Latest Features in TOP2012

	'View' option has been added to the Find Order/Invoice Utility to allow more detail and text to display
	Ability to print QR codes or an image file on TOP invoice format 1
	Changed A/R statement print to allow the option to print and email all statements, email only statements or hardcopy only statements
	Group code added to User Maintenance to be used to allow certain employees to view the entire credit card number in order/invoice data entry total screen
	Customer credit card numbers are now a masked entry in order/invoice data entry
	If an order was shipped using UPS, FedEx, etc. the tracking number prints on invoices printed out of history
	Item type 'N' can not be changed to 'Y' for pricing only if the item balances and item committed are not zero
	New item type 'P" for Pre-Order has been added to the inventory item master
	When adding a new General Ledger account, you no longer have to create a G/L image file in each module - now uses a universal image account number file
	Credit card information is now stored in its own maintenance file with additional fields and now more secure as you now have the ability to have a password assigned to a customer sub-menu selection
	Sold To name and address fields for both NOF’s and customers can now be edited per order/invoice
	P/O Data Entry has been modified to allow access to the vendor part number field and allows the user to F1 to scroll through multiple part numbers for that vendor
	I/C Vendor Part Number Maintenance has been increased to 99 sequence numbers
	Combined deposit totals has been added to the Cash Receipts Journal screen
	Order Audit Display is now an option in the Find Order/Invoice Utility
	UPS tracking number, service type, date and shipping charge data can be displayed in the Find Order/Invoice Utility
	Shipping data imported from UPS will be purged after 183 days during O/E daily closing
	Customer Master name and address has been expanded and country code has been added
	Customer Master phone and fax numbers have been expanded to allow international phone numbers
	TOP system register numbers are now assigned from one data file
	All TOP read and write access for the item master, customer master and the order/invoice/history header and detail records has been changed to use templates
	New fields have been added to the Item Balance & Sales display
	System Log Display per TOP module

Thought For the Month

"Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it!"

Mindware Corporation Releases Total Order Plus 2012

A new version of Total Order Plus has just been released and is currently in beta testing at thirteen of our customers. Total Order Plus 2012 is being enhanced to use templates from the data dictionary, which allows software changes to be made a whole lot easier!

One of the new features is a System Log Display within each TOP module. The error log and the activity log have been combined and the amount of information that displays has been expanded upon. The displays are located on each Definition Menu in TOP. This information tracks the activity of all users on the system and can be helpful in searching and explaining certain diagnostic issues, error messages, system parameter changes, etc.

Total Order Plus Using Anzio Lite 16

Mindware is now supporting Anzio Lite 16.0 emulation software and is extremely satisfied with all of the features available within this package. Any customer that is using the Internet or importing order information from their emails would find the features to be quite helpful and a real time saver, especially if a customer sends you an order via email, you can cut and paste the order information directly into a TOP order or invoice saving input time. Listed are some of the features we think are outstanding:

	You have the ability to click 'Copy' and the contents of your screen is captured and can be pasted into an email or document. This information can be helpful if captured when an error message displays on your screen and can be emailed to Mindware for support.
	The 'Print Screen' button will print the contents on your screen to your primary printer.
	You can setup any printer for your computer that is displayed in your Windows 'Printers and Faxes' screen.
	Both Telnet and Secure Shell connections are supported, along with font and font size designations.
	Many of our customers like to have multiple logins open at one time. Anzio Lite allows you to open multiple sessions by clicking on a 'Add Session' button and have the ability to switch back and forth between the active sessions by clicking 'Next Session'.
	There are multiple flags that can be utilized - one in particular prevents a user from exiting TOP by clicking on the Windows X box thereby leaving files open in TOP and causing Error 0 - File Device Busy or Inaccessible. You can setup login name and user password so when you log in you don't have to enter the login name and Anzio will verify the password to make sure it is correct.

Anyone interested is learning more about Anzio Lite, call 800-950-0401 or email support@mindwarecorp.com.

Using QR Codes in Total Order Plus

A QR (Quick Response) code is a two-dimensional barcode that is readable by smart phones. It allows you to encode over 4000 characters in a two dimensional barcode. QR codes may be used to display text to the user, to open a URL, contain a link to a Facebook page, contain discounts at your local grocery store (see next article) or to compose

text messages. They can be printed out and used for tagging any real-word object.

TOP customers can generate a QR code or any image file and have it print on their invoices. The only requirement to use this feature is to create the PDF and PRN files and have TOP2012.B installed on your system. The row, column and name of the PRN file is displayed below in the Invoice Message Maintenance on the UM Options Menu. Currently, it is set up to print on invoice format 1. Click here to view an invoice with a QR code . . . .

To read QR codes with your smartphone, you need an appropriate software app installed on your phone. For Android-based devices, you can use Barcode Scanner for example. Just search for it in the market. On iOS-Devices like iPhones, there are also QR Code readers available on the AppStore, for Example i-nigma. On Symbian devices, you can use Mobiletag barcodes reader for example.