New Features in Version 2.6
New Features for Licensed Users of Version 2.6
• Added support for QuickBooks 2007 (see Importing from QuickBooks, and Exporting to QuickBooks)
• New Repair Mobile edition (see Working With Mobile Edition Databases, and Mobile Synchronization)
• Added ability to assign custom field captions (see Custom Captions)
• New Custom Captions Listing report (see Custom Captions Listing)
• Added support for data entry in Chinese and Japanese (see Language of Data Entry)
• Added option to allow resizing of edit windows (see Editing Records, and module option “Allow Resizing of Edit Windows” under General Module Options)
• Fields are now automatically resized to fill the size of the edit window (see Editing Records)
• Added unlimited contacts to Customer and Vendor accounts (see Customer - Contacts Tab, and Vendor - Contacts Tab)
• Added import of Customer and Vendor contacts from a file (see Importing Customer Contacts, and Importing Vendor Contacts)
• Added export of Customer and Vendor contacts (see Exporting Customer Contacts, and Exporting Vendor Contacts)
• New Customer Contacts Listing report (see Customer Contacts Listing)
• New Vendor Contacts Listing report (see Vendor Contacts Listing)
• New Parts Order Worksheet report (see Parts Order Worksheet)
• Added Item Description field to Repair Orders and Warranty Cards (see Repair Order - Item/Accessories Tab, and Editing Warranty Cards)
• Added default Reference 1 and Reference 2 fields to Customer accounts with the option to copy them to new repair orders, sales invoices, and credit notes (see Customer - Defaults Tab, and the “Copy Customer Default Reference 1 to New…” and “Copy Customer Default Reference 2 to New…” module options under Repair Order Module Options, Sales Invoice Module Options, and Credit Note Module Options)
• Added default Reference 1 and Reference 2 fields to Vendor accounts with the option to copy them to new repair orders and purchase orders (see Vendor - Defaults Tab, and the “Copy Vendor Default Reference 1 to New…” and “Copy Vendor Default Reference 2 to New…” module options under Repair Order Module Options, and Purchase Order Module Options)
• Added default Language of correspondence field to Customer and Vendor accounts for use when printing forms and reports (see Customer - Defaults Tab, Vendor - Defaults Tab, and Language of Communication)
• Added customer language option to Customer Statements (Open Item) and Repair Status Listing reports (see Customer Statements (Open Item), and Repair Status Listing)
• Added default Advertising method field to customer accounts (see Customer - Defaults Tab)
• Added option of larger toolbar buttons with captions (see Toolbar Options)
• Added ability to save stopwatch time to repair orders (see Stopwatch)
• Added ability to save default filters for browse windows (see Saving Field Filters)
• Added reference 1, reference 2, fax, and advertising columns to customers browse window (see Browsing Customers)
• Added reference 1, reference 2 and fax columns to vendors browse window (see Browsing Vendors)
• Added parts, labour, total, description, and advertising columns to repair orders browse window (see Browsing Repair Orders)
• Added total column to sales invoices browse window (see Browsing Sales Invoices)
• Added total column to credit notes browse window (see Browsing Credit Notes)
• Added reference 1, reference 2, contact name, business phone, and toll-free phone columns to purchase orders browse window (see Browsing Purchase Orders)
• Added description and contact name column to warranty cards browse window (see Browsing Warranty Cards)
• Added color highlighting on inactive accounts in Customer and Vendor dropdown lists (see Customer - Main Area, and Vendor - Main Area)
• Added color highlighting on repairs that are nearing or past their requested for date (see Browsing Repair Orders)
• Added on-line courier tracking for TNT (see Tracking Shipments On-Line)
• Batch tax update routine now allows batch updating of disabled tax rules (see Batch Updating of Tax Rules)
• Added ability to print bar codes on Customer Repair Invoice and Third-Party Billing Repair Invoice forms (see Customer Repair Invoice Form Options, and Third-Party Billing Repair Invoice Form Options)
• Add option to turn off printing of the date summary on customer repair invoices (see Customer Repair Invoice Form Options)
• Added ability to edit discount rules on repair invoices, sales invoices, and credit notes (see Invoice Discounts)
New Internet Utility Features for Licensed Users of Version 2.6
• Added ability to automatically receive repair orders from a web site (see Setup Receive New Repair Orders)
New Features for All Users
• Added support for data entry in non-Latin languages (see Language of Data Entry)
• Added warranty term periods of 100 days, 120 days, 150 days, and 18 months (see Editing Warranty Terms)
• Added payment term periods from 95 days to 120 days (see Payment Terms)
• New customer and vendor accounts must now have a unique name (see Customer - Main Area, and Vendor - Main Area)
• User preferences are now stored within the open database file so that they will be remembered from one workstation to the next
• Updated on-line courier tracking link for United States Postal Service (see Tracking Shipments On-Line)
• First time startup now prompts before checking the Internet for program updates (see Automatically Checking for Program Updates)
View the Read Me file for a comprehensive list of bug fixes and improvements.
New Features in Version 2.5