Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Release Notes: Annapurna Version 404.2

The below outlines the key updates within Annapurna version 404.2. Other minor bug fixes have been made along with these.

Frame Bin
The frame bin was not displaying on order prints. This issue has now been resolved.

Selecting Menus by Character Input
A bug allowed users to open unassigned menus by typing the character. This has now been fixed.

Hold Area
Annapurna now correctly handles jobs returned from the supplier with the hold area placed before the job number.

Home Delivery
An update ensures that Home Delivery addresses are now saved correctly.

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Release Notes: Annapurna Version 404

The below outlines the key updates within Annapurna version 404. Other minor bug fixes have been made along with these.

Auto Reports
There was an error where auto reports were not running, this has been fixed.

Local Mapping using [add] to map the Add
There has been a new addition where the add can be dropped when sending to the supplier.

Sunday, 30 November 2025

Hold Area

Annapurna has the ability to store a holding area name for each customer. This ensures that when orders are received from the supplier, they are directed to the correct location.
Customer Setup
  • Navigate to the Customer record.
  • On the Basic tab, enter the holding area information in the designated field.
Sending to Supplier
  • Go to Purchasing → Send to Supplier.
  • Select the Configuration tab.
  • Choose the supplier from the left-hand side.
  • In the Reference box, add {hold} to what is currently in the reference box e.g. {order}-{hold}
When the order is sent to the supplier, the system will automatically include the holding area information.

Monday, 10 November 2025

Release Notes: Annapurna Version 402.8

The below outlines the key updates within Annapurna version 402.8. Other minor bug fixes have been made along with these.

Ignore Frame Information from OMA

There is now a setting to prevent the reading of frame information from a OMA file, such as the frame name.

Avoid the Creation of Wrong Users

A bug was discovered where corrupt users were being created. A fix has been implemented for this.

Spaces in Tray Field

If spaces have been added in the tray field in order entry these will now be removed.

Monday, 3 November 2025

Managing Network Connections in Annapurna

 There has been the facility to start Windows Batch files when Annapurna starts.  This is often used to create the necessary access to external folders.  


It is now possible to disallow the running of this batch file by a setting in the user configuration. This means that only the appropriate users are given access to the external folders.



Thursday, 30 October 2025

Release Notes: Annapurna Version 402.6

The below outlines the key updates within Annapurna version 402.6. Other minor bug fixes have been made along with these.

Record Edi Arrive Time

Annapurna will now log the arrival time in the job comments when an order is processed automatically via EDI and has remained in the EDI queue for over an hour.

Barcode Entry

A bug affecting barcode entry has been identified and resolved.

Waiting For Frames Email

An issue where the "Waiting for Frames" email failed to send the correct information has been fixed. This will now email the accurate information.

Restriction on certain indexes

Previously, certain restricted indexes were still being processed. This has now been corrected, and restrictions are properly enforced.

Thursday, 2 October 2025

VCADevice / VCATracking - Language to change name of tracking section.

The latest versions of VCADevice and VCATracking now support a language file in which the tracking sections can be renamed.

This is named Default_VCATracksects.lang and is saved in the lang_files subfolder.


Sample file:

message_AR_Coating=AR Coating

message_Coating_Preparation=Coating Preparation

message_Coating=Coating

message_Completed=Completed

message_Customer_Services=Customer Services

message_End_Production=End Production

message_Engraving=Engraving

message_Fail_QC=Fail QC

message_Frame_Assembly=Frame Assembly

message_Frame_Ordered=Frame Ordered

message_Frame_PA=Frame P&A

message_Frame_Picked=Frame Picked

message_Frame_Repair=Frame Repair

message_Glazed=Glazed

message_Glazing_-_Blocking=Glazing - Blocking

message_Glazing_-_Edging=Glazing - Edging

message_Hard_Coating=Hard Coating

message_In_Glazing=In Glazing

message_In_QC=In QC

message_In_Surfacing=In Surfacing

message_Lens_Ordered=Lens Ordered

message_Lens_Picked=Lens Picked

message_Lens_Returned=Lens Returned

message_Lenses_ordered=Lenses ordered

message_Marking_up=Marking up

message_No_tracking=No tracking

message_Pass_QC=Pass QC

message_Picked=Picked

message_Polishing=Polishing

message_QC_Query=QC Query

message_QC_Recovery=QC Recovery

message_Return_to_Supplier=Return to Supplier

message_Shipped=Shipped

message_Smoothing=Smoothing

message_Stamping=Stamping

message_Start_Production=Start Production

message_Stockroom=Stockroom

message_Strip_Coating=Strip Coating

message_Surf_QC_Fail=Surf QC Fail

message_Surf_QC_Pass=Surf QC Pass

message_Surfacing_-_Blocking=Surfacing - Blocking

message_Surfacing_-_Generating=Surfacing - Generating

message_Tinting=Tinting

message_Tracing=Tracing