You'll find descriptons of window elements below.
Please note that some of the toolbars might not be visible if not chosen in the toolbars section of the View menu.
Title bar
Title bar displays CafeSuite version number, operator name and, when the software is registered, license owner.
Menu bar
Menu bar contains all the program commands grouped in menus:
| ▪ | List |
| ▪ | View |
| ▪ | Help |
Main toolbar
The main toolbar contains buttons that execute most frequently used commands. Hold the mouse cursor over a button to see its description.
Rates list
The Rates drop down list allows you to temporarily change the charging rate assigned to the selected workstations. It can be also used to change the charging rate when the time is already being counted, the charge will be recalculated.
Templates toolbar
This toolbar allows you to generate accounts quickly using account templates.
Choose a template, enter username prefix into the Username field and the number of accounts to be created into the Count field. Use the Create buton to generate accounts.
See also: Account generator
Accounts toolbar
This toolbar allows you to operate on accounts without switching to the Accounts panel. Select an account and use one of the buttons to perform an operation.
Time toolbar
The Time toolbar contains buttons for setting time limits and starting time.
You can adjust these buttons to your preference using the Time buttons command from the View menu.
If the Recharge prepaid accounts instead of setting time limit option is selected on the Accounts page in the configuration, the time buttons can be used to rechage account used on the selected workstation.
Cash toolbar
Use buttons from Cash toolbar to start time periods costing amount assigned to the selected button.
When customer wants to use the computer and pay only $10, you can use the $10 button to add time worth $10. The time period will be calculated automatically using the charging rate assigned to the workstation (or the cash button).
You can configure money buttons using the Cash buttons command from the View menu.
If the Recharge prepaid accounts instead of setting time limit option is selected on the Accounts page in the configuration, the cash buttons can be used to rechage account used on the selected workstation.
Panels
Workstations panel
All workstations are displayed on this list. Use Add computer command from the List menu to manually add computers to the list.
Icons change according to the computer state:
| ▪ |  - free (no time limit) |
| ▪ |  - computer with time limit |
| ▪ |  - computer that has it's time counted |
| ▪ |  - computer with exceeded time limit |
| ▪ |  - locked computer |
| ▪ |  - turned off computer |
- Paid indicators mark workstations that have their bill settled (customer already paid).
Click the right mouse button or press Enter key (when a workstation is selected) to display context menu.
It's possible to select more than one computer using Ctrl and Shift keys.
Click on the column header to change sorting order. You can choose which columns columns should be displayed using the Columns command from the View menu.
Colors used in the workstation list can be to display the list using the Colors command from the View menu.
If you want to change the font used to display the list use the Choose font command from the View menu.
See also:
Log window
All actions and events are listed here. Use
Ctrl+C shortcut to copy selected text.
Status bar
Short messages about program status are displayed in the status