Internet Explorer v9 Approved for use with Retail Pro

The browser Internet Explorer version 9 is fully approved for use with Retail Pro. If you have any questions, please contact a BHD Tech at 916-368-1070.

Sun 'N Fun Airshow Temporarily Closed due to Storm

The annual Sun 'N Fun Fly-In event in Lakeland, Florida, is usually a warm and sunny airshow visited by crowds of airplane enthusiasts and interested onlookers. This BHD customer hosts the annual Sun 'N Fun 'Fly-In' about this time every year and puts over 60 Retail Pro computers to use to handle the retail business.

This year, however, Mother Nature had a different plan for this popular event. With the airstrip, runways and fields lined with displays of all types of aircraft, a tornado ripped through the show toppling aircraft and damaging scores of planes. With heavy rain, wind and moderate flooding, the crew worked around the clock to repair damages and re-open the show.

See for yourself the damage as it happened, in videos posted on YouTube. Type 'Sun 'N Fun Tornado'. We wish the best to our friends at Sun 'N Fun and applaud them for not letting the storm keep them closed to the public.

Retail Pro EFT Link for v9 Released under General Availability

Big Hairy Dog is pleased to offer the “General Availability” release of the Retail Pro EFT Link for v9.

The Retail Pro v9 EFT link is another example of Retail Pro International’s commitment to providing the user community with choice for electronic funds payments with Retail Pro. The Retail Pro EFT Link for Retail Pro v9 allows a retailer within North America to take Debit, Credit, and Gift cards within Retail Pro, as well as signature capture for Credit card-based transactions and Check Verification with the following Gateways and Banks:

• WorldPay
  
• Mercury Payment Systems
  
• First Data Merchant Systems

If you have any questions or would like more information on the EFT Link for Retail Pro v9, please call your BHD Sales Representative today at 800-377-7776.

NEW RELEASES: Retail Pro v9.2 r4 and Business Intelligence r4

Retail Pro 9.20 r4
The Retail Pro v9.20 r4 GA release will be available in the form of a Retail Pro Maintenance Pack and Image files for supported 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. The Maintenance Pack is to update existing Retail Pro 9.20 r2 installations. Upgrading from Retail Pro 9.14 or 9.20 r1 to Retail Pro 9.20 r4 requires a database conversion.

Retail Pro Business Intelligence
The r4 release of Business Intelligence will only be available in the form of an installation image. The Image files are for new 9.20 r4 installations.

For more information or to receive an upgrade to one or both of these new release versions, please contact Big Hairy Dog Tech Department at 916-368-1070.

Windows 7 is 'Fully Approved' to work with Retail Pro!

This is actually not NEW news, but a reminder that with the three qualifiers listed below, Windows 7 Operating System is fully approved to work with Retail Pro.

QUALIFIERS:
+ For Retail Pro version 8.6 you must use the 32-bit version of W7.
+ For Retail Pro version 9.2 you can use either 32-bit or 64-bit versions.
+ BHD will only support Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate versions.

As long as you have all the current updates to Windows XP installed, it is approved to use. If you have any questions regarding the use of Windows 7 OS, please call a BHD Tech at 916-368-1070.