Updates

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)

RMS Version 8.00T Program Changes on the December 2015 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.

ARS:

WE NOW DISPLAY THE STATEMENT TOTALS AFTER PRINTING THEM.

GETDATES:

THE ENDING DATE WAS OFF FOR PREVIOUS MONTHS SALES IN SLQR.

IVDI:

ADDED “LP” MUSIC BINDING.

IVDI3:

ADDED “LP” MUSIC BINDING.

IVDIPG2:

ADDED “LP” MUSIC BINDING.

IVO:

IMPROVED THE LAYOUT FOR EMAILED PURCHASE ORDERS TO MATCH WHAT A PRINTED AND/OR FAXED COPY OF THE P.O. LOOKS LIKE.

QSCAN:

• COMMISSION FIELD WASN’T INITIALIZED AND WAS COMING IN AS 20202.

• ADDED FILTERING OF NULLS BEFORE UPLOAD.

THEFLAGS:

ADDED NEW ANCHOR STATUS CODE (“REM”). ALSO, THERE ARE SOME CODES (LIKE “NOT AVAILABLE”) THAT WE WERE SUPPRESSING THE ON HAND VALUES. WE ARE NOW ALWAYS SHOWING ANY ON HAND VALUES THAT GET RETURNED BY ANCHOR.

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 8.00S Program Changes on the November 2015 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.

AREM:

EMAILED INVOICES – SOME ISBN NUMBERS WERE NOT PRINTING. THEY WERE SHOWING DEPT NUMBERS INSTEAD.

ARM:

EMAIL VALIDATION – NOW CHECKS FOR COMMON TYPOS IN EMAILS FOR ALL THE ADDRESSES YOU CAN ADD. ALSO ALLOWS FOR NEW, LONGER ROOT DOMAINS SUCH AS “.CHURCH”.

BSMCRCD:

ADDED DATE/TIME STAMP TO RECEIPT.

IVDI:

ADDED NEW BIBLE TRANSLATION (TREE OF LIFE VERSION).

IVDI3:

ADDED NEW BIBLE TRANSLATION (TREE OF LIFE VERSION).

IVDIPG2:

ADDED NEW BIBLE TRANSLATION (TREE OF LIFE VERSION).

IVL:

ADDED SUPPORT FOR NEW PRTLABEL PROGRAM.

IVN:

• LINKAGE ERROR CALLING FROM MENU.

• CANCELLING ALLOCATING SPL ORDER – IF YOU CREATE A SO FOR AN ITEM AND THEN CLICK THE LOOKUP OPTION TO ALLOCATE OUT, IT PUTS THE ITEM # YOU ARE ORDERING IN THE PO FIELD AND DOESN’T ALLOW IT, BECAUSE IT THINKS IT IS ALREADY ALLOCATED TO A PO.

IVO:

CHANGED WORDING ON COMBINE 2 PO#S. ALSO, IF THE NEW PO DOESN’T EXIST, BSM WILL BY OPTION CREATE IT.

IVSI:

PAID AND DEPOSITS NOW SHOW UP ON MAIN SCREEN.

MLM2:

EMAIL VALIDATION – CHECKS FOR COMMON TYPOS IN EMAILS AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR NEW, LONGER ROOT DOMAINS SUCH AS “.CHURCH”.

PRTLABEL:

NEW PROGRAM FOR PRINTING INVENTORY LABELS USING ULINE REMOVABLE LABELS 30 LABELS PER SHEET: S-8080; 50 LABELS PER SHEET: S-18453. WHEN USING THESE, YOU NEED TO CHANGE SYS | CONFIG | #2070 TO “PRTLABEL” (WITHOUT THE QUOTES)

SYS:

MISC CONFIG | #7047 – AFTER ADDING NEW FEATURE (#2075), YOU COULDN’T ACCESS #7047.

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

Your BSMGR Support Team
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RMS Version 8.00R Program Changes on the October 2015 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.

CALLMENU:

PUT THE ‘EMP’ PROGRAM UNDER ‘TOOLS’ ON MENU.

EZADMAIL:

LOGGING TWEAKS.

IVGL:

ADDED KITCHEN OUTPUT OPTION.

IVMDEL:

#18 DELETE DISCONTINUED PRODUCT WAS NOT WORKING FOR X MULTISTORES WHOSE STORE NUMBER WAS NOT IVM01.

IVO:

NEW FEATURE – BASED ON THRESHOLDS SET IN SYS | CONFIG | MISC. CONFIG | #2075, THE FULL PO STOCK CHECK FEATURE NOW SHOWS WHICH TARGETS HAVE BEEN MET. CURRENT KNOWN THRESHOLDS AND TARGETS ARE PROVIDED IN THE SYS ENTRY BELOW.

IVSO:

BSMGR NOW PREVENTS THE USER FROM ALLOCATING MORE ITEMS ON THE PO THAN THE SPECIAL ORDER IS FOR.

POS:

• EZRECEIPT FILE WAS NOT ALWAYS BEING CLOSED.

• MISC. OPTIONS – FREQUENT BUYER # – THE WINDOW WAS TOO TALL AND NARROW TO PROPERLY SHOW THE SCREEN.

SLT:

THE DAY OF THE WEEK WAS OFF BY ONE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ONLY CHECKED SUNDAY, YOU WOULD GET NUMBERS FOR MONDAY.

SYS:

NEW FEATURE– MISC. CONFIG #2075 – ADDED “TARGETS” FOR IVO FULL PO STOCK CHECK. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIAL TARGET SUCH AS “FREE SHIPPING”. BASED ON THESE SETTINGS, IVO WILL SHOW IF THE TARGET IS MET. FOR INGRAM, THE TARGET ONLY APPLIES TO YOUR “ASSIGNED” WAREHOUSE, SO THERE IS A SETTING FOR THAT. PLUS, STL INTRODUCED A NEW HOME SCHOOL THRESHOLD FOR FREE SHIPPING. THEY ARE PROVIDING AN IDENTIFIER TO KNOW WHICH ITEMS QUALIFY FOR THIS NEW SPECIAL OFFER.

AT THIS TIME, THE REPORTED THRESHOLDS FOR SYS | CONFIG | MISC. CONFIG | #2075 ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Company	Min Qty	Min Net	Target Description
Anchor		150	Free Shipping
New Day		150	Free Shipping
STL (Qualifying)		150	Free Shipping (Qualifying)
STL (Home School)		750	Free Shipping (Home School)
Ingram *	15		Free Shipping

* BE SURE TO SELECT YOUR ASSIGNED INGRAM WAREHOUSE IN #2075. THE SPECIAL OFFER FOR INGRAM ONLY APPLIES TO THAT ONE WAREHOUSE.

TIMEPAGE:

A CUSTOMER HAD AN EMPLOYEE WITH TIME ENTRIES GOING BACK TO 2007. THE LOOKUP LIST BOX IS LIMITED TO 9000 LINES. NOW SHOWS WARNING THAT NOT ALL RECORDS CAN BE SHOWN AND ENCOURAGES USER TO RUN THE “PURGE TIME FILE” OPTION.

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Your BSMGR Support Team
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RMS Version 8.00Q Program Changes on the September 2015 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.

BSMCRCD:

ADDED SUPPORT FOR DUPLICATE RECEIPT AND PAPER CUTTING.

EOPARS:

FIXED CUSTOMER REPORTED FE 46.

EZDATA:

FIXED ISSUE WITH THE EXCHANGE RATE FOR INTERNATIONAL PRICING.

IVO:

ADJUST FULL PO STOCK CHECK RESULT SCREEN.

IVPSCRN:

REPORT TYPE BUTTONS LINED UP EVENLY.

MLP:

ADDED OPTION FOR PRINTING JUST CUSTOMERS WITH RETURNED CHECKS.

POS:

EMAIL RECEIPT WASN’T CLOSING THE EMAIL TEXT FILE ON “PRINT AND EMAIL”.

POSSCRNS:

CHOOSING DEPT 27 ON MISC. SCREEN ACTED LIKE USER HAD PRESSED ESC KEY.

POSTHTTP:

SPED UP PROCESS USING FLUSH_ON_CLOSE.

QSCAN:

TWEAKED EXPORT FILE CREATION.

SETFONTS:

RESOLUTION “C” GRADIENT DIDN’T FILL SCREEN.

TIME:

• WHEN PRINTING A TIME REPORT, BSM NOW SHOWS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DAYS WORKED DURING THE PERIOD BOTH ON THE DETAIL AND THE SUMMARY REPORT.

• SPED UP THE EMPLOYEE REPORT BY SKIPPING DATES OUTSIDE THE DATE RANGE REQUESTED.

Please contact us if you experience problems installing your update.

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Your BSMGR Support Team
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