Restaurant Order Pad: Change Log

4/2/2015
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- New support for Brother Label printer model QL-720NW. Currently, label printing is tailored to a pizzeria restaurant.
- Options Editor: New grouping type labeled "Ingredients 2." Acts exactly as Ingredients except removes the keyword "Add" from any selections chosen. For example: Instead of "Add Pepperoni" it would just say "Pepperoni."

1/29/2015
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- Reports: Now includes discounts section for Nightly Z.
- Macros: Added new function addRemark().
- Discounts: Changed the discounts behavior as follows: 1) discounts will not apply to children items in an item grouping and 2) discounts considers all price amounts of an item grouping when determining if a discount is valid.

1/29/2015
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- Discounts System: New feature. Can specify discounts and discount conditions via Settings > Programming > Discounts Programming.
Note: discounts not automatically applied needs macro buttons using applyDiscount() to apply a discount to the selected item.
- Macro Editor: Created new functions applyDiscount() and applyManualDiscount().

1/22/2015
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- Main: New button selector mode. Currently Used in the Macro Editor for button type selection.
- Macro Editor: Made the if() function value a smart selector (ie. choosing variable "sid" will launch the button selector in multi-select mode, choosing variable "qty" will give a number pad, choosing variable "dow" will give a day of week selector.)

1/22/2015
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- Macros: Fixed problem using variable "sgroupid".
- 3d Cart API: Added API for 3dCart. This API can: Get product data, and update inventory values.
- Added support for (keyboard emulated) barcode scanners.

1/16/2015
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- Split Order Screen: Moves items 1 at a time for quantities > 1.

12/23/2014
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- TWD Inventory API: Can now automatically adjust inventory quantities.

12/13/2014
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- Added macro options to addItem() and addItemWithGroup() to dis-allow negative price values for items being added via macro. (this flag does not persist.)
- Fixed children items to display negative price values.
- Added new macro variables to get options count or options with price count.
- Added new macro function promptManagerPin() to prompt for manager pin. Stops macro processing if user doesn't enter the correct pin.

12/08/2014
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- Options Dialog: Adjusted text colors for better contrast with yellow and green background colors.
- Added a duplicate function to options programming page.
- Added a button copy/paste function to the menu editor. Press-hold a button and choose "Copy" then tap a category to paste to.

11/08/2014
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- Added support for the Paypal Sideloader to accept credit card payments via Paypal Here.

11/08/2014
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- Fixed an error with Options dialog that sometimes caused just the price to be on new line in the remarks.
- Moved database auto-backup settings from General tab to Database tab.
- Fixed an error with paths for Database Backup when user chooses the "Auto Backup Location" option.
- Macro Editor: Fixed a couple instances that can cause a crash when clicking Cancel in a dialog or upon exiting the function editor.
- Menu Item Editor: Fixed a crash in the menu button editor when adding a new button and trying to set option groups or choose default options.
- Menu Item Editor: Added a "Save" button to the top right menu area. Performs the same action as pressing Save on the bottom.

11/06/2014
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- Fixed a critical error with incorrectly adding up order totals on receipts and in orders table.
- Fixed Options to charge the Add price when "Easy" is chosen for ingredients an item doesn't normally have.
- Fixed Options to charge the Add price when "Extra" is chosen for ingreditents a item normally does have.
- Fixed a couple variable maintainence issues when importing a database.

11/01/2014
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- Macros: Fixed a few minor issues with the macro system not parsing/returning/setting variables.
- Macros: Added a cancel(); function which cancels the default button press action and turns the button into a "Macro Only" button.

10/29/2014
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- Implimented the database server side of the coding for the new Options and Ooptions Groups feature.
- Made icons for all the companion apps made for the Restaurant Order Pad.
- Fixed a few force close issues found with the new Options and Option Groups feature.

10/28/2014
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- Added a new "Options & Option Groups" feature that makes it easier to do order modifications.

10/24/2014
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- Launcher: fixed crash caused by missing packages(apps)
- Launcher: now 100% locked down, prevents users from using any unauthorized apps!

10/22/2014
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- Created a "Launcher" app to replace the default Home Screen on Android. (To prevent employees from accessing other apps that may be on the tablet or change the configuration of the tablet itself.)
- Set a separate "Manager Pin" for the new Launcher app. Manager pin is required to launch the Android launcher for configuration purposes.

10/18/2014
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- Added "Register Number" to the General preferences; to identify terminal numbers. Able to set the Register Number upon startup if none is set.
- Deleted header information on the Main Menu. Replaced it with an Information Bar at the bottom to display Register Number, Drawer ID, and User ID.
- Added new tab to preferences titled "Programming" to handle functions related to terminal programming. Moved the "Menu Editor" option from the main menu to the new tab.
- Added new tab to preferences titled "Database" to handle database functions (Replaces the "Database Utilities" page.) Moved all "Database Utilities" options from all menus to the new tab.

9/4/2014
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- Added ability to create timed orders.
- Removed "Paid" text (if order is paid) from packing slip.
- Fixed a critical error with storing a new order using multi-terminal mode. Sometimes the order ID would be missing from the order items.
- Fixed a critical error with retriving data in multi-terminal mode.

8/31/2014
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- Changing the quantity of a bundled item or it's children is no longer allowed!
- Changing the price of a bundled item's child is no longer allowed!
- Fixed an error with packing slip data not being saved in multi-terminal mode.
- Can now print multiple documents at once to the same printer.
- Fixed a crash caused by inproper interface cleanup in remote database code.

8/29/2014
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- Various bug fixes introduced with packing slip and kitchen printing features.
- User Manager: will no longer launch the main menu when a new user is added.
- User Manager: adding users now uses the full user dialog.
- Macros: Math() function can now perform rounding.

8/27/2014
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- The Kitchen Video Server and Database Server are now seperate apps.
- Refined the discoverer functions to accomodate the above change.
- Added support for a kitchen printer.
- Added packing slip / condiments feature.
- Added support for a packing slip printer.
- Fixed a problem with "open drawer" missing when the cash drawer option is enabled.

8/23/2014
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- Order Select: Altered the way the "List Orders" page works. It now works like a single item selection with a row of function buttons above the order list.
- Main Menu: "Pay Order" button is no longer needed due to above change!
- Order Select: Fixed a problem where somtimes "Print Order" would cause a app crash. (This occured because the database reference was closed before the print activity could query the database.)
- Order Select: Fixed a crash where you locate an order by order number, then try to locate another order/customer by order number.
- Order Select: Order Void option now provides a confirmation dialog before order is actually voided.

8/22/2014
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- Fixed a stack overflow error while using the "print receipt" option.
- Fixed a problem with database server communication timeouts. This would cause the splash screen to appear frozen for over a minute when communication fails with the database server.
- New option to enable letter input in table #.

8/10/2014
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- Fixed an error where a "customer credit" is sent to the kitchen video.
- Created a split order interface.
- Fixed a problem with the kitchen video, service would stop and not re-start when the database is restored (imported.)

8/7/2014
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- Customer Search: Can search/view customer log by Order Number.
- Order Search: Locate customers by Order Number.
- Order Search: Retrieve orders (print preview) by Order Number.
- Order Dispatch: Uses multi-selection mode instead of removing orders from the screen.

8/3/2014
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- Customer entries can now have a comment automatically attached to their orders. (Useful for entering directions to customer's location.)
- Customer's can now be flagged as "Do Not Serve" or "No Checks."
- Created a "customer log" to log various customer related activity. (For Example: entering NSF or No Checks records or Do Not Serve records.)
- Customer credits are now also logged in the customer log in addition to the credit log.
- Created a new customer viewer for all the above new functionality! All existing functions where an order list by customer id is retrieved, this viewer now opens in it's place!

7/31/2014
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- Customer Search: Changed how the customer search handles parse exceptions on the address field. The address field will now accept any text input.
- Customer Search: When pressing an existing customer entry that doesn't exactly match the input fields, user is now prompted if they want to update the existing customer record.
- Fixed a crash caused by launching the main register without loading certain Global values.

7/23/2014
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- Added a new condition when system tries to combine like items. Fixes a problem with using macros to set a price, then using the same macro with a different price.
- Fixed a possible app crash in the number pad dialog.
- Fixed an issue with the macro editor that causes app crashes in certain situations.

7/19/2014
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- Fixed an error where app restart is required but it didn't restart.
- Fixed an error with change tender in retail mode.
- Fixed an error with using the "Enter Customer Info" option in the menu screen.
- Now using our number pad dialog for "Enter Customer Info" to enter a table #, if the order type is a table.

7/13/2014
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- Fixed an error caused by manually changing an item price.

7/12/2014
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- Added a basic Function editor for the Macro editor. (later will create specific dialogs/pages for each argument type.)

7/10/2014
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- Fixed an error in global variables remote database read function.
- Fixed a crash when the macro editor closes.
- Added a remote database version check on startup to ensure both server and client have the same version.

7/8/2014
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- Created a macro editor (a basic one for now to make it easier to visualize the macro flow, insert new macro functions, move them up/down, delete functions.)
- Added additional code to make macro arguments more relaxed (does not require quotes anymore however, use them if you use special characters or a comma!)

7/7/2014
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- Sync'd database changes to the Database Server.
- Added ability for database server to receive and process multiple database changes at the same time. (Speedup while storing orders.)
- Fixed a bug when a macro adds an item as part of a group and that item already exists. (would increment qty instead of adding a new line item as expected.)

7/6/2014
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- Added color coding for order items that are part of a group (highlighted in yellow.)
- Changed "Void Item" functionality to accomodate order item groups. User will be asked if they want to void the entire group or remove the item grouping. Removing the item grouping will reset certain attributes (price, clears the child flag.)
- Fixed a bug when the user presses the top heading item. (bug created when the auto-category on item press was introduced.)

7/4/2014
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- Fixed an bug with the menu editor. When you delete a button, it would still appear to be there although the button's data was deleted from the database. System now forces a menu and button refresh when a button is deleted.
- Category is now attached to the order list items. This will activate the category that created it when you select the order item from the order list.
- Added setItemCategory(); to programmically change the category that the selected item is attached to.

7/2/2014
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- Added setVar(); function to programmically set variables.
- Added math(); function to perform math operations.
- Added newGroupId(); function to incriment the group ID for use with grouping items in a bundle.
- Added a "IsChild" flag to items list—to identify child items as part of a group. Items marked as a child will not display it's qty. Will only display a price if it is > 0.
- Added new fields to database to support group id's and isChild flag. Also added a "category" field which will record which category was active when the order item was created.

6/29/2014
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- Added new variables to retrieve properties of the selected order item. (Used in conditional processing.)
- Added addItem(); and addItems(); to button macro framework. (Makes it possible to create bundled items such as a 2 for $ offer.)
- Added "Button ID" to the button editor (need button ID's for above mentioned macro functions.)
- Added setItemText(); and setItemQty(); to button macro framework to change attributes of the selected order item.
- Fixed an error in conditional processing flow.
- Added ability to use OR "|" conditions in the if(); function.
Sample: if("bid","=","23|46|92"); ... endif(); would match button id's 23, 46, or 92 to be true.

6/28/2014
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- Fixed an issue with item selection that occured when loading orders while in portrit orientation.

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Published by: Thomas Penwell
Initially published on: June 29, 2014
Article last modified on: Thursday, April 2, 2015.