July 26, 2003
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$hopKeep, version 3.3
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The following are some of the improvements that have been made to $hopKeep, since the release of version 3.2:

- Much improved multi-user performance.
- Significant improvement in functionality and processing speed.
- Several views and sort orders added to Orders and Ca$h Regi$ter forms.  e.g., while in the Orders form, you may view just "Orders required today", "Orders taken today", "Shipped records only", or "All records", and sort by "Order ID", "Order date", "Customer ID", "Employee ID", or "Shipper".
- Three new queries have been added to the list.  They allow a user to retrieve information related to taxes accrued from Orders or Ca$h Regi$ter sales, for whatever time frame (dates) the user specifies.
- A menu, "Compact Database", has been added to allow a user to compact (defragment) $hopKeep's database.  This would be done periodically to shrink the size of the database, which would speed up the retrieval of data.
- The width of the CustomerID field has be changed from 5 to 10 (i.e. up to 10 characters is now allowed).



March 19, 2003
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$hopKeep, version 3.2 - Amended
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The following are some of the improvements that have been made to $hopKeep, since the release of version 3.2:

- A bug that caused the Suppliers form to change to the first record, whenever another record was updated, has been exterminated!  The Suppliers form also gave us a problem when we tried to add the first Supplier record; this problem has been resolved.



March 16, 2003
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$hopKeep, version 3.2
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The following are some of the improvements that have been made to $hopKeep, since the release of version 3.1:

- Menu Access Rights screen added to allow an Admin user to specify which menus other users will have/not have access to.
- Users and Passwords form added, replacing the Passwords grid, making our lives easier.
- Code has be added to protect against entering duplicate user names, and against deleting a logged in user's name and password record by mistake.
- On the Products form, the Product Name field's width has been increased from 60 to 100.
- On the Categories form, the Category Name field's width has been increased from 15 to 50.
- Notes field added to Suppliers form.
- Products form now orders (scrolls through) records based on product name, instead of product ID.
- Employees form now orders records based on lastname and firstname, instead of employee ID.
- Suppliers form now orders records based on supplier name, instead of supplier ID.
- Categories form now orders records based on category name, instead of category ID.



November 5, 2002
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$hopKeep, version 3.1
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The following are some of the improvements that have been made to $hopKeep, since the release of version 3.0:

1. The Ca$h Regi$ter form now allows you to scan a bar code (UPC - Universal Product Code), which speeds up the checkout process.
2. On the Products form, you can now copy the details of one product's record to create a new record for a product with similar details.
3. Adjustment field added to Products form, to allow for quick adjustment to units-in-stock quantity.
4. On the Take Customer Order form, the OrderID field has been made editable.
5. A bug, which prevented copying of orders that contained products with an apostrophy in the name, has been exterminated!



October 2, 2002
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$hopKeep, version 3.0
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The following are some of the improvements that have been made to $hopKeep, since the release of version 2.9:

1. A "cash register" form has been added, which would allow you to process on-the-spot sales, i.e. access inventory, products, prices; produce the extended price for item purchased, calculate sale total and change to customer, and print receipt.
2. Daily sales reports have been added and are accessible (viewable/printable) based on Sale ID, or Sale Date. 
3. You can now copy one order to create another, i.e. copy the details of an old order to use as the base to record a new order.
4. A second tax field has been added to the Take Customer Orders form.



June 12, 2002
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$hopKeep, version 2.9
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The following are some of the improvements that have been made to $hopKeep, since the release of version 2.85:

1. A bug, which caused the Messenger screen to loose focus, has been exterminated.