When helping our clients that run Liberty4 Consignment in their consignment/resale business, something we’re commonly asked is, “Why are Liberty’s version numbers different?” Let’s take a look at what they’re referring to. When you launch Liberty4 Consignment, you’re actually launching a very specific program – i.e. Liberty Inventory Module (RWD.exe):
This is the core program in a suite of programs that comprise Liberty4 Consignment. There are other programs that are part of this suite – e.g. Liberty POS (RWPOS.exe), Liberty Report Writer (RWReport4.exe), etc. Each of these portions of Liberty are separate programs.
As new updates are released, each and every module won’t necessarily receive an update. Typically Liberty Inventory and Liberty POS will receive updates and you’ll see their version numbers are commonly the same. The Report Writer tends to not receive updates as often as the other modules though.
For example, you’ll see in the latest version of Liberty (as of 9/14/2011 v3.8c), its Report Writer actually shows v3.7e:
Just because the module numbers are different, doesn’t mean the program hasn’t been properly updated. Make sure not to confuse this with different program versions when running Liberty in a network environment. A separate issue altogether is running a different version of Liberty on the database server as compared to any/all of the network workstations.
If you’re uncertain as to which version of Liberty you’re running or if you think there are any issues with the version numbers on your system, you can contact The Computer Peeps for a free checkup. You can contact Resaleworld Support directly via [email protected] if you have any questions as to which version of Liberty is currently available to you.
Dean
I am a Software Developer, System Administrator, and consignment software specialist. I currently manage hundreds of consignment workstations, point of sale systems, and database servers all across North America and I am the developer of Peeps' Software, Peeps2Go, and Peeps' Consignor Login for iOS and Android. I've been helping consignment & resale store-owners since 2003. I started The Computer Peeps in February of 2010. Peeps' Software launched in 2016 and is now on hundreds of systems all across North America. I have successfully converted dozens of stores from all of the major consignment software systems. After 20 years of working with consignment stores, I understand the unique challenges consignment & resale store-owners face. From electrical issues in old buildings or strip malls, to advocating for them when their old consignment software keeps crashing.