Billoren - Retail OS for shops
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TO INSTALL

  Right-click "Install-Billoren.ps1" and choose "Run with PowerShell".
  That puts Billoren on this computer and makes a desktop shortcut.

  Nothing else needs installing. The program carries everything it needs, and
  it does not ask for an administrator password.


TO RUN WITHOUT INSTALLING

  Double-click Billoren.exe. It works exactly the same; you just have no
  shortcut afterwards.


SIGNING IN

  Use the email and password you made when you signed up on our website.

  A Windows plan covers one computer, and the phone is a plan of its own -
  signing in here does not sign your phone out. Moving Billoren to a different
  computer takes a minute; write to us and we will free this one.

  Signing in needs the internet once. Everything after that - billing, stock,
  customers, reports - works with no connection at all.


THE FIRST FEW MINUTES

  1. It asks what your shop is called. That prints at the top of every bill.
  2. It asks what you sell, and puts a few items in so the billing screen is
     not empty. Edit or delete them - they are only a starting point.
  3. If you already have your items in Excel or a CSV, use
     Products & stock > Import from a file rather than typing them again.
  4. If you have a receipt printer, set it up under Settings and print the
     test slip before a customer is waiting.


A BARCODE SCANNER

  Any USB scanner works. They behave as keyboards: plug it in, and scanning a
  packet on the billing screen puts that item on the bill. Give an item its
  barcode under Products & stock first - click the barcode box and scan.


YOUR RECORDS

  They are kept on this computer only, in:
      %LOCALAPPDATA%\Billbook

  Nothing is uploaded. A dead hard disk takes the lot with it, so take a
  backup from Settings and keep it somewhere that is not this computer - a pen
  drive is enough.

  A backup is not password protected. Anybody who picks up the pen drive can
  read the whole shop.


TO REMOVE

  powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File Install-Billoren.ps1 -Uninstall

  That removes the program and leaves your records exactly where they are.


Billoren - support@billoren.com
