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History

Version 4.4 (Jul 2009)

Key new features:

• Bandwidth management
• Valve Steam support
• Wi-Fi white list
• Wi-Fi/Desktop tickets
• Close programs delay
• Top-up and ticket receipts

Minor improvements:

• Auto connect terminals with TrueCafe Client installed, which haven't been added on the server side
• Options. Change currency sign
• Start session window. Select customer
• Logouts list (instead of open sessions list)
• Client. Locate TrueCafe Server
• Client. Prevent starting a few Clients under the same Windows user account
• Client. Network communication improvements
• CD-Key management. Don't run program when no license available
• Taxes. All prices and amounts include taxes
• Receipt. Sale date section
• Client. Reconnect to server (button)
• Separate network channel for terminal data (screenshots / process list / etc.)
• Performance improvements
• Sales. Allow negative quantity
• Don't ask the password starting a session from the server side (option)
• Ticket top-up. Display customer as transaction owner
• Tickets recover: administrator only
• Wi-Fi. Display full redirect (domain + document + params) on the status page
• Sale window. Display prices + tax
• Sales report. Display shift operator
• Rename main menu > View > Shift report -> Daily report
• Client. Windows user name on the login window caption
• Discount column in Web Reports, Sales report and Daily report
• Hide private pricing packages on the customer window from non-Admin users
• Display pricing package ID (main menu > Setup > Pricing)
• Session & New session windows. Display terminal name in caption
• Auto-close sessions option: any pre-paid by default

Bugs fixed:

• Move session applies minimal charge more than once
• Add time/money doesn't work well with decreasing pricing table
• Server doesn't delete a wi-fi terminal when a session ends
• Shift end_fact becomes NULL. Causes startup exception
• Chat doesn't work well with dynamic IP terminals
• Pause session doesn't work well with post-paid time limited sessions
• URL log. URLs with more than 1024 characters corrupt the database
• Client. Program shortcuts mix up when a few shortcuts have the same CD-key group (useful for Steam applaunch)
• Client. Vista. Session info window isn't displayed sometimes
• Client. Default app icon is not displayed on Vista
• Client. Display "search path" programs icons (e.g. calc.exe, notepad.exe)
• Client. Connection lost switching unlock > lock
• Thin client terminals screenshots mix-up
• Start/stop session sometimes fails when using remote screenshot
• Setup fails on 64-bit Windows versions
• Setup doesn't add firewalls exceptions on Vista
• Vista. Restart server doesn't work

Version 4.3 (Sep 2008)

• Shift management
• Customer programs
• TrueCafe Client connection wizard
• Wi-Fi session timeout
• Create promotional tickets
• Get original website redirect link on the Wi-Fi login page
• Sales report
• View customer sessions from the customer window
• Security. Hide logical drives on your terminals
• Clean-up. Delete sales data
• Select data folder when you install TrueCafe
• Scripts. Run external programs when TrueCafe Client logs on/off

Version 4.2 (Apr 2008)

• Wi-Fi hotspot support (wireless billing)
• Terminal-dependent pricing
• Ticket pricing wizard
• Refunds
• TrueCafe Client continues a session when terminal starts
• Enable/disable TrueCafe Client buttons
• Minimize TrueCafe Client session window
• Time left warnings on the server side
• Terminal screenshot security

Version 4.1 (Nov 2007)

• Inventory
• TrueCafe Client security
• Printing confirmation
• Ticket expiry date: fixed, sale + X days, login + X days
• Ticket login mask
• Terminal max sound volume
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Windows Vista support

Version 4.0 (Jun 2007)

• License key (CD-key) management
• NComputing and Terminal Server support: use TrueCafe on thin-client platforms
• Web Reports: analyze your cyber cafe business data in your web browser
• Instant Messenger: chat with a customer and send notification messages to a terminal
• URL Log: keep track of the Internet websites and pages a customer opens on a terminal
• Printer Watcher: prevent printing if not enough money left on a customer balance
• Customer: assign a customer photo
• Customer: credit limit
• Administrator: pause/resume a customer session
• Tickets: password options (length, numbers, letters)
• Printer Watcher: session ID, print job status in log
• Terminals: dynamic IP (DHCP) support
• Sessions: session list, re-print a receipt
• Database Cleanup: delete unused records of print, CD-key reservation or URL log
• Restart a terminal when a session ends

Version 3.2 (Nov 2006)

• Administrator: remote terminal screenshot, task manager, volume control
• Administrator: ticket face value in the customer/ticket list
• Administrator: terminal ping status in the list
• TrueCafe Client: log off a customer session when a screensaver starts
• TrueCafe Client: log off a customer session when Windows logoff/shutdown
• TrueCafe Client: clear Internet Explorer History and Temporary Internet Files when log off
• TrueCafe Client: connect/disconnect a dial-up connection when logon/logoff
• TrueCafe Client: protect options with an unlocking code in registered version
• Tickets: expiration date
• Printer Watcher: distinct charge rates for monochrome and colour printing
• Printer Watcher: extended terminal match: name -> ip -> name in LAN
• Power Management: shutdown idle or all terminals in your cyber cafe, turn on a terminal remotely, automatically shutdown an idle terminal
• Point-of-sale: check the customer balance before making a sale
• Pricing: minimal charge, calculation improvements
• Customer: user access improvements
• Customer: highlight an account in the list with a background colour
• Database Workshop: backup schedule
• Cash and credit card payments accepted
• Set default ticket name in options
• Disable simultaneous login for any customer/ticket
• Receipt: customer name section is added
• Setup: add TrueCafe Windows Firewall exceptions
• Language Editor is disabled in TrueCafe Client
• Precise terminal icons movement

Version 3.1 (Aug 2006)

• Tickets (time codes)
• Point-of-sale: walk-in and member sales
• TrueCafe Client: a customer can top-up his balance
• TrueCafe Client: a customer can change his password
• TrueCafe Client: perfect terminal locking
• TrueCafe Client: set a background picture
• TrueCafe Client: end running applications
• Sessions: close sessions automatically
• Sessions: pre-paid and post-paid sessions
• Customer: specify pre-paid or post-paid method explicitly
• Customer: calculate pre-paid account time left
• Customer: top-up a balance
• Customer: virtual cash
• Daily report
• Interface improvements: XP-styled icons
• "Switch user" in main menu
• Session list: customer age is displayed

Version 3.0 (Mar 2006)

• Sessions: pre-paid and timers improvements
• Pricing improvements. Time zones, rounding, taxing, etc.
• Traffic calculation
• POS. Receipt printing: Customized receipt (fonts, graphics, etc.)
• Printer Watcher: automatically charge customers for printing
• TrueCafe Client: order services/products remotely
• TrueCafe Client: warn a customer when minimal time/money is left
• TrueCafe Client: (demo version), unlock password (closetruecafe)
• Main window interface improvements
• Session summary: time, taxes, totals
• Time/money left columns in the terminal list
• Active sessions in the session list are highlighted
• Move a customer from one terminal to another
• Session dialog is displayed when session is stopped
• Setup Wizard: helps you to configure TrueCafe at the first time
• Database Workshop: system backup/restore
• TrueCafe Server Manager is displayed if server is not running

Version 2.2 (Jul 2005)

• Terminal remote shutdown, restart, application start
• Terminal profiles, application management
• TrueCafe Client: the application list
• TrueCafe Client: security levels. Auto-start, disable Task Manager, hide Desktop and Start Menu.
• "Snap to grid" when arranging terminals

Version 2.1 (Apr 2005)

• New XP-styled interface
• Pricing: public & private services
• Pricing: discount for service packages
• Pricing: service packages order
• Pricing: services initial values
• Language Editor
• Database Workshop

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