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You can also find more information and tips about the program at our Community Site. 1.
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program in operation? 1. Are there any screen shots of the program in operation?. The documentation contains screen shots of the many forms used in the program. 2. What hardware do I need to run the system? You only need a Windows based computer and a printer. We strongly recommend using a laser printer with a fast time to first page for generating receipts for your sales. If you are going to take advantage of the bar code entry system you will also need a bar code scanner. We suggest this one from IDAutomation. 3. I have looked at the feature list and am not sure of what the programs will do. We suggest downloading the Documents and reading through them. You can download the demo and give the system a real trial. Contact Us (below) for setting up an in store demo if you are in Western New York. 4. If I decide to buy the system, will the information in the Demo be lost? When you purchase the system, we can "walk you through" moving the information from your demo to the newly installed programs. You should go ahead and enter any Vendor or Customer information (even inventory if you will be using that feature) into to the Demo. 5. I downloaded the Demo version, but I cannot record any sales. You must have vendors defined for a sale to be made. Use the BackRoom program to modify the Vendor table and add vendor id's and information. If this doesn't solve your problem, feel free to contact us (below). 6. I installed the software using an administrators account, as per instructions. Now no other user can use the programs. You must set the sharing for "C:\StoreDB" folder to shared and writable by everyone. 7. Can the program print checks to pay the dealers? Currently we have no provision for printing checks directly from the program. We do produce qif files with the check information so that you can import the checking information into a check writing or desktop accounting program. There is also an individual report for each vendor which clearly shows what is owed or due. Contact us for suggestions about inexpensive, easy to use check writing programs currently available. 8. I don't see any provisions to use QuickBooks, why not? We do have the option to create qif files for payable amounts for vendors to enable passing the information to check writing or desktop accounting software. The inventor tracking that is offered by Quickbooks is built in to our software. 9. Can the program print to a receipt printer? We looked at setting up printing to a receipt printer. Although adding the capability would not be difficult, we decided that the extra expense for the hardware and supplies would make (especially in a single station store) things more complex than necessary. A receipt for each sale is printed onto a full sized sheet with all the items fully described and your store information as a header. 10.We have a co-op where dealers take turns working the checkout. Will a salesclerk be able to see others information? Full information about all the vendors and sales is available only in the BackRoom program. We now have added password protection to the program so you can control who has access to the information. The clerk can see what is inventoried for anyone (an aid to looking up answers to customer inquires) but not any dealer history. 11. Is it possible to print item labels without entering the items into inventory? The label program produces labels independently of the inventory. By simply printing the labels and not importing the saved data to the BackRoom, the items will not be entered into inventory. However, to use the barcode feature, the item must be in inventory. 12. Is there any limit to the number of vendors? There is no limit to the number vendors (dealers or consignors) that the program will handle. In fact there are no limits on number of customers, items, or sales that are handled. The only limit is the amount of space taken up by the database which is very compact and should not give you any problems. The only limit in the program is that total number of sales at one sales desk is limited to 999 sales/day. 13. Can my vendors view their sales from home? We include an option to allow you to upload your daily sales to Mall-Central where your dealers can wiew their sold items on the web. You will need to create an account with that site, then you will be supplied with the necessary additional files to work with their system. You can also find more information and tips about the program at our Community Site.
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