Release Notes

Smart Vendor Release Notes

Release Version 9.5.3 – July 2025

Backup & Restore

Introduced faster data backups – Available when Acceo Cloud Backup (ACB) service is present on server.
NOTE: Requires ACB 1.0.3 (or higher). (Issues: SVP-3390, SVP-3935, SVP-3936, SVP-3937, SVP-3974, SVP-3989)

Digital Signatures

Implemented modern digital signing with Azure.

eStore & OmniChannel

Bulk upload stability and consistency enhancements. (Issues: SVP-3943, SVP-3975)

Head Office/Polling

Addressed potential memory leak which could occur under extreme conditions. (Issue: SVP-3993)

QuickBooks Online – API Integration

Applied required updates to match changes in Intuit’s Accounting API (SDK version 14.7.0.0, minor version 75). (Issue: SVP-3895)
- NOTE: Requires use of supplemental installer version 1.22.3.45.
Added “Reset Tokens” button in Account Export options.

Release Version 9.5.2 – April 2025

Accounts Receivable

Added one-time update to ensure correct display of account groups. (Issue: SVP-3866)

Backup & Restore

Resolved issue with invalid error message when backing up to a nested path. (Issue: SVP-3889)

Consolidation Service

Resolved issue preventing suspension of consolidation, which could impact date change or end-of-day operations. (Issue: SVP-3908)

eStore & OmniChannel

Improved handling of matrix header changes to ensure consistent publishing behavior. (Issue: SVP-3917)
Installation
Updated Installation Wizard to include default data suitable for Smart Vendor Version 9.5.2 (or higher).

Label Printing

Added support for displaying supplier/reorder information on custom labels, including:
Reorder point (minimum/maintain)
Reorder quantity
Maximum quantity
(Issue: SVP-3950)

Receipt Printer Support

Added support for “BIXOLON SRP-330III” Receipt Printer. (Issue: SVP-3722)

SeeMyApps – Rewards

Fixed recall functionality to retrieve customer and their points using a registered card, provided the customer’s email is associated with the card and customer profile. (Issue: SVP-3921)

Release Version 9.5.1 – March 2025

eStore & OmniChannel

Resolved issue where matrix header changes could trigger republish of previously unpublished items. (Issue: SVP-3917)

Global Changes

Introduced “Is On Sale” (True/False) filter to simplify inclusion/exclusion of items when making bulk changes. (Issue: SVP-3916)

Head Office/Polling

Resolved issue where Smart Polling application would not appear correctly following Windows 11 update 24H2. (Issue: SVP-3876)

Mobile App & Data Synchronization

Resolved limited release issue impacting data synchronization. (Issue: SVP-3942)

SeeMyApps – Rewards

Customer loyalty point balance now included when customer recalled by card number. (Issue: SVP-3921)

Release Version 9.5.0 – (Limited Release) – February 2025

Work in progres…

Release Version 9.4.4 – (Limited Release) – October 2024

Head Office/Polling

Head Office/Polling

Corrected false error reported in polling (related to cleardown setup).
Enhanced stability of SFTP upload/download. (Issues: SVP-3568, SVP-3754).

Release Version 9.4.3 – (Limited Releases) – September 11th, 2024 – November 27th, 2024

Customer Points & Web Utilities

Improved display of point history in head office context while supporting store filtering. (Issue: SVP-3824, SVP-3845)
Decreased latency of store-to-cloud point propagation from sales register context. (Issue: SVP-3819)

Head Office/Polling

Corrected false error reported in polling (related to cleardown setup).
Enhanced stability of SFTP upload/download. (Issues: SVP-3568, SVP-3754).

eStore & OmniChannel

Applied various stability improvements. (Issues: SVP-3793, SVP-3821, SVP-3823, SVP-3836, SVP-3856)

Miscellaneous

Updated online support link to match new Smart Vendor website. (Issue: SVP-3812)

QuickBooks Online – API Integration

Resolved issue “Connection Failed” issue. NOTE: Requires updated wizard. (Issue: SVP-3808)

Release Version 9.4.2 – (Limited Release) – July 2024

Customer Points & Web Utilities

Web Service Form Enhancements (Issues: SVP-3731, SVP-3756)
- Improved detection of “New Web Points” (mode) and introduced a display indicator next to Chain # when appropriate.
- Improved form speed and display of remaining customer points records to sync.
- Disabled “App KPI” statistics sync counts to improve performance on larger databases.
Faster Customer Points Re-sync and Reduced Transaction Latency (Issue: SVP-3750)
- Improved customer points re-sync speed, typically completing overnight.
- Reduced transaction-to-cloud points update latency to 6-9 seconds, enhancing consecutive transaction handling.
Resolved Local/Chain Point Display (Issue: SVP-3756)
- Revised customer history points display to use web data exclusively for store vs. chain point values based on “New Web Points” (mode) detection.
Restricted web utilities menu access to Master-level users only. (Issue: SVP-3735)

Head Office/Polling

Resolved issue that prevented polling of store transfers with certain status transitions. (Issue: SVP-3728)

eStore & OmniChannel

Improved quantity publishing stabilty. (Issues: SVP-3767, SVP-3782)

Sales Register & Returns

Resolved a problem where layaway items could not be returned correctly using the original invoice and could display a price error or prompt for lot tracking information. (Issue: SVP-3761, SVP-3763)

Release Version 9.4.1 – (Late) May 2024

Head Office/Polling

Fixed FTP/SFTP Port reverting to default on save. (Issue: SVP-3736)

Miscellaneous

Reduced upgrade duration with optimized ‘FixKitNoHistory’ update. (Issue: SVP-3727)

Report Generator

Fixed rare discrepancy in payment totals and variances between Report Generator and Sales Summary. (Issue: SVP-3717)

Release Version 9.4.0 – (Limited Release) – May 2024

eStore & OmniChannel

Unlinked products now properly unpublished. Issue related to products unlinked via direct changes on Shopify, independent of Smart Vendor. (Issue: SVP-3419)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Introduced an Enterprise enhancement to the Smart Data Import module for Head Office. (Issue: SVP-2811)
- Allows importing a unique ‘per store’ value for Status, Pricing, Reorder Levels, Taxes, and Points.
- Store Groups can be created and used to import the same value for a pre-configured list of stores to expedite the configuration.

Release Version 9.3.1 – May 2024

Data Cleardown

Additional table optimizations now performed following cleardown operation. (Issue: SVP-3503)

eStore & OmniChannel

Correction related to title search. (Issue: SVP-3429)
Correction related to call timeouts. (Issue: SVP-3553)
Correction related to quantity tracking (Issue: SVP-3487)

Pole Display

Improved display of weighable product quantity and unit price to align with standards. (Issues: SVP-3338, SVP-3407)

Sales Register & Returns

Discounts
- Resolved issue related to register price based multi-item discounts where an item had been priced to $0.00 by operator. (Issue: SVP-3505)
Gift Receipts
- Improved gift receipt item selection dialogue to only display (and allow tagging of) valid options. (Issues: SVP-3557, SVP-3564, SVP-3249)
Returns
- Resolved issue related to item returns and pricing by constraining workflow to drill-down edit dialogue. (Issue: SVP-3402, SVP-3475)
- Improved workflow and prompts during return operations where referenced invoice has no eligible items. (Issue: SVP-3409)
- Enhanced return workflow to prevent history-based item returns from exceeding price or qty originally purchased. (Issue: SVP-3410)

Transactor

Resolved issue which prevented use of SFTP protocol. (Issue: SVP-3543)

Year End & Spot Checks

Resolved “Out of Memory Error” which could result from large stock file. (Issue: SVP-3542)

Release Version 9.3.0 – (Limited Release) – March 2024

Data Cleardown

Data Cleardown

Reintroduced cleardown feature to reduce database size, potentially improving performance. (Issues: SVP-3309, SVP-3312, SVP-3329, SVP-3378, SVP-3379, SVP-3380, SVP-3381, SVP-3382, SVP-3383, SVP-3384, SVP-3387, SVP-3388, SVP-3391, SVP-3392, SVP-3395, SVP-3400, SVP-3431, SVP-3433, SVP-3434, SVP-3438)
- Enabled via System Setup > Utility > Cleardown.
- Head offices can control settings for entire chain.
- Data retention options: specify months to retain data (36-96 months), set frequency of Cleardown (1-36 months).
- Cleardown optionally purges transaction history and deleted stock items.
- Cleardown will only be performed if a successful backup was completed during the Date Change process.
- Audit trail of Cleardowns available in System Setup. Includes Start/End Date and time, Smart Vendor Current Date, configured Months to Retain, Retention Date, and settings for Cleardown History and/or Cleardown Stock.

Release Version 9.2.4 – April 2024

eStore & OmniChannel

Addressed “out of memory” issue (that could result from large dataset) by way of 64 Bit publisher application. (Issues: SVP-3435, SVP-3489)
Addressed issue where publisher settings would default to blank values in system setup. (Issue: SVP-3512)
Resolved location quantity issue affecting Omni Multi-Location. (Issue: SVP-3415)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Resolved issue affecting 1st description override protection. (Issue: SVP-3504)

Release Version 9.2.3 – February 2024

Consolidation Service

Resolved Date Last Received update issue in Head Office. (Issue: SVP-3372)

Database Engine

Resolved MySQL “Too many connections” error, which could impact clients with 30 or more concurrently active workstations. (Issue: SVP-3426)

eStore & OmniChannel

Resolved issue related to location and quantity affecting multi-location mode. (Issue: SVP-3415)

Key Performance Indicators + Web App

Resolved display issue related to invoice/history vs. KPI data source. (Issue: SVP-3339)

Sales Register & Returns

Resolved “Duplicates not allowed” error during returns processing. (Issue: SVP-3398)

Sales Summary – Payments

Resolved issue of blank payment method names when sourced from drawer count and not found in traditional sales register payments. (Issue: SVP-3399)

Stock File

Resolved slow description search for web clients by using specialized index. (Issue: SVP-3362)

Release Version 9.2.2 – January 2024

Customer File

Improved performance of customer search when searching by name. (Issue: SVP-3362)

eStore & OmniChannel

Improved eStore synchronization via new index. (Issue: SVP-3343)

Head Office/Polling

Enhanced Polling components to standby while exclusive operations such as date change, backup, or file maintenance take place. (Issue: SVP-3319)

Sales Register & Returns

Additional resolution of Sales Register returns (by invoice #) performance issue. (Issues: SVM-430, SVP-3316, SVP-3361)
Resolved invoice layout issue seen while using “Sales Clerk” (AKA. “Served By”) option. (Issue: SVP-3363)
Resolved issue where Gift Card line items could not be tagged for Gift Receipts. (Issue: SVP-3342)

Stock File

Improved performance of stock search when searching by description. (Issue: SVP-3362)

Release Version 9.2.1 – (Limited Release) – November 2023

Chain Net Qty Export

Included latest feature documentation as part of Wizard Installer. (Issue: SVP-3295)

Consolidation Service

Resolved issue where certain consolidation messages may not be processed. (Issue: SVP-3320)
Enhanced consolidation dialogue in Smart Vendor to include replication tables. (Issue: SVP-3321)

Sales Register & Returns

Resolved issue where messages could not be selected/tagged when printing gift receipts. (Issue: SVP-3337)

Smart Display

Corrected display of weighable items to clearly indicate unit of measure, disambiguate between quantities and dollar amounts, and to apply decimal precision as per system setup. (Issue: SVP-3326)

Stock File

Resolved additional edge-case related to receiving free ($0.00) items under last paid costing mode. (Issue: SVP-3199)
Improved display of Stock History dialogue and printed form to include stock # and name. (Issue: SVP-3269)
Resolved issue in Head Office matrix header pricing edit, where unchanged status might propagate to tagged locations. (Issue: SVP-3276)
Resolved issue where Head Office edit of matrix item in stock detail screen might allow change of status when “Custom Info” was tagged. (Issue: SVP-3276)

Release Version 9.2.0 – (Limited Release) – October 2023

Consolidation Service

Improved performance of consolidation activities using shadow tables. (Issue: SVP-2945, SVP-3078, SVP-3080, SVP-3149, SVP-3194)

Head Office/Polling

Enhanced polling applications to detect and respond to exclusive operations such as date change and file maintenance. (Issue: SVP-3228)
Introduced configurable micro-delays for fine tuning in production environments. (Issue: SVP-3229)

Sales Register & Returns

Resolved sales register returns (by invoice #) performance issue that could affect clients with large data. (Issues: SVM-430, SVP-3316)

Release Version 9.1.4 – November 2023

Sales Register

Sales Register

Resolved issue where Gift Card line items could not be tagged for Gift Receipts. (Issue: SVP-3342)

Release Version 9.1.3 – November 2023

Chain Net Qty Export

Included latest feature documentation as part of Wizard Installer. (Issue: SVP-3295)

Sales Register & Return

Resolved sales register returns (by invoice #) performance issue that could affect clients with large data. (Issues: SVM-430, SVP-3316)
Resolved issue where messages could not be selected/tagged when printing gift receipts. (Issue: SVP-3337)

Smart Display

Corrected display of weighable items to clearly indicate unit of measure, disambiguate between quantities and dollar amounts, and to apply decimal precision as per system setup. (Issue: SVP-3326)

Stock File

Resolved additional edge-case related to receiving free ($0.00) items under last paid costing mode. (Issue: SVP-3199)
Improved display of Stock History dialogue and printed form to include stock # and name. (Issue: SVP-3269)
Resolved issue in Head Office matrix header pricing edit, where unchanged status might propagate to tagged locations. (Issue: SVP-3276)
Resolved issue where Head Office edit of matrix item in stock detail screen might allow change of status when “Custom Info” was tagged. (Issue: SVP-3276)

Release Version 9.1.2 – September 2023

Accounts Receivable

Improved account payment reference when multiple payments made on an invoice (Issue: SVP-2677)
Enhanced account statements to omit $0 balance groups (Issues: SVP-2922, SVP-3021)

Chain Net Qty Export

Introduced new Chain Net Qty Export utility for Head Office. This utility can be found in Smart Vendor’s main menu under “Utilities” and produces an Excel file comprised of stock items along the Y-Axis and Store Locations and corresponding details along the X-Axis. (Issues: SVP-3100, SVP-3108, SVP-3164, SVP-3165, SVP-3171, SVP-3174, SVP-3175, SVP-3176, SVP-3177, SVP-3178, SVP-3179, SVP-3183, SVP-3211)
Details include:
- Department Name
- Sub Department Name
- 1st Description
- 2nd Description
- Supplier Name
- Reorder #
- Stock #
- Primary UPC
- Sell Price
- Cost Price
- Net Qty
- Qty on Transfer
- Qty on Order
- Reorder Qty
- Reorder Point
- Max Level
- Quantity Sold (for current and 3 prior months)
NOTES:
- This feature is limited to a single instance. (Issues: SVP-3172, SVP-3173, SVP-3188)
- In instances where a product isn’t carried by a store, an “X” will be displayed in place of a “0”. (Issue: SVP-3184)

Consolidation Service

Simplified message type display (Issue: SVP-3156)

Customer Points

Resolved display of Points Accumulated on receipts and invoices (Issue: SVP-3105)
Added SeeMyApps Points remaining display on transaction screen (Issue: SVP-2627)

Documentation

Updated User Guide for Exporting Sales Summary (Issue: SVP-3195)
Added User Guide for QuickBooks Online API Integration (Issue: SVP-3196)

eStore & OmniChannel

Added ability to upload negative quantities for OmniChannel Multi Location (Issue: SVP-3039)
Corrected issue where negative quantities were published for eStore 360 (Issue: SVP-3187)
Resolved error in Head Office when viewing a Web Order Invoice (Issue: SVP-3064)

Global Changes

Resolved issue in Head Office displaying additional multiple rows when filtered for store (Issue: SVP-3061)
Improved display in Head Office to ensure list items are presented in alphabetical order (Issue: SVP-3137)

Installation

Enhanced Installation Wizard to show recommended system specifications (Issue: SVP-3115)

Key Performance Indicators + Web App

Added statistics tracking for ‘this week’ and previous 4 week periods (Issues: SVP-3157, SVP-3159, SVP-3168)
Corrected purchase values displayed (Issues: SVP-3181, SVP-3203)
Updated the infrastructure for data exchange to reduce time to access data (Issue: SVP-3152)

Miscellaneous

Resolved issue where disabled menu options appear as available (Issue: SVP-3031)

Resolved display refresh concern when tagging items onto a Promo File (Issue: SVP-3136)

Purchase Orders

Introduced dedicated folder for Purchase Order documents saved as HTML, PDF, or Tab Delimited files (Issues: SVP-2194, SVP-3192)

QuickBooks Online – API Integration

Updated Account Export configuration screen to suppress Export Path & File when configured for direct integration (Issue: SVP-3142)
Enhanced log file to provide clear details on accounts with invalid mapping configuration (Issue: SVP-3143)
Optimized log file contents to remove unnecessary information and mask confidential details (Issue: SVP-3150)
Resolved missing text on Refresh button experienced in some environments (Issue: SVP-3162)
Improved export error messages to provide clear detail (Issue: SVP-3163)
Implemented managing export to adhere to QuickBooks throttle limits (Issue: SVP-3185)

Sales Register & Returns

Miscellaneous
- - Updated receipt / invoice to only show Deposits Refunded text when appropriate (Issues: SVP-3091, SVP-3133)
  - Added support for Random UPC in Special Orders (Issue: SVP-3111)
  - Restored ability to print quotation from Customer File (Issue: SVP-3190)
  - Improved Gift Receipt picklist to exclude non-qualifying items (Issue: SVP-3006)

Returns
- Added setting for Add switch “Require Invoice # on Returns”, requiring System Administrator access to proceed with blank or invalid Invoice # (Issues: SVP-3032, SVP-3036)
- Added option to “Require Invoice # on Returns”. When enabled requires System Administrator access to proceed with blank or invalid Invoice # (Issues: SVP-3032, SVP-3036)
- Improved return logic to reverse points earned based on original Invoice # (Issue: SVP-2684)
- Enhanced Receipt and Invoice printing on returns to include the original Invoice # above item / kit (Issues: SVP-2980, SVP-2983)
- Corrected text on Receipt and Invoice from “Return” to “Reason” for clarity (Issue: SVP-2981)
- Enhanced return logic to prevent returning more units than originally purchased (Issues: SVP-2982, SVP-3007, SVP-3008, SVP-3009, SVP-3044)
- Added price verification to prevent item return at higher price than original purchase (Issue: SVP-3035, SVP-3095)
- Improved return sequence to prevent Kit items being returned separately (Issue: SVP-3094)
- Enhanced return dialogue to communicate maximum returnable units (Issue: SVP-3038)
- Resolved issue where returns could be done within a Special Orders (Issue: SVP-3070)
- Resolved issue where editing a return item did not recall the quantity or sell price appropriately (Issue: SVP-3069)
- Resolved pricing issue on transaction from selling and returning items in same Mix & Match file (Issue: SVP-3074)
- Removed redundant minimum price prompt on return referencing original Invoice # (Issue: SVP-3092)
- Addressed a pricing issue on returns for a Promo or Mix & Match item (Issue: SVP-3170)
- Enhanced the return logic to prevent Kit items from being independently returned (Issue: SVP-3182)

Stock File

Resolved display of Inactive Items in Matrix grid (Issue: SVP-3212)
Resolved issue where cost by type adjustments might not post when free ($0.00) items were received from supplier and opting to change cost. NOTE: issue not present under “Average” costing mode. (Issue: SVP-3199)

Release Version 9.1.1 – (Limited Release) – July 2023

Accounting Export

Enhanced Sales Summary filters related to Web Payments, Per Day, and Per Store (where applicable). (Issues: SVP-2851, SVP-3062)
Resolved issue where Deposits Refunded were not displayed separately. (Issue: SVP-3033)
Resolved issue where reporting of New/Used/Buyback item types could produce mixed results. (Issue: SVP-3034)
Added General Journal functionality to Print and Save to PDF. (Issue: SVP-3058)
Improved QuickBooks Online integration to better support Production Environment. (Issue: SVP-3065)
Simplified QuickBooks Online configuration screens. (Issue: SVP-3097)
Reduced steps required to perform Account Export to specific filename and path. (Issue: SVP-3098)
Optimized tables to prevent repetitive File Maintenance prompt when opening Smart Vendor. (Issue: SVP-3120)
Updated the QBO API Chart of Accounts search form to show the user defined Account Number and name. (Issues: SVP-3123, SVP-3125)
Improved the QBO API Chart of Accounts search form to sort by Account Number. (Issue: SVP-3124)
Improved the QBO API Integration to support valid lengths and characters in Account Number. (Issue: SVP-3128)
Added printing support for General Journal. (Issue: SVP-3122)
Enhanced heading of General Journal printout to display filtered stores (for Head Office) or station (for Store level). (Issue: SVP-3127)
Updated the data access components required to configure QBO API. (Issue: SVP-3129)
Expanded the QBO API Integration Chart of Accounts to allow maximum of 1000 accounts. (SVP-3138)

Miscellaneous

Enhanced Install wizard to support custom MySQL settings. (Issue: SVP-3082)
Resolved issue where Web Service URLs were not visable on screen. (SVP-3113)

Release Version 9.1.0 – June 2023

Accounting Export

NEW! Added “Export Per Day” and “Export Per Store” options in the Sales Summary – Options area. Users may now select a date range for, i.e. a week or a month, and Smart Vendor will automatically build the Export Files with the daily sales separated per date and / or per store (for Head Office users). For QBO API users, SV will create a unique Journal entry for each date/store combination. (Issue: SVP-2456)
Improved the QBO API Export to assign a unique Journal # in QBO using a pattern of “SV-yyyymmddhhmmssS” to identify the source of the entry (Smart Vendor), plus the Windows date and time the export was performed, and when performed from Head Office an additional character for the Store # will be tagged on the end when separating by Store #. (Issue: SVP-2947)
Improved the SV Chart of Accounts and modified the display order for proper asset/liability/revenue/expense/cogs’ groupings. Updated the new General Journal screen and all of the account exports to list accounts in the same order. (Issue: SVP-2953)
Improved the SV Chart of Accounts to display System Setup Payment Names to ensure user defined payment names are displayed. (Issue: SVP-2969)
Improved the SV Chart of Accounts and simplified the display to suppress account names for features not enabled in the system. (Issue: SVP-2955)
Improved the SV Chart of Accounts to allow Paid Out Clearing Account GL # to be defined under the DEBIT column rather than the CREDIT column. (Issue: SVP-2965)
Improved the SV Chart of Accounts to display ESTORE and ESTOREGC payment types for configuration purposes. (Issue: SVP-2968)
Modified the Export to block the export of ‘Today’, and display a warning to the user. This ensures that the day is complete before the sales are exported. (Issue: SVP-2852)
Modified the Export button to show as disabled if the Export Option is not defined, is missing an export path, or export path is not valid. (Issue: SVP-2919)
Improved General Journal tab to always show Asset, Liability, Revenue, and regular Expense accounts that have dollar values in the select date range. Inventory Value and COGS accounts will only appear when configured with a GL account # and a dollar value is found. (Issue: SVP-2988)
Improved General Journal tab to ensure Paid Out Clearing value appears as Debit. (Issue: SVP-3030)

Accounts Receivable

Improved Refund on Account routine to link to the original account invoice as a group. (Issue: SVP-2925)
Improved Charge on Account routine to prompt user to link new invoice to existing credits or prepayment on account. (Issue: SVP-2927)
Improved “Item Type – Reference” contents to include Customer Purchase Order # and payment type for account payments. (Issue: SVP-2923)
Improved Head Office account statement screens and printouts to ensure they are sorted by oldest date not invoice number or store groupings. (Issue: SVP-2924)
Resolved sequence that would allow user to select Charge To Account payment method when making a Payment on Account. (Issue: SVP-2913)

Costing

Returns – Improved Returns to use the original Cost of Goods Sold from the original transaction instead of ‘today’s’ cost. (Issue: SVP-241, SVP-440)
System Setup – Introduced new option in System Setup – Stock – Pricing – “Use Discounted Cost” to centrally manage 3 pre-existing, interdependent System Setup options: Supplier Setup ‘Discounted Cost’ (to enable Stock File – Reg Cost & Disc Cost %) and Allow Cost Discount in Purchase Order and Quick Receive Setup (to use Options – Discount). (Issue: SVP-2398)

eStore & OmniChannel

OmniChannel: Added ecommerce Cart Name onscreen when viewing Web Order fulfillment details in SV. Present since SV.8.3. (Issue: SVP-988)
Improved svWebStore publisher to record End Date of publishing session. (Issue: SVP-2748)
Added support for multiple Shopify Discount codes on web order fulfillments and invoicing. (Issue: SVP-2836)

Key Performance Indicators + Web App

Resyncs Department Names from the POS to the cloud for the Top Sales view, where sales are summarized by and filtered on Department. Present since SV.9.0.0. (Issue: SVP-2899)

Miscellaneous

Head Office Stock File – Ensured that tagging “Bonus Points” is only allowed in the F6-Stores area where all “per store” field options are managed. (Issue: SVP-2985)

Reports

Improved Items Sold – Clerk Productivity report to ensure transactions missing clerk ID are included, ensuring POS and the SV WebApp Dashboard agree. (Issue: SVP-2900)
Improved Transaction Audit – Hourly performance results to include Layaway, Special Order, and Work Order pickups, ensuring POS and SV WebApp Dashboard agree. (Issue: SVP-2901)
Improved Items Sold – Clerk Productivity to include Coupons to display a true net sales result per clerk, ensuring POS and SV WebApp Dashboard totals agree. (Issue: SVP-2906)
Improved Items Sold – Details, and Summary, to ensure coupons starting with a $0.00 price follow same behavior as Stock and Charges, ensuring that start the first non-zero price on the Register is recorded as the initial ‘regular price’ and ‘selling price’. (Issue: SVP-2907)
Resolved Alternate Supplier still showing in Report Generator when deleted. (Issue: SVP-2119)

Sales Register

Service Module – Resolved issue where a fractional quantity was being rounded up to a whole number, i.e. when trying to charge ½ hour service. (Issue: SVP-2911)
Coupons – Standardized handling of price reductions to emulate behavior of Stock and Charges. SV will show a ‘discount’, the difference between regular and final selling price. (Issue: SVP-2951)
Coupons – Updated receipt and invoice printouts to support showing price reductions on coupons. (Issue: SVP-2962)
Customer Purchase Order Prompting – corrected behavior where Customer PO # may be prompted on a ‘no customer’ transaction based on last customer served. (Issue: SVP-2972)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Improved handling of automated EDI Catalogue Import. Present since SV.8.9.4. (Issue: SVP-2432)
Resolved failure to import catalogue item update when EDI ‘Case Qty’ source value is blank. (Issue: SVP-2434)
Improved import logic to reject invalid stock number lengths, and stock number containing symbols and spaces. i.e. Stock # supports alpha/numeric codes, with a maximum 10 character length. Spaces or symbols are not supported. Check import result log to monitor for any rejected entries. (Issue: SVP-2984)

Station Setup

Rearranged User Interface tab “Touch Register” options for better ease-of-use. (Issue: SVP-2915)

Release Version 9.0.4 – June 2023

Consolidation Service

Consolidation Service

Resolved issue where message: “Unable to Stop Consolidation” could appear on Date Change. (Issue: SVP-3048)

Release Version 9.0.3 – May 2023

Backup & Restore

Improved backup progress indicator to display progress during file compression. (Issue: SVP-2949)
Improved SmartUnzipper’s progress indicators and introduced table “analyze” (as final step) to boost performance. (Issue: SVP-2987)

Consolidation Service

Optimized Consolidation for installations when KPI data processing is not required. (Issue: SVP-2973)
Optimized how Consolidation Service message counts are maintained while records are being processed, significant benefit for Head Office systems. (Issue: SVP-2958, SVP-2975)
Improved Consolidation Message Handling Performance through additional index. (Issue: SVP-2966)

Database Engine

Resolved issue that could prevent migration from MySQL 5.5 to MySQL 8.0. (Issue: SVP-2991)

Head Office/Polling

Resolved issue where overnight/scheduled polling could produce “Program Already Running” message. (Issue: SVP-3001)

Transactor

Resolved invalid software/registration expiry prompt found on some workstations. (Issue: SVP-2884)

Release Version 9.0.2 – May 2023

Consolidation Service

Improved Consolidation Service window to reduce time building initial list of messages on Full Consolidation. (Issue: SVP-2945)
Improved response time for Consolidation service to stop so that Head Office End of Day will start (outside of the initialization of Full Consolidation). (Issue: SVP-2945)
Improved Consolidation Message handling for Full Consolidation. (Issue: SVP-2945)
Improved Consolidation Performance through additional index. (Issue: SVP-2966)

Documentation

Updated SV WebApp Quick Start Guide in SV DOCS folder (see shortcut on server desktop). (Issue: SVP-2940)

Miscellaneous

Improved search and recall performance for Sales Summary. (Issues: SVP-2936, SVP-2934)
Updated Install Wizard to disable MySQL 5 service in Windows after upgrading to MySQL 8. (Issue: SVP-2948)

Printing

Resolved Citizen 310 printing delay. (Issue: SVP-2929)

Release Version 9.0.1 (limited release) – April 2023

Accounting Export

Added unique Account Mapping fields for Taxes Paid In, separating them from Taxes Paid Out. (Issue: SVP-2872)
Added Gift Registry Notification Sales to Account Mapping. (Issue: SVP-2807)
Verified all headings related to Account Export are supported in French. (Issues: SVP-2871, SVP-2810)

Accounts Receivable

Resolved issue reported in 8.9.0 where Account Payment made more than 30 days after the invoice was not allocating as expected to the aging period the invoice belonged to. (Issue: SVP-2886)
A new Group/Ungroup feature has been added on the Account details screen. (Issue: SVP-2682)
- It allows retailers to ungroup invoices, payments, etc. Example, a payment was a applied to the wrong group. i.e.,
  - Ungroup a specific item within an existing group. It becomes a new independent ‘group’.
  - Tag multiple or all items in a group and ungroup, to separate the chosen items into independent groups
- It allows retailers to Group two or more tagged items and merge them together. Think of this as a mini ‘Bring Forward’, where the retailer is in control of what gets merged into a group.

Global Changes

Added tagging for multiple Departments or Department-Subdepartment combinations. (Issue: SVP-2752,SVP-2768)
- Retailer will be offered a selection window similar to the Department-Subdepartment lookup on the Stock File which offers checkboxes beside each heading.
- Tag a Department to automatically select and tag all the related Subdepartments
- Tag some Subdepartments only within the Department for a partial selection within the Department.
- Added logic to group any products not assigned to a Subdepartment under ‘None’, allowing a retailer to include those items for a Global Change as well. (Issues: SVP-2772, SVP-2752)
- Retailers can make a Global Change to filter for the Subdepartment of ‘None’ and change them to a proper Subdepartment.
Added tagging of multiple Suppliers for a Global Change. (Issue: SVP-2793)
Added tagging of multiple Brands. (Issue: SVP-2829)
Added tagging of multiple Items. (Issue: SVP-2829)
Added tagging of multiple Features. (Issue: SVP-2829)
General Rule for multi-filter tagging:
- When multiple Departments, Subdepartments, suppliers, etc., are tagged under Filter, the Change option will be disabled.
- To move products from one Department-Subdepartment to another, tag one Subdepartment, to select the required new Department-Subdepartment.
Added Discount % field to recalculate a ‘wholesale price’, aka Customer Level Price, based on a discount off Selling Price. (Issue: SVP-2738)
Added Date Created as an option for Filtering. (Issue: SVP-2828)
- Use in conjunction with recent additions ‘Last Sold’, ‘Last Purchased’, and ‘Quantity on Hand’ to find old, sold-out stock and change status to Inactive.

Printing

Added support for Citizen CT-S4000 receipt printer in Station Setup. (SVP-2882)

Reports

Improved performance when drilling into Drawer Summary. (Issue: SVP-2938)

QuickBooks Online – API Integration

New feature allows retailers to push Sales Summary data directly into QuickBooks Online using QBO’s Journal Entry API, no 3rd party middleware required. (Issue: SVP-2612)
Added new Accounting Export option for QuickBooks Online API in Sales Summary | F8-Options | F10-Options. (Issue: SVP-2450)
Requires installation of SV QBO Installer on workstations that will be performing the QBO Export. (Issue: SVP-2709)
Added ability to define API sign on credentials for the store’s QBO account. (Issue: SVP-2451)
Added view of QBO Chart of Accounts from SV using API. (Issue: SVP-2637)
Added ability to select QBO Account onto SV Options screen to define mapping. (Issue: SVP-2637)
Added validation through API of QBO account # when applied manually in SV. (Issue: SVP-2452)
Added progress indicator to display when export is in progress. (Issue: SVP-2485)
Added error reporting on screen in SV when Debits do not match Credits. (Issue: SVP-2453)
Sets SV Transaction Date as the Journal Date in QBO. (Issue: SVP-2795)
Blocked QBO API export from Training Mode. (Issue: SVP-2463)
Provided options to enable Debug and Trace logs to assist CS in troubleshooting if required. (Issue: SVP-2641)

Sales Register

Resolved issue where original messages on layaways/special orders were not visible after upgrade. (Issue: SVP-2714)

Sales Summary – General Journal Tab

Added General Journal tab to assist all retailers with viewing the daily sales as a true General Journal entry onscreen. (Issue: SVP-2642)
- Supports retailers in evaluating Accounting Export Configuration and looking for missing account definitions.
- Supports retailers in researching export messages when Debits do not Credits. (Issue: SVP-2642)
Displays accounts in order of Assets, Liabilities, Revenue, Cost of Goods Sold, Paid Out Expenses. (Issue: SVP-2824)
Displays all dollar amounts for ‘Debit Only’ or ‘Credit Only’ mapping accounts, even when account mapping is blank; facilitating quick analysis of missing account numbers for Assets, Liabilities, Revenue Accounts. (Issue: SVP-2801)
Displays all Inventory Value and Cost of Goods Sold accounts together in the lower half of the screen. Only mapped accounts will be presented on the General Journal for these accounts since they can be configured on either the Debit or Credit side of the ledger, or both. (Issue: SVP-2801)

Release Version 9.0.0 (limited release) – March 2023

Accounts Receivable

Resolved “Beta” issue in display of aging amounts. (Issue: SVP-2886)
Resolved issue where Account Payments at Sales Register could be discounted based on Customer Level. (Issue: SVM-298, SVP-2643)

Anita EDI – Purchase Order

Resolved issue where prompts included both English and French, rather than matching operators’ preference. (Issue: SVP-1851)

Customer Points

Resolved issue where points could be earned while also being used as the method of payment. (Issue: SVP-2729)
Resolved issue where product returns reversed points based on present day point configuration, rather than points issued at time of purchase. (Issue: SVP-2684)
Resolved tracking issue related to secondary audit table and manual point adjustments. (Issue: SVP-2855)

Key Performance Indicators + Web App

Added menu access to resync mobile data from Web Utilities Menu with clerk prompting. (Issue: SVP-2155)
Improved SV WebApp performance to find and display performance information on Dashboard and Top Sales. (Issues: SVP-1433, SVP-2127, SVP-2154, SVP-2156, SVP-2187, SVP-2251, SVP- 2674, SVP-2766, SVP-2773, SVP-2825)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Added Support for Auto Quantity and Auto Price on Stock Creation and Updates. (Issue: SVP-2584)
Resolved date formatting issue when importing Sale Dates into Head Office. (Issue: SVP-2823)

Smart Mail – Security Update

Includes necessary security requirement changes for Smart Mail digital communications, i.e., to send digital receipts, invoices, and Purchase Orders, and for active EDI Ordering solutions. (Issue: SVP-2775)NOTE: This update must be installed in your chain, independent stores, and Transactor Stations, prior to April 20th to continue sending Smart Mail communications normally.

Release Version 8.9.4 – April 2023

Consolidation Service

Resolved potential lockup when history entries exceed actual/present date. (Issue: SVP-2888)

Database Engine

Resolved issue where MySQL ‘BIN’ files consume excess drive space. (Issue: SVP-2903)

Release Version 8.9.3 – March 2023

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable

Resolved “Beta” issue in display of aging amounts. (Issue: SVP-2886)

Release Version 8.9.2 – March 2023

Database Engine

Resolved “Trouble with connection (Possible Network Issues). Try again?” prompt that could appear when Smart Vendor is idle for 8+ hours (Timeout period extended to 72 hours). (Issue: SVP-2835)

eStore & OmniChannel

Resolved potential .NET error message by including appropriate version of “svWebStore.exe” application. (Issue: SVP-2854)

Smart Mail – TLS 1.2

Addressed TLS 1.2 security requirement affecting Smart Mail solution. (Issue: SVP-2775)

Release Version 8.9.0 (limited release) – February 2023

Customer Accounts Receivable

Added ‘Enter’ to apply Payment to Sales Register – Customer File – Account for parity with Options – View Account. (Issue: SVP-2551)
Resolved Customer’s Account Balance not refreshing immediately on the Sales Register after voiding Invoices or Payments. (Issue: SVP-2645)
Resolved Payment on Account allowing negative dollar amount. (Issue: SVP-2664)
Resolved Customer Level Automatic Discount % being applied on Account Payments. (Issue: SVP-2643)
Resolved Statement printout missing Interest Charge/manual entry. (Issue: SVP-2668)
Resolved error in Transaction Audit – Account History, after viewing invoice details. (Issue: SVP-2644)

EDI

Anita EDI Purchase Order
- Resolved Do not check PO messages for valid UPC/Reorder# or give error. (Issue: SVP-986)
- Added warning to user that purchase order “Messages are not sent to the EDI supplier”. (Issue: SVP-2488)
- Modified Dual Language Messages returned from API to display only in one language in the POS. (Issue: SVP-2170)
- Improved API messages will display in User`s language context, i.e. for systems running in English, show English Message. If running in French, show French message. (Issue: SVP-1851)
Purity Life EDI Purchase Order
- Resolved “Check Supplier’s QOH – All Items” will not show blank window when all items are available. (Issue: SVP-1852)
- Resolved error using View on blank Purchase Order for EDI Purity Life Supplier. (Issue: SVP-1850)
Miscellaneous
- Added EDI Case Qty field to the stock screen, and EDI Catalogue import for suppliers like Purity Life. (Issue: SVP-1272)
- Ensured Catalogue Import does not prompt for user (SDI) login. (Issue: SVP-2432)

Global Changes

Added filter for Quantity on Hand. Inventory managers can use this to find sold out product that should be changed to Inactive Status. Check your Ticket Centre Knowledgebase and Monthly Newsletter for Tips & Tricks. (Issue: SVP-2196)
Added filters “Date Last Sold” and “Date Last Received”. Inventory managers can use these to find sold out product that should be changed to Inactive Status. Check your Ticket Centre Knowledgebase and Monthly Newsletter for Tips & Tricks. (Issue: SVP-2221)
Removed Print button in Global Changes. (Printing not supported in this topic.) (Issue: SVP-1220)

Miscellaneous

Resolved configuration pattern where Customer – Heading ‘Level’ did not display correctly if Administrator access not enabled on clerk. (Issue: SVP-2524)
Resolved saving issue with System Setup – Tax # 2 Exemption heading. (Issue: SVP-2614)

Purchase Orders

Resolved ‘Auto Fill Special Orders?’ prompt not appearing when importing PO receiving from File, Data Collector, EDI. (Issue: SVP-2080)
Added default storage folder for ‘Print to File’ (…\Smartwin\PurchaseOrders) to provided dedicated area for retailer generated PDF’s. (Issue: SVP-2106)

Sales Register

Customer Purchase Order Numbers
- Improved prompt message to cashier for clarity. (Issue: SVP-2081)
- Added PO# to Shipping Invoice when feature is enabled. (Issue: SVP-2090)
- Added switch in System Setup – Customer – Levels for retailers to control which customer types should prompt for a PO #, i.e. intended for Commercial Sales / Business to Business customers. (Issue: SVP-2092)
- Implemented Purchase Order prompt in register only for the enabled Customer Levels. (Issue: SVP-2093)
- Added Customer PO # as a column on Customer File – Invoices when feature is enabled. (Issue: SVP-2095)
- Added Customer PO # support on Layaways and Special Orders. (Issue: SVP-2094)
Gift Cards
- Enforced that (LOCAL) Gift Cards can no longer be reloaded once cancelled. (Issue: SVP-2120)
Kits & Packages
- Kits – Resolved returning Kit with a Charge repeats Charge item on the transaction, outside of the Kit. (Issue: SVP-2678)
- Package Pricing – Resolved restoring register pricing when Package Price ‘from Register Price’ is cancelled, and items have Qty Break Pricing defined. (Issue: SVP-2152, SVP-2213)
- Package Pricing – Resolved ‘Total’ in Package Pricing window will correctly reflect the correct amount when manual register discounts have been applied before opening the Package window, based on configuration (Package from onscreen Register Price vs Stock File Selling Price). (Issue: SVP-2109)
- Package Pricing – Resolved Package Price not calculating discounts as expected when configured to discount from “Stock Selling Price”. If manual or other automatic discounts are applied before using the Package Discount feature, and the cashier exits the Package feature, or cancels the applied package pricing, SV will restore the prior discounts on the Register screen. (Issue: SVP-2083)
- Package Pricing – When configured to discount from Stock Selling Price, and some items are currently on sale, have Qty Break, or Mix & Match pricing discounts applied already, SV will display “Alert: Some items already on promotion.” If the Retailer proceeds, and configures a Package Discount that results in an overall higher transaction Total than the starting amount, SV will display “Customer is no longer receiving the best price, do you wish to procced?”. The Alert is letting the Retailer know that the customer will be paying more now after the Package Discount is applied. The Retailer may proceed at their discretion. (Issue: SVP-2182)
- Points – Resolved issue where using Preset Key to apply a discount was not recognized as a discount, and the customer earned points, even though system is configured to ‘Prevent Points on Discounts’. (Issue: SVP-2680)
Layaways & Special Orders
- Special Orders – Resolved navigation issue with changing quantity on special order item already linked to a PO. (Issue: SVP-2489)
Miscellaneous
- Export to Accounting – Resolved issue where Cost of Goods Sold could export with more than 2 decimals, resulting in an ‘out of balance’ message. (Issue: SVP-2687)
- Accounts Receivable – Resolved issue where Account balance and limit could appear on the Register when disabled in system setup. (Issue: SVP-2431)
- Price Protection – Resolved issue where Minimum Price may not be enforced as expected if the item price with 3-4 digit decimal precision (i.e. $99.9956) was less then one cent below the Minimum Price (i.e. $100.00). (Issue: SVP-2525)
- Invoices – Resolved issue where Advertising Message would print even if disabled in System Setup. (Issue: SVP-2082)
Mix & Match
- Returns – Resolved issue with 3 digit decimal unit price not returned at correct price. i.e. buying 2 for $1.25, one item purchased for $0.63, and the other at $0.62 on a separate line. Both will be returned at their respective original invoice unit prices instead of both returned at $0.63. (Issue: SVP-2685)
- Points – Resolved interpretation of discounts to include Mix & Match when the items are bought at reduced Mix & Match prices. Customers will no longer earn points in this scenario. (Issue: SVP-2681)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

SDI – EDI – Added import support for EDICaseQty field to record the Supplier’s pack quantity, separate from the Store’s Reorder Quantity. Once configured, the store’s Reorder Qty will no longer be overridden by the supplier’s pack quantity for Purity Life. (Issue: SVP-1411, SVP-2434)

Stock File

Added EDICaseQty field to the Stock screen to distinctly identify the Supplier’s pack quantity, separate from the Store’s Reorder Quantity. This is a ‘view only’ field – Retailers are not allowed to modify this value. Once this version is installed, and the EDI Catalogue import profile updated, the store’s Reorder Qty will no longer be overridden by the supplier’s pack quantity for Purity Life. (Issue: SVP-1411, SVP-2434)
Sale Pricing – SV will only warn if a Sale Price is defined without a Start Date. We have removed the warning when the Ending Date is left blank intentionally for clearance items. (Issue: SVP-2114)
Quantities – When adding a new stock file, prevent defining a negative starting quantity, and warn user. (Issue: SVP-2539)
Matrix – Improved indicators for Deleted as well as Inactive on Matrix Grid displays. Matrix Items that are Deleted and Quantity On Hand is ‘0’ will display a red “D” in the grid . Matrix Items that are Inactive will display a red “I” when Quantity On Hand is ‘0’. If Quantity is not ‘0’, the quantity itself will display in red for Inactive Items. (Deleted items should not have a quantity other than ‘0’) (Issue: SVP-2118)
Resolved issue with Quantity Break checkbox ‘Continue Pricing Between Breaks’ would not save. (Issue: SVP-1908)

Release Version 8.8.1 (limited release) – January 2023

Backup & Restore

Enhanced date change and backup utility areas to leverage standard “dump” method instead of (binary) file copy. (Issue: SVP-2555)
Improved SmartUnzipper utility to allow selective restore of databases and other assets to live server (and working folder).
IMPORTANT NOTE: With the move to MySQL 8.0.x, database related files cannot be copied/pasted using file system – Doing so will render it unusable.

Customer Points

When recalling a completed transaction where the customer type is eligible for points, the heading at the top of the register screen will show ‘Orig Pnts’ to clarify that at the time of the transaction, this is the final number of points the customer had on file after the transaction was completed. (SVP-2647)

Database Engine

Smart Vendor 8.8.x series installs MySQL 8.0.x to replace end-of-life MySQL 5.5.x. (See Installation section for more details)

Head Office/Polling

New option for SFTP file transfers has been added for Chain polling and Transactor polling (for future activation).
NOTE: Users will continue to run FTP polling until a new SFTP Polling site has been created for the retailer’s unique account and Customer Success coordinates the chain to make the changeover.
Added ‘SFTP’ selection in Store and Station Files for Polling – to be used under direction of Customer Success Team. (SVP-2513)

Installation

Improved support for modern O/S through migration to latest MySQL 8.0.x Community Server.
Enhanced installation wizard to automatically perform one-time migration from older to newer MySQL.

Reports – Items On Order

Improved each report tab by ensuring the first 2 columns represent how the report tab is sorted (SVP-2650)
- On Layaway: Last Changed ascending, Layaway # ascending, transaction line # * (unchanged)
  - Displays open layaways oldest to newest by date last updated to help retailers take action on older layaways and contact clients, i.e., request additional deposit to continue holding the item, or forfeit the deposit and close the layaway (according to the store’s policies)
- On Special Order: Created Date descending, Special Order # ascending, transaction line # *
  - Displays special newest to oldest orders to help retailers ensure that the products are ordered with the supplier for new requests in a timely manner.
- On Service: Created Date, Service # descending, transaction line # *
  - Displays service work orders newest to oldest to help retailers quickly see requests for new estimates or repairs that need processing
- On Back Order: Sold On ascending, Invoice # ascending, transaction line # *
  - Displays back order items oldest to newest.
- On Order: Expected Date ascending, Order # ascending, transaction line # *
  - Displays purchase orders oldest to newest according to the date expected to help retailers anticipate the upcoming shipments that will need unpacking, count verification, labelling and merchandising.
- On Return: Date Issued ascending, Return # ascending, transaction line # *
  - Displays orders oldest to newest to help retailers monitor the outstanding RMA requests and encourage updating them for credits or units received to close them.
- On Transfer: Issue Date, Transfer # ascending, transaction line # *
  - Displays transfers oldest to newest to anticipate the upcoming arrival of inter-store shipments.
- Transaction line # → Organized by line # on the transaction to ensure items are displayed in same order as when the transaction in progress is recalled onscreen.

Release Version 8.5.9 – April 2023

Consolidation Service

Consolidation Service

Resolved potential lockup when history entries exceed actual/present date. (Issue: SVP-2888)

Release Version 8.5.8 – February 2023

Smart Mail – TLS 1.2

Smart Mail – TLS 1.2

Addressed TLS 1.2 security requirement affecting Smart Mail solution. (Issue: SVP-2775)

Release Version 8.5.7 – January 2023

Data Collector

Introduced support for Honeywell CT45 model; files are imported from a different location on the device compared with CT40 model. SV will automatically retrieve files from the correct location based on the device model. (Issue: SVP-2707)

eStore & OmniChannel

Upgraded Newtonsoft JSON and Devart data access components (DLLs). (Issue: SVP-2676)
NOTE: SV Stock Publishing requires a version of .NET 4.8 or higher for successful stock publishing.

Head Office/Polling

Enhanced field alignment during raw data transport – Issue found only in newer MySQL 8.0.x and may not apply to Smart Vendor 8.5.x series. (Issue: SVP-2666)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Resolved Sale Date format issue in 8.5 series. (Issue: SVP-2705)
Improved SDI to replace negative quantities with ‘0’ when SDI creates a new stock number; Negative quantities for stock creation are not supported via SDI. This safeguards the SV Weight Average Cost costing method. (Issue: SVP-2218)
Improved Installation wizard to create the required ‘DataImport’ folder if not present, to meet EDI dependency on this folder. (Issue: SVP-2691)

Release Version 8.5.6 (limited release) – December 2022

Consolidation Service

Improved Consolidation Performance. (Issues: SVP-2654, SVP-2616, SVP-2679)

Data Collector

Included latest Smart Collector wizard in Full Installer. (Issue: SVP-2653)

Release Version 8.5.5 – November 2022

Consolidation Service

Improved handling of “unable to stop service” instances related to client data pattern. (SVP-2592, SVP-2603)

Web Gift Cards

Improved handling of Web Gift Card Expiry and Cancelled detection in non-EST time zones. (SVP-2595, SVP-2596, SVP-2632)

Release Version 8.5.4 – October 2022

Installation

The Wizard installer will check the computer’s operating systems and will not install if its running an O/S less than than Windows 10 (or dedicated server equivalent). (Issue: SVP-2468)
Smart Vendor will also check the O/S when the system is launched to ensure that the shortcut is not running in a compatibility mode for an older release (Issue: SVP-2469)

Data Collector

Resolved issue affecting data collector import/export on 8.5 series. (Issue: SVP-2449)

eStore & OmniChannel

Various Improvements and Changes related to integrated HTML Editor. (Issues: SVP-2222, SVP-2235, SVP-2250, SVP-2277, SVP-2289, SVP-2294, SVP-2295, SVP-2296, SVP-2297, SVP-2298, SVP-2299, SVP-2300, SVP-2301, SVP-2302, SVP-2356, SVP-2437, SVP-2438, SVP-2439, SVP-2441, SVP-2442, SVP-2444, SVP-2445, SVP-2475)
Resolved issue where Phone Number Prefix, i.e. country code (“1” and “+1”) could negatively impact locating an existing customer match for a new web order customer. (Issue: SVP-2331)
Resolved WebQOH upload issue to ecommerce site, specific to Saskatchewan time zone. (Issue: SVP-2486)
Resolved issue preventing program closure (e.g., when large eStore work queue remains). (Issue: SVP-2518)
Miscellaneous improvements. (Issue: SVP-2105)

Head Office/Polling

Resolved a Store Transfer issue related to synchronization across time zones. (Issue: SVP-2383)
Resolved display issue where wholesale price screen did not immediately reflect cost/selling prices for a newly created stock item. (Issue: SVP-2342)

Quick Receiving

Quick Receive “unreceive reason” now updates to Stock File – Options – View Quantity Adjustments audit report. (Issue: SVP-2430)

Sales Register

Streamlined stock search to alleviate alternate supplier display when not relevant. (Issue: SVP-2312)
Enhanced “Best Price” logic to prompt for pricing confirmation as quantities are changed on a regular sale, as well as quotes, layaways, and special orders, and only when price has been marked up. No prompting if price is currently best price or a reduced price. (Issues: SVP-1758, SVP-2428, SVP-2396, SVP-2395, SVP-2384)

Release Version 8.5.3 – August 2022

Customer Points

Improvements related to synchronization of customer points. (Issue: SVP-2330)

Receipt Printer Support

Expanded list of receipt printer emulations. (Issue: SVP-2307)
Addressed issue related to TM-T88IV and TM-T88V paper names.
Improved verbiage of “IsNewPrintLogic” prompt. (Issue: SVP-2357)

Virtual Cart

Improved handling of Virtual Cart price overrides in conjunction with Smart Vendor’s “Best Price”. (Issue: SVP-2257)

Release Version 8.5.2 – July 2022

Customer Points

Improvements related to synchronization of customer points. (Issue: SVP-2246)

Receipt Printer Support

Improved consistency of Receipt Print/Preview for emulations: “Epson TM-T88IV”, “Citizen CT-S310”, “Citizen CT-S2000”. (Issue: SVP-2265)
Added check on application startup with possible operator notification – e.g. “IsNewPrintLogic” being phased out. (Issue: SVP-2290)

Release Version 8.5.1 – July 2022

Label Printer Support

Added support for Bixolon SLP-DX220 thermal label printer. (Issue: SVP-2212)

Receipt Printer Support

Added support for Bixolon SRP-330II thermal receipt printer. (Issue: SVP-2220)
Addressed potential Access Violation that could occur during receipt printing. (Issue: SVP-2258)
Introduced “Receipt (Font Lucida Small)” and “Receipt (Font Lucida Medium)” emulation options. Offers safe alternative if text exceeds printable area (e.g., cutting off decimals). (Issue: SVP-2258)

Mobile App & Data Synchronization

Resolved synchronization issue related to deleted or inactive stock. (Issue: SVP-2181)
Resolved issue related to Mobile App Access (Role) conversion. (Issue: SVP-2227)

Release Version 8.5.0 – May 2022

Architecture

Upgraded Smart Vendor development components.

Clerk File

Introduced App Roles to the Clerk Details screen; store management will grant access to a predetermined group of menu topics based on the App Role assigned to the clerk. (Issues: SVP-1848, SVP-1804, SVP-534)
Smart Vendor will apply a one-time update to each clerk on upgrade, and will assign an App Role based on the user’s current configuration with the individual control switches for Mobile features.

eStore & OmniChannel

Updated filtering to view Archived Orders to adapt to Shopify code pattern changes. (Issue: SVP-2097)

Sales Register

Introduced “Enforce Best Price” switch in System Setup – Register – Options. (Issues: SVP-1757, SVP-1758)
Best Price Functionality:
- When untagged, automatic best price calculation for the customer’s benefit will become option in 3 circumstances in the Sales Register; This will allow retailers to mark up retail prices at the sales register in the event the price needs of an item needs to include service or delivery.
- When Best Price is optional, and the cashier cancels a stock item or one-time message from the Sales Register screen, selects a customer or views the Customer File during a transaction, the retailer will be prompted to “Keep Existing Prices” (the default selection), or “Recalculate Best Price”.
- Layaways, Special Orders, and Quotations will observe the same functionality when creating a new or working with a recalled document; Best Price warning will not be applied as these transactions in progress are initially recalled, only if one of the 3 qualifying changes are made.

Software Registration

Removed Obsolete Key references. (Issue: SVP-1111)

Release Version 8.4.5 – February 2023

Smart Mail – TLS 1.2

Smart Mail – TLS 1.2

Addressed TLS 1.2 security requirement affecting Smart Mail solution. (Issue: SVP-2775)

Release Version 8.4.4 – (Limited Release)

Release Version 8.4.3 – (Limited Release)

Release Version 8.4.2 – (Limited Release)

Release Version 8.4.1 – May 2022

Customer Accounts Receivable

Extended Smart Mail capabilities, allowing retailers to send a Customer’s Account Statement from the Customer File – Account window, on a customer-by-customer basis, after reviewing the customer’s statement details (Issues: SVP-1475, SVP-1469)
Uses the same Email Sender Name from System Setup – Smart Mail – Settings
Automatically defines the Email Subject line as “CUSTOMER ACCOUNT STATEMENT (StoreFile_StoreName)”
Automatically attaches a PDF to the email with default name “AccountStatement.PDF”
Introduced “Save to File” option that offers PDF, HTML, and CSV options
Introduced a dedicated default folder for statements printed to file, i.e., …\smartwin\AccountStatements, with default file name of “AccountStatement-YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS-CustomerNo.pdf”
Updated “Smart Mail.pdf” to include information on sending Account Statements by Smart Mail; Ensure you have installed the updated documentation during the installation, then look in the SV Docs folder on the server desktop, i.e., 05 Optional Add-On Modules & Plug-ins\Sales Enhancement Add-ons\Smart Mail

eStore & OmniChannel

A small improvement to database management of departments as categories. (Issue: SVP-1960)

Head Office/Polling

Optimized polling of the Account Export Setup from Head Office to Stores to ensure systems are matched at corporately managed stores. (Issue: SVP-2067)
Introduced Polling Setup – “Account Export Setup”, a new switch that allows Head Office to control polling the Sales Summary – “Export to Accounting” configuration to the stores, separating it out from the Features topic. Added additional improvement at store level to prevent polling locations from modifying the Account Export Setup configuration when dictated by Head Office. (Issues: SVP-2067, SVP-2069)
Introduced Polling Setup – “Protect Account Export Setup”, new Franchisee protection switch to prevent Head Office from overwriting the store’s locally defined Sales Summary Export to Accounting configuration (separates this feature from “Protect System Config”). (Issue: SVP-2071)
Improved Franchise Protection Switch for “Protect Stock Cost” to protect the Consignment $ and % fields on the polling store Stock File. (Issue: SVP-1906)

Report Generator

Improved Report Generator – Customer Information topic. The GST/HST or PST Exemption numbers can now be viewed, printed, exported, in case of GST/HST or PST audit. (Issues: SVP-2014, SVP-2084)

Smart Vendor WebApp

Installing updated documentation for this release will include a preliminary “Smart Vendor WebApp – Intro & Quick Start Guide.pdf”; Ensure you have installed the updated documentation during the installation, then look in the SV Docs folder on the server desktop, i.e., subfolder “12 SV WebApp”.<l/i>

Release Version 8.4.0 – March 2022

Head Office/Polling

Head Office/Polling

Improved speed of import and export operations. (Issue: SVP-1776)
Reduced load on CPU – allows daytime polling.
Reduced time required onboard new store locations (e.g. first synchronization). (Issue: SVP-1543)
Added performance logging to simplify profiling and/or troubleshooting. (Issue: SVP-1784)
Enhanced real-time polling to display longer-running operations in different colours (IE. Orange/Red).
Improved responsiveness of polling application (even when under load). (Issue: SVP-1787)
Resolved Consignment Cost/Percent editing at Head Office so that configuration is applied once in Stock Detail screen and affects all stores (rather than per/store via “F6-Stores”). (Issue: SVP-1662)
(Transactor) Added drill-down functionality in station setup, allowing read-only view of polling preferences and dates. (Issue: SVP-1824)

Release Version 8.3.3 / 8.3.4 – March 2022

eStore & OmniChannel

eStore & OmniChannel

Solution update for eStore 360 clients. Resolves deprecated calls made to Shopify’s API. (Issue: SVP-1778)

Release Version 8.3.2 – February 2022

Data Backup

Resolved 7-day backup naming issue. (Issue: SVP-1334)

OmniChannel / eStore 360

Resolved Issue where Web Category tree did not sort subcategories into alphabetical order as expected. Added progress indicator when loading. (Issue: SVP-1829)

Sales Register

Corrected receipt printing issue where wrapping long Sales Register Messages could produce “Range Check Error”. (Issue: SVP-1849)

Release Version 8.3.1 – January 2022

Customer Points

Introduces new Points audit trail on Smart Vendor cloud for CS Team diagnostic purposes. (Issue: SVP-1754, SVP-1692)

Mobile App & Data Synchronization

Improvement to uploading POS data for mobile application to the Smart Vendor Cloud. (Issue: SVP-1683, SVP-1754)

Omni Multi-location (For Pilot)

Introduces new fields to map Smart Vendor Store File locations in Head Office to OmniChannel portal locations that have been downloaded from Shopify.

OmniChannel / eStore 360

Improvement made to allow Real-Time Quantity Web Service to post transactional quantity updates more frequently while long stock publishing session is running. (Issue: SVP-776, SVP-1245)
Improvement made to ensure payment types other than Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and PayPal always post to eStore payment type. (Issue: SVP-1180, SVP-1701, SVP-1664)
Improvements to quantity updates via polling and Real-Time Quantity Service. (Issue: SVP-1707)

Beta Version 8.3.0 – Late 2021

eStore & OmniChannel

eStore & OmniChannel

Misc. functionality added and field tested

Release Version 8.2.6 – December 2021

eStore & OmniChannel

eStore & OmniChannel

Correction to web order fulfillment screen for discount code orders after the introduction of support for Shopify Automatic Discounts. (Issue: SVP-1511, SVP-1709)

Release Version 8.2.5 – November 2021

EDI

Addressed issue in floating Anita UPC Catalogue window to refresh when operator navigates to product with different Reorder #. Catalogue window enhanced to enable/disable buttons based on context. (Issue: SVP-1535)

eStore & OmniChannel

Added support for Shopify’s Automatic Discount feature. (Issue: SVP-1511)

Lot # Tracking

Added and revised grid columns for greater consistency and ease-of-use. (Issue: SVP-1202)

Sales Register

Added feature to record “Customer Purchase Order #” during transactions and to include this detail as needed on invoices/receipts, as well as recalls/reprints. (Issue: SVP-903, SVP-1402, SVP-1648)
Added feature to display product reorder numbers in sales register and when producing receipts/invoices. (Issue: SVP-1402)
Resolved issue where receipt messages with long unbroken text might not wrap correctly. (Issue: SVP-1406, SVP-1407)
Resolved issue affecting layaway and special order printing, where message lines tagged for pickup would appear in both “Pickup” and “On Hold” sections. (Issue: SVP-1503)
Resolved issue where certain receipt/invoice elements might not adhere to customer language preference. Additionally, enhanced date presentation on customer receipts to match ISO-8601 standard, IE. “YYYY-MM-DD”. (Issue: SVP-1534)
Resolved issue where Customer IDs on full sized invoice might be truncated if customer’s first and last names were too long. (Issue: SVP-1382, SVP-1667)
Resolved redundant colon symbols on full sized invoice. (Issue: SVP-1548)

Release Version 8.2.4 – November 2021

eStore & OmniChannel

Installation wizard will install PDF for OmniChannel users in SV DOCS (Issue: SVP-1587)
- Document: Smart Vendor OmniChannel – Intro to Octopus Pseudo Fulfillments.pdf
- Located in: SV DOCS – 05 Optional Add-On Modules & Plug-ins – Sales Enhancement Add-Ons – OmniChannel Web Orders

Integrated Credit Card

Implemented a series of workflow/stability improvements. (Issue: SVP-1593)
- Optimized solution to establish fresh API connection on per/transaction basis.
- Improved workflow stability through addition of safeguards. In event of failure system should not appear to hang.
- Faster transaction processing (reduced delays in progress dialogue).
- Improved messaging (clearer warnings e.g., communication loss, suppression of invalid prompts).
- Additional logging to support production troubleshooting.

Lot # Tracking

Resolved issue where suspended transactions (e.g., Quotations) would not prompt for lot # of pickup item (unless also tracked by serial #). (Issue: SVP-1007)

Miscellaneous

Added support for P&G Custom Tool. (Issue: SVP-1123)
Resolved issue where edge-case repair option (“Insert Missing StkPrice”) had no effect. (Issue: SVP-1549)

SeeMyApps – Rewards

Added feature to “Detach Rewards Card” from Customer. This can be found in Sales Register’s “Option” Menu via “Rewards Card Options”. Option also available in Customer File (Detail Tab) via “Rewards” button. Supports store operators in lost card replacement scenario. (Issue: SVP-1571)
Addition and refinement of bilingual terms, including more precise message if rewards card has been externally deactivated.

Release Version 8.2.3 – October 2021

Integrated Credit Card

Introducing Smart Vendor’s 5th generation “Semi-Integrated” Credit Card solution – powered by “Plugins”. (Issue: SVP-1160)
- Added support for Toronto Dominion (TD) with Ingenico Desk/Move 5000 PINPads.
- Added support for “UnionPay International” (UPI) and “Visa Debit” card issuers. (Issue: SVP-1253, SVP-1463)

Sales Register

Added option to print customer address on narrow sales receipts. This functionality supports deliveries. (Issue: SVP-194)
Added “Compact Invoice” option. This allows “Vape” retail stores to suppress “Lifestyle Advertising” details on full sized invoices. (Issue: SVP-1279, SVP-1280)
Corrected issue where “Compact Receipt” option might still include 2nd description or message lines for serialized Items. (Issue: SVP-1373)
Changed signature line behaviour to appear on all “charge to account” invoices (regardless of system setup preference). (Issue: SVP-1381)
Added option to print the Customer ID on all full-sized invoices. (Issue: SVP-1382)
Added “Promised Date” to invoices and receipts that pertain to a service. (Issue: SVP-1383)
Added checkbox to include or exclude “Customer Phone #” on receipts and invoices. (Issue: SVP-820)

Stock File

Improved filter dialogue to incorporate user defined text. (Issue: SVP-1365)

Release Version 8.2.2 – September 2021

Lot # Tracking

Improved Lot # Tracking report for selecting Date Range filters. (SVP-1011)
Improved display of Quantities returned to stock, so they appear as negatives – the opposite of how quantities sold appear. (SVP-1011)
Improved handling of Serial # on the report. (SVP-1011)

Purchase Orders

Resolved issue where systems without EDI Feature might attempt interaction with Smart Vendor’s EDI services. (SVP-1378)

Added Store # and Invoice # to Promo Report – Redemption Details for locations that are required to inform Pet suppliers which location in a chain should be sent a replace unit for the free bag that was awarded to a customer. (SVP-863)

Sales Register

Added support for EAN-13 Lottery Tickets. This functionality simplifies the sale of lottery tickets by interpreting the stock # and price directly from the barcode.NOTE: “Allow Random UPC” must be enabled in system setup. Additionally, products must have 4-digit stock numbers and Stock File should have both auto-price and auto-quantity selected. Lottery requires a specific 4 digit stock # please refer to their documentation. (SVP-1243)

Stock File

Added option to F12-Filter Search, allowing retailers to find product that are tagged for Full or Basic Serialization. (SVP-1162)
Added warning to user when a Sale Start Date or End Date is not defined and a Sale Price is not $0.00 on the stock screen; this is to remind retailers that a sale price will not appear in the Sales Register without a Start Date, and to remind the Retailer that the sale will be perpetual (forever) if a Sale Ends date is not defined. This is merely a warning – Retailers can acknowledge the prompt and continue with saving Stock File changes without the dates if they wish. (SVP-702)
Modified Smart Vendor’s handling of displaying a Matrix Grid when a database table may need repair, or relational table dependencies are not found – Instead of receiving an Access Violation error message, Retailers may see an empty Matrix Grid and should contact their software provider for assistance. (SVP-1218)

Year End & Spot Checks

Added data integrity pre-check to Year End and Spot Check workflows. Operator will now be advised to contact support for assistance to provide a remedy. (SVP-1203)

Release Version 8.2.1 – August 2021

eStore & OmniChannel

eStore & OmniChannel

Detailed Stock Publishing logs, and Real Time Quantity update logs will be kept for 30 days (increased from 15 days)
Introduces new ‘PF’ column when a web order is selected from the list of Open Web Orders (in OmniChannel mode only)
- This is in preparation for new functionality being introduced in the 8.3 series in fall 2021

Release Version 8.2.0 – July 2021

Customer File

Resolved issue where Origin Store # was not visible in certain contexts on the Customer Details screen, in a polling chain. (Issue: SVP-1097)

EDI

Resolved error that could appear if an invalid invoice number was specified when importing an EDI invoice for receiving. Replaced with more informative prompt. (Issue: SVP-1049)

eStore

Corrected issue with Stock Form -> F9 option (Shopify)
Corrections to Tax on Tax calculation in the Sales Register after viewing the Stock File (SVP-1093)
Corrections to tax handling in when converting WooCommerce web order to an invoice
Web Order list -> Customer now displays “PENDING” when the web order customer does not have the minimum criteria to find a match in the POS.

Head Office/Polling

Added Tare Group to Store File – Polling Setup

Installer

Smart Vendor installation wizard no longer includes “Unikey” component. (Issue: SVP-1101)

Integrated Credit Card

Introducing Smart Vendor’s 4th generation Credit Card solution – powered by Tender Retail’s “Merchant Connect Multi” (Issue: SVP-1055)
- Added support for Chase with Verifone P400 PINPad.
- Added support for Global Payments with Ingenico Lane 3000 PINPad.
- Added support for Moneris with Verifone P400 PINPad.
- Added support for TD with Ingenico Lane 3000 PINPad.

Lot # Tracking

Introduced new Basic Lot # Tracking module
Feature must be enabled in software registration.
Products may be configured to require Lot # at time of sale.
A new reporting area provides insight into Lot #s captured on transactions.
Turning on feature in System Setup at Head Office will poll to stores, or to Transactor Stations
Stock Search Filter provides option to search for items enabled for basic Lot #Tracking (SVP-1031)
Global Changes updated to support Lot # Tracking for Show/Filter/Change. (SVP-1014)

Sales Register

Resolved issue where Sales Register Stock Search displayed deleted supplier/reorder entries, which caused more than one search result to display. (Issue: SVP-1081)
Corrected display of taxes in Sales Register when additional taxes are shown for out of province customers; SV now resizes the footer and Total section appropriately when the number of taxes changes.

SeeMyApps

Improvements made related to communications between platforms.

Training Mode

Existing Training data will now be purged during Smart Vendor software upgrade
Smart Vendor is returned to ‘live mode’ when the user exits the program from Training Mode; this ensures the retailer always starts in ‘live mode’ anytime SV is reopened from the desktop
Disabled in Training Mode
- File Maintenance and Backup are no longer available or required
- “Force Program Exit” on Date Change
- Main Menu – Utilities – Registration Utilities
- Smart Mail in the Sales Register and Purchase Orders
Resolved issue with footer button colour not matching training mode

Release Version 8.1.6 – June 2021

Cost by Type (CBT)

Resolved issue where matrix header cost values were not available in Stock File, F7-History dialogue. (Issue: 780)

Consolidation & Performance Improvements

Optimized Consolidation routines to improve performance on extra-large transaction volume databases; Performance improvement may be noticed at the conclusion of saving a transaction, or in running Report Generator reports.

eStore & OmniChannel

Enhanced Stock Details screen to display “W” for Web items in red if the item is not yet synchronized to OmniChannel or eStore 360-Shopify platform, i.e. for an item newly enabled to publish, or an item rejected by the destination.
Enhanced Stock Details screen to display “W” for Web items in green when item has synchronized successfully to the intended destination and the internal tracking ID from the destination has been saved in the local Stock database.
Resolved missing eStore Main Menu caption for OmniChannel mode, when categories, and all Web Description fields are disabled from publishing.
Improved performance through additional table indexes.
Improved tax handling logic in Sales Register code when GST/HST is not the first primary tax; Support conversion of Web Orders to invoices when 3 taxes are enabled to sell Vape products in or into B.C.
Improved web order conversion routines on a multi-fulfillment web order, when the final fulfillment does not have any tax applicable items.

Head Office/Polling

Updated polling components to exclude new SV App fields from polling between locations.

Label Printing

Expanded label printing capabilities to support additional fields in custom label forms for future projects.

Mobile

Smart Vendor Clerk Setup in the POS now displays new Mobile Cart option for future date when Virtual Cart module becomes available in the SV App and users subscribe for this module.

SeeMyApps Loyalty/Rewards & eCoupon

Improved convenience of Loyalty/Rewards solution by recalling card number for both legacy and non-legacy customers when selecting customer by name/phone number, etc.
Includes code for new SeeMyApps eCoupon module – the third new functionality added for this integration solution; eCoupon redemption will be accessed through the Sales Register Discount option when ready for general implementation.
Added Sales Register pre-check for SeeMyApps “fetch” options. Helps to ensure that web preferences are in place. (Issue: SVP-1120)

Release Version 8.1.5 (Internal Testing) – April 2021

Release Version 8.1.4 – March 2021

EDI

Anita EDI – UPC Lookup
- Introducing EDI automated purchase order submission and digital invoice receiving option for Anita Lingerie.
  - Anita orders will be validated by comparing SV UPC to the Anita UPC list to ensure the store is only ordering valid, current product.
  - Most SV fashion retailers do not apply UPC to their products, and UPC codes are not typically known while creating new styles.
- Introducing cloud access to Anita Catalogue to view UPC barcodes by Reorder # (Style #) per size-cup-colour item.
  - Use the functionality to update missing UPCs based on client specified match (e.g. Cup, Colour, Size) for the automated ordering process.
- Using the new UPC option on the Matrix Grid, SV automatically filters the SV Reorder # to limit the catalogue to the valid style.
  - Using the Colour, Size, Cup filters, you can further limit the display to align with the SV Matrix grid in the background.
  - Apply the UPC from the UPC Lookup window to the highlighted matrix item by using double-click or spacebar.
  - Navigate the SV Matrix in the background with PGDN/PGUP, arrow down or click on the UPC Catalogue Layer to select the UPC to be applied.
- Select Options > UPC from the Stock Details screen as an alternate way of accessing the Anita Catalogue.
Purity Life – Live supplier QOH
- Smart Vendor will compare the retailer’s order against the vendor’s available quantity and warn of any quantity on the order that exceeds the supplier’s available quantity when attempting to Issue the SV Purchase Order.
- Pop up dialogue will inform of the first item that cannot be fully fulfilled.
  - Return to the item order details.
  - Modify the quantity to order or remove the item.
  - Issue Order.
  - Repeat sequence for all items reported as short stocked.

eStore & OmniChannel

Improved eStore Stock Publishing by identifying items that cannot be found at the end point, and discontinuing the attempt to post quantity updates to those Stock #’s.
Updated SV logic to apply Web tab Product Title to the Matrix Items if the original stock # (that becomes the Matrix Header) was auto tagged to publish when it was initially created
Additional improvements for showing multiple HST/PST tax breakout on web order fulfillment calculation.
- i.e. Where order has collected 5% Children’s Clothing Tax and Full HST Tax on the same order.
- i.e. Where two different rates of PST Tax have been charged on a web order.
Additional improvements for Shopify Discount Code (Coupon) handling on web orders.

Label Printing

Enhanced label printing capabilities to additionally support Brand Code, Brand Name, Item Name, Feature Name, and “MM-YY” date stamp.

Miscellaneous

Stock Details screen now includes “Next” and “Prior” navigation buttons.
Made corrections to English/French captions in date/time confirmation dialogues (e.g. during date change).
Resolved issue where new version notification could appear when already on prescribed version.
Enhanced Sales Register and Smart Pricer to support 2 additional random weight UPC formats:
- 5-digit stock with 4-digit price
- 5-digit stock with 5-digit price

SeeMyApps Gift Card & Loyalty/Rewards

General
- New information and configuration tab in system setup (within “Internet” topic) – Information shown is based on SeeMyApps API.
Gift Card
- Introducing part 1 of 4 integrations with SeeMyApps (SMA), for the web-based Gift Cards program.
- This module allows chains to inter-redeem gift cards even if not connected through Smart Vendor polling.
- SeeMyApps Reconciliation offers an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) process to settle payments due between locations.
- Enabling the SMA Gift Card module will automatically disable the sale and redemption of Smart Vendor (SV) Gift Cards, and will appear on the Sales Summary in the same reporting topics on the Sales tab so that no payment reconciliation is required by clerks at the end of the sales day.
- No offline support for activation/redemption/recharging of SMA Gift Cards – Internet access is required.
- No gift card lookup available in POS; Retail Management to consult SMA web portal.
Rewards / Loyalty
- Introduces part 2 of 4 integrations with SeeMyApps (SMA), for the web-based Loyalty Rewards program (points).
- Allows chains to engage their loyal customer base with a web-based loyalty/rewards management system.
- Issue customers a physical loyalty card, or customers can download an app to their mobile device and use their device barcode to identify themselves for transactions.
- Issue points when Customers present their loyalty card.
- Redeem points only when customers have registered themselves in the online portal and have provided their email address, first name, last name, and phone number (required for SV retailers).
- Prompts when totaling a transaction, gives the sales clerk one last chance to specify loyalty/rewards card # (if not done already); Absence of card number results in no points earned.
- Know who your loyal customers are and reduce your sales clerks tasks to add customer details into your system.
- Import customer profiles from SeeMyApps into SV if they do not already exist; Smart Vendor uses special search and match logic, similar to what SV uses for importing Web Orders for our OmniChannel ecommerce integration;
  - If an automatic match cannot be found, the sales clerk will be given the opportunity to search the customer database manually to find an existing customer profile that did not have enough detail for an automatic match, and the existing profile will be updated, or a new profile will be added.
- Enforces all locations in a chain (franchise or corporate stores) are always implementing the chain’s points program as intended.
- Supports existing Smart Vendor Loyalty Barcode Cards when initially implementing SeeMyApps, and new customers will be issued SeeMyApps printed cards
- This is a special accommodation to be arranged directly with SeeMyApps.
- Redeeming rewards requires that SMA card number must be present; SMA Loyalty Card numbers are masked on transactions.
- Allows select clerks only to recharge or redeem SMA Loyalty Rewards (based on clerk).
- Print balance of loyalty/rewards on demand through Sales Register “Options” menu to accommodate customer requests.
- Smart Vendor preserves support for redemption of legacy Smart Vendor points even after enabling SeeMyApps Rewards.
- SMA configuration allows for strict control of which workstations across chain/brand are able to perform Gift Card and Loyalty/Rewards related transactions.
- Access various KPI / dashboards directly through SeeMyApps
- SMA offers custom Loyalty Rewards messages for receipts that can be managed in the SMA portal
- Sales Register offers Gift Card and Rewards payment types that connect with SeeMyApps API.

Smart Sale Pricer

Introduced new “Special Sale Pricer” interface.
Supports placing items on sale and re-labeling / re-ticketing items (IE. Clothing on sale).
Allows generation of labels based on available qty – handy when reticketing items.
Convenient super-sized controls and onscreen numeric key pad.
Able to search by Stock #, Reorder #, or UPC.
Able to print labels for all items in a Matrix.
Defaults to “On Sale” when printing labels – A warning is shown if information specified does not result in item being on sale (e.g. invalid range).

Web Registration

The 8.1 series proudly introduces our new web-based registration system.
Software requires internet access to valid registration as of 8.1 series.
Software will run for up to 14 days without internet access before it will no longer open until internet access is restored.
Store’s receipt address information, Software Expiry, Add-on Modules and Features can now be updated for our retailers remotely; no manual input is required by the retailer on their side.
This solution eliminates reliance on a physical USB key, secondary plugin (.INI) files, and inputting long alpha-numeric codes;
This frees up a USB port on the client’s computer.
Transactor systems can now share Store License and related information.

Release Version 8.0.57 – March 2021

Cost by Type (CBT)

Resolves an issue a COGS calculation related to Qty Today and Store Transfers.

eStore & OmniChannel

Added option to Upload Departments and Subdepartments as Web Categories. (SVP-395)
Added option to enable Date Range for Web Order list, giving retailers with hundreds of orders in a single week, a quicker way to view the list for a specific date. (SVP-777)
Added comprehensive eStore logging to ensure there is a way to audit what is exported from Smart Vendor to the end point, including the web quantity updates that upload in between scheduled and manual publishing sessions. (SVP-404)
Improved handling of Quantity Updates to eStore when published/linked item is not found at the end point. (SVP-439)
Improved handling for Shipping Charge when fulfillment is cancelled, and order is fulfilled again. (SVP-495)
Improved handling on fulfillment total calculation for “Freeship” Coupon redemption. (SVP-441)
Improved handling when a WooCommerce order is cancelled. (SVP-526)
Smart Vendor fulfillment calculation improved to resolve penny difference issues on tax calculation. (SVP-160)
Smart Vendor fulfillment calculation now uses item tax % from Shopify web order, i.e., for kids clothing and footwear, and books. (SVP-523)
New option introduced to disable swapping ‘/’ for a dash (-) on matrix variants, i.e., colour ‘BLACK/WHITE’ has been uploading as ‘BLACK-WHITE’; clients rolled out prior to 8.0.57 should contact Support to discuss disabling the symbol swapping. (SVP-507)
eStore Upload Logs – on upgrade to 8.0.57, eStore Upload Logs are automatically purged, and maintained thereafter at maximum 15 days. (SVP-461)
Improved handling on Shopify orders with more than one Custom item, and more than one Gift Card. (SVP-730)
Improved Quantity Synchronization by eliminating updates on stock items that have no valid match on the destination end point. (SVP-776)
Prevent published independent item from being converted to a matrix header. (SVP-500)
Improved supportability of svWebStore application by synchronizing version numbering (major.minor.release) with rest of product suite.
Improved presentation of split HST/GST or PST reporting based on custom tax rules applied on web orders. (SVP-865)

Sales Register

Improved precision of when back-calculating qty/price of “Random Weight UPC”. Addresses scenario where store operates in “lb” (pounds) while supplier label is based on “kg” (kilograms). (SVP-535)

Smart Display

Removed Shockwave Flash (SWF) support in Smart Display “Player” and “Designer” applications. This followed Adobe Flash’s end-of-life on January 12th 2021. (SVP-724)

Release Version 8.0.56 – December 2020

Cost by Type (CBT)

Corrected calculation of Cost By Type when a Store Transfer is received at a higher Cost.

eStore & OmniChannel

Added special check to prevent regular stock item from being converted to a matrix if already published.

Integrated Credit Card

Added support for Partial Payment/Authorization (related to pre-paid cards and potential insufficient funds). NOTE: New credit card installation wizard also required – *Only TD supported at this time.
Improved support for Moneris POSPad 20.02 by trimming invoice number.

Label Printing

New “rat-tail” jewellery label.

Release Version 8.0.55 – October 2020

Cost by Type (CBT)

Average Costing Method will now include Spot Check or Year End opening counts as a first receiving entry to calculate the Weighted Average Cost.
Improved handling of Store Transfer dates.

Taxes

Non-PST provinces that are using SV Taxes By Province Feature, may now disable PST (Tax2 primary tax level) on their local province, and PST will continue to display on the Stock, Coupon, Charge Files, as well as Global Changes and Sales Summary Account Export.

eStore & OmniChannel

Return button has been removed from inside the Web Order topic, web order details screen.
eStore 360 and OmniChannel Retailers may now use the Invoice # lookup in a Sales Register Return for invoices that are linked to Web Orders; This ensures the retailer will make the return for the correct selling price.

OmniChannel

- WooCommerce orders will automatically be assigned to payment type eStore instead of Other, in order to update Drawer Summary Web Payments.
- Web Order time stamp corrected to show leading zero in times under 10 minutes, i.e. 12:6 will now correctly show as 12:06.
- New System Setup – Internet – OmniChannel Setup topic introduces 3 new controls to Enable Descriptions, Enable Weights, Enable Categories intended for new implementations; but could be considered for existing clients.
  - These new options will be enabled still for Clients upgrading from 8.0.53.xxxx to 8.0.55.
  - Critical: Before disabling any of these checkboxes on an existing OmniChannel Smart Vendor system, it is critical to review the OmniChannel middleware Custom Rules and Mapped Fields to ensure that UPDATES are disabled for these fields otherwise content will be removed from the ecommerce platform by disabling the option(s).

Shopping Cart	New OmniChannel Setup Option	Map Field	Custom Rules
Shopify	To deselect Enable Descriptions	Title = Do not update Description = Do not update Tags = Do no update Note: this will also disable and stop sending the SEO Page Title and SEO Meta Descriptions in Smart Vendor	n/a
Shopify	To deselect Enable Weight	Update Weight = Do not Update	n/a
Shopify	To deselect Enable Categories	n/a	Create Custom Collections is deselected (untagged)
WooCommerce	To deselect Enable Descriptions	Product Name = Do not update Short Description = Do not update Description = Do not update Tags = Do no update	n/a
WooCommerce	To deselect Enable Weight	n/a	Post product’s weight is deselected (untagged)
WooCommerce	To deselect Enable Categories	n/a	Create Custom Collections is deselected (untagged)

Release Version 8.0.54 –September 2020

Consolidation Service

Resolved false indicator of pending stock consolidation (related to adjustments).

eStore (Omni Channel / eStore 360)

Performance
- Publishing/de-publishing no longer generates any work for consolidation.
- Faster publishing of categories.

Functional Enhancements
- Added support for categories/collections, collects, and images to the Clean IDs function (Stock was already supported)
- Stock Form -> Web Tab: Live Web Qty is re-labeled to “Omni Channel Qty” when running Omni Channel.
- Added Publish UPC No to eStore Setup for both Omni Channel eStore 360; enabling this option automatically enables UPC to export on all Stock File – Web tabs
- Added option to publish Department > Sub Department Name as Web Categories; SV manages eStore Category tree automatically, users cannot modify Category tree or assign items to categories using this configuration
- Added Omni Channel Setup topic, new options should only be deselected for brand new installations of Omni that have not uploaded stock yet
- Omni Channel Setup – Enable Descriptions; deselecting option will remove Web Title, Web Description, SEO Page Title and SEO Meta Description from Web tab
- Omni Channel Setup – Enable Weights; deselecting option will remove Item Weight and Weight Unit from Web tab
- Omni Channel Setup – Enable Categories; deselecting option will remove Category option from Web tab, and Category topic from eStore menu

Compatibility / Stability
- Compliant with Shopify 2020-07 API Version (or latest available)
- Improved error handling and logging
- Improved call metering and retry logic which should reduce errors during publishing
- Continuous quantity updates between scheduled publishing sessions are more robust
- Improved logic for decoding payment type on web order conversion

Mobile

Resolved login issue.

Random Weight UPC

Introduces choice of 4-digit or 5-Digit Random Weight Barcodes.
Supports decoding in Sales Register to retrieve correct product and price.
Now allows generation of valid 5-digit price in Smart Pricer label generation.
See new option in System Setup | Stock
NOTE: Default remains 4-digit (for backwards compatibility)

Cost by Type (CBT)

Calculation optimized to reduce processing time.

Release Version 8.0.53 –March 2020

Consolidation Service

Miscellaneous consolidation improvements.

EDI

Introduces Purity Life EDI integration.

eStore 360 for Shopify

Enhancements made to comply with Shopify’s API Versioning when making calls to the Shopify platform.

Head Office/Polling

Head Office is now able to change costing type and propagate to all stores. (See setup protection if same costing method is not desired at store level.)

Integrated Credit Card

Added TD as integrated payment option.
Resolved potential timeout issue during print preview.
Improved credit card masking on itemized customer receipts. This will result in “***********1234” instead of “*1234” when 15 digit Amex cards are used.

Sales Register

Resolved receipt issue related to sale/discount printing and weighable items.

Stock File

Improvements made to cost by type, including one-time recalculation on first date change.
Removed option to calculate average price in Matrix Header.
Now possible to change Costing Method and automatically recalculate costs on next date change.
Added convenient option to switch between case and item views from stock details screen.

Release Version 8.0.52 – October 2019

Consolidation Service

Resolved issue where Consolidation might not stop when requested by Date Change mechanism. (Issue: 2240)

Mobile App

Smart Mobile App Version 1.1 Released.
New “Stock” tab allows operator to search stock #, name (with wildcards), Reorder #, or UPC.
Includes camera-based barcode reader in the “Stock” tab for faster access to stock.
Minor aesthetic changes to logo, splash screen, etc.
Improved messaging in stock, sales and analytics areas to indicate whether bundle plan subscription supports certain functions.
Stock Search defaults to searching by code (Stock #, UPC, or Reorder #) and offers slider/switch to search by Description instead.
Stock search input field identifies the acceptable data for searching, based on the search mode.
Added “Store” caption to identify that multi-store accounts can select which store to view; The Store selection will be applied to all tabs.
Improved some French captions.
Added support for barcode trimming rules. See new tab in Smart Vendor Clerk File.

Sales Register

Quotations may now be sent by Smart Mail. (Issue: 2265)
Resolved issue where previously unused (but expired) promo points could be referenced during a redemption. (Issue: 1999)

Sales Summary

Improved accounting export to create target folder (if missing) and fail if trying to write export file to the root of the hard drive. (Issue: 1567)
Improved accounting export messages to more clearly indicate if an existing export file was being appended to.

Year End & Spot Checks

Resolved error: “out of memory error” which could occur with very large datasets. Solution optimized to exclude rows where both Start (Initial) QOH and Count QOH are 0. (Issue: 2487)

Release Version 8.0.51 – June 2019

Clerk File

Clerk File now includes a time adjustment feature. This allows qualified staff to correct login and/or logout date/time.

Documentation

Includes New “Smart Vendor Mobile App” user guide.
Includes Updated “Quick Pick User Guide”.

Label Printing

Support added for Zebra ZT230 4″ label printer model.
Added loop label support. See: “Stock – 4″ – 4 up – 1 price – Loop Label – Style #1” under “Zebra ZT230” label printer.
Added large-price label. See: “Stock – 1 up – 1 Price – 2 Desc. – LRG Price Bottom” under “Zebra ZD410” label printer.

Product Updates

New “Version Notification” feature. Clients with internet service will be notified of specific program updates. After a certain period of time, Staff with “Master” level access will be reminded during logins. Once acknowledged this reminder will snooze for a few days. While an update is pending a message may also appear in the lower left area of Smart Vendor’s Main Menu. Reminders cease once a prescribed update has been installed.

Stock File

Stock search behaviour optimized. Searches led by wildcard (*) will now only commence if 3 or more characters are provided. This eliminates time-consuming/premature search attempts (especially noticeable with larger databases on older equipment). NOTE: This applies to Description, Web Title, Reorder #, Product Group, Product Name, and Serial # search controls.

Release Version 8.0.50 – June 2019

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Enhanced Tare Support

Introduces enhanced tare support, including custom tare and multiple choice tare.
Ability to predefine tare containers and manage them in groups.
Tare container definitions may include reference images for easier identification.
Supports “Zero Waste” initiatives by adding custom tare support.
Supports “Proportional Tare” – a portion of what is weighed can be treated as a second tare (beyond container). This can account for wrappers and other packaging. (Issue: 2273)
Each Stock item can be configured with its own tare group and (if applicable) proportional tare percentage.
New “Tare-Anywhere” dialogue lets you capture the weight of customer-provided containers and also allows printing of scannable tare ticket (via Receipt Printer). This feature is accessed using keyboard combination: Alt + T

Global Changes

Added Tare Group and Proportional Tare options.

Head Office/Polling

Added options to poll or protect Tare Groups.

Miscellaneous

Validation performed during startup ensures that System Setup and Station Setup agree on Weight Unit.

Sales Register

Live-weight is now a standard feature. Dialogue for final confirmation also available based on preference.
Weighable products prompt operator to make tare container selection when more than one option.
Optional workflows allow use of “Custom” tare weights (IE. Weight of customer provided container).
Scale dialogues now use larger fonts for improved readability for benefit of staff and store patrons.
Improved handling of situation where weighable product is sold in absence of scale or where scale fails to respond. (Issue: 567)
Improved workflow/outcome when escaping weight dialogues/workflow.
Improved back calculation of quantity based Random UPC price and System Setup preference.
Increased width of Quantity column in sales register by nearly 20%. This reduces likelihood of quantity values wrapping to second line. (Issue: 779)

Smart Pricer

Automatically prompts operator to make tare container selection when more than one option.
Adds option to change container choice or specify a custom tare weight at any time before printing label.
Includes same support for proportional tare as Sales Register
Improved pricing calculation of Random UPC price based on Sale Price and System Setup preference.

Station Setup

Added official support for “DIGI” weigh scale in station configuration area. Performed maintenance on existing Scale Type/Manufacturer list.
Weigh Scale device configuration now includes choice of weight unit (kg/lb). This helps to ensure consistency between System Setup and all Stations.

Stock File

Added Tare Group and Proportional Tare.
Now performs validation of “Measure” when saving weighable products.
Filter now includes option for “Weighable Items”.

System Setup

Includes system wide weight unit (kg/lb) in place of former scale decimal format option.
Sales register option called “Use Live Scale” replaced by option to “Show Scale Confirmation”.

Transactor

Added support to poll tare information and tare groups.
Resolved issue where station setup changes could result in extra peripheral/device entries. Implemented one-time corrective update to address extra station peripheral/device entries. (Issue: 2470)

Release Version 8.0.49 – April 2019

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Mobile App

Introduces support for Smart Vendor Mobile App. This app provides access to hourly performance, top sellers, and daily sales. Available in both IOS and Android.

Release Version 8.0.48 – March 2019

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Customer File

Increased capacity of Customer Barcode field, allowing up to 25 characters. (Issue: 2461)

Data Backup

Resolved potential issue with large datasets – While primary multi-volume backup worked correctly (receiving all volumes), secondary backup might not. (Issue: 2459)
Installer now includes “SmartUnzipper” tool. This allows extraction of multi-volume backups without requiring a 3rd party tool. (Issue: 2462)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Automatic prompt to view Invoice: When a Web Order Fulfillment is successfully converted to a Smart Vendor Invoice, the user is immediately offered the option view the Invoice, reducing the number of keystrokes during the invoicing process.
Improved Web Order Fulfillment to Smart Vendor Invoice Conversion: In situations where Smart Vendor is unable to immediately access the Web Order cloud server (network interruption, internet service, or web server issue) and reflect the Invoice # has been generated, Smart Vendor will advise the user that the task is pending. The user will be able to continue with viewing and printing a copy of the invoice to ship the order. (Issue: 2406)
Addressed issue related to Shopify platform changes that caused intermittent problems publishing some Stock items and quantities.

Installer

Support and remote assistance shortcuts updated to reflect current products and domains. (Issue: 2386)
Updated “Default” data to match current version.
Now includes “SmartUnzipper” tool. This allows extraction of multi-volume backups without requiring a 3rd party tool. (Issue: 2462)

Internal Tools

Resolved issue in Questionnaire Wizard allowing use of latest version and dataset. (Issue: 2385)

Label Printing

Added “WidenFilenameDesc” one-time update to support longer label form names and descriptions.
New 1 Price, UPCA, 2 Description, 4 x 8 Shelf labels for Staples form “107P-100586”

Miscellaneous

Support and remote assistance links updated to https://smartvendor.ca/support and https://www.acceo.com/turbomeeting within “About” (Alt + V) form. (Issue: 2386)

Sales Register

Resolved scale “Factor” issue which prevented use of “Live Scale” with certain weigh scale models. (Issue: 2418)
Added pre-check for weigh scale connection while entering Sales Register. If applicable, a small delay may be experienced while weigh scale is readied for first time.

Stock File

Resolved error #500 that could occur when untagging Matrix Custom Cost. (Issue: 2370)
Improved load times for large matrixes – Especially noticeable in Head Office mode. (Issue: 2420)

Release Version 8.0.47 – September 2018

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Added support for Shopify (Product Variant) Weight Unit
- You can now set Weight Unit in Smart Vendor from the Stock Form | Web Tab.
- When creating a new Stock Item, Smart Vendor will set the Weight Unit to your Shopify stores’ default Weight Unit. (see Shopify -> Admin -> Settings -> General -> Standards and formats)
- The Smart Vendor Global Changes feature now supports Weight Unit (Web Ship Weight Unit)
- In order to preserve backwards compatibility, running 8.0.47 for the first time will set the Smart Vendor Weight Unit to “kg” for all Stock Items that are tagged to publish whether they are currently published or not.

Head Office/Polling

Resolved rare issue where certain polling preferences might not poll from head office to store (or transactor server to station).

Integrated Credit Card

Removed option to “Stop Waiting” while processing credit/debit. Operator should press “Cancel” from payment terminal if necessary.

Label Printing

Changes to indicate “Kit” and appropriate data entry prefix where applicable.
New 2 up, 1 price, 2 description, and reorder# label with right-justified price.
Zebra label form maintenance aimed at improving alignment.
Added “FixUnderscoreLabels” one-time update to resolve duplicate label options in system setup.

Miscellaneous

Added one-time correction that improves consistency of phone # and postal code masks throughout system. (Issue: 2319)

Station Setup

Added Support for “PosX-tp5 k144hs0” Thermal Receipt Printer. (Issue: 2358).

Stock File

Quantity adjustment dialogue now consistent with other quantity indicators, supporting up to 3 decimals (Issue: 1835)

Release Version 8.0.46 – June 7th, 2018

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eStore 360 for Shopify

eStore 360 for Shopify

Corrects an issue related to maintaining real-time quantities in Shopify.
Web Publisher for Shopify now supports new inventory-related Shopify APIs.

Release Version 8.0.45 – June 1st, 2018

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Solution updated in response to Shopify halting support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 security protocols.

Global Changes

Resolved issue where certain global change dialogues were out of alignment with property selected. (Issue: 2338)

Installer

Redundant Unikey installation files no longer included during installation to “Smartwin” folder.

Label Printing

Added 1-up, 1-Price, Shelf, Reorder #, 3 Description label options for Zebra 2824, ZD410, and ZD420.
Added 2-up, 1-Price, Full Description, Category label option for ZD410.

Product Updates

Software updates integrated with main ACCEO Smart Vendor site for improved continuity.
Pages and downloads over “HTTPS” (backed by a signed security certificate)
Downloads are now faster, with greater support for concurrent downloads.

Release Version 8.0.44 – May 2018

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Data Backup

Resolved issue where backups using “Uncompressed” option could error and fail to include replaceable plug-in files. (Issue: 2317)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Increased width of eStore 360 SEO description field from 160 characters to 320 characters. (Issue: 2304)

Global Changes

Resolved issue where a global change to reset consignment amount or percentage would not toggle consignment mode. (Issue: 2310)

Installer

Full installation resolves unwanted “NetUnikeyServer” prompts on Server restart. (Issue: 2309)
Full installation checks that all stations have exited program before proceeding. (Issue: 2315)

Label Printing

Added some 1-up, 2-up, and half-up label options for Zebra 2824, ZD410, and ZD420.
Added 4 inch label options for Zebra ZD420.

Sales Register

Resolved issue related to sale of weighable products and appearance of pop-up dialogues. (Issue: 2316)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Resolved “Product Name” issue affecting small number of clients. (Issue: 2323)

Station Setup

Resolved error #500 that could occur when adding new station based on default template. (Issue: 2311)

Release Version 8.0.43 – February 2018

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Resolved issue where time zone would delay arrival of Web Order. (Issue: 2290)

Label Printing

Added ability to print shelf labels based on recent selling price adjustments. (Issue: 2296)
Added 1-up, 1-price, 2-Description label options for label #18925 (1-1/8″). Applies to Zebra 2824, ZD410, and ZD420.

Miscellaneous

Resolved plug-in modules limitation that could prevent combination of Head Office and Store products from being installed on same server. (Issue: 1339)

Purchase Orders

Corrected issue where batch ordering could recommend replenishing stock despite max level of zero. (Issues: 825, 1324)
Amended Special Order slip feature to indicate Company Name when customer entry lacks First and Last name. (Issue: 2299)

Sales Register

Corrected issue where use of temporary save/recall during creation of special order or layaway creation might not record committed quantity. (Issue: 2297)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Now supports the following (limited) list of Stock Adjustment types:
- LISTPRICE
- SELLPRICE
- SALEPRICE
- SALESTART
- SALEEND
- STATUS
(Issue: 2301)

Stock File

Resolved matrix adjustment logging issue where old/new values could be reversed. (Issue: 2295)

Release Version 8.0.42 – January 2018

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Consolidation Service

Resolved issue where MySQL port override was not read from default configuration file (“Smartwin.INI”).

Data Collector

Resolved issue where use of comma in section name could negatively affect application performance. (Issue: 2270)

Documentation

Updated Smart Data Import (SDI) user guide. Includes new and important information and formulas for preparing stock data for import. All SDI users are encouraged to locate this guide on their Server, and print a fresh copy for their next import task.
New Smart Collector (for WinCE and Android) user guides and overview.
New Smart Mail user guide.
New Mix & Match user guide.

Installer

Updated various aspects of “Default” data to match most common preferences and usage patterns.
Database Consolidation Triggers newly created with each product installation (to resolve any missing or corrupt triggers).

Labels

New “half-up” (shelf), 2-up, and ring labels that include UPC number for Zebra 2824, ZD410, and ZD420.

Miscellaneous

Resolved rare access violation that could result from early exit of Splash/File Maintenance forms.
Removed general purpose “import/export” user access level which is now obsolete. (Issue: 2267)

Added 2nd description to display of promo item on screen and in print. (Issues: #680, #2276)

Release Version 8.0.41 – November 2017

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Data Collector

Resolved Smart Collector issue where a quantity of 0 was prevented during Stock Counting. (Issue: 2255)
Resolved Android Smart Collector issue where it was difficult to input negative quantities. (Issue: 2256)
Improved Smart Collector validation logic to prevent negative quantities in Sales, Gift Registry and Ordering topics while allowing them within Stock Counting and Receiving Topics. (Issue: 2257)
Resolved invalid Smart Collector prompt: “A Quantity must be Entered” that affected certain areas when using “+” to set the quantity as 1. (Issue: 2263)
Installer includes latest WinCE Smart Collector installation wizard (Version 8.1.0.8).
Installer includes latest Android Smart Collector installation wizard (Version 8.0.2.6).

eStore 360 for Shopify

(New) Added support for the new checkout option in Shopify (Admin -> Settings -> Checkout-> Primary Contact Method. Smart Vendor now supports both phone number and email order checkouts.
Corrected issue where blank Company name coming from Shopify would blank out the Customer -> Company field in Smart Vendor. (Issue: 2238)
Removed “Import Non-Order Customers” switch from Setup -> Internet -> eStore Setup and corrected eStore Customer sync logic to no longer import non-order Web Customers. (Issue: 2188)

Global Changes

Resolved potential MySQL error that could occur when no filters are specified. (Issue: 1925)
Resolved issue where “Lookup” option might be unavailable despite applicable context. (Issue: 2145)
Resolved “No items entered” error and “Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window” bug report when defining department filter while Sub department feature is enabled. (Issue: 1441)

Installer

Updated various aspects of “Default” data to match most common preferences and usage patterns.

Language Support (Canadian French)

Corrected “Current” and “Change” full display dates in Date Change. (Issue: 2253)
Removed references to “SCGS” in Software Expiry message. (Issue: 2254)

Miscellaneous

Resolved rare access violation that could occur when clicking footer buttons.

Sales Register

Resolved issue where combination of “Force Print” option and operator holding Enter key for too long would produce a second (unwanted) receipt. (Issues: 1528, 2156)
Increased width of Commission ID column to support IDs of 3 or 4 digits without wrapping. (Issue: 2175)
Resolved potential Access Violation that could occur when recalling a weighable product from a station without a scale. (Issue: 2227)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Enhanced solution to support greater automation.

Release Version 8.0.40 – October 2017

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Data Backup

Corrected naming convention of multi-volume backups – making it possible to open them with “Zip” related tools. (Issue: 2228)

Integrated Credit Card

Introducing Tender MCM (Merchant Connect Multi) powered “Chase Paymentech” integration.
Introducing Tender MCM (Merchant Connect Multi) powered “Global Payments” integration.

Sales Register

Resolved issue affecting data entry in Alpha-Mode Sales Register.

eStore 360 for Shopify

Updated Payment Type “ESTORE GIFT CARD” (Setup Form-> Financial -> Payments -> ESTOREGC) -> so that Add To Bank Totals is off and changed the icon to match the Shopify Gift Card icon.

Release Version 8.0.39 – September 2017

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Smart Mail

Smart Mail

Refinement of Smart Mail module.

Release Version 8.0.38 – Mid-August 2017

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Sales Register

Sales Register

Improved interface responsiveness (IE. Total Units) when scanning many items.
Added scan detection logic in confirmation dialogues to ignore scanned input when human input is required.

Release Version 8.0.37 – August 2017

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Customer File

Resolved search issue in Customer File and Sales Register where customers with company name but no first or last name might be excluded from F10 (full) search results. (Issue #2203)

Global Changes

Resolved error that could occur when altering Customer Level Pricing, Margin, or Markup. (Issue: 2210)

Integrated Credit Card

Added headings and footers to Credit Card Audit reprints

Reports

Added embedded tax amount fields and disambiguated $ value versus applicability. (Issue: 2199)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Resolved an issue related to Stock creation when the Stock # is specified in any Import Profile.
Added a Search feature which gives the user the ability to search the database by Stock #, UPC, and Supplier Name + Reorder #. This feature uses the same search logic that SDI uses when processing Import Profiles (Advanced Mode only).

Release Version 8.0.36 – July 2017

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Miscellaneous

Removed general purpose “import/export” options which are now obsolete.

Reports

- Items Sold: Productivity
  - Resolved issue where totals displayed may include all stations rather than current station when filtering for “This Station”. (Issue: 861)

- Drawer Summary: Payment Counter Screen
  - Resolved issue where Apply and Cancel buttons may not be visible. (Issue: 2171)

- Report Generator: Accounting/Financial
  - Added missing payment type fields to Sales Summary, Drawer Summary and Clerk Summary Report areas. IE. PayPal, EStore Custom, EStore Gift Cert. (Issue: 1351), (Issue: 1447), (Issue: 1648)

Sales Register

Resolved issue where initial receipt printed may display DEC 31 1899 12:00AM Time Stamp. (Issue: 2168)

Stock File

Resolved an issue affecting chains with mixed web/local quantities related to the calculation of Net Available Qty. (Issue: 2164)

Release Version 8.0.35 – June 2017

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Consolidation Service

Resolved issue where department name edits were not immediately reflected in certain areas of Report Generator (Issue: 1789)

Customer Accounts

Resolved issue in display of aging amounts (Issue: 2149)

Data Collector

Resolved issue where double clicking Android Smart Collector menu options could later result in application crash on exit. (Issue: 2140)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Resolved issue in “svWebPublisher” that affected publishing.

Web Services

Resolved issue affecting web service utilization and version related maintenance. (Issue: 2147)

Release Version 8.0.34 – May 2017

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Consolidation Service

Resolved issues contributing to “CP Offline” scenario. (Issue: 1643)
Resolved issue where changing current cost to $0.00 might not be reflected in F7-History window. (Issue: 1841)

Data Collector

Enhanced Android Smart Collector with Product Search functionality.
Enhanced Android Smart Collector with new fields. Added fields include: Sale Price, Sale Starts, Sale Ends, and Shelf Location.
Resolved issue where exporting stock information to data collectors could display “Master Column Widths exceed the page width…” warning.
Resolved issue of French text “Désélectionner” being too large for button. A change in work flow requires an item to be selected first, then in a subsequent action de-selected. (Issue: 2086)
Improved speed when importing or exporting from workstations. (Issue: 2133)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Improved handling of Web Order cancelled Fulfilments.
Added UPC export support to svWebPublisher original XML format.
Resolved issue with HTML Editor.

Label Printing

Support added for Zebra ZD410 2″ label printer model. (Issue: 1982)
Support added for Zebra ZD420 4″ label printer model. (Issue: 2127)
Resolved issue in Serial dialogue where label printing options were hidden from view. (Issue: 2101)

Language Support (Canadian French)

Resolved issue where toggling language preference would not be reflected in “Number Streams” area of System Setup until program was closed and reopened. (Issue: 2113)
Resolved issue in sale completion where printing options might always be shown in English. (Issue: 2098)

Miscellaneous

Resolved potential warning: “Status/Sub status Already Exists” when editing Service area of System Setup following character case change. (Issue: 1072)

Return to Supplier

Resolved issue in where “Receiving List” print option would display “Issue Date” heading and information in reverse order. (Issue: 2128)

Smart Display

New feature registration checking logic is able to determine validity of Smart Display without a USB key. NOTE: a valid plug-in is required and Smart Vendor must be run at least once to detect feature prior to use. (Issue: 2111)
Improved Smart Vendor application startup to automatically start Smart Display Player as needed. (Issue: 2108)
New and improved Smart Display installation wizard. (Issue: 2110)
Resolved error that could appear when using “Refresh Display” option in Smart Display Player. (Issue: 2129)

Station Setup

Added Support for (Seiko) SII Thermal Receipt Printer Model RP-D10. (Issue: 2135).

Transactor

Resolved issue where Tier 2 Transactor might continue prompting for “Standard Edition” code after a valid one had been entered. (Issue: 1739)

Release Version 8.0.33 – April 2017

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Data Backup

Increased maximum length of Backup Path to 250 Characters. (Issue: 1702)
Added option to backup Smart Display Media files. (Issue: 1137)
Enhanced backups to include receipt logo, plug-ins, INI files, etc. (Issue: 1125)
Resolved issue where certain backup types might be performed when not fully configured. (Issue: 1853)
Added Integrated Backup option to Global Change completion. (Issues: 175)

Data Collector

System Setup option (“Allow Data Collection”) hidden and treated as active in all cases. Use of this feature has become very common and does not require opt-in. (Issue: 2077)
Resolved issue in Android Smart Collector where “Ordering” section may not correctly align titles and values. (Issue: 2105)

Global Changes

Added Integrated Backup option to Global Change completion. This backup can be used in the event that an unintended change needs to be reversed. (Issue: 175)
Improved Work Flow to offer either Scheduled or Immediate application of change(s). This change supports the newly added backup. (Issue: 2095, 693)
Resolved issue where changes could be scheduled to occur on current or prior date. (Issue: 2061)

Miscellaneous

Related to insufficient log – Logging automatically switched off by installation. (Issue: 1905, 1907)

Sales Register

Resolved issues of “insufficient points balance” and “gift card has insufficient funds” errors that may occur when totalling transaction. (Issue: 1905)
Resolved issue of “Serial # not found” error that may occur when totalling transaction. (Issue: 1907)
Resolved issue where “Points Refunded” on product return may be rounded down by 1. (Issue: 227)
Enhanced Quick Pick setup validation/warnings to prevent undefined “Item Type”. Previously this could produce error “”…is not a valid integer value”. (Issue: 192)
Resolved issue related to button colour of “Goto” link to enforce colour of target menu when target already exists. (Issue: 192)
Resolved issue where a new Service (work order) might remain locked by the station. (Issue: 1927)
Enhanced Serial # dialogue to allow by clicking the lookup triangle. (Issue: 1126)

Smart Display

Smart Display “Media” folder can now be included in Date Change backup. See System Setup | Utility | Data Backup. (Issue: 1137)

Stock File

Added option to Search by Serial # in Stock File. NOTE: feature not extended to other areas yet. (Issue: 559, 1130)

Year End & Spot Checks

Resolved issue where a Spot check after Year End Rollover might cause “No Records Found” on reports. (Issue: 135)
Resolved issue where Stock History may display “Qty Year End” based on Spot Check values rather than Year End values. (Issue: 903)

Release Version 8.0.32 – March 2017

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Data Collector

New Android Smart Collector support – Contact your sales person for details.
Resolved issue of case-sensitivity in alpha-numeric stock search. (Issue #629)
Resolved issue where searching for unpadded code 39 barcodes might fail to return a match. (Issue #2067)
Installer includes latest Smart Collector installation wizard (Version 8.0.2.4).

eStore 360 for Shopify

“Shopify custom discount” – Smart Vendor automatically creates a “custom discount” (ECUSTDISC) Coupon to support the use of Shopify -> Draft Order -> custom discounts. Note: As with all System Objects, Users are restricted from Editing or Deleting this Coupon.”

Installer

In accordance with minimum system requirements, installation is no longer permitted when memory is less than 4GB.
Resolved issue where insufficient memory during software installation might show “%1” in dialogue instead of available memory.
Installer includes latest product documentation.

Language Support (Canadian French)

Various New/Updated Terms

Quick Receiving

Resolved issue where split-cost receiving might arrive at incorrect average cost. (Issue #2071)

Reports

Added 2nd Description (AKA “Matrix” description) to “Items Sold” Report. (Issue #1251)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Resolved issue where advanced importing based on Stock ID might not create new entries when Reorder # also present. (Issue #2074)

Stock File

Resolved issue where view of Quantity Adjustments might not refresh properly after filter is applied. (Issue #208)

Year End & Spot Checks

Misc. Year End consolidation corrections.

Release Version 8.0.31 – February 2017

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Sales History – Corrected display of Web Customers to be shown in order of Last Name, then First Name. (Issue: 2050)
Stock File – Resolved issue where Head Office QOH might show Web QOH as total when not all stores use real-time quantity. (Issue: 2041)

Language Support (Canadian French)

Various New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Optimized software upgrade sequence to no longer require “Full Consolidation” if coming from Version 8.0.15 or higher. (Issue: 2054)
Optimized on-time Stock Quantity update to avoid potential memory exhaustion. (Issue: 2055)

Sales Register

Resolved Access Violation issue related to use of Citizen 1000/2000 receipt printers.(Issue: 2052)
Added instruction box to new gift card search feature.(Issue: 2037)

Year End & Spot Checks

Resolved possible “Out of memory” error in Yearend/Spot-check filter dialogue. (Issue: 2051)

Release Version 8.0.30 – January 2017

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Resolved issue where Matrix Header might publish while no Matrix Items are tagged to publish. Stock Form -> Web tab -> now displays two useful matrix items counts after the “Matrix Header“ term. It adds the text (/ Items) which shows the user two counts:The count of Matrix Items tagged to publish out of The count of Matrix items that are qualified to publish. (Issue: 1958)

Head Office/Polling

Enhanced time-stamping of quantity records to facilitate polling. (Issue: 2028)

Language Support (Canadian French)

Various New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Removed obsolete Date Change Import/Export options from System Setup and Date Change sequence.
Added missing “Reference” field to “Rebuild OnOrder Qty” function (found within file maintenance options).

Reports

Report Generator -> Gift cards -> Web Gift Card Information now retrieves the web gift cards in batches prior to generating the selected report.

Sales Register

Register -> F10 -> Gift Cards no longer retrieves the entire Gift Card list before the user can search it. Additionally, a minimum of three characters (excluding the “*” wildcard) and pressing the Enter key is now required for each search. (Local and Web). (Issue: 2034)

Release Version 8.0.29 – December 2016

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Aesthetic Improvements

Improved dialogue and input field widths to support both English and French captions.
Standardized (footer) button sizes at bottom of all forms and dialogues.

Consolidation Service

Improvement related to customer accounts.

Data Collector

Added ordering functionality in SmartCollector software and in Smart Vendor Application to provide convenient quantity ordering information on supported WinCE devices.
Optimized data transfer between Smart Vendor and portable device to dramatically reduce stock count download times.
Improved information displayed during import confirmation prompts to identify both the Stock # and the Description of products that are not associated with the current supplier. Affects Purchase Orders, Quick Receiving, and Return to Supplier.
Resolved issue where UPC trimming prevented items from being recognized or imported properly. (Issue: 652)
Resolved issue where import did not default to a section if not defined on Data Collector. (Issue: 656)
Resolved consistency issues related to UPC Trimming options shown on device and in Smart Vendor. (Issue: 690)
Resolved issues related to viewing & editing data. (Issue: 702)
Added dialogues (during import/export) to indicate whether it is safe to remove the device from the cradle/cable. (Issue: 1280)
Resolved ‘unexpected error’ that could occur by selecting the “-” button while the Qty field was blank. (Issue: 1281)
Resolved error (Affecting Janam) that could occur when exiting from section screen. (Issue: 1559)
Added functionality to automatically sync sections on device while exporting stock lookups. (Issue: 1600)
Corrected display of product pricing on device (using 2 decimal positions and dollar symbol). (Issue: 1874)
Resolved issue where UPC Trimming settings were not retained after exiting SmartCollector. (Issue: 1875)
Resolved issue (Affecting Honeywell 6100) where pressing keypad Enter might not work to make selections (and highlighted option might be difficult to see/read). (Issue: 1881)
Resolved issue where errors occurred after deleting sections. (Issue: 1883)
Resolved issue where ‘Barcode Not Found’ prompt negatively impacts workflow. (Issue: 1876)
Resolved issue where Info box has insufficient space to display the Description, Description2 and Selling Price. (Issue: 1882)
New “SmartCollector” folder used for data collector file exchange (formerly “Palm” folder).
New SmartCollector installation “Wizard” included (required update if using data collector).
IMPORTANT: SmartCollector Version 8.0.2.2 or higher must be used for compatibility with this version.

Global Changes

Performance improvements when building and performing Global Changes.
Protection mechanism added to avoid exhaustion of memory resources (“out of memory” error).

Head Office/Polling

Corrected missing title element in Store Polling Setup (Seen only at store locations).
Improved time-based polling of certain System Setup areas.

Labels

Revised ZebGX420d (compatible) form files to accommodate new (narrower) label stock.

Language Support (Canadian French)

Various new/updated terms.
Performance graphs now display month names in based on preferred language.
Various forms, dialogues, and field sizes increased to accommodate larger captions.

Miscellaneous

Diagnostic log functionality expanded in payment area.
Validation added to System Setup which constrains round price decimals to a valid range.
Added rounding support to dollar values used in the Supplier Files, Performance Graph.
Corrected “Cash &Drawer” caption. (removed ampersand in polling context)
Added “Chase” integrated credit card option – Release date not yet announced.
Order of Margin & Markup made consistent across all forms.
Improved Windows keyboard handling in Sales Register.

Recompiled

Applications and packaging freshly recompiled using latest development platform and components.

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Added support for Customer Level 21 Price – Customer Level 50 Price fields.

Stock File

Corrected issue related to display of selling price and decimal precision when using more than 2 decimal places. (Issue #1997, #2003)
Resolved issue where “Sale” related fields might display while feature is disabled in System Setup. (Issue: #2000)
Resolved Inconsistent display of pricing when moving through stock items of differing pricing models. (Issue: #2002)
Added validation to Stock Data entry which prevents serialized products being configured without automatic quantity. (Issue #1833)
Resolved an issue in the Stock Detail screen where the “Sell Price” could appear red while iterating next/prior.

Release Version 8.0.28 – September 2016

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Digital Signatures

Added Digital Signatures to core application files and installations. (Issue #1971)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Corrected “svWebStore” application version.

Integrated Credit Card

Corrected missing accelerator in “Credit Card Utilities” main menu utilities option. (Issue #1970)

Language Support (Canadian French)

50+ New/Updated Terms

Sales Register

Resolved issue where customer email might not appear correctly in customer information area. (Issue #1969)

Smart Display

Now able to activate Smart Display on Unikey from Smart Vendor application. (Issue #1967)

Release Version 8.0.27 – September 2016

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Data Collector

Improved data collector stability. (Issue #1883, 1559)
Improved user messages regarding data transfer progress.
Enhanced Error/exception handling and retry when possible during transmission. (Issue #1280)
Sections are now sent during Report Generator’s Stock Information Export. (Issue #656)
Added support for alternate installation locations on device (IE. extra storage or application area). NOTE: this varies by device. Use of alternate storage locations improves both capacity and stability while making the solution more tolerant to factory resets and/or battery failure.
Resolved issue where UPC trim settings may be lost between sessions. (Issue #1875)
Application version now shown in settings screen (Some devices may be unable to display properly in title bar due to display size).
UPC-E preamble and checksum characters now picked up by scanner (Motorola and Janam). These characters can be trimmed if necessary. (Issue #652)
Price check feature displays price on first line, ensuring that it is always visible. (Issue #1874)
Upgraded SqlCE version to 3.5 on all devices for improved data access.
Software installation streamlined and simplified by batch file and ini.
Improved appearance of highlight font on Honeywell D6100 for improved readability (formerly white on grey when button was selected). (Issue #1881)
Now able to receive negative quantities. (Issue #1281)
If item scanned cannot be found and user presses “Add” it is added to the Stock Lookup and will no longer show “Barcode not found” on subsequent scans.
Prior Warning message (IE. “Barcode not found”) is cleared as soon as a new character is entered/scanned into the barcode field, and a ‘waiting’ (hourglass) cursor is shown until a result can be shown.
Lookups speed greatly improved, particularly when barcode value cannot be found. NOTE: Some delay may be expected on certain models when performing the first successful and first “Barcode not found” scan. Subsequent scans can be sub-second.
New duplicate-check when scanning serial numbers for a given item.
View of previous scans is now Barcode/Qty/Serial/Section, where Section is scrolled off the screen now instead of Serial (user knows what section they are in, needs to see the serial number).
View of previous scans now always shows the Serial column, the reason being that even though the current mode may be Single/Multi, there may be previous serialized scans on the device that the user should see.

eStore 360 for Shopify

Resolved issue where voiding a Web Order at the Sales Register could produce “Integer” errors. (Issue #1956)

Head Office

Resolved issue where updating alternate supplier cost might affect cost of current supplier. (Issue #207)

Language Support (Canadian French)

30 New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Improvements to standard “Wait Form” to support longer captions.

Release Version 8.0.26 – August 2016

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Head Office/Polling

Resolved issue where taxes of products created at store may be replaced with head office product definitions. (Issue #1934)

Miscellaneous

Changed font registration methods to address potential Windows 10 issues. (Issue #1942)

Pole Display

Resolved issue where LD9000 emulation may show a series of characters (IE. “ÇÇÇÇ”). (Issue #1940)

Shipping File

Corrected packing slip printing to only include items picked up today. (Issue #1914)

Release Version 8.0.25 – July 2016

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Customer File

Resolved error in “Shipping” tab where invoice recall would show “Error #500” on “invoiceno” field. (Issue #1885)

eStore Plus and eStore 360 for Shopify

Added Order Date Filtering support to the Web Orders form. An F12 “Filter” button is now available when viewing any Status other than “Open”. This feature allows the user to specify any valid date range to limit the list of Web Orders retrieved from the web cloud. The default filter range is between (today – 120 days) and the current system date.

Head Office

Resolved issue where “Point level” could appear blank despite having been set. (Issue #1819)
Resolved issue in “FixStkPropagate” (Update) that might cause store products to share the same “Status” as the head office. (Issue #1864)
Resolved issue where updating alternate supplier costs might not propagate to all stores. (Issue #207)
Reduced time required to upgrade Head Office locations through conditional bypass of “RecalcCostByType” routine.

Language Support (Canadian French)

606 New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Resolved issue where matrix items specified in matrix grid view (within quick receives, purchase orders, or return to supplier) might be associated with default supplier information (IE. cost) instead of alternate supplier information. (Issue #1879)
Resolved issue where “RecalcSerialInfoCreatedDate” might fail to complete on software upgrade.
New “acceo smart vendor” logo graphics in Splash Screen, About Form, and Main Menu.

Pole Display

Pole display now shows rounded amount where appropriate for cash payments. (Issue #1331)
Pole Display now shows updated unit price after a manual discount has been applied. (Issue #1365)
Resolved issue where wrong Subtotal/Total may be shown after editing Quantity or Price of a line item. (Issue #1697)

Sales Register

Resolved issue where “Alpha stock” (“A” function) did not respond to pressing lowercase “a”. (Issue #1786)
Resolved issue where customer level might also discount coupon items. (Issue #965)
Resolved potential loop where serialized items prompt for quantity with pop-up dialogue. (Issue #1833)
Resolved potential loop when Quantity Price Break is used in conjunction with prompt for price and pop-up dialogue. (Issue #1892)

Smart Display

Resolved issue where Smart Vendor might show “Unable to Connect to Smart Display Player” even when Player had been opened. (Issue #932)

Stock File

Corrected issue where “Foreign Cost” might be visible to clerks without cost access. (Issue #1865)
Added validation to Stock Data entry which prevents serialized products being configured without automatic quantity. (Issue #1833)
Resolved an issue in the Stock Detail screen where the “Sell Price” could appear red while iterating next/prior.

Supplier Consignment

Corrected issue where “Last Paid” consignment date might be affected by Head Office location. (Issue #1806)

System Setup

Resolved “Cannot Focus a disabled or invisible window” in system setup/points configuration. (Issue #1808)
Resolved issue where backup path might be constrained to 50 characters. (Issue #1702)

Transaction Audit

Resolved issue where row selector would move back to top of list after viewing an invoice. (Issue #1781)

Release Version 8.0.24 – June 2016

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Consolidation Service

Corrections made to how Customer Layaways, Special Orders and Quotations are counted.
Corrected the Created Date value in the serial information table for sold full serial items.

Customer Accounts

Resolved issue where 3rd copy of same account statement might be missing user defined caption. (Issue #1871)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Stock Form – Web Tab -> Edit -> Tags now includes Tags linked to Non Stock (Status) Stock #’s
Web Orders Form now supports Non Stock (Status) Coupons when matching Shopify Discounts to Smart Vendor Coupons.
Smart Vendor – Web Publisher for Shopify (1.2.6.5) now supports the publishing of Non Stock (Status) Stock #’s

Language Support (Canadian French)

377 New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Data type integrity improved by performing “UpdateDoubleFields” with each new software upgrade.
Database disconnect logic now more tolerant of network latency issues as it relates to repair tables and date change.

Touch Register

Corrected missing decimal button in Quantity/Price pop-up dialogue.

Release Version 8.0.23 – May 2016

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Integrated Credit Card

Added option to cancel payment request if pinpad fails to respond.

Language Support (Canadian French)

28 New/Updated Terms

Touch Register

Corrected potential access violation that could occur when applying cash payment or when existing touch register.

Release Version 8.0.22 – May 2016

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Consolidation Service

Misc. Consolidation improvements.

Integrated Credit Card

Improved use of Windows sockets to create fresh connection with each transaction. Additional transaction logging to aid in troubleshooting.

Language Support (Canadian French)

471 New/Updated Terms

Release Version 8.0.21 – May 2016

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Consolidation Service

Corrected Consolidation routine which calculates Customer Points summaries. Upgrading to this version will automatically recalculate all Customer Points summaries. (Issue #1852)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Web Orders form now defaults to display financial history.

Integrated Credit Card

Added logic to allow credit/debit payments to be the exclusive activity.

Language Support (Canadian French)

602 New/Updated Terms

Release Version 8.0.20 – May 2016

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Integrated Credit Card

Improved handling of possible timeouts in Credit Card components.

Language Support (Canadian French)

1161 New/Updated Terms

Pole Display

Improved support for Serial Pole Displays (Alternate Serial Component).

Release Version 8.0.19 – May 2016

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Consolidation Service

Optimized consolidation for when Stock -> Cost Method is equal to “Last Paid”.

eStore 360 for Shopify

Converting a Shopify Web Order to a Smart Vendor invoice now re-checks for any new Shopify payment transactions (Financial History) immediately before the conversion. This addresses the issue where a Shopify capture or sale transaction may have occurred while the Order Fulfillment form was open.

Language Support (Canadian French)

2127 New/Updated Terms

Recompiled

Applications and Packaging Freshly Recompiled using Windows 10 System.

Release Version 8.0.18 – April 2016

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Labels

New Zebra 2824 Plus “Reorder #” label.

Language Support (Canadian French)

991 New/Updated Terms

Reports

New indicators for “Selected” and “Available” fields when Adding/Editing Reports.

Training Mode

Resolved potential access violation when taking payments in Training Mode. Related to Integrated Credit Card module.

Release Version 8.0.17 – April 2016

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Installer

Installer components upgraded to latest version. (5.5.9)

Language Support (Canadian French)

1035 New/Updated Terms

Release Version 8.0.16 – April 2016

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Head Office

Resolved issue where matrix custom reorder numbers may not be saved. (Issue #1804)

Language Support (Canadian French)

1172 New/Updated Terms

Stock File

“Product Group” search field now shown only when option selected in Stock Setup.

Release Version 8.0.15 – April 2016

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Head Office

Correction to one-time update (“BackfillStkPrice”)

Language Support (Canadian French)

542 New/Updated Terms

Reports

Corrected fit & finish of Report Wizard dialogue – Used when filtering top customers by different criteria.

Station Setup

Added “Logo Indent (inches)” option in Receipt Printer setup dialogues. Allows more precisely alignment/centering of logos on thermal receipts.

Release Version 8.0.14 – March 2016

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Language Support (Canadian French)

667 New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Increased maximum Version size to support comparisons done in polling.

Sales Register

Customer transaction recall dialogue improved by widening and right aligning dollar value columns.

Stock File

Corrected how consolidation computes the value stored in stkprice.CostByType (Stock Form -> F7 History -> Last Price Paid) when Setup -> Stock -> Options -> Cost Method is set to “Last Paid Cost”.

Release Version 8.0.13 – March 2016

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Addressed the case when converting a Shopify Order Fulfillment to a Smart Vendor transaction and there is no Shopify Ship To Province Code to use during the tax check. Smart Vendor will now use the Shopify Order Bill To Province Code in this case.

Language Support (Canadian French)

Addressed the case when using dual languages and the user makes changes to any dual-language supported setup element (E.g. Register -> Quotation Types). The system wasn’t always refreshing to use the correct language description.
959 New/Updated Terms

Reports

Adjustment History
- Tabs and printing support added for “Point Adjustments” and “Promo Point Adjustments”.
- Point and Promo Point filters have been removed from the “Quantity Adjustments” tab.

Stock File

Matrix Grid corrected to address possible missing Store Number.

Release Version 8.0.12 – March 2016

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Integrated Credit Card

When taking debit payments with Moneris Debit (when cashback is configured in system setup) Cashback lookup and grand total (shown for Desjardins) will be hidden and replaced with the caption “Cash Back via Pinpad”.
Station setup will advise the User that Positive ACK may be required (default response to continue option will be “No”, and focus will be placed on checkbox to let user remedy choice and save again).

Language Support (Canadian French)

119 New/Updated Terms

Look and Feel

Changed grid behavior where text is too large for a column – will now display “Ellipsis”, IE. “This is a…”.

Pole Display

Corrected second line of pole display for messages on exit (was displaying line 1 on both lines)
Corrected rotating message logic to still show the current date and time even when all 15 messages are blank.

Reports

Corrected how discounts given appear in Sales Summary statistics tab. (Formerly showed sum of unit discounts rather than extended discounts.)
Corrected how unit discounts are displayed in Discounts given drill-down. (Formerly showed stored “DiscPrice” value from history table, this was incorrect because “double-discounting” would cause a lower value to be stored. Additionally this might not agree with the sold price and ext disc numbers surrounding it in the drill-down.)
Report Generator – Corrected user defined text use to apply defaults when caption is not specified in system setup – This way field names/captions are never blank.

Sales Register

Resolved potential access violation that could occur in sales register if live scale enabled and no scale configured for station.
Resolved layout Issue in Register Totals, increased right-hand side to better accommodate white heading text.
Corrected storage of preset key macros. (Issue #1765)

Stock File

Added Head Office “BackfillStkPrice” and “BackfillStkProd” updates. These routines will recreate any missing linkage records for stock/store/supplier.
Instrumented “BackfillStkPrice”, “BackfillStkProd”, and “FixStkPropagate” with logging to show how many records were added to each table as a result of each routine.

System Setup

Added “ResizeUserDefined” update – Increases the maximum size of English and French captions from 512 to 2048 characters. Allows storage of large return policies etc.

Release Version 8.0.11 – February 2016

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About Form

Now accessible via a new “About Smart Vendor” menu item added to the Setup menu.
Addition of a convenient search box to make it easier to isolate one-time update entries (typically done when investigating if/when a routine was run or when needing to re-run a specific routine).
Backups menu removed.

Consolidation Service

Resolved all issues pertaining to running under alternate system language or regional settings. I.e. OEM French Windows.
Performance optimizations made to key Stock qty and price areas
Main Menu now displays CS and CP in green at the bottom left corner when the Consolidation Service and Consolidation Process are both running successfully. The indicators will display in red if offline/not running successfully. On the Smart Vendor server, stopping and restarting Smart Vendor Consolidation in Windows – Services should restore both parts of the Consolidation service to normal. Alternately, restarting the Smart Vendor server after all workstations and the server have closed all applications should automatically restart the service.

Customer File

Corrected color of text in User-defined Fields. [Issue #1550]
Added system generated “Notes” Column in “Promo Pts.” tab to indicate whether point(s) have expired (due to the date range of promo). Additionally employed red text for emphasis of “Point(s) Expired”.
Correction to Customer Performance Graph to reflect product returns more accurately.
Improvements made to Customer filtering and synchronization between results while iterating through results (detail view PGUP/PGDN).
Improved Customer Search Speed.

Data Collector

Resolved issue in export that would remove spaces from item descriptions on handheld (“validation” feature).

Event Booking

Removed invalid “Store” button from Event Detail screen.

Head Office/Polling

Resolved issue where Head Office Store Detail Form might not show points configuration options. (Issue #1492)
Resolved issue where “Store Detail Form” might not display taxes correctly. (Issue #1523)
Resolved issue in Coupon and Charge files where values shown in Details page did not match those shown in F6 stores list. (Issue #1554)
Closed a loophole in Store Form that might have allowed a Head Office to copy stock, charge, kit, coupon attributes from other stores to itself.
Improved FTP download logic to allow retry when download times out, (IE. no progress after 5 seconds of downloading)
Introduced a one-time update that helps propagate stock quantity information from head office to stores.
Resolved issue affecting Cloning of stock information from one location to another.
Resolved issue affecting propagation of stock information where an item is tagged for additional stores at a later date.
Resolved Issue with propagating of stock status by store (“StatusText” field deprecated)
SmartPolling now has an FTP logging option to help identify transmission issues.

Installer Changes / Enhancements

During full installation of Smart Vendor installer will create documentation shortcut on desktop. (Issue #1510)
Installer simplifies server migration by deploying “MySQL” and “Information_Schema” as needed. (Issue #1513)
Added French support to “Full” installer (Based on operating system)
Added Partial French support to “Web Patch” installer (Based on operating system)
Database Consolidation Triggers newly created with each product installation (to resolve any missing or corrupt triggers).
Installer will check if current station is running Windows XP/Server 2003 and prevent installation in these cases
Installer optimized to only install/replace certain files if missing.
Documentation Updated – Removal of outdated/obsolete documents (*Full installer only)

Integrated Credit Card

Next generation support for Desjardins and Moneris integrated payment processing (Using Tender’s MCM Solution). Includes support for:
- iPP320 with Tap feature
- Optional:
  - Cash Back on Debit Purchase
  - “Store and Forward” (offline transactions – up to “floor limit”)
  - Manual-entered/Card-not-present” (Web/Mail/Telephone) Transactions

Language Support (Canadian French)

Extensive translation work done to put support for Canadian French on par with English. This applies to all windows, dialogues, and reports within the entire Smart Vendor application suite (Smart Vendor, Web Publisher, eStore 360 for Shopify, SDI, SmartPolling and XmlPolling). All system and log files remain in English.
Invalid language options removed from System Setup.
User-defined fields now support storing headings in both the Primary and Secondary languages. E.g. Setup -> Customer -> Details -> Use Company Name | Field Description allows for language-specific values (when Setup -> Software -> Settings -> Secondary Language is set to anything other than “None”. When Smart Vendor is running in Canadian English, the user may fill in an appropriate English heading. When running in French a unique storage field will allow the user to store an appropriate french heading. Both are stored and displayed according to which language is active on screen at the moment.

Logging | Tracing | Debugging

Performance logging facilities added to assist support in tracing client performance issues. This logging covers sales transaction operations like pole display, login, payments, totaling, invoice saving, drawer firing, and printing.

Look and Feel

- The Smart Vendor 8 series introduces a major updated look and feel to the product. Unlike past editions, all secondary applications (SDI, Web Publisher, etc) now share this new style whether running in store or head office configurations.

- Aesthetic Improvements
  - Improved Fit & Finish of all forms and dialogues.
  - Alternating line colour introduced Sales Register for easier Visual Tracking
  - Sales Register line items shown in different colours to emphasize returns and coupons
  - Payment Selection is now more touch-friendly (displayed as buttons).
  - Input fields aligned, evenly spaced and optimally sized for greater ease of use.
  - Where required, grid columns have been expanded to handle larger data values.

- Main Menu
  - New “Change Language” option added to the “Setup” menu. This option allows the user with the ability to switch between English and French at runtime without having to re-start Smart Vendor. Note that this option is only visible when a secondary language has been specified in Setup -> Software -> Settings.
  - New “About Smart Vendor” option added to the “Setup” menu.

Main Form
- The single Consolidation Service status Indicator has been separated into two indicators: the first (CS) represents the state of the Consolidation Windows Service and the second
- (CS) represents the state of the process running inside the Consolidation Windows Service. (Also see the “Consolidation Service” section)

Misc. Improvements

Added logic to buffer main application file locally to improve network performance (RE: Error “COOOOOO6”).
Improved internal formatting enforcement within Smart Vendor suite of applications (including language, m/d/y and separator characters)
Improved Management of Number Streams (Counters, Locking)
Improved window ordering to reduce/eliminate the chance of forms or dialogues falling behind one another.

Resolved issue with “Redemption Summary” report where “CustAddrPostalCode” error might appear. (Issue #1573)
Promo feature now includes “Start Date Mode” and “Trailing Months”. These options allow a customer promo points to be honored in a way consistent with how certain suppliers operate (IE. Redemption of promo must fall within 24 months of qualifying purchases).
Removed invalid “Store” button from Promo Detail screen.

Purchase Orders

Resolved issue where font style of text (IE. bold/italic) in Purchase Order was inconsistent between Suspended and Saved orders. (Issue #210)
Resolved issue where Fractional Quantities on Special Orders could not be brought into a Purchase Orders. (Issue #758, #1546)
Corrected currency formatting in printed reports. (Issue #1424)
Resolved issue where accepting “Auto Fill” might block further edit attempts. (Issue #1642)
Resolved issue where Stock File “Qty. On Order” might not decrease as “Qty. On Hand” increases when a suspended purchase order was saved.

Sales Register

Improved multiple discounting/package logic to take into account non-stock items that may have no stock price to begin with. (Issue #1122)
Selling by serial # is no longer case-sensitive. (Issue #1499)
Magellan Scale issue resolved related to weight exceeding capacity. Sales register will now return 0 weight when amount being weighed exceeds rated capacity of scale (IE. Scale rated for 15kg, 16kg placed on scale – cannot be accurately measured) (Issue #1531)
Resolved issue where a “Select List Form” might select a certain option when the “X” (close button) was clicked. (Issue #1577)
Resolved issue where F10 in register might display a Sales Person login while key has no corresponding caption. (Issue #1578)
Resolved issue where recall of transactions involving kits might show current pricing rather than historical pricing. (Issue #1674)
Payments with conversion rates can be applied by pressing (no longer requires PGDN). (Issue #1693)
Disabling payment conversion rates will now disable display of rate on sales receipt. (Issue #1694)
Resolved issue where using quantity/price pop-up dialogues while returning coupons (during “return by invoice #” / multi-item return) would not default to a positive value. (Issue #1695)
Addressed issues with multi-item return dialogue with linked items.
Improved fit & finish of scale dialog issues and included (hidden) PGDN as option to apply.

Service

Resolved issue that prevented addition of charge items to work orders (when using touch-dialogues). (Issue #1656)

Stock File

- Quantity adjustments dialogue now sized automatically based on number of column shown. (Issue #1479)
- Resolved issue where adding a new item while applying a sales link was not linking properly. Formerly required a two part process (create item, save, then link). (Issue #1486)
- Changes made to whether items may be deleted.
- Correction to Performance Graph to reflect product sales net of returns.
- Global Change forms now full-sized (Can also be minimized/re sized).
- Hourglass will not be shown while applying filters.
- Improvements made to Stock Filtering and synchronization between results while iterating through results (detail view PGUP/PGDN).
- Increased width of “Linked Item” field to better accommodate larger numbers.
- Increased width of “Order ID#” column in “On Order” tab to avoid information being cut off (or needing to resize column manually)
- Optimized TAB key logic to reduce additional processing and possible flicker when entering/exiting edit mode (IE. Save/Cancel).
- Resolved issue to track opening qty date for newly created matrix products.
- Revamped cost and selling pricing layout Stock Detail tab (combines landed cost fields into Details tab, and organizes fields for better work flow with cost related fields down the left and retail related fields down the right).
- “On Order” tab now displays the total quantity received per item when not complete. Formerly only the quantity indicated in the last suspended or back-ordered session would be shown.

WEB TAB / ESTORE

- Added two new options to the Stock Filter Form: “Web On Sale” and “Has Shopify ID”
- Added Validation/User warnings related to SEO Page title (recommended max length 55)
- Added Validation/User warnings related to SEO Page title and SEO Meta description (prevent inclusion of hard carriage returns)
- Retitled “Features” section title as “Shopify Product Tags” (eStore 360 for Shopify) (Issue # 1619)
- Added “Net Available Qty” field on Web Tab to display QOH less Committed QOH.(Regular Stock and Matrix Items)

Reports

- Adjustment History
  - Added missing text in Adjustment history grid – now reports on head office changes to “Sp. Order Hold”, “Sp. Order Release”, “Duty ($)”, “Duty (%)”, “Freight” and “Supplier Cost”. (Issue #1552)

- Drawer Summary
  - Addition of logic in ”DrawerCountForm” to display payment types pertaining to Web Order Sales, even if the payment type is not enabled for regular Sales Register use.

- GC Reconciliation (Web Gift Card)
  - Corrected web service Gift Card Reconciliation logic to correctly handle non-numeric Store #’s.

- Report Generator
  - Resolved issue in history report where extended discount or discount percent might be incorrectly stated. (Issue #1657)
  - Resolved issue in Report Generator that caused printing of Subtotals to fail.
  - Layaway Items” and “Special Order Items” reports now offer fields” “Comm. Clerk ID”, “Comm. Clerk Name”, “Created Date (Stock)”.

- Sales Summary
  - Hourglass will now be displayed when performing time-consuming operations.

- Accounting Export
  - Added export support for Acceo Solutions Acomba / Acomba X accounting software. The user interface provides account # validation for this new Export Type.
  - Simply Accounting is now called Sage 50 Accounting
  - Support for MYOB has been discontinued.
  - QuickBooks export now supports a “Desktop” or “Online” export. This option only affects the structure of the generated export file. Support for exporting directly to a QuickBooks Online account is being considered for a future Smart Vendor release.
  - Quickbooks export option will default to Desktop during program initialization (startup) if currently enabled.
  - Changes to how “Points Redeemed” is indicated in Accounting Export.
  - Corrections/Enhancements made to Debit/Credit Account ID# in Export Logic.
  - Account Export Options – Changes to the way accounts are displayed depending on validity of Account Numbers specified for Credit/Debit.
  - Expansion of Account Export file name field to 255 characters (formerly 100 chars)
  - Standard Windows Folder Selection dialogue added to Account Export configuration screen.

Transaction Audit
- Resolved potential “Divide by zero“ error in printing. (Note: Grid information may disappear briefly when printing). (Issue #1576)

Return to Supplier

Resolved issue that allowed cost to be edited before/after issuing.

Serialization

Improved the way various areas handle items that have transformed between non/basic/full serialization (IE. Special Order/Purchase Order) (Issue #1666)
Stock File now prevents changing between serial types when a unit of inventory is contained within and active document (IE. Special Order/Purchase Order).
Resolved issue related to quantity adjustments of Matrix-based Full Serial stock items (Matrix Header information now included).

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Now supports Smart Vendor Training Mode
Fixed – inserting/updating stock price and stock supplier records for deleted or inactive stores (Issue # 1687, Issue # 1684)
Fixed – updating stkprice.Status (Issue # 1686)
Fixed – Changed date field in RepGen Stock reports was not picking up SDI updated items (Issue # 1685)
Fixed – Not updatting Taxes using Y or N (Issue # 1683)

Station Setup

Improved peripheral support by adding COM ports 5,6,7,8. This allows more flexibility in station setup when several serial devices are installed.
Reorganized “Touch” related features into a single tab (Includes Touch Register, Smart Pricer and Quick Picks)

Supplier File

Improvements made to Supplier filtering and synchronization between results while iterating through results (detail view PGUP/PGDN).

Tax Province Issue (GST/HST)

Resolved display issue in Charge, Coupon and Stock areas of head office where the alternate tax lookup fields fail to display their text – remained blank (data still retained and intact in database). (Issue#: 1541)
Resolved issue where context of Tax Province persisted after viewing a completed invoice from an out of province customer. (Issue limited to users of tax-by-province)

Training Mode

Restricted access to certain web features while in Training Mode: Publishing to your eStore and viewing eStore Web Orders will be blocked. Quantities will not be updated on the Shopify website by changes in the training mode (Live Web Qty will remain unaffected on the Stock File Web tab, while the Net Available Qty will continue to update.
Clearing down Customer Web Points is now prevented when in Training Mode.

Web Services

Eliminated startup lockups when Smart Vendor initially connects to the Smart Vendor web cloud and there are issues with the local network or internet connection. If, after starting, Smart Vendor cannot reach web services within a timely manner (approx. 7 seconds or less), the user will be notified and Smart Vendor will not attempt to make any subsequent web service calls until (a) the user selects “Enable Web Services” from the Utilities -> Web Utilities menu or (b) re-starts Smart Vendor.

Web / eStore

eStore 360 for Shopify

- - Also see the Stock File -> Web Tab / eStore section.
  - Added support for Shopify line item properties. These become Messages in Smart Vendor Register transactions, E.g. A company that sells sports jerseys online and needs to collect a unique Name and Number to print on a custom jersey.
  - Improved automatic synchronizing of Stock On Hold information between Shopify and Smart Vendor. The new design is self-correcting and should no longer require support to intervene to correct On Hold mismatches.
  - Added support for Shopify Draft Orders and custom items (see Shopify Admin -> Orders)
  - Added special web service support for automatic conversion of GST -> TPS tax support (applies to eStore 360 for Shopify users in QC only).
  - Smart Vendor will warn the user when the Stock Form -> Web -> SEO Page title is too long for Shopify and when either SEO Page title or Meta description contains hard carriage returns.
  - Corrected the Shopify Product -> handle encoding issue that would cause Stock File -> Web -> F9 eStore to fail.
  - Improved automatic new Customer acquisition logic.
  - Added a Setup switch to control the downloading of Non-Order Customers from Shopify.
  - Eliminated “null” field values for Customer profiles showing “null” on blank fields imported from Shopify (Issue # 1709)
  - Added Publisher support for Consignment Stock items.
  - Addressed the case where Matrix Header dimensions (or Groups) containing the “/” character (I.e. ‘WAIST / INSEAM’). would prevent the Matrix Header from publishing to Shopify. For some reason the Shopify API will not accept this character combination. The Publisher now substitutes “/” with a “-” character.
  - Increased the height of the Stock Form -> Web tab -> Edit -> F2 Features window in order to display more Shopify Product Tags.
  - Changed to Stock Form -> Web Tab -> Edit -> F2 button caption changed to “Tags”.
  - Improved publisher pause logic to deal with exceeding Shopify’s API call limit.
  - Resolved: Coupon Linking for Shopify Should Work on Regular and Quick Item Status (Issue # 1734).
  - Resolved: EGC Department Missing from Lookup List (Issue # 1722)
  - Improved Auto-Update Web Prices. The Consolidation service now monitors changes to Sell and Sale Prices in real-time and will automatically update Web prices for products tagged to publish when this feature is on.
  - Added support for Shopify “Customer is tax exempt”.
  - Resolved: Web-Unpublishing a product, Smart Vendor should not error on “Title must have Value”, b/c Title field is empty (Issue # 1534).
  - Resolved: retitle Web tab FEATURES to PRODUCT TAGS for eStore 360 users (Issue # 1619)
  - Resolved: Block import of newsletter only Customers (Issue # 1706) – SEE Non-Order Customers above
  - Resolved: Web tab prices not auto updating if Custom Price/Other enabled on Matrix Item (Issue # 1705)
  - Resolved: Missing EGC Stock description in Web Order display (Issue # 1669)
  - Resolved: Drawer Summary needs all ePayments supported in upper payments section (Issue # 1494)
  - Resolved: SEO Product Page Title reduced from 70 to 55 characters (Issue # 1487)
  - Resolved: Partial Fulfillment giving wrong Coupon and wrong HST values in SV (Issue # 1469)
  - Resolved: ESTORE and PayPal payment type not in Drawer Summary (Issue # 1447)
  - Resolved: Web data is not polling from HO to Stores (Issue # 1395).
  - Resolved: Web Features does not support “&” – Shopify Insert/update fails (Issue # 1390).
  - Removed Payment Capture Check when converting a zero dollar Shopify Order Fulfillment to a Smart Vendor Transaction.

eStore Plus

- Fully re-designed to take advantage of the advanced ecommerce integration model offered by our eStore 360 for Shopify ecommerce product. This eliminates the downloading of web orders and adds the ability to view real-time web orders on the Smart Vendor cloud and convert each web order to a Smart Vendor sale using a simplified one-step process.

[BETA] Version 8.0.7 (Build 3740) – May 2015

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Aesthetic Improvements

Smart Vendor Application Restyled and Improvements to Fit & Finish of all forms and dialogues.
Alternating line colour introduced Sales Register for easier Visual Tracking
Sales Register line items shown in different colours to emphasize returns and coupons
Payment Selection is now more touch-friendly (displayed as buttons).

Quick Pick Feature Enhanced

Quick Pick Configuration and Content Management is now Easier And more flexible.
Sales Register can be layout can be customized per Sales Terminal to locate the Quick Pick section right, left, top, or bottom.
Quick Pick menu drill-down is now unlimited (formerly limited to 2 menu levels).
Polling Switch Added to Allow Quick Pick content to be polled independently of Preset Keys

Stock Pricing Dialogue Improvements

Several Enhancements made to data entry dialogues to simplify cost and selling price management in both store and Head Office.

Release Version 7.7.7 – June 2015

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Prevent Sales of Zero Price Items

Setup Switch Added to optionally prevent the Sale of items with Selling Price of $0.00

Data Collector Description Spaces

Correction to Data Collector data export (Preserving spaces between words in product description).

Shopify “Matrix Orphans”

Corrects the issue where de-publishing and/or re-publishing an already published Stock Matrix Item could cause an orphaned Product Variant to be created/left over on your Shopify estore.

Release Version 7.7.6 – Late April 2015

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Head Office Polling + E-Commerce

Polling changed to include e-Commerce product description fields.
Polling now controls send/receive of Category information based on whether the sender Head Office and whether some flavour of E-Commerce is in active use.

Polling + CPU Constraints

Resolved access violation which could result from early program exit by user (during export phase).
Added “Option” section to allow performance parameter changes. Parameters such as “Packet Size” and records per second can be customized so some extent to reduce peak load on CPU. Changes to these settings may be required when equipment falls short of recommendations. IMPORTANT: Care should be taken when changing these settings as they may increase time required per/polling cycle

(Rare) Menu “Freeze”

Issue Resolved where (under certain rare conditions) the use of web services could result in a program freeze following start up. In such a scenario Smart Vendor would become unresponsive while displaying the main menu.

Release Version 7.7.5 – Early April 2015

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Shopify “Limits”

Shopify “Limits”

“svWebStore.exe” (a component in eStore 360 solution) Updated to handle Shopify’s new “Call Limit” algorithm.

Release Version 7.7.4 – March 2015

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Head Office / Polling

Corrected Issue related to default polling options when adding new stores.
Resolved Kit, Charge and Coupon issues related to tagging additional stores at later date.
Added automatic screen refresh logic when tagging stores so that additions can be seen right away.
Added filtering for inactive, deleted and default stores when creating items for “all stores”.
Added dialog to F2-Add in Quantity forms to indicate when all stores had already been selected.

Sales Summary

Corrected Issue Related to Embedded Tax and 0-Sum Exchanges.

Consolidation Improvements

Consolidation improvements for performance and quality of information.

Installer with Table-Rebuild

“SmartMySqlUpdate” (a component of patch and all-in-one installers) will perform a one-time rebuild of tables to improve adherence to keys. This extra operation helps to prepare the data for various upgrade routines which take place during next run of Smart Vendor.

Release Version 7.7.3 – January 2015

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Consolidation and database changes

Optimized performance for larger databases. IMPORTANT: As this involved structural changes to the database you cannot use a previous version of Smart Vendor once this version of Smart Vendor has updated the database

Resolved issue related to points and discounts.

Release Version 8.0.51 – June 2019

Clerk File

Clerk File now includes a time adjustment feature. This allows qualified staff to correct login and/or logout date/time.

Documentation

Includes New “Smart Vendor Mobile App” user guide.
Includes Updated “Quick Pick User Guide”.

Label Printing

Support added for Zebra ZT230 4″ label printer model.
Added loop label support. See: “Stock – 4″ – 4 up – 1 price – Loop Label – Style #1” under “Zebra ZT230” label printer.
Added large-price label. See: “Stock – 1 up – 1 Price – 2 Desc. – LRG Price Bottom” under “Zebra ZD410” label printer.

Product Updates

New “Version Notification” feature. Clients with internet service will be notified of specific program updates.
After a certain period of time, Staff with “Master” level access will be reminded during logins.
Once acknowledged this reminder will snooze for a few days.
While an update is pending a message may also appear in the lower left area of Smart Vendor’s Main Menu.
Reminders cease once a prescribed update has been installed.

Stock File

Stock search behaviour optimized. Searches led by wildcard (*) will now only commence if 3 or more characters are provided.
This eliminates time-consuming/premature search attempts (especially noticeable with larger databases on older equipment).
NOTE: This applies to Description, Web Title, Reorder #, Product Group, Product Name, and Serial # search controls.

Release Version 8.0.50 – June 2019

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Enhanced Tare Support

Introduces enhanced tare support, including custom tare and multiple choice tare.
Ability to predefine tare containers and manage them in groups.
Tare container definitions may include reference images for easier identification.
Supports “Zero Waste” initiatives by adding custom tare support.
Supports “Proportional Tare” – a portion of what is weighed can be treated as a second tare (beyond container). This can account for wrappers and other packaging. (Issue: 2273)
Each Stock item can be configured with its own tare group and (if applicable) proportional tare percentage.
New “Tare-Anywhere” dialogue lets you capture the weight of customer-provided containers and also allows printing of scannable tare ticket (via Receipt Printer). This feature is accessed using keyboard combination: Alt + T

Global Changes

Added Tare Group and Proportional Tare options.

Head Office/Polling

Added options to poll or protect Tare Groups.

Miscellaneous

Validation performed during startup ensures that System Setup and Station Setup agree on Weight Unit.

Sales Register

Live-weight is now a standard feature. Dialogue for final confirmation also available based on preference.
Weighable products prompt operator to make tare container selection when more than one option.
Optional workflows allow use of “Custom” tare weights (IE. Weight of customer provided container).
Scale dialogues now use larger fonts for improved readability for benefit of staff and store patrons.
Improved handling of situation where weighable product is sold in absence of scale or where scale fails to respond. (Issue: 567)
Improved workflow/outcome when escaping weight dialogues/workflow.
Improved back calculation of quantity based Random UPC price and System Setup preference.
Increased width of Quantity column in sales register by nearly 20%. This reduces likelihood of quantity values wrapping to second line. (Issue: 779)

Smart Pricer

Automatically prompts operator to make tare container selection when more than one option.
Adds option to change container choice or specify a custom tare weight at any time before printing label.
Includes same support for proportional tare as Sales Register
Improved pricing calculation of Random UPC price based on Sale Price and System Setup preference.

Station Setup

Added official support for “DIGI” weigh scale in station configuration area. Performed maintenance on existing Scale Type/Manufacturer list.
Weigh Scale device configuration now includes choice of weight unit (kg/lb). This helps to ensure consistency between System Setup and all Stations.

Stock File

Added Tare Group and Proportional Tare.
Now performs validation of “Measure” when saving weighable products.
Filter now includes option for “Weighable Items”.

System Setup

Includes system wide weight unit (kg/lb) in place of former scale decimal format option.
Sales register option called “Use Live Scale” replaced by option to “Show Scale Confirmation”.

Transactor

Added support to poll tare information and tare groups.
Resolved issue where station setup changes could result in extra peripheral/device entries. Implemented one-time corrective update to address extra station peripheral/device entries. (Issue: 2470)

Release Version 8.0.49 – April 2019

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Mobile App

Mobile App

Introduces support for Smart Vendor Mobile App. This app provides access to hourly performance, top sellers, and daily sales. Available in both IOS and Android.

Release Version 8.0.48 – March 2019

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Customer File

Increased capacity of Customer Barcode field, allowing up to 25 characters. (Issue: 2461)

Data Backup

Resolved potential issue with large datasets – While primary multi-volume backup worked correctly (receiving all volumes), secondary backup might not. (Issue: 2459)
Installer now includes “SmartUnzipper” tool. This allows extraction of multi-volume backups without requiring a 3rd party tool. (Issue: 2462)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Automatic prompt to view Invoice: When a Web Order Fulfillment is successfully converted to a Smart Vendor Invoice, the user is immediately offered the option view the Invoice, reducing the number of keystrokes during the invoicing process.
Improved Web Order Fulfillment to Smart Vendor Invoice Conversion: In situations where Smart Vendor is unable to immediately access the Web Order cloud server (network interruption, internet service, or web server issue) and reflect the Invoice # has been generated, Smart Vendor will advise the user that the task is pending. The user will be able to continue with viewing and printing a copy of the invoice to ship the order. (Issue: 2406)
Addressed issue related to Shopify platform changes that caused intermittent problems publishing some Stock items and quantities.

Installer

Support and remote assistance shortcuts updated to reflect current products and domains. (Issue: 2386)
Updated “Default” data to match current version.
Now includes “SmartUnzipper” tool. This allows extraction of multi-volume backups without requiring a 3rd party tool. (Issue: 2462)

Internal Tools

Resolved issue in Questionnaire Wizard allowing use of latest version and dataset. (Issue: 2385)

Label Printing

Added “WidenFilenameDesc” one-time update to support longer label form names and descriptions.
New 1 Price, UPCA, 2 Description, 4 x 8 Shelf labels for Staples form “107P-100586”

Miscellaneous

Support and remote assistance links updated to https://smartvendor.ca/support and https://www.acceo.com/turbomeeting within “About” (Alt + V) form. (Issue: 2386)

Sales Register

Resolved scale “Factor” issue which prevented use of “Live Scale” with certain weigh scale models. (Issue: 2418)
Added pre-check for weigh scale connection while entering Sales Register. If applicable, a small delay may be experienced while weigh scale is readied for first time.

Stock File

Resolved error #500 that could occur when untagging Matrix Custom Cost. (Issue: 2370)
Improved load times for large matrixes – Especially noticeable in Head Office mode. (Issue: 2420)

Release Version 8.0.47 – September 2018

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Added support for Shopify (Product Variant) Weight Unit
- You can now set Weight Unit in Smart Vendor from the Stock Form | Web Tab.
- When creating a new Stock Item, Smart Vendor will set the Weight Unit to your Shopify stores’ default Weight Unit.
  (see Shopify -> Admin -> Settings -> General -> Standards and formats)
- The Smart Vendor Global Changes feature now supports Weight Unit (Web Ship Weight Unit)
- In order to preserve backwards compatibility, running 8.0.47 for the first time will set the Smart Vendor Weight Unit to “kg” for all Stock Items that are tagged to publish whether they are currently published or not.

Head Office/Polling

Resolved rare issue where certain polling preferences might not poll from head office to store (or transactor server to station).

Integrated Credit Card

Removed option to “Stop Waiting” while processing credit/debit. Operator should press “Cancel” from payment terminal if necessary.

Label Printing

Changes to indicate “Kit” and appropriate data entry prefix where applicable.
New 2 up, 1 price, 2 description, and reorder# label with right-justified price.
Zebra label form maintenance aimed at improving alignment.
Added “FixUnderscoreLabels” one-time update to resolve duplicate label options in system setup.

Miscellaneous

Added one-time correction that improves consistency of phone # and postal code masks throughout system. (Issue: 2319)

Station Setup

Added Support for “PosX-tp5 k144hs0” Thermal Receipt Printer. (Issue: 2358).

Stock File

Quantity adjustment dialogue now consistent with other quantity indicators, supporting up to 3 decimals (Issue: 1835)

Release Version 8.0.46 – June 7th, 2018

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eStore 360 for Shopify

eStore 360 for Shopify

Corrects an issue related to maintaining real-time quantities in Shopify.
Web Publisher for Shopify now supports new inventory-related Shopify APIs.

Release Version 8.0.45 – June 1st, 2018

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Solution updated in response to Shopify halting support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 security protocols.

Global Changes

Resolved issue where certain global change dialogues were out of alignment with property selected. (Issue: 2338)

Installer

Redundant Unikey installation files no longer included during installation to “Smartwin” folder.

Label Printing

Added 1-up, 1-Price, Shelf, Reorder #, 3 Description label options for Zebra 2824, ZD410, and ZD420.
Added 2-up, 1-Price, Full Description, Category label option for ZD410.

Product Updates

Software updates integrated with main ACCEO Smart Vendor site for improved continuity.
Pages and downloads over “HTTPS” (backed by a signed security certificate)
Downloads are now faster, with greater support for concurrent downloads.

Release Version 8.0.44 – May 2018

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Data Backup

Resolved issue where backups using “Uncompressed” option could error and fail to include replaceable plug-in files. (Issue: 2317)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Increased width of eStore 360 SEO description field from 160 characters to 320 characters. (Issue: 2304)

Global Changes

Resolved issue where a global change to reset consignment amount or percentage would not toggle consignment mode. (Issue: 2310)

Installer

Full installation resolves unwanted “NetUnikeyServer” prompts on Server restart. (Issue: 2309)
Full installation checks that all stations have exited program before proceeding. (Issue: 2315)

Label Printing

Added some 1-up, 2-up, and half-up label options for Zebra 2824, ZD410, and ZD420.
Added 4 inch label options for Zebra ZD420.

Sales Register

Resolved issue related to sale of weighable products and appearance of pop-up dialogues. (Issue: 2316)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Resolved “Product Name” issue affecting small number of clients. (Issue: 2323)

Station Setup

Resolved error #500 that could occur when adding new station based on default template. (Issue: 2311)

Release Version 8.0.43 – February 2018

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Resolved issue where time zone would delay arrival of Web Order. (Issue: 2290)

Label Printing

Added ability to print shelf labels based on recent selling price adjustments. (Issue: 2296)
Added 1-up, 1-price, 2-Description label options for label #18925 (1-1/8″). Applies to Zebra 2824, ZD410, and ZD420.

Miscellaneous

Resolved plug-in modules limitation that could prevent combination of Head Office and Store products from being installed on same server. (Issue: 1339)

Purchase Orders

Corrected issue where batch ordering could recommend replenishing stock despite max level of zero. (Issues: 825, 1324)
Amended Special Order slip feature to indicate Company Name when customer entry lacks First and Last name. (Issue: 2299)

Sales Register

Corrected issue where use of temporary save/recall during creation of special order or layaway creation might not record committed quantity. (Issue: 2297)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Now supports the following (limited) list of Stock Adjustment types:
- LISTPRICE
- SELLPRICE
- SALEPRICE
- SALESTART
- SALEEND
- STATUS
(Issue: 2301)

Stock File

Resolved matrix adjustment logging issue where old/new values could be reversed. (Issue: 2295)

Release Version 8.0.42 – January 2018

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Consolidation Service

Resolved issue where MySQL port override was not read from default configuration file (“Smartwin.INI”).

Data Collector

Resolved issue where use of comma in section name could negatively affect application performance. (Issue: 2270)

Documentation

Updated Smart Data Import (SDI) user guide. Includes new and important information and formulas for preparing stock data for import. All SDI users are encouraged to locate this guide on their Server, and print a fresh copy for their next import task.
New Smart Collector (for WinCE and Android) user guides and overview.
New Smart Mail user guide.
New Mix & Match user guide.

Installer

Updated various aspects of “Default” data to match most common preferences and usage patterns.
Database Consolidation Triggers newly created with each product installation (to resolve any missing or corrupt triggers).

Labels

New “half-up” (shelf), 2-up, and ring labels that include UPC number for Zebra 2824, ZD410, and ZD420.

Miscellaneous

Resolved rare access violation that could result from early exit of Splash/File Maintenance forms.
Removed general purpose “import/export” user access level which is now obsolete. (Issue: 2267)

Added 2nd description to display of promo item on screen and in print. (Issues: #680, #2276)

Release Version 8.0.41 – November 2017

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Data Collector

Resolved Smart Collector issue where a quantity of 0 was prevented during Stock Counting. (Issue: 2255)
Resolved Android Smart Collector issue where it was difficult to input negative quantities. (Issue: 2256)
Improved Smart Collector validation logic to prevent negative quantities in Sales, Gift Registry and Ordering topics while allowing them within Stock Counting and Receiving Topics. (Issue: 2257)
Resolved invalid Smart Collector prompt: “A Quantity must be Entered” that affected certain areas when using “+” to set the quantity as 1. (Issue: 2263)
Installer includes latest WinCE Smart Collector installation wizard (Version 8.1.0.8).
Installer includes latest Android Smart Collector installation wizard (Version 8.0.2.6).

eStore 360 for Shopify

(New) Added support for the new checkout option in Shopify (Admin -> Settings -> Checkout-> Primary Contact Method. Smart Vendor now supports both phone number and email order checkouts.
Corrected issue where blank Company name coming from Shopify would blank out the Customer -> Company field in Smart Vendor. (Issue: 2238)
Removed “Import Non-Order Customers” switch from Setup -> Internet -> eStore Setup and corrected eStore Customer sync logic to no longer import non-order Web Customers. (Issue: 2188)

Global Changes

Resolved potential MySQL error that could occur when no filters are specified. (Issue: 1925)
Resolved issue where “Lookup” option might be unavailable despite applicable context. (Issue: 2145)
Resolved “No items entered” error and “Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window” bug report when defining department filter while Sub department feature is enabled. (Issue: 1441)

Installer

Updated various aspects of “Default” data to match most common preferences and usage patterns.

Language Support (Canadian French)

Corrected “Current” and “Change” full display dates in Date Change. (Issue: 2253)
Removed references to “SCGS” in Software Expiry message. (Issue: 2254)

Miscellaneous

Resolved rare access violation that could occur when clicking footer buttons.

Sales Register

Resolved issue where combination of “Force Print” option and operator holding Enter key for too long would produce a second (unwanted) receipt. (Issues: 1528, 2156)
Increased width of Commission ID column to support IDs of 3 or 4 digits without wrapping. (Issue: 2175)
Resolved potential Access Violation that could occur when recalling a weighable product from a station without a scale. (Issue: 2227)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Enhanced solution to support greater automation.

Release Version 8.0.40 – October 2017

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Data Backup

Corrected naming convention of multi-volume backups – making it possible to open them with “Zip” related tools. (Issue: 2228)

Integrated Credit Card

Introducing Tender MCM (Merchant Connect Multi) powered “Chase Paymentech” integration.
Introducing Tender MCM (Merchant Connect Multi) powered “Global Payments” integration.

Sales Register

Resolved issue affecting data entry in Alpha-Mode Sales Register.

eStore 360 for Shopify

Updated Payment Type “ESTORE GIFT CARD” (Setup Form-> Financial -> Payments -> ESTOREGC) -> so that Add To Bank Totals is off and changed the icon to match the Shopify Gift Card icon.

Release Version 8.0.39 – September 2017

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Smart Mail

Smart Mail

Refinement of Smart Mail module.

Release Version 8.0.38 – Mid-August 2017

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Sales Register

Sales Register

Improved interface responsiveness (IE. Total Units) when scanning many items.
Added scan detection logic in confirmation dialogues to ignore scanned input when human input is required.

Release Version 8.0.37 – August 2017

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Customer File

Resolved search issue in Customer File and Sales Register where customers with company name but no first or last name might be excluded from F10 (full) search results. (Issue #2203)

Global Changes

Resolved error that could occur when altering Customer Level Pricing, Margin, or Markup. (Issue: 2210)

Integrated Credit Card

Added headings and footers to Credit Card Audit reprints

Reports

Added embedded tax amount fields and disambiguated $ value versus applicability. (Issue: 2199)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Resolved an issue related to Stock creation when the Stock # is specified in any Import Profile.
Added a Search feature which gives the user the ability to search the database by Stock #, UPC, and Supplier Name + Reorder #. This feature uses the same search logic that SDI uses when processing Import Profiles (Advanced Mode only).

Release Version 8.0.36 – July 2017

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Miscellaneous

Removed general purpose “import/export” options which are now obsolete.

Reports

- Items Sold: Productivity
  - Resolved issue where totals displayed may include all stations rather than current station when filtering for “This Station”. (Issue: 861)

- Drawer Summary: Payment Counter Screen
  - Resolved issue where Apply and Cancel buttons may not be visible. (Issue: 2171)

- Report Generator: Accounting/Financial
  - Added missing payment type fields to Sales Summary, Drawer Summary and Clerk Summary Report areas. IE. PayPal, EStore Custom, EStore Gift Cert. (Issue: 1351), (Issue: 1447), (Issue: 1648)

Sales Register

Resolved issue where initial receipt printed may display DEC 31 1899 12:00AM Time Stamp. (Issue: 2168)

Stock File

Resolved an issue affecting chains with mixed web/local quantities related to the calculation of Net Available Qty. (Issue: 2164)

Release Version 8.0.35 – June 2017

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Consolidation Service

Resolved issue where department name edits were not immediately reflected in certain areas of Report Generator (Issue: 1789)

Customer Accounts

Resolved issue in display of aging amounts (Issue: 2149)

Data Collector

Resolved issue where double clicking Android Smart Collector menu options could later result in application crash on exit. (Issue: 2140)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Resolved issue in “svWebPublisher” that affected publishing.

Web Services

Resolved issue affecting web service utilization and version related maintenance. (Issue: 2147)

Release Version 8.0.34 – May 2017

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Consolidation Service

Resolved issues contributing to “CP Offline” scenario. (Issue: 1643)
Resolved issue where changing current cost to $0.00 might not be reflected in F7-History window. (Issue: 1841)

Data Collector

Enhanced Android Smart Collector with Product Search functionality.
Enhanced Android Smart Collector with new fields. Added fields include: Sale Price, Sale Starts, Sale Ends, and Shelf Location.
Resolved issue where exporting stock information to data collectors could display “Master Column Widths exceed the page width…” warning.
Resolved issue of French text “Désélectionner” being too large for button. A change in work flow requires an item to be selected first, then in a subsequent action de-selected. (Issue: 2086)
Improved speed when importing or exporting from workstations. (Issue: 2133)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Improved handling of Web Order cancelled Fulfilments.
Added UPC export support to svWebPublisher original XML format.
Resolved issue with HTML Editor.

Label Printing

Support added for Zebra ZD410 2″ label printer model. (Issue: 1982)
Support added for Zebra ZD420 4″ label printer model. (Issue: 2127)
Resolved issue in Serial dialogue where label printing options were hidden from view. (Issue: 2101)

Language Support (Canadian French)

Resolved issue where toggling language preference would not be reflected in “Number Streams” area of System Setup until program was closed and reopened. (Issue: 2113)
Resolved issue in sale completion where printing options might always be shown in English. (Issue: 2098)

Miscellaneous

Resolved potential warning: “Status/Sub status Already Exists” when editing Service area of System Setup following character case change. (Issue: 1072)

Return to Supplier

Resolved issue in where “Receiving List” print option would display “Issue Date” heading and information in reverse order. (Issue: 2128)

Smart Display

New feature registration checking logic is able to determine validity of Smart Display without a USB key. NOTE: a valid plug-in is required and Smart Vendor must be run at least once to detect feature prior to use. (Issue: 2111)
Improved Smart Vendor application startup to automatically start Smart Display Player as needed. (Issue: 2108)
New and improved Smart Display installation wizard. (Issue: 2110)
Resolved error that could appear when using “Refresh Display” option in Smart Display Player. (Issue: 2129)

Station Setup

Added Support for (Seiko) SII Thermal Receipt Printer Model RP-D10. (Issue: 2135).

Transactor

Resolved issue where Tier 2 Transactor might continue prompting for “Standard Edition” code after a valid one had been entered. (Issue: 1739)

Release Version 8.0.33 – April 2017

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Data Backup

Increased maximum length of Backup Path to 250 Characters. (Issue: 1702)
Added option to backup Smart Display Media files. (Issue: 1137)
Enhanced backups to include receipt logo, plug-ins, INI files, etc. (Issue: 1125)
Resolved issue where certain backup types might be performed when not fully configured. (Issue: 1853)
Added Integrated Backup option to Global Change completion. (Issues: 175)

Data Collector

System Setup option (“Allow Data Collection”) hidden and treated as active in all cases. Use of this feature has become very common and does not require opt-in. (Issue: 2077)
Resolved issue in Android Smart Collector where “Ordering” section may not correctly align titles and values. (Issue: 2105)

Global Changes

Added Integrated Backup option to Global Change completion. This backup can be used in the event that an unintended change needs to be reversed. (Issue: 175)
Improved Work Flow to offer either Scheduled or Immediate application of change(s). This change supports the newly added backup. (Issue: 2095, 693)
Resolved issue where changes could be scheduled to occur on current or prior date. (Issue: 2061)

Miscellaneous

Related to insufficient log – Logging automatically switched off by installation. (Issue: 1905, 1907)

Sales Register

Resolved issues of “insufficient points balance” and “gift card has insufficient funds” errors that may occur when totalling transaction. (Issue: 1905)
Resolved issue of “Serial # not found” error that may occur when totalling transaction. (Issue: 1907)
Resolved issue where “Points Refunded” on product return may be rounded down by 1. (Issue: 227)
Enhanced Quick Pick setup validation/warnings to prevent undefined “Item Type”. Previously this could produce error “”…is not a valid integer value”. (Issue: 192)
Resolved issue related to button colour of “Goto” link to enforce colour of target menu when target already exists. (Issue: 192)
Resolved issue where a new Service (work order) might remain locked by the station. (Issue: 1927)
Enhanced Serial # dialogue to allow by clicking the lookup triangle. (Issue: 1126)

Smart Display

Smart Display “Media” folder can now be included in Date Change backup. See System Setup | Utility | Data Backup. (Issue: 1137)

Stock File

Added option to Search by Serial # in Stock File. NOTE: feature not extended to other areas yet. (Issue: 559, 1130)

Year End & Spot Checks

Resolved issue where a Spot check after Year End Rollover might cause “No Records Found” on reports. (Issue: 135)
Resolved issue where Stock History may display “Qty Year End” based on Spot Check values rather than Year End values. (Issue: 903)

Release Version 8.0.32 – March 2017

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Data Collector

New Android Smart Collector support – Contact your sales person for details.
Resolved issue of case-sensitivity in alpha-numeric stock search. (Issue #629)
Resolved issue where searching for unpadded code 39 barcodes might fail to return a match. (Issue #2067)
Installer includes latest Smart Collector installation wizard (Version 8.0.2.4).

eStore 360 for Shopify

“Shopify custom discount” – Smart Vendor automatically creates a “custom discount” (ECUSTDISC) Coupon to support the use of Shopify -> Draft Order -> custom discounts.
Note: As with all System Objects, Users are restricted from Editing or Deleting this Coupon.”

Installer

In accordance with minimum system requirements, installation is no longer permitted when memory is less than 4GB.
Resolved issue where insufficient memory during software installation might show “%1” in dialogue instead of available memory.
Installer includes latest product documentation.

Language Support (Canadian French)

Various New/Updated Terms

Quick Receiving

Resolved issue where split-cost receiving might arrive at incorrect average cost. (Issue #2071)

Reports

Added 2nd Description (AKA “Matrix” description) to “Items Sold” Report. (Issue #1251)

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Resolved issue where advanced importing based on Stock ID might not create new entries when Reorder # also present. (Issue #2074)

Stock File

Resolved issue where view of Quantity Adjustments might not refresh properly after filter is applied. (Issue #208)

Year End & Spot Checks

Misc. Year End consolidation corrections.

Release Version 8.0.31 – February 2017

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Sales History – Corrected display of Web Customers to be shown in order of Last Name, then First Name. (Issue: 2050)
Stock File – Resolved issue where Head Office QOH might show Web QOH as total when not all stores use real-time quantity. (Issue: 2041)

Language Support (Canadian French)

Various New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Optimized software upgrade sequence to no longer require “Full Consolidation” if coming from Version 8.0.15 or higher. (Issue: 2054)
Optimized on-time Stock Quantity update to avoid potential memory exhaustion. (Issue: 2055)

Sales Register

Resolved Access Violation issue related to use of Citizen 1000/2000 receipt printers.(Issue: 2052)
Added instruction box to new gift card search feature.(Issue: 2037)

Year End & Spot Checks

Resolved possible “Out of memory” error in Yearend/Spot-check filter dialogue. (Issue: 2051)

Release Version 8.0.30 – January 2017

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Resolved issue where Matrix Header might publish while no Matrix Items are tagged to publish. Stock Form -> Web tab -> now displays two useful matrix items counts after the “Matrix Header“ term. It adds the text (/ Items) which shows the user two counts:The count of Matrix Items tagged to publish out of The count of Matrix items that are qualified to publish. (Issue: 1958)

Head Office/Polling

Enhanced time-stamping of quantity records to facilitate polling. (Issue: 2028)

Language Support (Canadian French)

Various New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Removed obsolete Date Change Import/Export options from System Setup and Date Change sequence.
Added missing “Reference” field to “Rebuild OnOrder Qty” function (found within file maintenance options).

Reports

Report Generator -> Gift cards -> Web Gift Card Information now retrieves the web gift cards in batches prior to generating the selected report.

Sales Register

Register -> F10 -> Gift Cards no longer retrieves the entire Gift Card list before the user can search it. Additionally, a minimum of three characters (excluding the “*” wildcard) and pressing the Enter key is now required for each search. (Local and Web). (Issue: 2034)

Release Version 8.0.29 – December 2016

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Aesthetic Improvements

Improved dialogue and input field widths to support both English and French captions.
Standardized (footer) button sizes at bottom of all forms and dialogues.

Consolidation Service

Improvement related to customer accounts.

Data Collector

Added ordering functionality in SmartCollector software and in Smart Vendor Application to provide convenient quantity ordering information on supported WinCE devices.
Optimized data transfer between Smart Vendor and portable device to dramatically reduce stock count download times.
Improved information displayed during import confirmation prompts to identify both the Stock # and the Description of products that are not associated with the current supplier. Affects Purchase Orders, Quick Receiving, and Return to Supplier.
Resolved issue where UPC trimming prevented items from being recognized or imported properly. (Issue: 652)
Resolved issue where import did not default to a section if not defined on Data Collector. (Issue: 656)
Resolved consistency issues related to UPC Trimming options shown on device and in Smart Vendor. (Issue: 690)
Resolved issues related to viewing & editing data. (Issue: 702)
Added dialogues (during import/export) to indicate whether it is safe to remove the device from the cradle/cable. (Issue: 1280)
Resolved ‘unexpected error’ that could occur by selecting the “-” button while the Qty field was blank. (Issue: 1281)
Resolved error (Affecting Janam) that could occur when exiting from section screen. (Issue: 1559)
Added functionality to automatically sync sections on device while exporting stock lookups. (Issue: 1600)
Corrected display of product pricing on device (using 2 decimal positions and dollar symbol). (Issue: 1874)
Resolved issue where UPC Trimming settings were not retained after exiting SmartCollector. (Issue: 1875)
Resolved issue (Affecting Honeywell 6100) where pressing keypad Enter might not work to make selections (and highlighted option might be difficult to see/read). (Issue: 1881)
Resolved issue where errors occurred after deleting sections. (Issue: 1883)
Resolved issue where ‘Barcode Not Found’ prompt negatively impacts workflow. (Issue: 1876)
Resolved issue where Info box has insufficient space to display the Description, Description2 and Selling Price. (Issue: 1882)
New “SmartCollector” folder used for data collector file exchange (formerly “Palm” folder).
New SmartCollector installation “Wizard” included (required update if using data collector).
IMPORTANT: SmartCollector Version 8.0.2.2 or higher must be used for compatibility with this version.

Global Changes

Performance improvements when building and performing Global Changes.
Protection mechanism added to avoid exhaustion of memory resources (“out of memory” error).

Head Office/Polling

Corrected missing title element in Store Polling Setup (Seen only at store locations).
Improved time-based polling of certain System Setup areas.

Labels

Revised ZebGX420d (compatible) form files to accommodate new (narrower) label stock.

Language Support (Canadian French)

Various new/updated terms.
Performance graphs now display month names in based on preferred language.
Various forms, dialogues, and field sizes increased to accommodate larger captions.

Miscellaneous

Diagnostic log functionality expanded in payment area.
Validation added to System Setup which constrains round price decimals to a valid range.
Added rounding support to dollar values used in the Supplier Files, Performance Graph.
Corrected “Cash &Drawer” caption. (removed ampersand in polling context)
Added “Chase” integrated credit card option – Release date not yet announced.
Order of Margin & Markup made consistent across all forms.
Improved Windows keyboard handling in Sales Register.

Recompiled

Applications and packaging freshly recompiled using latest development platform and components.

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Added support for Customer Level 21 Price – Customer Level 50 Price fields.

Stock File

Corrected issue related to display of selling price and decimal precision when using more than 2 decimal places. (Issue #1997, #2003)
Resolved issue where “Sale” related fields might display while feature is disabled in System Setup. (Issue: #2000)
Resolved Inconsistent display of pricing when moving through stock items of differing pricing models. (Issue: #2002)
Added validation to Stock Data entry which prevents serialized products being configured without automatic quantity. (Issue #1833)
Resolved an issue in the Stock Detail screen where the “Sell Price” could appear red while iterating next/prior.

Release Version 8.0.28 – September 2016

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Digital Signatures

Added Digital Signatures to core application files and installations. (Issue #1971)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Corrected “svWebStore” application version.

Integrated Credit Card

Corrected missing accelerator in “Credit Card Utilities” main menu utilities option. (Issue #1970)

Language Support (Canadian French)

50+ New/Updated Terms

Sales Register

Resolved issue where customer email might not appear correctly in customer information area. (Issue #1969)

Smart Display

Now able to activate Smart Display on Unikey from Smart Vendor application. (Issue #1967)

Release Version 8.0.27 – September 2016

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Data Collector

Improved data collector stability. (Issue #1883, 1559)
Improved user messages regarding data transfer progress.
Enhanced Error/exception handling and retry when possible during transmission. (Issue #1280)
Sections are now sent during Report Generator’s Stock Information Export. (Issue #656)
Added support for alternate installation locations on device (IE. extra storage or application area). NOTE: this varies by device. Use of alternate storage locations improves both capacity and stability while making the solution more tolerant to factory resets and/or battery failure.
Resolved issue where UPC trim settings may be lost between sessions. (Issue #1875)
Application version now shown in settings screen (Some devices may be unable to display properly in title bar due to display size).
UPC-E preamble and checksum characters now picked up by scanner (Motorola and Janam). These characters can be trimmed if necessary. (Issue #652)
Price check feature displays price on first line, ensuring that it is always visible. (Issue #1874)
Upgraded SqlCE version to 3.5 on all devices for improved data access.
Software installation streamlined and simplified by batch file and ini.
Improved appearance of highlight font on Honeywell D6100 for improved readability (formerly white on grey when button was selected). (Issue #1881)
Now able to receive negative quantities. (Issue #1281)
If item scanned cannot be found and user presses “Add” it is added to the Stock Lookup and will no longer show “Barcode not found” on subsequent scans.
Prior Warning message (IE. “Barcode not found”) is cleared as soon as a new character is entered/scanned into the barcode field, and a ‘waiting’ (hourglass) cursor is shown until a result can be shown.
Lookups speed greatly improved, particularly when barcode value cannot be found. NOTE: Some delay may be expected on certain models when performing the first successful and first “Barcode not found” scan. Subsequent scans can be sub-second.
New duplicate-check when scanning serial numbers for a given item.
View of previous scans is now Barcode/Qty/Serial/Section, where Section is scrolled off the screen now instead of Serial (user knows what section they are in, needs to see the serial number).
View of previous scans now always shows the Serial column, the reason being that even though the current mode may be Single/Multi, there may be previous serialized scans on the device that the user should see.

eStore 360 for Shopify

Resolved issue where voiding a Web Order at the Sales Register could produce “Integer” errors. (Issue #1956)

Head Office

Resolved issue where updating alternate supplier cost might affect cost of current supplier. (Issue #207)

Language Support (Canadian French)

30 New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Improvements to standard “Wait Form” to support longer captions.

Release Version 8.0.26 – August 2016

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Head Office/Polling

Resolved issue where taxes of products created at store may be replaced with head office product definitions. (Issue #1934)

Miscellaneous

Changed font registration methods to address potential Windows 10 issues. (Issue #1942)

Pole Display

Resolved issue where LD9000 emulation may show a series of characters (IE. “ÇÇÇÇ”). (Issue #1940)

Shipping File

Corrected packing slip printing to only include items picked up today. (Issue #1914)

Release Version 8.0.25 – July 2016

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Customer File

Resolved error in “Shipping” tab where invoice recall would show “Error #500” on “invoiceno” field. (Issue #1885)

eStore Plus and eStore 360 for Shopify

Added Order Date Filtering support to the Web Orders form. An F12 “Filter” button is now available when viewing any Status other than “Open”. This feature allows the user to specify any valid date range to limit the list of Web Orders retrieved from the web cloud. The default filter range is between (today – 120 days) and the current system date.

Head Office

Resolved issue where “Point level” could appear blank despite having been set. (Issue #1819)
Resolved issue in “FixStkPropagate” (Update) that might cause store products to share the same “Status” as the head office. (Issue #1864)
Resolved issue where updating alternate supplier costs might not propagate to all stores. (Issue #207)
Reduced time required to upgrade Head Office locations through conditional bypass of “RecalcCostByType” routine.

Language Support (Canadian French)

606 New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Resolved issue where matrix items specified in matrix grid view (within quick receives, purchase orders, or return to supplier) might be associated with default supplier information (IE. cost) instead of alternate supplier information. (Issue #1879)
Resolved issue where “RecalcSerialInfoCreatedDate” might fail to complete on software upgrade.
New “acceo smart vendor” logo graphics in Splash Screen, About Form, and Main Menu.

Pole Display

Pole display now shows rounded amount where appropriate for cash payments. (Issue #1331)
Pole Display now shows updated unit price after a manual discount has been applied. (Issue #1365)
Resolved issue where wrong Subtotal/Total may be shown after editing Quantity or Price of a line item. (Issue #1697)

Sales Register

Resolved issue where “Alpha stock” (“A” function) did not respond to pressing lowercase “a”. (Issue #1786)
Resolved issue where customer level might also discount coupon items. (Issue #965)
Resolved potential loop where serialized items prompt for quantity with pop-up dialogue. (Issue #1833)
Resolved potential loop when Quantity Price Break is used in conjunction with prompt for price and pop-up dialogue. (Issue #1892)

Smart Display

Resolved issue where Smart Vendor might show “Unable to Connect to Smart Display Player” even when Player had been opened. (Issue #932)

Stock File

Corrected issue where “Foreign Cost” might be visible to clerks without cost access. (Issue #1865)
Added validation to Stock Data entry which prevents serialized products being configured without automatic quantity. (Issue #1833)
Resolved an issue in the Stock Detail screen where the “Sell Price” could appear red while iterating next/prior.

Supplier Consignment

Corrected issue where “Last Paid” consignment date might be affected by Head Office location. (Issue #1806)

System Setup

Resolved “Cannot Focus a disabled or invisible window” in system setup/points configuration. (Issue #1808)
Resolved issue where backup path might be constrained to 50 characters. (Issue #1702)

Transaction Audit

Resolved issue where row selector would move back to top of list after viewing an invoice. (Issue #1781)

Release Version 8.0.24 – June 2016

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Consolidation Service

Corrections made to how Customer Layaways, Special Orders and Quotations are counted.
Corrected the Created Date value in the serial information table for sold full serial items.

Customer Accounts

Resolved issue where 3rd copy of same account statement might be missing user defined caption. (Issue #1871)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Stock Form – Web Tab -> Edit -> Tags now includes Tags linked to Non Stock (Status) Stock #’s
Web Orders Form now supports Non Stock (Status) Coupons when matching Shopify Discounts to Smart Vendor Coupons.
Smart Vendor – Web Publisher for Shopify (1.2.6.5) now supports the publishing of Non Stock (Status) Stock #’s

Language Support (Canadian French)

377 New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Data type integrity improved by performing “UpdateDoubleFields” with each new software upgrade.
Database disconnect logic now more tolerant of network latency issues as it relates to repair tables and date change.

Touch Register

Corrected missing decimal button in Quantity/Price pop-up dialogue.

Release Version 8.0.23 – May 2016

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Integrated Credit Card

Added option to cancel payment request if pinpad fails to respond.

Language Support (Canadian French)

28 New/Updated Terms

Touch Register

Corrected potential access violation that could occur when applying cash payment or when existing touch register.

Release Version 8.0.22 – May 2016

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Consolidation Service

Misc. Consolidation improvements.

Integrated Credit Card

Improved use of Windows sockets to create fresh connection with each transaction. Additional transaction logging to aid in troubleshooting.

Language Support (Canadian French)

471 New/Updated Terms

Release Version 8.0.21 – May 2016

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Consolidation Service

Corrected Consolidation routine which calculates Customer Points summaries. Upgrading to this version will automatically recalculate all Customer Points summaries. (Issue #1852)

eStore 360 for Shopify

Web Orders form now defaults to display financial history.

Integrated Credit Card

Added logic to allow credit/debit payments to be the exclusive activity.

Language Support (Canadian French)

602 New/Updated Terms

Release Version 8.0.20 – May 2016

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Integrated Credit Card

Improved handling of possible timeouts in Credit Card components.

Language Support (Canadian French)

1161 New/Updated Terms

Pole Display

Improved support for Serial Pole Displays (Alternate Serial Component).

Release Version 8.0.19 – May 2016

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Consolidation Service

Optimized consolidation for when Stock -> Cost Method is equal to “Last Paid”.

eStore 360 for Shopify

Converting a Shopify Web Order to a Smart Vendor invoice now re-checks for any new Shopify payment transactions (Financial History) immediately before the conversion. This addresses the issue where a Shopify capture or sale transaction may have occurred while the Order Fulfillment form was open.

Language Support (Canadian French)

2127 New/Updated Terms

Recompiled

Applications and Packaging Freshly Recompiled using Windows 10 System.

Release Version 8.0.18 – April 2016

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Labels

New Zebra 2824 Plus “Reorder #” label.

Language Support (Canadian French)

991 New/Updated Terms

Reports

New indicators for “Selected” and “Available” fields when Adding/Editing Reports.

Training Mode

Resolved potential access violation when taking payments in Training Mode. Related to Integrated Credit Card module.

Release Version 8.0.17 – April 2016

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Installer

Installer components upgraded to latest version. (5.5.9)

Language Support (Canadian French)

1035 New/Updated Terms

Release Version 8.0.16 – April 2016

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Head Office

Resolved issue where matrix custom reorder numbers may not be saved. (Issue #1804)

Language Support (Canadian French)

1172 New/Updated Terms

Stock File

“Product Group” search field now shown only when option selected in Stock Setup.

Release Version 8.0.15 – April 2016

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Head Office

Correction to one-time update (“BackfillStkPrice”)

Language Support (Canadian French)

542 New/Updated Terms

Reports

Corrected fit & finish of Report Wizard dialogue – Used when filtering top customers by different criteria.

Station Setup

Added “Logo Indent (inches)” option in Receipt Printer setup dialogues. Allows more precisely alignment/centering of logos on thermal receipts.

Release Version 8.0.14 – March 2016

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Language Support (Canadian French)

667 New/Updated Terms

Miscellaneous

Increased maximum Version size to support comparisons done in polling.

Sales Register

Customer transaction recall dialogue improved by widening and right aligning dollar value columns.

Stock File

Corrected how consolidation computes the value stored in stkprice.CostByType (Stock Form -> F7 History -> Last Price Paid) when Setup -> Stock -> Options -> Cost Method is set to “Last Paid Cost”.

Release Version 8.0.13 – March 2016

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eStore 360 for Shopify

Addressed the case when converting a Shopify Order Fulfillment to a Smart Vendor transaction and there is no Shopify Ship To Province Code to use during the tax check. Smart Vendor will now use the Shopify Order Bill To Province Code in this case.

Language Support (Canadian French)

Addressed the case when using dual languages and the user makes changes to any dual-language supported setup element (E.g. Register -> Quotation Types). The system wasn’t always refreshing to use the correct language description.
959 New/Updated Terms

Reports

Adjustment History
- Tabs and printing support added for “Point Adjustments” and “Promo Point Adjustments”.
- Point and Promo Point filters have been removed from the “Quantity Adjustments” tab.

Stock File

Matrix Grid corrected to address possible missing Store Number.

Release Version 8.0.12 – March 2016

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Integrated Credit Card

When taking debit payments with Moneris Debit (when cashback is configured in system setup) Cashback lookup and grand total (shown for Desjardins) will be hidden and replaced with the caption “Cash Back via Pinpad”.
Station setup will advise the User that Positive ACK may be required (default response to continue option will be “No”, and focus will be placed on checkbox to let user remedy choice and save again).

Language Support (Canadian French)

119 New/Updated Terms

Look and Feel

Changed grid behavior where text is too large for a column – will now display “Ellipsis”, IE. “This is a…”.

Pole Display

Corrected second line of pole display for messages on exit (was displaying line 1 on both lines)
Corrected rotating message logic to still show the current date and time even when all 15 messages are blank.

Reports

Corrected how discounts given appear in Sales Summary statistics tab. (Formerly showed sum of unit discounts rather than extended discounts.)
Corrected how unit discounts are displayed in Discounts given drill-down. (Formerly showed stored “DiscPrice” value from history table, this was incorrect because “double-discounting” would cause a lower value to be stored. Additionally this might not agree with the sold price and ext disc numbers surrounding it in the drill-down.)
Report Generator – Corrected user defined text use to apply defaults when caption is not specified in system setup – This way field names/captions are never blank.

Sales Register

Resolved potential access violation that could occur in sales register if live scale enabled and no scale configured for station.
Resolved layout Issue in Register Totals, increased right-hand side to better accommodate white heading text.
Corrected storage of preset key macros. (Issue #1765)

Stock File

Added Head Office “BackfillStkPrice” and “BackfillStkProd” updates. These routines will recreate any missing linkage records for stock/store/supplier.
Instrumented “BackfillStkPrice”, “BackfillStkProd”, and “FixStkPropagate” with logging to show how many records were added to each table as a result of each routine.

System Setup

Added “ResizeUserDefined” update – Increases the maximum size of English and French captions from 512 to 2048 characters. Allows storage of large return policies etc.

Release Version 8.0.11 – February 2016

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About Form

Now accessible via a new “About Smart Vendor” menu item added to the Setup menu.
Addition of a convenient search box to make it easier to isolate one-time update entries (typically done when investigating if/when a routine was run or when needing to re-run a specific routine).
Backups menu removed.

Consolidation Service

Resolved all issues pertaining to running under alternate system language or regional settings. I.e. OEM French Windows.
Performance optimizations made to key Stock qty and price areas
Main Menu now displays CS and CP in green at the bottom left corner when the Consolidation Service and Consolidation Process are both running successfully. The indicators will display in red if offline/not running successfully. On the Smart Vendor server, stopping and restarting Smart Vendor Consolidation in Windows – Services should restore both parts of the Consolidation service to normal. Alternately, restarting the Smart Vendor server after all workstations and the server have closed all applications should automatically restart the service.

Customer File

Corrected color of text in User-defined Fields. [Issue #1550]
Added system generated “Notes” Column in “Promo Pts.” tab to indicate whether point(s) have expired (due to the date range of promo). Additionally employed red text for emphasis of “Point(s) Expired”.
Correction to Customer Performance Graph to reflect product returns more accurately.
Improvements made to Customer filtering and synchronization between results while iterating through results (detail view PGUP/PGDN).
Improved Customer Search Speed.

Data Collector

Resolved issue in export that would remove spaces from item descriptions on handheld (“validation” feature).

Event Booking

Removed invalid “Store” button from Event Detail screen.

Head Office/Polling

Resolved issue where Head Office Store Detail Form might not show points configuration options. (Issue #1492)
Resolved issue where “Store Detail Form” might not display taxes correctly. (Issue #1523)
Resolved issue in Coupon and Charge files where values shown in Details page did not match those shown in F6 stores list. (Issue #1554)
Closed a loophole in Store Form that might have allowed a Head Office to copy stock, charge, kit, coupon attributes from other stores to itself.
Improved FTP download logic to allow retry when download times out, (IE. no progress after 5 seconds of downloading)
Introduced a one-time update that helps propagate stock quantity information from head office to stores.
Resolved issue affecting Cloning of stock information from one location to another.
Resolved issue affecting propagation of stock information where an item is tagged for additional stores at a later date.
Resolved Issue with propagating of stock status by store (“StatusText” field deprecated)
SmartPolling now has an FTP logging option to help identify transmission issues.

Installer Changes / Enhancements

During full installation of Smart Vendor installer will create documentation shortcut on desktop. (Issue #1510)
Installer simplifies server migration by deploying “MySQL” and “Information_Schema” as needed. (Issue #1513)
Added French support to “Full” installer (Based on operating system)
Added Partial French support to “Web Patch” installer (Based on operating system)
Database Consolidation Triggers newly created with each product installation (to resolve any missing or corrupt triggers).
Installer will check if current station is running Windows XP/Server 2003 and prevent installation in these cases
Installer optimized to only install/replace certain files if missing.
Documentation Updated – Removal of outdated/obsolete documents (*Full installer only)

Integrated Credit Card

Next generation support for Desjardins and Moneris integrated payment processing (Using Tender’s MCM Solution). Includes support for:
- iPP320 with Tap feature
- Optional:
  - Cash Back on Debit Purchase
  - “Store and Forward” (offline transactions – up to “floor limit”)
  - Manual-entered/Card-not-present” (Web/Mail/Telephone) Transactions

Language Support (Canadian French)

Extensive translation work done to put support for Canadian French on par with English. This applies to all windows, dialogues, and reports within the entire Smart Vendor application suite (Smart Vendor, Web Publisher, eStore 360 for Shopify, SDI, SmartPolling and XmlPolling). All system and log files remain in English.
Invalid language options removed from System Setup.
User-defined fields now support storing headings in both the Primary and Secondary languages. E.g. Setup -> Customer -> Details -> Use Company Name | Field Description allows for language-specific values (when Setup -> Software -> Settings -> Secondary Language is set to anything other than “None”. When Smart Vendor is running in Canadian English, the user may fill in an appropriate English heading. When running in French a unique storage field will allow the user to store an appropriate french heading. Both are stored and displayed according to which language is active on screen at the moment.

Logging | Tracing | Debugging

Performance logging facilities added to assist support in tracing client performance issues. This logging covers sales transaction operations like pole display, login, payments, totaling, invoice saving, drawer firing, and printing.

Look and Feel

- The Smart Vendor 8 series introduces a major updated look and feel to the product. Unlike past editions, all secondary applications (SDI, Web Publisher, etc) now share this new style whether running in store or head office configurations.

- Aesthetic Improvements
  - Improved Fit & Finish of all forms and dialogues.
  - Alternating line colour introduced Sales Register for easier Visual Tracking
  - Sales Register line items shown in different colours to emphasize returns and coupons
  - Payment Selection is now more touch-friendly (displayed as buttons).
  - Input fields aligned, evenly spaced and optimally sized for greater ease of use.
  - Where required, grid columns have been expanded to handle larger data values.

- Main Menu
  - New “Change Language” option added to the “Setup” menu. This option allows the user with the ability to switch between English and French at runtime without having to re-start Smart Vendor. Note that this option is only visible when a secondary language has been specified in Setup -> Software -> Settings.
  - New “About Smart Vendor” option added to the “Setup” menu.

Main Form
- The single Consolidation Service status Indicator has been separated into two indicators: the first (CS) represents the state of the Consolidation Windows Service and the second (CS) represents the state of the process running inside the Consolidation Windows Service. (Also see the “Consolidation Service” section)

Misc. Improvements

Added logic to buffer main application file locally to improve network performance (RE: Error “COOOOOO6”).
Improved internal formatting enforcement within Smart Vendor suite of applications (including language, m/d/y and separator characters)
Improved Management of Number Streams (Counters, Locking)
Improved window ordering to reduce/eliminate the chance of forms or dialogues falling behind one another.

Resolved issue with “Redemption Summary” report where “CustAddrPostalCode” error might appear. (Issue #1573)
Promo feature now includes “Start Date Mode” and “Trailing Months”. These options allow a customer promo points to be honored in a way consistent with how certain suppliers operate (IE. Redemption of promo must fall within 24 months of qualifying purchases).
Removed invalid “Store” button from Promo Detail screen.

Purchase Orders

Resolved issue where font style of text (IE. bold/italic) in Purchase Order was inconsistent between Suspended and Saved orders. (Issue #210)
Resolved issue where Fractional Quantities on Special Orders could not be brought into a Purchase Orders. (Issue #758, #1546)
Corrected currency formatting in printed reports. (Issue #1424)
Resolved issue where accepting “Auto Fill” might block further edit attempts. (Issue #1642)
Resolved issue where Stock File “Qty. On Order” might not decrease as “Qty. On Hand” increases when a suspended purchase order was saved.

Sales Register

Improved multiple discounting/package logic to take into account non-stock items that may have no stock price to begin with. (Issue #1122)
Selling by serial # is no longer case-sensitive. (Issue #1499)
Magellan Scale issue resolved related to weight exceeding capacity. Sales register will now return 0 weight when amount being weighed exceeds rated capacity of scale (IE. Scale rated for 15kg, 16kg placed on scale – cannot be accurately measured) (Issue #1531)
Resolved issue where a “Select List Form” might select a certain option when the “X” (close button) was clicked. (Issue #1577)
Resolved issue where F10 in register might display a Sales Person login while key has no corresponding caption. (Issue #1578)
Resolved issue where recall of transactions involving kits might show current pricing rather than historical pricing. (Issue #1674)
Payments with conversion rates can be applied by pressing (no longer requires PGDN). (Issue #1693)
Disabling payment conversion rates will now disable display of rate on sales receipt. (Issue #1694)
Resolved issue where using quantity/price pop-up dialogues while returning coupons (during “return by invoice #” / multi-item return) would not default to a positive value. (Issue #1695)
Addressed issues with multi-item return dialogue with linked items.
Improved fit & finish of scale dialog issues and included (hidden) PGDN as option to apply.

Service

Resolved issue that prevented addition of charge items to work orders (when using touch-dialogues). (Issue #1656)

Stock File

- Quantity adjustments dialogue now sized automatically based on number of column shown. (Issue #1479)
- Resolved issue where adding a new item while applying a sales link was not linking properly. Formerly required a two part process (create item, save, then link). (Issue #1486)
- Changes made to whether items may be deleted.
- Correction to Performance Graph to reflect product sales net of returns.
- Global Change forms now full-sized (Can also be minimized/re sized).
- Hourglass will not be shown while applying filters.
- Improvements made to Stock Filtering and synchronization between results while iterating through results (detail view PGUP/PGDN).
- Increased width of “Linked Item” field to better accommodate larger numbers.
- Increased width of “Order ID#” column in “On Order” tab to avoid information being cut off (or needing to resize column manually)
- Optimized TAB key logic to reduce additional processing and possible flicker when entering/exiting edit mode (IE. Save/Cancel).
- Resolved issue to track opening qty date for newly created matrix products.
- Revamped cost and selling pricing layout Stock Detail tab (combines landed cost fields into Details tab, and organizes fields for better work flow with cost related fields down the left and retail related fields down the right).
- “On Order” tab now displays the total quantity received per item when not complete. Formerly only the quantity indicated in the last suspended or back-ordered session would be shown.

WEB TAB / ESTORE

- Added two new options to the Stock Filter Form: “Web On Sale” and “Has Shopify ID”
- Added Validation/User warnings related to SEO Page title (recommended max length 55)
- Added Validation/User warnings related to SEO Page title and SEO Meta description (prevent inclusion of hard carriage returns)
- Retitled “Features” section title as “Shopify Product Tags” (eStore 360 for Shopify) (Issue # 1619)
- Added “Net Available Qty” field on Web Tab to display QOH less Committed QOH.(Regular Stock and Matrix Items)

Reports

- Adjustment History
  - Added missing text in Adjustment history grid – now reports on head office changes to “Sp. Order Hold”, “Sp. Order Release”, “Duty ($)”, “Duty (%)”, “Freight” and “Supplier Cost”. (Issue #1552)

- Drawer Summary
  - Addition of logic in ”DrawerCountForm” to display payment types pertaining to Web Order Sales, even if the payment type is not enabled for regular Sales Register use.

- GC Reconciliation (Web Gift Card)
  - Corrected web service Gift Card Reconciliation logic to correctly handle non-numeric Store #’s.

- Report Generator
  - Resolved issue in history report where extended discount or discount percent might be incorrectly stated. (Issue #1657)
  - Resolved issue in Report Generator that caused printing of Subtotals to fail.
  - Layaway Items” and “Special Order Items” reports now offer fields” “Comm. Clerk ID”, “Comm. Clerk Name”, “Created Date (Stock)”.

- Sales Summary
  - Hourglass will now be displayed when performing time-consuming operations.

- Accounting Export
  - Added export support for Acceo Solutions Acomba / Acomba X accounting software. The user interface provides account # validation for this new Export Type.
  - Simply Accounting is now called Sage 50 Accounting
  - Support for MYOB has been discontinued.
  - QuickBooks export now supports a “Desktop” or “Online” export. This option only affects the structure of the generated export file. Support for exporting directly to a QuickBooks Online account is being considered for a future Smart Vendor release.
  - Quickbooks export option will default to Desktop during program initialization (startup) if currently enabled.
  - Changes to how “Points Redeemed” is indicated in Accounting Export.
  - Corrections/Enhancements made to Debit/Credit Account ID# in Export Logic.
  - Account Export Options – Changes to the way accounts are displayed depending on validity of Account Numbers specified for Credit/Debit.
  - Expansion of Account Export file name field to 255 characters (formerly 100 chars)
  - Standard Windows Folder Selection dialogue added to Account Export configuration screen.

Transaction Audit
- Resolved potential “Divide by zero“ error in printing. (Note: Grid information may disappear briefly when printing). (Issue #1576)

Return to Supplier

Resolved issue that allowed cost to be edited before/after issuing.

Serialization

Improved the way various areas handle items that have transformed between non/basic/full serialization (IE. Special Order/Purchase Order) (Issue #1666)
Stock File now prevents changing between serial types when a unit of inventory is contained within and active document (IE. Special Order/Purchase Order).
Resolved issue related to quantity adjustments of Matrix-based Full Serial stock items (Matrix Header information now included).

Smart Data Import (SDI)

Now supports Smart Vendor Training Mode
Fixed – inserting/updating stock price and stock supplier records for deleted or inactive stores (Issue # 1687, Issue # 1684)
Fixed – updating stkprice.Status (Issue # 1686)
Fixed – Changed date field in RepGen Stock reports was not picking up SDI updated items (Issue # 1685)
Fixed – Not updatting Taxes using Y or N (Issue # 1683)

Station Setup

Improved peripheral support by adding COM ports 5,6,7,8. This allows more flexibility in station setup when several serial devices are installed.
Reorganized “Touch” related features into a single tab (Includes Touch Register, Smart Pricer and Quick Picks)

Supplier File

Improvements made to Supplier filtering and synchronization between results while iterating through results (detail view PGUP/PGDN).

Tax Province Issue (GST/HST)

Resolved display issue in Charge, Coupon and Stock areas of head office where the alternate tax lookup fields fail to display their text – remained blank (data still retained and intact in database). (Issue#: 1541)
Resolved issue where context of Tax Province persisted after viewing a completed invoice from an out of province customer. (Issue limited to users of tax-by-province)

Training Mode

Restricted access to certain web features while in Training Mode: Publishing to your eStore and viewing eStore Web Orders will be blocked. Quantities will not be updated on the Shopify website by changes in the training mode (Live Web Qty will remain unaffected on the Stock File Web tab, while the Net Available Qty will continue to update.
Clearing down Customer Web Points is now prevented when in Training Mode.

Web Services

Eliminated startup lockups when Smart Vendor initially connects to the Smart Vendor web cloud and there are issues with the local network or internet connection. If, after starting, Smart Vendor cannot reach web services within a timely manner (approx. 7 seconds or less), the user will be notified and Smart Vendor will not attempt to make any subsequent web service calls until (a) the user selects “Enable Web Services” from the Utilities -> Web Utilities menu or (b) re-starts Smart Vendor.

Web / eStore

eStore 360 for Shopify

- - Also see the Stock File -> Web Tab / eStore section.
  - Added support for Shopify line item properties. These become Messages in Smart Vendor Register transactions, E.g. A company that sells sports jerseys online and needs to collect a unique Name and Number to print on a custom jersey.
  - Improved automatic synchronizing of Stock On Hold information between Shopify and Smart Vendor. The new design is self-correcting and should no longer require support to intervene to correct On Hold mismatches.
  - Added support for Shopify Draft Orders and custom items (see Shopify Admin -> Orders)
  - Added special web service support for automatic conversion of GST -> TPS tax support (applies to eStore 360 for Shopify users in QC only).
  - Smart Vendor will warn the user when the Stock Form -> Web -> SEO Page title is too long for Shopify and when either SEO Page title or Meta description contains hard carriage returns.
  - Corrected the Shopify Product -> handle encoding issue that would cause Stock File -> Web -> F9 eStore to fail.
  - Improved automatic new Customer acquisition logic.
  - Added a Setup switch to control the downloading of Non-Order Customers from Shopify.
  - Eliminated “null” field values for Customer profiles showing “null” on blank fields imported from Shopify (Issue # 1709)
  - Added Publisher support for Consignment Stock items.
  - Addressed the case where Matrix Header dimensions (or Groups) containing the “/” character (I.e. ‘WAIST / INSEAM’). would prevent the Matrix Header from publishing to Shopify. For some reason the Shopify API will not accept this character combination. The Publisher now substitutes “/” with a “-” character.
  - Increased the height of the Stock Form -> Web tab -> Edit -> F2 Features window in order to display more Shopify Product Tags.
  - Changed to Stock Form -> Web Tab -> Edit -> F2 button caption changed to “Tags”.
  - Improved publisher pause logic to deal with exceeding Shopify’s API call limit.
  - Resolved: Coupon Linking for Shopify Should Work on Regular and Quick Item Status (Issue # 1734).
  - Resolved: EGC Department Missing from Lookup List (Issue # 1722)
  - Improved Auto-Update Web Prices. The Consolidation service now monitors changes to Sell and Sale Prices in real-time and will automatically update Web prices for products tagged to publish when this feature is on.
  - Added support for Shopify “Customer is tax exempt”.
  - Resolved: Web-Unpublishing a product, Smart Vendor should not error on “Title must have Value”, b/c Title field is empty (Issue # 1534).
  - Resolved: retitle Web tab FEATURES to PRODUCT TAGS for eStore 360 users (Issue # 1619)
  - Resolved: Block import of newsletter only Customers (Issue # 1706) – SEE Non-Order Customers above
  - Resolved: Web tab prices not auto updating if Custom Price/Other enabled on Matrix Item (Issue # 1705)
  - Resolved: Missing EGC Stock description in Web Order display (Issue # 1669)
  - Resolved: Drawer Summary needs all ePayments supported in upper payments section (Issue # 1494)
  - Resolved: SEO Product Page Title reduced from 70 to 55 characters (Issue # 1487)
  - Resolved: Partial Fulfillment giving wrong Coupon and wrong HST values in SV (Issue # 1469)
  - Resolved: ESTORE and PayPal payment type not in Drawer Summary (Issue # 1447)
  - Resolved: Web data is not polling from HO to Stores (Issue # 1395).
  - Resolved: Web Features does not support “&” – Shopify Insert/update fails (Issue # 1390).
  - Removed Payment Capture Check when converting a zero dollar Shopify Order Fulfillment to a Smart Vendor Transaction.

eStore Plus

- Fully re-designed to take advantage of the advanced ecommerce integration model offered by our eStore 360 for Shopify ecommerce product. This eliminates the downloading of web orders and adds the ability to view real-time web orders on the Smart Vendor cloud and convert each web order to a Smart Vendor sale using a simplified one-step process.

[BETA] Version 8.0.7 (Build 3740) – May 2015

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Aesthetic Improvements

Smart Vendor Application Restyled and Improvements to Fit & Finish of all forms and dialogues.
Alternating line colour introduced Sales Register for easier Visual Tracking
Sales Register line items shown in different colours to emphasize returns and coupons
Payment Selection is now more touch-friendly (displayed as buttons).

Quick Pick Feature Enhanced

Quick Pick Configuration and Content Management is now Easier And more flexible.
Sales Register can be layout can be customized per Sales Terminal to locate the Quick Pick section right, left, top, or bottom.
Quick Pick menu drill-down is now unlimited (formerly limited to 2 menu levels).
Polling Switch Added to Allow Quick Pick content to be polled independently of Preset Keys

Stock Pricing Dialogue Improvements

Several Enhancements made to data entry dialogues to simplify cost and selling price management in both store and Head Office

Release Version 7.7.7 – June 2015

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Prevent Sales of Zero Price Items

Setup Switch Added to optionally prevent the Sale of items with Selling Price of $0.00

Data Collector Description Spaces

Correction to Data Collector data export (Preserving spaces between words in product description).

Shopify “Matrix Orphans”

Corrects the issue where de-publishing and/or re-publishing an already published Stock Matrix Item could cause an orphaned Product Variant to be created/left over on your Shopify estore.

Release Version 7.7.6 – Late April 2015

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Head Office Polling + E-Commerce

Polling changed to include e-Commerce product description fields.
Polling now controls send/receive of Category information based on whether the sender Head Office and whether some flavour of E-Commerce is in active use.

Polling + CPU Constraints

Resolved access violation which could result from early program exit by user (during export phase).
Added “Option” section to allow performance parameter changes. Parameters such as “Packet Size” and records per second can be customized so some extent to reduce peak load on CPU. Changes to these settings may be required when equipment falls short of recommendations. IMPORTANT: Care should be taken when changing these settings as they may increase time required per/polling cycle

(Rare) Menu “Freeze”

Issue Resolved where (under certain rare conditions) the use of web services could result in a program freeze following start up. In such a scenario Smart Vendor would become unresponsive while displaying the main menu.

Release Version 7.7.5 – Early April 2015

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Shopify “Limits”

Shopify “Limits”

“svWebStore.exe” (a component in eStore 360 solution) Updated to handle Shopify’s new “Call Limit” algorithm.

Release Version 7.7.4 – March 2015

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Head Office / Polling

Corrected Issue related to default polling options when adding new stores.
Resolved Kit, Charge and Coupon issues related to tagging additional stores at later date.
Added automatic screen refresh logic when tagging stores so that additions can be seen right away.
Added filtering for inactive, deleted and default stores when creating items for “all stores”.
Added dialog to F2-Add in Quantity forms to indicate when all stores had already been selected.

Sales Summary

Corrected Issue Related to Embedded Tax and 0-Sum Exchanges.

Consolidation Improvements

Consolidation improvements for performance and quality of information.

Installer with Table-Rebuild

“SmartMySqlUpdate” (a component of patch and all-in-one installers) will perform a one-time rebuild of tables to improve adherence to keys. This extra operation helps to prepare the data for various upgrade routines which take place during next run of Smart Vendor.

Release Version 7.7.3 – January 2015

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Consolidation and database changes

Optimized performance for larger databases. IMPORTANT: As this involved structural changes to the database you cannot use a previous version of Smart Vendor once this version of Smart Vendor has updated the database

Resolved issue related to points and discounts.

System Setup Option to “Prevent Points on Discounts” now covers all scenarios including on sale items, special customer levels, Mix n’ Match pricing, returns, etc.

New Option to Restrict CPU usage during “Export” Phase.

XmlPolling component now allows users to specify a CPU Limit (this reduces overhead during data export phase).

Release Version 7.7.2 – October 2014

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Backups

- Data Backup in the Utilities menu now offers a “* Custom Backup”

This feature allows the user to specify: Compression, Include images, File or folder name, and Save location (file save dialogue)

Consolidation as a Service

Quantity, Reporting and Summary data is now automatically maintained in real-time! (No longer any need to run a merge prior to reporting or viewing summary data). F5-Merge has been removed from Report Generator and Merge is no longer an option on the Date Change System Setup screen
The first Date Change/End of Day after the upgrade will trigger a “Full Consolidation” by the new and improved application. It is recommended that you do your next Date Change/End of Day at the end of the next business day (not in the morning)
“C” Indicator shown in Main menu to confirm that consolidation service is actively monitoring the database for changes
Reduced overhead on Smart Vendor application and polling since consolidation picks up some of their workload (maintaining totals etc.)
Improved Calculation of on sale status and current selling price
Correction of Average Cost calculations
Consolidation optimized to reduce overall CPU load (during queries)
Correction to report generator view of account aging (30/60/90 days)
Corrected issue related to customer transactions and last day of month. This issue was causing certain customer transactions to get omitted from the Customer Performance tab.)
IMPORTANT: Head Office users MUST PERFORM AN END OF DAY DAILY to ensure that reporting columns are shifted daily/weekly/monthly for statistical reporting columns based on these reporting periods. In addition End of Day is required to create a BACKUP of your Head Office data.
Consolidation will avoid conflicting with other areas that require exclusive access to the database, e.g. The Consolidation service will automatically be paused by Smart Vendor while backups, date change, or Training Mode create/delete are being performed

Data Collector

New and improved “Smart Collector” (WinCe) software.
Built-in auto-repair to reduce/eliminate need to reinstall software after application error.
Added support for new Honeywell Dolphin 70E with 4.3″ display and on screen keyboard. NOTE: Due to the newer firmware of this model installation of SqlCE 3.5 on PC is required.
Improvements to Report Generator data collector Export routines to strip problematic characters from product lookups (validation) on device.

Date Change

Smart Vendor will now prevent other stations opening the program while a Date Change or End of Day is in progress.
Dramatically reduced date change times since “Consolidation” and other database maintenance tasks do not need to be performed here.
Database optimization is automatically performed during Date Change or End of Day (regardless of whether option is tagged in System Setup – Date Change).

Embedded Tax Enhancements

New on-screen calculator back-calculates “Base Price” based on embedded tax amounts whether “fixed” or “percent” based. Matching interface improvements in head office Store detail editing form.
Allows discounting of items with multiple “Percent” based embedded taxes.
Supports printing embedded tax indicators next to qualifying items on receipt and full sized invoice.
Supports printing total embedded tax amounts (per tax) separately on receipt and full sized invoice.
Improved Sales summary consistency and reporting with – To-the-penny match between embedded items vs. invoice totals.

E-Store Enhancements

eStore 360 for Shopify

Integration to Shopify supports “Partial Pickups”/”Partial Fulfillment”.
Custom, Gift Card and Paypal payment options added.
Addition of Serialization.
Addition of Coupons (Called “Discounts” by Shopify).
Added error message when loading a corrupt or invalid image file (E.g. JPEG #53)
Changes to Accounting Export, Sales Summary, and Drawer Summary reports to break out payments by local vs. Web.
Added a setup option to Setup -> eStore that toggles between using the use matrix header dimension name (the default) and the dimensions variable type name when publishing matrix headers to Shopify
Added “On Sale (SV Date)” and “Web On Sale” check boxes to the Stock Search Filter form
Estore 360 will now evaluate in-store Sale Price Dates to control putting items on sale or taking items off sale in Shopify (if “Auto Update Web Prices” is enabled in System Setup > Internet > Estore)

eStore Plus

All-new much improved implementation

Both

Added a convenient main menu link to “SpeedTest.net” to help support and clients find the source of communications bottleneck.

Installer (WebPatch)

Consolidation Service installed silently to reduce prompts during software installation.
Dialogue shown during installation asks user to acknowledge that Smart Vendor may now require internet access to perform online version tracking.
New “Shortcut” Installer helps our staff and users create head office, store, transactor program and polling shortcuts (consistent with our new applications).
“Smartwin\WinCe” contains all of the versions we are currently installing or evaluating. Additionally we include the “Compact Edition SQL” (AKA SqlCE) software which is required to be installed on the host PC where windows mobile (Formerly “ActiveSync”) resides.

Integrated Credit Card

Issue resolved with Paymentech/Global Payments (SoftPay) lock-up during refund for certain card types.

Kits & Packages

Corrected issue that caused Kit/Package Tax flags not to save.

Linked Items

Corrected Stock Form to only show linkable file types based on system setup switches (Kit, Coupon, Charge, and Stock).

Miscellaneous

Smart Vendor now checks for a running instance of MySQL on the target machine and port and will display an error message to the user if it’s not running and then terminate the program.
Smart Vendor, XmlPolling and SmartPolling are now able to dynamically reconnect lost MySql connections.
Correction to “Alt+V” screen – System Data vs. Start TimeDate corrected – Were reversed before.
Data Sanitizer (In Progress…)
New Station locking screen and related functionality – From main menu option or elsewhere via Alt+F10.
Reduced frequency of key checking
Overhaul of Station Polling tabs – Now closely matches head office/store polling tabs.
Head office, Stores, Transactor Servers and Stations can now “Sync” by date without using calendar. (simple date entry).
Corrected issue that caused access level check marks not to refresh when traversing clerks in clerk file.
Updates routine “BackCalcPotentialTax” is now much faster
Exclusive work mode (“Locking”) implemented to prevent Consolidation, Date Change, Backups, File maintenance and other parts of the system from colliding (which might otherwise lead to data/index corruption).
Fixed issue with “Items On Order” Printout that would cause duplicate lines.
Added Regional Settings check to detect problematic system date formats before they produce side effects in Smart Vendor.
Resolved display issue in Code Entry dialogues that made the title unreadable (white text on white background).
Corrected an issue with invalid hyperlinks on Invoices.
Fixed Potential Access Violation in Touch Register.

Points

Corrected a loop-hole where Points might not be returned during customer product returns/exchanges (when a specific discount/point option was selected in System Setup).

Polling (SmartPolling + XmlPolling)

New and improved one-fits-all polling interface.
Simplifies management of Head Office or Transactor Polling.
Improved Performance and activity indicators.
Shorter Polling Times – Allowing more frequent cycles (particularly with local Transactors).
More reliable performance during uploads/downloads under challenging network/internet conditions.
Indicates sequence for Stations/Stores to be polled.
Transactor polling components rewritten/revamped.
XmlPolling Application is able to abort work if Zip File is corrupt.
Partial downloads and uploads (resulting from cancelled polling) are automatically purged.
Less work is required and less information needs to be propagated thanks to Consolidation service.
Polling can now be cancelled while busy.
New handling of bad ASCII characters in XmlPolling.exe
Improved communication of voids from store to head office for analytics.
Smart Dialer has been replaced by new SmartPolling application.
Old polling icons at each polling location need to be deleted, and new ones installed.
FTP operations now handle a greater number of communication failures to or from the FTP site (this should help where “zipper” error has been encountered).

Pricing

General Break Pricing

- All line items participate in Qty Break or Mix n Match pricing
- Multiple price break tiers supported, say @ 3 and @ 10 and @100 etc
- Multiples of break quantity are kept together

Example:

Qty = 990 with breaks at 99 would stay as single line Qty = 990 @ 99 price break level

Qty = 999 with breaks at 99 and 3 would break as Qty = 990 @ 99 and Qty = 9 @ 3 price break level

- Best pricing applies including: Sale, Customer Level with Wholesale, Qty Break Customer Level
- Mix n Match overrides Qty Break if defined for same Stock item
- Break pricing supported in Register and Quotation, not Layaway or Special Order
- Discounted items not included in Break pricing, cannot discount if item already in Break Pricing
- Discount by % or $ can be removed, will check if Break pricing is applicable
- Customer selection before or after items added to register will check if Break pricing is applicable
- Receipts, Invoices, Recalls, and viewing completed items should all work
- Cannot use Edit dialog (F3) to edit quantity
- Linked Items are grouped after item breaks

Example:

Can of Pop    10

Can of Pop     2

Deposit (Pop) 10

Deposit (Pop)  2

Qty Break Pricing

- Quantity Break (QB) Pricing has been modified to have the same logic as Mix & Match ‘ cashiers may now simply scan items as they come across the counter rather than having to physically group them in order to key the final quantity on the stock number on the Sales Register
- If the Cashier does type a quantity on the product, Smart Vendor will only separate to a new line any qty that do not reach the required quantity level

Example: If you have one Quantity Break Pricing level for 12 units, Smart Vendor will allow any multiple of 12 on the single item line on the Sales Register, if however the cashier inputs a quantity of 13, or 25, etc., then Smart Vendor will separate only the unqualified items to a second stock line with the appropriate quantity

Smart Vendor will give the Customer the best price, if a valid Stock File Sale Price, Wholesale Price, Customer Level Discount, is better than the QB Price
Smart Vendor no longer preserves QB pricing if a regular sale in progress on screen is converted to a Layaway or Special Order; With the improvement made to allow cashiers to scan each item, Smart Vendor cannot provide protection to guarantee that ALL the related QB items are picked up together in order to merit the QB pricing
When returning by Invoice #, Smart Vendor will refund the price paid, it is up to Retailer to determine if less value should be refunded if the client has no longer purchased enough units to merit the Quantity Break Pricing
Supports Qty Break Pricing Customer Levels.
No adjustment made to unit pricing or extended pricing.
Fixed SR#9851 – Customer level cannot disable “included in Qty Pricing”.
Fixed SR#6993 – Qty break does not calculate in a layaway.
Fixed SR#6993 – Sales Register – Not Properly Responding to Quantity Pricing WITH Customer Level Discount

Mix n Match Pricing

- Multiple tiers for Quantity level and bundled price are now supported (up to 4); This allows the Retailer to set better prices for more units purchased, example: 3/$10, 6/$19, 12/$35, 60/$160
- Smart Vendor will now allocate the discount proportionately across all the qualifying items on the transaction, rather than applying it to the last qualifying item on the transaction with the goal to provide more accurate sales performance on all the qualifying items; Note that this can result in the last item having a slightly higher or lower price by a several cents to accomplish the final price depending on number of units sold
- When returning by Invoice #, Smart Vendor will refund the price paid, it is up to Retailer to determine if less value should be refunded if the client has no longer purchased enough units to merit the Mix & Match Pricing
- Adjustment made to unit pricing (same to 3-4 decimal) and extended pricing (last row within 1-2 cents).

Note: all combinations of Qty = 6 @ $17 should work, 1 line of 6, 2 of 3, 3 of 2, or 6 of 1 All produce same total = $17 as sum of extended pricing

Fixed SR#9880 – Expand Mix & Match functionality.
Fixed SR#9791 – Mix & Match Items should block all types of manual price changes.
Fixed SR#9811 – Mix and Match – Prevent points on discount broken.
Fixed SR#9697 – Mix & Match – does not display savings on receipt.
Fixed SR#10080 – Mix & Match – Poll Display not showing Mix and Match price.
Fixed SR#10087 – Mix & Match – w/links are not adjusting correctly.

Report Exports

Export options include: PDF, Email(PDF), HTML, Tab, CSV, XLS
Export dialogue sequence re-ordered to properly constrain options
Valid export options will lead to a file saving dialogue rather than a print dialogue.
File Saving dialogue Warns if file being saved is already in use
Comma Separated Exports will now save with “CSV” extension
All CSV, Tab delimited and Excel exports will exclude report headings and page delimiters (unbroken flow).
No double spacing in XLS, Tab or CSV exports.
XLS, Tab or CSV exports using Totals/Subtotals include and extra column on far left to identify certain rows as Total/Subtotal.

Sales Summary

Supports exporting day’s sales to Quickbooks or Simply/Sage Accounting for “Store Sales” separated from “Web Sales” for eStore 360 and eStore Plus users where web orders are converted to Smart Vendor invoices.

Screen/Display

Improved form and window centering.
Full screen works properly.
New Splash screen – Faster Startup Sequence.
Removed “Press Any Key to Continue” prompt.
Default screen size changed to 1024×768.

SmartMySQLUpdate

Stops / Starts Consolidation service (conserv).
Optimized updating of progress, more than 2X faster.
Cleaned up interface.
Highlights errors in red.

Stock File / Sales Register

Option to omit “Warranty” aspect for certain products. eg. Prescription. Suppresses prompt at Sales Register and warranty details from appearing on screen or in print (Receipts/Invoices).
Smart Vendor search speeds in areas like Stock Search have been improved
vGenerating new Matrix Stock #’s is dramatically improved

Training Mode

- No longer copies database file folders. It creates, recreates and deletes the training database via MySQL.

This process is also better protected and more flexible than before. I.e. If 5 non-training users are logged in they will not prevent someone from creating training data and switching into training mode. Only other SV users currently in training mode would prevent a user from creating or deleting training data.

This version allows users to reset Training Mode data from any station, even with other stations in Smart Vendor!
Other stations will be blocked from creating/resetting training mode data if another station is already using Training Mode
Changing the current Station via Alt-S or Setup form is no longer available when in Training mode.

Transactor

Removed from “No-Fly List”. This is the first Transactor Module update since 7.05-4H – polling is all new and uses the same applications used successfully for Store and Head Office polling.
Transactor now tracks polling success and last date per topic – This vastly improves error handling and cycle times.
Changes made to system setup/Station setup from transactor stations will poll back to server. (Symmetry)
Main Menu options corrected to correspond to abilities of active Transactor Tier level.
Global Change and Year End areas now off limits while in transactor mode.
No more need for “Purge” or “Resync” windows or dialogues.
Certain polling topics that may not have worked previously should now work (Promo/Registry?).
Corrected issue for Tier1 and Tier2 mode – Stock file was preventing add, edit etc. (regardless of Server/Station mode).
Charge, Kit, Coupon, Customer file and search screens amended to control add, edit etc. based on tier limitations.

Version Tracking

- During application startup Smart Vendor may contact one of our secure web servers to track a client’s software version.

This helps us make sure that our clients are running on the appropriate version. Clients may encounter new message dialogues in Smart Vendor shortly after starting program if communication cannot be made with our servers.

Corrected Smartwin’s internal version number from “7.6” to “7.7” to reduce user confusion.

Web Services

- Added a “Station” Section to the Web Service Information form which gives authorized users the ability to bypass web services for one or more Stations.

This replaces the “WebServiceBypass” smartwin.ini switch which is now obsolete

Corrected a case where a store stock qty value wouldn’t publish to the web cloud (Web QOH)
Addressed startup issue where System Setup -> Primary Web Service URL and/or Secondary Web Service URL is blank.
Faster and more reliable Web Gift Card, Web Points and Web QOH handling than Smart Vendor 7.05.x Series.

Year End & Spot Checks

System Setup checkbox changed to a lookup called “Year End Method”.
Options captioned as “Reset Quantities to Zero” and “Rollover Existing Quantities” to address the confusion that some users face in performing pre-year end configuration.
Added double-click support to year end summary form. (only supported pressing enter on row before)
Improved startup speed Year End & Spot Checks.
We now offer option of Print/PDF when printing summary/variance reports.
Added date/time suffixes to Year End PDF exports.
Added strategically place backup options during sequence.
Special naming convention for Year End and Spot Check backups. (IE. “YearEnd_2013_06_30_12_03_53_Reset_PreFinish”)
Spot Check is now the Default option in Counting. “Cancel” option is now offered in same menu.
Issue resolved with F2-Add sometimes missing due to Year End method.
After completing a Year End or Spot Check user will be left with a dialogue that congratulates them.
Addition of table indexes to improve overall performance.