Bifbotka is an Active Scaffold Ruby on Rails web application that takes a file, extracts transactions, allows user to modify transactions and then outputs Agresso Business World friendly file such as BIF or Excel CSV file.

It is based on the highly successful Propmansheet web application.

This example is used to post Housing Benfit Refund Cheques. Modify and make new applications to post different types of items.

TO SET-UP (once only)

To install download and install instant rails (http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl).

Extract latest bifbotka zip (get from Downloads) to rails_app directory.

Open rails console window.

Set-up database:

mysqladmin -u root create bifbotka_development

rake db:migrate

TO RUN

Run rails:

ruby script/server

Go to website:

http://localhost:3000/bifinfo

Use webpage to input file and output BIF++

contact ezzy@digiworld.com for queries

( ++ based on Batch_input_file_format_55 and IBS interfaces doc Export creditor file CO-CRED-INTERFACE)