TBS Modifications page - 2006

In Release Date Major/Minor Alteration/enhancement
20 December 2006 Minor enhance Amended the missing letters so that if an admin user is set on a booking, the Missing letter is set to come from the Admin user rather than the logged in user
  Minor enhance Amended the task lists *** FILE CHANGE ***
  Minor enhance Amended the Purchase Orders to allow listing by Project Group, and amended various Purchase Reports to include the option to list by Project Group (Not Received, Not Invoiced etc)
  Minor enhance Amended the Backup library so that it will now deal with multiple segment datafiles and also does not require pre-existing files to be in the backup location
16 December 2006 Minor fix Amended all manner of code for the tasks list
  Minor enhance Added a project group field to Purchase Orders (and corresponding display for PO Received Screen)
  Minor enhance Added a Task Master to Project Groups to allow items received against PO's for a project group to automatically email the task master of the project group
8 December 2006 Minor enhance Added some code to the invoicing method to check bookings records for the existence of an invoice number and to ignore that booking if it is determined it already has an invoice number present
  Minor enhance Added a new menu at the bottom of the Bookings menu entitled 'Tasks' - this allows for project group or user based task lists to be established and worked to.....
  Minor enhance Amended delivery and collection methods to allow for greater flexibility in displaying del/coll and contact phone numbers
  Minor enhance Amended the bookings screen item deletion routine so that when deleting connected items, any chargeable items not deleted will not be temporarily removed
30 November 2006 Minor enhance Added the ability in the web interface for both clients and internal users to view a clients account history rather than just current items - note - this will go back to the start of the previous financial year only
29 November 2006 Minor enhance Added a button to the Goods received screen (for admin users only) which allows a range of PO's to be verified for sales stock transactions and have these entered where missing (or just listed)
  Minor enhance Amended Purchase Order based Purchase Reports to allow defining by Purchase Order number range for more accurate reporting
27 November 2006 Minor fix Fixed an issue in the Internal Users selection list where clicking on a line was not always selecting that line
25 November 2006 Minor fix Amended two places where purchase order creation was being determined by supplier net discount as opposed to the 'summary' checkbox - this allows a supplier to have a net discount set and still receive PO creation options etc when equipment is allocated against them
24 November 2006 Minor fix Added nominal history find to View SL Client method when requesting history lookup
  Minor fix Fixed an issue in the Specific Items screen where double clicking on a single line would not always open the allocation screen for the correct line
  Minor fix Fixed an issue with selecting multiple internal user names (specifically for sending internal mail)
23 November 2006 Minor enhance Changed the text and usage of the 'Delete in 6 months' checkbox in the Name/Address screen to now be 'Do not use custom text in invoice family reports for this client' Note : may require amendment to custom reports libraries to use
  Minor enhance Added the report of altered stock descriptions to the Depreciation menu
8 November 2006 Minor fix Fixed an issue in the Job Folder Names screen where edits of the folder short name would not work correctly
  Minor enhance Added a new export report to the Stock Listing screen to allow export of selected stock types with all stock items of the selected types
3 November 2006 Minor enhance Added a sub hire total field to the Allocations screen to allow the user to enter a target figure for the line in question which can calculate back to a daily rate if that is easier
  Minor enhance Amended the main bookings screen to allow selected lines to be shown in the Allocations screen (Folder version only)
1 November 2006 Minor fix Amended the sort order when printing a Delivery Note from the Options menu - previously this was using the Load List sort which could leave same cased items separated
  Minor enhance Amended the web interface client invoice reprint to correctly identify internal company and report style types
  Minor enhance Amended the edit procedure of stock items to prevent the 'already on a job' message from being shown when an admin user is performing a multiple edit
  Minor enhance Added logo lookup in case label printing method of Specific Items screen
24 October 2006 Minor fix Amended the simple return option of non-serialised unallocated items to change the return date without changing hire end date so the diary correctly reflects availability
  Minor enhance Added the stock requisition field as a searchable field (although not indexed) in the stock items screen
23 October 2006 Minor fix Fixed some code with adding extras via bar code scans from the stock queries screen where linked items were not being correctly added if already on other jobs etc or added to the main job etc - also prevented an issue where the main item was being added twice
22 October 2006 Minor fix Fixed an issue in all Bookings screens when adding items to an existing job so the initially answered question on discount rate to use is properly carried through to the newly added item
  Minor enhance Amended the job folder screen to sort out fixed prices for folders so they now correctly set and unset as requested. Note : fixing a folder total WILL affect sales items as well as rental items - where the overall price edit won't affect sales items
  Minor enhance Amended the provision for writing off unserialised items from missing jobs etc so the created item (when using the EX method) creates the new code correctly
  Minor enhance Amended the diary code to allow for partial quantity early returned non-serailised items to display correctly
  Minor enhance Added the supplier field to the Stock Listing report (Stock Listing 3)
12 October 2006 Minor enhance Added the attachments button the main Name/Address screen to allow easier access
11 October 2006 Minor fix Added code to PO screen to update all line info if default account ref is changed (unauthorised POs only)
9 October 2006 Minor fix Further modifications to case allocation routines
3 October 2006 Minor fix Amended the automatic mailing routines so that a new Project Group Job Creation will mail the project group leader regardless of whether there is anyone else already on the fixed mailing list for this purpose (previously any fixed mailing list entries would prevent the pg leader being emailed as well)
1 October 2006 Minor enhance **FILE CHANGE** added an extra field to the Stock file to allow a stock item to be tagged as being a new case number when being allocated as part of a linked set - also added the new case field to the linked stock list
  Minor enhance Added code to the reallocation method to allow both case numbers and return quantities to be passed through to the reallocation in a new job
29 September 2006 Minor enhance Added the ability to add linked stock items by barcode scanning
27 September 2006 Minor enhance Added new system preference in BOOKINGS OPTIONS 1) Adding Items entitled 'Disallow addition of any item to a booking that has been invoiced ?' which is a self explanatory preference
  Minor enhance Widened the availability results screen to allow for longer stock descriptions to be seen
  Minor enhance Added an administrator routine to allow deletion of all items of a stock code en masse - administrator is asked when using the Delete button of a stock description code
6 September 2006 Minor enhance Allowed windows to remain open when doing SL and PL journals
  Minor fix Amended code in Main Bookings Screen (Folders) where the client name could sometimes not be correctly shown
31 August 2006 Minor enhance Added delivery date range (optional) to 'all bookings' list
18 August 2006 Minor enhance Added job notes to be available when printing project group summary reports
16 August 2006 Minor enhance Added an option to the All bookings of one client screen to allow values to be shown on any finished job not just invoiced jobs
15 August 2006 Minor fix Amended the Sales Stock update on delivery to check for an existing sales stock transaction if the item is already invoiced
11 August 2006 Minor fix Amended the Delete routine of the Main Bookings Screen to ensure that the selected line being displayed is really the line that gets deleted when asked
9 August 2006 Minor enhance Expanded the Missing Items List screen to include purchase date and Last seen columns, as well as adding a 'Show All Bookings' button to allow any highlighted line to immediately see the last two years worth of bookings of the selected line item
3 August 2006 Minor enhance Added a new System Preference in the Stock Options - 'Make newly created stock items stock checked immediately?' - which allows any serialised stock item to be set as stock checked upon being inserted
  Minor fix Added code to remove EX and DELETE stock from the stock check listings
  Minor enhance Added code to allow a range of client codes to be aggregated by charge code for the All bookings of one client routine (DV Solutions only)
2 August 2006 Minor enhance Amended the Archive of finished bookings routine to add in additional checks on the invoice number as opposed to just the invoice date requirement for archiving
  Minor enhance Added the option to ignore stock already noted as being on a booking when creating the list of unchecked stock items in the 'deal with unchecked items' section of the Stock Check report
1 August 2006 Minor enhance Added a new System Preference in the Stock Options - 'Show stock as stock checked when returning ?' - which allows any serialised stock item that is returned by bar code or manually to be considered as stock checked by virtue of being returned - note the preference to do the same when allocating is entirely independent of this preference
31 July 2006 Minor enhance Added a new option to the Diary/Availability search to show only the number available per stock code over a given period - works with stock codes, stock types and stock searches
25 July 2006 Minor enhance Added purchase date fields to the Stock Item Lists, along with sort buttons for Purchase Date and Barcode
  Minor enhance Added an entry in the Stock Queries log when performing a stock check entry (via scanner or Palm) if the scanned item is showing as currently being on a job
  Minor enhance Added pdf support for PDF-Pro - a low cost pdf creator application - note : this works fine for desktop users but cannot at present be used for web server versions of TBS
  Minor enhance Amended the Stock Check routines to allow for exclusion of non-serialised items, added total of replacement value to the stock check report, and also allowed any unchecked stock items to be displayed in the bar code list screen so a booking can be made of any missing stock, as opposed to the brutal approach of deleting them (although this option still remains)
16 July 2006 Minor enhance Added an export file function to the Depreciation menu to allow for export of specific stock item data with the related stock code description
12 July 2006 Minor enhance Added extra code in Main Bookings Screen to try and ensure that once a TEMP address has been specificed that this will always remian in place when saving the job (test)
7 July 2006 Minor enhance Added a new system preference in the Bookings Options, 5) shortages section entitled : 'Click to allow/request availability checking from current date ?' - when checked, if you are requesting to check availability on a booking which has a delivery date after today, you are asked if you wish to check availability as of today to allow early prep of the job - the shortages that would then be reported would advise you of any bookings that you may be upsetting which are still to occur between now and the start of your own booking
  Minor fix Amended printing of Sales ledger journals to correctly include history trasactions if none found in current ledger
  Minor fix Amended Purchase Ledger Print Total creditors list to correctly get current ledger date in selection screen, and amended report when printing for ignoring transactions with dates after the given entry to be simply ignored.....
  Minor fix Amended the Bookings screens so that when an edit would be made to any temporary delivery address, a confirmation question is asked - hopefully this can give better protection of temporary delivery addresses and post codes for checking delivery charges
  Minor fix Amended the routine for writing off missing items to take care of old data where the stock quantity may still be showing as zero for serialised items, and also added entries for 'EX' items where reducing the quantity of non-serialised items to allow for depreciation balancing etc
3 July 2006 Minor fix Fixed the addition of equivalent stock codes to not allow blank codes to be added which can cause incorrect results in availability etc
  Minor fix Fixed the S/L a/c balances routine to show tax codes on standard list, also added code to specify differing tax rate lines in lower list
  Minor fix Fixed the P/L a/c balances report to ensure nominal code descriptions are displayed for p/l items set to account refs not in the purchase acoount refs list
  Minor enhance Added code so sales and purchase journals cannot be posted directly to the ledger control or cashbook control accounts
  Minor fix Added an extra question within the Quick Edit update routine for when updating an existing line which would remove/delete that line as a safety precaution (and to see if it is the source of the deleting lines)
21 June 2006 Minor enhance Added a date range to all bookings of a project group listing when using the include history option
  Minor fix Fixed an issue in the Main Bookings Screen when entering a Hire End date less than the Hire Start date which caused an endless loop
20 June 2006 Minor enhance Added a new System Preference (only applicable to users with repair libraries) in the Bookings / Specific Items section entitled 'Default repair button in Specific Items to NOT automatically issue a Simple return ?' - which, when set, ensures that items being set to repair from the Specific Items screen will then appear on the Stock Queries list to allow for either a simple return or an amend dates return as appropriate
  Minor fix Fixed the sort field of the Print S/L account balances screen print button to ensure the printed report is now the same as it was before the interactive screen appeared....
  Minor fix Fixed an issue in printing of collection notes where text line items following stock code lines could print the previous manufacturers nameat the start of the text of the non-stock item
14 June 2006 Minor fix Amended the Allocation screen for an error when deleting selected lines
12 June 2006 Minor enhance Amended the History screen to show correct tax calculations for conditional bookings
  Minor enhance Amended the Quick Edit Insurance method to check and ask for new insrance to be added as required
9 June 2006 Minor enhance Amended the code for default line prices, folder totals etc for job types so they now correctly save in the main Bookings screen
8 June 2006 Minor enhance Amended the Main Bookings Screen so that date entry is a little more intuitive : if the delivery date has been entered as (say) the 2nd of next month, then when entering the hire start date, entering simply a 3 - which would previously have caused an error as the date would default to the 3rd of THSI month, TBS now steps the dates forward to display as 3rd of NEXT month in line with the delivery date etc....
  Minor enhance Amended the Quick Extras window to allow for better allocation of non-chargeable items where the quantity was not displaying as 1 at first entry, now after the quantity, if this is a 1 and the stock code in question is serialised, the item list is displayed for selection
  Minor enhance Amended the Client Code edit/merge routine so that all referenced invoice and delivery client codes in the Directions records are checked as well and amended where required....
7 June2006 Minor enhance Amended the stock code description use of the 'Earnings' checkbox - if this is checked and a chargeable booking is made for one of these items, if that line on the booking is not an allocated item, then the earnings of that line will be split proprtionately (according to purchase price or replacement price) of all other items held in the same case number as the main item (case 0 lines are ignored for this method) - this effectively allows for stock codes which are held as 'placement' codes (so heading of a kit) to have their earnings shared amongst any items (real or unallocated) linked to that item
3 June2006 Minor fix Amended bookings screen gross and net total edit methods to ignore crew codes for automatic discounting (assume them to be like sales items and non-discountable via this routine). Also amended the Amend Details method to similarly treat crew codes like sales items and check each line with the user when amending discounts
  Minor fix Amended long term duplication routine to not make an item within a job being duplicated which is awaiting return into a Finished physical status but to leave it as whatever it was if it is not being duplicated (by virtue of an early partial return etc)....
2 June2006 Minor fix Amended drag and drop in Planboard screen so that allocating crew bookings by this method works again
  Minor fix Amended printing to port so that invoices will go to the chosen port correctly
  Minor fix Amended web stock search so that a correctly entered full stock code will now return the correct item as opposed to returning an error
  Minor fix Amended the main bookings screen insurance edit code to ensure the correct insurance record is selected - related to the company whose booking it is, rather than the company the user is logged in as.....
  Minor fix Amended the list of unreturned extras to ensure correct status display in the resulting list
  Minor enhance Added an extra button 'Selected Owner' to the Allocations screen to allow multiple selected lines to be allocated to a chosen client code - principally for allocating sales items
26 May 2006 Minor fix Amended the Returns list so that returned Extras (non-chargeable items) no longer appear in the old style expanded returns list for selected dates greater than or equal to todays date - this also cures the missing out of updating of records placed sequentially after a selected non-chargeable item which was already returned....
  Minor fix Amended the code used in adding more records to a job where ading a sales item to an existing job but with a new date would previously revert to the original date after the first item added.....(only affects non-folder users)
22 May 2006 Minor fix Fixed (finally) the Add Extras screen which was occassionally not adding extras correctly to a job
  Minor fix Fixed an issue affecting admin users when setting a 'fixed' price for a folder where deleted items were being included in the calculation - now they are always excluded
21 May 2006 Minor fix Fixed the annualised client summary report which was not correctly adding multiple company turnovers together
  Minor enhance Amended the screen output from the Sales Ledger Reports option 'Print S/L a/c balances' to be a window which shows the list of account balances in the top along with their component parts underneath for easier viewing
  Minor enhance Added a new system preference to allow for 'quick' viewing and entry of payments against jobs - the preference is at the bottom of the Bookings / Displaying Bookings section and is entitled 'Show payment detail instead of client PO detail' - when set this makes use of the CLient PO button in the Main Bookings screen and shows red when there is outstanding payment due on invoices issued on that job. Clicking the button shows a screen with invoice and payment details that are just related to that job, with an easy payment entry as well. This is not recommended for clients who use the full accounting system, but will work nonetheless !
  Minor enhance Added a new button in the Cashbook entry screen (seen when entering data) which allows for a popup list of nominal codes to be displayed for selection - this is aesthetically better thn having to enter a known wrong code in order to view the list !
  Minor enhance Added new options to the Job Types screen, to allow for specific job types to have pre-determined printing options when using folder version of bookings
20 April 2006 Minor fix Amended the Diary of an Item routine where the 'Exclude quotes' checkbox when selected was actually including quotes but showing them as Confirmed jobs.....
18 April 2006 Minor enhance Amended the Status Analysis report from the Project Group screen to add aan invoiced date range as an additional filter on reported items
  Minor enhance Amended web site interface to allow for additional cgi scripts in the client realm, as well as making the sales interface into a single page interface (in the public sector)
14 April 2006 Minor enhance Added a new custom text entry to allow customised email titles for invoice family reports being sent via email - any entry overrides the default, erase custom entry to return to default
12 April 2006 Minor fix Fixed an issue which could allow month end sales ledger updates to not update information to the nominal ledger correctly
8 April 2006 Minor enhance Added the journal entries into the Sales Cash Allocation screen when paying Conditionally Discounted invoices - the journal is automatically sent to the first sales account found which contains 'Discount taken' or failing that 'Discount' - this is achieved by selecting the master choice to 'Take Disc' - at which point double clicking an outstanding invoice will only select to pay the discounted balance and will tag the 'Journal' checkbox of that line.
5 April 2006 Minor enhance Added the ability to display available settlement amounts to Aged Debt reports - as these are typically held in user reports libraries, they will need undividually amending upon request
  Minor fix Fixed the Project Group reprint method to print correctly from history invoices
  Minor enhance Added the Stock Accounting code to the price list export file
29 March 2006 Minor fix Fixed the Refresh button on the Clients PO Required screen which was not working
28 March 2006 Minor fix Fixed an issue in the Main Bookings Screen where the tax amount of any insurance charges was not being shown in the gross total box of the bookings screen. Printing was ok.
22 March 2006 Minor enhance Amended the PO routine from the Shortgaes screen where it was not creating PO's correctly for non-serialised items - also made this routine end with opening the PO screen as well
  Minor enhance Added a new User Preference to allow users to be prevented from accessing the Summarise invoices routine
21 March 2006 Minor enhance Amended the new and EX depreciation reports to allow for printing over a range of dates or a single period
17 March 2006 Minor enhance Amended the sales/old style PO screen so that hitting enter after filling in a unit price will save that line correctly as opposed to creating the PO but without that line
15 March 2006 Minor enhance Amended the client name/address screen so the Details button shows red if there are any attachments present for the client
  Minor fix Amended the invoice family printout to clear the stock notes record when printing insurance charges
10 March 2006 Minor enhance Amended the sales stock transaction list to search for and open to Internal Sales records in addition to bookings and purchase orders
  Minor enhance Amended month end bookings summary report to use new style tax calculation which should then give no penny difference errors in month end report
  Minor enhance Amended the initial log in screen to redraw certain lists at each and every login
8 March 2006 Minor enhance Amended the UK new client entry when finding a duplicated post code entry - now optionally displays the existing entry with the option to return to your entry with all previous details intact
  Minor enhance Added the user name to the sales stock transaction records to display who was logged in at the time each sales stock transaction record is created
  Minor enhance Amended the price list print out to optionally allow for sales price lists which list only records with default sales rates as opposed to any records with any sales rates
  Minor enhance Amended the allocation routine in the Main Bookings screen to allow easier allocation of sales items in multiple quantities
  Minor fix Fixed the depreciation report which was not working at all
  Minor enhance Added a Delete button to the Stock Items screen
18 Feb 2006 Minor fix Fixed an issue in printing invoices where tax could be duplicated in first run invoices
  Minor enhance Amended the All bookings of an item, All stock at a home and Stock Check reports to allow for multiple duplicated bar codes (multi homes etc)
16 Feb 2006 Minor enhance Added a total in use for the company logged in in the All Bookings of an Item screen
11 Feb 2006 Major enhance Amended the tax structure of the entirety of TBS to calculate tax at the point of exit rather than the point of entry - so taxes are now calculated on the sum of all net costs per tax rate at the end of the job calculation as opposed to each line being individually calculated with tax and rounded at source. This will prevent two sets of 50.00 net charges plus tax at 17.5% being shown as 117.51 as it was before, and will now display as 117.50 - it appears arbitrary in the UK as to the method to be sued, but US sales tax requires the new style method. Note : conditional discounting is different in UK to US - UK law says charge tax on the lesser amount US law says on the higher amount - the new tax calculation reflects this also
  Minor fix Fixed an issue affecting reprinting other company invoices where insurance preferences may be differently set between internal companies - previously this could allow an invoice to reprint without insurance charges showing where the original included them
  Minor fix Fixed an issue in duplicating jobs where archived non-chargeable extras could get into an endless loop if there were two extras with the same extra item nhumber on a job being duplicated NOTE : REQUIRES FILE CHANGE
1 Feb 2006 Minor enhance Amended the Collections old style screen to optionally allow the Update button to update bookings to become Finsihed accounting status instead of Ready to Invoice when logged in as an admin user
31 Jan 2006 Minor enhance Amended the reallocation process in Specific Items to ensure that all barcode scans get saved in the reallocation list - previously non-serialised items or multiple quantity items would be ignored in the reallocation list
  Minor enhance Added Attachments and Viewing to Purchase Ledger Invoice entry - either via the Purchase Invoice screen or from the PL Client screen - this allows purchase invoices to be scanned and saved within TBS so that the actual invoice can be easily viewed when required....
25 Jan 2006 Minor fix Fixed the 'Add Extras' screen so that it now correctly adds entries
24 Jan 2006 Minor enhance Amended many screens to (finally) get some consistency in the button order - these now show (where they exist) as Find Next Previous Insert Edit Delete in all cases
  Minor enhance Amended the bin location file to allow the sort field to be a long integer number (previously this only allowed up to 255. ** FILE CHANGE REQUIRED **
  Minor enhance Added a Terms & Conditions section set by System Preferences which allow either a user report format terms and conditions document or a stored document (such as a pdf file or a Word document) to be saved in the Default Files & Folders path, and attached to suitable bookings at the time of printing delivery note, confirmation or quotations. The preferences allow for the terms and conditions routine to run, and for it to be made to work for every job regardless of whether the client has previously received terms and conditions before. By default only clients who have not previously received terms and conditions would have their next booking set so that the terms and conditions will print out for them, then they are marked so no future terms and conditions would print automatically for them
17 Jan 2006 Minor enhance Added a notes section to the Vehicle Details screen of the Bookings screen Vehicle entry
  Minor enhance Amended the Fax Printer option for users who have a dedicated fax printer - this printer name can now be stored in the Default Files & Folder screen, and if it exists there and neither the WinFaxPro or GFIFaxmaker preferences are set in the Local Preferences, then the Fax option will appear in the Printer seelction screen and choosing it will automatically switch printers to the stored Fax printer
  Minor enhance Amended the Expanded Length of Hire report to show the quantities of the items involved not just the number of bookings in each time period
11 Jan 2006 Minor enhance Amended the Client Insurance print out to optionally allow entry of a date to display all insurance details out of date by the entered date
10 Jan 2006 Minor fix Fixed an issue in Insurance checks in the Bookings screen where these would not always be checked correctly
  Minor enhance Amended the 'Add Extras' screen of the Specific Items screen to allow Manufacturers barcodes to be entered in the stock code field and reversed the entry order so the stock code can come first then the quantity - also allowed for this screen to remain open until a blank is entered or cancelled - this allows for continuous entry of extras such as cabling etc
  Minor enhance Amended the Bin Location screen to not display a Bin Location code any more - just the Bin Location itself - this change is reflected elsewhere in the application too. In the Specific Items screen there is space for the first 6 characters of a bin location to be displayed
  Minor enhance Amended the Stock Description Screen to add a Stock Label print button - this can be customised in a users reports library, and if it exists in the reports library will automatically be used in preference to the default report
  Minor enhance Enhanced the Diary Notes that can be added from Purchase Orders so that these are available for a 'delivery' note from the Sales PO screen, and also so that any changes made to a PO or to a booking which affect the delivery and/or return dates of a PO will now automatically check and update diary notes if applicable
  Minor enhance Amended the DIary Notes screen to allow direct opening a referenced PO
  Minor enhance Amended the Stock Notes screen to add an extra checkbox to detail a stock note which should be printed on the Stock Label - only one stock note per code will print
  Minor enhance Added a calendar picker to the Delivery date field of the PO screen - as with other date fields, simply remove the displayed date and tab to show the calendar
  Minor enhance Amended the Internal Company screen for BBC/SAP login to allow the Company registration field to be used for charge code entry of that company which will then be used in the Invoice summary reports