static function getNextAvailableManualId($company_id = NULL)
{
global $current_company;
if ($company_id == '' and is_object($current_company)) {
$company_id = $current_company->getId();
} elseif ($company_id == '' and isset($this) and is_object($this)) {
$company_id = $this->getCompany();
}
$blf = new BranchListFactory();
$blf->getHighestManualIDByCompanyId($company_id);
if ($blf->getRecordCount() > 0) {
$next_available_manual_id = $blf->getCurrent()->getManualId() + 1;
} else {
$next_available_manual_id = 1;
}
return $next_available_manual_id;
}