What's New in Vista Help

You can access installation instructions, hardware/software requirements, and release notes for tax updates in Vista Help, as well as database changes for major releases.

Vista is Now a Single-Version Help System

All Vista content is now available in a single version of Help on Viewpoint Help (https://help.viewpoint.com). This means that no matter what version of Vista you are on, when you access Help from the Vista application you will get the latest version of Vista content. For more information, see New! Single Version of Vista Help.

Installation Manuals / Hardware Software Guide

The Installation Manual and Hardware/Software Requirements Guide are now available in Viewpoint Help! PDF versions of these documents will no longer be provided on the Viewpoint Customer Portal; however, we will provide links to the Help articles on the Viewpoint Customer Portal the same as we do for release notes.

Note: PDF versions of installation manuals and the hardware/software requirements guide for releases prior to Vista 2023 R2 will remain available on the Customer Portal.

The Hardware/Software Guide is now located in the What's New section of the Vista Help for the current version.

Installation information for Major Releases, Service Packs, and Tax Updates is now found in the new Installations section of the Vista Help.

Database Changes

The Database Changes information provided with each major release are also now available in Viewpoint Help. The PDF version of this document will no longer be provided on the Viewpoint Customer Portal; however, we will provide links to the Help articles on the Viewpoint Customer Portal.

Note: PDF versions of the Database Changes document for releases prior to Vista 2023 R2 will remain available on the Customer Portal.

Since the Database Changes information differs with each release, these articles will be available in the What's New section of the Vista Help for each release.

Tax Updates

The Tax Update release notes/instructions, previously combined in a single PDF, will now be available in Viewpoint Help and will no longer be available in PDF format from the Viewpoint Customer Portal. However, we will provide links to the Help articles on the Viewpoint Customer Portal.

In addition, the Tax Update release notes and installation instructions are now separate articles. The release notes for each tax update will be available in a Tax Updates section under What's New. The installation information is now found in the Tax Update Installation section of the Vista Help under Installations.

Printing Release Documents

If you prefer printed or PDF versions of release documents, you can print or generate PDFs of the installation instructions, database changes, and/or release notes at your convenience.

To print Help articles or generate PDFs of content, select the Print icon in the upper right of a website page, and then select one of the following options:
  • Print page to print or generate a PDF of a single Help article.
  • Print page and subpages to print or create a PDF of an entire section of Help.