Checkout v4.0 Fixes and Features
Important Information for Upgraders
Checkout v4.0.7 Release Notes
Checkout v4.0.6 Release Notes
Checkout v4.0.5 Release Notes
Checkout v4.0.4 Release Notes
Checkout v4.0.3 Release Notes
Checkout v4.0.2 Release Notes
Checkout v4.0.1 Release Notes
Checkout v4.0 Release Notes
Checkout v3 Users Remarks:
- Support for Epson receipt printers has been added. As a result
of this change, it is now necessary to select the correct paper
size for your receipt printer. This can be done by going to
Manager->Templates->Advanced Options and selecting the
correct paper size.
- Automatic Printer settings have been added to the Advanced
Template options window.
- Report Templates have changed and your custom reports will
require an update to be compatible with Checkout 4.0. Please check
our online support documentation for more information on these
steps.
- Printing Templates have also changed and your custom templates
will require an update to be compatible with Checkout 4.0. Please
check our online support documentation for more information on
these steps.
- Web Store is located in the Manager and only available on the
computer that is running the Checkout Store locally.
Checkout v4.0.7 Release Notes
Checkout 4.0.7 addresses issues regarding margin and cost
calculations. This store will go through a database upgrade
process, so please plan a head.
Editing Order/Sale:
| Fixed: |
Cost calculations are stored to update without errors. |
| Fixed: |
Improved performance for stores with many tax regions. |
Networking:
| Fixed: |
Improved reconnect process after remote main store has been
idle. |
Printing Templates:
| Fixed: |
Total Discount now displays tax inclusive for VAT stores. |
Shopify Syncing:
| Fixed: |
Memory issue no longer exists when when performing initial
import from a large Shopify store. |
| Fixed: |
When importing Shopify orders and there are multiple customers
with the same email address, Checkout will assign the order to the
first customer with the matching email. |
Checkout v4.0.6 Release Notes
Checkout 4.0.6 addresses recently discovered issues in 4.0.
Editing Order/Sale:
| Fixed: |
Improved performance for stores with a lot of web store orders.
Bug was introduced in 4.0.4. |
Shipping Manager:
| Fixed: |
Shipping shows only shipping methods created by the user. Bug
was introduced in 4.0.4. |
| Fixed: |
Shipping list is now sorted by Enabled and Service name. |
Product/Client Search:
| Fixed: |
Popup Menu for search option is now sorted alphabetical and
"Search..." has been placed at the top and is the default
option. |
Web Store Syncing:
| Fixed: |
When the property of a product has an empty name, a Web Store
Sync Conflict is displayed. |
| Fixed: |
When duplicate product codes appear in a product with
variations, a Web Store Sync Conflict is displayed. |
| Fixed: |
Shipping methods coming from a web store are now reused when
already added. |
| Fixed: |
Improved performance for stores with a lot of web store
orders. |
| Fixed: |
When the product title has foreign characters, the Web Store
Syncing conflict window will open. |
Checkout v4.0.5 Release Notes
Checkout 4.0.5 addresses recently discovered issues in 4.0.
Stock Room:
| Fixed: |
Ability to delete a product on a purchase order. |
Product Manager:
| Fixed: |
Ability to search for a product under all conditions. |
Web Store Shopify:
| Fixed: |
Shopify made changes for the new login minimum browser
requirements. |
Checkout v4.0.4 Release Notes
Checkout 4.0.4 addresses recently discovered issues in 4.0 and
adds a few enhancements for dealing with syncing issues with
Shopify.
Help:
| Feature: |
Added an option to open the Checkout log from the Help
menu. |
Updating:
| Fixed: |
Removed a 'NoneType' attribute warning in the Console during
upgrading of the application. |
Notes:
| Fixed: |
The Last Note field is now displayed in the Order/Invoice list
view. |
Label Printing:
| Fixed: |
Dymo label presets from the US now show the correct page
information, fix for bug introduced in build 4.0.3. |
Product Manager:
| Feature: |
Added a filter popup because the following filter options were
added: All Products, Enabled Products, Disabled products, Web Store
Product, Not in Web Store Products. |
| Feature: |
Display the variant information when a variant product is
selected. |
| Fixed: |
Product codes can no longer have trailing spaces, tabs or
returns. |
Web Store Shopify:
| Feature: |
Added a Web Store syncing conflict when a product has a syncing
issue. This will make it easier to locate the product. |
| Fixed: |
Removed the Network Error displayed when the product code has a
trailing space. Also display a web store syncing conflict for the
product. |
| Fixed: |
Removed the Network Error displayed when the product variation
has duplicate variations. Also display a web store syncing conflict
and turn off the Upload to Web Store option. |
| Fixed: |
Removed the Network Error displayed when the product variation
property code is empty. Also display a web store syncing conflict
and turn off the upload to web store option. |
Checkout v4.0.3 Release Notes
Checkout 4.0.3 addresses issues in Printing and Time Zone.
Printing Labels:
| Feature: |
Added label sizes (width x height) to all label presets. |
| Fixed: |
Paper size when duplicating a label is now retained. |
| Fixed: |
When duplicating labels, large margins no longer cause the
application to spin. |
| Fixed: |
Limits the the amount of labels to be printed for a product to
be no higher than 9,999. |
| Fixed: |
Label Manager is now 10x faster when there are large amount of
products. Additionally, it uses a lot less memory. |
Scheduled Backup:
| Fixed: |
Crash no longer occurs when starting Checkout.app in certain
Timezones. (For example Argentina/Buenos Aires) |
Printing Templates:
| Fixed: |
Ability to print Credit Card authorization codes smaller on
receipts. |
Checkout v4.0.2 Release Notes
Checkout 4.0.2 addresses issues and adds several new features
within Search and Export.
Trial Version:
| Fixed: |
Upgrading a store from Checkout 3.6 to Checkout 4.0 does not
give an expired Trial Version warning when trying to use that store
in 4.0. |
Supplier Export:
| Feature: |
Added support to export your suppliers. |
Product Export:
| Feature: |
Products exported are sorted by product name. |
| Feature: |
Ability to export product images. |
| Feature: |
Product variations information, like the parent product code
and variation/features, are now exported. |
| Feature: |
All product suppliers are now exported, separated by
commas. |
| Feature: |
The following product attributes are now exported: Type, Web
Store Minimum, Web Store Maximum, Upload To Web Store, Is
Shippable, Weight, Tags. |
Order Window:
| Fixed: |
Fixed the search of variations. Searching for a variant will
list the Parent Product in the search list. |
Stock Room:
| Feature: |
Added a new stock count filter *Minimum and Lower". This will
show Products whose stocks have reached the Minimum level or
lower. |
| Fixed: |
Filter by Suppler and Need Only are working on the full product
list (Checkout 4.0 issue). |
| Fixed: |
Fixed the search of variations. Searching for a variant will
list the Parent Product in the search list. |
| Fixed: |
Filters Supplier and Needed Only are working for
variations. |
| Fixed: |
Filters Supplier works now also on then 2nd and beyond Supplier
attached to a Product. |
| Fixed: |
Load More button appears now under all conditions, in case you
have more Purchase orders in your Store. |
Product Manager:
| Fixed: |
Fixed the search of variations. Searching for a variant will
list the Parent Product in the search list. |
Employee Manager:
| Fixed: |
Employee list is sorted alphabetically by name. |
| Fixed: |
Changes to the employee name are immediately reflected in the
list. |
Login Window:
| Fixed: |
Users login names are sorted alphabetically. |
Checkout v4.0.1 Release Notes
Checkout v4.0.1 addresses urgent issues with the Checkout v4.0
build.
Performance:
| Feature: |
Startup of the application has been further optimized. |
Migration & Backup:
| Fixed: |
Stores with a store name that has foreign characters were not
able to migrate or make backups. |
Sales Editor:
| Feature: |
Percentage Discount has been added to the Sales Editor. |
Printing Templates:
| Feature: |
Danish language support has been added for printing of Quotes,
Orders, Invoices, Purchase Order and Receipts. |
| Fixed: |
Receipt template font is smaller to provide the same look as
Checkout 3.6 receipts. |
Registration:
| Fixed: |
Display a clearer error message when registering with a short
phone number. |
| Fixed: |
State field is no longer required when registering with an
address that is autofilled from the Contacts.app. |
Checkout v4.0 Release Notes
Application Components:
Checkout software components were updated to giving a much more
reliable product:
| Feature: |
Upgraded the PostgreSQL database server to 9.3.3, which gives
faster performance and more robust data protection. |
| Feature: |
Database Software Layer, SQLAlchemy, has been upgraded to
version 0.9. This provides faster Checkout.app performance and more
stability. |
| Feature: |
Python2, now running the latest 2.7.6 build |
| Feature: |
Start up of the Checkout.app is now faster. |
Backup:
| Feature: |
Schedule up to 6 automatic backups per day with Checkout's new
scheduled backup feature. Backups are made on the host computer and
are automatically compressed and organized with a logical file
name. This feature requires a manager login and the computer needs
to be awake with the user logged in to complete the backup. |
Database:
| Feature: |
Upgraded some of the lower level working of the database, which
will give faster performance. |
| Feature: |
Assigned a new network port (5506) for hosting the Checkout
database server, so it won't interfere with Checkout 3.0
users. |
| Feature: |
Image thumbnails are generated using a better algorithm, which
provides better performance and smaller database sizes. |
Cash Drawer
| Feature: |
Added a shortcut in the Action menu to open the cash
drawer. |
| Feature: |
Ability to set the default cash drawer to open (or not) during
printing, as well as set automatic printing. |
Client Export
| Fixed: |
Support for vCard export has been re-added. |
Client Import
| Feature: |
Checkout will now auto-select the header columns.
|
| Feature: |
Added support for automatically matching fields from
iContact. |
| Fixed: |
Support for vCard import has been re-added. |
| Fixed: |
Added better support for dealing with CSV files that have
quotes within them. |
Barcode scanner
| Fixed: |
Fixed several issues with barcode scanning. |
Employee Manager
| Feature: |
Create an employee with the name admin. |
Importing:
| Feature: |
Client and product imports will now attempt to automatically
match the import fields based on the file's header
information. |
| Feature: |
Products can now be optionally imported using their prices with
tax included. |
| Fixed: |
Products can now be optionally imported without applying the
default taxes. |
| Fixed: |
Checkout now automatically determines the character encoding of
imported products and clients. This allows better support for
foreign characters.
|
Internationalization Support:
A full audit of Checkout Internationalization Support was
performed and many bugs regarding how numbers are displayed and
inputted were fixed.
| Fixed: |
Better support for input and display of decimal numbers, like
quantity and currency. |
| Fixed: |
Dates are now displayed depending on the local settings. |
| Fixed: |
Receipts and invoices have better support for displaying
currency and dates. |
| Fixed: |
Reports have better support for displaying currency and
dates. |
Label Printing
| Feature: |
Manually adjust label printing insets. |
| Feature: |
The print dialog will now show a red error border the printing
area is too small to print a valid barcode. |
| Feature: |
Adding a product with variations will now add its variations to
the printed form. |
| Fixed: |
Print on smaller-sized labels, for example Avery forms ending
with 7. |
| Fixed: |
Fixed minor issues in several of our supported labels. |
Ledger
| Fixed: |
Fixed problem with duplication of payments when using Since
Last Export. |
Order Edit
| Fixed: |
Fixed many crashes regarding the accidental entering of wrong
decimal numbers.
|
| Fixed: |
When returning an invoice, the shipping cost will now appear as
a negative value.
|
| Fixed: |
Shipping Information is displayed better when the order is
coming from a web store. |
Product Export:
| Fixed: |
Better support for exporting text with quotes. |
| Fixed: |
Additional fields were added when exporting products. |
Product List
| Fixed: |
Searching for products with quotes (") in the string, now
matches the correct products. |
Product Manager
| Feature: |
Added support for more image formats: PDF, EPS, JPEG 2000, gif,
animated gifs can all now be attached to a product.
|
| Feature: |
Web store tab has been updated to display why a product will
not be synced with a web store. (Sell stop is on, or parent product
has syncing turned off)
|
| Feature: |
Added a product Type, which can be used to Sync with a Shopify
Store’s Product Type.
|
| Feature: |
Web Store Stock control fields have been added to allow you to
control how much stock will be available to the Web Store. |
| Feature: |
Added a new field, Shippable, under the Web Store tab, to allow
you to control if an item is shippable. This is usable with the
Shopify Web Store. |
| Fixed: |
Fixed many crashes regarding the accidental entering of wrong
decimal numbers. |
| Fixed: |
Fixed several issues when displaying taxes according to region
local settings.
|
| Fixed: |
More attributes, such as Stock Minimum, Stop Sell, Has Serial,
are now copied down to the product variations when
created.
|
Registration
| Feature: |
Added the product serial number to the Registration window for
easier access. |
| Fixed: |
Ampersand (&) is now accepted in the registration
name. |
Shipping Manager
| Fixed: |
Fixed several issues when displaying taxes according to region
local settings. |
Store Management
| Feature: |
All backups are now gzipped to save space and reduce backup
time. |
Stock Room
| Feature: |
Receive All button has been added. This will fill in the
Receive column for all lines of the purchase order with its
respective quantity. |
| Fixed: |
Fixed many crashes regarding the accidental entering of wrong
decimal numbers. |
| Fixed: |
Added a first round of performance enhancements when loading
the stock room. The Product list is now limited in the amount of
products it displays at once. |
Printing of orders, sales, invoices, purchase orders have been
updated
Printing of orders, sales, invoices, purchase orders have been
completely modernized.
| Feature: |
Combined all the features of all the receipts/invoice in each
template. Each of the built in templates can now be used to show
Notes, Packaging Slip, Tip, Discounts, Product Descriptions,
Shipping, and Signature.
Now the only difference between the
different shipping templates is the look and the language. |
| Feature: |
Added the ability to print Gift Receipts and Packaging
Slips. |
| Feature: |
Added support for Epson receipt printers.
|
| Feature: |
Automatic Printing allows you to control if a Gift Receipt or
Packing slip should be printed during creation of the
order.
|
| Feature: |
Advanced Template settings have been expanded with extra
control options. For example, the ability to Show Notes. |
| Feature: |
All print dialogs allow full control of the look and feel of
the current Order/Sale/Invoice/Purchase order you are to trying to
print. |
| Feature: |
Added the ability to switch Templates in the Print
dialog.
|
| Feature: |
Added the ability to toggle on/off tips area for Receipts and
Invoices. |
| Feature: |
Shipping information, as well as other fields such as Notes,
etc.
can now also be printed on the thermal receipt. |
| Feature: |
Discounts can now be optionally printed on Invoices and
Receipts. |
| Feature: |
Updated the template formats. |
| Feature: |
All templates now go to an Internationalization translator and
can be printed in the following languages: English, French,
Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish.
Also
added the ability to add your own local language.
|
| Feature: |
Added the ability to turn off automatic print for the current
invoice after payment.
|
| Feature: |
Added the ability to select which cash drawer to open, or none
if you prefer. |
| Fixed: |
All numbers are now displayed in their localized format. |
Till Count:
| Feature: |
Adjusted the user interface to display larger
numbers.
|
| Feature: |
Enhanced the input of numbers and the displaying of values
according to the Local Region settings. |
Reports
| Feature: |
Updated report templates, existing custom reports require a
minor update to be supported in Checkout 4.0
. |
| Fixed: |
Performance by Tag Report now supports foreign characters. |
| Fixed: |
All numbers are now displayed in their localized format. |
Web Store Syncing
| Feature: |
We added Auto Sync to the settings, you can now let Checkout
sync automatically with the web store, options are: every 15
minutes, every 30 minutes, every hour, and Manual |
| Feature: |
Changed the image processing engine that is used by Enstore and
Shopify web stores. |
| Feature: |
Added support for PDF, EPS, JPEG 2000, gif, and animated gifs.
These formats can now be attached to products.
|
| Feature: |
Utilizing a higher quality scaling method, giving better
results when scaling from larger images to smaller
images.
|
| Feature: |
Replaced the existing image engine with the native Mac OSX
image engine allowing for 21x faster image processing
speed.
|
| Feature: |
Added the ability to upload file formats that will in turn be
converted to PNG for better display. The following file formats are
now accepted: PSD, TIFF, TGA, BMP, PDF, and EPS. |
| Feature: |
Web Store syncing engine has been rewritten. |
| Feature: |
Faster syncing has been implemented. |
| Feature: |
The new engine is now extendable for other e-commerce
platforms, Shopify is the first new web store.
|
| Feature: |
Update to the handling of syncing conflicts. Conflicts are non-
blocking and do not require immediate attention.
Orders will
be imported but will appear in the new Web Store Conflict Window.
Conflicts can be resolved at any time. |
| Feature: |
Clients imported from web orders now match on email address to
avoid duplicate client entries.
|
| Feature: |
A log view has been added to the app to show changed during the
last sync. |
| Feature: |
Optionally allocate orders when they come in. |
| Feature: |
Added stock control of how much stock is synced. Also, the
ability to control the uploading of products to the web store when
it falls under a certain stock level. |
Enstore Syncing 2.0 (Web Store)
| Feature: |
Enstore syncing has been updated. |
| Feature: |
Added support of .gif and animated gif files to be uploaded to
Enstore. |
| Feature: |
Added the ability to control what orders to import during the
initial or force sync. |
| Fixed: |
Images are now removed from Enstore when you remove them from
the product or remove the product.
|
| Fixed: |
Reduced the amount of items sent to Enstore after the initial
sync. |
Shopify (Web Store)
| Feature: |
Shopify has been added as a new e-commerce platform. Checkout
supports products being uploaded to Shopify and orders being
downloaded. |
| Feature: |
Optionally let Checkout manage your web store inventory. |
| Feature: |
Publish products as visible in the online store is now
optional. |
| Feature: |
Syncing options available during first Sync. These include: the
ability to import products from Shopify, or not to import products;
the ability to import orders from Shopify depending on their
archived status or to not import orders at all.
|
| Feature: |
Added optional workflow to allow archived orders imported from
Shopify to be automatically invoiced. |