
WinSell Express Point-of-Sale and Inventory Control Software for Windows

AUTHOR: Grant Deyenberg, Calgary Software Factory Ltd.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Installing / Uninstalling
3. Troubleshooting
4. Overview
5. Ordering
6. Getting Started

INTRODUCTION

This download is the latest production version of WinSell Express Point-of-Sale and Inventory Control software.The only restriction is that the program has security limiting it to either 25 uses or 45 days.

This download will allow you to immediately test our latest fully functional production software, complete with all features activated, including reports.

You will be able to test the software without any additional security activation codes from the Calgary Software Factory, as long as you DO NOT activate the "Register Now" function on the menu.

If the demo expires, or if you wish to purchase the software, email or call us for a security extension or to arrange to pay for the software.

This download can be turned into an unlimited, fully functional production version of the software once we receive your payment.

If you like WinSell Express, register with us, and we will send you a version on CD.

This software is for Evaluation use only:

Calgary Software Factory provides this software for demonstration purposes only. No claim is made for the accuracy or authenticity of its operations under production conditions. Calgary Software Factory will not be held responsible for any consequential damages encountered in the use of this demonstration software.


INSTALLING / UNINSTALLING

To install: Double-click on the Setupex.exe file and follow the prompts from the Install Shield setup program.

To uninstall:  Go to Windows Control Panel | Add/Remove programs.  Highlight WinSell Express and click Remove.


TROUBLESHOOTING

1. If you have your "long date" format in Windows Regional Settings set to include to the weekday name spelled out (Monday, Tuesday . . . ), you will encounter the "data type conversion error 3421". It is caused by the way the Year 2000 compliant date control reads the long date. If you have this problem, click the Windows Start button, go to Settings | Control Panel and open up the Regional Settings. In Regional Settings, click on the date tab and select a long date format that does NOT include "dddd" (select either MMMM dd, yyyy or dd MMMM, yyyy).

2. If you have your Windows Display Properties set to "Large Fonts", some of the WinSell Express screens will not display correctly. If you have this problem, right click on your desktop and go to Properties. Next, click on the Settings tab, and then click on the Advanced... button. Under the General tab, make sure the Font Size is set to Small Fonts.

If you have any questions or problems, send email to deyenbeg@winsellpos.com or call (403) 215-7355.

Calgary Software Factory Ltd.
351 - 94 Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta T2J 0E7
Canada

Phone: (403) 215-7355
Web site: www.winsellpos.com
Email: deyenbeg@winsellpos.com


OVERVIEW

WinSell Express is designed to provide a quick and simple system for creating invoices or customer receipts, and managing inventory in a normal small retail business. The program uses standard Microsoft technology wherever possible and integrates with Microsoft Office products as well as QuickBooks accounting from Intuit.

The program provides 40 column receipt or full-page laser printer support for invoices and over 30 different reports. The invoicing and reporting are based on Crystal Reports V7.0 (Crystal Reports is not required in order to run WinSell Express). Anyone with Crystal Reports may open the report formats and modify or customize them. There is also an upgrade path to the PROFESSIONAL version of WinSell which has more configurable features suitable to selected verticals and which will include multi-site capabilities.


ODERING

WinSell Express - Order Form - US $

Customer Information:

Name		____________________________
Company		____________________________
Street Address	____________________________
City		____________________________
State/Province	____________________________
Zip/Postal Code	____________________________
Country		____________________________
Telephone	____________________________
Email		____________________________

Order Information:

WinSell Express (single user registered version)______________
$249.00 each
Additional Workstations (on the same network)	______________
$99.00 each
Demo (via mail)					______________
$10.00
Shipping and Handling				   $10.00
$10.00 / order

Subtotal					______________

Canadian Residents add 7% GST			______________

Total Payment (US Funds)			______________

Payment Information:

Method of Payment - Check

Make checks payable to Calgary Software Factory Ltd.

Mail this completed order form with your check to:

Calgary Software Factory Ltd.
351 - 94th Avenue SE
Calgary, AB  T2J 0E7
Canada

Phone: (403) 215-7355
Email: davez@telusvelocity.net
Homepage: www.winsellpos.com

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GETTING STARTED

The demo comes with a database that includes sample data. You may start the program by using the user number "3" and the password "super" (all lower case).

We suggest leaving printing off while you experiment with the program.  To toggle the printer on and off, press F11.

There are "Edit Loops" surrounding the starting of an invoice, entering items and finally paying the invoice. These loops are tab sequences that automatically take you to the next field in the process of creating an invoice. Thus, for speed reasons, you will not need to use the mouse, although you can use it if you prefer. For more information see the on-line help file.

The program will work with a wedge type bar code scanner that goes between the keyboard and the computer. Pressing the F3 key can turn off automatic posting of items.

User security is configurable in the Setup screen under the Options menu.

INTEGRATION WITH MS OFFICE

To allow editing of the main data tables in MS Access 97, you may log onto the wsexprss.mdb database by joining the workgroup represented by the wsexprss.mdw file (default location is C:\Program Files\Wsexprss\Wsdata) and use the following user and password.

user: exprview
password: csfl1

This allows you to clear data from the tables. However, relational integrity is enforced amongst the tables, so data must be removed from the dependent tables before it can be removed from the independent or header tables.

Also, for customization purposes, this allows the addition of tables and queries for your own purposes.

This requires Access 97.

WinSell Express is written in VB 6.0
It uses the MS Access 97 Jet database engine and DAO 3.5

The help file explains how to import existing item and customer information from your text or spreadsheet files into WinSell Express. It also explains how you may export business data you have created in WinSell Express back to spreadsheets in Office for analysis or for creating mail merges with Word.

We provide import templates in Excel 97. The default install puts the Excel 97 templates in the C:\Program Files\Wsexprss\Wsdata directory.

There is also an empty database in the "Readme" directory on the CD or it can be downloaded from our website (www.winsellpos.com). To use the empty database, it needs to be copied to the C:\Program Files\Wsexprss\Wsdata directory and renamed wsexprss.mdb.

CREATE A DESKTOP ICON

To create a desktop icon for wsexprss.exe do the following:

1. Find wsexprss.exe and right click on it (default location is C:\Program Files\Wsexprss)
2. Select Create Shortcut
3. Find the shortcut in the bottom of the directory (folder) and drag it to your desktop (empty portion of your monitor screen)
4. Right click on the shortcut icon, select Properties.
5. Select the Shortcut tab
6. The target will be "C:\Program Files\WSEXPRSS\WSEXPRSS.exe" C:\Program Files\wsexprss\wsdata\wsexprss.mdb

Note: The first part of the target refers to the location of the executable program. The second part of the target refers to the location of the database. Where there are multi-word folder names, the path for the .exe file has Quotes (" ") around it but the path to the database which follows it does not. 

DATABASE REBUILD

Once this Icon is created and working, you should force the program to rebuild and compact the database each time it starts by placing a second parameter to the .exe file named REBUILD (must be in UPPERCASE).

Then, your entire target line in the icon will be:

"C:\Program Files\WSEXPRSS\WSEXPRSS.exe" C:\Program Files\wsexprss\wsdata\wsexprss.mdb REBUILD

With this target in place, each time you start the program, you will be asked if you wish to compact and rebuild the database. It allows you to decline if you are in a hurry. The rebuild and compact may take a few minutes, depending on how big your database is. You will be prompted when the rebuild and compact are completed.

Also, you may specify the database to be anywhere on the network and several workstations may access the database. But you should only rebuild the database on the same machine as the .exe is running for speed considerations.

If you have questions, please contact us.

Thank you for your interest in our products.

