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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Version 4.38 is now available for download and the new iPad version is available in iTunes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To check for updates select Help/Check for Updates from the menu bar, and the download will begin.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On base and sales terminals you have to be in admin mode (F12) to be able to check for updates.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When the download completes, select 'Yes' to start the installation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Follow the installer directions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> You can now restart the WineryPOS application.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is better to update your base terminal first. As of version 4.31 remote terminals will automatically detect and pull the update from 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Updates:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1) Contact List has a number of changes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1a) First and Last Names can now be entered for Retail contacts only.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1b) Notes can be added to the contact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1c) Email Lists can be added. You can now create and manage email lists. I still need to add the ability to generate emails for a chosen email list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1d) Contact names now have BOLD last names. If there is no last name, the contact name is treated as the last name.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1e) Contacts are sorted LAST NAME, FIRST NAME for display.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1f) on the iPad, you need to scroll now to view all of the info - the CC info is hidden until you scroll.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2) Enhanced Import/Export (under the Config menu). You can now import/export contacts, sale items, wine items, bottle inventory items, and general inventory items. If you want to update your retail contacts to use first and last names, it is easier to export the list, modify the exported list, and then import the changes - as opposed to modifying each contact individually.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3) iPads and remote terminals will now store sales as temporary sales if they lose connectivity to the base terminal in the middle of a transaction. You will be notified is this occurs, and be able to import the transaction when connectivity is re-established. The terminals used to inform you that the transaction did not complete, but were not saving the failed transaction to import later.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4) Import of temporary Sales and Promotion transactions are all in the same dialog now. This used to require multiple button clicks to import the data, but now it only takes one.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5) A 'View PDF' button has been added to the Sales Summary display.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6) Historic bottle inventory can now be edited more easily. Either directly in the history dialog, or via import/export. There are a lot of combinations here, so if you're looking to update bottles in historic inventories (adding and/or removing), send me an email on what you would like to do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7) Bulk history total litres shown in the dialog has been fixed to be the same as your ending bulk inventory for the month.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8) Miscellaneous bug fixes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Upcoming additions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1) Contact Lists. a) Wine club tracking. b) Ability to generate emails for email lists, and wine club lists. c) Option to sort contacts by FIRST NAME, LAST NAME<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2) Import/Export. a) handle Sale Groups and Sale Sets. b) Bulk inventory. c) Sales data posting to QuickBooks and Sage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3) Ability to hide sales channels that are not being used.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4) Ability to create a sub sales channel(s) under WRS sales reporting (e.g., Online, Wine Club).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5) Ability to split an invoice, or combine invoices (useful for dining/table invoices).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6) A configurable table map for dining that can be used instead of numeric table entry.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7) Ability to print to two secondary (food) printers, and one by-the-glass (bar) printer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8) Expand the booking feature.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9) I expect a new winery reporting template to be issued by the LCBO in Feb/March for April reporting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10) Modify the size of some dialogs that may be chopped on smaller displays.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I expect the next update to be in the late March time-frame.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rob<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>