Elliott Version 8
Spooled Reports Manager Error Due to Incomplete Windows Update
Release Date: 1/11/2018 The following scenario has been reported by an Elliott reseller: There's a user site that uses Terminal Server exclusively for Elliott Business Software. They have 2 terminal servers. User reported that they receive the ...
Elliott 8 Directory Structure and NTFS Rights
Revised: 04/19/2022 Version: 8.0 & above In recent years, we have noticed many outbreaks of "ransomware," which first attacks one of the workstations on your LAN through e-mails. Once the workstation is affected, the ransomware will encrypt various ...
Support Function Keys through Scanning Barcode
Q - We use various functions of Elliott at our warehouse. This includes shipping verification, warehouse receiving, etc. We are already scanning the Order Number (on Pick Ticket), UPC Code, and Serial Number barcodes, which greatly speeds up the ...
Startup Elliott V8 and Receive Message: In NWSMDDFM, Unable to Open DDF Files
Q - I just installed the general release Elliott8.exe program in my old Elliott V8 folder, which was installed during 2013. I started up Elliott V8, and then I received the following error message: In NWSMDDF, unable to open DDF files. Please exit ...
Problems with Tilde ~ Character in Elliott V8
Q - This is weird -- never seen this before. Has the tilde ~ character (SHIFT `, located in upper left, just left of the 1 key) - caused this behavior before? For example, when we try to enter a new Product Category and use the ~ character (SHIFT `) ...
Receive "Unable to validate install dir. Exception: Not found" During Elliott V8 Installation
Q - When I tried to install Elliott V8 on the server, I received the following message: Unable to validate install dir. Exception: Not Found See sample screen below. What should I do? A - It looks like that machine might have an issue with its WMI ...
Report Viewer Generates "System Out Of Memory Exception" Error
Q - I received the following error when running the line item auditing report for 1/1/15 to 11/30/15 for only the WEB-USER account: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown. See example below. What should I do? A - This report is ...
Feature - Prompt Before Sending Event Email in V8
Release Date: 01/22/2017 In Elliott Version 8, it is now possible to configure individual users to be prompted before sending emails generated by events. For example, if a particular user is testing an Elliott function and does not want to ...
Feature - New Option to Create Email Logs with User ID in File Name
Release date: 01/22/2017 In Elliott V8, if you choose the SMTP interface to send emails, one common complaint from users is that they don't see a list of emails they sent from Elliott in their email outbox. This is because the SMTP interface does not ...
Elliott SMTP Email Settings for Outlook 365 or Hosted Email Solutions
Release Date: 1/19/2018 Revision Date: 9/26/2022 Version: 8.0 & Up Introduction Starting with Elliott V8, we support both SMTP and MAPI interfaces for sending emails. MAPI is the old email interface method, which we find more and more difficult to ...
Does Elliott V8.x Support Additional Fonts To Be Added?
Release Date: 01/31/2018 Q - I downloaded font OPTIMAL LT to my Windows Fonts folder. But when I go to Elliott V8 and click on the "TT" tool bar icon, the OPTIMAL LT font does not show up as a valid selection. See sample screen: Does Elliott V8 allow ...
How to Set Up SRFAX with PDF PostOffice
Release Date: 4/18/18 Q - I see you guys suggest using SRFAX with PDF PostOffice. What all do we need to do setup-wise to make that work? I assume we will need to create an account with SRFAX, but where do we go from there? I tried looking around on ...
Outlook Email Address Book Is Not Supported in Elliott V8
Q - In Elliott V7, we used to send our A/R Aging Report to our bank by using the reporting email option. See the sample screen below. We recently converted to Elliott V8. When we try to send the same report, we receive the following message: The ...
How Do I Configure Elliott V8 Email (SMTP) Settings?
Q - I'm trying to instruct Elliott 8 to send the shipment emails using SMTP instead of Outlook (MAPI,) and I'm not sure where to put the SMTP info. A - You will use EL800CF.EXE in the <ElliottRoot>\Bin folder to configure the SMTP settings. Where ...
How to Run Elliott V8 on Tablets or Mobile Devices
Q - I would like to know how to run Elliott V8 on tablets or mobile devices. A - Elliott can run directly on Microsoft Surface Pro as a native application. That's not much of a surprise since Surface Pro runs Windows OS. Over the years, people have ...
How to Delete or Customize User Folder in Elliott 8 Control Center
Q - I created a folder Edward in Control Center before the Elliott password was implemented and enabled. Now all the users have the Edward folder and I can't delete it. Do I have to disable the password, delete the folder and enable the password ...
Elliott V8.0 Report Viewer Received "Specified File Does Not Exist" Message
Q - We implemented the suggested NTFS security on Elliott V8 based on the following Knowledge Base article: https://support.netcellent.com/portal/en/kb/articles/elliott-8-directory-structure-and-ntfs-rights-23-10-2024 Now when a non-admin user prints ...
Deferred Process in V8 Runs Right Away
Q - I'm trying to set up Shipment Conf Emails in Elliott V8 to run on a deferred basis. I select Disk to spool the report, and Defer. See screen shots below. Then I click "go," and the program starts running immediately. What am I doing wrong? A - In ...
SMTP Email Log in Elliott V8
Q - Do we have a log of the emailed reports? We are using Elliott V8 and we want to have "proof" that the email was sent. A - All emails in V8 sent through SMTP will have a corresponding log entry in the Elliott log folder. If you look at ...
Elliott Report Viewer Has Stopped Working
Q - I have a couple users that have been getting the following error when trying to do anything that launches the report viewer. See sample screen below: Description: Stopped working Problem signature: Problem Event Name: CLR20r3 Problem Signature ...
EL800CC Elliott V8 Control Center
Elliott V8.0 Control Center The Control Center replaces the Elliott main menu and module menus from previous releases. From the Control Center, you can launch nearly every feature of Elliott into a new process, independent of all other Elliott ...
EL800CF Configuring Elliott V8.0
Configuring Elliott V8.0 After installing Elliott V8.0, you need to make some configuration changes. If this is the first time you have started Elliott, the system will detect that the EL800.CFG file does not exist in your startup< root>\Bin ...
EL800RV Elliott V8 Report Viewer
Report Viewer Overview Elliott Report Viewer is a Notepad-like program for viewing Elliott report files while providing additional Elliott functionality. Using Report Viewer, you can: Email the report Print the report Save the report to Spooled ...
NOTEUPDT Elliott V8.0 Continuous Notes Enhancement for V8.0
Continuous Notes Enhancement for v8.0 New Capabilities The Notes functionality in Elliott version 8.0 has been enhanced to allow for continuous, free-format notes. The following capabilities have been added: Continuous content: You will be able to ...
How to Add Items to The "Most Used" Folder in Elliott 8.0
A - In Elliott V8.0, there's a "Most Used" folder. We are using that as a "My Favorite" folder. However, we find it confusing as to how many times I use a task before it gets added to the "Most Used" folder. Is there any way to just cut and paste an ...
Sales Desk Shows Blank GUI Order Inquiry Screen for One User
Q - When one of my users goes to Sales Desk, enters a customer number, and chooses Alt-O for Open Orders Inquiry, the user does not see the typical screen as shown below: Instead, the user will see a blank screen like the one below: This problem only ...
V8Notes Continuous Notes Enhancement for V8.0
Continuous Notes Enhancement for V8.0 New Capabilities The Notes functionality in Elliott version 8.0 has been enhanced to allow for continuous, free-format notes. The following capabilities have been added: Continuous content: You will be able to ...
Instructions to Install Elliott V8 on Top of Elliott V7
Elliott V8 and Elliott V7.5 are compatible at the database level. When you migrate from Elliott V7.5 to Elliott V8, we recommend that you install Elliott 8 on top of Elliott V7.5. This way, you can run Elliott V8 and V7.5 side by side until you feel ...
I Am Not Able to Archive V7 Reports in V8 Spooled Reports Manager
Q - I'm not able to archive V7 reports using V8 Spooled Reports Manager. Is this normal? Do I need to go to V7.5 to archive these reports? When I try to drag them to the proper archive folder, I get the "stop" sign symbol. See sample screen below: A ...
Can't Start Because Api-ms-win-crt-runtime-1-1-0.dll Is Missing After Upgrade to Elliott 8.1
Q - I just upgraded to Elliott 8.1. Some of my machines receive the following message when trying to startup EL800.EXE: The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try re-installing the program to ...
Receive Procedure Entry Point InitializeCriticalSectionEx Could Not Be Located After Upgrading to Elliott 8.1
Q - After upgrading to Elliott 8.1, I received the following error message when I try to start up EL800.EXE: The procedure entry point InitializeCriticalSectionEx could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll. See the sample screen ...
In Elliott 7 We Are Able to Change Note Type; However It Is Grayed Out in Elliott 8
Q - In Elliott 7 we are able to change this Note Type. However it is grayed out in Elliott 8. Why? See sample screen below for the same note in V7 and V8 and notice the "Type" field is grayed out in V8: A - V8 brings significant improvements to ...
How to Access Archived Reports
Release Date: 6/14/17 Q - We need to access an archived report. We currently view them with Elliott V7.5 because Elliott 8 only goes back a year since our V8 upgrade. How can I see those V7.5 archived reports in the Elliott V8 Spooled Reports ...
Continuous Notes Enhancement for V8.0
Continuous Notes Enhancement for v8.0 New Capabilities The Notes functionality in Elliott version 8.0 has been enhanced to allow for continuous, free-format notes. The following capabilities have been added: Continuous content: You will be able to ...
Configuring Elliott V8.0
Configuring Elliott V8.0 After installing Elliott V8.0, you need to make some configuration changes. If this is the first time you have started Elliott, the system will detect that the EL800.CFG file does not exist in your startup <root>\Bin ...
Elliott V8.2 Release Notes: Introduction and Requirements
ElliottÒ V8.2 Release Notes Introduction Elliott Version 8.2 improves upon Version 8.1. It brings major improvements in user experience and database security to Elliott. At the same time, it remains database and feature compatible with Elliott V7.5. ...
Report Viewer Stops Working - External Component Has Thrown An Exception
Release Date: 08/21/2018 An Elliott user is receiving the following error when printing to Report Viewer on the terminal server: The following unanticipated error is causing Elliott Report Viewer to shut down: An error occurred creating the form. See ...
How to Run Elliott V8 with Traditional 7.5 Menu Interface
Release Date: 08/27/2018 Many users after upgrading to Elliott V8 are not used to the Elliott Control Center interface. In Elliott V8, we have a built-in function that allows you to run Elliott like the Elliott 7.5 menu (the legacy interface). There ...
Introduction to Elliott V8.0: Section 1
Introduction to Elliott® V8.0 Overview Version 8.0 brings major improvements in user experience and database security to Elliott. At the same time, however, it remains database-compatible and feature-compatible with Elliott V7.5. In fact, an ...
Introduction to Elliott V8.0: Section 2
Control Center Logging into Elliott V8.0 When you launch Elliott V8.0 from a desktop icon or by typing EL800.EXE from the <root>\Bin directory, the following form will be displayed: Initially, passwords are turned off, and the Username will default ...
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