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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Version 4.76 is now available for download and the new iPad version is available in the Apple App Store.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:29.25pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>To check for updates select Help/Check for Updates from the menu bar, and the download will begin.<br>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:29.25pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>When the download completes, select 'Yes' to start the installation <br>Follow the installer directions.<br>You can now restart the WineryPOS application.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <b>It is better to update your base terminal first</b>. You can leave your remote terminal(s) running and connected while you update the base terminal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> 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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>END OF UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Updates (from 4.74) in this version:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>There are now 20 sale item keys per page. Your keys will appear in the same location even though the key number ordering has changed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>The new order is:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>1 2 3 4 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>5 6 7 8<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>9 10 11 12<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>13 14 15 16<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>17 18 19 20<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>There is now a ? button beside the Key number combo box when configuring a sale item. If you press it, you can select the key number (and page), that you want to move the item to. Key numbers that are already being used will be grayed out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Update for Moneris Core semi-integration machines. Moneris added another field that the POS s/w needs to send to the machine to validate the communications.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Updates to the internet connectivity service for tunneling in to your base terminal from the internet. Some wineries have internet service providers that were not forwarding all internet traffic. I have added the ability for a couple of the services to use a different internet protocol to work around those issues.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Updates to various iPad scenes. There were a few displays (scenes) that were being cut-off due to an update from Apple. Those scenes will now display correctly again.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Upcoming Additions (first three are in order of implementation):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Add a Loyalty program to award points/discounts/stuff to individuals based on their purchases over the past number of month/weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Add a timesheet feature to track/report employee work hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Add export to Sage/Quickbooks with the potential of being able to automatically post data.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Tracks the Tour Company, and optionally: the Tour Guide, the Group Size & the Bottles Purchased for each tour that passes through the winery.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Add a configurable Region to the information for Contacts and allow reports to be generated for regions (e.g., GTA/Ottawa/etc).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Add Credit-on-Account tables to all of the relevant reports<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Import/Export. a) handle Sale Groups and Sale Sets. b) Bulk inventory</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Be able to create sub-invoices or invoice sets for large sales done through sales reps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Offer a backup service to store encrypted backups of your database on my server.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Create an iPhone app that supports the booking feature.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Be able to Print bookings by the week/month.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>13)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Add secondary commission rate for specific sales channels (eg Export, or OOP).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>14)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>Add Shopify/WooCommerce inter-connectivity support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>15)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA>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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Rob</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>