HELP with Credit Card Numbers on Receipt

May 23, 2005 6 Replies
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Hi, I migrated to RMS over a year ago from QuickSell 2000, and have been having a problem with my receipts. Originally RMS woudl print the entire CC number on the receipt. So I turned the CC mask on, as it now displays the last 4 digits of the card. Unfourtnatley I cannot identify what type of card was used (as the indicating digit is the first digit) and my AMEX and DISC cards go in seperate from my V and MC so i need to verify their deposits seperatley. I've tried having my employees write what card was used on the receipt but you can guess how many recepits I actually get with card info on them.



I'm not familure with XML but I am with HTML and javascript so i'm sure i can figure something out, but was looking for a suggestion.



I tried to unmask through Manager but it doesn't work. Is there a way I can either unmask the credit cards and mask the last 8 digits leaving the first 4 unmasked? This is how QUickSell did it and it worked great! If not, I was thinking of adding a field that will display the type of card used. Some type of If statement that will print Discover if the card begins with 6, etc.



ANyone else have this problem?



I apprecaite any help.. Thanks!


- Andy


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I recommend creating separate tender types for each card, then using the Validation Mask settings to prevent cards being entered in the wrong tender field.

The masking is done internal to RMS, not in the receipt template, so there's no way to unmask the first character only. You could enter this as a suggestion to MS, but using separate tenders per card type is the best solution.

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Thanks for the reply, I never thought of that!

The tender type would be displayed on the receipt and I'd just call it "Amex" or "Discover" and then all would be well.

Thanks a million!

- Andy

"Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt]" wrote:

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We have separate tender types for each card. Also our credit card processing company breaks it down when we print the report each day after batching out.

You might also wan to check your state law about credit card masking. Alabama has a new law saying a store of any variety must mask the cards.

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I wish our processor did that, our Visa and Master Cards go in together as one, but Discover goes in from Discover, and Amex goes in From amex, not our clearing house. We don't do daily batches of the credit cards as they are saved (masked) in the database of both RMS and PC Charge. We just do an electronic settlement at the end of the day.

I'm not sure if RI has any laws on masking, but I wouldn't print receipts without a mask on them even if it made my job easier. (As you can see from my first post it's made my job difficult but I did the mask anyway for security).

Thanks for all your input!

- Andy

"Elizabeth" wrote:

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How do you set up the input mask? I tried THe first Digit followed by X's for the remainder, but that doesn't work.

I'm soooo close to gettin this thing to work!

Thanks, Andy

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