Release 4.96

Release Date: 

Monday, February 6, 2023

Summary: 

This release includes a few fixes and enhancements for issues identified in the last release. Other features were added to address some difficulties, such as a navigation button on the quote form and pop-ups with extra information to keep table rows from being too long.

A new hold color was added to give more options for controlling materials, expenses, time sheets, and scopes.  It's a boring gray, but sometimes you just need a quiet friend that is there to lend a hand.

While reviewing documentation for adding customers, we've recognized that it would be useful to notify you of a change to the customer record in case you unintentionally move off of the page without saving.  We've added this feature on other forms in the past and will expect to expand it out to more forms.

If you're interested in other fixes, we have a few that we've listed below. 

We're focusing on some more significant features in the coming weeks so stay tuned for that.

New Features: 

Added Quote Compare Button to Vendor Quote Materials List Form

• The Quote Materials form has a link to the Quote Compare form in the quote name, but it's more intuitive to have an explicit button at the bottom of the form.

Add a Popup to The Extended Cost on Vendor Quote Compare Report

• When hovering over the extended cost, a popup shows the per item quoted cost in the popup.

• The vendor location name is now also shown with the vendor name when hovering over the short vendor name in the header of vendor column.

New "Hold Gray" Option

• In addition to Red, Green, Yellow, New, and Backorder, we have added a grey hold to all record types that have holds.

  • Materials

  • Expenses

  • Time Sheets

  • Scopes

• Holds are useful for managing your work by grouping items together for further processing.  Blue is used for new items, and black is used for back-ordered items, but otherwise, you can choose your own meanings for the other hold colours.

Prevent Navigating Away from the Customer Edit Form If Changes Are Made

• When you are adding or editing a customer, a popup will notify you if changes were made that haven't been saved.  You can then choose to ignore the changes, or stop and save your changes.

Fixes: 

Fixed Problem Clearing Lot Price and Quoted Costs on Vendor Quotes

• When setting a price to blank or zero on a vendor quote, it was being ignored when it shouldn’t be.

Fixed Task Summary Not Showing on Time Sheet With Default Task

• When a new time sheet is being created and a default scope task is defined and applicable, the description of the task was not being shown above the work description as expected.

Fixed Sensitive Notes

• Sensitive notes were more accessible than they should be.

Refactored Notes Forms

• The note list and note edit forms were refactored to support a framework update.  Some

Fixed Sorting by Date on Job Scope Tasks List

• The sort was broken when the date offset became too large, especially when combined with the row weight.

Removed the Default Task Selection for the Task List by Scope

• The default task selection is only applicable when listing tasks for one scope instead of all scopes.

General Fixes and Cleanup

• Other items were fixed or cleaned up that are related to ongoing work and should not have a visible impact.