| Latest News "Early Beta" version coming: Still to do ... Final unit testing, installation program, simulated real world testing. A few video tutorials have been done. They can be viewed here. The "What's New?" section of the new Help System has been written. Still to do for final release: Create reports, help system, final tweaks. A second Beta version will then be released. |
Availability
No promises ... As noted above, their are a few things that still need to be
done. User invited Beta testing will begin when the
program is ready. Sorry we can't be more specific. The
program will not be released if it is not ready.
New Features
The list of new features is quite extensive. However, the following is a
sampling of some of those features.*
Terminology change
So that the program makes sense in a broader market - Performance will now be Event ... Production will now be Series.
General
Improved: Editing of Events, Pricing and Seating can now be done at any time, even after orders have been taken.
New: Cloning (discussed below), makes slightly altered changes intended only for future use, very easy.
New: The program now supports visual styles (skins). The visual (cosmetic) appearance of the windows can be modified to reflect various styles of Windows, Office, or the wide variety of custom skins available.
Events
New: Unlimited Series names can be created and stored in advance - making Event creation faster and simpler.
Improved: Date and time selection has been made easier.
Improved: Events are now listed on the Event Setup window so that they can be quickly referenced and a specific Event quickly located for editing.
Improved: Event Seating combinations are also listed on the Event Setup window.
New: Manual Event/Seating combining functions now include capability to combine by entire Series as well as by specific Event.
Improved: Ticket info can be applied directly from the Event Setup window, and ticket text can be assigned to an entire series, instead of going through Event by Event.
Event Creation
New: Changes made to a section template are automatically carried through to all combined sections.
New: Section templates can now be cloned, should a slightly altered seating arrangement be required for different Events.
Improved: Setting up section templates is now easier.
New: Click & drag the mouse to select multiple seats at once.
New: One-Click to automatically select all sequential seats for an order.
New: Open the Order Details screen with the order that applies to a selected seat.
Improved: Can now sell tickets, for a single order, across multiple seating sections.
Improved: Increased size of seating sections to 875 seats (25 rows deep by 35 seats across).
Improved: Center guidelines for easier designing of seating and easier selling of best seats.
Improved: Selecting seats turns them white for easier identification.
Improved: When one user is selecting seats, those specific seats appear locked (black) to other users, instead of the entire section.
Improved: Can now batch print all unsold tickets for a specific section, or for all sections of an Event - with a single click.
Improved: The seat, row and aisle info is displayed instantly as the mouse hovers over each seat.
New: Seats can be blocked for allocated Internet ticketing, and a report created to send to the external service of your choice (such as AdmiTix). These seats can be sold as allocated orders come in.
New: Customers can have preferred seats. The program can automatically select these seats for each individual order.
Seat Selection
New: Tickets can optionally be sequentially numbered, for both general admission and reserved seating.
Improved: Ticket text can now be applied to an entire Series as a default for that Series, and then optionally altered by specific Event (i.e. make the first event "Opening Night").
Improved: Global default ticket layout configuration for all users. No need to set layout for each individual user, unless different layouts are desired.
Improved: Ticket layouts can now be set for all users by the administrator.
New: USB ticket printers are now supported for Practical Automation (PA & Boca parallel and serial printers are also supported as usual).
New: Optional ticket graphic (such as a logo) is included with the built-in ticket layouts, and can be resized.
New: Bar code
scanning for tickets*. The scanner advises you of forgery, invalid tickets,
wrong event, invalid order, and if ticket was already used. Optionally, the
customer name can be displayed by the scanner so that they may be greeted by
name.
* requires site license
New: You can now easily order ticket stock with Corporate Consultants directly through the program.
Pricing
New: Per ticket discounts - instead of just per order discounts. This way, only certain tickets within an order can be discountable.
New: Pricing Schemes can be cloned so that similar pricing schemes can be created even faster.
New: Flex Pass has been added as a new Pricing Scheme classification.
New: Unused Pricing Schemes can be hidden from the Order process.
New: Event groupings can now be assigned to Single ticket pricing as well, making Event selection even easier.
Improved: Event Groupings can be done by entire Series, as well as by specific Events and day/time range.
Pricing Setup
Customer
Improved: More robust and easier search features.
Improved: Expanded to include alternate address and other new data.
New: E-mail address field added.
New: Flag customers.
New: Print address labels using any DYMO LabelWriter.
Coming Soon: Support for on-line credit/debit card processing (will follow the initial release).
Add/Edit Customers
Orders
Improved: A revolutionary Event selection method that is very fast and effortless. No more searching through long lists.
New: Additional, easy Event selection methods that further improve the convenience of selecting Events.
Improved: Easier search features.
Improved: An easier multiple order tally method. Instantly create a tally of the last 'x' orders. No need to preset in advance.
New: Allocated Internet ticketing has been added as a payment method.
New: Coupons/Gift Cards has been added as a payment method.
Order Screen
Help
New: Video tutorials will be included and built into the program for easy access.
The following is now possible (previously prohibited)
Improved: Change the names of seating sections - at any time, even after orders have been taken.
Improved: Change Event names, dates and times - at any time, even after orders have been taken.
Improved: Change Pricing Scheme and Price Type names - at any time, even after orders have been taken.
Backbone
Improved: Significant speed increase across a network - especially with large customer and order lists.
Improved: Vastly improved database integration and stability.
Requirements
Windows 2000, XP or Vista
800x600 minimum screen resolution - with hidden task bar (1024x768 would be better)
Program Cost
After a decade of remaining at the same cost, the price of this significant upgrade to the program needs to be increased in order to help offset development costs. With that in mind, we continue to try and maintain a cost that represents a solid value for small and non-profit organizations.
New Customers
Base Price - Single license: $1600
Base Price - Site license (multi-user network): $2500
Introductory Special:
FREE Tech Support
3 months free tech support (phone or e-mail)
If ordered before the new version is released, new customers will receive the current version first (at no additional charge).
Existing Customers
Upgrade for existing customers who purchased within 1
year of new version release: $775*
* Limited time offer.
Upgrade for existing customers who purchased after 1 year of new version release: $900
Existing customers also receive 3 months free tech support (phone or e-mail)
Place your advance order now ...
There are other major features that are being worked on
that have not yet been listed.
* Some features may be altered or removed at time of
release.
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