Support

RMS Version 8.02D Program Changes on the May 2016 Update

The monthly update disc you receive from BSMGR for RMS contains a current copy of the Christian Books & More^® database, new images, music samples and program changes. Remember to run IVDC after installing your update to reflect retail prices changes for your store’s inventory items. When that program completes, you can use IVL to print labels with the new prices.

The price file for the Munce June catalog (M-JUN-R.TXT) and two price files for the May catalogs (M-MAY-R.TXT and M-MAY-C.TXT) are included on this update. If you are sending out a Munce catalog to your customers, you can run “IVPROMO” in BSMGR and enter the appropriate file name. As a reminder, the program will check your inventory file for the following:

• If you are missing products from the catalog, the program will prompt you to add them, pulling basic information from the Christian Books & More database.
• Once missing products have been added to your inventory file, the program will set up the following:
  » Sale price; » Sale start date; » Sale end date; » Promo code.

GETDATES:

• MONTH TO DATE DAYS WERE OFF ONE – CHANGED CALL TO DATERTNS FROM “P” TO “X”.

IVO:

• NEW STL “FREE FREIGHT” THRESHOLD – AS OF APRIL 11, 2016, STL NOW HAS THE FOLLOWING “FREE FREIGHT” POLICY:
* $150 – QUALIFYING BOOKS, BIBLES OR LUMEN COMMUNION CUPS
* $250 – COMBINATION OF ANY PRODUCTS

IVP:

• LIMIT BY MISC. CODE NOT LIMITING REPORT – IF YOU DID IVP BY MISC. CODE AND ENTERED A SPECIFIC MISC. CODE ON THE SECOND TAB, THE REPORT DIDN’T LIMIT PRODUCTS TO JUST ITEMS THAT MATCHED THAT CODE.

IVUL:

• ADDED #44 PURGE IVML RECORDS BY DATE.

NETFILE:

• FILE NAME COLUMN – AFTER A COMPUTER HAS BEEN ON FOR A WHILE WITH MULTIPLE SHARES IN USE, THE LAST NUMBER OF THE ID COLUMN COULD SHOW AS THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE FILE NAME COLUMN.

OE:

• SEND THE PROGRAM OUT AGAIN.

PAXDIAG:

• NEW PROGRAM – GATHERS NETWORK INFORMATION – USEFUL FOR SETTING UP PAX EMV READERS. FILE CONTAINING THE INFORMATION IS FTP’ED TO US FOR USE BY TECH SUPPORT.

PLCHARGE.EXE (IN ACU FOLDER):

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR SIGNATURE CAPTURE FOR PAX FROM PIN PAD.

PLGETSIG.EXE (IN ACU FOLDER):

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR SIGNATURE CAPTURE FOR PAX FROM PIN PAD.

POS:

• VOID BY TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY FROM OE – IF YOU TRIED TO VOID BY A TRANSACTION NUMBER AND THE ORIGINAL TRANSACTION WAS ENTERED THROUGH OE, POS WOULD GET A USE OF LINKAGE ERROR. WHEN YOU DO A VOID BY TRANSACTION, THE “ORDER-ENTRY” FLAG IS FORCED TO “N” SO POS DOESN’T TRY TO USE THE NON-EXISTENT LINKAGE. ALSO FIXED 8.10.

• SPECIAL ORDER LOOKUP – AFTER SELECTING A SPECIAL ORDER, BSM WOULD BRING UP THE PRICE LOOKUP FILE.

• FIXED ISSUE SPLIT TENDER VOID – CC/CASH – IF A SPLIT TENDER VOID WAS RUNG UP WITH THE CREDIT CARD PORTION FIRST, IT WOULD ADD TO THE VOID TOTAL.

• EMPLOYEE WAS NOT SHOWING IN SLCC OR SLCCP.

PRTLABEL:

• NEW “BARCODE-PRINTER” SETTING – BY DEFAULT PRTLABEL USES “LO” FROM ENV FOR THE LABEL PRINTER. YOU CAN NOW ADD “BARCODE-PRINTER” TO ENV AND ASSIGN A SEPARATE PRINTER. IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SELECT THE PRINTER EACH TIME (OR MAKE CHANGES SUCH AS PRINTER TRAY), USE “-Q DUMMY” FOR THE PRINTER NAME.

SLGL:

• SLGL NOW ASKS FOR PASSCODE – IF YOU DON’T PUT IN A CORRECT PASSCODE, SLGL IS IN READ ONLY MODE. PERMISSION IS BASED ON THE LAYAWAY RIGHTS IN ‘EMP’.

SYS:

• #2074 – ADDED OPTION TO IGNORE ZERO DISCOUNT – WHEN DOING STOCK CHECKS, SOME PRODUCTS FROM SOME VENDORS DON’T RETURN A DISCOUNT VALUE. WITH THE NEW FEATURE IN 2074 TO APPLY A MINIMUM DISCOUNT TO STOCK CHECK RESULTS, WE RECEIVED A CUSTOMER REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO NOT APPLY THE MINIMUM DISCOUNT (BY VENDOR) IF THE DISCOUNT IS BLANK OR ZERO.

• NEW STL “FREE FREIGHT” THRESHOLD – AS OF APRIL 11, 2016, STL NOW HAS THE FOLLOWING “FREE FREIGHT” POLICY:
* $150 – QUALIFYING BOOKS, BIBLES OR LUMEN COMMUNION CUPS
* $250 – COMBINATION OF ANY PRODUCTS

• NEW OPTION – SYS CONFIG #4076 – THE NEW PASSCODE FEATURE IN SLGL CAN BE DISABLED BY ENTERING A “Y” IN SYS | CONFIG | MISC. CONFIGURATIONS | #4076.

SYSXTRA:

• #2074 – ADDED OPTION TO IGNORE ZERO DISCOUNT – WHEN DOING STOCK CHECKS, SOME PRODUCTS FROM SOME VENDORS DON’T RETURN A DISCOUNT VALUE. WITH THE NEW FEATURE IN 2074 TO APPLY A MINIMUM DISCOUNT TO STOCK CHECK RESULTS, WE RECEIVED A CUSTOMER REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO NOT APPLY THE MINIMUM DISCOUNT (BY VENDOR) IF THE DISCOUNT IS BLANK OR ZERO.

• NEW STL “FREE FREIGHT” THRESHOLD – AS OF APRIL 11, 2016, STL NOW HAS THE FOLLOWING “FREE FREIGHT” POLICY:
* $150 – QUALIFYING BOOKS, BIBLES OR LUMEN COMMUNION CUPS
* $250 – COMBINATION OF ANY PRODUCTS

THEFLAGS:

• ADDED OPTION TO IGNORE ZERO DISCOUNT – WHEN DOING STOCK CHECKS, SOME PRODUCTS FROM SOME VENDORS DON’T RETURN A DISCOUNT VALUE. WITH THE NEW FEATURE IN 2074 TO APPLY A MINIMUM DISCOUNT TO STOCK CHECK RESULTS, WE RECEIVED A CUSTOMER REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO NOT APPLY THE MINIMUM DISCOUNT (BY VENDOR) IF THE DISCOUNT IS BLANK OR ZERO.

TIMEPAGE:

• EDITING THE TIME YOU COULD ENTER INVALID TIMES. THE MINUTES COULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN > 59.

As a reminder, each month’s update disc also includes a folder titled “Manual” that contains the current RMS manual. The file is in Microsoft Word format, and there is a free Word viewer program in the folder in case you don’t have a copy of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. For your convenience, the RMS program changes on this update are listed below.

Please contact us if you experience problems installing your update.

Remember, you can view ECN notices and other emailed communications from Bookstore Manager at emails.bsmgr.com.

Your BSMGR Support Team
support@bsmgr.com | (800) 997-6724 (option 2)

The monthly update disc you receive from BSMGR for RMS contains a current copy of the Christian Books & More^® database, new images, music samples and program changes. Remember to run IVDC after installing your update to reflect retail prices changes for your store’s inventory items. When that program completes, you can use IVL to print labels with the new prices.

As a reminder, each month’s update disc also includes a folder titled “Manual” that contains the current RMS manual. The file is in Microsoft Word format, and there is a free Word viewer program in the folder in case you don’t have a copy of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. For your convenience, the RMS program changes on this update are listed below.

ARIP:

• TRANSACTION NUMBER WAS NOT PRINTING ON THE INVOICE.

DASH:

• THE WIDTH OF THE CHARTS IS BASED ON THE SCREEN RESOLUTION. CUSTOMERS REPORTED THAT THE CHARTS WERE TOO NARROW TO READ ON SOME SYSTEMS. NOW HAVE A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 800 PIXELS.

EMP:

• IF YOU PRESS TO ADD A NEW EMPLOYEE, YOU WOULD GET AN “INVALID DATA” RESPONSE. THE PROGRAM NOW READS THROUGH TO FIND THE NEXT AVAILABLE NUMBER AND ASSIGNS BASIC AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE IS EASIER TO ADD EMPLOYEES.

EZDATA:

• FIXED AN ISSUE WITH LOCAL IMAGES IN CAMPAIGNS.

• FIXED ISSUES WITH PRICE AND IMAGES – RETAIL PRICE WAS PULLING FROM CB&M, CHANGED SO ONLY PULLS FROM CBM IF NOT IN IVM. ALSO FIXED CANDIAN PRICE ISSUE. FIXED ISSUE WHERE NON-CBM IMAGES WERE REQUESTED TWICE.

IVI:

• FIXED TYPO IN MESSAGE BOX – “EVNIRONMENT FILE” CHANGED TO “ENVIRONMENT FILE”.

IVIC:

• TYNDALE ACK FILES FROM PUBNET – THE TYNDALE ACK FILES COMING THROUGH PUBNET WEREN’T BEING READ PROPERLY.

IVIC2:

• TYNDALE ACK FILES FROM PUBNET – THE TYNDALE ACK FILES COMING THROUGH PUBNET WEREN’T BEING READ PROPERLY.

IVO:

• THE FULL PO STOCK CHECK WASN’T STOPPING AT THE END OF THE DISPLAYED PO.

• ON THE MARCH UPDATE, WE ADDED A FEATURE THAT DISABLES STOCK CHECKS FOR A GIVEN VENDOR IF AN ERROR IS ENCOUNTERED. STOCK CHECKS ARE DISABLED UNTIL YOU EXIT AND RESTART BSMGR. NOW, EVERYTIME YOU DO A FULL PO STOCK CHECK, IT RESETS THIS FLAG IN CASE THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT.

• ADDED WARNING FOR SPECIAL CODES – INGRAM DOESN’T WANT “SO=” IN THE SPECIAL CODES WHEN SENDING BIGBISACV3 ORDERS. THE PROGRAM NOW GIVES A WARNING MESSAGE IF THIS IS SET.

IVOP:

• SPECIAL CODES AND SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS – IF THE SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS ARE “BEST METHOD” AND SPECIAL CODES ARE ENTERED, THE PROGRAM WAS PUTTING THE SPECIAL CODES IN THE SHIPPING AREA FOR A BIGBISACV3 ORDER. THIS CAUSED INGRAM TO REJECT THE ORDER.

IVPR:

• RESET WINDOWS DEFAULT PRINTER – CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT IF USING A ZEBRA PRINTER FOR LABELS WHILE RECEIVING, BSMGR DIDN’T RESET THE DEFAULT PRINTER FOR WINDOWS. NOW CALLING DEFPRT AFTER PRINTING TO A ZEBRA (OR BLASTER/BLAZER) PRINTER TO RESET THE DEFAULT.

OE:

• PASSWORD WASN’T DISPLAY/PRINTING RIGHT.

ORDRINFO:

• UPDATED BIGBISACV3 TO SHOW SPECIAL CODES.

PAX:

• FIXED AN ISSUE WITH MANUAL AMEX CARDS.

• FIXED INVALID ACCOUNT NUMBER ON MANUAL VOIDS.

PLCHARGE.EXE:

• FIXED AN ISSUE WITH MANUAL VOIDS.

POS:

• EMP PERMISSIONS NOT SET CORRECTLY – IF POS WAS ASKING FOR PASSWORD BUT ONLY ASKING ONCE, THE 2ND TRANSACTION WASN’T REMEMBERING THE EMPLOYEES PERMISSIONS.

• MODIFYING AND ITEM TOUCH-POS – IF YOU CHANGED THIRD ITEM IN THE LIST IT OVERWROTE THE 1ST ITEM IN THE LIST THE SCREEN ONLY.

SYS:

• TWEAKED NEW “NET” PRICING FEATURE – AT CUSTOMER REQUEST, INSTEAD OF DOING AN ADD-ON MARKUP, THE VALUE SET IN SYS | CONFIG | #2053 IS NOW USED TO APPROXIMATE A RETAIL USING THE VALUE AS A MARGIN/DISCOUNT INSTEAD OF A MARKUP.

• MOVED 2053 TO 2074 AND ADDED FEATURES – YOU CAN NOW SET A MINIMUM DISCOUNT VALUE BY VENDOR. THIS WILL BE USED TO ADJUST THE RETAIL PRICE SHOWN ON STOCK CHECK RESULTS TO REFLECT A MINIMUM MARGIN FOR PRODUCTS. THIS HELPS YOU CONTROL WHAT FRONTLINERS SEE AND REPORT TO CONSUMERS CHECKING ON PRODUCTS YOU DON’T HAVE IN STOCK.

• FIXED TYPO “INDUDUSTRY” IN MISC CONFIG #7012.

SYSXTRA:

• NEW PROGRAM CALLED BY SYS FOR 2074 AND 2075.

THEFLAGS:

• TWEAKED NEW “NET” PRICING FEATURE – AT CUSTOMER REQUEST, INSTEAD OF DOING AN ADD-ON MARKUP, THE VALUE SET IN SYS | CONFIG | #2053 IS NOW USED TO APPROXIMATE A RETAIL USING THE VALUE AS A MARGIN/DISCOUNT INSTEAD OF A MARKUP.

• MINIMUM DISCOUNT VALUE SET BY VENDOR – YOU CAN NOW SET A MINIMUM DISCOUNT VALUE BY VENDOR. THIS WILL BE USED TO ADJUST THE RETAIL PRICE SHOWN ON STOCK CHECK RESULTS TO REFLECT A MINIMUM MARGIN FOR PRODUCTS. THIS HELPS YOU CONTROL WHAT FRONTLINERS SEE AND REPORT TO CONSUMERS CHECKING ON PRODUCTS YOU DON’T HAVE IN STOCK.

• REMOVED “DOWN” MEMORY/STATUS – UNDOING FEATURE ADDED BY ECN 7923 AT CUSTOMERS REQUEST.

Please contact us if you experience problems installing your update.

Remember, you can view ECN notices and other emailed communications from Bookstore Manager at emails.bsmgr.com.

Your BSMGR Support Team
support@bsmgr.com | (800) 997-6724 (option 2)

RMS Version 8.02B Program Changes on the March 2016 Update

The monthly update disc you receive from BSMGR for RMS contains a current copy of the Christian Books & More^® database, new images, music samples and program changes. Remember to run IVDC after installing your update to reflect retail prices changes for your store’s inventory items. When that program completes, you can use IVL to print labels with the new prices.

As a reminder, each month’s update disc also includes a folder titled “Manual” that contains the current RMS manual. The file is in Microsoft Word format, and there is a free Word viewer program in the folder in case you don’t have a copy of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. For your convenience, the RMS program changes on this update are listed below.

CREATE:

• INVALID COUPON NUMBER IN SLCM – CUSTOMER NEEDS TO USE CREATE TO SET THEIR NEXT COUPON NUMBER. RECOMMEND SETTING TO A NUMBER LIKE 500.

DASH:

• NEW PROGRAM – “DASHBOARD” WITH BASIC BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CHARTS.

DIAG:

• UPDATED FOR WINDOWS 2012.

• ADDED QSCAN LICENSE FLAG.

DIAGRPT:

• UPDATED FOR WINDOWS 2012.

EMP:

• ADDED PRICE OVERRIDE CHECK BOX.

• EMP ACCESS WAS LABELED “ACCES”. CHANGED IT TO “EMP”.

IVDI3:

• AUTHOR SEARCH RETURNING NO MATCHES.

IVIC2:

• RE-ALIGNED PRICE CHANGE PROMPT – IF AN ITEM IN AN ACK FILE HAS A DIFFERENT RETAIL THAN IS SHOWN IN IVM, YOU ARE GIVEN THE OPTION TO CHANGE IVM TO USE THE ACK RETAIL VALUE. THE PROMPT HAD SOME INFORMATION THAT RAN TOGETHER.

IVO:

• FULL PO STOCK CHECK – IF THE PROGRAM FAILS TO CONNECT TO A VENDOR, IT NOW CONTINUES THE FULL PO STOCK CHECK FOR THE WORKING VENDOR CONNECTIONS, SKIPPING OVER THE VENDOR THAT ISN’T ACCEPTING CONNECTIONS. THIS STATUS IS AUTOMATICALLY RESET WHEN YOU EXIT AND RESTART BSMGR.

• FULL PO STOCK CHECK – ADD SPECIAL ORDER – THE FULL PO STOCK CHECK REPORTS NOW INCLUDE THE SPECIAL ORDER QUANTITY FOR EACH ITEM ON THE ORDER.

PAX:

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR SHARING A PAX TERMINAL.

POS:

• ALL SALES ON Z-TAPE SHOWING “ALL OTHERS” – NO BREAKOUT BY EMPLOYEE #.

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR PAX EMV TERMINALS.

• RECORD LOCKED MESSAGE – BSM NOW SHOWS THE EXACT TITLE THAT IS LOCKED BY ANOTHER STATION.

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR SHARING A PAX TERMINAL.

POSMENU:

• SELECTING MENU FROM LIST DIDN’T TRANSFER BACK THE SUB MENU #.

READDATA:

• FIXED FILE ERROR 35 ON ” ” WHEN SEARCHING OUT OF PRINT.

RESETPW:

• THE PROGRAM WAS CREATING THE BSMGR USER WITH AN EMPLOYEE NUMBER OF “000000”. THE EMP PROGRAM WOULDN’T LET YOU BRING UP THIS USER TO MAKE CHANGES OR DELETE IT. THE PROGRAM NOW CREATES IT AS EMPLOYEE “100001”.

SETUSER:

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR PAX EMV TERMINALS.

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR SHARING A PAX TERMINAL.

SFRPT:

• NOW SHOWS FILE NAME ON TITLE BAR.

SLCCP:

• NEW PROGRAM FOR PAX EMV TERMINALS.

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR SHARING A PAX TERMINAL.

SYS:

• FOR STOCK CHECK ITEMS THAT RETURN “NET” STATUS FROM INGRAM WILL HAVE THE RETAIL VALUE SHOWN INCREASED BY THE MARKUP % SET IN SYS | CONFIG #2053. YOU CAN ENTER FROM 0 TO 99 PERCENT MARKUP. THIS HELPS YOUR FRONTLINERS PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH A PRICE THAT INCLUDES YOUR DESIRED PROFIT MARGIN.

THEFLAGS:

• FOR STOCK CHECK ITEMS THAT RETURN “NET” STATUS FROM INGRAM WILL HAVE THE RETAIL VALUE SHOWN INCREASED BY THE MARKUP % SET IN SYS | CONFIG #2053. YOU CAN ENTER FROM 0 TO 99 PERCENT MARKUP. THIS HELPS YOUR FRONTLINERS PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH A PRICE THAT INCLUDES YOUR DESIRED PROFIT MARGIN.

• FULL PO STOCK CHECK – IF THE PROGRAM FAILS TO CONNECT TO A VENDOR, IT NOW CONTINUES THE FULL PO STOCK CHECK FOR THE WORKING VENDOR CONNECTIONS, SKIPPING OVER THE VENDOR THAT ISN’T ACCEPTING CONNECTIONS. THIS STATUS IS AUTOMATICALLY RESET WHEN YOU EXIT AND RESTART BSMGR.

TIME:

• PAYROLL SUMMARY REPORT ORDER NOW PRINTS ALPHABETICALLY BY FULL NAME.

USERENV:

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR PAX EMV TERMINALS.

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR SHARING A PAX TERMINAL.

• ADDED SUPPORT FOR BLUETOOTH WITH THE D210.

VER:

• UPDATED FOR WINDOWS 2012.

Please contact us if you experience problems installing your update.

Remember, you can view ECN notices and other emailed communications from Bookstore Manager at emails.bsmgr.com.

Your BSMGR Support Team
support@bsmgr.com | (800) 997-6724 (option 2)

RMS Version 8.02A Program Changes on the February 2016 Update

The monthly update disc you receive from BSMGR for RMS contains a current copy of the Christian Books & More^® database, new images, music samples and program changes. Remember to run IVDC after installing your update to reflect retail prices changes for your store’s inventory items. When that program completes, you can use IVL to print labels with the new prices.

As a reminder, each month’s update disc also includes a folder titled “Manual” that contains the current RMS manual. The file is in Microsoft Word format, and there is a free Word viewer program in the folder in case you don’t have a copy of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. For your convenience, the RMS program changes on this update are listed below.

INVOPRT:

FIXED ISSUE WITH DOUBLE ADDRESS ON INVOICES.

IVDI3:

• NOT SHOWING IVM DATA – THE CHANGES MADE FOR STAND-ALONE CB&M CAUSED THE SEARCH RESULTS TO NOT SHOW THE APPROPRIATE DATA FROM IVM WHEN A PRODUCT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE STORE’S INVENTORY.

• CHANGED “SERIES” TO “GROUP” FOR BIBLES – FOR BIBLES, THE “SERIES” INFO IS ACTUALLY THE BIBLE GROUP NAME. FOR CLARITY THE LABEL HAS BEEN CHANGED TO “GROUP” WHEN LOOKING AT BIBLE PRODUCTS.

IVE:

UPDATED FOR VERSION 8.01/8.02.

IVM:

RECOGNIZE NEW OPTION – #4075 SUPPRESS PASSCODE PROMPT ON IVM.

IVSO:

PREVIOUS SPL ORDER ITEM # COMING UP ON THE NEXT SPL ORDER MADE IF THE 2ND ORDER ITEM ISN’T IN INVENTORY.

PDAMULTI:

CORRECTED A WARNING LABEL.

POS:

ERROR MESSAGE “SORRY, CAN’T FILE ORDER” MESSAGE WHEN CALLING POS FROM OE.

SLTL:

• RECOGNIZE NEW SYS CONFIG OPTION #4074 SUPPRESS PASSCODE PROMPT ON SLTL.

• AUTOMATICALLY SUPPRESS PASSCODE PROMPT FOR SLTL WHEN CALLED FROM DAILY.

SYS:

• NEW OPTION – #4074 SUPPRESS PASSCODE PROMPT ON SLTL.

• NEW OPTION – #4075 SUPPRESS PASSCODE PROMPT ON IVM.

TUTOR:

ADDED WINDOWS 10 DOCUMENTATION –

1. BSMGR SCHEDULE IN WINDOWS 10 SCHEDULE TASKS;
2. SOFTWARE ONLY WINDOWS 10 PRO SERVER SETUP;
3. SOFTWARE ONLY WINDOWS 10 PRO POS/WORKSTATION SETUP.

Please contact us if you experience problems installing your update.

Remember, you can view ECN notices and other emailed communications from Bookstore Manager at emails.bsmgr.com.

Your BSMGR Support Team
support@bsmgr.com | (800) 997-6724 (option 2)

We are sending this reminder to make sure your system is ready for the Febuary 2016 update. If you are using both the point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions and the BSMGR Time Clock feature, you will need to associate the Time Clock ID number with the EMP name after you install the 8.01 update (January 2016 update) and before you install version 8.02 (February 2016 update).

Here is the original message we sent earlier this month…

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: BSMGR Support <support@bsmgr.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:00 AM
Subject: Important Version 8.01 Upgrade Information

Version 8.01 Upgrade Information (January 2016)

Bookstore Manager Software has a long history of striving to meet the technology needs of Christian retailers. Randy initially built BSMGR to more efficiently address monotonous tasks in his own store. When he began selling the software to other retailers in 1989, he added features that helped everyone. Since then a group of programmers has worked to add new features and enhance the system to meet the needs of hundreds of store owners and managers in the Christian retail industry.

Initially, there was a simple passcode feature that limited access to sensitive areas of information. An optional Time Clock feature was added which created IDs for all the employees to use when clocking in and out. Later, the Point of Sale program was enhanced to allow retailers to assign frontliners an account that sets more granular limits (for example, can they Redeem Gift Cards? Delete Layaways? Enter Negative Quantities? etc.).

We are changing BSMGR to consolidate these three different types of access IDs into a single ID for each person. Because each store may be using different combinations of the three, the process to bring these all together requires two version upgrades. See below for specific information based on how you are using BSMGR.

YOU ARE NOT USING EMP OR TIME CLOCK. If you don’t currently use the point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions and don’t use the BSMGR Time Clock feature, you don’t have to do anything. The 8.01 update will happen in the background. The first time you run version 8.02, BSMGR will ask if you are using Time Clock. Answer “No”, and the program will quickly finalize the changes need.

YOU ARE USING TIME CLOCK, BUT NOT EMP. If you are using the BSMGR Time Clock feature, but not currently using point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions, you don’t have to do anything. The 8.01 update will happen in the background. The first time you run version 8.02, BSMGR will ask if you are using Time Clock. Answer “Yes”, and the program will merge in the employees from Time Clock and finalize the changes need.

YOU ARE USING EMP, BUT NOT TIME CLOCK. If you are using the point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions, but not using the BSMGR Time Clock feature, you don’t have to do anything. The 8.01 update will happen in the background. The first time you run version 8.02, BSMGR will ask if you are using Time Clock. Answer “No”, and the program will quickly finalize the changes need.

YOU ARE USING BOTH EMP AND TIME CLOCK. If you are using both the point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions and the BSMGR Time Clock feature, you will need to associate the Time Clock ID number with the EMP name after you install the 8.01 update (January 2016 update) and before you install version 8.02 (February 2016 update). The 8.01 update will happen in the background. In EMP, use the lookup button located to the right of “Time Clock/Payroll Emp#” to find the appropriate Time Clock number to associate with each employee name. The first time you run version 8.02, BSMGR will ask if you are using Time Clock. Answer “Yes”, and the program will merge in the employees from Time Clock based on the associations made and finalize the changes need.

Starting with version 8.02, you will be able to control many aspects of access to features in BSMGR. This will add greater security and personnel tracking to the software. The longer passcode field will also provide you with the opportunity to use an employer issued card with a barcode or magnetic swipe that they can use instead of typing in their passcode each time.

We trust you will agree that this change will improve security and enable you to better manage your staff with increased efficiency.

Please contact us if you have any questions or need help getting your system ready for 8.02.

Remember, you can view ECN notices and other emailed communications from Bookstore Manager at emails.bsmgr.com.

Your BSMGR Support Team
support@bsmgr.com | (800) 997-6724 (option 2)

RMS Version 8.01A Program Changes on the January 2016 Update

The monthly update disc you receive from BSMGR for RMS contains a current copy of the Christian Books & More^® database, new images, music samples and program changes. Remember to run IVDC after installing your update to reflect retail prices changes for your store’s inventory items. When that program completes, you can use IVL to print labels with the new prices.

As a reminder, each month’s update disc also includes a folder titled “Manual” that contains the current RMS manual. The file is in Microsoft Word format, and there is a free Word viewer program in the folder in case you don’t have a copy of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. For your convenience, the RMS program changes on this update are listed below.

APL:

COLUMN OFFSET REMOVED – NO LONGER NECESSARY TO PRINT CORRECTLY ON GUM LABELS.

ARI:

ADDED “PRINT DETAIL” – PREVIOUSLY TO PRINT AN INVOICE FROM ARI YOU HAD TO VIEW IT AND THEN PRINT IT. YOU CAN NOW PRINT IT DIRECTLY FROM ARI AND THE OPTIONAL LOGO WILL PRINT THE LOGO DOES NOT PRINT IF YOU PRINT THE INVOICE FROM THE BSMGR VIEWER.

ARL:

COLUMN OFFSET REMOVED – NO LONGER NECESSARY TO PRINT CORRECTLY ON GUM LABELS.

ARM:

WHEN CHANGING AN ACCOUNT FROM MAIL TO EMAIL STATEMENTS, THE PROGRAM VALIDATES THE EMAIL ADDRESS FIRST. IF YOU HAD NOT BEEN IN THE SCREEN WITH THE CUSTOMER EMAIL ADDRESSES, THE SAVE FUNCTION THOUGHT YOU DIDN’T HAVE A CUSTOMER EMAIL, AND WOULD RESET BACK TO MAIL STATEMENTS.

ARS:

• SYS|CONFIG #1002 LOGO ON A/R STATEMENTS & INVOICES – YOU CAN NOW PRINT THE STORE LOGO ON THE TOP OF THE STATEMENTS AND/OR INVOICES. THE LOGO NEEDS TO BE IN THE BOOK DIRECTORY CALLED ARLOGO.JPG. LOGO SIZE IS 5″ X 1″ OR 1500×300 PIXELS.

• ARS-USE-MAIN-ADDRESS VARIABLE – IF SET TO A “Y” BSMGR WILL ALLWAYS PRINT STATEMENTS TO THE MAIN ADDRESS REGARDLESS IF THE BILL TO ADDRESS IS SET UP.

CBM:

UPDATED FOR STAND-ALONE CB&M.

ExcelExport-VB.exe:

UPDATED FOR NEW HEADERS IN VERSION 8.1.

EZDATA:

WHEN SENDING A CAMPAIGN, THE PROGRAM WILL NOW SAVE THE CAMPAIGN BEFORE SENDING.

GLPJ:

ADDED A VIEW OPTION.

INVOPRT:

SYS|CONFIG #1002 LOGO ON A/R STATEMENTS & INVOICES – YOU CAN NOW PRINT THE STORE LOGO ON THE TOP OF THE STATEMENTS AND/OR INVOICES. THE LOGO NEEDS TO BE IN THE BOOK DIRECTORY CALLED ARLOGO.JPG. LOGO SIZE IS 5″ X 1″ OR 1500×300 PIXELS.

IV1LAB:

SUPPRESS PRICES – PRINTING LABELS OFF THE MENU BAR DID NOT SUPRESS PRICES WHEN SYS | CONFIG | MISC. CONFIGURATIONS #2063 WAS SET TO “N”.

IVDI:

UPDATED FOR STAND-ALONE CB&M.

IVDI3:

UPDATED FOR STAND-ALONE CB&M.

IVDIOLD:

UPDATED FOR STAND-ALONE CB&M.

IVIC2:

MESSAGE FOR CHANGING PRICE – WHEN PRINTING AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT, IF THE PRICE GOES UP THE USER BY OPTION CAN HAVE THE ACK CHANGE THE PRICE IN IVM. THE PRICE CHANGE SCREEN NOW SHOWS HOW MANY OF THE ITEM ARE SHIPPABLE FROM THE VENDOR.

IVO:

• ANCHOR STOCK CHECKS – SOME VENDORS STORE AN ITEM’S UPC IN THE ISBN13 FIELD BY ADDING A LEADING ZERO. ANCHOR DOES NOT. WHEN DOING A STOCK CHECK FOR A PRODUCT WITH THIS KIND OF NUMBER, ANCHOR DIDN’T RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER. NOW IF THE STOCK CHECK FAILS TO ANCHOR, THE PROGRAM RETRIES WITHOUT THE LEADING ZERO.

• YOU CAN NOW INCLUDE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE EMAILED SPECIAL ORDER. ALSO, THE CANCEL BUTTON NOW DOESN’T SEND AN EMAIL.

IVT:

COMPARISON OPTION – YOU CAN NOW SKIP DATE #2. PREVIOUSLY YOU HAD TO PUT IN DATES 1 AND 2.

IVUL:

CLEAR ALL “WILL CALL” FIELDS.

MLP:

COLUMN OFFSET REMOVED – NO LONGER NECESSARY TO PRINT CORRECTLY ON GUM LABELS.

POS:

• VOIDING SALE OF PAID WILL CALL ITEM WASN’T TAKING THE PAID IN FULL MARK AWAY.

• CAFE POS WITH WILL CALL AND PRICE VERIFY – THE ITEM DIDN’T DISPLAY IN THE LIST BOX UNTIL A SECOND ITEM WAS WRUNG UP ON TRANSACTION.

SYS:

SYS|CONFIG #1002 LOGO ON A/R STATEMENTS & INVOICES – YOU CAN NOW PRINT THE STORE LOGO ON THE TOP OF THE STATEMENTS AND/OR INVOICES. THE LOGO NEEDS TO BE IN THE BOOK DIRECTORY CALLED ARLOGO.JPG. LOGO SIZE IS 5″ X 1″ OR 1500×300 PIXELS.

THEFLAGS:

ANCHOR STOCK CHECKS – SOME VENDORS STORE AN ITEM’S UPC IN THE ISBN13 FIELD BY ADDING A LEADING ZERO. ANCHOR DOES NOT. WHEN DOING A STOCK CHECK FOR A PRODUCT WITH THIS KIND OF NUMBER, ANCHOR DIDN’T RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER. NOW IF THE STOCK CHECK FAILS TO ANCHOR, THE PROGRAM RETRIES WITHOUT THE LEADING ZERO.

Please contact us if you experience problems installing your update.

Remember, you can view ECN notices and other emailed communications from Bookstore Manager at emails.bsmgr.com.

Your BSMGR Support Team
support@bsmgr.com | (800) 997-6724 (option 2)

Version 8.01 Upgrade Information (January 2016)

Bookstore Manager Software has a long history of striving to meet the technology needs of Christian retailers. Randy initially built BSMGR to more efficiently address monotonous tasks in his own store. When he began selling the software to other retailers in 1989, he added features that helped everyone. Since then a group of programmers has worked to add new features and enhance the system to meet the needs of hundreds of store owners and managers in the Christian retail industry.

Initially, there was a simple passcode feature that limited access to sensitive areas of information. An optional Time Clock feature was added which created IDs for all the employees to use when clocking in and out. Later, the Point of Sale program was enhanced to allow retailers to assign frontliners an account that sets more granular limits (for example, can they Redeem Gift Cards? Delete Layaways? Enter Negative Quantities? etc.).

We are changing BSMGR to consolidate these three different types of access IDs into a single ID for each person. Because each store may be using different combinations of the three, the process to bring these all together requires two version upgrades. See below for specific information based on how you are using BSMGR.

YOU ARE NOT USING EMP OR TIME CLOCK. If you don’t currently use the point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions and don’t use the BSMGR Time Clock feature, you don’t have to do anything. The 8.01 update will happen in the background. The first time you run version 8.02, BSMGR will ask if you are using Time Clock. Answer “No”, and the program will quickly finalize the changes need.

YOU ARE USING TIME CLOCK, BUT NOT EMP. If you are using the BSMGR Time Clock feature, but not currently using point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions, you don’t have to do anything. The 8.01 update will happen in the background. The first time you run version 8.02, BSMGR will ask if you are using Time Clock. Answer “Yes”, and the program will merge in the employees from Time Clock and finalize the changes need.

YOU ARE USING EMP, BUT NOT TIME CLOCK. If you are using the point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions, but not using the BSMGR Time Clock feature, you don’t have to do anything. The 8.01 update will happen in the background. The first time you run version 8.02, BSMGR will ask if you are using Time Clock. Answer “No”, and the program will quickly finalize the changes need.

YOU ARE USING BOTH EMP AND TIME CLOCK. If you are using both the point of sale employee (EMP) restrictions and the BSMGR Time Clock feature, you will need to associate the Time Clock ID number with the EMP name after you install the 8.01 update (January 2016 update) and before you install version 8.02 (February 2016 update). The 8.01 update will happen in the background. In EMP, use the lookup button located to the right of “Time Clock/Payroll Emp#” to find the appropriate Time Clock number to associate with each employee name. The first time you run version 8.02, BSMGR will ask if you are using Time Clock. Answer “Yes”, and the program will merge in the employees from Time Clock based on the associations made and finalize the changes need.

Starting with version 8.02, you will be able to control many aspects of access to features in BSMGR. This will add greater security and personnel tracking to the software. The longer passcode field will also provide you with the opportunity to use an employer issued card with a barcode or magnetic swipe that they can use instead of typing in their passcode each time.

We trust you will agree that this change will improve security and enable you to better manage your staff with increased efficiency.

Please contact us if you have any questions or need help getting your system ready for 8.02.

Remember, you can view ECN notices and other emailed communications from Bookstore Manager at emails.bsmgr.com.

Your BSMGR Support Team
support@bsmgr.com | (800) 997-6724 (option 2)