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Retail 2005 Professional

Enhancement Highlights

Technical Enhancements

All SQL
- Movement of the Front-end to SQL using MSDE
- Movement of all remaining Back-end Access - tables to SQL
- Single data access model
- From ODBC, direct access, DAO to ADO 2.8
- Enhanced 'Reports' using SQL views and stored procedures
- Miscellaneous Changes
- Ability to give the themed look and feel of Windows XP
- Ability to customize the background color for every form
- Ability to customize the background from a 'bmp' file

Front-End Enhancements

Overall
- Touch Screen
Payment Processing
- Ability to support Concord Eftman version 14 which supports Dukpt encryption with the IVI 2100 Checkmate pin-pad.
- Support of Signature Capture with the 6550 pin-pad. (will be released after the initial release, pending certification). First release will be with Concord Web.
Peripherals
- Ability to support the LD9900, USB Customer display from Dell.
- Ability to support Epson printers with USB connection.
Miscellaneous Changes
- Ability to configure the 'Manufacturer Coupons' table (in the past the manufacturer coupon values were 'hard coded' and not easy to change)
- Ability for the 'Front-end' to support Alcohol selling schedules to support a 24 hour period which allows more than one stop and start time.
- Ability to support 'Open Section' sales using a section number greater than 32,767.

Back-End Enhancements

Overall
- Movement of the 'Update check stands' to 'Synchronize Check stands'.
  - Touch Screen
  - Manufacturer's Coupons
  - Pricing Levels
- Allow partial update for new updates; 'Product' and 'Customer changes' forms only.
In Store charge Maintenance
- Allow Partial Payments to be applied. In the past, if a customer overpaid the user could not apply the payment.
- Enhancement of the 'In Store Charge Statement' ; the form is easier to read.
Customer Focus
- Enhanced procedure of data calculation. Data is calculated on a daily basis through the 'store close' ; in the past the data was processed once a week.
- Allow user to flag off collection of customer Focus Data from within the Customer Focus form (Default is not to collect).
Product Maintenance
- Allow Use of Short Cut keys (hot keys)
  - Ctl U - Takes you back to the UPC field
  - Ctl S - Save current entry
  - Ctl G - Opens the Product Groups form
  - Ctl I - Opens the Inventory form
  - Ctl K - Opens the Product Kits form
  - Ctl V - Opens the Product Movement form
  - Ctl H - Opens the Price Change History form
  - Ctl B - Opens the Current Batches form
- Enhancements to the 'Export' label function clearing the labels when they are printing from the default label flag.
- Allow a user to set a 'Start Time' and 'End Time' on a sale item
- Enhanced selection of departments from the 'drop down' boxes. Department attributes are recognized when the user selects the department.
- Ability to select a desired 'tab' order for the 'Products' form (this will be re-enhanced after the initial release).
Enter Prices for Ad Batch
- Enhanced the 'Apply a Batch' function by separating the current batch from other batches
- Enhancements to the 'Apply a Batch' function displaying batches where a product already exists from the current batch
- Enhancement to the 'Delete' function when deleting from the 'Price changes pending' table and the 'Product Maintenance' table sale sections.
- Allow a user to create a 'Start' and 'End' time of a sales batch
- Movement of the 'Apply' function to SQL improving 'batch apply' time (a 5,000 item batch takes about 1 to 2 minutes)
- Movement of the 'schedule apply' out of the 'store close' allowing the user to schedule the 'Apply' using SQL jobs
- Addition of a tool bar button to extend the start date/time and end/time of a batch
System Information
- Allow a user to make a check stand 'inactive' without deleting the workstation' s name.
- Enhanced saving of passwords the Archive function (the Resellers do not need to open and change the stored procedures). The User only needs to save the databases.
- Allow user to flag is Sales batches will allow discount while product is on sale (default is Off).
Pos Information
- Ability to customize and maintain the lookup of settings
Store Close
- Enhanced movement of the store close, triggered as a SQL job
- Ability to run an 'auto store close' by simply scheduling the SQL job
- Allow a user to label a workstation as 'inactive' for the store close process
- Allow a user to perform a 'Get' to upload any missing transactions from an already processed store close (data will upload and be process appending from a previous store close)
- Enhanced 24 hour store close with a change of date function. Date change for each check stand can be performed from the Store Close form.
Section Maintenance
- Allow a user to create a section number greater than 32,767 (database restriction would not allow this in the past)
Schedule Maintenance
- Enhanced Schedule Maintenance: allowance for hours of sale on a product.
- Enhancement allowing schedules to stop and start more than once in a 24 hour period

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