Release 6.4.4.1  4/10/2008

• General - New LoginActivity table contains the login / logout activity of users. Administrators can generate reports and see who has been in and out of the software.

• General - New option under Utilities / Set Application Properties allows users to set the font and font size to be displayed in grids.

• Maintenance / Units - Added ability to search by FuelType, Location, LicenseNumber and Engine Number.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Added two new fields for further categorizing work orders. New fields are Group and Class. These fields use user defined lookup codes and can be used however desired.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Increased the size of the Notes field in work order screen.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Added auto populated field for created timestamp which contains the date and time the work order was first created.

• Maintenance / Requests - Added auto populated field for created timestamp which contains the date and time the request was first created.

• ExpressRequest - Added auto populated field for created timestamp which contains the date and time the request was first created.

Release 6.4.3.2  3/17/2008

• General - Corrected programming error that prevents error messages from being displayed such as when a user posts the record and a required field is not entered.
• ExpressRequest - Added option for uses to select Site and / or Location of 'All' to view all Units from all sites.

Release 6.4.3.1  3/13/2008

• General - Adjusted email screen to properly format multiple email address in the To and Copy fields.

• General - Adjusted email screen to move the Copy addresses to the To address field if it is empty.

• Administration / Defaults / Work Order Defaults - New setup option for Default PMs Work Order Category allows users to have a default WO Category when creating PM work orders via the Services Overview screen.

• Maintenance / Reports - Adjusted report parameter passing for the Work Order Count Summary report to insure parameters get passed to both queries.

• Maintenance / Work Orders / Service Overview - When creating work order from service overview screen, program now uses default work order category as setup under Administration / Defaults.

Release 6.4.2.1 2/29/2008

Release 6.4.1.1

• General - Created new error log table to record sql errors silently returned such as end user triggers.

• General - Adjusted report builder to not fail on report filters when 'Or' in search criteria is encountered before other search criteria and proper parentheses.

• General - Users with access to all site's parts were still being limited to their Site limitation. This has been corrected. You can no limit a user to a Site but still allow them access to all parts.

• Maintenance / Work Order Overview - Adjusted to trap if error on resetting the flag / unflag status of a work order. This is to prevent errors generated by triggers created by users.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Added code to insure Wo Services Completed field is either Y or N and not null.
• Maintenance / Reports - New report showing use of RAP calculations and deadline dates. Report is PM Services Analysis Report. Tech bulletin on website explains concepts used and calculations.

Release 6.3.3.1

• Parts / Receiving / Import From CSV File - Found that previous updates may not have properly created the Import table that is used by the part receiving import wizard.  This update simply checks to see if the Import table exists and if not it creates the table.

Release 6.3.2.2

• General - Corrected problem introduced in new release where having data formatting turned off was being ignored. Now recognizes when data formatting is turned off under Admin / Defaults / Data Formatting.

• General - Adjusted program to allow for the setting of the SQL Timeout setting during connection for slow computers. You can now add a line to the ExpressMaintenance.ini file to override the Timeout setting. The line must be formatted as (SQLTimeout=30) if used.

• General - Adjusted program to allow for the setting of not allowing login to the software via windows login. You can disable the use of the windows login by adding "UseWindowsLogin=No" to the ExpressMaintenance.ini or ExpressRequest.ini file. If this line exist, the users windows login will not be used and the user will be prompted to login to the software.

• General - Added code to trap the standard SQL end of file / beginning of file error. This error occurred when a single record is contained in the query data set and that single record is deleted.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Added a text only version of all notes fields to allow users to view text of notes in grids. Notes are rich text and therefore not viewable within the grids. However, users can turn on fields that are text version of notes (Grid Properties) and view the text of the notes. Users will also want to set the length of the text version.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Corrected problem of Unit / Services being rescheduled and history being written from a partially completed work order. Only the completed work order services now update the Unit Services and write to the service history.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Added prompt to warn if user marks a work order service as complete on a partially completed work order but does not enter a Performed Date for that service.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Adjusted program to reset the Unit Service to status of 'Assigned' if the service in the work order is unchecked as completed. This is the case provided the LastWo field of the Unit Service matches the work order being edited.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Added a 'Canceled' field to the work order services grid. If this field is check the service is considered canceled form the work order and the Unit Service will be reset to a status of Normal. This is the case provide the LastWo field of the Unit Service matches the work order being edited. Note that in order to display the new canceled column you will need to use Grid Properties.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Enhanced the interface on delete of a work order to warn of results of deleting and to prompt to delete service history associated with that work order. Also resets the unit services to a status of Normal if they are assigned to the work order being deleted.

Release 6.3.1.2

• General - ExpressMaintenance and ExpressRequest now include the alternative of using the Windows login name for the application login. The programs will get the current windows user login on the computer and then see if that login name exist in the program users list. If it does exist and it exist only once, the program will automatically login the user with that login name and the user will not be required to enter a login and password.
• Utilities / View Connection Properties - Now includes the Windows Login name in the list of information about the application, sql and workstation.
• Maintenance / Work Order Overview / Print Work Orders - Removed auto selection of Print All Flagged to avoid confusion. If no work orders were flagged for print, program would print blank page. User must now select option to print all flagged.
• Maintenance / Work Orders / Print Work Orders - Adjusted print screen to keep last selected work order format so user does not have reselect the desired work order format.
• Administration / Manage Requesters - List of unique Requesters now includes the number of requests for each requester.
• Administration / Manage Requesters - New right click option on list of unique Requesters includes option to move requests to the selected requesters in left panel.

Release 6.3.1.1

• General - Improved handling of multiple requesters in ExpressRequest on the same computer. Note: When first using the new release, users may have to setup their user name, site and other properties again.  This can also be done by administrators in ExpressMaintenance under Admin / Manage Requesters.  You should download and install the latest release of both application if you have an ExpressRequest license.

• Administration / Manage Requesters - New screen for managing requesters of ExpressRequest.

• ExpressRequest - Program now check for all requester setup on the same computer and prompts for the requester to be used during the application session.

• ExpressRequest - Corrected issue of work order notes not being viewable since converting to rich view text format.

• General - Enhanced Grid Properties interface to include button to reset grid properties to Default.

• General - Moved Manage Reports menu to Administration menu.

• General - Moved Rebuild Views option from Utilities menu to Administration menu.

• General - Adjusted drop downs on Units, Parts, Services and Companies to prevent potential error in certain settings.

• General - Improved the storing of user application properties.

• Administration / User Accounts - Added separate permission options for Manage Reports and Rebuild View.

• Maintenance / Requests - When requests are entered directly in ExpressMaintenance, corrected error where unit number was not being saved.

• Maintenance / Requests - Adjusted auto add of work order notes to start on a new line.

Release 6.2.3.1

• General - Corrected problem in report builder when outputing report to pdf format where notes would not show in pdf document.
• General - Adjusted report builder to refresh on new report where occassionally would show last report generated.
• General / Reports - Corrected problem of assigning report to favorites not working.
• Maintenance / Work Order Overview - Added field NotesText to allow users to display notes in grid. New rich view notes fields do not display in grids because of extensive formatting characters. This provides must more flexibility in enhanced notes. However, it prevents the diplay of rich view notes in grids. Added NotesText field which is the notes stripped of formatting characters and displayed as raw text which can be displayed in grids.
• Maintenance / Requests - Added NotesText field to requests table to allow view of raw text in grids.
• ExpressRequest - Adjusted to properly save user Site / Location without stripping spaces.

Release 6.2.2.3 - 11/30/2007

• General - Corrected problem of many grids not restoring previously saved grid properties.

• General - Adjusted reporting to only clear autosearch search criteria before running report. If search criteria is not marked as autosearch, it will remain in the report as permanent search criteria.

• Purchase Orders / Transactions - Corrected incorrect warning on initial insert of new PO.

• Parts / Receiving - Adjusted to calc taxes on parts according to PO tax settings when inheriting receiving data from a Purchase Order.

Release 6.2.2.2 - 11/29/2007           

• General - Improved report builder filtering and passing of parameters.

• General - Added new UserDefs table to store user preference data.

• General - User preferences, grid properties, form positions and application properties are no longer saved in ini files. Data is now stored in database no longer requiring workstation user to have permission to write to ini files on local machine. The only ini file required is ExpressMaintenance.ini which must reside with the Maintenance.exe folder or in the "Start-In Folder" and contain the SQLServer and SQLDatabase connection information.

• General - Adjusted all notes / memo fields to use default font and size as setup under Administration / Defaults.

• Administration / Defaults / Data Formatting Defaults - Includes option to set default memo field font and font size.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Corrected problem where users were allowed to delete work orders even though permission was set to not allow delete.

• Utilities / Set Application Properties - Returned the option to set application font and size for users who desire to have this option.

Release 6.2.1.1 - 10/17/2007             

• Added support for SQL Server 2005.

• Added ability to connect to SQL server via Windows or SQL Authentication.

• New notes editor with greatly enhanced support for advanced rich text including tables, spell checking and much more. (click here - for details and screen shots)

• All notes fields adjusted to allow for right click full editor and other editing options.

• Report Builder - All reports converted to support new advanced rich text component.

• All forms now include auto save of form size and position. Program automatically remembers the last size and position of each users forms.

• Program display adjusted to accommodate users with screen settings that include the use of large fonts.

• Connection.ini file no longer has to reside in the Maintenance.exe folder. It can reside in the shortcut "Start In" folder.

• ExpressMaintenance.chm (help file) no longer has to reside in the Maintenance.exe folder. It can reside in the shortcut "Start In" folder.

• ExpressMaintenance.naf file no longer has to reside in the Maintenance.exe folder. Admin can specify a designated folder under Admin / Defaults / Data Formatting Defaults.

• Help file (ExpressMaintenance.chm) updated to include recent program changes.

• User's Guide (ExpressMaintenance.pdf) updated to include recent program changes.

Release 6.1.4.1 - 09/14/2007

• General - Added support for SQL Server 1005.

• General - Added support for Windows authentication as well as SQL.

• General - Improved connection management and database creation screen.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Adjusted employee drop down in services to not allow free text typing.

Release 6.1.3.10 - 08/28/2007

• General - Adjusted to inherit more Windows XP interface features when applicable.

• General - Program now attempts to connect to SQL server using Windows authorization.

• Help / Application Help - Added code to automatically create registry entries to allow access to help system.

• Maintenance / Units / Services - Inserting a new service now inherits logic and basis form services setup under Admin.

Release 6.1.3.8 - 08/01/2007

• Administration / Backup & Restore - Corrected labels to reflect proper file extensions of backup files.

• Help / Application Help - Added code to automatically create registry entrires to allow access to help system.

• Maintenance / Work Orders / Search - Corrected error when searching by Unit Name.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Adjusted permission checking to properly apply user limited access.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Added option drop down list on Requester field to select from employees.

• Parts / Receiving - Corrected problem of not allowing cancel on edit of a record.

Release 6.1.3.6 - 06/03/2007

• Work Orders - Corrected query error and update error when using sites created by last release.

• Work Orders - Corrected bug when deleting a work order which deleted the Unit as well.

• Work Orders - Added explanation when trying to sort on a lookup field.

• Requests - Corrected error on screen when posting a record.

Release 6.1.2.12 - 02/05/2007

• General / Lookup Lists - Corrected problem of lookup lists properties not using predefined properties as setup under Utilities / Set Loop Lists.

• Admin / Defaults / Data Formatting Preferences - Added option to execute the SQL ShrinkDatabase command to attempt to free space in the database.

• Maintenance / Service Overview - Corrected the work group field to list correct codes.

• Maintenance / Service Overview - Corrected error when sorting list by Unit Number.

• Maintenance / Reports - Corrected problem with certain dates not passing to the report.

• Maintenance / Reports - Added options to pass performed date of services, parts or both to reports.

• Maintenance / Requests - Adjusted to pass the work group selected when creating the work order.

• Maintenance / Units - On Count based services, adjusted to calculate the From Now even if last performed is missing.

• Made demo reports available on website that incorporate more advanced report builder functions.

• Administration / Employees - Corrected problem of field name being misspelled and causing error on open of the employee screen.

• Purchase Orders / Transactions - Added button with option to duplicate purchase order.

• Purchase Orders / Transactions - Corrected problem of inability to add details after search on existing PO.

• Maintenance / Reports - Adjusted to pass parameters of dates but not display time in parameter line.

• Parts / Items / Parts Item Info Sheet - Corrected display format on qty on hand and min. qty. Users can download and import this report from the website.

• General / Reports - Incorporated new release of Report Builder which corrected problem of Access Violation when placing a sub report in a report.

• General - All notes fields now support full rich text and OLE content.

• General - All notes fields now include ability to contain clickable URL links.

• Report Builder - Now supports and prints full rich text just as placed in notes fields, including graphics.

• Report Builder - Now supports Windows XP themes and XP style buttons.

• Report Builder - Generally improved report designer interface.

• Report Builder - Improved graphics and bar code printing.

• Report Builder - New properties for most components including frames around objects.

• Report Builder - While previewing report, you can now output to pdf and other formats.

• Report Builder - While previewing report, you can now email the report in pdf format from within the report.

• Report Builder - Now includes option to find text within the report while previewing.

• Maintenance / Requests - Added right click option ot jump to work order.

• Maintenance / Requests - Requested Date field now includes time as well as date.

• Maintenance / Units - Duplicate Unit feature now includes options for duplicating Notes, Parts & Attachments.

• Maintenance / Units / Downtime - Corrected problem with graph not always properly displaying.

• Maintenance / Units / Downtime - Added option to print graph or copy to clipboard.

• Maintenance / Units / Service History - Now includes right click option to jump to a work order.

• Maintenance / Units / Services (PMs) - Now includes field with last Work Order Number.

• Maintenance / Units / Services (PMs) - Now includes right click option to jump to last work order record.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Priority codes are now user definable under Administration / Codes.

• Maintenance / Work Orders - Adjusted to automatically inherit the Work Group from the Unit record.

• Maintenance / Work Orders / Downtime - Corrected problem with time down not being properly saved.

• Maintenance / Work Orders / Overview - Corrected problem of Print List button becoming disabled.

• Maintenance / Work Orders / Overview - Added more detail inform available in overview grid.

• Maintenance / Update Counts - Corrected problem of Unit Number field not allowing enough characters.

• Maintenance / Update Counts - Adjusted to make applicable fields read-only to prevent accidental change.

• Maintenance / Service Scheduling - Adjusted to update last service date when renewal is based on last service date.

• Maintenance / Service Overview - Enabled button to jump to the Update Counts screen.

• Parts / Part Records - Duplicate Part feature now includes options for duplicating Notes & Attachments.

• Parts / Part Records / Usage History - Added right click options to jump to Work Order & Unit.

• Parts / Part Records / Receiving History - Added right click options to jump to Receiving Record & PO.

• Parts / Re-Ordering - Corrected problem of certain parts not being included in query if all past POs were closed.

• Parts / Re-Ordering - Added option to create a single PO with all parts for the selected vendor.

• Parts / Receiving - Corrected problem of items being added to inventory when a receiving record was canceled.

• Purchase Orders / Transactions - Added new field for Date Submitted.

• Purchase Orders / Transactions - Added field for string representation of PONumber so users can concatenate other characters when printing the PO.

• Purchase Orders / Transactions - Corrected rounding error of taxes in details section of screen.