Release Notes for CompuCrete 1.8.x
Build 1.8.41.0
Enhancements
A/R Print Invoices
- Added ability to print Plant Name, Plant Screen Id, Division No. and Division Name on the invoice. (Only applies to customers who have separate A/R by plant.)
Corrections
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- Corrected several cases where loads were not properly recalculated when the order quantity was changed.
Dispatch Order Maintenance
Ticketing Order Maintenance
- When copying an order, automatic products will not be added to the new order.
Dispatch Schedule
- Recalculate projected loads after load is shipped. (Moved from Dispatch Ticket Printing so that the currently shipped load has the correct quantity shipped.)
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- When sending the product ID to the batch control, strip off the plant suffix by searching for the LAST separator in the product code. (This will allow a product code like '1.5%.7' to be handled properly.)
Build 1.8.40.0
Enhancements
Dispatch Schedule
- Added new option to truck pop-up menu (Put Back on Previous Load) which can be used if a truck is mistakenly returned to the plant.
Dispatch Truck Demand Graph
- Added ability to print the demand graph.
Corrections
Payroll ACH Export
- Fixed EVariantTypeCastError when exporting ACH file.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- Fixed EInvalidVariant exception when accepting a direct ticket (a ticket that does not come from an order.)
Dispatch Truck Demand Graph
- Fixed to load plant selection from previous run at startup.
Build 1.8.39.0
Enhancements
Re-transfer Dispatch Tickets
- New option added to the Dispatch menu. (Restricts tickets to specific dispatch plant based on system option setting.)
Payroll Employee Maintenance
- Performance improvement when moving between employees.
Payroll Import Timecards
- Significant speed improvement when only timecards are imported (new employees are not imported.)
Corrections
Dispatch End of Day
- Corrected MAS-90 export.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- The projected loads will now be recalculated after a dispatch ticket is printed.
Payroll Import Timecards
- Eliminate foreign key violation error when employees and timecards have no workers comp class information.
Build 1.8.38.0
Corrections
A/R Import Tickets
- Batch ticket times are now properly imported.
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- Fixed recalculation of projected loads when Delivery Date, Delivery Time and/or Spacing are changed.
Dispatch Schedule
- The on-screen display of order quantities and the total plant quantities are now displayed correctly for systems updated from version 1.8.27.
Payroll ACH Export
- Fixed error in hash totals calculation.
Query Export
- Memo fields that are group indicated will also print their entire contents, wrapping to multiple lines as needed.
Build 1.8.37.0
Enhancements
A/R Inquiry
- Added optional Qty Total and U/M columns to the invoice list grid.
- Added ability to customize the layout and selected columns of the invoice list grid.
- Grid customization is saved / loaded by user.
- Added (5) unit of measure totals to the Invoice History popup form.
A/R Truck Maintenance
- Added In Service Flag.
Dispatch End of Day
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- Added the ability to specify a Default Plant Id by user for decentralized dispatch systems.
- New orders will be set to the default plant.
- End of Day will close out tickets for the default plant.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- A warning message will now appear when an order is cross-shipped to another plant and there is no shipping plant equivalent for any of the ordered products.
Application Server
System Menu
- TEMP files are now deleted at startup.
Corrections
Dispatch End of Day
Ticketing End of Day
- Voided tickets will no longer be exported.
- Added Job Lot and Job Block fields to MAS-90 export.
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- Reworked projected load calculations to properly handle new orders, modifications to existing orders and adding/deleting yards to an order.
Dispatch Order Maintenance
Ticketing Order Maintenance
- The F2 key was not accepting the Copy Order dialog.
Dispatch Schedule
- When right-clicking a load, the popup menu will now appear directly beneath the load clicked, instead of in the center of the screen.
Dispatch Ticket Maintenance
- When a ticket quantity is changed, properly update the Order Balance and the Projected Load Size.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
Ticketing Ticket Printing
- Changes made on the Printer Setup screen will be saved when the OK button is clicked.
Dispatch Truck Demand Graph
- Fixed intermittent problem with incorrect handling of returning trucks at the end of the day.
- Fixed multi-plant logic problem.
Build 1.8.36.0
Enhancements
A/P 1099 Magnetic Media Export
- New option added to the A/P Month/Year End menu.
A/P Vendor Maintenance
- Added Tax Id Type field to support magnetic media 1099 filing.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
GPS Truck Tracking
- Modified to use the new "GPS trail" table.
C/M Bank Account Maintenance
- Added File Id and Immediate Destination fields to better conform to ACH specifications.
Payroll ACH Export
Payroll Re-Export ACH
- Better conform to ACH specifications by using new File Id and Immediate Destination fields from C/M bank account.
Query Export
- When printing a query report, memo fields (such as Notes, Query Text, etc.) will now print their entire contents, wrapping to multiple lines as needed.
Company Database
- A new "GPS trail" table has been added to store the details of each status/GPS message.
Corrections
A/R Cash Posting
A/R Inquiry
- Fixed invoice number search to lookup only non-voided invoices that are either unpaid or that have an invoice date since the user-specified Detail Date.
A/R Open Ticket Stack
- Fixed to properly display the number of tickets changed when repricing all tickets with the same Job Id.
A/R Ticket Maintenance
Dispatch Ticket Maintenance
- The VOID checkbox can no longer be changed (this is informational only.)
Dispatch End of Day
- MAS-90 export: The ItemType field will now be exported from NOTES_1.
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- Fixed so Closed orders can still be copied to new orders.
Dispatch Schedule
- Fixed neverending series of EVariantTypeCastError exceptions when there are no trucks left in the Available Trucks grid.
- The Available Trucks plant selection was being reset to include all plants after the schedule was refreshed.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- Fixed to properly handle a concrete mix with no Plant Number.
- Fixed EAccessViolation exception when selecting Printer Setup from the Options menu.
Dispatch Truck Demand Graph
- Trucks returned to the plant were not being handled properly.
- Returning will-call trucks will now properly be assigned to the appropriate next outbound load.
Quote Maintenance
- Fixed the drop-down list for the Tax Code field in the product grid.
Payroll Process Automatic Definitions
- Fixed to properly generate automatic definition data (since 1.8 was always reporting "There is no data for the report.")
Build 1.8.35.0
Enhancements
Dispatch Load Schedule
- New report added to Dispatch menu.
Dispatch Ticketing End of Day
Dispatch Ticketing Retransfer Tickets
- Added MAS-90 ticket export.
Device Server
- Added Tax Authority field to ULINK as field #182 (User Defined Field #33.)
Corrections
Dispatch Schedule
- Fixed so only loads shipped from plants selected for view will appear on the schedule.
Dispatch Truck Demand Graph
- Future loads were not being projected properly.
Build 1.8.34.0
Enhancements
A/R Cash Posting
A/R Customer Maintenance
- Added option to preview statement and credit reference letter.
A/R Credit Reference Letters
- New option added to Accounts Receivable menu.
A/R Customer Info Export
- Added PO Required to Aceco export.
A/R Customer Maintenance
- Added PO Required field.
A/R Inquiry
- Added option to preview credit reference letter.
A/R Job Price Maintenance
- The PO Required field will now default from the customer when adding a new job.
A/R Prepare Remote Ticketing Data
- Customer A/R balances will now be exported to the remote plant.
Corrections
A/R Customer Maintenance
- Fixed so the email address in the Contacts tab can be edited.
A/R Import Batch Tickets
- Tickets imported on hold will now indicate this condition on the audit list.
- Fixed reconciliation error when both the customer and product are invalid and have no defaults.
- Fixed IF/IFNOT processing to compare the same field value.
A/R Job Price Maintenance
- Fixed tax code drop-down list in the products grid.
A/R Location Maintenance
- Minor cosmetic correction to Transfer In/Transfer Out captions.
A/R Quick Ticket Entry
- Restored version 1.6 ability to edit the product description field.
- Fixed so recalling a saved batch doesn't reset user-modified product descriptions.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- If the load size is changed when shipping a load, update the load size in the projected load table so the schedule screen reports the correct quantity shipped.
- The tab stop has been removed from the PRINT button on the stub screen. (You must now click the PRINT button or press F12.)
Dispatch Ticket Printing
Ticketing Ticket Printing
- When ticketing from an order, keep the user-modified Driver instead of changing back to the default driver for the truck.
Ticketing Beginning of Day
- The Ticketing Order Stack should now correctly reflect the results of running Beginning of Day.
Payroll Reprint Checks
- Adjust the employee's Last Check Number to reflect the newly reissued check number.
Build 1.8.33.0
Enhancements
A/R Plant Maintenance
- Add default Batch Mix product code.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
Ticketing Ticket Printing
- Send default Batch Mix product from plant to batch control if the first product on the ticket is not a Concrete Mix.
Application Server
- Added ability to include SQL activity in the log.
Device Aggregator
- Include exceptions in communication log.
- Add device message logging.
Corrections
A/R Product Class Maintenance
- Fix drop-down list for default Product Type.
A/R Void Invoice
- Fix exception "EOleException: qryVoidInvSalesHD Field :USAGE_TYPE not found".
Dispatch Truck Demand Graph
- Do not roll yesterday's loads forward into the demand graph.
Device Aggregator
- Separate devices by company ID.
Build 1.8.32.0
Enhancements
A/R Print Invoices
- Usage Class and Usage Description can now be printed on invoices. Please contact support if you need this feature.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- Usage Class and Usage Description can now be printed on tickets. Please contact support if you need this feature.
Corrections
A/R Cash Posting
- Exception EDatabaseError: "cdsAllInvoices: Record not found" would occur when using the spacebar to pay off an invoice immediately after the customer ID was changed.
A/R Import Batch Tickets
- Convert imported batch times to new date/time format and handle midnight crossover correctly.
Dispatch Order Maintenance
Dispatch Ticket Printing
Ticketing Order Maintenance
Ticketing Ticket Printing
- The Slump field is now restricted to a value between 0 and 12.
Dispatch Schedule
- The sequence of the new optional fields (added in 1.8.31.0) within the schedule grid was incorrect.
Dispatch Ticket Maintenance
- Prices will be shown based on the "Show Only COD Prices" dispatch ticket printing system option.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
Ticketing Ticket Printing
- Fix EAccessViolation exception on startup if the A/R Discounts Allowed system option is False.
- Use old device server when the Device Server ID field in the device record is blank.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- The quantity delivered on the order will now be updated properly when a load is shipped from another plant.
Build 1.8.31.0
Enhancements
A/R Plant Maintenance
- Added Plant Close Time to Times tab.
- Removed obsolete time fields.
Print Quotes
- A new option has been added to prevent ".00" from being printed on quote comment lines. Please contact support if you need this feature.
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- A new Times tab has been added.
- Some obsolete times have been removed.
- The fields on the main screen have been reorganized to provide faster order entry.
Dispatch Schedule
- When dragging a truck to an order, a special "pre-ticket" cursor will now be displayed if the truck is being pre-ticketed. Additionally, a "PreTicket" red indicator will appear on the ticket stub screen.
- When ticketing an order, there is a new PRINT button which allows the ticket to be immediately printed.
- When attempting to ticket a completed order, a new dialog will display allowing the dispatcher to edit the order.
- The Load Size is now shown on the truck status pop-up.
- You can now select the plants to be displayed in the Available Trucks grid independently of the Schedule.
- A confirmation message will appear when moving a truck to a prior status.
- The background color of trucks in the Available Trucks grid now indicates that truck's Home Plant.
- There are new optional fields on the schedule grid: Usage Desc, Zone, Spacing, Truck Class, Load Size, Slump, Plus and Delv Inst 1.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- The Usage Description will now be sent to a batch control link instead of the Usage Type.
Dispatch Truck Demand Graph
- The graphs will automatically refresh when the Graph Settings and/or Plant Configuration are changed.
- The Refresh checkboxes have been removed from the Graph Settings and Plant Configuration dialogs.
Dispatch Void Ticket
Ticketing Void Ticket
- Added support for the new Device Aggregator.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
Ticketing Ticket Printing
- Added support for the new Device Aggregator.
Device Aggregator
- Added communications log.
Company Database
- The actual and target batch times are now stored as date/time values for simplified queries.
Corrections
A/R Customer Invoice History Report
- Check History and Ticket History will now wrap to a new page instead of being cut off.
A/R Plant Maintenance
- The Times tab will now display properly at startup.
A/R Plant Maintenance
A/R Product Maintenance
- When copying products, a Standard Cost product transaction will be generated for the newly created products.
A/R Sales Tax Report
- Fixed "EOleException: unknown procedure ARP_CSH_PRIOR_POST" when running report based on collections.
Calculate Payroll
- Corrected internal processing to include all relevant data when adding all definitions of a given type.
Payroll Company Maintenance
- Properly display Formula ID when there is more than one definition within a category.
Payroll Formula Maintenance
- Factors can once again be set as either Employee or Company (previously only Employee could be selected.)
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- Copying an order will now refresh the default times from the plant and zone.
Dispatch Schedule
- Fixed dataset error when using the "Assign Truck to New Plant" option on the Available Trucks grid.
- The Available Trucks grid will no longer include pre-ticketed trucks.
- The daily plant totals (upper-right portion of the Schedule) should now be correct regardless of the options selected for the Schedule.
- Plus orders will no longer disappear from the Schedule.
- Fixed exception "Unknown field: TRUCK_PL_9" when an In-Service status is received for a truck.
- When a truck's status is changed, update the internal target return offset value so that the Truck Demand Graph displays correctly.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
- Calculate the ticket target times when a ticket is printed from the Schedule.
Dispatch Truck Demand Graph
- The "No plants are selected" warning will no longer appear when the graphs are refreshed as a result of the refresh timer.
- The buttons and graph titles will no longer resize when the window is resized.
- The graphs will now refresh properly when the Refresh button is clicked.
- The F2 key will now accept the changes on the Graph Settings and Plant Configuration dialogs.
- Once plants have been selected, the currently selected plants will now be checked on the Plant Configuration dialog.
Dispatch Void Ticket
- Wait for batch link communication to finish before closing program when called from the Schedule.
Device Server
- The communication log will now be updated for every log event.
- Fixed events to be logged with the correct event type.
Form Reports
- The Chars per Inch and Lines per Inch values will be reset to the form's default values after each form is printed.
Build 1.8.30.0
Enhancements
Payroll W-2 Magnetic Media Export
- Updated for year ending 2006.
- Added ability to export KY, MN and WI state files.
Payroll Tax Library
- Updated to 2007-R6 version.
Device Maintenance
- Added ability to F4 search by Device Server ID.
Dispatch Schedule
- Added Swap Truck feature to load pop-up menu.
- Added live truck demand graph to plant pop-up form.
- Completed status times are now displayed as bold on the load pop-up menu.
GPS Truck Tracking
- Added user-selectable refresh rate.
Quote Maintenance
- The Quote Date is now shown on the Status tab as a read-only field.
Device Server
- Added USESERVERTIME device parameter to use the server clock date/time in place of the GPS message date/time.
- The field that controls printing of batch weights is now sent to batch controls using the Link-20 interface.
Corrections
Payroll Company Totals History Report
Payroll Special Deduction History Report
- When the Date Range option is selected for exactly one calendar year, apply the Social Security and Medicare wage base limits.
A/P Print 1099 Forms
- The 1099-INT form has been updated for year ending 2006.
A/P Handwritten Check Entry
- Restored previous 1.6 version date protection to Check Date and Invoice Date in the grid.
A/P Invoice Vouchering
- Restored previous 1.6 version date protection to Invoice Date in the grid.
G/L Journal Entry
- Restored previous 1.6 version date protection to Transaction Date in the grid.
G/L Financial Statements
- Fixed alignment of headings for Income Statement this year/last year comparison format.
A/R Cash Posting
- Fix for sales tax based on collections: use the tax rate from the invoice, not the Tax Authority table.
A/R Sales Tax Report
- Fix for sales tax based on collections: calculations use same "self-correcting" mechanism as Cash Posting.
A/R Plant Maintenance
- The Ticket No. Source and Invoice No. Source fields can now be edited.
A/R Handwritten Invoice Entry
- Fixed "Date Field must have a value" exception when accepting an invoice where a customer price was updated.
A/R Void Invoice
- The void operation is now aborted if either the generation or the updating of the reversal invoice gets an error.
Device Maintenance
- Fixed "Index out of bounds" exception when using F4 search.
Dispatch Schedule
- Modified selected cell indicator to use black border instead of "blue tint" background color.
- Removed status increase/decrease buttons from load pop-up menu.
- Fixed so rearranging grid columns no longer causes the next load to display as "00:00".
- Fixed extra field headers to display in proper color when active.
Dispatch Ticket Printing
Ticketing Ticket Printing
- Prevent editing of the Customer ID field once a ticket has been started.
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- Generate projected loads correctly when adding materials.
GPS Truck Tracking
- Trucks will now be removed from the map once they have returned to the plant.
- A map with the current status of trucks will be displayed immediately at startup.
Quote Maintenance
- When copying a quote, the Quote, Job Starts and Last Revised dates are now set to today's date.
- When copying a quote, the Follow-up, Expiration, Job Ends and Purge dates are all cleared.
- When copying a quote, the Booked flag is set to "N'.
Inventory On Order Maintenance
- Fixed exception at startup.
Inventory Batch Entry Programs
- The column headings in the grid have been fixed.
Application Server
- Fixed so GPS statusing can properly set the GPS information fields in the projected loads table.
- Truck Statusing fix: If the status hasn't changed since the last status update, keep the date/time from the previous status update.
- Truck Statusing fix: If the status is unknown or GPS type, keep the status from the previous status update.
Device Server
- Fix status date/time decoding for GivenHansco GPS.
- Parsing exceptions are now ignored when decoding GPS status.
System Install/Update
- The installer has been fixed to properly shutdown and restart the Borland Socket Server without displaying an error.
Build 1.8.29.0
Enhancements
Dispatch Order Maintenance
- Added advanced Order Search function. (Use F4 from the Order ID field, or click the Advanced button on the Customer Search window.)
CompuCrete Menu
- New ability to add standard EXE files to the CompuCrete menu.
Corrections
Ticket Printing
- When a customer account is blocked, no warning message would appear.
Dispatch Schedule
- Eliminated "Invalid Time" exception when starting with loads from the previous day that overlap midnight.
