This version of CounterPoint includes Perfect Keyboard v7, which is compatible with the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.

Perfect Keyboard is a third-party “keyboard macro” product that allows you to program a single key or key combination to generate multiple keystrokes.

Perfect Keyboard also allows you to re-map or re-interpret keystrokes for specialized applications on a per-screen basis. For example, you can map the Enter key to the Tab key for a particular dialog, effectively disabling the Enter key on that dialog.

In this version, the Lookup users window allows you to find a user by typing all or part of the user’s name in the User ID field, making it easier to look up users throughout CounterPoint.

This version of CounterPoint includes a direct accounting interface for Sage BusinessWorks v8. Direct interfaces for earlier versions of BusinessWorks are still supported.

This version includes a direct interface to MAS90 v4.2. Direct interfaces for earlier versions of MAS90 are still supported.

This version includes a pre-defined export interface for Sage Software’s Peachtree 2009. Interfaces for earlier versions are still supported.

Previously, the Open drawer (Point of Sale > Tickets > Open drawer) and Close drawer (Point of Sale > Tickets > Close drawer) screens required you to enter a User ID and Password (if you were using passwords) for each drawer you wanted to open or close.

In this version, the Open drawer and Close drawer screens retain your User ID and Password, allowing you to enter them once, and then open or close multiple drawers in succession.

You can now configure CounterPoint to display the current customer’s e-mail address at the top of the regular Ticket Entry screen.

To enable the display of customers’ e-mail addresses in Ticket Entry, select Yes from the Display customer email address ? field on the Configuration options screen (Setup > Point of Sale > Stores > Configuration options).

You can now configure CounterPoint to automatically display customer and item images in regular Ticket Entry.

To enable the automatic display of customer and item images in Ticket Entry, select Yes from the Display customer image ? and Display item image ? fields on the Configuration options screen (Setup > Point of Sale > Stores > Configuration options).

With these settings, whenever you select a customer or add an item to a ticket, the corresponding image (if one has been assigned to the customer or item) appears automatically.

When you import physical count quantities using Inventory > Physical Count > Import, you can now choose to include all imported lines in the Physical Count Import log, instead of just lines that resulted in errors, by selecting All lines from the new Print field on the Physical Count (Import) screen.

This feature can assist merchants in determining the physical location of an item for which an import error occurred by allowing them to see which items were counted immediately before and after the item in question.

Previously, in Inventory > Adjustments > Enter, when a user selected a gridded item, the user could skip entering the item’s color/size for the item by pressing F1 at the Colr/Size field. However, if the user did not supply the color/size for the item at some point before posting the adjustment, an error occurred during posting.

In this version, you can disable the F1=Skip option for the Colr/Size field in Inventory > Adjustments > Enter by selecting No from the Allow adjustment grid skip ? field on the Apparel screen of Setup > Inventory > Control. This setting requires users to provide the color/size for each gridded item as they enter an adjustment.

Previously, when a user added a new item note, the Note ID was set to the current date and time by default. To change this value, the user was required to press F1 to access the Note ID field.

In this version, when a user adds a new item note, the Note ID field is active immediately, allowing the user to easily specify a Note ID value before entering the item note. The user can press F1 to set the Note ID to the current date and time.

You can now use the Modify Grids utility (File Utilities > Special > Inventory > Modify grids) to swap the color (i.e., row) and size (i.e., column) values for one or more gridded items. This enhancement allows you to easily correct grids for which the color and size values are reversed, making the Consolidated Grids report (Inventory > Reports > Merchandising > Consolidated Grids) more useful.

In this version, the Physical count screen (Inventory > Physical count > Enter) allows you to identify the Area in which you counted each item, in addition to the count quantity. For example, you can specify that a counted item is located in the “stock room” or on “aisle 12.”

This feature allows merchants who stock items in multiple areas of their stores to more easily identify the physical location of counted items.

You can now designate a loose kit as Inactive, preventing CounterPoint from automatically adding or prompting the user to add the component items to a ticket when the parent item is sold. This feature allows you to deactivate a loose kit without requiring you to delete the kit definition.

To deactivate a loose kit, select Inactive from the Entry method field on the Kits screen (Inventory > Kits). To reactivate an Inactive loose kit, simply restore its previous Entry method setting, either Normal or Automatic.

Previously, the Generate CSV customer list utility (Customers > Utilities > Generate CSV customer list) exported data for customers with sales history only. Customer records with no sales history were not included in CSV customer lists.

In this version, the Generate CSV customer list utility allows you to generate a customer list that includes all of your customers, regardless of their sales history. This enhancement allows you to create more complete mailing lists or conduct broader marketing activities.

Whenever a user auto-assigns a range of sequential serial numbers to a serialized item on a receiving or quick receiving (by pressing F5 from the Serial numbers window), CounterPoint validates each serial number in the range against the serial numbers already on file to prevent the creation of duplicate serial numbers. Depending on the number of existing serial numbers, this validation process can take considerable time.

In this version, when you auto-assign sequential serials numbers to a serialized item while entering a receiving or quick receiving, you can now perform a Quick validation of the auto-generated serial numbers. This option validates only the beginning and ending serial numbers in the proposed range, instead of each individual serial number in the range, which is much faster than the Individual validation option.

This feature is particularly useful for merchants who have large numbers of serialized items on file.

NOTE: If you use the Quick validation option, you should also ensure that other users are not entering new serial numbers simultaneously to prevent them from inadvertently creating serial numbers in the range you are about to auto-assign.

In this version, you can use the new Unrec qty st field on the Vendors screen (Inventory > Vendors > Vendors) to specify a default unreceived quantity status for each vendor. This setting allows you to control whether order shortages (i.e., unreceived quantities) should be Backordered or Canceled by default at the vendor level, overriding the store-specific Default unreceived qty status setting in Setup > Purchasing > Control.

You can now define up to four quantity/cost break levels for each vendor item on the Vendor items screen (Inventory > Vendors > Vendor items). This feature allows you to configure CounterPoint to use different per-unit cost values when you purchase specific quantities of each vendor item, reflecting cost reductions that your vendors may offer.

In this version, the Sales Analysis by Item by Customer, Sales Analysis by Item by Sales Rep, and Sales Analysis by Customer by Item reports have been updated to include the Retail column. This enhancement allows you to compare the actual Sales amounts on each report to what they would have been if all sales had been at Price-1.

You can now specify a Pay code range from the Select range window that appears when you press F5 on the Deposits (Enter) screen (Payment History > Deposits > Enter). This feature allows you to easily create a deposit for payments that were tendered with a specific pay code (i.e., all Check or Cash payments).

CounterPoint V7.5.16 is certified for use with the American Express Card Acceptance Processing Network (CAPN) for transactions that are processed through Paymentech. With this enhancement, CounterPoint now offers CAPN compliance for use with all supported processors, including First Data North, First Data South, RBS Lynk, TSYS (i.e., Vital), and Paymentech.

If you are processing through Paymentech and you previously disabled the direct authorization of AmEx transactions while awaiting CAPN certification, you can re-enable the Use AmEx direct setting in Setup > Point of Sale > Stores > Draft capture. NOTE: This feature was released in a V7.5.15 Service Pack.

CounterPoint V7.5.16 supports Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) food stamps through RBS Lynk, allowing CounterPoint Merchant Program (CMP) merchants who are processing with RBS Lynk to authorize EBT transactions in Ticket Entry and Touchscreen Ticket Entry.

All EBT transactions are processed through CPGateway. For all merchants, CPGateway fees are not charged for EBT transactions.

NOTE: Dial-up support is not available for EBT transactions. In addition, EBT support is available for Retail merchants only, not for MOTO or Ecommerce merchants.

CounterPoint V7.5.16 supports stored value cards (SVCs) from RBS Lynk, which are available through their gift card program, GiftLynk. All SVC transaction types are supported, allowing you to sell, redeem, recharge, and issue cash back for GiftLynk SVCs in Ticket Entry and Touchscreen Ticket Entry.

All SVC transactions are processed through CPGateway. For CounterPoint Merchant Program (CMP) merchants, CPGateway fees are not charged for SVC transactions.

NOTE: Dial-up service is not available for SVC transactions.

When a user enters a credit card number in CounterPoint, that card number is masked to prevent it from being read. Previously, however, when a user edited a credit card number in Ticket Entry, Order Entry, or Cash receipts, the previously-entered card number appeared unmasked.

To improve cardholder security, this version no longer displays an unmasked card number when a user edits a previously-entered card number. Instead, the Card-# field is blank, preventing the user from reading the stored card number. The user can enter a different card number or press Enter to restore the previously-entered, masked card number.

The Status field on the Vendors screen (Inventory > Vendors > Vendors) is used to determine whether the Payment Advice report (Accounting > Accounts Payable > Payments > Payment advice) generated payments for vendors (i.e., payments are not generated for vendors with a Status value of Hold). However, in previous versions of CounterPoint, the Status value for each vendor was not used in other areas of the Basic Accounting Option.

In this version, the Status value affects the creation and posting of payments and payables (i.e., vouchers) throughout Basic Accounting. This feature prevents users from generating, entering, or posting payments and payables for vendors with a Hold status. For vendors with an Inactive status, a warning appears when a user attempts to generate or enter a payment or payable.

In addition, the vendor Status now appears on all payment- and payable- related edit lists and journals.