Version 16

16.2

Bug Fixes - Version 16.2.7 - Released 19 March 2022

This build has the following bug fixes implemented:

Fixed

11847255 - Indexes Not Being Dropped And Re-Created Correctly On New BirdDog Databases Connected To An ERP

When using an existing ERP like Sage 100 that has previously had a connector sub-system run against it, when provisioning a new, blank BirdDog database and attempting to run against the ERP for the first time, a schema revision error was being thrown.

16.0

Bug Fixes - Version 16.0.24 - Released 19 March 2022

This build has the following bug fixes implemented:

Fixed

11837807 - Conversion From String To Type Error When Editing Item Qty in Customer Service

When using Order Entry and editing the quantity of a line item on a order, the system was throwing an ugly error when clicking Update Cart.

Fixed

11846073 - Schema Issue When Updating to 16

When updating a site to 16.0, was getting a create unique index schema error.

Fixed

11846165 - Typo in Shopify Download Warnings

Multiple typos in the 'not downloading' warning that needed to be fixed. Fixed them both.

Fixed

11846596 - Typo in CustomExamples Read Me

Customizations was misspelled in the readme.md

Bug Fixes - Version 16.0.16 - Released 10 December 2021

This build has the following bug fixes implemented:

Fixed

11844381 - Editing An Existing Page With A Blank Code Should Default To Parent Code and Description

In version 12, we added the feature to automatically generate a webcategory code. However, this means that pages generated prior that and without the Code manually changed could still be showing the GUID. With this build, if you edit and save a webpage, the code will automatically be created.

New Features

This branch has the following features implemented:

Better

11842955 - Schema Handling Update For Database Fields

Updated how we handle schema when dealing with an external ERP. Over the last two years, we've been expanding field lengths as we run into issues. The problem with doing it this way is that this means that sometimes we have fields that are longer than the ERP supports. For example, Customer numbers are length 10 in M1, 23 in Sage 100, and 24 in QuickBooks. Since 24 was the longest we'd seen, BD Engine used 24. This means that you can create customer # TESTIMTOOLONG in our system and then it will blow up writing to M1. As of this build, we'll create the database with BD Engine defaults but once you create an ERP connector, the system will automatically alter the database to match.

Upgrade Notes for Non-Macola Systems

Because some of the field lengths are getting smaller and it was possible to create values that were too long in previous versions, you may run into data that is invalid and causes the sql schema update to fail. When this happens, the system will report the invalid data which will need to be manually fixed in the database either by deleting it or updating it to a valid value.

This update is not compatible with prior versions. Once you run this version against a database, it is important to never run an older version of our software against that version.

Reason for Point Release

We've updated how we're handling schema when dealing with an external ERP. Over the last two years, we've been expanding field lengths as we run into issues. The problem with doing it this way is that this means that sometimes we have fields that are longer than the ERP supports. For example, Customer numbers are length 10 in M1, 23 in Sage 100, and 24 in QuickBooks. Since 24 was the longest we'd seen, BD Engine used 24. This means that you can create customer # TESTIMTOOLONG in our system and then it will blow up writing to M1. As of this build, we'll create the database with BD Engine defaults but once you create an ERP connector, the system will automatically alter the database to match.

System Requirements Version 16

Server Requirements

Software Requirements

BirdDog Software can be deployed on a dedicated or virtual server that meets the following requirements:

Minimum hardware required:

Windows 2008 R2 Server
Minimum: 8 GB of RAM, recommended: 16 GB of RAM
Minimum .Net Framework 4.7.2
300-500 MB of available hard disk space per installed instance of BirdDog

BirdDog software can be installed on both x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) versions of the following:

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Database Server Requirements

Hardware requirements:

Minimum: 8 GB of RAM, recommended: 16 GB of RAM
200 MB of available hard disk space. Depending on the number of transactions, additional hard disk space may be required to store large number of transactions.
Document Management, additional hard disk space depending on the amount of documents. 5GB of documents will require 5GB of additional storage. Consider this, Using an estimate of 2,500 pages per file drawer and four file drawers per file cabinet, one can estimate that scanning two four drawer file cabinets full of documents (ten thousand single sided pages) will require 1 GB.

The BirdDog database can be hosted by:

Microsoft SQL Server 2012, any edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2014, any edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2016, any edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2017, any edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2019, any edition

Full-Text Search needs to be installed on your SQL Server for our software to function correctly.

Work Station Requirements

2gb of RAM
2GHZ or better CPU
High speed internet
Windows 7 or later
If using Avatax, 64-bit is required

Web Browser Requirements

Web-browser Requirements for Ecommerce

Our publicly facing system can be accessed by any device with one of the following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9.0 or later
Mozilla Firefox version 10 or later
Apple Safari version 6 or later
Google Chrome version 17 or later

Web-browser Requirements for Enterprise

Our ERP system can be accessed by any device with one of the following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11
Mozilla Firefox version 10 or later
Apple Safari version 5 or later
Google Chrome version 17 or later

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