Version History
Sensible Cinema Box Office for Windows
Box Office Management Component
Version number is found by going to “Help/Support” and selecting
“About” and “Support Info.”
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Version |
Release Date |
Information |
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1.00.0501 |
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· Public Beta Release |
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1.00.0517 |
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· Initial Release · Fixed bug in Concession Express SE inventory software that
caused the sales item report not to allow finalization and saving of the
completed report for the period. |
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1.00.0614 |
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· In Daily Reporting, added tracking of transactions by individual
cashier and by terminal number |
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1.00.0619 |
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· Fixed bug in Weekly Box Office Report where admission category
name being blank caused the report to freeze up. |
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1.00.0624 |
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· Added Gross Sales column to Daily Box Office Report. |
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1.00.0625 |
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· Fixed bug in screen rendering of Daily Box Office Report that
incorrectly displayed the gross sales total. It was determined that the total
was correct on the printed version of this report. |
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1.00.0708 |
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· Fixed bug where if sales tax percentage was set to zero for
backing out tax on concession sales the sales themselves did not show up in
the Daily Sales Summary Report. |
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1.00.0720 |
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· Fixed knowledge base hyperlink in Help/About/Support · Added hyperlink to web update page in Help/About/Support · Made calendar in playdate setup clickable for selection · In Business Date changer added clickable calendar · Daily Report Date is now selected from a calendar · Report filter criteria remains as column headers are clicked
in the Daily Reports Ticket Journal and Transaction Journal. · Fixed bug where refunds sometimes appeared in with tickets
sold in the ticket journal · Made appropriate changes in PDF manual and HTML Help |
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1.00.0723 |
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· Added capability of sending e-mail and e-mail attachments
(like reports) to studios or home office recipients by including a
distributor list/e-mail address book link within the Home Office E-mail
section |
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1.00.0724 |
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· Replaced file list with calendars from which to select the
weekly report starting date for the period · Changed the initial path for the file save dialog box from the
application path report folder to the path provided as the default path
report folder so that all users save the reports to the default path by
default |
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1.1.1 |
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· Added support for
changing currency sign to Pound Sterling (£) for quick tender buttons and on
prompts. Selecting “£” removes the “$” from reports where applicable and on
the pole display. The pound sterling character is supported on most receipt
printers but NOT most ticket printers. Therefore there will be no sign on
standard tickets. It is now possible to select between “$” and “£” from the
Options and Preferences in the terminal setup program. |
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1.1.2 |
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· No change in the
management module but the Terminal Setup Utility has been updated. See Terminal
Client update for |
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1.1.3 |
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· Fixed problem with showtime setup where the incorrect seating capacity is
displayed to the right of the auditorium select spinner after the file had
been saved. |
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1.1.4 |
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· Added a Real-Time
Attendance Tracker, Show1, Show2, Show3, etc. across all features for the
current business date. To run this utility, click the lightning bolt icon or
press the F2 key. · Added an Attendance Tracking
Report, Show1, Show2, Show3, etc. across all features for any selected
reporting date, on the Daily Box Office Report Tabunder
Daily Sales Reports. · Added capability to
show a terminal as offline on the manager’s computer in cases where the terminal
was not closed down properly. · Replaced the
playdate.dll file which was corrupt on some systems making the concession
sales table not accept new entries. This was only affecting playdates created
from scratch rather than those that were created from templates. |
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1.1.5, 1.1.6 |
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· Increased the size of
the font used on the Gross/Attendance Report from 10 point to 14 point so
that it is more legible if it is sent by fax. |
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1.1.7 |
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· Added a double-check
feature to the playdate creation to ensure that the pricing is current when
the new playdate is created both from templates and when created without use
of a template · Added “No Sale” drawer
open option to security level setup. A level must be set in order to limit
no-sale rings to authorized individuals. The button itself is in the terminal
menu. See terminal update dated December 5 for more information. |
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1.1.8 |
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· Added a new report
which shows tickets sold FOR today and what date the ticket was originally
sold on. The report is filterable by feature name and sortable by 9 different
criteria, including date sold, feature name and showtime. |
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1.1.9 |
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· Added a single page Weekly
Box Office Report. There is a radio selector button found in the film rental
options page of the Weekly Box Office Report that defaults to the normal
3-page report design or lets you select the one-page design layout. |
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1.1.10 |
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· Fixed a bug in the
terminal that recorded when (what day) a ticket sold in advance for today was
sold. It was incorrectly recording the playdate as the date sold making all
tickets appear as sold same-day. This leads to an improvement in the “When
Sold” report, now called “Advanced Ticketing Report” found on the Tickets
sold Today first screen in the Daily Reporting. Because prior days of advance
sales may have incorrectly recorded the sale date in the history file it may
be out of balance until new playdates are created and advance tickets are
sold for future playdates from those newly created playdates. Rely on the
figures only when you are sure you are in new playdate territory. · Added a summary only
format and a field showing the sales of advance tickets for future dates. |
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1.1.11 |
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· Added a “Print 2 per
page” checkbox for Daily Box Office Reports |
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1.1.12 |
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· Added the capability
to setup a preferred printer driver for ticketing, receipts and for reports. This
eliminates the need to change from one printer to another if using a single
computer for multiple functions such as tickets and reports for example. The
drivers are selected in the terminal setup utility program and the settings,
once applied, affect only the computer workstation and it’s settings are
saved in the Windows Registry. You must update the
manager and terminal components in order to use both on a single computer. |
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1.1.13 |
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· Worked a bit on the “Show
Terminal Offline” button so that it does not give a ‘file locked’ error as
often. ·Updated copyright
notices with 2003 dates · Compiled EXE file to
favor Intel® Pentium® Processors |
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1.1.14 |
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· Changed file compilation
to P-code and reduced file size by 50%. · Improved database
repair utility and included a standalone version that can be run outside the
program. |
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1.1.15 |
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· Added attendance total
to Weekly Box Office Report (On old playdates it will be necessary to open
them in the Daily Sales window and press the “Save Daily Report” button in
order to kick the data over to where it can be found and added to a weekly
sales summary.) |
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1.1.16 |
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· Added Gift Certificate
Redemption for dollar valued gift certificates (for instance those worth a
dollar amount as opposed to those with a specific value unknown) to the
ticketing clients and this management update shows tracked redeemed gift
certificates under the cash balance tab, daily sales summary and weekly sales
summary. · Added a terminal sales
option that requires the cashier to confirm the intention to sell an
advance-day ticket prior to the tickets being printed. This enables the
cashier to avoid accidentally printing up tickets for the wrong day. This
feature will be on by default unless you go to the Master Configuration,
Ticketing Options Tab, and turn it off. · The management client
will now automatically update remote database files in situations where the
manager station is not acting as the file server as soon as someone runs the
software on that workstation. |
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1.1.17 |
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· Fixed a bug where if a dollar amount was erased completely
from a field in the cash drawer balance screen or daily sales summary screen
without putting anything in it’s place, the form
totals would not recalculate until the next time the report tab was clicked
as they would have if the erased amount was replaced with “0.00.” This has
been fixed in this release. · As I stated last week an update was already in the works to
add some new cash management features, notably the capability to get sales
for and cash out a specific cashier. A button has been added to the Daily Reporting/Cash
Balance Tab that takes you to the cashier balance worksheet screen. In order
to make this worksheet meaningful, each cashier would have to have his or her
own user name and password on the system. · Additionally, for added security and peace of mind I have
added the ability to “assign” a cashier to a particular terminal. A terminal
can be set to allow any cashier, only a specific cashier or no cashier (A
cashier being a person with a security level of 79 and lower) while a manager (a person with security
level 80 or higher) may log onto any terminal at any time. To assign a
cashier, click the “Change User” button on the Manager’s Main menu and choose
the new “Authorize Terminal Client Users” choice. From there you select a
user to assign to the desired terminal. Remember, other users are locked out
when a cashier is assigned. · Now the cashier can secure her terminal by touching the Change
User button in the terminal and selecting “Secure Terminal/Walk Away.” Only
her user ID and password (or a manager’s) will be accepted to log back into
the terminal again. · The user can turn off the “automatic file save” dialog boxes
by unchecking the option in the report options setup, Master Program
Configuration in the management program. |
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1.1.19 |
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· Changed the Usher/Projectionist Showtime Report to Portrait
mode, allowing 10 features per page displayed on the report. · Added the capability of printing the Showtimes
from the Master Showtime Template · Added additional filtering criteria for Ticketing Detail
Reports: “Show Refunds on Tickets Sold Today for Today” and “Show Refunds on
Advance Tickets Sold Today” · Feature editing fields are now locked when in the Edit
Playdate/Feature Edit mode until the user clicks a new button “Unlock Feature
for Editing” which will display a warning message suggesting to the user that
he should really set up a movie in the Master Feature Template then import
the feature into the playdate rather than setting up a new feature in a
playdate. |
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1.1.20 |
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· Fixed a bug which caused an ‘overflow’ error in the showtime setup when the user reduced the number of
screens in a complex (in the master configuration) to a number lower than one
of the Showtimes was configured for. In other
words, if a show is set for screen #10 and the complex is changed to 6
screens in the master program configuration it would raise the overflow error
and crash. This has been corrected so that a message is displayed and normal
operation is resumed thereafter. · In the Master Configuration -changed the security settings to
allow for setting up the level required to issue a refund separately from the
level required to exit the terminal. Now you can allow a cashier to exit the
terminal but not allow that cashier to issue a refund if desired. Until this
is independently set each level will remain on the level once assigned to
both. · In the Daily Reports, made the Cash Balance Report and Daily
Sales Summary worksheets auto save upon exit rather than requiring the user
to press save. |
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1.1.21 |
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· Added a time/date stamp to the bottom of all printed hourly
and daily reports |
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1.1.22 |
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· Fixed a bug where if switching between the Daily Box Office
Report tab and Transaction tab in Daily Reports, nothing would happen unless
another tab was clicked first · Added a message that tells the user that the Daily Reports do
not update in real time and must be refreshed by re-opening at the calendar dateclick. |
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1.1.23 |
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· Fixed a bug where Detailed Attendance Report would not save to
Excel format. |
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1.1.24 |
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· Fixed a bug where if a blank user name existed it would cause
a lockout of the management console. |
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1.1.25 |
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· Fixed a bug created when adding timestamps (1.1.21) that would
cause a font corruption if any report containing a timestamp was
exported/saved in PDF format. Apparently just the word “timestamp” was enough
to cause Acrobat to freak out. Changing the name corrected the issue. |
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1.1.26 |
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· Corrects a problem with the playdate template whereas a $125 deposit
line item under the heading “Other” appears in the Daily Sales Summary on
playdates that are created “Empty.” Does not affect playdates where the
features were imported from the master feature template upon creation. This
patch ensures that that is 0 on each new playdate created. |
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1.1.27 |
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· Added a keystroke filter to the short title field in the
feature setup to prevent symbol characters that could interfere with file naming conventions when
a weekly report is generated for saving.. |
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1.1.28 |
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· Fixed a bug that prevented the printing of a master showtime report and caused an endless loop of errors from
which the user had to crash the session if the attempt to print the report was
done while sales terminal(s) were running. |
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1.1.29 |
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· Fixed a bug that prevented the creation of the cashier balance
individual report due to Object Not Found (Error 424) |
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1.1.30 |
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· Added additional database fields to Transaction tables in
playdates allowing for error reporting and notation of when and who was
responsible for opening the drawer for a NO SALE · Better notification upon startup when the database is not
connected. New screens give suggestions for restoring the failed network
connection. · Under Daily Sales Reports added the “NO SALE” and “ERROR LOG”
columns to the screen version of the Transactions report. · Fixed a bug where the program would crash if the printer originally
set up for reports was later deleted in the Control Panel but the user never
selected a new printer in the Terminal Setup utility under printer drivers.
Now, if the original printer no longer exists the system will automatically
switch to the printer currently designated as Window’s default printer. |
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1.1.31 |
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· Added a serial number to the playdate file so that it is
easily determined if a playdate file has been deleted · Playdate serial number appears on Daily Sales Summary report · File tracks deleted playdates, their serial numbers and any
ticket sales discarded within those playdates. Audit trail can be made to
save to any location available within the machine’s path. Theatre owners may
contact SCS support for details. |
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1.1.33 |
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· Added a web page or simple listing style showtime
report to the Showtimes screen found under playdate
setup/showtimes. This allows the user to easily create
an HTML page for a day’s worth of showtimes. HTM is
the default file save format but DOC, PDF, RTF, XLS and TXT formats are
available. · Gross and attendance report now includes a column showing the
unrounded gross admissions as well as rounded gross admissions. · The “Show |
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1.1.34 |
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· Fixed a problem in Daily Box Office Report where when the two
(2) reports per page option was selected and the system had an odd number of
movies the report engine sometimes failed to print the final movie by itself
on an additional page. The problem was caused by a bug in the ActiveReports® engine (specifically in the pagebreak ActiveX® control) and solved by means of a
workaround in our software where we padded the last page enough to cause the
start of an additional page. |
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1.1.35 |
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· Replaced “Banker’s Rounding” with “Next Integer” rounding
function for determination of call-in grosses. The original Visual Basic rounding
function used Banker’s Rounding to better average the numbers but to be
correct when submitting grosses, numbers over .50 should be rounded up,
therefore we created a different rounding function for this purpose. |
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1.1.36 |
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· Fixed where the terminal nicknames would not immediately
change when on a skinned main menu screen · Changed live attendance so that timer is off by default to
conserve bandwidth when not in use |
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1.1.37 |
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·Added Reporting support for AU reversing ‘Net’ and ‘Gross’
Verbiage |
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1.1.38 |
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· Fixed a problem calculating refunds in the Advanced Ticketing
Report where the refunds were reported as done on the playdate rather than
the sales date the refund was paid on. This requires that the terminal update
also be done so that future refunds post in the Advance and Hourly Sales
Reports for the proper date. This will not fix prior reports. |
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1.1.39 |
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· Fixed a problem with the Web Showtimes
Report where an error 424 “object not found” would occur on some machines. |
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1.1.40 |
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· Fixed a problem with the ad message setup in the Master
Feature Template and in the Playdate Setup where the bottom of the screen
does not return after selecting the message because it is covered by
something else. · Fixed a problem where if the user set up a new movie then
pressed the Setup Showtimes button without hitting
“Update” first the new film setup would not be saved. · Added a graphical topper to the manager program main menu. |
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1.1.41 |
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· Adds capability to calculate concession per capita for
theatres that don’t sell concessions through the point-of-sale system. This is
done by setting up the option from the manager’s computer under Master
Program Configuration, Report Options Tab via a new button in the revenue
categories setup. The amount of
concession sales must then be manually entered into the first revenue field on
the Daily Sales Summary and the per cap is determined by dividing this
amount by the day’s attendance rather than the concession line above for
those sales generated through the POS. · Added concession per capita to the weekly sales summary report · Made the report type (single page or three page) last selected
when using the weekly box office report wizard remain the default choice for
the next time the wizard is run. |
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1.1.42 |
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· Adds capability of having a negatively priced concession item.
Call support to ask how this is done. |
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1.1.43 |
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· Update adds filtering of reports to show internet ticket sales |
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2.00 |
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New Features and Changes with Box Office for Windows Version 2.0 1. Gift
Cards Sales and Redemption of gift cards on the Mercury platform are
supported while the capability of accepting previously issued legacy paper
gift certificates is retained. Added associated fields to all reports
affected. Future sales of paper gift certificates is not supported through
the terminal program. Special provisions for using gift cards as a means to
provide a refund to a customer have been made. A separate gift card “how to”
document will show the cashier the steps necessary to perform most required gift
card functions. All gift card receipts (for purchases paid for with the card
as well as gift card issuance and recharge transactions) will show the
balance remaining on the gift card account. A simple way to obtain the
account balance is provided in the gift card administration. All receipts
also print the account balance at the bottom. 2.
Weekly Concession Item Sales Report is a new report that calculates
the total number sold of each item you sell for a period of one to seven
days. This is found by clicking “Concession Inventory” under “Reports” in the
manager’s main menu. 3.
Credit Card Returns/Voids Returns may now be swiped rather than being manually keyed in. 4.
Screen Fonts changed to permit font smoothing by Cleartype®
technology. The Microsoft San Serif raster screen font has been replaced
with the Arial font which allows you to take advantage of the new ClearType® function that smoothes
screen fonts improving readability. To turn the feature on in Windows press
the Start Button> select Control Panel> double-left-click Display
Icon> select the “Appearance” Tab> press the “Effects” Button >
Check the second checkbox from the top and select “ClearType”
in the drop down list. A Cleartype® configuration
program is available for download from sensiblecinema.com and Microsoft. 5.
Receipt Style printed tickets now print the screen number larger. Screen number is shown in a bracketed field to the right of the
feature title on receipt style tickets in the largest resident font available
for this printer. 6.
Weekly BOR Added check number field to printed report. 7. Gift
Certificates Redemption To prevent operator entry error and mischief in the gift
certificates redeemed field, your cashier may be prevented from entering a
redeemed dollar amount greater than the amount of the sale or optionally you
may set an amount over the sale that is allowed. 8.
Concession Numeric Keypad Item Qty. Limit To prevent operator entry error and mischief in the concession
module, the maximum number of an item that can be keyed using the numeric
keypad is now 20. If the number
entered is over 10, a confirmation message will now be displayed. 9. Bugfix> If cash was entered as a tender amount and the cashier intended
to charge the balance on a credit card, the entire amount of the sale would
be charged to the card. Now, any cash tendered will be deducted from the sale
amount when the balance is charged to a credit card. 10.
Terminal #12 (PrintTix Terminal) If this terminal is logged in and it is a PrintTix
terminal it will not prevent you from changing the business date. If this
terminal is logged in and it is a PrintTix terminal
it will not prevent you from editing the current playdate even if it is the
current business date. 11. Bugfix> Per-Capita
weekly total on Weekly Summary Report Previously, the total of the per-capita shown for the week was
an average of the individual daily per-capita figure. This was incorrect and
often skewed by one or more bad or good individual days. Now the report correctly
divides the weekly concession sales total by the total attendance for the
week. 12.
Printer Test added to the terminal setup utility for the purpose of printing
a test ticket without having to start the terminal client program. 13. Concession
Page Displayed at Startup can be selected so that items 51-100
display at startup rather than the first 50 items for concession stations
used as “café” offering a different menu of items than at the other stations.
Items can still be sold from both pages. 14.
Credit Card Account Number is as before truncated to the
last five digits on the customer credit card receipt and now the expiration
date is also hidden on the customer copy. For the first time, the card
account number is now truncated on the merchant copy as well. The Mercury Pay
merchant reporting shows the first 11 digits of the card number and
expiration should the authorized account manager need access to the entire
account number and expiration. 15.
Gift Certificate Amount Redeemed can now be limited to the value
of the sale only or up to $XX.00 over the amount of the sale with the
remainder given in cash as change. 16.
Added clear buttons to the amt tender area of the
sales screen that make it possible to quickly clear a field back to $0.00. 17.
Concession Terminals now allow the user to view the ticketing
screen to find out showtimes and feature end times,
screen numbers, ratings and run times. Press the ticket button at the bottom
left of the sales screen. “Return to Ticketing” and the ticketing button on
the “New Sale” dialog are still disabled as are the buttons that would allow
ticket sales at these terminals. If ticket sales are desired at a particular
concession register, this full capability can be licensed for $300. 18. Schedule
Printing feature found in the dialog opened by pressing the “Info” button
now includes the capability of printing a schedule that includes ALL
features. For a schedule of an advance day, first select the advance playdate
on the terminal then press “Info” and “Print All Schedules.” 19.
Screen Resolution is automatically changed to 800 x 600 when the terminal is
started and returned to the former resolution after the terminal is exited.
If the computer is already set for the program’s default resolution, nothing
is changed. 20.
Smaller Credit Card Receipts are now available for receipt
printer users. These smaller receipts will use one inch less paper per copy,
two inches total savings for the customer and merchant copy. To select the
smaller receipt, go to the merchant account settings in the Terminal Setup
Utility and select under “Options.” The results are designed for use with the
Epson TM-T88II and TMT88III printers with the Epson TM-T88II driver. Results
may vary with other printers and drivers. 21.
Mouse cursor may now be hidden when using a touch monitor
(not recommended if using a mouse). To hide the cursor: In the terminal setup
utility open “Preferences and Options” and select the checkbox under “Touch
Screens” to Hide your cursor during program operation. When the terminal
starts up your mouse pointer will disappear. It will re-appear when the
terminal is exited. 22. Bugfix> Cashier
Balance Page Over short figure on the top line display was incorrect on
amounts over $1000 because the comma acted as a delimiter. The comma was
removed. 23. Bugfix> Daily
Sales Summary Added auto save capability. The weekly summary was often missing
numbers if the user failed to hit the Save (now Update) button. A note
regarding Credit Card Account Numbers:
These have never been stored anywhere on your computer hard drive and
do not transmit anywhere but to the processing server. |
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2.0.0061 |
September 30, 2005 |
· Maintenance Release |
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2.0.0062-3 |
November 28, 2005 |
· Fixed problem with Weekly Sales Summary receiving sales totals
from the Daily Sales Summary · Fixed problem with Weekly Sales Summary failing to show
figures for sales of gift cards. |
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2.0.0064 |
December 15, 2005 |
· Fixed a bug in the Daily Box Office reporting tab of the Daily
Reports where changing movies using the dropdown list would sometimes cause
the totals to fail to refresh. This only affected screen output not printed
reports. |
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2.00.0065 |
December 23, 2005 |
· Fixed a problem with Weekly Sales Summary showing overage in
the amount of gift card sales · Fixed a problem with the sales template causing an amount
(37.88) of sales to appear in the Weekly Sales Summary in cases where the
Daily Sales Summary had not been opened yet for that playdate. · Filled in zero dollar amounts in field previously just blank
on the Daily Sales Summary and Weekly Sales Summary reports to ensure the
data is cleared when reports are generated. |
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2.00.0066 2.00.0067 2.00.0068 |
January 1, 2006 |
· Cosmetic changes to the daily reporting area · Copyright notice updated · Build 67 Fixes a problem with the change playdate button under
Daily reports that caused saved daily sales summary data to be deleted · Build 68 adds a gift card option that would allow the sale of
a gift card purchased by another gift card. This is so you can easily movie
money from one card to another. The option is set in the Management program
Master Program Configuration, Gift Card Tab via a checkbox. |
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2.00.0069 |
May 4, 2006 |
· Added total gross and exchange name fields to a new Attendance
1, 2, 3 report and rotated this new report to landscape mode. |
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2.00.0070 |
May 10, 2006 |
· Made it possible to select the pricing profile at the time a playdate
is created. To enable this option go to the Master Program Configuration,
Admission tab and check the checkbox at the bottom of the screen. · Improved duplicate checking for duplicate short titles in
feature setup · Prompt user to allow sales on features if the user selects to
setup showtimes first before pressing Update. |
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2.00.0071 |
May 16, 2006 |
· Fixed problem with Attn 1-2-3 +
Gross report where on some systems the report would fail with “Object Not
Found.” Error. |
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2.00.0072 |
July 1, 2006 |
· Added fields for total number of refunds and total refunded
dollars to the Daily Sales Summary recap page. |
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2.00.0073 |
September 17, 2006 |
· Fixed a problem with the numbers in the “Select Terminal” combo
box on the concession reports tab where terminals 1-9 displayed squares
rather than digits. |
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2.00.0075 |
January 23, 2007 |
· Added three additional tax rates for concession items. Gives
you the ability for different items to be taxed at different rates or not at
all. · Added capability for non-taxable ticket categories. Tickets
with 0.00 in tax breakdown will be exempted from tax back-out on daily
summary at the rate entered for admissions taxes. |
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2.10.0000 |
February 9, 2007 |
· Added support for Microsoft Vista operating system |
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2.11.0000 |
March 7, 2007 |
· Fixed problem where the previous update version would
sometimes cause concessions items not to total because of a database field
that should have been removed but wasn’t. This update will correct that
problem when installed on the server and the management software is run
before running the terminals again. |
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2.20.0000 |
April 1, 2007 |
· Fixed problem where database would error if using the system
for concessions only with no movies configured for the playdate. |
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2.20.0001 |
April 25, 2007 |
· Expanded the Outlook Home Office E-Mail utility by three
additional CC recipient fields and four additional file transfer attachments
possible for a total of six each. |
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2.30.0003 |
May 15, 2007 |
· Added support for transmitting showtime
data to Cinema-Source.Com. |
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2.40.0000 |
June 30, 2007 |
· Fixed concession key #100 · Allows multiple gift card payments · Added CinemaSource file creation · Added Rentrak and AC Neilson codes
to gross report · Blocked pasting of text into short title fields to prevent
database errors · Manual gift allows purchases with value shortfall · Added Paymentech credit and gift
card card processing |
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2.40.0002 |
July 27, 2007 |
· Allowed for fractional film rental percentages |
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2.40.0003 |
October 17, 2007 |
· Fixed a problem with the printed Weekly Sales Summary report
where the deduction category names would not appear |
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2.50.0000 |
February 22, 2008 |
· Features supporting updated terminal software, including added
fields for setting up concession items 101-9999 and barcode SKU# fields. For
full feature list of the update, see the terminal section for this update. |
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2.50.0005 2.50.0006 2.50.0007 2.50.0008 |
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· Replaced buttons that were incompatible with Windows Vista · Changed the feature name field on Weekly BOR to the Long Title |
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2.50.0009 |
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· Fixed a problem with the Daily Sales Summary incorrectly reporting
the sales tax collected for theatres that add sales tax at the point-of-sale
rather than having items that include tax. The report was incorrect but the
data collected was correct so this update fixes prior reports that showed
this error. |
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2.50.0011 |
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· Added record look up for All Movie Guide database in the
Feature Template. |
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2.50.0013 |
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· Added capacity of Weekly Concession Report to allow items
numbered 101 and greater, taking PLU items into account. |
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3.00.0000 |
January 1, 2009 |
New Features and Changes with Box Office for Windows Version 3.0 1.
Windows Vista Supported Fully Now allows use of a limited user account and storage of data in a
folder outside the Program Files area, allowing Windows Vista UAC to remain
on. 2. PCI
Certification Underway Should meet DSS certification requirement. Testing is in
process. 3. AutoBox® Reporting Added Weekly Box office report in Autobox®
electronic format 4.
Real-D Royalty Payments Added Weekly Box office report royalty payment detail for Read-D 5.
Database Location Data is now stored in C:\Sensible Database folder See terminal client changes for additional 3.0 features. |
|
3.00.0005 |
March 2, 2009 |
· Fixed problem with AutoBox® BOR and ReadD® Weekly reports where the correct feature number
and distributor code was not appearing in the window and manual entry caused
a database error to occur. |
|
3.00.0006 |
March 6, 2009 |
· Worked on improving the way the system handles locking down
show time buttons after a feature has started. |
|
3.00.0007 |
March 29, 2009 |
· Fixed a problem where the incorrect default save directory
would be raised when attempting to save a detailed attendance report. · (April 6, 2009) Fixed a sharing violation error in the
Concession Express inventory module caused when the data exists on a remote
file server and the user attempted to finalize a sales item inventory. · (April 6, 2009) Fixed the sort function in the Concession
Express inventory module that allows sorting items printed on the inventory
count sheets. |
|
3.00.0008 |
May 15, 2009 |
· Added logging of primary program features |
|
3.00.0009 |
May 23, 2009 |
· Fixed “Array element #2 not found” error which occurred when
creating a weekly box office report with a three page format |
|
3.00.0010 |
May 27, 2009 |
· Fixed a problem minimizing the manager’s main menu. |
|
3.00.0010a 3.00.0010b |
June 2, 2009 |
· Misc bug fixes to Concession Express
SE including missing totals on the inventory value report, error 13 when
editing sales item histories, changed template file to allow two decimal
places for item counts on all new files created by the program. Existing data
files must be manually edited by Sensible Cinema Software to allow new data
type. |
|
3.10 |
July 1, 2009 |
· Added the ability to select which of the two 10-price pricing
profiles to use for each movie when setting up the showtimes
in the Master Showtime Template. This enables the theatre to maintain a
profile exclusively for use with 3D features and a second for all other
features. This gives you 10 prices for 3D and 10 prices for standard movies. |
|
3.10.0003 |
July 1, 2009 |
· Fixed problem reported causing the Create and Edit Playdates
to crash the program when a database field was missing. 3.10.0001 · Fixed problem where installer had an incorrect version of the
terminal client software in an Installshield
Package 3.10.0002 · Fixed problem reading from old playdates in weekly box office
report creation 3.10.0003 |
|
3.10.0004 |
July 6, 2009 |
· Fixed problem reported in the Weekly Box Office Reports where
the sales for movies using the “B” price profile did not show up if all 10
categories of tickets were not used. |
|
3.10.0005 |
July 6, 2009 |
· Fixed problem with older playdates failing to show up in
Weekly Box Office Reports with ticket category and price data intact |
|
3.10.0006 3.10.0007 |
|
· New Design for the standard Weekly BOR adds admission taxes,
average ticket price, gross admissions (with tax) · New Design for Daily Sales Summary adds advance ticket sales
data to redesigned summary page · Added “Blended Per Capita” film rental report to the New
Weekly Box Office Reports · Wizard now memorizes last used percentage, minimum guarantee
and chosen settings in the Weekly Box Office Report Wizard · Preserved Old Style Box Office Reports for those who prefer
them · Added a check for update reminder that checks for an update
once every 60 times the management software is started or at the beginning of
each month if it has not been checked in the last 20 uses of the program. · Added a day of week field to the Master Feature Database as a
reminder of which day a movie started on. Once new playdates have been made
with the fields filled in you will begin seeing reminder messages when doing
a weekly box office report if you try to make the report start on the
incorrect day of the week. For existing playdates nothing will occur. Version 3.10.0007 replaced build 3.10.0006 which Installshield installed missing the Weekly BOR changes. |
|
3.10.0008 |
July 29, 2009 |
· Fixed a program crash caused when a feature in the Master
Feature Database is killed. This occurred because in killing a feature a
blank record is created and certain record fields are not permitted to be
blank so something must temporarily occupy the field. |
|
3.10.0009 |
August 31, 2009 |
· Made the names of the four “Additional Deposit” fields user
configurable. The names can be entered in the Master Program
Configuration->Reporting Tab. If blank, the fields will continue to be the
default: Additional Cash, Credit, Checks and Other. |
|
3.10.0010 |
September 20, 2009 |
· Fixed a problem where users of version 3.0 and earlier who
used ticket profile #2 as their default ticket price profile could no longer
edit the tax rate for backing out tax and that rate would be used as the
default rate instead of the rate displayed in the pricing setup. Now the
system no longer copies that rate when creating a playdate and that data
field is considered dead. |
|
Concession Express SE v3.0.7 |
October 9, 2009 |
Fixed an issue where if the user left a concession item’s
closing count field blank rather than zero when it was a zero amount counted,
the posted totals in the concession sales item database would be incorrect or
never updated. The software now inserts a zero if the closing count box is
left as zero when the record is changed or updated. |
|
Concession Express SE v3.0.8 |
November 2, 2009 |
· Fixed a problem with Excel Export of Sales Item Inventory |
|
3.10.0011 |
November 6, 2009 |
· Fixed cosmetic issue with Daily Sales Summary report showing
the theatre name again under the phone numbers in report header. |
|
3.10.0012 3.10.0013 |
November 12, 2009 |
· Added file save/export capability to the Advance Ticketing
Report and Gift Card Sales Report · Added Chronological Show Start Schedule – Print Button for
today’s schedule is under the business date on the main menu. To print other
days’ schedules go to Create and Edit Playdates and select the playdate then
Edit Showtimes for Playdate. This report is ideal
for the operator to use in the projection booth. · Added Chronological Show End Schedule – Print Button for
today’s schedule is under the business date on the main menu. To print other
days’ schedules go to Create and Edit Playdates and select the playdate then
Edit Showtimes for Playdate. This report is ideal
for the usher staff and ticket taker. · Added additional report folders for saved Weekly Concession
Report, Gift Card Report, Advance Ticketing Report, Real-D® Royalty Report
and Autobox E-BOR. · Fixed a bug with the Autobox report
where a long title over 30 characters would exceed the allotted space in the
E-BOR file making it not machine readable. 3.10.0013 · Fixed the Weekly BOR wizard where it would not return to the
start screen after completing a report. 3.10.0013 |
|
3.10.0014 |
November 13, 2009 |
· Fixed a problem with the new schedule printing not working
while terminals are logged in · Removed the limitation requiring that all terminals be offline
before allowing the editing of the current playdate |
|
3.10.0015 |
December 9, 2009 |
· Added Refresh Button to the Daily Reporting Window allowing
the data to be refreshed without restarting the Daily Reporting Window |
|
3.10.0016 |
December 18, 2009 |
· Fixed a problem with ticket profile B not showing checkboxes
in the showtime setup unless there was a
corresponding category in ticket profile A. |
|
3.10.0018 |
January 19, 2010 |
· Fixed an issue where additional deposit category names failed
to appear on the Daily Sales Summary reports. |
|
3.10.0020 |
February 4, 2010 |
· Added a field for film format (Flat/Scope/3D) to the feature
setup so that it prints on the chronological showtime
reports |
|
3.10.0021 |
February 25, 2010 |
· Fixed a problem causing program to crash when killing a
feature on versions 3.10.0015 and later. Database rules caused an untrapped error to emerge when deleting a field which
wasn’t allowed to be null. · Windows 7 and Windows Vista SP2 now fully and properly
supported with UAC turned on even without running in compatibility mode. The
terminal software will be made fully compliant by April 1, 2010. |
|
3.20.0001 3.20.0002 |
April 1, 2010 May 19, 2010 |
|
|
3.20.0003 3.20.0004 |
June 3, 2010 |
· Fixed refresh of Daily Report –
Detailed Gross and Attn. |
|
3.20.0005 |
July 5, 2010 |
· Added a feature pick drop down in
the Detailed Gross and Attendance Report |
|
3.20.0006 |
August 3, 2010 |
· Corrected a formatting issue where
a second page was required in the Detailed Gross and Attendance Report if the
theatre name exceeded space allotted. |
|
3.20.0007 |
August 16, 2010 |
· Corrected a rounding problem where
an additional cent resulted on the Daily Sales Summary Report if the total
admissions and total tax each had a third decimal place that was five or
higher. |
Version
number is found by touching “Menu” in the terminal and viewing version data in
upper right corner area.
|
Version |
Release Date |
Information |
|
1.00.0501 |
May 1, 2002 |
· Public Beta Release |
|
1.00.0517 |
May 17, 2002 |
· Initial Release · Added a confirmation before concession item removal is
permitted. · Spaced the “Remove Item” and Void” buttons further from the
“Done” button. · Fixed a problem accepting the demo version license code |
|
1.00.0613 |
June 13, 2002 |
· Fixed bug where credit card swipe did not always work
correctly · Fixed bug where credit cards with long security strings would
fail to be authorized. · Added some components to the InstallShield®
installer per instructions from DataCap and Mercury
Payment Systems to install credit card components without separate installation. · Added additional code for printer driven cash drawer (later
found to not work with all models) · Added a message box warning that displays when the system date
(the computer’s date) was different than the business date. |
|
1.00.0619 |
June 19, 2002 |
· Fixed bug for Epson Emulation printer driven cash drawers · Updated terminal setup program |
|
1.00.0624 |
June 24, 2002 |
· Fixed bug where if the receipt style ticket was the default ticket
type, tickets sold for ticket category #5 were incorrectly posted as if sold
for category #6. Alerted all clients to this issue and found it only affected
a couple. |
|
1.00.0625 |
June 25, 2002 |
· Fixed a bug where if the manager refunded a set of tickets
then refunded more tickets without tendering the sale the original negative
balance would reset to zero. |
|
1.00.0628 |
June 28, 2002 |
· Fixed a potential problem where if the log-in screen was currently
running on the terminal(s) when the manager changed the business date the
terminal would still log in at whatever the old business date was unless he
exited first and re-started. This fix ensures that if the log in screen is
running and a user logs in that the business date is checked a second time
before the terminal starts—ensuring sales are posted to the correct date. |
|
1.00.0720 |
July 20, 2002 |
· Added a border around the tender section of the screen that
appears in green between sales and red during a sale to help the cashier see
when a sale has been left incomplete. This may be turned on/off in the
terminal setup and the border size may be set according to preference. |
|
1.00.0723 |
July 23, 2002 |
· Regarding Receipt Printers with attached printer driven cash
drawers—Added option for “no cut” driver for stopping the printer-driven cash
drawer from leaving slivers of cut paper after the drawer opened. A standard
“cut” driver must be installed as the default printer. A “no cut” driver is
selected in the printer-driven cash drawer setup (in the terminal setup
utility) that must match the name of the “no cut” driver installed in
Windows. This driver is used during the pulse of the drawer rather than the “cut”
driver to eliminate the paper cut that occurred when the drawer was pulsed. |
|
1.1.1 |
Oct. 10, 2002 |
· Added support for changing currency sign to Pound Sterling (£)
for quick tender buttons and on prompts. Selecting “£” removes the “$” from reports
where applicable and on the pole display. The pound sterling character is
supported on most receipt printers but NOT most ticket printers. Therefore
there will be no sign on standard tickets. It is now possible to select
between “$” and “£” from the Options and Preferences in the terminal setup
program. |
|
1.1.2 |
Oct. 28, 2002 |
· Added capability of
having a separate printer for receipts (store receipts and credit card
receipts). This means you can print tickets on a ticket printer and
optionally send receipts to a POS receipt printer like an 80mm thermal
receipt printer. By default, tickets and receipts are printed to the same
printer. To set up a separate receipt printer, open the Terminal Setup
Utility and select Receipt Printer Setup. If only using a single printer the
Ticket Printer setup will be used. |
|
1.1.3 |
Oct. 31, 2002 |
*Critical Update: Fixes
a bug detected that caused the incorrect date to print on tickets and in the
detail log if the cashier pressed the “Tomorrow” advance ticket button and no
playdate was found or if a prior playdate was selected and of course not
allowed. If no playdate was found or the date selected was in the past, the
system returns the playdate correctly to the default date but failed to stop
printing the incorrect date selected on the tickets and in the log, making
those tickets sold appear for the day as if they were advance sales or prior
days. |
|
1.1.4 |
Nov. 25, 2002 |
· Fixed bug where if user
was changed without entirely exiting the terminal the manager’s terminal
status window failed to show the new user logged in · Added a “Secured Mode”
button in the “Change User” window that takes the system to a locked state
requiring the entry of a user name and
password. This will cause the pole display to display the words “Secured
Mode: User Login Required.” If a pole display is connected and will show the
user name as “Secured” and User Level as “0” on the manager’s terminal status
screen. |
|
1.1.5 |
Dec. 1, 2002 |
· Added an error trap to
trap for Error #3219 (Operation not allowed in this context) which was caused
by a database requery action in the seats
sold/seats remaining update just following a completed ticket printing
action. Error handler will now refresh the database then requery
as needed, finish the procedure and exit the routine. |
|
1.1.6 |
Dec. 5, 2002 |
· Added a “No-Sale”
button that will open the cash drawer on systems with serial and printer driven
cash drawers attached. To control who has access to the no-sale feature you
may set up a security level in the management software master configuration
(version 1.1.7 or later) and the user must have this minimum level in order
to open the drawer. · Improved error message
3021 so that it describes the problem meaningfully. This error occurs when
there are no movies available for a playdate or all have the allow sales flag
unchecked. |
|
1.1.7 |
Dec. 21, 2002 |
· Fixed where the Boca/Datamax/Practical tickets for ticket category #8 would
have the ticket number blank on the patron half of the ticket. This did not
affect numbering or reporting in any way. |
|
1.1.8 |
Dec. 25, 2002 |
· Fixed where the proper
date of original sale of a ticket was not being preserved on pre-sold ticket
logs thus making the “when-sold” report have the incorrect totals for those
sold on previous dates. There will also be a management update dated 12/25. |
|
1.1.9 |
Dec. 26, 2002 |
· Added the capability
to setup a preferred printer driver for ticketing, receipts and for reports.
This eliminates the need to change from one printer to another if using a
single computer for multiple functions such as tickets and reports for
example. The drivers are selected in the terminal setup utility program and
the settings, once applied, affect only the computer workstation and it’s
settings are saved in the Windows Registry. You must update the manager and
terminal components in order to use both on a single computer. |
|
1.1.10 |
January 7, 2003 |
· On the ticket, bumped
up the font size for the FEATURE TITLE and RATING by a notch when the Epson
TM-T88 line of printers is used with the Epson driver. |
|
1.1.11 |
January 8, 2003 |
· On the ticket, we
added the capability of printing a logo when using an Epson TM series
printer. To print a logo you must have black and white art scanned into your
computer and saved as a BMP file then upload the image to your printer using
the Epson Non-Volatile RAM logo image upload software found on our
·Added the capability to
print a schedule for the feature being displayed in the feature info window if
using a receipt printer for selling tickets OR if you have a receipt printer
designated for receipts while also using a standard ticket printer. |
|
1.1.12 1.1.13 |
January 15, 2003 |
· Added a seats remaining
progress bar. The feature is turned on by default but may be turned off in
the terminal setup utility, terminal options and preferences. A blue bar
resembling a fuel gauge shows 100% when no seats have been sold and decreases
in size as seats are sold. · Made the “ · (Fix) Showtime button
was supposed to turn yellow when the seats sold number was equal to the
number (percentage) of seats sold set up in the Master Program Settings under
Ticketing Options. It was actually turning the button yellow when seats
remaining hit that number rather than treating it as a percentage. (So if it
were set at 80% instead it would turn the button yellow when 80 or fewer
seats remained. This has been fixed. · For users who have the
“Sale Completed” dialog turned off I have changed the behavior of the system
after the sale of an advance day ticket. Before, it would return to the
business date without notice. Now, it shows the “Continue selling advance
tickets for (date)” dialog, allowing the cashier to decide whether or not to
return to the business date. · Added a “Document End”
command to the “Print Schedule for Patron” routine so that the paper comes
out of the printer if it failed to do before. (Epson Thermal Printers) · Compiled EXE file to
favor Intel® Pentium® Processors |
|
1.1.14 |
January 18, 2003 |
· Cosmetic change to prevent
the seats remaining progress bars from bleeding through the ‘printing’ dialog
box as it closes · Changed EXE
compilation options to cut file size in half by using P-Code rather than
native code with no perceivable change in performance |
|
1.1.15 |
February 11, 2003 |
· Disabled “Change User”
function button while a transaction is in progress. User change must be done
outside a sale. · Added a Red “Advance”
ticketing flag that appears above the playdate when the day being sold for is
any day OTHER than the current business date. This makes it easy to
distinguish between same day sales and advance sales. · Made the “Sales Date
Discrepancy” warning a big giant red dialog that is impossible to ignore. |
|
1.1.16 |
February 18, 2003 |
· Added Gift Certificate
Tendering for gift certificates that are based on a dollar amount. Gift
certificates redeemed show up in the cash drawer balance, daily sales summary
and weekly sales summary. · Added backspace,
hyphen and apostrophe keys to the user log-in screen. · Added a confirmation
option which requires the cashier to confirm the intention to print
advance-day tickets in order to avoid accidental sales for the incorrect
date. This is turned on by default but may be disabled in the Management
Software, Master Program Configuration, Ticketing Options tab. · In concessions mode,
corrected a problem where the “Change User” and “Menu” buttons would remain
disabled in the event a sale was cancelled instead of completed to the end. · Added a “No sale has
been made” message which will appear if the cashier attempts to tender a sale
when no tickets or concessions had been sold. Careless cashiers would enter
the amount of the customer payment into the payment tender windows before
even printing a ticket or selling any items. This would cause the “ · Made subtle
performance changes to allow for less network traffic thus making the product
more robust where there is heavier network traffic and several terminals
running. CREDIT CARDS OVER-SALE
AMOUNT: It has been asked
whether a credit card can be tendered for an amount above the amount of the
sale. The answer is yes. To do so, simply add the extra amount to the sale
total then type that amount in the keypad area and press the MC/VISA button,
then |
|
1.1.18 1.1.19 |
February 25, 2003 A second edition: This update fixes a bug discovered after the file was on the
server. |
· The credit card processing terminal response window is now color
coded. Red, do not swipe the card, Green background, swipe the card, Blue
background, processing the transaction. Additionally, the routines are more
interactive, prompting the user in more meaningful ways. · In the last release we added a red “Advanced Ticketing” mode
flag. In this release we have added an optional “Confirm Intention to Print
Advance Tickets…” prompt that appears when the “Print” button is pushed and
the playdate is ahead of the current day. This allows the cashier to abort
the printing of advance tickets before they are printed if done so in error.
By default, this will be turned “on” but if desired you may turn it off in
the Management software, Master Program Settings, Ticketing Options tab under
“Preferences.” · Fixed a spurious error that appeared on systems not processing
credit cards that told the cashier once per session that the merchant account
was invalid. Also fixed some places where the credit card forms were removed
from the screen but failed to remove from memory. |
|
1.1.20 |
April 8, 2003 |
· Fixed a bug where if the show was sold out and the cashier
selected “no” when asked whether to oversell or not and then for whatever
reason the cashier shut down the terminal, no tickets would be punched but
the total amount would be remembered and the “sale in progress” dialog would
appear and add the amount to the amount tend window, causing the cash to
disagree with actual ticket sales · When combined with version 1.1.20 of the management component,
this version allows you to have a separate level required for issuing a
refund than the level set for exiting the sales terminal. |
|
1.1.21 |
April 21, 2003 |
· Added capability of resizing the feature title window in the terminal.
This feature by default is turned OFF but may be turned on by checking the
checkbox “Allow Feature Window Resizing” found in the Terminal Setup Utility
under “Preferences and Options” then restarting the terminal. Once activated,
a button will appear at the top right of the feature window and allow
resizing to cover the user and menu buttons and the playdate select window (3
size choices total). Also, the grid size resize control found in the terminal
menu now allows increments of 50 rather than 100 pixels, allowing further
fine tuning of the control. |
|
1.1.22 |
April 30, 2003 |
· Fixed credit card processing window where a declined
transaction due to a duplicate transaction would not display the DUPLICATE
TRANS message. Now it explains that the OVERRIDE DUPLICATE TRANS button can
be pressed to solve the decline. · Added a “TOTAL” button on the menu page that will display the
current terminal total, cash credit card and gift certificate tendered totals
if the user has privileges to view the sales grid. |
|
1.1.23 |
May 9, 2003 |
Changed some error handling code with regard to transaction
collisions to ensure the user is aware if a transaction is rejected by the
Microsoft Jet database engine. Other code has not been changed, no bugs are fixed
and no new features are added in this update. |
|
1.1.24 |
June 23, 2003 |
CRITICAL
UPDATE |
|
1.1.25 |
August 1, 2003 |
· Added support for Practical Automation PLTX and ULTX printers by
removing some FGL code that was incompatible with the model. · Added a new “No Connection to Server” error message which
offers suggestions to the user for solving the problem when the network
server connection fails. · Added a routine to automatically repair the RECEIPT.MDB
database file should it become corrupted. A notation of the repair is made to
the transaction log. · Added fields to the date discrepancy warning that will show
the current business date and current system date so the user can identify
where the problem lies, including suggestions for fixing the problem. |
|
1.1.27 |
January 20, 2004 |
· Fixed problem where the “USER” button would remain in a state
dimmed and disabled after concession items were rung then removed but sale
was never made. · Added a “management override” option where a manager with
access level 80 or higher can override (void, refund, etc)
while another user is still logged in the terminal. Manager presses USER then
logs in and a screen offering the option for override appears. This means a
manager can refund/void items on the employee’s account thereby eliminating
confusion and shortages where items have been refunded/voided on manager’s
accounts in the past because the manager had to log in under his own name to
perform these actions. A reminder comes up after each sale to alert the
manager he/she is still in override mode. · Problems with receipt printing: If this release causes
receipts to print incorrectly, change your settings in the terminal setup
utility to ensure the proper drivers and settings are selected. Workarounds
had been used in cases where the drivers failed to switch. · Added support for APG Brand Cash drawers · Removed the rarely used $60 Cash Tender Button and replaced it
with a dynamic tender button that will automatically take on the value of the
next whole dollar above the total sale amount. The $100 button has been moved
left so that this dynamic tender button is next to the EC (Exact Change) key.
For example, a sale amount of $7.25 would cause this button to read $8. |
|
1.1.27 Revision |
January 22, 2004 |
· Bug Fix: The new dynamic tender button was enabled when the
terminal was first started causing the terminal to abruptly close if someone
pushed it. |
|
1.1.28 |
February 2, 2004 |
· Eliminates the connection delay when running a credit card
transaction. Should increase speed by 2 to 3 times. |
|
1.1.29 |
February 7, 2004 |
· Added additional credit card swipe time to terminal and fine tuned credit card process sequence. |
|
1.1.30, 1.1.31 |
March 1, 2004 |
· Fixed a problem calculating refunds in the Advanced Ticketing
Report where the refunds were reported as done on the playdate rather than
the sales date the refund was paid on. This requires that the terminal update
also be done so that future refunds post in the Advance and Hourly Sales
Reports for the proper date. This will not fix prior reports. · The font for the main selling screen may now be changed in the
terminal setup utility (Preferences and Options). This means non-raster
(TrueType) fonts can be used in place of the MS Sans Serif font to take
advantage of the “ClearType” option for smoothing
screen fonts, a function that only works on TrueType fonts such as “Arial,”
“Tahoma” and “Times New Roman.” The font for the feature grid is still
separate. · Replaced the standard XP titlebars
in the terminal with titlebars like in earlier
Windows versions. Some clever cashiers maneuvered the rounded titlebars in XP and managed to gain access to the Windows
desktop by exploiting the area in the pie slice shaped area around the
corners of the rounded titlebars. |
|
1.1.32 |
March 17, 2004 |
Fixed a problem where the terminal would crash if a totals
report was run from the menu (with mgmt access) and
there were no transactions in the database. |
|
1.1.33 |
April 1, 2004 |
Truncated the Mercury Payment Systems merchant number on printed
receipts so that only the 11 numbers appear rather than the 11 digits
followed by = and the word assigned to your account. The proper merchant number
including the = and text is still transmitted to the payment server. |
|
2.0.0000 |
June 1, 2005 |
New Features and Changes with Box Office for Windows Version 2.0 3.. Gift Cards Sales and Redemption of gift cards on the Mercury platform are supported
while the capability of accepting previously issued legacy paper gift
certificates is retained. Added associated fields to all reports affected.
Future sales of paper gift certificates is not supported through the terminal
program. Special provisions for using gift cards as a means to provide a
refund to a customer have been made. A separate gift card “how to” document
will show the cashier the steps necessary to perform most required gift card
functions. All gift card receipts (for purchases paid for with the card as
well as gift card issuance and recharge transactions) will show the balance
remaining on the gift card account. A simple way to obtain the account
balance is provided in the gift card administration. All receipts also print
the account balance at the bottom. 2.
Weekly Concession Item Sales Report is a new report that calculates
the total number sold of each item you sell for a period of one to seven
days. This is found by clicking “Concession Inventory” under “Reports” in the
manager’s main menu. 3.
Credit Card Returns/Voids Returns may now be swiped rather than being manually keyed in. 4.
Screen Fonts changed to permit font smoothing by Cleartype®
technology. The Microsoft San Serif raster screen font has been replaced
with the Arial font which allows you to take advantage of the new ClearType® function that smoothes
screen fonts improving readability. To turn the feature on in Windows press
the Start Button> select Control Panel> double-left-click Display
Icon> select the “Appearance” Tab> press the “Effects” Button >
Check the second checkbox from the top and select “ClearType”
in the drop down list. A Cleartype® configuration
program is available for download from sensiblecinema.com and Microsoft. 5.
Receipt Style printed tickets now print the screen number larger. Screen number is shown in a bracketed field to the right of the
feature title on receipt style tickets in the largest resident font available
for this printer. 6.
Weekly BOR Added check number field to printed report. 7. Gift
Certificates Redemption To prevent operator entry error and mischief in the gift
certificates redeemed field, your cashier may be prevented from entering a
redeemed dollar amount greater than the amount of the sale or optionally you
may set an amount over the sale that is allowed. 8.
Concession Numeric Keypad Item Qty. Limit To prevent operator entry error and mischief in the concession
module, the maximum number of an item that can be keyed using the numeric
keypad is now 20. If the number entered
is over 10, a confirmation message will now be displayed. 9. Bugfix> If cash was entered as a tender amount and the cashier intended
to charge the balance on a credit card, the entire amount of the sale would
be charged to the card. Now, any cash tendered will be deducted from the sale
amount when the balance is charged to a credit card. 10.
Terminal #12 (PrintTix Terminal) If this terminal is logged in and it is a PrintTix
terminal it will not prevent you from changing the business date. If this
terminal is logged in and it is a PrintTix terminal
it will not prevent you from editing the current playdate even if it is the
current business date. 11. Bugfix> Per-Capita
weekly total on Weekly Summary Report Previously, the total of the per-capita shown for the week was
an average of the individual daily per-capita figure. This was incorrect and
often skewed by one or more bad or good individual days. Now the report
correctly divides the weekly concession sales total by the total attendance
for the week. 12.
Printer Test added to the terminal setup utility for the purpose of printing
a test ticket without having to start the terminal client program. 13.
Concession Page Displayed at Startup can be selected so that items
51-100 display at startup rather than the first 50 items for concession
stations used as “café” offering a different menu of items than at the other
stations. Items can still be sold from both pages. 14.
Credit Card Account Number is as before truncated to the
last five digits on the customer credit card receipt and now the expiration
date is also hidden on the customer copy. For the first time, the card
account number is now truncated on the merchant copy as well. The Mercury Pay
merchant reporting shows the first 11 digits of the card number and
expiration should the authorized account manager need access to the entire
account number and expiration. 15.
Gift Certificate Amount Redeemed can now be limited to the value
of the sale only or up to $XX.00 over the amount of the sale with the
remainder given in cash as change. 16.
Added clear buttons to the amt tender area of the
sales screen that make it possible to quickly clear a field back to $0.00. 17.
Concession Terminals now allow the user to view the ticketing
screen to find out showtimes and feature end times,
screen numbers, ratings and run times. Press the ticket button at the bottom
left of the sales screen. “Return to Ticketing” and the ticketing button on
the “New Sale” dialog are still disabled as are the buttons that would allow
ticket sales at these terminals. If ticket sales are desired at a particular
concession register, this full capability can be licensed for $300. 18.
Schedule Printing feature found in the dialog opened by pressing the “Info” button
now includes the capability of printing a schedule that includes ALL
features. For a schedule of an advance day, first select the advance playdate
on the terminal then press “Info” and “Print All Schedules.” 19.
Screen Resolution is automatically changed to 800 x 600 when the terminal is
started and returned to the former resolution after the terminal is exited.
If the computer is already set for the program’s default resolution, nothing
is changed. 20.
Smaller Credit Card Receipts are now available for receipt
printer users. These smaller receipts will use one inch less paper per copy,
two inches total savings for the customer and merchant copy. To select the
smaller receipt, go to the merchant account settings in the Terminal Setup
Utility and select under “Options.” The results are designed for use with the
Epson TM-T88II and TMT88III printers with the Epson TM-T88II driver. Results
may vary with other printers and drivers. 21.
Mouse cursor may now be hidden when using a touch monitor
(not recommended if using a mouse). To hide the cursor: In the terminal setup
utility open “Preferences and Options” and select the checkbox under “Touch
Screens” to Hide your cursor during program operation. When the terminal
starts up your mouse pointer will disappear. It will re-appear when the
terminal is exited. 22. Bugfix> Cashier
Balance Page Over short figure on the top line display was incorrect on
amounts over $1000 because the comma acted as a delimiter. The comma was
removed. 23. Bugfix> Daily
Sales Summary Added auto save capability. The weekly summary was often missing
numbers if the user failed to hit the Save (now Update) button. A note
regarding Credit Card Account Numbers:
These have never been stored anywhere on your computer hard drive and
do not transmit anywhere but to the processing server. |
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2.00.0107 |
July 1, 2005 |
3.. Screen Resolution Independence Added a resize control which, once enabled in The Terminal Setup
Utility, will allow the screen resolution to be any available resolution and
the terminal will resize appropriately. This allows the screen resolution to
be set to the native resolution of the monitor thereby greatly improving
appearance of the screen. By changing the display property in the Windows
Control Panel under Appearance|Effects to Smooth
screen fonts using ClearType® technology, the
appearance is even more improved. Changing the default font for the feature
grid to Arial or some other Truetype font improves
the grid appearance when scaling. This is done in the Terminal Setup Utility
under Preferences. 2.
Added New Pole Display Emulations Epson, Logic Controls and Noritake were added. Now there are
four choices total including Futaba (the original emulation used for Posiflex displays with dip switches set accordingly). |
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2.00.0109 |
September 30, 2005 |
· Corrects display bug that caused an error message to display
and program to crash. This only affected theatres that ran the beta version
of 2.0 prior to final release. |
|
2.00.0112 |
November 28, 2005 |
· Maintenance Release, · Add tweak seats refresh code |
|
2.00.0113 |
December 15, 2005 |
· Replace missing receipt button |
|
2.00.0114 |
December 21, 2005 |
· Added a side-by-side style receipt ticket that uses TrueType® Arial
software font. This style prints slower than the styles that use the printer
fonts but is designed to work on center perforated roll thermal paper. |
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2.00.0115 |
December 28, 2005 |
· Allow sale of gift card paid for by another gift card if the option
is selected in the management program, Master Program Configuration, Gift
Card Tab. |
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2.00.0116 |
January 5, 2006 |
· Fixed a problem whereas if a printer type were set as a
thermal receipt printer type (ESC/POS) with the side-by-side ticket style then
later switched to FGL language printer type the tickets would fail to print
even though the test ticket worked properly. |
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2.00.0117 |
January 17, 2006 |
· Added 0.00 to formerly blank fields in transaction register when
NO SALE and errors are in place of transactions. |
|
2.00.0118 |
April 25, 2006 |
· Solved a problem reading correct admission prices in a seldom
called subroutine. |
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2.00.0119 |
May 19, 2006 |
· Fixed a problem where if a ticket category price was blank
rather than 0.00 or some other number all categories would fail to appear in
the POS |
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2.00.0120 |
July 5, 2006 |
· Fixed a problem that caused the system to freeze up when
trying to remove a voided concession item from the concession items list on
systems that have a customer display. |
|
2.00.0121 |
August 1, 2006 |
· Added support for serial security device that records items
sold along with surveillance video · Added support for box office and auditorium LED signage via a
separate free downloaded program on our web site found under Drivers and
Utilities that creates a BLOAD.TXT file used by popular brands of LED signs. |
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2.00.0122 |
October 20, 2006 |
· Added option to print on only half of a ticket allowing up to
seven lines of text to be printed on the blank half. This is setup on each
computer independently in the terminal setup utility under printer setup, FGL
language printers only. |
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2.00.0124 |
January 23, 2007 |
· Added three additional tax rates for concession items. Gives
you the ability for different items to be taxed at different rates or not at
all. · Added capability for non-taxable ticket categories. Tickets
with 0.00 in tax breakdown will be exempted from tax back-out on daily
summary at the rate entered for admissions taxes. |
|
2.10.0000 |
February 9, 2007 |
· Added support for Microsoft Vista operating system |
|
2.20.0000 |
April 1, 2007 |
· Fixed problem where database would error if using the system
for concessions only with no movies configured for the playdate. |
|
2.30.0001 |
April 26, 2007 |
· Removed credit card expiration date from credit card receipts · Added card type for Visa, MC, Amex, Disc. And Gift to receipts |
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2.40.0000 |
June 30, 2007 |
· Fixed concession key #100 · Allows multiple gift card payments · Added CinemaSource file creation · Added Rentrak and AC Neilson codes
to gross report · Blocked pasting of text into short title fields to prevent
database errors · Manual gift allows purchases with value shortfall · Added Sterling/Paymentech credit and
gift card card processing |
|
2.40.0002 |
January 21, 2008 |
· Fixed a problem opening printer driven cash drawers using the
RJ-11 cable connected to an Epson receipt printer using the Epson TMT88II
driver. |
|
2.50.0002 |
February 22, 2008 |
1)
Adds logo capability on Samsung/Bixolon receipt printer 2)
Adds cash drawer pulse for Samsung/Bixolon printers 3)
Adds one-part, and two part larger ticket
for Samsung/Bixolon printers 4)
Adds capability to choose True-Type font
for receipt side by side style tickets.
5)
Enlarges font for ticket category and price
on all ticket types. 6)
Made print tests more closely resemble
actual settings. 7)
Reduction of code size in Sensible Cinema
Terminal by about 5%. 8)
Fixes receipt printer cash drawer pulse for
Epson printers 9)
Fixes receipt to show when a Gift Card has
been sold. 10)
Fixes “transaction in progress” to include
gift card sale lost if computer freezes. 11)
Redesign of FGL type ticket. 12) Bug
fix: gift card redemption on sales occurring with insufficient card balance a
would not work correctly if the user had the “show sales completed dialog”
option unchecked in the master program configuration under ticketing options. |
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2.50.0007 |
May 7, 2008 |
· Bug
fix: Fixed problem of concession items not posting
in rare network collision instances. Item PUT after pressing DONE tallies the
sale total but the individual items weren’t written to the items sold table
resulting in an out of balance condition. · Bug
fix: Fixed concession CLEAR button bug which would
fail to clear the running total of items sold in tax category #4. Items were
removed from list but the tabulation of tax4 rate sales was not clearing
resulting in a sale total that was incorrect. Items marked for sales tax
rates 1, 2 and 3 were not affected. |
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2.50.0008 |
|
· Bug
fix: Fixed problem where screen number did not
print on tickets sold on category #4 if using the Epson receipt style ticket · Truncated
the credit card number from five to four characters. |
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2.50.0009 |
|
· Bug Fix: Fixed problem where the window would crash (Error
#384) if the “Start Over” button was selected in ticket refunds after tickets
had been selected to be refunded. |
|
2.50.0010 |
|
· Interim Release for testing |
|
2.50.0011 |
|
· Seconds are now recorded in the database for the time a
concession item is sold. |
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2.50.0012 |
|
· Added “Due” field that shows the amount remaining due during
any sale where some tender payment has been entered. |
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3.00.0000 |
January 1, 2009 |
New Features and Changes with Box Office for Windows Version 3.0 3.. Windows Vista Supported Fully Now allows use of a limited user account and storage of data in
a folder outside the Program Files area, allowing Windows Vista UAC to remain
on. 2. PCI
Certification Underway Should meet DSS certification requirement. Testing is in
process. 3.
Color Coded Ticket Category Buttons 4. Asthetic improvements including larger button sizes and Clearing of other screen items when yes/no choices are needed 5. Two
part side by side receipt ticket can now have a logo. 6.
Warns if a movie has been running more than fifteen (15) minutes. 7.
Locks a showtime button one hour after start time. 8. Cash
buttons are now RED for valid payment amounts. See the
Sensible
Cinema PCI-DSS/PABP Implementation Guide for complete installation
details. |
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3.00.0005 |
March
6, 2009 |
·
Worked on improving the way the system handles locking showtime
buttons after a show has started. There were problems with buttons being
locked for midnight showings. Now the following rules are adhered to: 1) If a
show occurs between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 am the button will not be locked.
2) If the advance sales flag is showing, no times will be locked, 3) If the
computer date is greater than the sales date showtime
buttons will remain locked unless they fall between 12:00 am and 6:00 am. 4)
If the computer date is earlier than the sales date the buttons will remain
unlocked. |
|
3.00.0006 |
May 15, 2009 |
· Added logging of primary program
features |
|
3.00.0007 |
June 8, 2009 |
· Fixed reported bug voiding
concession items · Fixed reported bug with “remove
item” button in concession · Added “True Path” as a database
path pre-defined option in the Sensible Local Settings->Path to Database |
|
3.10 |
July 29, 2009 |
· Added the ability to select which
of the two 10-price pricing profiles to use for each movie when setting up
the showtimes in the Master Showtime Template. This
enables the theatre to maintain a profile exclusively for use with 3D
features and a second for all other features. This gives you 10 prices for 3D
and 10 prices for standard movies. |
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3.10.0002 |
June
30, 2009 |
· Fixed problem where installer had
an incorrect version of the terminal client software in an Installshield Package 3.10.0002 |
|
3.10.0004 |
July
6, 2009 |
· Added a fail-safe sequence to
ensure that concession items did not fail to write to the database under
heavy network traffic. |
|
3.10.0006 |
August
2, 2009 |
· Fixed reported bug where the database
was not automatically updated when attempting to sell an advance ticket from
a playdate created with a previous management software version. This caused
an 3265
Item cannot be found in the collection corresponding to the requested name or
ordinal
when the user selected an advance day. |
|
3.10.0007 |
September
26, 2009 |
· Added support for Partnertech PT6910 cash drawer port |
|
3.10.0008 |
October
2, 2009 |
CRITICAL UPDATE · Fixed reported bug where the tickets
for features using ticket profile #2 showed taxes from the same category
number on the first ticket profile. |
|
3.10.0009 |
November
2, 2009 |
Repackaged using a different set of Datacap Controls. The newer ones were problematic so I rolled
back the versions to the last good version. |
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3.10.0010 |
November
7, 2009 |
· Fixed the concession void button
which would be unlocked on a concession only terminal when the terminal was
first started up even if the logged in user should not have had that
privilege. After one sale it would be locked as it should have been. · Fixed where a split tender
involving cash and credit card would add correctly but the cash amount field
wouldn’t clear back to zero in the event the credit card was declined and a
cash button was pressed afterward. The correct change amount was always
displayed and the cash field was cleared at the conclusion of the sale. |
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3.10.0011 |
December
9, 2009 |
· Improved error handler in gift card
database write routine to prevent a database write fail from crashing the
program altogether. Gives the user an option to retry the write routine or
fail gracefully without crashing the program. A fail can result in the record
not being written. |
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3.10.0012 3.10.0013 |
January
5, 2010 |
3.10.0012 Limited Testing 3.10.0013 · Fixed problem with credit
card sales posting zero to the transaction database and sale closing unpaid
when internet connection was lost at the stage where the payment server was
being configured |
|
3.10.0014 |
February
22, 2010 |
· Added extra routines to ensure that
key database write routines do not fail when a network error occurs. Added
additional error reporting capability to the Activity Log showing specific errors
that are raised during the key database write routines. |
|
3.10.0015 |
March
8, 2010 |
· Internal Use Testing, Limited Field
Deployment |
|
3.10.0016 |
March
12, 2010 |
· Added support for new MPS gift
cards that have a longer track2 |
|
3.20.0001 |
April
1, 2010 |
· Added support for partial
authorizations, Visa, MC, and Discover · Added additional Error Handling and
Logging · Fully support Windows Vista and 7
User Account Control |
|
3.20.0002 |
April
13, 2010 |
· Fixes a reported bug where if the
theatre was adding sales tax at the time of sale then used the void button to
remove an item, the display would not correctly total the tax. The “Remove
Item” button was doing this correctly. |
|
3.20.0005 |
May
19, 2010 |
· Changes data write routines from client
side to server side cursors. |
|
3.20.0011 3.20.0015 |
May
27, 2010 Later
May 27, 2010 |
· Most data write procedures
previously performed using VB data bound controls will now be completed
programmatically, · TERM.EXE file is now compiled to
native machine code with optimizations · Fixed a problem that occurred when
there were more than 250 concession items that caused the 250st item to
replace item #1 in the concession item button screen · Fixed a problem where the cash
drawer sound did not sound when the “next transaction” screen was not used · Made the Change field in the “Last
Sale” area larger and now it changes colors when there is change to be paid. 3.20.11 incorrectly handled advance transactions. |
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3.20.0022 3.20.0023 3.20.0027 |
June
3, 2010 Later
June 3, 2010 June
4 |
· 3.20.0022 incorrectly blocked voidsale and return transaction types · Fixed gift voidrecharge
and void giftissue
transaction type. Screen was non-responsive when a card was swiped. · Fixed split tender with gift
putting double the amount in the gift box when a cash amount already existed |
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3.20.31 3.20.32 |
June
12, 2010 July
5, 2010 |
· Golden Release · Removed redundancy from PutTrans routine |
|
3.20.33 |
August
6, 2010 |
· Fixed display of help menu · Updated some of the help topics
that were out of date |
|
3.20.34 |
August
10, 2010 |
· Added a $5.00 quick cash tender
button |
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3.20.36 |
August
16, 2010 |
· Cleared up a strip of corrupted video
where the screen did not repaint correctly when starting a concession
terminal. |
