourth Generation Report Writer
• Use the Ring Menu and Pull Down Menu options
• Understand the flow of steps involved in creating reports
• Manipulate report data by arranging, sorting and totaling columns in a report
• Print reports using the report runner
• Group data in a report
• Create selection sets for defining report selection criteria
• Edit reports using the report editor
• Define or redefine column detail information
• Add or modify report blocks
• Set up the data dictionary for user friendly column and table names
• Define the relationship of a new table to other tables
• Add a table to a data group

Fourth Generation Training: CASE: Report Writer

Class Overview:

Audience: Application developers with extensive technical knowledge and system implementers with some technical knowledge

Prerequisites:

• Knowledge and experience with INFORMIX-4GL
• A basic knowledge of UNIX
• An understanding of relational database concepts
• Familiarity with the INFORMIX stores database
• Knowledge and experience with INFORMIX-ISQL
• Knowledge of the vi text editorLength: 2 days

Products Covered:

• Fourth Generation Report Writer
• Fourth Generation Report Code Generator
• Fourth Generation Featurizer
• Fourth Generation 132 Column Pager

Format: Lecture and hands-on lab exercises.

Course Overview:

This course is designed to familiarize application developers with the Fourth Generation Report Writer and Report Generator. You will learn how to use these tools to increase productivity and work within the Fourth Generation standards to maintain forward compatibility. You will have hands on experience building complex customized reports.

Course Objective: At the end of this course, you'll be able to:

• Understand the flow of steps involved in creating reports
• Manipulate report data by arranging, sorting, and totaling columns in a report
• Print reports using the report runner
• Group data in a report
• Create selection sets for defining report selection criteria
• Edit reports using the report editor

Fourth Generation Training: CASE: Screens & Menus

Class Overview:

Audience: Application developers with extensive technical knowledge

Prerequisites:

Length: 5 days

Products Covered:

• Fourth Generation Screen Painter
• Fourth Generation Code Generator
• Fourth Generation User Control Libraries
• Fourth Generation Featurizer
• Fourth Generation Menus

Format: lecture and hands-on lab exercises

Course Overview:

This course is designed to familiarize application developers with the Fourth Generation Screen and Menu tools. You will learn how to use these tools to increase productivity and work within the Fourth Generation standards to maintain forward compatibility. You will have hands on experience building complex customized applications.

Course Objective: At the end of this course, you'll be able to:

Fourth Generation CASE: Screens

• Create a lookup and place it on a field
• Use the 'Database' option to manage tables in your database
• Understand why and when to use 'Input Areas'
• Understand the basic sections of a .per file
• Understand the uses and benefits of the User Control Library
• Understand the various file types produced with each tool
• Understand the basic criteria and conventions of functions written with the Screen Generator
• Understand the uses and benefits of hypertext
• Understand the uses and benefits of triggers
• Understand how entered data flows from input screen to table
• Use some common variables that are always created
• Understand how to reference an inputted value on a screen
• Understand how an add-on-header differs from a Zoom screen and how to code one
• Understand how generic requests from libraries become translated into data dependent tasks performed in local code
• Understand what switchboxes are and why they are used
• Understand what events are and when to use them
• Place INFORMIX-4GL instructions that drive events into code
• "Hand-code" a zoom screen
• Code a zoom picker
• Understand what an extension screen is and how to code one
• Maintain multiple versions of one program
• Recognize Fourth Generation table names
• Understand how code is compiled and linked
• Use and modify a local Makefile
• Create your own custom library
• Use blocks to manipulate code
• Plug and unplug features with a .set file
• Use the 'vararg' family of functions
• Use a picker window to pull up varying levels of help text or notes
• Remove ring menu options
• Incorporate pull-down ring menu options into your input programs

Fourth Generation CASE: Menus

• Understand the files that make up Fourth Generation Menus
• Understand the Menus directory structure
• Instruct Menus to run programs in custom directories
• Run Fourth Generation CASE programs from Menus