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.)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.")

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.