How To Submit An Order Via The Internet
Items in BLUE apply to the United States.
Items in PURPLE apply to Canada.
Computer System Requirement
This feature requires Windows XP (Home or Professional).
Other versions of Windows are NOT supported.
Basic Screen Functionality
This screen is launched/started from the Reports/Order Summary (Tab 3).
All the normal reporting criteria should be set on Tab 3 before clicking the 'Submit To Web Page #' button. All the summarized items will be grouped in batches of 50 or 50 entries. The batch size is used due to the requirements of the Web Page. Each group of items will be assigned a WEB Page number starting with 1*. All the items selected using the criteria on the Order Summary tab will be listed in a grid. A basic edit will be done on the product numbers and any item that fails will have it's Submit checkbox UNCHECKED and a error message inserted into the status column. These items will not be sent to the web page. All items passing the basic edits will be assigned a Web Page number. Any item that you don't want to enter on the Web page should have it's Submit checkbox UNCHECKED.
* The Web page number is dynamic. Subsequent use of this screen may not assign products to the same Web page number. When using this screen all web pages should be submitted before exiting.
Start Custom Internet Browser.
Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.
This can any type of Internet connection such as DialUp, DSL, Cable, Lan.
Any ISP (Internet Service Provider) can be used such as AOL, MSN, NetZero, Phone Company, Cable Company...
The iOpus Internet Macros Browser will be started when clicking this button. Use Alt-Tab or the Windows Task bar to switch over to the iOpus Browser.
Sign On to YourAvon.Com or rp.ca.avon.com as normal and proceed to the 'Quick Entry Page' or 'Select Products To Order '.
After Signing On to the Web site and reaching the proper product entry page, switch back to AV4 by using the Alt-Tab Windows function or Click on AV4 on the Task Bar.
Note: Do not use any of the controls on the left side of the iOpus Browser. (Play, Stop ...).
Web Page to Submit / Start Submission
Select the Web page number to submit by Highlighting the number in the list box. When a Web page is selected, the 'Start Submission' button will be enabled. When the 'Start Submission' button is clicked, AV4 will start entering the products on the Product Entry Web Page. You can switch to the iOpus Browser and watch the products being entered. It takes about 1 second per product. It may pause randomly for about 5 seconds between products. Please be patient and do not interact with the iOpus browser during this process.
If a product is entered that fails the primary Web Page edit, a message will be displayed indicating the error. That entry on the Product Entry Page will be left blank. The status will change on the grid on the AV4 screen indicating the error. Any edit failures will need to be handled manually once the order submission process is complete. You must click OK to resume the automatic data entry. AV4 will continue to enter the products until the last product or the end of a batch has been entered for this page.
DO NOT interact with the web page until AV4 displays the 'Current Web Page # is Complete. BE SURE TO CLICK "Add to Order" or 'Save Products " IN THE WEB BROWSER'.
When the 'Add to Order' or 'Save Products' link is clicked in the Web Browser, the page will be sent to the Web Server and it will be validated. Any errors returned at this time must be resolved manually before clicking the 'Add to Order' or 'Save Products' link again.
Once the current web page is accepted by the Web Server, be sure have the browser positioned on an empty Product Entry Page.
Now use Alt-Tab or the Task bar to switch back to AV4. Select the next page to submit and repeat the process.
When all Web pages have been submitted, you can switch back to the browser (Alt-Tab or Task Bar) and Save the entire order and logoff the Web site.
Switch back to AV4 and exit the Submit Order Screen. This will shut down the iOpus Browser.
Note: You can still logon to the Avon Web Site in your usual manner to view or adjust your order.
Show Exceptions
This button will show only the items with the Submit box unchecked.
Show All
This button will show all the products, both checked and unchecked Submit box.
How to mark submitted orders processed
Set the same criteria on the Order Summary report tab that was used for the submission. Then click View to view the report of selected orders. When the report is closed, AV4 will ask 'Do you wish to mark summarized orders as printed'. Answer YES so then these orders will not be listed again on the Submit Order Screen. This can always be overridden by selecting 'Summary Type-All Orders'.
Basic Product Number Editing
First the product number is modified by removing all non numerics. (letters, dashes...)
1. Must be all numbers.
2. Must be exactly 6 digits.
3. Must not be 000000, 111111,222222,333333,444444,555555,666666,777777,888888,999999.
4. Quantity ordered must be greater than zero.
5. The campaign number must match the current campaign that AV4 is set. (or the previous 2 campaigns).
6. Must not be blank. | 
