Video Vision Plus 9.0
The prime development focus of this version was Windows Vista and a large
number of behind the scenes changes have been made in order to fully support
this version of Windows. Version 9 also offers two new add-on modules -
the interface language add-on and the Fingerprint module. Additionally,
a number of the most requested features by current Video Vision users have
been included.
Summary of Key Enhancements
- Full support for Windows Vista
- Fingerprint recognition add-on module - a new add-on module offers the possibility of using a digital fingerprint reader for user
login and customer verification.
- Interface Language add-on module - a new add-on module offers the possibility of having the
Video Vision Plus interface in virtually any language.
- Product information expanded - the amount of information that can
be stored for products has been dramatically increased (mirroring that
stored for rental items).
- Lookup extended to products - item information lookup using the Collectorz module is now also available for products.
- Lookup module expanded to Games, Music and Books - item information
lookup is now also available for video games, music and books.
- New Item Type field - a new flexibly configurable "Item Type" field
has been added for Rental Items and Products allowing grouping of items
by major type e.g. Movie, Game, Books, Music, etc. Labels can be set
for secondary information allowing
labels appropriate to each item type to be displayed in the rental item/product screens.
- Flexible configuration of item formats - item formats are no longer
limited to DVD, VHS, Game and Other. Formats can now be flexibly configured
to allow more precise item format specification and specification of
new formats as they become available for rental/sale in your store (e.g.
Blu-ray).
- Copy details from existing item feature - a new feature has been added
to allow key item information to be quickly copied from an existing
rental item or product into the add new rental item/add new product
screens
- Support for specialist barcode printers added to the barcode printing
module
- Item availability screen enhanced - a number of enhancements including
the ability to select the date range for which availability should be
shown.
- Reservation of items listed as coming soon (for after the release
date).
- Quick access to the transaction screen from the speed returns screen - double clicking an entry in the speed returns screen opens a new transaction for the customer in question allowing quick payment of late fees/pay on return balances or processing of new rentals/sales.
- Named promotions - promotions can now be named allowing easy identification
at the time of application.
- Separate user privilege added for stock management.
- Separate user privilege added for purging item/customer/product data.
- Receipt decimals settings - users in countries where the currency
has no decimal denominations can now show prices without decimals.
- Supplier management screen - a new supplier management screen allows
storage of more detailed supplier information and bulk update of all
supplier information.
- In addition to the date range, time range can now be specified for
Summary Revenue reports
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- Current availability of items shown in the view/edit items screen.
- Report of automatic rental category changes made.
- Option to block transactions when irregularities in the Windows system date are identified.
- Option to specify a fixed start date for the top ten rentals calculation.
- Import module enhanced - the import module is now included within
the main program and also now includes current loans. Additional information
(including producer, runtime, studio, language, screen format, item
image location, trailer location and whether the item should be shown
in InStore/Online) added to rental item imports. The rental item import
and product import can now also be used regardless of whether the database
already contains rental items/products.
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