Control Panel (older builds)
The Control Panel is kept for copies installed before the desktop app. In Vyapzio today these jobs live in Settings and the app menu.
Vyapzio installs as a normal desktop app. It has no launcher window and no black scripts window. Updating, backups, moving and removing are all in Settings or the app menu. This page is kept only because older copies showed a Control Panel in the sidebar.
#Where each button went
| Old Control Panel button | Do this instead |
|---|---|
| Update Now | The Update to v… button in the sidebar, or Settings → App updates. See Updating. |
| Create Backup | Settings → Backups → Backup now. See Daily backups. |
| Restore Backup | Restore a daily backup, or Import Backup for a file you saved. |
| Export for Move | The app menu's Move to another PC, then move the licence. See Moving to a new computer. |
| Open Data Folder | App menu → File → Open Books Folder. See Where your data is. |
| Open Backups Folder | Settings → Backups, where the daily backups and the copy folder are listed. |
| Restart the App | Close the Vyapzio window and open it again from the Desktop, Start menu or Applications. |
| Stop Server | Quit Vyapzio from its menu (Windows: the app menu, or Quit in the tray icon). |
| Remove the App | Removing Vyapzio. |
#If you still see the Control Panel
An older copy may still show it. The buttons keep working until you update, but the modern app does the same jobs in Settings. Update first, then use the table above.
#Each action, in the desktop app
Nothing here deletes your bills, clients or products. Anything that changes your data saves a copy first.
#Updating
Use Check for Updates in Settings → App updates. The app checks our own update service, downloads the new version, backs up your books first and restarts. Updates are free for the lifetime of your licence. See Updating.
Something wrong? See an update went wrong and the old version is still there.
#Backing up
What it does. Saves all your bills, clients, products and settings as a dated backup in your books folder. The app also makes one automatically every day and keeps 30 days.
When to use it. Before a big change, at the end of the month, or any time you want a copy to keep on a pen drive.
Something wrong? See a backup or restore failed, the disk is full and the app is not allowed to write. More ways to back up: Backups, updates and moving PC.
#Restoring a backup
What it does. Replaces the data in the app with a daily backup or a file you chose.
When to use it. After moving to a new computer, or to go back to how things were on an earlier day.
Is it safe? Your current data is replaced by the backup, so what you entered after that backup was made will not be there. The app saves a pre-restore copy first. Keep it until you are happy.
Something wrong? See a backup or restore failed. If the old data still shows, close and reopen Vyapzio.
#Moving to another PC
What it does. Saves your data as one ZIP on your Desktop, ready to carry to a new computer. Then move the licence in your account or from the old app.
In the desktop app: use the app menu's Move to another PC on the old computer, and Choose Backup ZIP on the new one.
Is it safe? Yes. It only makes a copy; your data here stays as it is. Keep the ZIP private, since it holds your business records.
Something wrong? See the disk is full and a backup or restore failed.
#Restarting the app
What it does. Closes Vyapzio and starts it again, so a stuck screen or a just-finished update is loaded.
When to use it. When a page will not open, a button does nothing, or after an update or restore.
Is it safe? Everything is saved as you work. A bill still being typed and not saved is not kept.
Something wrong? If it does not open, see Failed to fetch.
#Stopping the app
What it does. Quits Vyapzio and its built-in server. Your books are already on disk.
When to use it. To shut the computer down cleanly, or when the app seems stuck.
Something wrong? If it will not start again, see Failed to fetch and Still starting. On a Mac, see Mac.
#Removing the app
What it does. Uninstalls Vyapzio and leaves your books folder in place unless you choose to delete it.
Windows: Settings → Apps → Installed apps, find Vyapzio, click the three dots, then Uninstall.
Mac: drag Vyapzio from Applications to the Bin.
Is it safe? Yes. The uninstaller does not delete your books or the backups in your copy folder.
Something wrong? See Removing Vyapzio.
#The result panel
Older copies showed a result panel after each action. The desktop app reports the same thing in a short message next to the button you clicked, for example Backup restored or an error. Copy the message when you report a problem.
#"Update and backup scripts not found"
This message belongs to the old ZIP install, which ran PowerShell or shell scripts from a _system folder. Vyapzio's desktop installer has no scripts to find: updating, backups and moving are built into the app. If you see it, update to the current desktop version from vyapzio.in/download.