WineryPOS Update (4.74) available

[Robert Peck]

Version 4.74 is now available for download and the new iPad version is
available in iTunes.

 

UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS

 

1.       To check for updates select Help/Check for Updates from the menu
bar, and the download will begin.
On base and sales terminals (or a Remote Terminal in Temporary Sales Mode)
you have to be in admin mode (press F12) to be able to check for updates.

 

2.       When the download completes, select 'Yes' to start the installation

Follow the installer directions.
You can now restart the WineryPOS application.

 

     It is better to update your base terminal first.  You can leave your
remote terminal(s) running and connected while you update the base terminal.

     If you have anti-virus software running, you may need to verify that
the WineryPOS application is still being allowed through the anti-virus
firewall. 

     If your remote terminal does not automatically pull the update from the
base terminal, and goes into Temporary Sales mode on start-up, just check
for updates on the remote terminal while in Temporary Sales mode.

 

END OF UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS

 

Updates (from 4.72) in this version:

1)      Add support for Winery Reporting template 26.1 (needed for April
2021 reporting on)

2)      Add ability for discount sales buttons to be only on wine OR only on
non-wine - handy if you want to allow wine club discounts on just wine, or
just non-wine merchandise.

3)      Allow Bad-Debt as a payment option when initially creating a refund

4)      Allow non-VQA wines to sold at Farmers' Markets - as this is now
valid.

5)      Contacts can now be archived, so that they do not clutter your
lists.  Archived lists can be viewed - and un-archived if necessary.

6)      Single-Use Contacts can be created (press the Use Single-Use Contact
button in the Contact dialog when picking a Contact), and tagged with a sale
instead of creating and using a standard contact.

a.       They should be valid for all types of transactions - including
credit-on-account - so let me know if you see anything odd.

7)      Add a third Custom Payment to the Winery Info dialog

8)      Allow complimentary sale items.  For example you can now create a
complimentary tasting button.

a.       When configuring the sale item, check the Is Complimentary checkbox
(price must be zero)

9)      Remote terminals will now perform a date & time check with the base
terminal when the app starts to verify that their date & time match the
base.

a.       A warning is displayed if the remote terminal's time is not within
15 minutes of the base terminal's time.

10)   Sale Transactions can be modified from the Sales (Daily) Totals dialog
now (in admin mode).

11)   Double-clicking on an entry in the Prepaid Sales (Credit-on-Account)
dialog, will initiate a sales transaction for that Contact.

12)   Misc fixes.

13)   APPLE forced a security update to MAC apps.  The minimum operating
system on a MAC is now 10.13+ (High Sierra or later)

a.       Sorry, but apple is now forcing developers to notarize the apps
with apple before being distributed - and only 10.13+ understands the extra
security being added.

b.      If you notice any odd behavior in the MAC build, please let me know.

 

Upcoming Additions (first three are in order of implementation):

1)      Add a Loyalty program to award points/discounts/stuff to individuals
based on their purchases over the past number of month/weeks.

2)      Add a timesheet feature to track/report employee work hours

3)      Add export to Sage/Quickbooks with the potential of being able to
automatically post data.

4)      Enable Tour Company feature.  This is a feature that I am currently
using in my winery's POS version to track sales to Tour Company tasting
groups, and consolidate tasting invoices to Tour operators.

a)      Tracks the Tour Company, and optionally: the Tour Guide, the Group
Size & the Bottles Purchased for each tour that passes through the winery.

5)      Add a configurable Region to the information for Contacts and allow
reports to be generated for regions (e.g., GTA/Ottawa/etc).

6)      Add Credit-on-Account tables to all of the relevant reports

7)      Import/Export.  a) handle Sale Groups and Sale Sets.  b) Bulk
inventory

8)      Be able to create sub-invoices or invoice sets for large sales done
through sales reps.

9)      Offer a backup service to store encrypted backups of your database
on my server.

10)   Ability to create barcodes or QR codes for membership contacts that
can be scanned from a smart phone.  That way membership swipe cards are not
needed.

11)   Create an iPhone app that supports the booking feature.

12)   Be able to Print bookings by the week/month.

13)   Add secondary commission rate for specific sales channels (eg Export,
or OOP).

14)   Add Shopify/WooCommerce inter-connectivity support.

15)   I will be moving the Windows build to a 64bit build (the MAC build has
always been 64bit) by the summer/fall of 2021.  This means that really old
32bit computers (12+ years and probably running Windows XP) will no longer
be supported.  If you have really old machines, you should consider
upgrading them (but kodus to them for surviving this long).

16)   Increasing the number of sale item button from 16 to 20 on each page. 

 

As always, if there are any enhancements that you would like to see added,
let me know.  I put everything suggested on a prioritized list, and slowly
work my way through it.

 

Cheers,

Rob

 

 

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