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POS Maid Changelog

What's new in POS Maid 2.353

Apr 11, 2019
  • Based on very popular demand, we have expanded the 3 end-messages at the bottom of the receipt, to an infinite text capability, instead of them just being one-line messages. So you can use these receipt end-messages for much larger text now, as large as you need it. You can fit promotions, detailed return policies, warranty policies at the end of the receipt.
  • We have added the feature of editing/changing/swapping or assigning new pictures to the Quick Buttons ‘on-the-go’ or ‘on-the-fly’, without having to delete the quickbuttons, but simply edit them by clicking the edit button.
  • The Cash Drawer Counting Tool now has an option to Save the over-night drawer balance, as the starting balance for the new day. You can Edit and Save this balance now, with a date/time stamp of the change, in drawer starting balance.
  • We have fixed a discrepancy in the profit reports calculation for uncommon situations of credit card payments with insufficient funds or credit on the side of the customer and a scenario of not a full, but a partial amount approval being processed on the customer’s card. The profit reports will now accurately reflect such partial approval events.
  • Improved and simplified the task of reaching TLS 1.2 compliance for the Cayan integration.
  • Improved and simplified the Cayan Genius Terminal integration setup. It is much easier to setup this great terminal and get started with all it has to offer.
  • Improved the Search Inventory function for cases where the search results are too many and exceed one-page-view, this feature will now smoothly scroll up/down the two windows in perfect synchronization.
  • We’ve added the much requested feature of Editing Quantity on-the-go, after an item has been scanned, for Pos Maid for faster retail operations, in busy environments.
  • Pos Maid and Restaurant Maid now have a feature that used to be only available for Salon Maid, which is the feature to ‘Import Customer Info from Excel”.
  • Although it is important to mention about the above new feature that upon upgrading to this new version of the software this setting will be turned ‘ON’, so the Restaurant Maid program will start shortening receipts in this manner by default and if you do not like this, you will need to go to Setup> ‘Invoice / Receipt Setup’ and change this to your preferred mode of work.
  • Fixed a problem with automated sales restriction (more specifically with restricting days of the week for an automated sale feature).

New in POS Maid 2.352 (Dec 3, 2017)

  • Automated discounts are here, like BOGO (Buy One Get One X% OFF), they are fully customizable and automated.
  • Our Cayan Credit Card Processing Integration is now certified for their new mobile/wireless device.
  • Our ChargeItPro Credit Card Processing Integration is now EMV ready & certified
  • All of our Software titles now support the Pole Display communication protocol known as EPSON D202. We used to only support EPSON D101. Now that both EPSON D101 and D202 modes of communication are supported, our software supports virtually ALL pole displays or customer displays on the market, because virtually all of the displays in the industry, work with the one or the other Epson communications protocol (if it is not D101, they’ll support D202 and the other way around).
  • The pole display feature, now shows the ‘Cash Collected’ and ‘Change Due’ info at the end of a cash sale.
  • Added a short note to inform the user of the number of failed recipients in a case of mass SMS sending job.
  • As of 3/27/2017 we no longer work with Mercury due to their acquisition by Vantiv and our substantial differences in vision with the later company.
  • There was a bug in the discount calculation for percentage coupons with restrictions (fixed price coupons and no restriction coupons, were not affected). This bug has been fixed now.
  • Fixed a problem with editing the invoice number in ‘Setup’ > ‘Main Setup’.
  • In POS MAID we fixed a problem with sending SMS messages to a Mailing List.
  • In Salon Maid, we fixed a problem with commission and tip calculation in transactions refunded under very specific circumstances.
  • In Salon Maid, we fixed an issue that stopped the feature of Customer Import from an Excel table if duplicate entries were found. Now the duplicates will be avoided as they were before, but the feature will continue the import to the end of the excel file, instead of halting at the first duplicate record.
  • In Salon Maid and POS Maid, we fixed an intermittent issue with showing of the usage of Membership Packages and Service Packages.

New in POS Maid 2.35 (Apr 10, 2017)

  • Shortcut Function Keys are here:
  • F1 Tender
  • F2 Clear All
  • F3 Print Last Invoice
  • F4 Log-Out
  • F5 Cash
  • F6 Charge
  • F7 Check
  • F8 Multiple Funding
  • F9 Gift Receipt
  • Both Browse Confidential Inventory Data and Browse Non-Confidential Inventory Data reports now include the Sale Price or Retail Price of each item.
  • The ‘Mailing Lists’ feature can now send email and/or SMS messages to the compiled lists, to better serve any modest small marketing needs for reaching out to your existing clients.
  • POS Maid now prints the balance due on the layaway deposit receipts.
  • POS Maid can now import picture file paths for your products, through the Excel Inventory Import feature, used for massive inventory imports.
  • In Restaurant Maid, the option for adding ‘Service Charge’ to the bill was added to the Order Menu as well [it used to be only available on the main checkout screen before].
  • This version/release of the software is a major overhaul of Salon Maid. It has the most changes and improvements for Salon Maid, read on…
  • A complete re-build of the section for Scheduling and Appointments in Salon Maid:
  • Border-free and Grid-free table-view.
  • The employee work time and off time are clearly defined now with different colors on the grid.
  • You can no longer schedule appointments by accident, which are out of the bounds of the working time of your establishment.
  • There is a warning system in place if someone tries to schedule a client when the certain employee is not working (however for flexibility reasons, over-riding this is always an option, by simply ignoring this warning).
  • The appointments are color coded now for easier graphical view in the appointment grid. The user has the option to customize this choice of colors assigned to each specific service.
  • There is a new feature for placing a check-mark on an appointment. We leave it to you to decide what the check-mark will mean in your business (it can be useful to mark which person has arrived in your salon and awaiting for their appointment or it could mean which client is done or checked out, etc.)
  • An Edit button was added for editing appointments in the Salon Maid Appointments section.
  • Now the Salon Maid Appointments section, has a new comprehensive feature of employee scheduling.
  • The time off (including breaks) and the working time are color coded now.
  • The Salon Maid Appointments section, is now capable of sending email and SMS alerts/reminders to your clients for their upcoming appointments.
  • The Salon Maid Appointments section, now has a Check-out button, so you can easily checkout finished appointments.
  • Backed by popular demands, now the Salon Maid Software can take multiple salespeople in one single sale/invoice.
  • Due to the above new feature, also commission and TIPs can now be properly portioned and divided among multiple salespeople that are involved in one single sale/invoice. (for Salon Maid)
  • In Salon Maid, the commission rules, which so far generously allowed you to assign a different commission amount for each item in Inventory, were not enough for many of our users and based on popular demands, we have expanded the commission rules capabilities to also allow different levels of commission for different employees. So now not only that you are able to assign different commission based on each different item or service in inventory, but you are also able to set different levels of commission for different employees, so your employees do not get equal commission, if that is your need.
  • We have now added a “Import Customer Info from Excel” feature for Salon Maid.
  • Fixed an intermittent problem with calculating profits for international tax users.
  • Fixed a problem with coupons, using a percent discount.
  • Fixed a problem with Mercury’s newest credit card processing integration, called BlackLine.

New in POS Maid 2.348 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • Our Cayan and OpenEdge / X-Charge Credit Card processing Integrations can handle Partial Approvals from now on.
  • In reports, the credit card processing transaction log, now can filter results by date.
  • Pre-Authorization / Post-Authorization Tips are here for our largest processors Cayan/MerchantWarehouse and X-Charge/OpenEdge. Which means our users can add tips to the transaction, after the customer leaves as well.
  • Our Cayan and OpenEdge/X-Charge Credit Card processing Integrations are now Certified to be EMV Compatible, for the coming Visa and MasterCard Mandate in October. EMV processing stands for Europay MasterCard Visa, also referred to as “Chip and PIN” or “chip cards” and is applicable for US merchants only.
  • Due to overly popular demands, the receipt printing in Restaurant Maid will no longer print two lines per item (one line showing ItemID and the other line showing Description). It seems this is overly redundant for the Restaurant industry and makes it seem as if each item is printed twice since usually the ItemID and Description are the same or very similar text in the Restaurant businesses. From this version the receipts will contain only one line per item, containing the quantity, the Item Description and the price.
  • In the Close Register / General Report, we have added a help link (in the form of a ‘?’ question mark) to the right of every one of the complex totals, in order to thoroughly explain how the particular total came about, for any instances where the user feels this is necessary.
  • The Database Repair function was removed from the Data menu and removed from the access of the end-user. However, it was embedded into the program as a permanent function that executes every time the program starts (so the user will not be able to initiate the Database Repair function anymore, but this function will execute automatically every time the software starts and it will check for and fix any data discrepancies in the background while the software operates without disruption). Users with a lot of data may experience slower startups of the software from now on, because of this new way of executing the Database Repair function.
  • A time format validation has been added to the Edit feature of the TimeClock Table, to better control time format errors in manual user input.
  • We have added a Cancelled Orders Log. In order to curb employee theft in restaurants, but still allow for easy/fast deletion of mistake orders (that were already prepared by the kitchen/bar). Our software now has a “Cancelled Orders Log” feature. This feature allows for a faster and easier deletion of placed orders, in just a few clicks; however, in order to keep everyone accountable, it requires the appropriate credentials/permissions and it logs the event for later review by higher management.
  • Due to the overwhelming requests of our users, now our software won’t print two receipt copies for credit card transactions done with a separate machine/brick on the side (non-integrated processing). This is our new norm because of the assumption that the separate machine/brick on the side will print its own 1 copy.
  • The 3rd Discount option now executes in one line (in the same invoice line as the item it discounts), in order to simplify the invoice and simplify returns/refunds if and when they occur on such discounted products.
  • Added the official verbiage for credit card transaction receipts under the signature line : ‘Buyer agrees to pay total amount above according to cardholder’s agreement with issuer.
  • Fixed a problem which occurred by the event of refunds and reprints of old receipts changing the currently logged-in employee to the employee that made the original sale that was refunded or reprinted.
  • Fixed a problem with the profit reports calculation in cases of international tax system usage for use outside of USA (a.k.a. Pre-Sale-Tax insertion).
  • Fixed a problem with the Update button not showing up on Customer Records menu.
  • Fixed an issue with adding a quantity with decimal value in inventory.
  • Fixed an intermittent problem in the Quick Button Setup, with moving of existing buttons.
  • Fixed a problem with the ‘Delete’ credentials check-box for employee permissions in employee setup.
  • There was a printing problem for Letter size (8.5in x 11in) and A4 format printers, where the printing of more than 17 lines would not print all the lines on an invoice, this is fixed now.
  • As the Antivirus and Anti-spyware industry is growing to be more ‘paranoid’ instead of exact and efficient at detecting real threats, users of various software everywhere, which have certain anti-spyware programs and under certain ‘paranoid’ settings, have experienced confusing messages from their anti-spyware programs with many different desktop software programs (among which is our software). The confusion arises from the fact that a regular, clean and legit desktop program, like ours, may need to access the Internet and get some up-to-date information. For this action, some new anti-spyware programs using ‘paranoid’ settings, will report every Internet activity of a desktop program as ‘suspicious activity’ and a possible threat of spyware or other malware. Our own software, so far, used to access the Internet on regular basis, to be exact our software accessed only our own website via the Internet to do automatic check for Updates and let you know if there are any new updates. Novice users, out of lack of IT knowledge and understanding, see these possible general and generic, paranoid messages of ‘suspicious activity’ as a sure sign of ‘virus’ or ‘spyware’ and then they think the software in question has a virus, after which it is very difficult to regain their trust and there is great confusion that remains uncleared. In order to adjust to this new way of working of the newer Antivirus and Anti-spyware programs, where they are more paranoid, then useful and they report every use of the Internet from a desktop program as ‘suspicious activity’ and confuse Novice users with these messages, we simply removed the software’s capability to check for Updates automatically. Now the user needs to initiate the update-checking process, by simply going to the ‘About’ section and clicking ‘Check for Updates’ Please note that even now with no automatic update checking, on certain newer Antivirus and Anti-spyware programs, when you manually initiate a ‘Check for Updates’ and our software accesses our website to check for updates, this use of the Internet by our software to access a website, may still trigger a general, generic, paranoid message from your Antivirus or Anti-spyware program of the likes of ‘suspicious behavior’, ‘suspicious activity’, etc…

New in POS Maid 2.347 (Dec 11, 2014)

  • Pos Maid users can now track Serial Numbers on all inventory (enter/scan serial numbers of stock in inventory and later scan/type serial numbers at sale time).
  • Due to the addition of the Serial Numbers feature, for added user convenience, the “look-up past invoices” feature, can also search by serial number now.
  • GENIUS TIP (Our software is ready to handle TIPs from the genius device directly. The only thing you have to do to start utilizing the TIP function from the genius device is to call the MerchantWarehouse Tech Support and have them setup your Genius device to prompt for TIPs, have the TIP function enabled on your Genius device. After that you do not need to use the TIP receipt button, because the genius device will ask for the TIP.)
  • IMPROVED FULL-SCREEN MODE. NEW/BETTER SCREEN UTILIZATION FOR WIDE SCREENS AND LARGER SCREENS (enlarges buttons and all objects proportionately and utilizes the entire screen area).
  • The overwhelmingly popular request to fit more text in the quick buttons has finally been executed as a part of the option mentioned above (Improved Full Screen Mode), so in full screen mode, the buttons get larger and fit more text, meaning the larger your screen, the more text you can fit in the buttons in full screen mode.
  • Users can now change and rearrange the order of any Quick Buttons and SubMenu Buttons at any time, with ease.
  • Users can now delete any Quick Buttons and SubMenu Buttons, without having to follow any specific order or other restrictions.
  • Bulk Deletion is here. DELETE SALES RECORDS, CUSTOMERS OR INVENTORY, WITHOUT ACTUALLY DELETING ANYTHING ELSE that you do not want to delete. THIS IS VERY USEFUL FOR USERS THAT WANT TO START FRESH WITH SALES FOR WHATEVER REASON AND FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE JUST FINISHED TRYING THE SOFTWARE AND WANT TO ERASE THEIR MOCK-UP SALES.
  • For added user convenience in looking-up past invoices by customer last name, the customer last name is no longer case-sensitive in the search.
  • The 2nd Discount option now executes in one line (in the same invoice line as the item it discounts), in order to simplify the invoice and simplify returns/refunds if and when they occur on such discounted products.
  • The 1st and the 2nd Discount option now add wording on the screen and the receipt, which shows the customer that they received a discount of a certain amount (the 3rd option did this already, so it remains unchanged in this respect)
  • For Restaurant Maid users, the Quick Menu and the Order Menu, merge into one source of data, so they will use the same buttons. Meaning no more creating and maintaining two separate menus (both quick and order menu now have the same content, and they read and are edited from the same data source). So your quick menu and order menu now will merge their data into one same data (both menus will be the same and have same buttons, they will combine – of course you can edit things that you dislike after this merge).
  • For Restaurant Maid users, the main sales screen can now PRINT ORDERS to the kitchen and bar as well, which is highly functional for restaurants doing sales that do not require a table and waiter (more like McDonald’s, KFC, SubWay, etc… “fast food” or “quick serve” style of ordering).
  • For Restaurant Maid users, the printing to the Receipt printer for the waiter, to the Bar for the bartender and to the Kitchen for the chef, is now determined by class in inventory (what prints and where – to what printer(s) is determined in inventory by the class now), so no
  • longer is everything printed to all locations (the bar will not get food items any longer printed with the drink order items and also the Kitchen will no longer get drink items in the printout mixed with the food order items. The kitchen will only get food content and bar will only get drink orders. Both new and Existing customers must set these options in inventory for each class and set them accordingly to their desires.
  • For Restaurant Maid users, there are two options for Table Invoice or Table Receipt now. You can choose between printing a Table Invoice with a Tip Line OR choose to print a Table Invoice without a Tip Line.
  • Fixed a problem in membership packages for Pos Maid and tanning packages for Salon Maid.
  • Fixed a problem with receipt printer paper width detection and utilization, which occurred in some receipt printer brands and models.

New in POS Maid 2.346 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • CRITICAL BUG FIXED, which existed only in the version 2.345 for a day and a half and caused some sale details not to be recorded under certain circumstances for some users.

New in POS Maid 2.345 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Redeveloped the receipt printing, with newer/smarter logic which speeds up the receipt printing by 45% comparing to our previous versions, meaning the receipt printing now takes only 55% of the time that it used to. Or in simpler terms, the receipt printing time was approximately cut in half.
  • Due to the redeveloping of the receipt printing, we now have better resolution on receipt printing (crisper, sharper, higher resolution printing).
  • We have also redeveloped the X-Charge integration and achieved shorter wait time (faster communication between our software and X-Charge).
  • There was an error in RM and SM with selecting the 3 decimal option, this is fixed now.
  • Fixed a few non-critical problems in showing usage of membership packages for PM and tanning packages for SM.
  • Now the “Save Ticket” feature has been upgraded to work for networked environments as well (it used to only apply to single PC installation).
  • Fixed a small anomaly in the displaying of the state portion of the address in the customer editing menu/feature.

New in POS Maid 2.344 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • For PM and SM – Multidimensional Matrix inventory is here (also known in the apparel industry as ‘color/size matrix’, however, this feature can be useful in many industries).
  • The Appointments/Reservations features now have an ‘Export to Excel’ option as well.
  • The Accounting Reports now show the account name as well, for more information/data to the users, in the Income/Spending report format.
  • The Import Inventory from Excel function was completely overhauled…
  • It supports .xlsx files too now;
  • It also supports final price as an attribute now;
  • We have also added the attribute to switch tracking of inventory On/Off in the collection of importable attributes here;
  • This feature automatically recognizes the end of the file now, without the user having to mark the
  • end anymore by entering “End” in the last row;
  • We added a new feature named “Backup Now” or “make a Restore Point”, so unlike so far where the only option for a creation of a backup point was chosen by the software automatically, now the user can also instantly make backups or create restore points anytime they feel like doing so.
  • The main screen of the software, in the top right corner, now shows the currently logged-in user/employee, by First and Last name.
  • The option in the Inventory menu, named “Fill, Update and Delete Inventory” is now more conveniently re-named to simply “Edit Inventory”.
  • Users can now easily Edit and Delete Suppliers and Supplier related data, right from the Edit Inventory menu.
  • A problem with the delete button in Employee table was fixed.
  • A problem with the TimeClock was fixed.
  • Fixed a problem with inaccurate stock count in unique situations where more than one of the same item are rung-up, in separate lines, on the sales screen and then cleared with the button “Clear All”.
  • For RM and SM, it was brought to our attention that in a TIP situation, the final receipt omits showing the payment method and customer information, where applicable. We have now fixed this issue.
  • PCCharge integration proved to be very difficult, time consuming and expensive for our end users, therefore, we had to discontinue this option and steer the users towards the many better options in our software. All users that already paid and are using this option will be grandfathered in and will not be affected. However we will not accept any new PCCharge accounts anymore from this point on, because through the years of offering this option we have learned that it only brings aggravation to our users and staff.

New in POS Maid 2.343 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Mandatory Critical Update for MerchantWare Credit Card processing users. A rarely occurring, but real problem was uncovered with partial refund scenarios. This version fixes the problem.
  • Fixed a problem with percentage discounts when done by scanning a coupon
  • The ‘Repair Database’ feature now also fixes accidental duplicate Classes and duplicate ItemIDs in Inventory as well as the rarely occurring ‘No Such Column’ error in Accounting.
  • This version also fixes a problem with printing and exporting to Excel of custom reports in some unique scenarios.

New in POS Maid 2.342 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Added a new credit card processing solution “Mercury Pay”.
  • We now have an unprecedented 5 solutions for credit card processing : X-Charge, MerchantWare, ChargeItPro, Mercury Pay and PCCharge.
  • Fixed an inconvenience with the Multiple Funding option.
  • Fixes an intermittent problem with quick menu buttons in networks.
  • Addresses an inconvenience in the cash refund of credit card transactions.
  • Fixed a problem with printed totals in refund receipts and reprints.
  • The transaction log for credit card processing now displays more accurate date/time info.
  • The OSK (On-Screen Keyboard) can now run on both 32bit and 64bit Windows operating systems.
  • There was an error message popping up in “History > Lookup Past Invoices”, when searching for an invoice that does not exist or cannot be found, this error popup did not affect normal operation, however it was inconvenient and confusing, so it was fixed.

New in POS Maid 2.341 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Redeveloped the receipt printing, with newer/smarter logic which speeds up the receipt printing by 57%, meaning the receipt printing now takes only 43% of the time that is used to. Or in simpler terms, the receipt printing time was cut in more than half.
  • Fixes an issue for international users, with entry of items after line deletion, in the main sales screen.
  • Solved a problem in Custom Reports with Employee based scenario report (when specific employee is selected).
  • The pre-swipe TIP receipts in Restaurant Maid and Salon Maid, do not have a signature line anymore, as they were creating confusion with the customers signing and walking away thinking the bill is settled, also this was redundant because the second receipt that has the TIP added and is an actual POST-swipe receipt will have the signature line on it (unless an approved electronic signature pad is used) and the establishment needs only one signed receipt to keep for themselves and the unsigned receipt is given to the customer.
  • Fixed a problem with Layaway collection procedure in POS Maid.

New in POS Maid 2.34 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Faster customer search.
  • Faster software overall.
  • Fixes multiple issues with Edit and Delete in Accounting.
  • Fixes an issue with Appointments for international users that do not use the US time format.
  • Fixes an intermittent problem with printing a table receipt in RM and printing a saved ticket invoice in PM and SM.
  • It was brought to our attention that if a user exits the order menu improperly (without using the back button) the next time they enter the order menu, the table number of the previous table may be displaying. This has been address, so inspite of an improper exit from the order menu, this menu will display the correct table number each and every time.
  • Fixes a “punch-out” problem in TimeClock
  • Overhaul of the receipt look and content
  • Fixes an issue in Quick Buttons Setup where the back button for sub menus doesn’t function.
  • Fixes an issue with importing from Excel

New in POS Maid 2.337 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Now the Customized Reports have ItemID and Description columns for the “Product/Service Itemized” report option.
  • Faster barcode scanning.
  • Faster profit reports compiling.
  • Fixed a problem in profit reports for days with deposit sales.
  • The three codependent fields in inventory: “markup”, “supplyprice” and “final price” from now on will auto-complete ALWAYS, regardless if the Autocomplete option is ON or OFF in SETUP.
  • The profit reports from now on will record and take into account the entire history of supply price changes of any given inventory and not just work based on the currently recorded supply price.
  • The software now offers to average a mixed stock supply price entries and gives the user the option of averaging or overwriting with a new price.
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with the newest MS Word Label formats.
  • New integration options with Merchant Warehouse now allow for a sophisticated terminal manufactured by Verifone (which has a card reader, a keypad for PIN entries, signature capturing touch-screen, can process Gift Cards, can process payments from cell phones, can process with Google Wallet, etc…)
  • A full comprehensive Gift Card Processing feature was added and is now available through our integrated processors X-Charge, MerchantWare and ChargeItPro.
  • The Credit Card Processing Log / Report was expanded to also show the parameters: “Card Brand”(i.e.Visa,MasterCard,
  • Discover) and Payment Type (i.e.Credit,Debit,Gift).
  • In Pos Maid and Salon Maid there is a new feature for Saving tickets. Merchants can now Save Tickets. So items can be rung up, removed from inventory properly (so they cannot be sold to anyone else in mean time) and then saved for later completion of the sale.

New in POS Maid 2.336 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Now the software supports USB Pole Displays (check our website for compatible models) (PL-2303 USB to serial)
  • In the Appointments feature there is a new improvement which is when you highlight a rectangular selection in the grid, the time and employee automatically fill-out into the respective text boxes. So instead of typing the ‘from’ and ‘to’ time and the employee for the appointment you just drag your mouse over the rectangular area on the appointment grid that represents this time and employee graphically.
  • Also in the Appointments feature there is a new “Search” button. This button helps you simply Search for any and all appointments under a certain phone number.
  • Fixed an issue with editing manager password in a networked environment.
  • Made PCCharge integration’s User names to be more compatible to conventional, default and typical PCCharge usernames for easier integration.
  • Fixed an issue with printing a table receipt in Restaurant Maid.
  • Fixed an issue with editing of the Employee Time Clock Table.
  • The Browse Customer Data in the Customer menu, can be Exported to Excel now. Also the Print feature has been improved to printout even more data.
  • The Accounting feature can now be locked and access to it can be controlled for each employee as desired by the manager or admin.

New in POS Maid 2.335 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Added a comprehensive CallerID feature. Now your caller’s name and phone can be on our software screen, as they call and you do not have to type to get it to appear in important windows that use this customer data
  • The “time clock table”, also known as “time clock sheets”, can now be printed and exported to Excel
  • The “Low Stock” report was completely re-designed to be easier to read
  • The “Low Stock” report has the column for Supplier Info added, so the supplier is known right from this report for any low stock product (makes for easier re-ordering)
  • The “Low Stock” report can now be exported to Excel as well
  • All of the columns in the “Low Stock” report can now be sorted in any way you see fit, to make the report even easier to read
  • In the “one column” mailing list printing feature of the “customer menu”, the Font Type and Size can now be changed from the default one
  • Fixed a problem with History > Lookup
  • Fixed a problem with employee login in network environments
  • Fixed a currency formatting compatibility issue with all credit card processing integrated solutions for transaction amounts over $999.99
  • All credit card processing integrated solutions are now protected against the user error of an early swipe, which would have caused inconvenience in past versions
  • Fixed a problem with deleting coupons and editing coupons in the coupon designer

New in POS Maid 2.334 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • It was recently discovered that when users improperly use the software by pressing the key, numerous times, very fast, during the checkout procedure, with disregard for any notifications on the screen, a duplicating transaction is possible by this improper use of the software. We have now misuse-proofed the software even further by making this scenario impossible. So even if a user improperly uses the software as described above, there will not be any duplicate transactions resulting from this improper use.
  • You do not have to manually enter all of the quick menu buttons for all of your PCs in a network anymore (one PC at a time). We have now made it possible for all PCs in a network to simply use the main PC’s (the server’s) buttons. So buttons are now shared over the network.
  • Close Register Report now has options to include or exclude different Registers from the Report. So when you do your next close register report you can choose which registers it is for.
  • We’ve improved the Excel Import Function. You can now use it continuously to update inventory as well, not just as a one-time function to add the inventory initially. It will simply update the stock of the product (add to it), if it finds the product to be existing and already in inventory.
  • We have added a “Skip Screen” button to the Customer Info screen now, to allow you to bypass the Customer Info screen for instances when you do not want to collect the Customer Info, but you do not want to turn off the feature all together.