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Floreant POS

Development blog of Floreant POS, a free Touchscreen Point of Sale solution written in Java. In this blog we write about application that offers an...
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FP going to support MySQL

FP going to support MySQL

Floreant POS ― We have eventually decided to add MySQL support in next releases. MySQL is most popular database for web system and it should encourage web developers to develop web POS. Porting or adding option for different database systems is easier job in... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Made popular on Oct 17th, 2010
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Connecting PHP 5.3 and Apache Derby / JavaDB / IBM Cloudscape

Connecting PHP 5.3 and Apache Derby / JavaDB / IBM Cloudscape

Floreant POS ― PHP Developers can connect Derby database of Floreant POS with following steps. It has been tested in PHP 5.3 and should be working in PHP 5.2 Necessary StepsPHP has different APIs for different databases and PHP can connect to Apache Derby ... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Made popular on Nov 3rd, 2010
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Coke vs Orange Juice Companies

Coke vs Orange Juice Companies

Floreant POS ― Src: Food service forumWhy promote Open Source? Do you programmers not want to be paid for your work? What do you only want part-time editors making changes as their hobby? It just doesn't make sense to me. Please explain if I've got it wrong,... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Made popular on Sep 19th, 2010
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Join our official forums

Join our official forums

Floreant POS ― We have been maintaining our forums in other sites and eventually have our own place. This should be best place for asking any questions or sharing code snippet and small tweaks. Let us know what you need and what type of features should be... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Made popular on Aug 18th, 2010
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A new release with better look in Subversion

A new release with better look in Subversion

Floreant POS ― As promised, a new release has been updated in Subversion. There are many small changes and fixesPrinter configuration - Now all the printers will be automatically shown in drop down list.You don't even need JavaPOS for printing. Epson usually... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Made popular on Nov 2nd, 2010
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Reasons you should try open source

Reasons you should try open source

Floreant POS ― My reply submitted in Food service forum. There is a funny story that once a man who moved to a new place asked a Car dealer how to go to nearby grocery. The grocery was infact 3 blocks away but the car dealer explained that he must buy a BMW... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Made popular on Sep 29th, 2010
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FP Bug tracker

FP Bug tracker

Floreant POS ― Although Sourceforge forums are very useful and active we are requesting our users to submit bug, database issue, installation problem in this tracker. It will let developers to fix them in next releases.Bug tracker systemInteresting error... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Made popular on Sep 19th, 2010
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Download page redesigned

Download page redesigned

Floreant POS ― Our official site has been redesigned by our great web developers in Moonrank (http://moonrank.com). Thanks folks, its well organized. Visitors can easily download latest Source code and Binary distribution in the same page( http://floreantpos.com... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Posted on Mar 27th, 2010
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How to compile Floreant POS source code in NetBean

How to compile Floreant POS source code in NetBean

Floreant POS ― We have updated our wiki with step-by-step guide for setting up NetBean IDE. We also showed how to connect Database, compile source code and check your modified application in few easy steps. Thank you Indokely for your valuable time. (more)
 Floreant POS ― Posted on Mar 16th, 2010
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Fun Idea: building large Touch screen with Wii Remote / Wiimote

Floreant POS ― Does you Restaurant need a large Touch for training purpose? Got inspired by Jonny Lee who hacked Wii Remote and turned the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen. He has released source code of a library that you can even... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Posted on Jan 6th, 2010
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Floreant POS Live Demo site

Floreant POS Live Demo site

Floreant POS ― We have hosted a small database server so that you can connect and test your POS client. You are free to access backoffice database, create new users and play around with Menu and Items. To access our Live demo server change server address as ... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Posted on Dec 24th, 2009
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Installation of Floreant POS in Ubuntu

Installation of Floreant POS in Ubuntu

Floreant POS ― Most linux distribution ships with Java alternative, but unfortunately Floreant POS does not work ok in that Java. You must install Sun Java and to make it work. To get Sun Java, you need to install Sun JRE. In ubuntu you can install Sun Java 6 like... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Posted on Dec 20th, 2009
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Changes in our home page

Changes in our home page

Floreant POS ― Made have major UI changes in our home page. Developers have successfully added search engine capability backed by GCS. There are cool tag clouds showing the most recent and popular searches. We hope this will greatly benefit the visitors. (more)
 Floreant POS ― Posted on Dec 14th, 2009
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Touch Screen UI Design Principle

Touch Screen UI Design Principle

Floreant POS ― Unfortunately there are no standard among touch screen based software developers. Even Floreant POS team started on doing research on existing POS system. We learnt many of the existing POS are not touch screen friendly at all. To give an example... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Posted on Dec 11th, 2009
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How will you check Restaurant POS Systems?

How will you check Restaurant POS Systems?

Floreant POS ― I was reading David's Blog. Here is something I like to share. To run a successful restaurant business you need to have your basics right- i.e. good location, excellent cuisine, serving customers with a smile. However, this is not all. Now-a-days,... (more)
 Floreant POS ― Posted on Dec 11th, 2009