Function:
Enter and update guest down payments. The Form accepts down payment for check in and reservation. It allow users to print receipt and post payment to cash book of checks registry according to the method of payment.

Opening Page:
The from is opened either in the room occupany form by clicking on the deposit button. It is also Openned from Front Office Main Form by selecting an occupied room cell or date cell of status reserved and then click on the deposit button.

Data Fields:
The form is devided into two areas. The first include data for display only which users can not change. The data fields in this section include the following: Guest Name, Room Number, Arrival Date, Reservation number and date. It also includes the total down payment which changes automatically when the user adds new deposit or modify old one. The second section includs the data fields of one deposit which are as follows:
Date: Is the date of the down payment and must be between the arrival and departure dates in the case of check in guests and between reservation and arrival dates in the case of reservation.
Value: Is the value of the down payment.
Method of Payment: Is selected from the list provided that include two methods, Cash and Check/Credit Card. When the payment is approved the value is posted to the assigned cash book in the case of cash payment. When the method is Check/Credit Card, a form is opened at approval to enter the check or credit card data and posted to check/credit card registry for the account deprtement to follow up.
Document No. Is general text file in which users may write an identification to the payment for the purpose of accounting verification. It is an optional field.
Remarkd: Is a free text field to write a helpful notes for accounting departement for manually processing the payment.

Function Buttons:
The form include the following functional buttons.
Add to Add new payment.
Edit to change the data fields of the current payment.
Delete to delete the current payment record.
Exit To close the form.
The form also includes buttons for moving between payment records: The first, last, previous, and next.