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Latest enhancements: (builds 4A207, 5A216 and 6A173)
(Note: Minor bug fixes are attended to as soon as they are reported and are not listed.)
Older Update History
13/01/08 Added option of recon. statements to print to plain A4 paper (Laser)
14/01/08 Added option to print recon statements to email
18/01/08 Added service order price changes to tracking data
22/01/08 Added normal and extended statements to email option
01/02/08 Added full cashbook bank reconciliation utility
29/02/08 New SMS service - sms.shoso.com option for improved notifications
02;03/08 Added SMS Log report to Orders->Report menu
03/03/08 Added option to round to 50 cents or 100 cents (default=10 cents)
05/03/08 Added default bank deposit account for each branch
06/03/08 Added customer field to indicate email billing with normal email address
13/03/08 Removed purch. tran.by date 'No cheques", and added "Unposted only" report
23/03/08 Made valuation voucher printout work for plain paper (Laser) setting. (prn4/L)
02/04/08 Made PostCap (stock take maintenance) utility record movement journal
07/04/08 Put back the "Send to print" option in Utilities, Mail list (affects Unix only)
11/04/08 Scanner-enabled individual label printing and markup programs
11/05/08 A number of bug fixes and custom changes
22/05/08 Updated PutPic to version 1.20
23/05/08 Added option to always give all new accounts a minimum credit limit
26/05/08 Enabled range markup of dollar prices of merchandise
26/05/08 Recording finishing operator code in service order tracking data (Linux only)
29/05/08 Added range mark up of consignment merchandise dollar price from dollar cost
30/05/08 Added letter (plain paper) statement option to extended statements
04/06/08 Now automatically updating gold price and US$ exchange rate (Linux version)
09/06/08 Added option to set receiving forex rates to bank buying rates (Rand currency and Linux only)
10/06/08 Made Ctrl-P printscreen work while paused in Finder
09/07/08 Added Place filter to stock take Update bin number utility
14/08/08 Added option to give change when entering payments on account
15/09/08 Added oshops.dbl branch email addresses to emails (Linux)
21/09/08 Made G.L. alpha department report selection more user friendly in G.L
01/10/08 Made Emailed invoices to 'E-Billing' accounts automatic
02/10/08 Increased merch cost and selling max. to 2.5M and 5M respectively
03/10/08 Allowed daily sales totals over 10 million without overflow error
14/10/08 Added customer image lister to 32-bit valuation letter writer
16/10/08 Fixed 16-bit zipsale Escape from tax invoice prompt
17/10/08 Made bottom price ambiguous on bar coded labels if discount>50%
17/10/08 Added totals when viewing creditor account trans by date range
25/10/08 Added transaction type "VN" for purchases voucher receiving on cons.
27/10/08 Added grade-3 appro notes shuttle file to purchases appro receiving integration
29/10/08 Added category T(ourist to customer file maintenance (Unix only)
03/11/08 added summary option to GL monthly detail report
15/11/08 Added emailed deposit reports - uses management email address
16/11/08 Added inventory descriptions to stock-take 'List' and 'Print' capture list
22/11/08 Allowed entry of up to three management report email addresses
22/11/08 Allowed appro-receiving of standard stock with owned stock check
25/11/08 Added raw win prnting with /R instead of WINR' - Linux only
03/12/08 Removed emailed deposit reports - uses management email address
08/12/08 Fixed New Appro notes (only affected DOS & 32-bit versions)
10/12/08 Fixed mixed payment in normal sales
11/12/08 Added last salesman'c code to mail list selection
14/12/08 Added *LSTSLSMN* (last salesman) to batch merge variables
17/12/08 Added 'NO REFUNDS' message to service order deposits
18/12/08 Put final slsmn code into order tracking data when invoiced (instead of 'auto')
25/12/08 Added option to print 40-col invoices, transfers & repair vouchers in duplicate
09/01/09 Disabled merchandise edit for sold items except for company='Maintenance'
17/01/09 Added memory of last used shuttle file path for Graft utility
11/02/09 Added older undeposited item check and alert in deposit program
14/02/09 Added delivery instruction alert if ID# contains ADDR or DELI (Linux only)
20/02/09 Added display of recent capture entries in Stock take, Capture program
01/03/09 Added ignored error reporting and recording (Linux only)
11/03/09 Request payment adjustment reference for negative debtor payments
12/03/09 Improved inventory mark-up by range. Added supplier, removed unused
17/03/09 Added recording of time to Banking Cheque/Cash swaps
21/03/09 Added date received range filter to by supplier reports
23/03/09 Added a To: option to the stock take Filtered delete
24/03/09 Disallowed delete or purge of standard stock with negative (unbalanced) quantity
25/03/09 Improved checking of available quantity of std & raw stock sales (xcpt 16-bit)
30/03/09 Password-prevented POS users from using the system if monthend not done
31/03/09 Made stock check list, all branches, sorted by SSR, show cost - by supplier
02/04/09 Added email, collect and internet address fields to customer & supplier lookups
03/04/09 Added option to show price to gramme ratio in merch summary report, detailed
04/04/09 Enforced valid cellphone numbers only for use with SMS's
05/04/09 Made date change after midnight automatic. Time=Off for manual date.
13/04/09 Improved report editor to allow up to 5 related data files (Linux only)
15/04/09 Added Supplier voucher reference to consignment sales reports
14/05/09 Upgraded SMS service - can now send 720/hour
26/05/09 Improved creditor and GL journal sort safety
29/05/09 Fixed 16-bit single-user licenced version of JSK
31/05/09 Added addressees name to cover page of emailed vouchers
03/06/09 Added alert if repeated add/receive supplier reference is unchanged
04/06/09 Made email and cellphone editable in batch merge by number, even if valid
09/06/09 Sorted appro-invoicing lookup by date issued so as to be able to invoice oldest automatically
10/06/09 Moved gold price and exchange rate callup from myip.shoso.com to data.myjsk.net for better speed and reliability (Linux version only)
13/06/09 Let List option from inventory file maintenance scroll up screen (Linux only)
25/06/09 Added alerts for suspected invalid customer name entry format
26/06/09 Added customer name search to Data enquiry options
26/06/09 Added Number of items indicaton on tranfer vouchers
28/06/09 Added graphic header option to emailed vouchers (Linux only)
04/07/09 Started recording supplier numbers to sales analysis files (Linux only)
04/07/09 Added supplier filter to sales analysis reports (Linux only)
05/07/09 Added Find filter to G.L. bank reconciliation program
07/07/09 Made interbranch transfers bring up linked codes automatically (Linux only)
08/07/09 Added forced crearing of open transactions in purchases journal when year-ending G.L.
10/07/09 Added safety check prompts when trying to store valuations incorrectly
16/07/09 Added ability to add attachments to emailed letters (Linux only)
29/07/09 Made blank cellphone number look in phone number field for valid cell number
03/08/09 Adapted PutPic to also work with Windows version of JSK (Now ver=1.23)
04/08/09 Modified 'Find new image' button in JSK32 to call PutPic if installed
12/08/09 Added purchased items filter to letter selection bouquet
01/09/09 Auto update to history name update when changing customer name
06/09/09 Added option to print code/price/xref in spare box label of Panther 510
09/09/09 Added option for 'Kingpin' user to avoid passkeys in strict security mode
10/09/09 Made excessive change alert more aggresive in sales and zipsales
11/09/09 Added alert if voucher number not entered when receiving in inventory menu
12/09/09 Added alert if supplier not entered when receiving in inventory menu
15/09/09 Added prompt for contra payment reference
18/09/09 Added journal adjustments and finance charges to detailed sales report
29/09/09 Changed sales voucher printing default if e-billing enabled customer
07/10/09 Removed Brighten & sharpen and added Brightness and Contrast controls (PutPic)
23/10/09 Allowed overdue selection of laybye customers in letter writer
06/11/09 Fixed the printing of deposit amount on service order customer copy
10/11/09 Added option to remove advanced feature prompts from inventory take-on
11/11/09 Made Laser invoices print in duplicate as a licence option
12/11/09 Enhanced Linux version Weekly Ratio report to unlimited date range
25/11/09 Added "omit if received after" date for dead stock report
25/12/09 Option to include journal entries in weekly ratio reports.
18/01/10 Added option to use mid-market instead of bank selling rate for USD (Linux version)
03/02/10 Made Linux version use branch totals for cost reports for licence locs 2-15
12/02/10 Added Escape confirmation to Letters->Batch processing
12/02/10 Added consignment filter to By Supplier reports (Plus version only)
13/02/10 Added Until date to Data (Gold) register reports
13/02/10 Added detailed finished order report to Inventory Reports W.I.P Analyse
18/02/10 Changed default of WIP analysis to date Finished & made dates and branch sticky
24/02/10 Added trap for std.stock return cost resulting in negative average cost
06/03/10 Removed the word 'total' from 'Estimated price' on service order
13/03/10 Added ovallets to amend files (read only, to help searching for valuations)
16/03/10 Added SupStkRef to expense vouchers (A4 and 40-col, Linux only)
28/03/10 Added option to clone an old service order (V(iew, R(epeat) )
02/04/10 Fixed a number of bugs in service orders with controlled salesman option
05/04/10 Added SMS reply link to SMS'd SMS replies arriving by email
10/04/10 Added option in Inv.Rprts, Dtld Sales, for buy-outs only
22/04/10 Merch File maint. List now shows if item is out on appro
25/04/10 Added qty-out-on-appro (dues) to Std.Stk file maint. and exception report
26/04/10 Made tag colour '*' or '=' use description instead of data on bar-code labels.
04/05/10 Added location filter option to Raw W.I.P. report
08/05/10 Changed valuation exit warning prompts with a single alert box
12/05/10 Added location filter to bar code labels by date range
12/05/10 Added negative qty filter to inventory journal all-inventory-movement reports
13/05/10 Added inventory transaction types F1 help screen
17/05/10 Added alert if exchange rate is undefined
18/05/10 Added alert warning if selling to a lay-bye account with balance
23/05/10 Added laser and email print options to service orders detailed job packet
01/06/10 Added custom password option for p.o.s. login if monthend not yet done
04/06/10 Added custom option to default all new customers to grade 1
08/06/10 Made purchases journal entries post to purchases detail history
10/06/10 Made option to post standard and raw stock descriptions to purchases history
12/06/10 Made Purchases, Trans, ApproRcv allow returns as well
12/06/10 Added duplicate of last ApproRcv transaction with ability to also send by email
13/06/10 Added utility in one-page letter writer to mark duplicate cellphone numbers
17/06/10 Added AskFor=Zn to limit maximum value for zipsales (except 16-bit)
23/06/10 Various bug fixes
Only download an update if you have read and understood the "important notes" below.

The Shopkeeper (All Versions) (Build 4A207)  1.44MB Fits on a Stiffy! For DOS, Novell, Lantastic, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, Me, and XP (Not always suitable for Windows Vista, untested on 7 - use 32-bit version instead.) Install once and use by all workstations.

The Shopkeeper 32 (All Versions) (Build 5A216)  8.5MB For Windows 98, Me, XP, Vista and Windows 7. This version must be installed on each workstation that uses it. (But always direct installation to the shared 'server' computer database.)  

The Shopkeeper Unix/Linux (All Versions) (Build 6A173)  No install wizard is available for these versions - please contact support for instructions.

Important notes:

• IF YOU HAVE AN OLD REGISTERED LICENCE, BUT NO MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, INSTALLING AN UPDATE WILL INVALIDATE YOUR EXISTING LICENCE.
• When used as a first-time installation, this has a temporary licence for the full, multi-user, 5-location/store version of The Jewellery Shopkeeper (Plus). (See note below regarding the smaller versions.)  The software will require licensing if you wish to use it for more than 4 months.  The same download should be used for program updates - select the same destination directory (folder) as before, and your data will not be overwritten.
• This software is not "open source" or "freeware".   It is copyright by Norman Perelson and Shopkeeper Solutions cc and may not be copied or reverse engineered for any purpose.  Furthermore Shopkeeper Solutions and Norman Perelson disclaim all responsibility for loss or damage connected to the use of The Jewellery Shopkeeper and The Business Shopkeeper, howsoever caused.
• Please feel free to contact us for free assistance to get your trial copies working.
• 30 days unlimited free support via e-mail is also offered - with no obligation to buy.