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What's new in Checkout 4.2.4 Build 8260

Aug 13, 2018
  • Shopify:
  • Fixed: fixes issue with Shopify Syncing..

New in Checkout 4.2.3 Build 8259 (Aug 1, 2018)

  • Shopify:
  • Feature: upgrades Shopify syncing to latest Inventory API.

New in Checkout 4.2.2 Build 8257 (Jun 26, 2018)

  • Shopify:
  • Fixed: Shopify improved security and now requires TLS 1.2 certificates.

New in Checkout 4.2.1 Build 8256 (Nov 8, 2017)

  • Fixed: Sales report works again under macOS High Sierra (10.13).

New in Checkout 4.2.0 Build 8255 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • Getting Started Window:
  • Fixed: Closing this window works again on macOS Sierra (10.12).
  • Shopify Syncing:
  • Feature: Checkout products with variations now push the last attached image to the related Shopify variant. (Shopify allows only 1 image to be attached to the variant.) This change will only take effect for new Checkout products or products that are synced for the first time to Shopify.
  • Feature: Importing new products from Shopify, on first sync, are now syncing the variant image to the correct Checkout variation.
  • Fixed: Stores that have syncing conflicts due to unallowed modifications on the Shopify store now resolve this conflict automaticaly by using the Checkout data, instead of generating a sync error.

New in Checkout 4.1.2 Build 8253 (Apr 17, 2016)

  • ADDRESSES RECENTLY DISCOVERED ISSUES WITH SHOPIFY SYNCING:
  • Order Window:
  • Fixed: Product description looks better on smaller screen sizes.
  • Shopify Syncing:
  • Fixed: Connecting Shopify with Checkout is updated for latest browser requirements.

New in Checkout 4.1.1 Build 8252 (Jan 27, 2016)

  • Exporting:
  • Fixed: Images that have unsupported file names are now able to be exported.
  • Shopify Syncing:
  • Fixed: Prevent computer from going to sleep when syncing with Shopify.
  • Fixed: Unsupported product images are being skipped now instead of forcing the sync process to stop.
  • Fixed: Images that have dimensions between 64x64 and 200x200 pixels are now also allowed.
  • Fixed: Products that were modified in Shopify to include new variations are now able to sync with Checkout. We still do not recommend modifying products in Shopify - all editing and creation of products should occur in Checkout.

New in Checkout 4.0.9 Build 8240 (Mar 13, 2015)

  • Printing Templates - Feature: All printing templates are showing the pretax amount for each tax group in the summary section.
  • Shopify Syncing - Fixed: Web orders with Shipping names containing Foreign characters are now importing fine.

New in Checkout 4.0.8 Build 8238 (Mar 13, 2015)

  • General UI - Fixed: All tables (example Products), are displaying the first row fully on initial opening of the software on Mac OS X 10.10.
  • Log In Window - Fixed: Trying to go the Manual tab in the Store Browser window works without crashing on Mac OS X 10.10.

New in Checkout 4.0.7 Build 8236 (Oct 24, 2014)

  • 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 now always stored properly.
  • Fixed: Improved performance for stores with many tax regions.
  • Networking:
  • Fixed: Improved better reconnect mechanisms when remote main store is waking up.
  • Printing Templates:
  • Fixed: Total Discount now displays tax inclusive for VAT stores.
  • Shopify Syncing:
  • Fixed: Checkout does not run out of memory anymore when importing for the first time a huge Shopify store.
  • Fixed: When 2 customers existing with the same email address we will pick randomly the customer. Also we ignore now deleted customers information.

New in Checkout 3.6.0 Build 7795 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Important: This update provides Mavericks compatibility and is required in order to run Checkout on Mac OS X 10.9. In order to support the new operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 support has been removed. If you are using Mac OS X 10.5, do not install this update.
  • Ledger - Feature: Added support for AccountEdge Basic v2.app.
  • Orders - Fixed: Serial Number box on orders disappears on Retina displays.

New in Checkout 3.5.7 Build 7786 (Jan 31, 2013)

  • Upgrading:
  • Fixed: A rare issue related to upgrading FIFO stores has been addressed.
  • Order/Sale/Quote:
  • Fixed: A rare, mistaken error message involving invoicing orders has been removed.
  • Reports:
  • Fixed: The “Sales” report no longer fails for stores linked to Enstore and using web order taxes.
  • Fixed: The “Products Sold” report can be exported again. This was broken in 3.5.6 release.
  • Fixed: The “Stock” and “Count Sheet” reports no longer show primary products next to the products’ variations.
  • Fixed: The “Stock” report now accurately shows costs when returns are involved.
  • Fixed: The “Employee” report no longer fails to display customer names with non-English letters.

New in Checkout 3.5.6 Build 7782 (Jan 15, 2013)

  • Addresses performance issues and accuracy regarding product costs and margins.
  • Important: This update requires a database upgrade that could take some time, so please plan accordingly. For example one of our largest test stores with more then 100,000 orders took about 2 hours on the latest iMac. The upgrade process is about 5x faster than the 3.5 upgrade, but your experience can differ depending on the performance of your computer.
  • This upgrade includes a brand new implementation of product cost and margin. This implementation is roughly 50x faster than previous versions and also significantly reduces memory usage. Your store’s cost and margin data will be recalculated automatically.
  • Upgrading:
  • Fixed: Faster upgrade for those few stores that experienced a very slow upgrade to 3.5. All stores should now be able to upgrade to 3.5.
  • Product Manager:
  • Feature: The stock correction user interface has been changed to allow positive stock corrections to carry an user-provided cost.
  • Orders and Sales:
  • Fixed: A performance problem at payment time involving a sale with a product which has been sold thousands of times has been resolved.
  • Employee:
  • Fixed: A rare crash involving changing a user’s password has been resolved.
  • Quote:
  • Feature: Quotes no longer allocate stock.
  • Reports:
  • Feature: The “Stock” report now shows the default cost and the cost based on your store setting (FIFO or average cost).
  • Feature: The “Stock” report now allows you to specify a date range and see product stock/cost at a previous point-in-time.
  • Fixed: The “Tax” report now properly calculates VAT tax purchase amounts.
  • Fixed: The “Employees” report no longer shows deleted employees and properly displays employees with blank names.
  • Fixed: Reports which display margins (“Customers”, “Employees”, “Orders”, “Performance”, “Products Sold”, “Sales”, and “Stock Correction”) now show accurate margin/cost results.
  • Fixed: The “Performance by Tag” and “Products by Tag” reports are faster in the case where your store has no Tags defined.

New in Checkout 3.5.5 Build 7767 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • Important:
  • This will require a database upgrade step that could take a while in case you have thousands of products, so please plan accordingly.
  • This version will be required for future registration and deactivation.
  • Products:
  • Fixed: Editing product variations where the master product has erroneous stock attached is possible again. Any master product with such stock will have an automatic stock correction applied.
  • Registration
  • Fixed: Checkout now activates and deactivates licensing with a new server.

New in Checkout 3.5.4 Build 7715 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • Mountain Lion:
  • Fixed: Checkout can now be registered even if access to contacts is denied.
  • Template Manager:
  • Fixed: Template Manager now handles very large margins properly.
  • Fixed: Changing Page Setup now refreshes the template.
  • Fixed: The Template Document Margin is now shown in the correct localized number format.
  • Product Manager:
  • Fixed: A rare crash related to the creation of a new product is fixed.
  • Order Edit:
  • Fixed: When the price of a product is changed, the price will not change in pending orders/quotes/sales that include that product.
  • Reports:
  • Fixed: The Sales report now always shows the time in the correct time zone.
  • Fixed: The Customer report now sorts correctly after loading.
  • Ledger:
  • Fixed: We also added support for .connect AccountEdge setting files during setup.

New in Checkout 3.5.3 Build 7711 (Jul 28, 2012)

  • This release addresses an issue introduced in the latest 3.5.2 build of Checkout.
  • Product Manager:
  • Fixed: Trying to edit the product code caused a crash.
  • Fixed: Prevent products that have stock from having variations added to them.

New in Checkout 3.5.2 Build 7709 (Jul 26, 2012)

  • Ledger:
  • Fixed: Prevented a crash during the configuration of QuickBooks Ledger Export.
  • Upgrade:
  • Fixed: Upgrading a store with no invoices no longer fails.
  • Fixed: Upgrading a store with double quotes in the name no longer fails.
  • Fixed: Restoring a backup with foreign characters in the name no longer fails.
  • Printing:
  • Fixed: Configurations with older Star Printer drivers now automatically open the cash drawer during automatic printing.
  • Fixed: Deleting a product from the Product Label Printing sheet no longer crashes.
  • Template Manager:
  • Fixed: The Week of Year token can now be dragged on to the Invoice number template.
  • Fixed: The Emerald template can now handle orders that don’t have a customer attached.
  • Till Count:
  • Fixed: The Remaining in Till and the Deposit in Till value wasn’t saved when you didn’t tab out first before hitting Submit button.
  • Pay:
  • Fixed: The ACH Direct Credit Card Payment form showing black or clear in the input fields has been updated.
  • General:
  • Fixed: We fixed a few random crash cases during startup and making the app active.
  • Fixed: The crash dialog “Open Log” and “Reveal Log” buttons function as expected.
  • Feature: The crash dialog displays the version and build number of the Checkout running.

New in Checkout 3.5 Build 7625 (Jun 29, 2012)

  • Customer Displays:
  • Feature: The following customer display models are now supported: Logic Controls TD3000 U, LT9000 UP and PD3000 UP.
  • Printing:
  • Feature: Using the "Automatic Printing After Payment" option in Store Settings will print receipts/invoices without displaying a dialog and will print to your selected printer.
  • Feature: During automatic printing, Checkout detects the first Receipt Printer attached to your computer and uses it as the default printer.
  • Feature: Checkout automatically opens now all the cash drawers attached to your Receipt Printer- no further setup is required
  • Feature: Sales paid via credit card will now automatically print two copies of the receipt.
  • Feature: New option to always print out 2 copies of a receipt.
  • Feature: A Store Logo can now be printed on receipts. This can be controlled in the Document and Footer Settings in the Template Manager
  • Fixed: Addressed an issue where automatic printing of receipts was not working for a Sale.
  • Products:
  • Fixed: Variations can now be edited by selecting your product and clicking "Show Variations" and then "Edit Variations...".
  • Fixed: Removed a duplicate entry in the "Genre" template variation.
  • Order Window:
  • Performance: Performance improvements were a major focus of this release. In some cases, performance has been improved approximately 5x - 10x faster especially for stores with thousands of products and invoices and for stores left running for multiple days without a restart.
  • Fixed: The main window location is now saved across application starts.
  • Reports:
  • Performance: Various reports have been hand tuned for performances: Countsheet (30 times faster), Sales (5.5 times faster), Tax (11 times faster), Stock (3.3 times faster), Product Sold (2.5 times faster), Employees (4.7x faster), Processed Payments (8x faster), Customer (6x faster)
  • Performance: Reports which have been tuned now require far less memory, sometimes five times less.
  • Feature: New reports have been added: "Discounts Given", "Orders", "Performance by Brand", "Performance by Tag", "Price Exception Product By Brand", "Product By Tag", "Stock Correction".
  • Feature: The "Sales" report displays the grand total.
  • Feature: The "Tax" report displays tax-exempt sales.
  • Feature: The "Stock" report displays the products' brands.
  • Feature: The new "Performance" report replaces the "Turnover" report.
  • Feature: The "Processed Payments" report displays the grand total.
  • Feature: The "Employees" report includes products' quantity sold instead of number of invoices.
  • Feature: The "Products Sold" report includes more detailed information.
  • Fixed: Sorting in the "Count Sheet" and "Products Sold" reports has been fixed.
  • Fixed: The "Tax" and "Sales" reports now show Enstore sales.
  • Fixed: The "End Of Day" report sorts by "Till # per day" and also has a total for all tills per day.
  • Fixed: The "Supplier" report sorts by companies' names.
  • Fixed: The "Sales" and "Pending Invoices" reports display customers missing first name or last name by displaying the customers' companies instead.
  • Fixed: The "Tax" report now supports orders from Enstore. Various other issues with older taxes are fixed.
  • Fixed: The "Sales" report now shows detailed tax information.
  • Fixed: There are about a further 100 fixes and enhancements done on reports.
  • Client Inspector:
  • Fixed: The client inspector now disappears when Checkout is in the background.
  • Settings:
  • Feature: The "Optimize database performance when idle" has been removed. When upgrading to Checkout 3.5, Checkout will optimize the database immediately which may take additional time to complete the upgrade.
  • Fixed: Made sure that the first invoice number is a valid number.
  • Fixed: Made sure that only valid characters are used in the invoice number pattern.
  • Ledger:
  • Feature: When exporting the ledger, the previously-used format is chosen.
  • Performance: Ledger export is about 20x faster

New in Checkout 3.1.1 Build 7342 (Mar 27, 2012)

  • The Store Manager window is now resizable. The default size is larger.
  • A rare login issue that caused anonymous (employee) transactions to be created. All unknown employee transactions will be assigned to the first employee.
  • Issue with product variations UI when viewed on Lion. When scrolling, lines would appear in the product list.
  • Several rounding issues that caused crashes when viewing/exporting the Ledger.
  • When exporting the Ledger to AccountEdge, illegal characters (tabs, carriage returns, etc) have been removed, and the memo field will have a 256 character maximum length.
  • Synced Enstore Orders were causing the Ledger to crash.
  • Enstore Orders with multiple tax rates didn’t print the taxes correctly.
  • When printing an unallocated Order, the Total including Tax would print as the Tax amount.

New in Checkout 3.1 Build 7255 (Mar 10, 2012)

  • This update includes minor enhancements and resolves several issues, including:
  • Resolved an issue where a crash would occur in the Stock Room, when working with newly created Products
  • We now support rounded product prices amounting to 6.99 including tax (as an example). At the same time, we addressed rounding throughout Checkout to ensure that Bankers Rounding was being used consistently. It is possible, in some cases, that the tax inclusive prices of some products may have a difference of 0.01 when compared to the previously calculated price in Checkout.
  • The thermal receipt was modified to print the last 4 digits of the credit card, card type (if the card was swiped) and approval code. The receipt was also modified to better handle multiple credit card payments of a single Invoice.
  • The Online Payments report was renamed to be the Processed Payment report and now displays/prints the last 4 digits of the credit card, card type (if the card was swiped) and approval code.
  • The Ledger export now allows integration with AccountEdge Basic as well as AccountEdge (including Plus, Pro and Network Edition).
  • The Enstore sync has been optimized to handle larger stores.
  • Issues are now reported more consistently, if an error is encountered when a store is being backed up.
  • When an Invoice is created, the Pay window now comes up automatically, if the option is enabled in your store’s Preferences.

New in Checkout 3.0.8 Build 7093 (Nov 17, 2011)

  • Notes: If you use Checkout on multiple Macs, you will need to update it on all of them. Safari 5.0.6 (or greater) is now required to ensure that invoices and receipts render properly.
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed issues regarding MacOS X 10.7 (Lion).
  • Fixed an issue where receipts were printing smaller after upgrading to Safari 5.0.6 or later.
  • Fixed a crash when selecting a customer’s ship to address.
  • Fixed a crash when syncing with Enstore.
  • Fixed an issue where deposits did not print on receipts.
  • Fixed the tooltip issue in the tax regions view (crash on showing tooltip)
  • Fixed two DYMO label printers that printed in the wrong orientation

New in Checkout 3.0.7 Build 4708 (Jan 17, 2011)

  • Checkout 3.0.7 is a mandatory update in order to achieve PCI DSS compliance, and is a free update for all registered Checkout 3 users. Please note that after installing this update you will not be able to process credit cards until you follow the steps listed at http://checkoutapp.tumblr.com/post/2794255995/checkout-pci-dss-update.

New in Checkout 3.0.6 Build 4641 (Sep 16, 2010)

  • This update includes a change to the way Taxes are handled. When working with Tax Groups, you can now specify if the Group’s rates will be applied to All Transactions, Sales Only, or Purchases Only. This is an important change for Checkout users who pay a different tax rate when purchasing products than they collect from their customers when selling those Products. We also have a quick video that shows you how to setup your taxes if this applies to you.
  • The Suppliers report was changed to include the tax collected per Purchase Order and also per line item. The line item detail of the report can now also to exported to Excel, Numbers, or a to comma separated or tab delimited file.

New in Checkout 3.0 (Sep 25, 2009)

  • Label Printing - Printing barcode labels has never been this easy. Simply assign barcodes to your products, print the labels and attach. Scan them back in at the counter and let Checkout do the rest. Checkout supports all Dymo labels and Avery label sheets and lets you set up custom sheets as well.
  • Matrix Products - Checkout 3 has a brand new interface to set up product variations like sizes and colors. The choices are limitless. You can define as many product properties as you want, making it easy to setup and sell many different variations of one particular product.
  • Checkout Web Store - By popular request, Checkout now offers seamless eCommerce integration. The new Checkout web store lets you easily publish your products on the web and fetch new online sales periodically.
  • Quicker Sales - A typical retail sale is now completed much quicker, without sacrificing flexibilty when you need it. Thanks to improved support for barcode scanners and swipe readers, Checkout now works even better in a high-volume business.
  • Deposits - Checkout now accepts deposits. Multiple deposits and mixed payment methods on one order are possible too. And to make sure nothing gets lost, Checkout stops your staff from accidentally deleting orders with deposits on them.
  • Product Manager - Besides offering matrix products Checkout's product manager is totally revamped to give you better search functions and you can now edit and delete multiple products at the same time.
  • Much Faster - Have thousands of products or customers? Checkout 3 won't break a sweat. Logging in and using your data is now much faster. Also, reports now cache results, to make sure you spend as little time as possible twisting your thumbs.
  • And so much more:
  • Support for multiple tax tegions and shipping cost.
  • New "Sale" document type for fast, over the counter sales.
  • Connect up to 20 workstations to one store (Only when the store is hosted on an Intel-based Mac).
  • Improved barcode scanner and swipe reader support.
  • Faster and more powerful search functionality.
  • Support for manually configured connections in the Login window.
  • Select and delete multiple customer records at once.
  • Improved Reports and Ledger performance.
  • Support for multiple suppliers per product.
  • New easy interface to enter serial numbers for sold products.
  • Edit properties of multiple products at once.
  • Display configurations of toolbars, lists, window sizes and much more are now stored per employee.

New in Checkout 2.1 (May 13, 2008)

  • Massive performance improvements.
  • Added support for custom printing Templates.
  • Fixed issues with setting up AccountEdge integration.
  • Fixed several Checkout 1 store conversion problems.
  • Importer now correctly imports negative numbers.
  • Automatic printing after making an Invoice now works as expected.
  • Fixed issues with sequential numbering of Orders.
  • Fixed an issue with sequential invoice numbers after power failures.
  • Allocating an order now immediately updates product stock levels over the network.
  • Quotes can no longer accidentally be allocated manually.
  • Return Orders now accurately show all discounts after they are created.
  • Fixed a problem where a lock would sometimes remain visible after leaving a locked Order.
  • Checkout no longer crashes if text is entered in the quantity ordered fields in a Purchase Order.
  • Fixed an issue where store backups could sometimes not be made.
  • Fixed a problem restoring store backups made from stores with deleted employees.
  • Fixed a security issue where passwords would sometimes appear in the Checkout log file.
  • The �Turnover� report now correctly sorts by date.
  • The �Change� column in the �Payments� now works.
  • The �Returned� column in the �Products Sold� no longer shows negative numbers.
  • Fixed a problem where the �Employee� report would sometimes not load.
  • Fixed a lot of 'NoneType' object has no attribute...� type crashes.
  • Tax rate in the product info view shown below the product list is no longer rounded to two decimals.
  • Welcome window �New Store�/�Manage Stores� button behavior improved.
  • The login info view in the toolbar of the main window now resizes properly after logging with a different account.
  • The Supplier Manager now updates when a new supplier is created or modified on another computer.
  • Deleting a stocked product from the Product Manager now always creates a ledger entry.
  • The �Brands� menu in the Product Manager now shows newly added brands.
  • Clicking the pencil button next to a supplier in the Product Manager now shows that supplier in the Supplier Manager.
  • The �Show prices including tax in the products list� preference in the General Manager now works after logging out and back in.
  • Fixed a problem where negative Stock corrections would only show in the Ledger after logging out and back in.
  • Template Manager preview now handles very large and small paper sizes as expected.
  • Document previews can now be printed from the Template Manager.
  • Improved keyboard access in several parts of the interface.
  • Improved AE and QB integration setup window look and feel.
  • Suppliers are now sorted alphabetically throughout Checkout.
  • Invoice dates in the Example Store are now refreshed properly.
  • Fixed a crash when Checkout could not find a �Logs� folder in the home directory when launched.
  • Trying to login to a store that is not available on the network no longer gives an incorrect Currency warning.
  • Journal, Reports and Template Chooser views no longer allow drag and drop of external URLs.