1914

New ability to oversell consigned inventory. This is linked to a privilege.

Added ability to sell %0 consigned inventory

1907

Acme now has ability to Round Up the transaction total for charity. See Round Up for Charity

1904

If you have very long PLU’s and you would like the entire value displayed during Ticket Entry you can now adjust the column width using the control on the POS Terminal Setup General tab.

Added ability to control how multiple add-on kit members are printed on receipts. They can now be consolidated into the kit item. See Receipt Control, Comments & Messages

Added ability to collect a signature via compatible payment terminal, without an electronic payment. This is done via a “signature” payment type. The related detail line shows payment of 0.00, since this line does not reduce the balance. This is useful if you need a signature for select items or transaction types, regardless of how the ticket is paid.

Members of a Multiple Add-on kit can now be sorted, on the Item Maintenance Kits tab. They can also use a kit specific price. For example, an item may have one price if sold individually, and another if sold as part of a kit.

1899

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In multi-store environment, after updating to this build review user privileges and assign the new ones as needed.

Consignment Sales logic added to Acme Setup and Item Maintenance

Management Store logic enhanced.

Customer email addresses will now print on receipts.

1897

Added Surcharge capability to credit card processing.

1892

Added "Edit Inventory Limited" privilege and a number of related "Item Edit..." privileges. This allowed us to remove control that allowed user to disable "Management Fields". the new model is easier to understand, implement and expand as needed.

The number of Management Columns in Item Maintenance is greatly expanded for multi-store deployments. See Acme Setup Item Maintenance Lookup, Note Alert Options

Added email address to customer address on receipt.  This affects both store and customer copies.  Has no bearing on invoices.

1882

In Item Maintenance we now have ability to enter an item’s Next List Price and put the Item in a Price batch. When ready, the batch can be promoted to current List Price. This makes it easier to work groups of items and have new price go into effect at optimal times.

New privileges were added for multi-store environments.  Also a new designation for “Management Store” in Acme Setup > Item Maintenance pane. It is to be used in multi-store environments when Central’s main purpose is reporting and data transfers, along with entry of very limited types of data. Only store 1 can be a management store. If store 1 is a management store, Central must also be configured as Management Store = Yes.

New control allows you to disable “Management Fields” in the User Interface. This is done at stores 2-999 when Store 1 is the management store. This was later removed in build 1894 in favor of "Edit Inventory Limited" privilege and a number of related "Item Edit..." privileges.

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Acme Importer is now protected by two privileges. If you use the importer you need to assign these to at least one user or group.

1872

Acme importer now handles Preferred PLU and Item control columns.

Open Balance is now displayed in lower left when entering a Received on Account.

Cruise purchasing can now add new vendor item records for unassociated vendors. 

Improved multi-store reporting in Central Acme

With Central Acme and Satellite stores time stamps are now fully employed with Vendors and Vendor Items.  The latest is the winner. Changing a Vendor Item record does not change the Vendor record's time stamp. Note: time stamps are not the time save is clicked.  They are the time something was edited on the dialog. 

Enhanced item image handling. Folders are no longer considered when duplicate checking, only the file name is. Existing images are still not replaced.

1861

The Acme Data Pump for QuickBooks now updates on hand count and average cost in QuickBooks with every pump, for all items that are on transactions in the current batch. There is also an option to update all items. See QuickBooks INI section AdjQBInventory.

Added card type EMV processing. Setting is per POS Terminal. If using Admin Fee and Discount, set this to yes, add two buttons to Tender Entry and ask customer how they intend to pay, debit or credit.

Acme can now prompt if customer has negative balance so clerk is reminded to do house charge (use the credit) instead of taking more money. This prompt can be turned on/off on POS Terminal setup > General tab.

Sales Tax Report Clarified

1856

Ticket List Report reworked so the many options are more intuitive.

POS terminal setup now has a button to test scanning of 2D bar code on driver’s license. It also tests MSR, though they are being phased out by many states.

Images can be directed to a different folder by adding an entry to the AcmePOS.INI. This is useful if Central and a Store Acme are on same local area network.

Item Maintenance tabs can be enabled/disabled by privilege. This feature is disabled by default, and can be enabled in Acme Setup >Item Maintenance tab.  

Item maintenance detection of UPC-E has been enhanced.

1849

QuickBooks Class Codes are now part of Cash Tray Reconciliation journal entries.  Multi-store class codes are applied to invoice and CM headers.

The “Cash Beginning Balance” value in Cash Tray Setup is now used as default value for Cash Tray sessions.

The “Cash Beginning Balance” value in Cash Tray Setup is populated with the “Starting Cash in Tray figure entered during Pull Trays. It can also be edited from the Maintenance menu.

Ticket List Report can now filter out voids that do not have tenders associated with them. These occur when clerk uses ESC key to cancel a ticket.

Item Navigation View now has ability to filter the item list to only show the various Kit Type Items.

1844

Pay Outs were moved from main body to the footer on the Sales report. They do show up on the Ticket List report, Cash Tray Reconciliation Worksheet and several Acme Data Miner reports.

UOM factor is now displayed on the PLU’s tab in Item Maintenance.

Cash Tray sessions can now be started via Ticket Entry action key Pull Cash Trays. This makes it easy to pull a cash tray during shift changes.

Several associated settings can be found in Acme Setup > Cash Tray Setup

On each computer, the first time Ticket Entry is launched each day, the clerk will need to tap START button to start new session. Entry of cash tray balance is optional and can be configured. See Pull Cash Trays above.

Hold Tickets can now have a Status assigned. These are used to move Hold Tickets through non-linear workflows. For Example; Intake, WIP, Done, Notified.
 
The Status types are defined in Acme Setup >POS Hold Ticket…

Units of Measure can now be designated as for use in All Places, or only in Selling or only in Purchasing.  The designations control where the various units can be chosen during item setup. Also, on Item setup General tab the drop down lists to select UOM are limited to Units with a factor of 1. These settings will make setup choices easier and make it less likely that users chose the wrong unit during item setup.

Choose Unit (change unit of measure) dialog in Ticket Entry  is now finger friendly and more informative.

Enhanced Customer Notes capability. During Ticket Entry, Customer notes can still be displayed upon change of customer, or not. Now they can also be printed on Hold Tickets and Customer Receipts, or not. All settings have global defaults and per customer settings.

Departments can now be assigned a Target Margin, that becomes visible in Item setup. It is also used for reporting on item deviation from target.

1834

The "Food Stamp" check box is gone and a "Food Stamp" choice was added to the "Item Type" combo-box, near the top of the item maintenance screen.

Added the "Block Selling To Walk-in" check box /  setting to item maintenance.  If you try to sell a marked item to a Walk In customer you will be stopped and told to change customer.

There is a related privilege, that allows the sale to Walk In, instead of stopping it, the clerk will be warned.

1832

Item Number and PLU duplicate check now occurs when the value is entered. Previously it occurred during Save. Similar validation also occurs when UPC-E is expanded to UPC-A.

Item Option Sets have been expanded from 3 out to 6 levels.

1831

Printing lot numbers on receipts can be disabled.  This affects all receipt types.

Changed FIFO to automatically draw lot numbers by “expiration date+lot number”.  If the expiration date is left blank, then Acme uses 12/31/2099.

Added setup option to disable qty. validation under lot control.

1827

Added new prompt to keep clerk on track when the delete all lines from a retrieved Hold Ticket.

Added cost, list, extensions, totals to item maintenance kits tab.  Added the compound pricing control found on the other tabs to the kit tab as well. 

1818

Customer Inquiry now loads incredibly fast even with extremely big data sets.

Added button to Item Setup > Purchasing tab so you can set the Vendor Part Number up as a PLU with a single tap.

1816

Added ability to email from Ticket Entry and Customer Inquiry screen. The email can be sent manually or automatically. A special PDF driver is required. A modest one time activation fee is involved.

You can now configure up to three different receipt printers for various tasks as well as one auxiliary Printer. This makes it possible to print receipt (rolled paper) or invoice (9.5 x 11 sheets) without leaving ticket entry. See:

Remote / Kitchen Receipt
 

Aux. Invoice - Pick Tickets / PDF / Email

Increased options to make reprint ticket easier from Ticket Entry and also from Customer Inquiry screen.

Added Void Ticket ^VT to Ticket Entry Action Keys. Enhanced Ticket look-up for Void Ticket.

PO notes can now be edited for submitted, closed and voided POs.

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Many Purchase Order actions are now only accessible via privileges. After upgrading to this build you will need to assign these to your users or user groups as appropriate.

"Add / Edit PO" = User can open “Manual Purchase Order”.

"Edit Submitted PO" =User limited editing for submitted, closed and voided POs.  For submitted POs, the user can edit notes, date and address.  For closed or voided POs, the user is limited to notes only.

"Submit PO" = Enables the “Submit Purchase Order” button.

"Close / Void PO" = Enables the “Close Purchase Order” and “Void Purchase Order” buttons.

“PO Worksheet" = User can open “Purchasing Worksheet”.

"Receive PO" = User can open “Receive Purchase Order”.

1797

Enhanced Import into PO Worksheet including ability to handle multiple incoming lines for same item and the ability to save import definitions. Also, ability to force Vendor Code. These make up for vendor file deficiencies.

Acme Importer can now force Vendor Code during import of Vendor Items.

CONVERT_UPC utility has many new capabilities including ability to run from shortcut with designated INI, source, target and archive folder capability. Also ability to auto-calculate and add UPC-A and EAN-13 check digits to the CSV output.

1794

New POS Terminal setup options to handle entry of Gift Cards manually on PIN pad, or computer screen if the PIN pad is not capable of translating swiped gift cards.

Added ability to save multiple sets of PO Worksheet import settings. Often the file to import is dictated by the vendor, this makes it easy to retrieve vendor specific settings.

Import of new items now automatically adds the related label records.

Importer can now force Vendor Number and can designate that Item Number be used as Vendor Part Number. This eliminates need to add columns to most vendor supplied data.

1787

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Major changes to receipt and invoice printing and reprinting. Retailers using custom invoices or receipts should have them tested prior to upgrading to this version.

1782

Users can now add notes to purchase orders. This is helpful to record vendor invoice number or any other information you see fit. Notes can be searched during PO lookup.

PO Date no longer changes to today’s date when user submits a PO. This allows for backdating a purchase order.

Last Received Date is now shown on the Item Purchasing tab.

Enhanced the ability for clerks and customers to cancel electronic payments to facilitate manual entry of card numbers.

1776

Secure Store and Forward option now available with all electronic payment processors. Keep taking payments even when your internet connection is down, or when you are working remote (route sales, etc) in areas with no internet service. Inquire for details.

All Sale and Hold Tickets are now assigned a three-digit Order Number. This is printed on receipts and also visible during Retrieve Hold Ticket. If a Purchase Order Name or Number (PO) is supplied, then it is used in the Retrieve Hold Ticket screen, instead of the Order Number. This works nice for counter / bar sales that allow tabs and want to collect tips / gratuities.

Reworked the print reconciliation dialog.  It is now more apparent what will be printed and the user can print an individual work sheet. The date range is optional; before it was required.  Everything else including privileges work that same as before.

If customer does not acknowledge electronic payment amount the clerk is now presented with options to retry or enter manually. This is especially helpful on devices without physical cancel buttons, like the PAX A920Pro.

1760

Customers can now type or select a suggested gratuity percentage on pin pad payment terminal. Suggested amounts are only available on select pin pads.

Hold Tickets can now print a tip/gratuity line, for customer to fill in. This is configured in Gratuity / Level II Settings

1755

Enhanced scanning options in Item Maintenance now include ability to auto-expand UPC-E, inferred look-ups etc.

1754

The Acme Data Miner now includes a series of reports that help you...

1.Fix negative on hand quantities

2.Update Vendor Catalog Cost

3.Set Dynamic Report Points based on past sales and projected +/- percentage. (VERY COOL)

See Acme Data Miner >Acme Purchasing >Item Reports

A new file browse dialog has been built into Item Maintenance. It allows search capabilities and has several other features that will make it easier to associate images with items.

Weigh Scale Bar Codes can now embed price OR weight. This is determined by global setup. See Scale Bar Codes

1747

Hold Tickets are now easier to retrieve. A new Ticket Entry action key presents a list of all open Hold Tickets

We added enhanced capability for GS1-128 aka UCC/EAN-128 barcodes.

1717

Item not found in Ticket Entry can now offer choice to add item to Ticket and optionally add item to Inventory. Template Items help eliminate mistakes. See help topic for more info: Template Items

1714

Enhanced handling of terms codes when interfaced with QuickBooks

1704

Added a global setting to ignore List Price during Ticket Entry. There is a related setting in item maintenance, so this can be done at the item level. The main purpose is for multi-store setups that have different prices at each store. Users ca set each store with its own Price Code and ignore List Price and associated logic.

Moved Stocking Y/N flag to the Item On-hand tab in Central and Satellite stores. It can  now be set per location. To clarify, this is for stocking items that are not kept at some locations. It is used primarily to filter them off the Item List in Ticket Entry.

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Label printing now grouped by batches. After upgrading from a previous build you will need to do a one-time backfill of label records.
 
To do so click >Inventory >Store Locations.
There are permissions tied to Store Location maintenance, make sure logged in user has this permission granted.

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Label printing now categorizes Dymo label definition files (*.LABEL) by one of the keywords (shelf, item, sign) embedded in the file name.  The keyword can fall anywhere in the file name and multiple keywords can be used to make the definition show in multiple lists. 

Acme Importer can now import sign/label batch ids as well as store location information for the print jobs.

Added a “List Price Changed Date” to item table. Useful for label printing, not exposed in the user interface.

1691

Backup and Restore tweaked to make each process more self evident.

Remove Discrepancy records moved from inside Acme to inside Data Pump. This is optional, the table size is limited, records are re-used in case users never empty old.

1686

New "Web Credit Card" Payment Type added. Also ability to enter web sales order number while tendering Web Credit Card.

Added ability to force clerk to select a customer at start of each ticket. See >Acme Setup Information > POS Ticket / Tender Entry Options.

F2 Item List in Ticket Entry now has check boxes that allow clerk to hide/show non-stock, sell on hold, and purchase on hold items.

1681

Items can be marked as Sell by PLU Only on the Item Maintenance PLU tab. One anything other than a PLU is used to add an item to a Ticket a pick dialog will be shown so the clerk can pick a PLU and potentially different units of measure.

Price Book report now handles sub-departments.

1663

Gross Profit Report and Sales Report in Acme now better reflect sub-departments.

Custom receipt handling expanded to accommodate more flexible remote receipts, and preview of remote receipts.

CSV Import improved with additional source error checking. This affects Acme Importer as well as PO Worksheet import and Physical Inventory import.

Backup routines enhanced to handle image folders and archives.

1627

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On Tender Entry Screen the SAVE button no longer doubles as an enter key. When you are inputting tender use the ENTER Key on your physical on on-screen keyboard.

Added Inferred UPC-E to UPC-A Look Up during Ticket Entry. This is is activated in Acme setup. When scanner sends an 8 digit code UPC-E Acme will try to find a matching item. If one is not found, Acme will expand the UPC-E into a UPC-A 12 digit code and look again.

Added ability to have Item Maintenance auto-expand UPC-E into UPC-A when user enters Item Number or PLU during new item setup. This is controlled in Item Setup Bar Codes Pane.

Added "Convert to UPC-A" button to Item Maintenance.It is only active if the Item Number is detected to be a legitimate UPC-E.

Touch Screen layouts now include up to 51 layers of buttons to accommodate over 1200 action keys!

Item To Do Lists. -User can add items to To do lists manually and via workflows. Lists can be used in conjunction with Item NAV  View. Keep details where you need them, make items easier to work with and save time!

Added "Item to Do List" report to Acme Data Miner. This is especially helpful if a To Do involves more than one item.

Item NAV View now has a "column picker" so user can decide which columns to show in the grid.

Departments can now have 5 levels and include "drill down" capability in Ticket Entry.

Item Option Sets have been added to Acme. Sell items with options that may or may not affect price. The option set guides the clerk through pertinent choices. Up to 12 options can be configured per set.

Acme Setup now has a new Bar Code tab to accommodate all the bar code settings for Ticket Entry, Item Maintenance, Scales and Coupons.

1605

New payment terminal controls for selection of payment terminal secure device ID's.

Items can now have up to 4 images.

Wait for Tare has new finger friendly dialog and also ability to have pre-defined tares and tare entry multiplied by units.

Customer facing display enhanced to accommodate some seldom used action keys.

Remote Receipt printing. -for kitchens, warehouses etc.

1589

Cash Tray Reconciliation Report now shows sub-total for each card type and for Debit cards.

Acme Data Pump works with AccountMate 7 through 12.x

1584

Added ability to cap sales tax collected on a single transaction, based on tax class or tax local. See Sales Tax

Added new Loyalty Programs.
See Loyalty Award and Reward

If you have more than one Dymo printer or a Dymo Twin Turbo printer Acme now remembers printer name and roll based for each type of label (standard, item or shelf) being printed.

1575

Enhanced handling of blank UOM’s when populating PO Worksheet.  A priority search is used.
 

1.Vendor purchasing UOM.

2.Item purchasing UOM.

3.Item stocking UOM.

4.Acme Setup default stocking UOM.

5.Default factor of 1.

1564

Enhanced e-commerce integration with display of new date time fields on the Item Maintenance General tab

Enhanced image handling for integrated e-commerce. Images are now displayed in item maintenance and can be sourced from the Acme Bar Code Detective.

1559

Transactions can now be pushed from store to store, in multi-store Acme.

New backup and restore programs, to handle the new logic for Archive and Purge.

1548

Inferred item number logic from Acme Importer is now in…

 
Purchasing Worksheet >Import Spreadsheet

Purchasing Worksheet >Import Cruise Purchasing

Receive Purchase Order >Import from Data Collector

Receive Purchase Order >Import Receiving CSV

Physical Inventory >Import counts from Data collection Terminal

Physical Inventory >Import counts from CSV file

Importer >Item Pricing

Importer >Vendor Item Data

Import PO Worksheet

Five more Miscellaneous fields added to Item Maintenance along with grouping and quick fill logic.

New support for Loyalty Points programs, card and card-less loyalty.

1502

Acme Importer can now import SIL files. Some vendors and buying groups transmit store specific data in this format.

Acme Importer can now import updates only, instead of all rows. This is handy if a vendor sends a list of ALL of their items and you only sell some of them.

Ability to import item count files into the physical inventory process. Now counts can be done using Acme Mobile App, Data Collection Terminals or any other device / software that can create a CSV file.

Admin Fee and discount is now pumped to QuickBooks. If support is required in other Data Pumps it will be added as needed.

QuickBooks Data Pump no longer specifies document templates. The default will be used.

Employee credentials can be encoded into a bar code and printed onto a label for use on employee log-in badge.
See tech support KB for details.

1482

Added price extension to Price Code maintenance, Item Maintenance and the mobile app pricing screens so you can enter extended price or each price when setting up price breaks. This makes it easier to perfect your price points and profits!

We added an Acme Mobile App Change Log to this document.

Members of the Administrators group will now see a pop up caution if they try to sell an item for $0 and that item is not configured as Giveaway.

Prior to this, the Admin group had inferred privilege to do so and no warning.

Mix and Match Pricing added to the new Item Pricing Dialog making it easier to change Price Codes on multiple items.
 
All types of pricing except Mix and Match can be entered in item maintenance Item Pricing Tab.
 
Mix and Match and all other types can be entered on the new, faster Item Pricing screen.

Mix and Match Price Code takes priority. When a MM Price code is assigned to an item any other Price Codes will be ignored. See Mix and Match Pricing Rules

Acme Mobile App released. See Acme Mobile App

Integration with QuickBooks was improved. There is now less setup and much faster processing speeds. Acme is now compatible with QuickBooks Desktop versions 2008 and newer, in Pro, Premier and Enterprise.

Utility Billing -no longer auto deletes batch records, making it possible to get last readings from any last reading.

Discrepancy report improved with new list and more verbose logging.

Partial Amount Approvals during credit card processing now display more detailed messages.
Tendering Electronic Payments

If pricing entered in item maintenance is not logical it will be highlighted and the user will be prompted to fix it: Item Pricing Tab

Void Ticket now requires clerk to enter a void reason.
Reasons can be reviewed in the Event Log

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New "write off" logic has been built in to trade discounts. If you've used 100% ticket discount before and use Mix & Match pricing you will need to switch to this method. Simply set customer trade discount to -1, and Acme takes care of the rest. See Tracking Write Offs

1448

Merchant can now disable the payment terminal prompt that asks the customer to OK the amount to be processed. This could be useful in situations where customer display shows transaction total, as the customer will be faced with one less prompt.

Added support for QuickChip so card can be inserted at any time. This capability is only available on certain devices and with specific processing platforms.

1446

Changed EBT processing to make it easier to reprocess the card if the account balance is less than the amount requested. 

1436

Utility Billing and Subscription billing now have ticket date control. In the past they have used system date.

Utility Billing and Subscription Billing now respect customer tax exempt Y/N. In the past separate taxable or non-taxable items would be used.

1434

Added Administration Fee and Discount capability.

POS Terminal Setup now has test buttons for OPOS scanners and scales.

OPOS scanners now display bar code type during POS Terminal setup tests. This is useful when programming scanners.

Cash Tray Reconciliation Worksheet now has optional summary section that shows further breakout of tenders. For example, card types are provided if returned by your credit card processor.

1407

Finger friendly cancel scale dialog.

1404

Moved Item Misc Codes from their own tab in item maintenance, onto the General Tab -this fits with common usage as sub-departments, keywords and size fields that describe items. Misc Code field names are still assigned in >Maintenance >Acme Setup Information >Miscellaneous Code Labels.

One Item Miscellaneous Code can be selected for inclusion in inventory Lists. Once common use for this is product size, especially in grocery. See >Maintenance >Acme Setup Information >Miscellaneous Code Labels.  

1399

Added shortcut keys in Item Maintenance for Scan Bar Code (Alt-8) and Print Label (Alt-9). Primarily for use with table PC custom on screen keyboards.

1389

Added color coded Over/Short field on >Item Maintenance >Location Info tab.

Data Pump Get Transactions for Satellite Stores performance enhancements.  Up to 4 times faster than some recent builds.

Remove Old Records can now remove old PO's.

Data Pump Set Up Multi Store now includes a switch to shut off the update of customer balances during import from Satellite Stores. This could speed up Get Transactions from Satellite Stores, but it makes Central Acme (and other stores) dependent on getting updated customer balances during Import from Host accounting system.

1381

Added ability to enter Customer PO number during transaction entry. See Purchase Order Reference

Added ability to transmit additional Card Level II data to processors. This can help earn better rates for processing. See Gratuity / Level II Settings

1380

Added streamlined workflow for EMV card processing with Chip Debit see: Credit and Debit with EMV Chips

1360

Data Pump runs faster and provides better feedback when transmitting large data sets between multiple stores.

1354

Added ability to handle AccountMate version 10 multi-level pricing where a customer price code can contain quantity breaks.

1353

Enhanced driver's license magnetic stripe decoding for slower  MSR's. This works with date of birth for sale of restricted items and also for adding new customers.

Enhanced driver's license 2D bar code scanning of date of birth for sale of restricted items and also for adding new customers.

Added "Display Customer Notes" to the F11 Menu

1331

Enhanced bar code label printing to Dymo Label Writers

1318

Unit of measure logic expanded in Data Pump, Items and purchase orders with multiple units of measure transfer between Central and Stores.

Acme Importer can now convert CSV to properly formatted XLSX. This is much better than opening CSV in Excel and having leading zeros stripped off the bar codes and item numbers.

AccountMate import can now limit PLU's in Acme to just those that are sourced from the bar code fields in AccountMate. This means that codes deleted and changed in AM now "synchronize" with Acme, but it also means that if you elect this choice you cannot add bar codes (PLU's) directly in Acme, they will be removed next time you import. This also works between Central and Satellite stores and is controlled in all types of Acme's vi INI file entries. See AM Bridge document for detailed steps to add the INI entries.

Added "Item & Customer Note Alerts" to Acme Setup. Allows user to enter text that will be used as headlines during display of customer or item notes. See: Customer Notes and Item Notes
 

Added new fields to Dymo Label Printing Creating Custom Label Layouts

1316

Enhanced method of communication with Data Collection Terminals -some Windows 10 user profiles were having permissions issues with old method, requiring PTCOMM to run as admin.

1314

Enhanced ability to find purchase orders in Manual Purchase Orders, PO Worksheets and in Vendor Maintenance.

Purchase Order Navigation “NAV” view added.

Importer now handles multiple units of measure.

Receiving Purchase Orders on Portable Data Collector now allows user to choose unit of measure Purchasing or Stocking.

PO Worksheet Required Quantity column added.

1304

Acme Importer uses Excel automation for import, making it necessary to have Excel on the computer to import XLSX. -If you do not have Excel, export to XLSX, use OpenOffice (free software) to work and then save the sheet as CSV for import.

Enhanced export/import capability of Purchase Order Worksheets making it extremely easy to import sheets you or your vendors create and turn them into Purchase Orders.

Added ability to widen Item Description, Ticket Description and Vendor Part Description out to 150 characters. Also enhanced most associated documents and look-ups to display the wider descriptions.

1291

Acme Importer is no longer a separate application, it is on the Acme Maintenance Menu. It is now easier to build, save and re-use import definitions. It also now handles Excel XLSX files as well as CSV.

Added ability to Merge two or more customer records into one. This function is only available in Central and in Single Stores; Satellite and Portable Acme’s cannot access.

>Customers >Recalculate Customer Balances now includes option to recalculate YTD/LTD Sales Values as well as Open Balances. - This was deprecated in later build and moved to Central import from Satellite and during Remove/Archive Tickets.

Data Pump in interactive mode (not running as scheduled task), configured for transfer to FTP will pop up a message if FTP site is not available. If configured for VPN, the Start button will be deactivated. In either case tickets will not be marked as transferred until Pump is run with restored connection.

Data Pump run as scheduled task and configured for transfer to FTP or VPN will not pop up a message if FTP or VPN site is not available. It is assumed you scheduled it so it can run unattended, so there would be no one to read the message. Tickets will not be marked as transferred until Pump is run with restored connection. If you monitor tickets in Central Acme or host accounting system you will become aware of the outage.

1276

Buy back dialog allows for SWIPE of gift cards that store card number in track 2 of the magnetic stripe. Some cards do, most do not.

Added enhancements to Buy Back Item. Including:
Buy Back in Single Browser
Buy Back in Dual Browser
Choice is made via - Command Line Switches and INI Files

1259

Added ability to change where Acme looks for its data via >File >Administration >Change Shared Data Folder.

Acme can now store path to data in local acmepos.ini in addition to the registry. This will make upgrades and data moves easier, even when Windows permissions are limited.

1248

Added ability to post AccountMate table based terms codes.

Changed date driven prices imported from AccountMate from Type of Sale to type of Special. corrects issue where date range was not properly populating INVPRICING.

1242

Utility Billing can now add meter reading into the transaction description.

1241

>Transaction >Reprint Ticket now accommodates tickets that do not have tenders. These are  transactions with Hold, Void or 0.00 tender.

1240

Scan / Swipe Driver's License in Customer Maintenance to update empty contact fields.

AccountMate invoice will reflect Paycode from customer maintenance. Terms and aging on invoices have always come from customer maintenance.

1238

Added ability to attach and display image to contact record. This can be done  in Ticket Entry and in Customer Maintenance.
Set it up in >POS Terminal Setup > Customers tab.

Added two new actions F-keys In Ticket Entry  to Ticket Entry. "Attach Image" and "Display Image". These work with customer images.

1234

Added flat rate capability to Utility Billing

Ability to export /import purchase order worksheets. -Get order information from vendor and create after the fact PO. Export Acme data, massage in Excel and import as a new PO worksheet.

Pay Out added to Sales Report

Added ISC250 for Global

1223

New Sample Data

New Cyclic and Utility Billing Addon option for subscription and utility (water, sewer, electric, gas) billing.

1214

Ability to print price code price onto labels instead of list price. See:

Creating Custom Label Layouts

2D CODE Brand Scanner, 2D Scanner on the Series 7000 terminals and MSR now work for scanning driver's license to add customer during Ticket Entry

1207

Added storage for customer driver's license information. This is visible in customer maintenance.  With properly configured 2D bar code scanner or Magnetic Stripe Reader, driver's license can be used to select customer during ticket entry.

Added ability to add customer by scanning or swiping driver's license during ticket entry.

1205

Added further phone number formatting options in Acme Setup > Localization

1198

Faster reprint of receipts in Ticket Entry on slower networks. List shows last ticket, or last ten if no tickets were entered in current session.

1189

Importing bar codes from AccountMate (AM) now detects if the bar code was added to Acme previously through the UI.  If the bar code in Acme is assigned to a different item in AM, the bar code is reassigned to the AM item; AM takes precedence.

1188

Expanded the setup for comments on receipts.  Added the ability to print different comments on store vs. customer receipt.

Added Terminal ID to Electronic Payments setup screen for processors that require it. Only appears for certain processors.

1186

New activation server and methods. -Users can now deactivate / reactivate new or replacement computers without help from tech support.

Acme can print a list of activation serial numbers and which machines they are installed on.

1182

Inventory Maintenance -speed enhanced when using filtered NAV View to browse subset of records in very large data sets.

1179

EMV credit card processing, all processors in US. Contact support to discuss equipment and gateways.

Changed Acme logon to not auto-logon if an Acme user matches the current Windows user; the Windows user name will still be supplied if there is a match.  A password will always need to be entered unless the Acme user is not set up with a password in which case the user name is all that needs to be supplied.

Receipts more clearly reflect each price when customer specific or price schedule is used instead of list price.

1161

>Transactions >Reprint Ticket improved to make finding tickets easier that ever.

Add new "Print on Demand" check-box to POS Terminal Setup. If checked, the clerk can choose when to print receipts and do so via the reprint ticket logic. (2 clicks). Note, credit, debit and EBT behave same as other tenders with this setup. If your need printed receipt for customer to sign consider NOT using print on demand and instead set select tenders to print zero copies. For more information regarding print on demand see Reprint Ticket From Last 100

1160

Store Locations are now used to record ship to and bill to addresses to be used on purchase orders.

Manual Purchase Orders can now designate deliver to and bill to addresses.

Vendor Item List populates quicker during manual PO.

Database Tune Up now justifies keys. for example if someone accidentally entered a space before a part number or customer code.

Fixed issue with incremental search on lot control list column 2, Expiration Date. Prior to this attempting to sort by that column could cause error.

Added prompt requiring clerk confirmation of selected lot number.

1154

Tune Up Database runs faster.

Remove Old Records runs faster and now uses calendar picker for date instead of time periods, it also has the ability to pack the data, physically removing the deleted records and making the database disk size smaller.

1147

Enhanced Data Pump so it can merge stores into a new Central Acme. This makes opening second store or changing stand alone stores to satellites with Central  much easier.

1145

Purchasing module greatly enhanced to enable purchasing in store or Central Acme for delivery to one or more stores(s).

Create purchase orders manually or convert worksheets to Purchase Orders

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Receive PO via hand held data collection device has been deprecated, Look for this to be re-activated in a near future build. Inquire for details.

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Purchase Order module prints store contact information found in >Inventory >Store Locations, please populate accordingly. If you have a Central Acme populate its address information as well.

Item Maintenance and lookup dialogs greatly enhanced with "Nav Views". Filter lists of items by large number of criteria and work in batches easily moving through next / previous item. Inventory NAV View

Customer Maintenance and lookup dialogs greatly enhanced. Perform customer inquiry and create labels right form the list. Customer Nav View

New finger friendly dialog for entering date of birth when selling age restricted items.

Tune-up database added to Data Pump.

Clerk can swipe driver's license with select magnetic stripe readers.

Updated documentation and F1 help files.

1116

AccountMate Bridge now uses SUBHOST item if Kit is sold in fractional qty or there is insufficient qty on hand in AccountMate.

Added support for Pin Pad VX805  in several new configurations.

1107

Event Log and Discrepancy Report now recycle records older than 7 days.

1106

Returning a single item can once again prompt for original ticket number, even if Refund deposits (an enhanced AccountMate feature) is enabled.

Select Ticket for Return (an enhanced AccountMate feature) now includes Select All / Deselect All buttons.

1098

Corrected Issue with Receive On Account (ROA) in AccountMate bridge that suspended posting or ROA tickets.

1092

Change numbering scheme used between single Store and Portable.

Updated Acme for Sage Pro, columns factor1...factor6 were deprecated from INVPRICING.

1089

Added LOT tracking to Acme. Expiration dates can be associated with LOTs and Ticket Entry can warn you if you are not selling your oldest stock.

Acme can import and post LOT information to and from AccountMate

Added support for LIFO and FIFO inventory valuation when Acme is interfaced to AccountMate.

1071

Data Pump can now be scheduled between Satellite Stores and Central Acme, as well as between Central Acme and host accounting systems. Scheduling the Data Pump

Acme for AccountMate -added support for Accountmate items set up with LIFO or FIFO cost method. Acme imports average, but posting transactions into AM uses LIFO or FIFO in AM.

1060

Now compatible with QuickBooks 2016.

1044

New user interface, search and navigation in the following areas:

>Maintenance >Department

>Maintenance >Sales Tax

>Maintenance >Tender Types

>Maintenance >Acme Setup Information

>Maintenance >POS Terminal Setup

>Maintenance >Cash Tray Setup

New dialog for PIN Debit cash back.

AccountMate bridge now uses Customer AR account or system default AR account (in this order) for invoice tender records.

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If you use Acme with TurningPoint and Windows 10...
Run Data Pump, TurningPoint and TPCOM as admin and in Windows 7 compatibility mode. Also be aware when installing TurningPoint you can no longer use mapped drives you must use UNC. -According to Red Wing TurningPoint cannot browse mapped drives on Windows 10.

1038

Added Customer Sales Tax-exempt Categories for enhanced reporting.

1029

New Tool Bar and search capabilities added to Inventory Maintenance

1023

Finger friendly entry of manual credit card numbers.

1013

Ability to charge Restocking Fees on returns. Can be based on percentage that is global, customer or item based.

Updated new cheat sheet for Installing a 2015 Wonder Bundle

1012

Change to Data Pump for multiple files from same store.

1009

Data Pump for QuickBooks now available. Requires TPI.

Import from AccountMate handles ship to records orphaned by AM customer archive.

Enhanced handling of Default Address and Default Bill To Address. -All hosts

972

Data Pump now handles the new customer / contact tables, moving contacts involved on transactions from Portables to Satellites and Satellites to Central.

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Data Pump now includes Import Setup option for "Update Contact Information". If you update contact information in Acme then set this control to NO so import from your host will not over-write it. Updated contact information in Acme is not pushed into compatible host customer lists.

This setting does not affect flow of customer accounting information like balance, credit limit, active/inactive. See Setup Acme2HostBridge for details.

Related Information, (not new to this build): -New customers added into Acme can be pushed into select host accounting systems. Delivery Addresses (new and updated) on Acme transactions can be included on the transaction in select the host accounting systems. See Setup Acme2HostBridge for details.

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If you have a Central Acme, prior to upgrading to this build (or newer) ensure all data has been sent / received between the stores and Central Acme if you have one.

After the upgrade, import from host accounting system, send data to stores/portables and make sure the get data before they enter transactions.

New ticket entry function added for updating existing customers on the fly. ^CC

More date entry shortcuts added to calendar control. Now use MMDDYY without slashes as well as t for today and y for yesterday and others.
Date Entry and Calendar

Added ability to mark customers as Active/Inactive in customer maintenance. You cannot sell to inactive customer unless member of Manager or Administrator group and you acknowledge warning when switching customers in ticket entry.

Customer Active/Inactive flag is now imported from AccountMate. Acme does not import customers marked as inactive, but if the customer already exists in Acme it will be marked as inactive/active based on AccountMate during import from host.

952

Improved Speed on Item Lookup in Ticket Entry

945

Reset Batch moved from Data Pump to inside Acme, on the transaction menu.

Reset Batch now includes ability to designate type of reset. Entire Batch, Just Tickets or just Cash Tray Reconciliation.  "Entire Batch" will reset Tickets and Cash Tray Reconciliations if found. The options presented are controlled by the data within the batch. A grid is displayed with batch information to make selection easy.

942

Sales Tax Report can now display 1/10,000 of a percent in the percentage column. This is the same degree of precision that Acme can use to calculate sales tax. E.g 7.1234 percent.

938

Fixed issue on certain dialogs where F1 would not raise context sensitive Help if tab was initially active.

937

NeXus added to Acme. -In simple terms NeXus is a "tagging engine" that allows you to apply tags to items and customers based on sales, lack of sales and just about everything in-between. Tags can be used for export of customer lists and reporting purposes. The real power of NeXus becomes evident when you combine tags for personalized marketing and increasing sales.
Profit with NeXus Tags

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Added new “Recalculate Customer YTD and LTD Sales” to the Acme Customer menu. Use this to back-fill the YTD and LTD values for retailers upgrading from earlier versions of Acme.

“Add New Customer” during ticket entry is now done via user defined dialogs that allow you to solicit more or less information as desired. You can even track marketing preferences for email addresses and cell phone numbers. This is part of NeXus. Choose your "Add New Customer" dialog on Customers tab in POS Terminal Setup.

Customer List and Customer Look Up both greatly enhanced. We've added an entirely new search grid, display and enhanced logic. Default search can be configured globally or per terminal.

Item List and Inventory Item Look Up both greatly enhanced with new search grid, display and logic. Default search can be configured globally or per terminal.

Customer look up by email added to Ticket Entry and Customer Maintenance. A pick list is presented if the email address is associated with more than one customer.

Acme F1 help file updated. It is now context sensitive, -go to the part of the program where you need help prior to pressing F1 or choosing Help from main menu.

Single F1 help file now includes help for Data Pump.

Online version of F1 help improved. Now includes better search and auto-links into our full online knowledge base.

Mobile F1 Help now available. Visit AcmePointOfSale.com/support on your mobile phone.

AcmePOS.com underwent re-design to emphasize NeXus and focus on helping retailers earn more profit.

Support Center moved from totalbusinessware.com to AcmePOS.com

Secure Portal now available. Log into AcmePOS.com/support

Make payments and manage auto-pay. View and print invoices. Track referrals. Review and update support tickets.

Date Entry and Calendar improved for picking dates. Added shortcuts "t" for today, "y" for yesterday, use in any date field.

Item label printing enhanced both in Acme and in the Acme Data Miner.

Ability to print customer mailing labels is now part of NeXus and the Customer Maintenance dialog.

Tax Exempt Certificate Number and optional  Expiration Date can now be entered when adding customers on the fly in Ticket Entry

Universal install package includes Acme Data Miner and all versions of the Data Pump. Data Miner installs free viewer and 20+ reports as well as 30 day trial of designer.

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When upgrading to this or newer build it is import to do the following.

1) Before the upgrade, send data from stores/portables into central Acme.

2) After the upgrade, import from host accounting system if you have one, then send data to stores / portables.

Failure to do above in proper order will cause duplicate address entries. If this occurs seek technical support.

917

Data Pump for AccountMate able to set all customers in Acme to Tax Exempt = F via setting in INI file. -This will be helpful for support non-standard host configurations.

897

Remove Old Records program enhanced in Data Pump. Now has calculation capabilities so some customer sales history can be retained after old transaction data is removed.

887

Updated Documentation

881

Ticket Entry search for customer by phone expanded to search “alternate addresses” and return results in a pick list if more than one is found.

Received on Account auto-creates a memo that includes document information to print on receipts and invoices. –Assuming document pick list is used to earmark cash applications.

876

Data Pump for AccountMate now uses customer “Resale #” as control for Acme’s Tax Exempt Y/N. If Resale # is not empty the customer is marked as tax exempt.

874

Enhanced Customer Misc. codes so that one can be configured to be included in Customer Super Find.

Enhanced Inventory Misc. Codes so that one can be configured to be included in Item Super Find

Added logic to AccountMate bridge to import an additional column from ICITEM and or ARCUST into Item Misc. Field and Customer Misc. fields. See host documentation for details.

869

Ability to select HOST invoice or sales orders with balances and enter amount for payment application. Host dependent, see Bridge Setup Docs (search for AcmePOSlink.INI) and inquire for details.

Returns can validate that all items were purchased by selected customer.

Returns can switch the ticket to original customer if original ticket number is entered. Store policy dictates whether or not the clerk is warned.

Life to Date and Year to Date sales totals added to customer record.

Price Codes enhanced to handle template pricing by department. Use granular departments and assign quantity breaks or even calculate discounted prices based on customer YTD or LTD sales.

Data Pump can run automatically via Windows Task Scheduler. See Data Pump F1 help for details.

857

Compatible with AccountMate 9.1

854

Default Administrator password was blank and is now “acme” (new installs only). If you haven’t already, we suggest you change it asap via >File >Administration >Edit User Accounts.

852

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New Software Activation method in place. Activation/deactivation over the internet or via activation file. See Acme Getting Started Guide for details.

Updated sample data.

Updated Getting Started Guide and F1 Help for Acme and Data Pump.

845

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Enhanced partial authorization logic for stored value (rebate) cards and PayLINK. Install packages now include PayLINK version 1.2.1.252
Existing PayLINK users should upgrade to this version.

834

Option to turn signature capture on/off on a per terminal basis.

Improved Hold ticket confirmation dialog.

822

Manual CC and Gift Card information will now be entered on the computer instead of on the payment terminal.

821

New ticket entry dialog style, requires more explicit action to cancel, works better than old style especially on touch screens.

Ticket Entry Alert Sound used more universally throughout ticket entry.

SNAP return authorization added. (EBT)

Kits display add-on items properly on full size customer facing displays.

815

Updated F1 help files.

Changes for Mercury (MPS) regarding void cc.

812

Improved  placement of some dialogs that pop up during ticket entry.

806

Added report to reprint signatures on captured tickets.

799

Added Sage 300 Version 6.0 (aka Accpac ERP) to Acme2Accpac bridge selector. Integration pending.

792

More flexible rules regarding the order of tenders. When processing EBT/SNAP,  Manufacturer Coupons must be processed first but then other tenders can be entered in any order and even removed by user with “Void Authorization” privilege.

Items cannot be added / removed from tickets after tenders are added, Void the tender or enter a second transaction.

Cannot change customer after authorized tenders are added to the ticket.

Dialog used to cancel tickets no longer defaults to yes.

784

Updated F1 Help Files, Getting Started Guide and Bridge documents.

Added support for Datacap OOS (out of scope) payment processing and a vast array of addition payment hardware including signature capture.

Signature capture can be used on House Charges, using the Datacap OOS interface and approved payment terminals.

Posting serialized inventory to AccountMate now uses serial cost instead of AWC, see bridge documentation for details.

Posting to AccountMate can now include delivery address. See bridge documentation for details, INI entry required.

780

EBT balance shown on customer facing display.

779

Data Collection Terminals are now compatible with 64 bit OS for Lane Busting (building tickets on hand held) as well as Physical Inventory and PO Receiving.

Updated F1 help for Acme and for Data Pump, Getting Started Guide and sample data.

774

AccountMate bridge now populates commission field aritrs.ccommiss from icitem.ccommiss. Also send to history flag is populated on fully paid transactions.

Added GS1 DataBar coupon support

Added 5 digit price option to weigh scale bar codes.

768

Changed PayLINK credit card mask in ticket entry and printed receipts.

767

Added Max Discount % field to Item Maintenance Pricing Tab. Percentage here trumps Manual Discount and Trade Discount.

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Import from AccountMate now brings in Customer Trade Discount and Item Max Discount %

Post to AccountMate now handles serial numbers and also populates invoice salesperson with salesperson assigned in AccountMate customer maintenance. Set up is req'd see host bridge documentation for details.

754

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Change to activation “per machine”. Acme is no longer activated based on concurrent users per database. If you are upgrading from a build prior to 754 please note that the Acme Data Pump may not function until it is activated so you may want to coordinate the upgrade with tech support since it can take 24 hours to receive machine specific activation codes. The main application and ticket entry are not affected.

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For existing deployments:

Single Stores can no longer be store 000, go into Acme Setup Information and change store type to Central, then back to Single. This will force store number change. Then change the Inventory Sources record so the store number matches the on hand records for your Acme.

Using “Default Location” is no longer acceptable with TPt host. If you use TurningPoint, add an inventory source record (or mark an existing one) as store 000 and then map TPT location (“ALL” or whatever is location is  appropriate ) to store 001. Ensure that there is ONE inventory source record set up as 000,and ONLY ONE.

For new deployments:

If TPT only uses the ALL location, set pump to import all locations, run import twice. The pump will line up the inventory location records (on hands) appropriately.

Disabled +1 / -1 and Change Quantity functions for weigh scale bar codes.

685

Changed coupon redemption to apply against the SNAP (EBT) balance when the coupon is eligible for SNAP items. 

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Scanned Manufacturer Coupons can be separated on receipts. To make it so, add any one of the following (including the brackets) to the Tender Description:

[snap], [s], [foodstamp], [fs]

682

Control that can “Block $0 Priced Items” was added to Acme Setup >POS Options 3 tab. When a zero priced item is encountered during ticket entry, the clerk is alerted with a message and the item is not added to the ticket.

681

Enhanced Data Pump to allow for hosts like Pro that allow the same ship to description in multiple records. Prior versions of Acme assumed descriptions would be distinct.

680

The insufficient quantity alarm is corrected.  It will not sound for non-stocked items.

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Install packages now include PayLINK version 2.1.198
Existing PayLINK users should upgrade to this version.

Ticket item descriptions and delivery addresses now post to Accpac via Acme2Accpac.DLL version 42 and associated Accpac files.

Data Pump for TurningPoint, AcmeDataPump.ini now handles:
ImportSerializedItems=No

BackFillPriceLvl=No

MapExtRefTo=Misc1

MapDetMemoTo=AdditionalDescription

IncludeDyAddress=Yes

Added Gift Receipt Actions to the Acme Setup >Receipts tab. Enhanced control over number of gift receipt copies printed.

Removed requirement that customer alternate ID is unique.  Ticket entry pops up a dialog if more than one customer matches entered ID. This more closely matches host accounting systems.

Escaped hold tickets are no longer marked as voided.

Ticket entry no longer forces printing of customer copy of the receipt.  Added some setup options so that the condition of the ticket can force printing a single copy.

Account Mate inventory item taxable flag (icitem.ltaxable1) now updates Acme inventory item taxable flag.  First time through requires user to select “Force Update”.

675

Added ability to print Gift Receipts

If Acme is configured for PayLINK then launch of Ticket Entry will initialize the PayLINK dialog.  PayLINK should be configured to auto-submit manual transactions or the clerk will be required to click “process securely” or cancel button.  

672

PayLINK form branded, moved to AcmePOS\PayLINK\css folder. If present, Acme will call its own version instead of PayLINK’s own layout.css. The affects the layout of the PayLINK dialog. If you use custom CSS you should move it here and be prepared to restore it after Acme upgrades.

Changed authorization invoice number sent to processors to 8 digit number. Solved problem with First Data’s inability to handle larger numbers on some platforms.
SSS-LL-XXXXTTTTTT (original ticket number)

LLTTTTTT (authorization invoice number)

664

Added “Ignore CTS” and “Ignore DSR” options to port setting.  For support of Sam4S Pole.

663

Improved Void Ticket Handling in Satellite Stores that do not use Host.

662

Auto Print Pick Ticket

661

Updated Accpac Data Pump via DLL 41. Returns and Received on Account no longer post to default bank account, they now pick up ACME bank account and as a result, the Acme Payment Clearing Account.

660

Improved Customer Facing Display handling of UOM’s, price edits, customer price code changes, stop on price items.

659

Added Customer Facing Display. Display transaction info on customer facing monitor.

Ability to manually change ticket posting status Posted or Open.

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Sage Pro users should check for updated files used for ARIMPORT and or GLREADY. See last page of this document for details.

“Wait for scale with tare” dialog improved for 0 tare items and subsequent items.

651

Added ability to prompt clerk “Proceed with Cash Refund Y/N”, otherwise F12 twice completes cash refund.

Added second row of function keys to Tender Entry

Enhanced payment gateway and electronic payment processing with addition of new gateway.

Added support for credit / debit signature capture

Debit cash back added for select gateways.

EBT Cash Benefit Cash Back

Voice authorization of credit cards added for TGATE gateways.
Clerk calls processor and gets authorization code to process a card that would be refused otherwise. Generally this occurs when customer forgot to activate the card or if fraud warnings are activate for a card. Note, this is not possible with EBT / Debit / Gift. To use this feature you should set up a Tender Type with Payment Type called Voice Authorization.

“Wait for scale with tare” added to inventory Item Control. Use POS scales to sell bulk goods. Enter tare weight into Acme while scaling the item.

Compatible with AccountMate latest version, 8.1

639

Updated Getting Started Guide

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Accpac Data Pump can pump between stores on workstations that do not have Accpac installed, prior to this Stand Alone Data pump was used.

User must select Accpac version in Data Pump setup.

New GLACME for Pro 2010 SQL / Pro 2010 companies with long file names.

638

Updated help files and Data Pump documentation.

635

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Dropped support for Icverify. Acme can no longer process electronic payments via Icverify. Inquire for options.

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Ability to void authorized credit card and gift card tenders during ticket entry. Credit cards are voided, gift and debit are automatically processed (in the background) as returns. Tender cannot be voided after it is saved, a new ticket must be entered. Works with all interfaces.
Assign appropriate privileges to your users / groups.
Void Authorization, void Gift Card Issue

Canceled tickets are now saved with ticket type of “Void Sale”.

Localization added to setup. Language, change rounding, phone number formats, sales tax nomenclature. See F1 help for details.

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Cash Rounding Account added to Data Pump Cash Tray Reconciliation setup screen. You must supply an account number (clearing or suspense account) even if you do not round ticket change. -Ticket change is generally only rounded in countries where they no longer produce small coins.

Contract and Group Pricing capabilities enhanced.

Contract (individual customer) Pricing now imported from Sage Pro.

Data Pump now supports Sage Pro ERP with SQL database.

Pricing hooks added to Ticket Entry. –Allows for customization at a very granular level.

Added support for printing Bin on Dymo labels.

622

Added control to Satellite Store Data Pump to enable/disable on hand import from Central Acme. Use with Stand Alone Acme or any Acme where inventory is not maintained in host.

Added support for Dymo Twin Turbo left/right rolls. Previous versions required two instances of the printer to be installed, this is no longer required.

620

Added logic to compensate for TurningPoint data that came from earlier versions of Red Wing Software, Namely items without 20 records in INPPRICELVL. If pricing is done by location it s.b. 20 records per item per location.
 
Feature requires following in AcmeDataPump.ini file:
[RedWingTurningPoint]

BackFillPriceLvl=Yes
Edit or create the INI file in your Acme Data folder. The process is self defeating, after import is run once the switch will be reset to NO.

613

Customer Number expanded to 15 characters.

New build TPCOM 5.02 incorporated for TurningPoint, compatible with TurningPoint Version 6 and 7

Data Pump setup documents available from >Setup >Setup Hints are now installed with Pump in PDF format.

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New build of ARIMPORT included for all versions of Sage Pro to handle transaction category code remapping via INI file. In Data Pump Click > Acme2Host Bridge tab > Setup Button> Setup Hints for installation information.

608

New Getting Started Guide. Available in Support Center and also from Help menu.

Purchasing module added for users of Stand Alone Acme or people that have host accounting systems but choose to maintain inventory in Acme instead of host. Receiving with portable data collection terminals. This capability is optional please inquire for pricing.

Physical Inventory capability added for users of Stand Alone Acme or people that have host accounting systems but choose to maintain inventory in Acme instead of host. Works with portable data collection terminals. This capability is optional please inquire for pricing.

Re-structured the menus in Acme to make them more intuitive and to accommodate the growing number of reports. All items are now grouped by type on the main menu; Transaction, Inventory, Customers, Purchasing and Maintenance.

Updated the F1 help file. – many new topics added.

Custom invoices are now named AcmeCustomInvoice and AcmeCustomDotMatrix, having separate names makes possible to centrally deploy custom forms of both types in a single installation.

Customer Inquiry performance increased for really big data sets.

590

User with Void Ticket privilege can now void Hold Ticket even after it has been sent to Central Acme

Members of the Manager or Administrator Group can edit ticket detail after authorized tenders have been added to ticket. If ticket was started by user without this capability the Manager or Administrator can log in mid-ticket via manager key to assist.

589

Added “Inferred EAN Lookup Y/N?” control to Acme Setup. Acme can now search for an EAN-13 equivalent of a UPC-A.  

581

EBT defaults to balance due or eligible amount whichever is lower. EBT payments should still always be tendered first since they can cause sales tax recalculations if some items are taxable without EBT and tax exempt with EBT.

564

Additional logic to resolve rare uniqueness of index issue in “Get Update from Central Acme”.

560

Added logic to prevent sale of items for $0.00. If item is priced 0.00 members of CLERKS group can be prompted to enter a price or remove item from the ticket. Manager and Administrator groups can over-ride this. Also over-ridden if item is setup for Giveaway. Global setting in Acme setup. Works with “Block $0 Priced Items”, also configured in Acme setup.

559

Improved Import from TurningPoint of inventory records that have incomplete data.

Increased Post to Host speed in Acme for Accpac ERP.

555

Hold Tickets are no longer re-numbered when they come off hold.

554

Added ability to designate certain characters as illegal (invalid) for entry into Customer Code field. This will be helpful if a host does not allow certain characters and we are pushing customers into host.

New Customer Inquiry with drilldown. Available on the reports menu and during ticket entry. Shows past transactions and allows user to drill down to item detail.

Customers added on the fly in Acme can now be pushed into AccountMate.

Global control allows / disallows combined transactions. Combinations include Sale, Return and Received on Account.

ATM numeric entry of dollar amounts now includes entry of Gift Card amount during sale of a Gift Card.

Check Endorsement capabilities were expanded. Endorsements are now printed from the tendered dialog as opposed to the ticket Entry dialog. Endorsement of more than one check per transaction is allowed.

549

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Added “Get Quantity Factor From” control to Acme Setup. The choices are “UOM Factor” or “PLU Selling Qty”. This setting is important if multiple units of measure are used on a single item. If you have a host accounting system this setting should mirror however your host handles this. See host specific documentation for details. With some hosts the PLU Selling Qty in Acme inventory maintenance will be 1 on all items, because the factor will now be carried by the UOM table. It may be advisable to rename UOM’s to make them descriptive e.g. CASE12 and CASE24 instead of just CASE.

Use “From PLU Selling Quantity” for TurningPoint, Accpac.

Use “Unit of Measure Factor” for Pro Series, VisionPoint, AccountMate.

Either can be used for Stand Alone Acme.

Merge Scan will only merge items if the UOM factors are same.

More intuitive editing of prices during Ticket Entry when multiple UOM’s are used.

Changing clerk is reflected immediately on Ticket Entry dialog.

Ticket entry is locked if an approved authorization is completed.

Sales Tax Maintenance, changing rates now automatically updates all Locales, eliminating need for manual update.

541

Exiting Ticket Entry or escaping a ticket no longer consumes a ticket number, so each Terminal now has sequential ticket numbering with the exception of gaps that will be created when tickets are taken off hold. Hold tickets will be resolved in build 555.

Ticket Number is now displayed on Tendered screen during ticket entry. This is helpful during offline credit card authorizations.

During Post to Host a new ticket number format will be used.

A past ticket can be recalled in its entirety as a Return Ticket. This is done via F11 Misc Function Menu.

Acme can now work with non-standard UPC-B scale bar codes with a 5-digit price.  In this format the price checksum forms the 5th digit of the price. If this format is used all UPC-B scale bar codes within the store must conform to this format.  Any bar code that does not will generate an invalid price in Ticket Entry.

534

Added ability to hook to spreadsheet for Price Code import designation Active / Inactive.

530

Data Pump hooks can now be installed into the Acme Data folder, making deployment easier.

526

Ticket List Report enhanced to include sales tax total and taxed “T” at the detail level. Also allows store selection (if Central Acme). Very granular control added to allow user to report by ticket type and include / exclude void tickets.

Void Ticket enhanced to show ticket type and posting status. Tickets posted to Central acme cannot be Voided.

Hold And Void Tickets now pump from Satellite to Central Acme.

524

New Ticket Entry layout optimized for 1024 x 768 display and long item descriptions. Also wider item find and Super Find dialogs.

519

Added more control during Import From Host allowing user ability to skip import of certain data sets. This can be helpful if data sets are large and only limited types of data require updating.

507

Added field in Ticket Detail to track original ticket number if entered during a return.

504

Item Count now visible on Tendered Screen if using VGA 640 x 480 layouts.

Change Unit of Measure function added to function keys. ^UM. –Allows clerk to choose from a list of appropriate units of measure. Merge Scan is limited to like UOM’s. Acme Setup POS options 3 tab now includes controls to enable / disable this feature and also control display of Factored Quantities and Pricing. This function is also available on F11 menu.

455

Enhanced import routines for all versions of Pro Series. Improved handling of OVERSHIP, added capability to change transaction category codes based on store number. Invoice item descriptions now come from Acme ticket instead of Pro Inventory Maintenance, this was not previously true for all versions.

434

Dedicated gift Card Ranges now recognized with Valutec gift cards. Designate blocks of card numbers for store credit or gift use.

430

Changed Post to TurningPoint so that if tax gets split to more than one tax group and rounding results in a left over penny that penny goes to group with the most tax on the ticket. Old rules sent the penny to the TPt Default Tax Group.

429

Manual credit card authorizations now allow entry of zip code. Check with your processor to see if this can qualify you a better rate. Ask us about getting the best rates and free Gift Card Processing using Mercury Payment systems.

Ticket Entry. Currently log on clerk is assigned to ticket when saved.

Cash back on returns can exceed maximum change setting.

Customer (Pole) Display output shows enhanced information.

Hooks added to Data Pump SDK. Import hooks for store specific pricing. New List Price field for each location. New hook documentation added to SDK.

Global Quantity Alarm added to Acme Setup Information. Prompts clerk if item qty exceeds your threshold.

Ticket Entry Pick Up and Delivery handling greatly enhanced.

New setting in POS Terminal Setup for:
Ticket Entry F1 Help On/Off, Ticket Entry Alert Sounds, Screen background color. The color setting is used throughout Acme, not just in Ticket Entry.

Ticket Entry >F11 > Change Price Code button allows user to change customer Price Code for the duration of the ticket.

Enhance ticket reprint during ticket entry allows for choice of Customer or Store copy. (signature line)

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Added “Data Collection Terminal” setup tab in POS Terminal Maintenance. This is for hand held data collection devices. Settings here enable Acme to exchange data with devices and also upload applications to devices.

“Lane Buster” logic added to Ticket Entry. Send inventory list to Portable Data Collection Terminals; build transactions on the device, by scanning items and entering quantities. New Ticket Entry function gets transactions from portable device.

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Added field for customer e-mail address in Customer Maintenance, later we will add it to Ticket Entry Add New Customer and also import from host accounting where applicable.

Void Tickets handling enhanced, users can now Void and Reset (un-void) tickets that have not been pumped into host accounting. Both processes update on hand numbers and customer balances.

In Data Pump Import Setup, enhanced the “Force Update” control. It now offers Yes, No, and Remember Last Setting. It works in concert with the force update check box on the import dialog.  Yes or no determines what the default is when the import dialog is opened; remember last setting remembers how it was used last.

Enhanced maintenance dialogs to show more data, for example Customer Maintenance now shows Description of Tax Location Code and Pricing codes as well as the Code(s) themselves. Also expanded search capabilities on these fields.

361

Improved handling of FTP timeouts and reconnection.

Lowercase “UPC” codes in TurningPoint handled properly. Also improved Data Pump handling of Portable Acme terminals.

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Ability to choose Sales Tax Location Code and Price Code while setting up customers and / or delivery addresses “on the fly” in Ticket Entry.

Reset Batch is now performed in Data Pump Application and uses an easy drop down list tool.

Drop down lists have been improved in Customer Maintenance and some other dialogs. The lists now show the Codes and Descriptions as opposed to just one or the other. They also use “type ahead” technology and can be invoked via the question mark.

Added zip code storage and maintenance. Users can associate zip codes with Price codes and Sales Tax Locations. These associations will be used to supply defaults during entry of new customer addresses.

Zip Code List Report added.

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Enhanced TurningPoint import process to handle on hands at “All’ location in spite of other (receiving only) locations existing when TPt IC is not configured for multiple locations.

350

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All host functions (import/post etc.) and utilities moved into new application called Acme Data Pump. This will require issuance of a new Activation Code. Do not upgrade to build 350 until you possess your new code.

 
If you have a host accounting system some setup information needs to be re-entered into the Acme Data Pump. Launch Acme and make a note of all setup information found in:
>Transactions >Post to…
and

>Transactions >Import from …

New help files for Acme and Data Pump

New “Installation & User Guide”.

Improved add / edit capability for item location tab.

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Compatible with Red Wing TurningPoint version 6.0

Enhanced post to TurningPoint so that it now handles Account Categories assigned to Item at Location records in TP.

311

Enhanced Label Printing. Users can now store label preferences with each item, including three different label formats (1 machine/user specific and 2 global) and printer selection. Consider buying a LabelWriter for each label size since printer selection can be stored on a per item /per label basis. Intelligent defaults are also used extensively. Also made Price Code and alternate UOM fields available to print on labels.

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Credit cards can no longer be authorized for more than the amount of purchase (or return); this is per card processor requirements.

Debit Cards and EBT Cash cannot be authorized for more than the amount of the transaction plus the amount setup in Maximum Change for the respective tender.

Maximum Change for the “Change” Tender Type dictates amount of Cash that can be disbursed during a Return. This value only comes into play if no other tenders are used on a ticket. Tender is not entered on a cash refund.

304

Added timer to “Test Cash Drawer” dialog in POS Terminal setup. Also added logic to Ticket Entry to charge serial cash drawers that do not have their own power supply.  

303

Expanded length of Gift Card account numbers to handle up to 25 digit numbers. Also improved GC handling if customer is changed after card is loaded or reloaded.

300

Further enhancements to Ticket Entry speed display of Ticket Summary, especially on taxed machines / network.

Enhanced handling of NSF Gift Card Transactions for Valutec.

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Enhanced Ticket Entry to speed display of Ticket Summary.

295

Added control to Import From Host dialog that allows user to determine whether or not Item Ticket Descriptions are overwritten during import from host accounting system.

290

Changed Acme environment to always call report listeners from local AcmePOS folder. This avoids conflicts with Sage Pro and others that may install DLL’s (that call the listeners) in the wrong place, like SYSYTEM32.

286

Dropped Install Shield in favor of INNO Setup. This simplifies installations and upgrades. Incremented Version number to 3.0

Added two new start-up options, DBPATH and the POSTERMCODE. These will allow the shortcut to pass the terminal code and or path to the shared data. For use in environments with multiple Acme installations and on terminal servers. Command Line Switches and INI Files

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Enhanced Central Acme use of Sales Report and Gross Profit Report. Now user can run for one store or all stores.

Enhanced Reconciliation Report. Added EBT, Gift, Voids, Manufacturer Coupons. User must do some one times setup of additional GL Accounts on >Transactions >Post to...> Accounts Tab.

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Gift Card Processing. If you use a host accounting system you must enter two new GL account codes (one for Gift and one for Store Credit Gift cards) on Post to host Accounts tab, regardless of whether or not you will use the cards.

Updated Sale Report

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Unit of Measures enhanced in Import From TurningPoint

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New “Customer Item Report” analyzes past customer purchases.

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Maximum Change allowed is now enforced on members of the Clerks Group. Members of Administrators and Managers are exempt.

Integrated with TurningPoint 5.0

Clerk can no longer enter negative quantities while using Set Qty function.
Return of Item should be done instead.

Plus One and Minus One function keys will not pass through Qty = zero.

Received on account and a house charge tender cannot be combined on the same ticket. Likewise, if the ticket balance is negative (return ticket), then the ticket cannot be tendered as a house charge.

Note 1: a positive balance ticket can be tendered as house charge even if it does contain returns.

Note 2: if the ticket's balance is negative and received on account is added to the ticket, Acme will automatically default the received on account amount to the ticket balance.

Note 3: a house charge tender does not allow change, unless there is an additional tender that allows some change.

A sale tendered entirely by Manufacturer Coupons will now print receipts.

272

LUA issue on Windows XP terminals with COM ports in use resolved.

Updated Pro 6.0 bridge files

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Updated Pro 7.3 bridge files

Now deploying TPCOM 4.01.004

Updated Sample Data set and added “Notes About Sample Data.doc” to AcmePOS folder. The document explains how to use sample data to demo different features. Note in build 350 this doc was removed an put into F1 help file.

Resolved report issues with margins on certain invoice and report printers.

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Tender Type of “Change” now exposed. This allows control of drawer, number and types of receipts to print when no tender is used, like during a cash refund.

When pricing is bridged from Pro, discounts (PMETH = 'D') are calculated to four decimals. viz. $0.99 discounted by 60% is $0.396. The bridge will now respect Acme's "Pricing Decimal Places" setting. Note 1: pricing in Acme is always fixed no matter what the pricing method in the host. Note 2: Acme only recognizes Pro's PMETHs of 'F', 'P', and 'D.' Fixed Price, Price Discount, or Discount Percent .

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Imports Pro Series “Ship to Addresses” to Acme “Alternate Addresses. -including sales tax logic.

Imports Pro Multi-Rate VAT.  -This rounds out support for Pro tax methods, We now handle Tax Tables, VAT and Multi-VAT. We do not handle Calculated because it requires that a percentage be maintained on every customer record. –VAT is variable rate per item, Multi-VAT is variable rate per item based on customer location.

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Support for IBM SurePOS MSR error codes

259

Ability to print logo on receipts via select printers.

Print Total Saved, Total Manufacturer Coupons and Total Item Count on select receipts.

Added new styles to receipt library

Inventory Sales Journal can now be printed for all or range of item codes.

Added ability to shut off consolidated posting of Default

Customer (walk- in) transactions to host accounting system.

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Printer Wake Up Code controls added to POS Terminal Setup for use with battery powered portable printers.

Pay Out function added to Ticket Entry. Up to five non-stock inventory records may be setup as pay out items.

Pay (paid) Out report added to List Reports

Credit Card and House Charge now default to the amount of the transaction for sales and returns.

Added Two sort options to all seven Ticket List Reports. -Customer Number and Customer Name

Option in POS Terminal Setup to disable system menu during Ticket Entry. Windows functions like “alt-tab” and “ctrl-alt-del” are not affected.

Customers added on the fly are now included in Super Find Lookups

Added serialized flag in inventory control.

Ticket Entry will prompt clerk to scan or enter serial numbers.

Added option to print detail on Customer Sales Journal

Added option to print detail on all seven List reports. Includes line item detail and tender detail.

Added a “Returns” List report.

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If you are upgrading an existing Acme some items may require user action. Please read the 251 changes carefully prior to upgrading to 251 or higher.
Consult technical support if you have questions.

New user privileges have been introduced for Void Ticket and Manual Pricing. These must be assigned to existing users and or user groups so the related tasks can be performed.

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Added a Walk-in Tax Location setup to POS Terminal Setup. The ticket sales tax is calculated with this locality regardless of which customer is selected.  The customer’s tax location is used if the ticket is flagged for delivery. This logic extends to Alternate (delivery) addresses. If you are upgrading to build 251 or higher build number you must enter a “Walk In Tax Location Code” in POS Terminal Setup for each terminal.

Added a left margin to the “slip” on the slip tab on the receipt printer tab on POS Terminal Setup:

Acme now compensates for processors that send an authorization code but no approval code on returns. Also adjusted expiration date for DataCap Payment Server. This only affected NETePay users, not Icverify users.

Corrected the problem when an inventory item had activity that resulted in a net change of zero. This would generate a currency out of range error.

Added a force line-break feature to the touch screen button caption.  Wherever an underscore character “_” is entered in a caption, a line break is forced.  

Speed keys can now be used for returns.

Touch screen. After a transaction is completed the touch screen reverts to the main overlay.

Changed touch screens so that if POS is waiting for a quantity or price, speed keys are ignored.  

Added a “hide mouse pointer” option to POS Terminal Setup:

If hide mouse pointer is set to yes, the mouse pointer is moved to the upper right corner of the display.  If multiple displays are connected, it is moved to the upper right corner of the main display.  This occurs at the beginning of each ticket.

Sales Tax Setup now accepts a zero tax rate.

Change the “Plus 1” and “Minus 1” macro keys to work better with returns.  If the detail line in ticket entry is for a return item (the quantity is negative), the “Plus 1” will increase the number of items being returned, the “Minus 1” will decrease the number of items being returned.

Added a “Wait For Scale” choice to “Item Control” under inventory maintenance.  An item set to  “Wait For Scale” triggers a “Place The Item On The Scale” dialog during ticket entry.  When the scale has settled, the weight is read and the item is added to the ticket entry dialog.  Note: the scale is no longer active if Acme is prompt for a quantity.

Added two options to the scale tab under POS Terminal Setup:

When Active For "Wait For Scale" Items Only is set to Yes, the scale is only active for items set to  “Wait For Scale”.  Otherwise, the scale if present will be active whenever Acme is looking for a quantity.  Scale Read Delay adds a small delay, up to 1 second, before the final weight is read from the scale.  Sometimes, a scale will report that it is settled to the serial interface, but may in fact need a little additional time to get it right.

Pick Tickets. -New Tender entry function key works with terminals set to “invoice printer”. Press function key after completion of a sale that requires a Pick Ticket.

Reprint tickets. Document type can be Ticket / Invoice, Slip, or Pick

Ticket.  Copy name can be Reprinted, Customer, or Store.  New select ticket button allows the user to type in another ticket number.

TurningPoint Users. -Updated to TPCOM 4.0.15.Solves issue with returns and having to apply negative “deposit”. Transaction detail should now be sent to TP in original line number sequence. Added support for new TPCOM credit memo capability. Now returns in Acme that result in a “negative invoice” will be handled as a credit memo, eliminating some manual processes in TP.

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New “Store Type” logic. Master Acme is now referred to as Central Acme. On the >Acme Setup Information >Store Info Tab Select a Store Type. Choose from Single Store Acme, Central Store Acme, Satellite Acme, or Portable Acme.  Your choice dictates what will appear on the Import / Export menu. See F1 help for additional information.

Portable Acme. -Logic used to take a Terminal on the road. Used for selling from trucks, salespeople with laptops, sidewalk sales, trade shows, etc. Portable Terminals can be part of a Single Store, or a Satellite Acme. A Portable Acme gets its customer and inventory data from a Single or Satellite Acme.

Item on Hold flag does not get pushed from Central to Satellite Acme so individual stores can control items on hold.

247

Moved to FoxPro 9.0

232

Added slip printing and check endorsement via Epson TM H6000ii and compatible printers.

Added Send Printer Commands to POS Terminal Set Up. Very useful for testing individual commands during set up.

Satellite Customers added “on the fly” during Ticket Entry are now added into Master Acme during synch.

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Master Satellite Acme -support for multiple stores.

New multi location sample data available for Acme, and for TurningPoint in our download area.

Notes can be added in during customer maintenance. Global setting dictates if notes pop up during Ticket Entry.

Added Item on Hold Y/N, Food Stamp Item Y/N and Item Control to Inventory Maintenance. “Item Control” determines how an item is handled during ticket entry.  Choices are:

Default – current behavior retained

Stop On Price – prompt for price after item scan

Stop On Qty – prompt for quantity after item scan

Giveaway – the item does not require a price.

Note: giveaway items can have a list price, but the line extension will be zero.

Made display of UOM column optional on Ticket Entry Screen. Removing it makes other columns wider.

Added coupon bar code scanning to the Ticket Tender dialog.  To scan coupons, a tender type must be selected in Acme Setup Information->POS Options. Added maintenance and list dialogs for UPC Coupon Value Codes. The codes can also be used for in store coupons and promotions like BOGO, Buy any three (in product family) and get one free, etc.

Added option for ATM style currency and quantity entry during Ticket Entry. The user does not need to enter decimal places.

F5 Quantity Function key now works as @ key too.

Users can enter 6 F5 item code   or   F5   6  item code. (F5 is Qty Key).

229

Age Restrictions added to clerks and or customers.
Restrictions are assigned to the departments that items belong to. Use to prevent sales of restricted item by under age clerks or to under age consumers.

Sale Date & Time Restrictions (blue law support). Restrict sale of items from specified departments to certain days and times.

Date of Birth field added to User setup to facilitate clerk age restrictions.

228

Allow user to specify an inventory location for TurningPoint bridge. Prior versions required that TP only have one inventory location.

Alternate Address (delivery) can now be added on the fly for Walk In customers.

Image (picture) support in Inventory Maintenance. Add up to 1 images per item.

227

Option to import Turning Point tax tables.
Useful when multiple tax rates are used in TP.

226

Plus One and Minus One function keys added to Ticket Entry

225

Now using Windows Installer.

>Help >About dialog now displays path to temporary files.

This should always be to local hard drive.

224

Replace F11 Miscellaneous Functions Menu with an easy to navigate pop up dialog. -The new dialog is context sensitive and easily navigated without a mouse. Also handles display and clerk selection of the growing number of functions better.

222

Modified Ticket Entry so that the Set Quantity and Change Quantity functions now work like @ keys. -the qty can be keyed in before the function key is pressed.

House Accounts control added to the Import Gas Pump Tickets dialog. Accounts added to this list are ignored during import under the logic that the transaction was already paid in cash.

221

Logic for importing and creating invoices for gas pump in house charge transactions. This is after the fact importing we do not control the pumps.

218

Tax Exempt Class Codes added. Assign to customers for enhanced reporting.

217

Ticket List report can list Charge, Hold, Imported Gas Pump, Void, or Z-out (all) transactions.

216

Added choice to VisionPoint bridge to Not Post to GL.

213

Support for Dot Matrix invoices. Custom layouts available for nominal fee.

211

Support for scale (price embedded) bar code reading.

EAN-8 Scale (without price) bar code reading.

210

Second row of function keys. Now we have F1 to F12 and

<shift> F1 to <shift> F12.

Alternate (ship to) Addresses  can now be added in Customer Maintenance.
They are also imported from most hosts.

Alternate Addresses can be added during Ticket Entry. These are stored with the transaction, not with the customer. If you want to add an address for future use do it in Customer Maintenance.

208

Modified headings in Code Book report

New Price Book report

207

Global support for price and quantity decimals out to 4 places.

Collect on Delivery flag added to Tender Type maintenance.

Use to indicate that the “Charge” must be collected on delivery.

206

Added user definable house charge and credit card messages to printed receipts.

Serial number capture added to Ticket Entry

Add ticket memo during ticket entry

Add ticket line item memo during ticket entry.

202

Support for Turning Point foreign addresses

200

VAT (value added tax) support for systems bridged to VisionPoint

198

Moved to VFP 8.0

197

Logged on User list added to >File menu.

More options for running Sales Report

Made additional fields available during label printing

Support for using shared (networked) Dymo LabelWriter printer.  

Added ability to print more bar code formats:

Code 128 Auto, Code 2 of 5, and EAN 128

194

Added customer pricing tab in Customer Maintenance. Edit and display Customer Price code and Trade Discount Percentage.

Added Price Code field in customer maintenance to facilitate customer specific pricing.

191

Enhanced the Gross Profit Report. Now sums by day of week

190

Added Gross Profit Report. Can be summed by day, department, or inventory item.

189

Sales report enhanced to allow running for just one technician or sales clerks name.  A portion of a name may also be used.

187

Remove Old Records feature added.

186

VisionPoint 10 bridge released.

Enhanced Pro bridge to handle price groups and group pricing. We do not import markups, only fixed pricing and discounting.

185

Enhanced the Empty Databases routine to make it easier to empty test transactions and sample data prior to going live.

184

Added five miscellaneous codes to inventory items and also five for customers.

183

Touch screen overlays added. Providing room for 220 programmable keys.

181

Added Ticket Summary Display and timer to show previous ticket on screen for clerk review.

Ticket Summary Display can also be activated from the F11 Menu.

180

Sell at List Only flag added into Item Maintenance

Ability to print bar coded ticket number on 8.5 x 11 laser and ink jet invoices

179

New Pro Series Bridge setup document.

Pro Series Bridge enhanced.

178

Extended version of customer sales journal.

176

Inventory Maintenance now supports item lookup through Serial bar code scanner.

Merge Scan Y/N? option added to item maintenance. Allows control of this feature on individual items.

175

Touch screen support for toggle type buttons like Tax Exempt.

172

Posted Batch List now includes entry type. GL or AR.

Option for left hand margin added to Control Book. Makes it easy to get it into three ring binder.

171

Weigh Scale support added. Scale attached to computer Acme runs on can feed Acme the weight.

169

Trade Discount support added to Customer Maintenance. This discount only comes off list and quantity break pricing. There is also a global option to allow Trade discounts on All Prices or just List Prices.

164

Additional touch screen layout with numeric keys moved from top to bottom.

163

New List Reports added for Posting Batch Numbers, Departments, and Units of Measure.

159

Pro Series bridge released.

158

Support for Flic scanners in tethered and un-tethered batch mode. Take scanner anywhere and bring it back to Acme to dump item codes into Ticket Entry.

153

Ability to force clerk to log on between every ticket.

Split out each tender type on the Sales Report.

“Today” and “Yesterday” buttons added for setting start and end dates on Sales Report

152

Hold Ticket watermark added to 8.5 x11 invoice form.

F11 Miscellaneous function menu made context sensitive. Inappropriate functions will not be available for clerk to choose from.

151

Logic for Default Items and Default Customer added to bridged systems.

149

Ability to enter “External Reference Number” to Ticket.

Ability to add “Technicians Name”  to Ticket

147

Reports and invoices can now print page N of NN

Price Book report added.

145

Clerk can capture check number during Tender Entry.

Report preview, zoom, page up and page down support.

Report pick forms now remember last printer used.

144

Lookup customer during Ticket Entry via phone or customer number. Display customer address at bottom of pick list help discern differences.

Privileges added to restrict Add New Customer, Add New Inventory, Edit Customer, Edit Inventory, Delete Customer, Delete Inventory.

143

Global setup options for handling the way discounts are rounded.

Enhanced bar code label printing. Ability to print labels for multiple products at one time.

Support for preferred PLU during label printing.

142

Super Find logic for customers and items. Google like search on one or more word.

Add customers on the fly during Ticket Entry.

PLU lookup added to inventory maintenance and label printing.

137

User definable captions for the miscellaneous codes

Support to print misc. codes onto Invoices.

Turning Point user defined fields now import into Acme customer and item miscellaneous code fields.

Amount Saved receipts added to library. Include user defined threshold for minimum savings amount.

First on screen function key map released.

Another layout for Ticket Entry Screen added (640x480).

More invoice styles added to library.

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Product and shelf label printing on Dymo LabelWriters

Pricing by customer level (code)

Custom Invoice and receipt support