SliQ Invoicing and Quoting Release History

Amended the UK VAT Rates so that the default standard rate is 15%

Add the capability to export sales reports to Excel

The reports can now be saved to new Excel workbooks or as new worksheets in existing workbooks.

Made the application frame resizable.

Up to this point, the SliQ application window had been a fixed size.

Change

Multiple Templates

A selection of templates have now been provided in addition to the original SliQ invoice template.

The different templates allow for different sizes and positions of logos.

The original SliQ template is still provided.

The templates can be selected on the Setup/ Template Setup tab.

Optional Remittance Slips on Invoices

You can now optionally include a remittance slip on invoices.

This option is visible on the Setup tab.

Optional Remittance Slips on statements

You can now optionally include a remittance slip on statements.

This option is visible on the Setup tab.

Improved printing of multi-page items

The printing of multi-page items has been improved and simplified.

There are no longer any options provided to control how multi-page items are printed.

If the list of invoice items is too long to fit on page 1, the list continues to the end of page 1 before starting at the very top of page 2. The same scheme is applied for quotes, credit notes and statements.

Service Invoices and Quotes

SliQ now supports printing and emailing of service invoices, i.e. invoices that do not show Quantity and Each columns.

Service invoices include Description and Amount columns OR if the business is VAT registered, Description, Amount and VAT columns.

Note: You still enter Quantity and Each values when editing an invoice but SliQ does not include these columns in printouts or emails.

The Setup tab includes a new option that allows you to choose whether new invoices are printed in product or service format by default.

When editing an invoice or a quote, the option is provided within the edit window to change the product/ service setting from the default for the item being edited.

Invoice, Quote and Credit Note screens have been revamped

These screens have been reworked to allow items to be printed, previewed or emailed while still editing.

Help icons have also been added – hovering over the icons with the mouse shows help information.

The currency symbol can now be changed to options other than $, £ and €.

The currency symbol can now be changed to any single character, e.g. R for South African Rand.

This option is provided on the Setup/ Business Details tab.

Discounts on invoice and quote items

Discounts can now be applied to items on invoices and quotes.

Discounts can be specified as either a percentage or an absolute amount of money.

Discounts can be added on the Products & Discounts tab.

Discounts can also be added when editing invoices and quotes.

The VAT name can now be changed.

The VAT name shown on invoices, quotes etc. can now be modified, e.g. to TAX for the US.

This option is provided on the Setup/ Business Details tab.

Product data can be exported and imported.

SliQ will now export/ import product definitions to/ from an XML file.

This allows product definitions between installations of SliQ on different PCs to be synchronised. When SliQ imports definitions from the XML file it merges the data with the product definitions already held.

During the merge, if a product with the same name is imported, its data overwrites that held in SliQ; if a product with an imported name is not already in SliQ, the product is added.

The format of the XML file is documented in the SliQ help file should you wish to create product definitions in a separate application and import them into SliQ.

Customer data can be exported and imported.

SliQ will now export/ import customer definitions to/ from an XML file.

This allows customer definitions between installations of SliQ on different PCs to be synchronised. When SliQ imports definitions it merges the data with the customer definitions already held by SliQ. During the merge, if a customer with the same name is imported, its data overwrites that held in SliQ; if a customer with an imported name is not already in SliQ, the customer is added.

The format of the XML file is documented in the SliQ help file should you wish to create customer definitions in a separate application and import them into SliQ.

Invoices, Credit Notes, Quotes and Statements can now be saved as PDFs.

These items could already be converted to PDFs during the email process but a separate toolbar button has now been provided to save them directly as PDFs.

Extra Payment Details can now be recorded.

As well as the amount of a payment, SliQ now allows easy recording of cheque, BACS details etc when recording a payment against an invoice.

Note: The displayed payment list has been widened to accommodate the extra payment data included during the implementation of this feature.

The unit price of products and invoice/ quote items can now have up to 5 decimal places.

This feature has been added to allow very low unit prices to be recorded, e.g. where products are worth fractions of a penny and are normally sold in bulk.

Address information including delivery addresses can now be made specific to invoices and quotes.

When editing an invoice or quote, if the customer or delivery address is updated and the invoice/ quote is saved, SliQ now offers to either write the updates back into the customer record or keep them specific to the item being edited. This feature allows different delivery addresses to be maintained for multiple invoices to the same customer.

Setup screens have been tidied up

Due to the extra setup options added in this release, the screens began to look cramped. The help panels have been replaced by help icons. If you hover over the icons with the mouse, a help tooltip appears.

Numerous minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Minor corrections to improve printing on certain printer types. 

Versions 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 were not publicly released.

An automatic backup facility has been added. The purpose of the automatic backup is to provide a safety net when you have unintentionally deleted items within SliQ.

Note: Please make backups off your hard disk in case of computer failure using the Save & Restore buttons on the Setup tab.

The automatic backups are stored in folder My Documents\SliQ\AutoBackup.

The first time SliQ is executed in the day, SliQ will make a backup into the AutoBackup folder. If you run SliQ again that day another backup will not be made. SliQ will create up to 20 backups (20 days) before deleting the oldest backup. As an example, if you run SliQ on one day a week then you will accumulate 20 weeks of historical data.

The screen and dialog sizes and positions have been optimised to work better on 1024 * 768 screen resolutions.

A green PAID watermark can now optionally be printed on a PAID invoice.

The quality of PDFs generated for email has been greatly improved.

Editing and navigation of items on invoices, quotes etc. has been improved.

The default filter dates on reports and the Invoices & Payments screen used to go up to the current date. An All Dates filter has now been added.

The Customer Message box does not show on a printed or emailed item if there is no customer message text.

Options have been provided to avoid printing the logo and customer address on page 2, 3 etc. of a multi-page invoice, quote or credit note.

Page numbering of multi-page items has been improved.

The totals are now only printed on the last page of a multi-page item.

A SliQTools hyperlink has been added on the Contact & Registration tab under Setup.

The support email hyperlink on the Contact & Registration page now pre-fills the body of the email with basic support information.

Editing and saving of Notes for invoices, quotes and credit notes has been improved.

Credit Note support has been greatly enhanced.

The Full button in the Payments group on the Invoices & Payments tab has been removed.

Printing of the terms on quotes has been improved.

A potential crash problem when duplicate payment terms were set on the Setup/ Payment Terms tab has been corrected.

Improvements have been made to the layout and appearance of reports. Credit Notes are now more readily recognisable on reports.

Numerous minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Added email and PDF Support. 

Added support for credit notes. 

Added Payments tracking.