Software Requirements

WinSell Pro

WinSell Pro is a complete stand alone system.  It comes with everything you need.  Runtime engines are provided for the underlying Microsoft SQL Database and for Crystal Reports.  

The following products can be used in conjunction with WinSell Pro.

Crystal Reports

WinSell Pro uses the Crystal Reports engine to create detailed reports.  Crystal Reports can export WinSell Pro data to a wide variety of formats including comma or tab delimited files.

Microsoft Excel

Excel can be used for both data import and export. We provide several templates that allow you to export tables from the database to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.  WinSell Pro comes with several Excel 2000 templates for importing data into the database. 

Microsoft SQL Server

WinSell Pro can use either the Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE - provided free with WinSell Pro), or Microsoft SQL Server 7 / 2000.  If you use Microsoft SQL 7 / 2000, you can use Microsoft SQL Server to import or export data to the WinSell Pro database.

Microsoft Word

All reports can be saved in Microsoft Word's ".doc" format.  In addition, customer lists can be used as a basis of mail merges in Word.

QuickBooks

WinSell Pro continually collects data during the course of a business day.  The accounting information is made available to QuickBooks without having to re-key or re-enter the transactions.  WinSell Pro has ability to create transfer files in QuickBooks' ".iif" format.  These files can be imported directly into QuickBooks using the QuickBooks import function.

WinSell Web

Microsoft FrontPage 2000

WinSell Web is designed to allow web developers to control the look and feel of the website.  Microsoft FrontPage can be used to control WinSell Web's interface and navigation structure. 

Microsoft Visual InterDev

Similar to Microsoft FrontPage, Visual InterDev works as a great tool to make code level changes to WinSell Web.  Web developers will have access to the WinSell Web interface code allowing for great control over how the website operates.

HTML

WinSell Web is designed to allow quick integration or addition into existing websites.  Through use of an HTML template file and cascading stylesheets, a web developers can create a template that resembles the existing website.

3rd Party Software - Online Credit Card security

          To connect the web module to a merchant credit card account will require a 3rd party software

WinSell Pro

WinSell Web shares the same database as the WinSell Pro product.  Changes that are made to the database in WinSell Pro are reflected in the WinSell Web system.  These changes include additions of customers, inventory items, orders, and more.

WinSell Express

WinSell Express is a complete stand alone system.  It comes with everything you need.  Runtime engines are provided for the underlying Microsoft Access Database and for Crystal Reports.  The following products can be used in conjunction with WinSell Express.

Microsoft Access

The database engine underlying WinSell Express is the Microsoft Access 97 Jet Engine.  If you use Access, you can open the database tables and do ad hoc reporting, editing, custom extensions, etc.

Microsoft Excel

Excel can be used for both data import and export. We provide three templates that allow you to export tables from the database to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.  WinSell Express comes with several Excel templates for importing data into the database. 

Crystal Reports

WinSell Express also uses the Crystal Reports engine to create detailed reports.  Crystal Reports can export WinSell Express data to a wide variety of formats including comma or tab delimited files.

Microsoft Word

All reports can be saved in Microsoft Word's ".doc" format.  In addition, customer lists can be used as a basis of mail merges in Word.

QuickBooks

WinSell Express continually collects data during the course of a business day.  The accounting information is made available to QuickBooks without having to re-key or re-enter the transactions.  WinSell Express has ability to create transfer files in QuickBooks' ".iif" format.  These files can be imported directly into QuickBooks using QuickBooks' import function.