Introduction To Units Units in Formever are measures of something – Length, Area, Volume, Counts etc.  For sake of discussion and this documentation Units can be sub-categorized into Dimensional  units and Dimensionless units.  Dimensional units are measures of: Length Volume Weight Energy Temperature Area Duration Dimensionless units are basically counts. Most often Dimensionless units are related … Read more

Conversion in Formever One of the powerful features of Formever is that the Quantity field can be configured to display its value in different ways. Take, for example, a US company with a Formever system that has a master form to capture product purchases in metric volumes (liters) because the product is purchased from a … Read more

Calculating in Formever Formever is designed for business systems. One of the ways this becomes apparent is how Formever supports quantities with units and rates.  Traditional big vendor business systems designed around a general purpose database represent a quantity as just a number. There’s no inherent knowledge in the system that this number is US … Read more

Introduction To Rates Rate are another unique quantity. In general, rates represent a ratio between two numbers. In Formever Rates are always a ratio between currency and a unit – currency/unit. For example, $/lb, $/hour, $/cubic yard.  In calculations, Formever knows when a quantity rate is multiplied by a quantity unit the result is currency. … Read more

Almost all world currencies are available as a quantity. If you can’t find your currency please contact us to add it. Introduction to Currency In Formever the currency quantity is unique because conversion between currencies is not a fixed rate like conversion between Units. For example, conversion between length units (metric vs US) has a … Read more

Non-Currency Dimensional Units Dimensional units in the following categories are supported:  Weight Length Volume Duration Energy Temperature Area Weight Standard USA Weight Ounce Pound Ton Standard Metric Weight Milligram Decagram Hectogram Microgram Kilogram Decitonne Tonne Other Weights There are dozens of other weight units available and you’ll find it in one of these categories: Metric … Read more

Introduction to Dimensionless Units in Formever Non-currency dimensionless units mostly represent counts of things. Different industries have standard ways of grouping products and materials.  One of the properties of dimensionless units is that if they are multiplied by a dimensional unit the result is the dimensional unit. For example, <tbd> Dimensionless units in the following … Read more

Introduction to Quantities in Formever Formever is intended for world wide use. Consequently it supports all world currencies and a vast array of units of measurement and counting. From Malaysian pau to Nepal Real Estate measure millikattha to South African Geodetic Foot you will find it in Formever.  In Formever every quantity is an amount … Read more

In Formever every quantity is an amount of something. This is true of businesses in general. They deal with quantities of weight, volume, area, linear measures etc. Use the Quantity field on a master form for capturing numeric data with associated units. For example, Prices $123.45, weights 45kg, liquid measures 5gal, or just simple counts, … Read more

Use the Pattern Text field on a master form for capturing formatted text data. For example, phone number (123)-456-7890, zip code (98362), postal code (v1t-4a5), multi-part numbers. Pattern Text field uses a mask to limit the type and position of characters. It can also have a sequence number. Pattern text field can have up to … Read more