What modules will be included in the base system?
What are the minimum hardware requirements?
How difficult will conversion be from the current version?
What will be the cost of converting and upgrading?
What will be the cost of a full package?
What language is the software written in?
Is the software ODBC compliant and how does ADO differ from ODBC?
Will Vigilant for Windows include help and online manual?
Will Vigilant for Basics remain on the market and will Vigilant continue to support it?

What modules will be included in the base system?

Vigilant for Windows will have many of the features that you have grown to appreciate in the DOS version, as well as numerous others. A full set of these features will be announced prior to release. Standard are Point of Sale or Sales Orders Invoicing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Advanced Sales Analysis, Credit Card Interface, Size & Color Matrix, Serial Number Tracking and Client Contact. In addition, Purchase Order, Credit/Debit Interface, Barcode Printing Interface and Multi-Currency will be standard in the Vigilant for Windows Network version.

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What are the minimum hardware requirements?

Server
- Pentium III 500 MHZ or greater
- 256 MB RAM, 512 MB RAM recommended
- 10 GB free disk space Hard Drive
- CD-ROM

Recommended
- UPS

Workstations
- Pentium III 450 MHZ or greater
- 256 MB RAM
- 6 GB free disk space Hard Drive
- CD-ROM

Networks
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT
- Windows XP Professional

Cabling
- Ethernet 100 MPS

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How difficult will conversion be from the current version?

Vigilant will have an upgrade from the current DOS-based 'Vigilant for Basics' version of its products into the Vigilant for Windows as a part of the new release. This will be available to all registered Vigilant users.

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What will be the cost of converting and upgrading?

Vigilant will provide a coupon towards the purchase of the Windows version to all customers who have purchased Vigilant for Basics in the past. The coupon will be a dollar for dollar value based on the current retail selling price of our Point of Sale Accounting & Inventory Control and Sales Order Accounting & Invetnory Control. Purchase Order and Credit Card Authorization Interface will be provided free of charge with the Point of Sale and Sales Order products.

For customers who have purchased and are currently using additonal Optional Features, the Windows purchase price will be credited dollar for dollar of the current selling price of the equivalent Vigilant for Basics Optional Features. A data conversion program will also be provided free of charge.

To ensure that the conversion to Vigilant for Windows will be smooth and trouble-free, Vigilant requires that the customers who have access to cusomter support during the first year. As such, Vigilant requires the purchase of a one year Customer Support Program subscription. For those who are currently taking advantage of the Vigilant Customer Support Program, a smilar discount coupon will be made. This coupon will provide a dollar for dollar value on the unused portion of the Customer Support Program. Essentially, this would mean that if a customer has purchased support for an entire year, but it is only the ninth month, Vigilant will provide them with a coupon equaling the amount that would be paid for those three months. This offer will expire on December 31, 2003.

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What will be the cost of a full package?

Suggested retail price of Vigilant for Windows single user version will be $1295, a netowrk license for 3 users will be priced at $2995, while additional users may be added with 2-user packs at $495. Prices for remaining add-ons to be announced. The fee for the Customer Support Program will be 20% of the suggested retail price for the particular package.

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What language is the software written in?

Vigilant for Windows is written in Visual Basic Version 6. The product is object-oriented and consists of three tiers: the database, the business rules and the user-interface.

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Is the software ODBC compliant and how does ADO differ from ODBC?

In relation to integrating with the World Wide Web, Vigilant goes beyond ODBC, which merely provides data access and was designed with consideration to local access. VIgilant is using a superior ADO (Active X Data Objects), which allows enhanced access between the program, other databases and the Internet. While ODBC focuses primarily on the database, rather than the functions of business and availability of data, ADO offers increased flexibliity and is designed to move information across the Web at a relatively high speed. It can also operate without an Internet connection. ODBC, on the other hand, must remain on-line at all times. Since the time of ODBC's innovation, we have come to expect and demand more from our systems. By these older database standards, one was forced to pull the information from the system and reformat them before they could be sent across the Web. With ADO, this inconvenience is eliminated, transfering information from Vigilant with ease. Overall, ADO provides an improved ease and efficiency for the business.

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Will Vigilant for Windows include help and on-line manual?

Vigilant for Windows will have everything you have come to expect from Microsoft Windows products, such as the availability and the convenience of on-line help and manual.

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Will Vigilant for Basics remain on the market and will Vigilant continue to support it?

Many of our customers have expressed a desire to continue in the DOS environment, due to their genuine appreciation for its reliable, stable and efficient operating system. Others have not invested in upadtes to their hardware. While operating quite effectively, it may not be capable of handling Windows. To support these loyal customers, Vigilant will continue both supporting and servicing its Vigilant for Basics product.

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