Software Updates

It’s time to upgrade your Free Purchase Order Software

If you are still using last year’s release (v11.64), you can now upgrade your Free version of SpendMap to the latest release (v11.98).

The new release includes more than 20 new features and capabilities, in addition to various minor fixes and performance improvements.  Please update your system at your earliest convenience, as we will eventually stop supporting version 11.64.

The upgrade utility will bring forward all your data, history, settings, etc., so you will not lose any of your work in SpendMap.

For complete details and instructions for upgrading your system, please select the menu HELP > CHECK FOR UPDATES, then follow the red hyperlink that you will see at the bottom of the Main Menu in SpendMap.

Best regards,

The Free-Procurement Project team
Totally FREE software that automates Purchase Orders and a whole lot more
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Update for free Purchase Order System

An update has been posted to correct an issue in the free version of SpendMap whereby an “unregistered copy” watermark would print on Purchase Orders and other documents if the system was copied or moved to a different computer or restored from backup.

To correct this issue, just select the menu HELP > CHECK FOR UPDATES from within SpendMap to update your system.

If you have any questions, please use the free support ticket system.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Update Server Offline Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The server that we use to distribute updates/patches for the Free Version of SpendMap will be offline Tuesday, March 26 between 6:00AM and 9:00AM Eastern Time.  You will not be able to download updates for your free Purchase Order Software during this window.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Best regards,

The Free-Procurement Project team
Totally FREE software that automates Purchase Orders and a whole lot more

Windows 8 Support for Free Purchase Order Software

Windows 8The 2013 Release of SpendMap is here, with Windows 8 support and around 20 other new features.

So if you’ve been waiting for Win8 support before downloading your Free Purchase Order Software, the wait is over.  You can download the 2013 Release here.

New Systems Only

This is for new installations only and cannot be used to update your system if you’re already using the Free version of SpendMap (the 2012 release).

For those already using the system, we are working on an update utility to bring your system forward to the 2013 release.  The update utility will retain all your data/history, so you won’t lose any of your work when you upgrade.  Just follow this blog to be notified when the update utility is ready, which we expect will be in the next couple weeks.

More Firewall Friendly

We also made the 2013 release more firewall and proxy server friendly and reduced the frequency that the system checks for updates, so if you had any trouble getting it going before, you might want to give it another try now.

If you need any help, please use our free Support Ticket System.

Thanks.

New Tutorial Video: Executive Dashboards

Have you been considering an upgrade to the web-based version of SpendMap?  If so, here’s a little more motivation..

The new Executive Dashboards in the 2013 Release of SpendMap provide instant access to a graphical presentation of more than 50 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in your web browser, to help you make instantaneous and informed decisions about your business.

And don’t forget, there’s only one week left to take advantage of the Anniversary Sale discount!

Dashboard Video Tutorial

Windows 8 Support for your Free Purchase Order Software

I’m writing this blog post on my fancy new Windows 8 machine with touch screen.  It’s taking a bit to get used to but I must say, I’m liking the new Windows 8 experience and I suspect it will be a big hit for Microsoft.

We have completed our development work on the 2013 release of SpendMap, which includes Windows 8 support and around 20 other new features, and we have begun our testing phase.

If you are already using last year’s release of our Free Purchase Order System (v11.64), make sure to follow this blog and we’ll let you know when an update is ready.  As with all new SpendMap releases, the update utility is completely automatic and will bring forward all your settings, master files, POs and other transactions, so you won’t lose any of your work.

Happy 2013 everyone!

Follow up on problem with installation program

The problem that was originally reported yesterday (the inability to change the target folder during the installation) turned out to be fairly isolated.

We tested the installer on many different PC configurations and we were only able to reproduce the problem on one machine, but not others with the same specs and version of Windows.

So we’re going to keep working on it but for now you can go ahead and download your free Purchase Order Software, as the problem will only affect a very small number of machines, and even fewer customers, since not all need to change the default installation folder.

Again, sorry for any inconvenience.

Backing up your free Purchase Order Software

When you start using the free version of SpendMap in your business, it is very important that you implement a backup procedure.  Your IT Department should be backing up your Purchase Order System when they backup the other applications on your PC or network servers.

We moved the backup and restore procedures into the Online Help system.  To update your Online Help, from the Main Menu of SpendMap, select the menu Help > Check For Updates, then exit the system.

At the bottom-left of the Help window, click “Free version guide” and look for the new subsection called “Backup
and Restore Procedures”.

If you have any questions, feel free to log a support ticket.

A few new features in your free Purchase Order Software

A few of the new features that you asked for in last week’s survey were already added to SpendMap earlier this year and will be available in the next release of your free Purchase Order Software.

  • Ability to delete all existing requisition approval/routing rules in one step (start over)
  • Ability to broadcast e-mails to all or some suppliers from within SpendMap
  • Requisition for Blanket Purchase Order
  • New e-mail notification: Email copy of final Purchase Order to the Requisitioner

Thanks to all who took the survey.  When creating our development schedule, we take valuable input from the users of the free version of SpendMap, and combine it with new feature requests from our paying customers (who are using the web-based version of SpendMap), so both communities benefit from your input.

If you haven’t yet taken the survey, please take a moment now and join the conversation.

Thanks and have a good day.