Abacre Cloud Retail Point of Sale Changelog

What's new in Abacre Cloud Retail Point of Sale 4.1

Aug 17, 2018

Feature: added a possibility to view the program in full screen by pressing F11 button or via menu View - Full Screen. It's useful when using the program on small screens like 10" tablets.
Feature: added new button Transfer to Worker located on Orders window. With this button it's possible to transfer all open orders from current worker to any another worker. The button is disabled by default. To enable the button check security role "Show Transfer to Worker button" on Security Roles window.
Improvement: implemented more accurate algorithm of inventory adjustment for conversion of databases produced by version of program released 3 years ago.
Bug fixed: sales tax could be calculated as zero for some orders when Automatically Select Table option was unchecked. This issue had place after choosing order type for sales order.

New in Abacre Cloud Retail Point of Sale 4.0 (Aug 3, 2018)

Feature: added a possibility to view the program in full screen by
pressing F11 button or via menu View - Full Screen. It's useful when
using the program on small screens like 10" tablets.
Feature: added new button Transfer to Worker located on Orders window.
With this button it's possible to transfer all open orders from current
worker to any another worker. The button is disabled by default. To
enable the button check security role "Show Transfer to Worker button"
on Security Roles window.
Improvement: implemented more accurate algorithm of inventory
adjustment for conversion of databases produced by version of program
released 3 years ago.
Feature: added support of customization in items line of bill or
notification templates. For example, the following line:
<items><itemqty> <itemname> <itemtotal></items>
will display item's qty, name and total in bills. Thus it's possible to
change order of item's parameters like name, price, qty and total.
Read more:
http://www.abacre.com/p/billconfigchangeitemfields
Feature: added new option "Max chars count in name of item" located on
menu Configuration - Bill Configuration - Advanced.
Feature: added a possibility to customize the following fonts via menu
Configuration - Preferences - Fonts: Order window: Ordered Items list,
Total Summary and Grand Total.
Feature: added new option "Admins can see all orders" located on menu
Configuration - Preferences - Orders. With this option even if "Workers
can see own orders" is checked then admin users may still see all
orders.
Bug fixed: font of selected closed order was not correctly saved.
Feature: when printing long street and street 1 address fields the
addresses will be printed in several lines of bill. The same is done for
Delivery Address/Note field.
Feature: added new report: Return Vouchers by Vendors.
Feature: added new report: Purchase Orders by Vendors.
Feature: added new option on main menu View - Toolbars - Status which
allows to show or hide status bar at the bottom of the window. It's
useful for small displays to hide the status bar.
Improvement: on Notes window "Delete note?" confirmation dialog is
shown before actual note deletion.
Improvement: on Notes window new note is created near currently
selected note (not at the end of notes as in previous versions).
Bug fixed: error message was shown when adding ingredient/component
from drop-down-list on menu Configuration - Items -
Ingredients/Components tab.
Bug fixed: in sales by item report in some cases for items with count
equals to zero the report could display non-zero subtotal and total.
Feature: added Store Sync window located on menu View.
Read more: http://www.abacre.com/p/storesync
Feature: added Set Current button on menu Configuration - Sales Location.
Feature: added new report: Receive Vouchers by Vendors.
Feature: On Kitchen/Bar window added Order Number Column.
Feature: On Kitchen/Bar window now it's possible to sort the table by
clicking on corresponding column. Thus it's possible to sort by by order
number, item's name, table, received time, worker and waitress.
Improvement: removed option "Sort items by table" from General tab of
Preferences window. Because now it's possible to sort by table on
Kitchen/Bar window by clicking on corresponding column.
Feature: added Inventory Category filter on Physical Inventory window.
Feature: Inventory Category is printed now in report's name of
Physical Inventory report.
Feature: added new option: "Last 6 digits of barcode have price
instead of qty" located on menu Configuration - Preferences - Barcode
Reader.
Feature: it's possible now to scan classical 13 digits EAN-13 barcodes
with scanners connected without OPOS drivers.
Improvement: implemented new Authorize.net communication protocol
for credit cards processing.
Feature: added new security role: "Disable Clients editing". With this
option it's possible to forbid editing clients information on Clients
window and add/deleting clients.
Bug fixed: incorrectly quantities could be shown in sales by menu
item, sales by categories, journal, sales by hostesses, sales by hostess
details, sales of items by client reports. The quantities were
correctly recorded in databases. But the quantities could be shown wrong
when counting returned items. Returned items will have negative
quantities in the reports.
Feature: Number field is printed now for each Z-Out Cash Drawer
report. It's displayed as "No:" above "Date/Time:" line.
Feature: Added many new functions to Abacre Script.
Feature: Implemented support of Abacre Script, a new programming
language to customize bill and invoice layouts.
Read more: http://www.abacre.com/p/abacrescript
Improvement: in case of negative discount (for example, -5%) the
program displays Surcharge text on Order window.
Feature: added <surchargetotal> bill configuration parameter.
Feature: added For Date for inventory on hands reports.
Feature: added <clientaccountlimit> and <clientauthorizedamount> fields for bill
confirmation template to display client's account limit and authorized
amount.
Feature: added new option "Show Item Code field" on menu Configuration
- Preferences - Order - Order Buttons. With this option it's possible to
show or hide Item Code field on Order window.
Improvement: on menu Configuration - Preferences - Menu Items it was
possible to specify item's width and height up to 200 pixels. Now we
increased this size to 1000 pixels. This size is used to display items
as buttons on Order window.
Bug fixed: it was possible to remove item by pressing - (minus) and
entering quantity like 1 for notified items even if "Can remove notified
items" option was unchecked on on menu Configuration - Preferences -
Order - Item Buttons.
Feature: on menu Configuration - Preferences - Shifts added two new
options: Show Order Types and Show Deposits into accounts.
Feature: added new Inventory Journal report.
Improvement: in report Inventory Sold instead of Cost column added two
columns: Cost per one unit and Total Cost.
Feature: added Cost column on menu Configuration - Items - Ingredients
/Components.
Feature: added Total Cost field to display total cost of all
ingredients/components on menu Configuration - Items - Ingredients
/Components.
Feature: added Save button on menu Configuration - Items - Ingredients
/Components.
Feature: added Save buttons on menu Configuration - Item Modifiers.
Improvement: after deletion of an item on Items window - inventory
operations on this item are also deleted.
Bug fixed: inventory cost of modifiers could be incorrectly calculated
in case of fractional quantities of linked stock items.
Bug fixed: "Transfer order to another table" command could remove
order if the destination table code was the same as source table code.
Improvement: When using "Split Order" button it was possible to cancel
split operation. In this case a new empty order was created. Now in such
case the empty order will be deleted and original order will be shown.
Feature: now it is possible to use unlimited levels on inventory
quantities and cost propagation for items with ingredients/components.
Go to menu Configuration - Preferences - Inventory. Check "Unlimited
ingredients/components propagation". Read more:
http://www.abacre.com/p/unlimitedpropagation
Feature: on menu View - Tasks added new shortcuts:
Ctrl+N - create new brother task.
Alt+Ctrl+N - create new child task.
Alt+Ctrl+D - delete task.
Ctrl+S - save task.
Feature: added new shortcut: Ctrl+Q. Use this shortcut to quit the
program.
Feature: Alt+Ctrl+D - delete note on on menu View - Notes.
Improvement: on menu View - Notes - the notes are saved automatically
when visiting another note or using Find command.
Feature: date range filter now may be used with "Inventory on hand"
type reports.
Feature: On Report window added "Show items with negative on hand
quantities" option for "Inventory on hand" type reports.
Feature: added Item Price column into Sales by item report.
Improvement: on menu Items - Ingredients/Components the items are
listed by order of adding to the list of Ingredients/Components.
Feature: implemented login by password only. Read more:
http://www.abacre.com/p/loginwithusernameandpassword
Feature: on menu View - Notes added many new actions on Notes:
Ctrl+N - create new note.
Ctrl+S - save note.
Ctrl+K - delete text until the end of line.
Ctrl+L - insert line separator.
Alt+D - insert current date.
Added menu Change Case with options: Upper Case, Lower Case, Capital
Case.
Added a possibility to use links in Notes. For example if you have
an article with name Apple. Then in another article you want to link to
this article just put [Apple]. Thus [] braces may be used to create
links. After that you may navigate to the link by pressing Ctrl and then
clicking on the link by mouse. To navigate back to the previous note you
may right-click on the note's body and select Back action.
Read more: http://www.abacre.com/p/notes
Improvement: On invoices the items are displayed in the same order as
on New Order window. Before this version the items were sorted by
category and then by items order.
Improvement: cursor is changed into hour glass during database
upgrading from older versions.
Bug fixed: tax calculation for orders with erroneously entered table
codes was omitted (orders were created without taxes).

New in Abacre Cloud Retail Point of Sale 3.0 (Jul 20, 2017)

New in Abacre Cloud Retail Point of Sale 2.1.0.6 (Aug 25, 2016)

New in Abacre Cloud Retail Point of Sale 2.0.0.5 (Apr 2, 2014)

Feature: new report: Clients Accounts Totals.
Feature: new option for Take Payment window: Clear only for cash payments. So Amount Paid maybe cleared only for cash payments.
Bug fixed: corrected many issues related to Divide Order button.
Feature: Implemented support of Datecs FPrint Fiscal Printer.
Improvement: possibility to use Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and Ctrl+X keyboard shortcuts on Registration Form.
Feature: added possibility to print bills and notifications in rich text format using new HTML printing module. Now it's possible to change font's name, size, and weight and color of almost any element of bill or notification.
Feature: added calculation of associate commissions based on client types. Added Calculate Commission on Client Types window. Added Commission Rate on Items window.
Improvement: Field Alternative Name was placed under field Name on menu Configuration – Items.
Feature: added possibility to track sales commissions for hostesses/associates. Added Choose Commission button on Order window.
Added Commission and Commission % columns for Sales by Hostess/Associate and Sales by Hostess/Associate Details reports.
Enabling/disabling of Choose Commission button is controlled via menu
Configuration - Security Roles - Show Choose Commission button.
Feature: support of Caller ID devices: Industry leading Whozz Calling? device and any Caller ID enabled modem.
Feature: added new button: Refund Order located on Orders window. The buttons allows easy creation on refund order based on selected order on Orders window.
Feature: added new option: "Refund Order" button.
Feature: added new button: Change Qty on Order window allowing to change item's quantity.
Feature: added new option "Show Change Qty" button.
Feature: added new option "Show Help buttons". Turn off this option to hide Help buttons on main windows.
Feature: added new button: More Actions. This button is located on Order window it allows calling rare actions on order like: split order, divide order or transfer order.
Feature: "Transfer order to another table" shows merging confirmation window if destination table already has open order.
Feature: added new option: "Make Log Off after Print Notifications".
Improvement: added Company field for workers.
Improvement: On New Order window: order's buttons and item's button are shown without empty places when certain buttons are hidden.
Improvement: main tool bar containing buttons New Order, Orders etc is colored with gradient now.
Improvement: removed Set Active button from Payment Methods window. Because it's not used any more.
Improvement: corrected tab order for order's buttons.
Bug fixed: notification about new order was not displayed on pole (line display) sometimes.
Bug fixed: Choose Waitress caption was shown on Choose
Hostess/Associate window.
Bug fixed: windows Choose Waitress/Choose Hostess/Choose Associate were displayed in maximized state with incorrect alignment.
Feature: new option on menu Configuration - Bill Configuration -
Cash Drawer and Pole - Show pole messages on flagged items panel. This option allows showing pole's information on flagged items panel. Therefore if you don't have user pole (line display) then you still may use our flagged items panel to display pole's information for customers.
Improvement: in Email Sender if field Preferences - Email - From Name is not the same as field Property Settings - Property Name, then Property Name field is used as Organization when sending email.
Improvement: added scroll bars for message in Email Sender.
Bug fixed: error message was shown after pressing Send button on
Email Sender window.
Feature: Added new security role: "Show Split Order button".
Feature: Added new security role: "Show Divide Order button".
Feature: Added new security role: "Show Transfer Order button".
Bug fixed: for orders with discount error message was shown after worker's login.
Feature: Date filter now works with all profit margin reports.
Bug fixed: error message was shown when updating stock quantities of item modifiers.
Bug fixed: for the cases when item modifier has two or more stock items only one stock item was deducted from stock.
Bug fixed: ingredient's name was not shown on menu Configuration - Item for just created ingredient.
Bug fixed: it was not possible to add items to order for restaurants without defined tables.
Bug fixed: it was not possible to assign number of persons for Order for restaurants without defined tables.
Bug fixed: it was not possible to add items to order by drag'n'drop for restaurants without tables.
Feature: added new report: Inventory Sold. With this reports it's possible how many ingredients/components where sold during specified period of time.
Feature: added possibility to work with service charges.
Bug fixed: Error message "Cannot focus a disabled or "invisible window" was shown on Items window when adding new item from tab other than General.
Bug fixed: It was not possible to add price schedules or ingredients for just created items. Note: the normal ways to add ingredients or price schedule. Add new item by pressing Add button. Then add item name, price, etc. Then press Save button. Now you may go to ingredients tab or price schedule tab and add corresponding ingredients or price schedules.