Winter 2003 Newsletter
Business! version 5.2 Released
Database Creations announces the new release
of Business! Standard and Business! Professional. This is a FREE
update to current registered users and includes many updates, as
well as a few new enhancements:
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Multi Credit Card Support - store
an unlimited number of credit cards in the customer file for
easy recall. Support for credit card payment selection on
the Invoice form is coming soon...
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ShipRush Interface options -
Support for the new ShipRush optional module is included in the
5.2 release. When the interface is purchased and
installed, the user will see additional fields on the Customer
and Company Setup forms to allow the setup and use of the
ShipRush software.
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New Install for Access 2003 -
Although a new install has been added to the CD, the Access 2003
version of Business! still uses the same file format as Access
2000 and Access 2002, so you should not have any problems using
these versions with Access 2003.
Coming Soon in 2004...
Our development team is hard at work on some exciting new
features for release in 2004:
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RMA Tracking System - Create and
Mange Return Authorizations separately, or from the Invoice form
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Departmentalized Accounting -
post G/L transactions to separate departments or categories as
well as accounts
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Email Invoices - Instead of
printing and mailing invoices to your customers, simply enter
the email address and send an invoice through email
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Yahoo Store Interface - download
your orders directly to Business!
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Lot Tracking - Manage Lots of
merchandise and maintain expiration dates for items included in
the lots
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Quickbooks Export - export and
share data with Quickbooks
Plus, we're extremely excited about
replacing the DBI Calendar Controls with a new and improved
interface. The new Company Schedule will include controls by
Infragistics. This is in development now, so here's your
chance to let us know what you would like to see included!
Send an email to
controls@databasecreations.com with suggestions and ideas to
improve the company schedule and calendar controls.
Database Creations is excited to announce
they are completing development of a UPS and FedEx shipping
interface for Business! Professional Edition and Business! Standard
Edition.
The Business! Shipping interface works with
a third party product called ShipRush, a powerful yet user friendly
shipping tool that processes domestic shipments with UPS and FedEx
on-line shipping systems.
With the ShipRush and Business! Shipping
interface, you can easily ship packages from the Business! Sales
Order and Invoice. Features include:
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Ship domestic packages via FedEx
from the Sales Order and Invoice forms
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Configuration form lets you enter shipping
box selections and dimensions, account numbers, ship notification,
third party and recipient account numbers
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Run end of day, view recent shipments
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Add optional shipping up-charge amount
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Customer, invoice and ship-to method is
passed to the ShipRush waybill avoiding re-keying of duplicate
information
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Choose shipping method, view your cost,
and choose email notification of shipment
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Shipment is sent directly to FedEx
via a static or modem-based Internet connection
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Tracking number is stored with
Invoice/Sales Order
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Optionally update Shipping charge on
Invoice/Sales Order with actual charge
The ShipRush for FedEx product is currently
available, however, the UPS shipping module will be available very
soon. As we get closer to release, we will be
sending you additional information on pricing and availability. In
the meantime, visit our website at
www.databasecreations.com/prod_shiprush.htm to learn more about the
ShipRush software and the Business! shipping interface.
Microsoft Office 2003 was released in August
of 2003 and the development team at Database
Creations has been working closely with the Microsoft Access
development team to ensure that all Database Creations developed
products will run smoothly in Access 2003.
Since Access 2003 uses the Access 2000
database format, Access 2000 and 2002 users can easily use their
current databases in Access 2003. If you are an Access 97 user
moving to Access 2003, you will need to convert your database to
Access 2000 format. This is accomplished by opening the 97 database
in Access 2003 and selecting to convert the database to 2000 format
when prompted.
Preliminary testing has shown no problems
using the current software in Access 2003. Database Creations will continue to test the
following products to ensure compatibility with Access 2003.
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Business! Professional Edition v5.2
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Business! Standard Edition v5.2
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POSitively Business v3.02
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Inventory Manager 4.x
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Check Writer for Access
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EZ Access Developer Tools
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appBuilder
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Report Manager Professional
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Search Manager Professional
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Report Manager Enterprise Edition
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Search Manager Enterprise Edition
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Access Project Security Manager
If you have questions on Access 2003
compatibility, please visit our discussion forums located at
www.databasecreations.com/supt.htm for information.
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