Category Archives: General Information

Highlights of the 2015 Ticketing Satisfaction Survey

Here are some highlights of the 2015 Ticketing Satisfaction Survey conducted by AMT Lab (Arts Management & Technology Laboratory) at Carnegie Mellon University: Read the full survey report. “When analyzing how respondents use and value each feature it was important … Continue reading

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Installing MySQL

Note: The intended audience for this post is technicians. Installing and maintaining a database server is not for the faint of heart. Tuning the database server to get it up to speed is something of a black art. The first … Continue reading

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Back up your Wintix data every day!

As someone famous once said, “One day your computer will not work. period.” While we hope that never happens to you, the way to best protect yourself is to back up your data every day. Period. To do a backup, … Continue reading

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How to change sales tax percentage

If your sales tax increase begins on a certain day, you will need to change the percentage amount in the payment type before making any sales on that date. Go to File | Payment types | % per ticket or … Continue reading

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Do you have a discrepancy between Wintix and Quickbooks?

One of our Wintix users reported that she had a discrepancy between Wintix and Quickbooks. She reconciles daily with Wintix.  All is well. She reported that there were no mistakes in Wintix and she’s able to reconcile every day. Once … Continue reading

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Are you getting “Authorization only” or “Authorized/Pending Capture” messages from your authorize.net receipts or reports?

Whenever Authorize.net sends a receipt that has an Authorization only or Authorized/Pending capture message,  the sale may not be recorded in Wintix.  The reason is  Authorization Only or Authorized/Pending capture means the sale has not been paid.   To catch these random … Continue reading

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Add a note to a sales record about comp tickets

Every box office manager has faced a situation where they have given complimentary tickets to someone because of special circumstances. One of our customers had an instance where patrons thought they had completed a purchase online and showed up at … Continue reading

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Error: cannot load xfrxlib.fll

This is a Windows problem. It will occur when trying to print tickets, or print receipts or reports to a PDF. This situation is caused by missing dll’s in your Windows installation. There are three of them that might be … Continue reading

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Manage reservations by using Wintix groups

If you have groups that make reservations on a regular basis (such as a school group or a group from a retirement home), the best way to manage their reservations and review payment updates, is to assign them to a … Continue reading

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How to run a report to show which reservations have not been paid

Sometimes you might have groups that reserved seats long in advance of a performance but working in a busy box office, you may forget that they have not paid their balance by the time the show is near. If you … Continue reading

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