PO's > Receive Function - added additional program code to help prevent "File in Use" errors

PO's > Receive Function - added program code to help prevent "File in Use" errors

Entries > ATC Time Clock - fixed reindexing error that only occurs when a user "switches" from one WO to another WO

General Ledger - now allows Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) accounts to be used in Invoices, Customer Adjustments and Customer Credit Memos

General Errors - added program code to help prevent "File in Use" errors in Work Orders, Invoices and PO's & Expenses

WO / ATC Entry forms - fixed problem where the WO form would intermittently open at the very first WO ever created, after using the ATC form 

Entries > ATC Time Clock > WO Labor Descrip - now allows R-click for Phraser

WO > Main > Cust PO # - NEW - field length increased to 20 characters

Invoices > Main > Cust PO # - NEW - field length increased to 20 characters

Invoice Taxes – FIXED - intermittent 1 cent rounding error with Override Tax Amount and Tax Calculated

Reports > Vendor > 2 Approved Vendor List - FIXED - problem where "Order By" would only allow choice of "Next Audit"

Electronic Signatures – NEW - Optional Module - allows users to apply "electronic" signatures, from scanned digital images, onto documents in AVM-2000.  Users create signature files for use with AVM-2000 and use Security and configuration settings to allow specific employees to apply signatures to specific documents.  See the Electronic Signatures page for more details and a Preview of how the function works.  All Optional Modules charged additional.  See our Pricing page for more information.

Browse Grids - Modified - when users are sitting on the last record in the database, the Browse grid now forces the entries to "bump up" so that more than one record shows on the screen. This prevents users from mistakenly thinking they only have one entry in the Browse grid

Customers & Vendors Contacts - Modified - now force the grids to open at the top of the gridlist for all records 

Test Equipment > Check In / Out - Fixed - problem where the grid did not refresh itself with updated data when users moved between the records using the toolbar navigation arrows

Monthly Totals > Print > # 2 - Fixed - problem where after printing, the system would jump back to the very first month's records ever in AVM-2000 

Screen Sizes – over 35 of the most-used screens / windows in AVM-2000 were increased in height and width in order to show more data on the screen at one time.  Includes Work Orders, Invoices, PO ’s & Expenses, Quotes, Inventory, Customers, Vendors, Aircraft, Employees and many more.  Requires computer monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 or larger.

Customers > Main – new “Search” function allows users to search for text in the Contacts grid or the Comments field.   

Vendors  > Main – new “Search” function allows users to search for text in the Contacts grid or the Comments field.   

Customer Adjustments – modified the shop and customer printouts to match the order of dollar items on the screen (Labor, Parts, OW, Ship, Other, etc.)  

Customer Adjustments – fixed intermittent error that would occur when an adjustment for a customer who was deleted from the Customers database was accessed.  

Customer Credit Memos – modified the shop and customer printouts to match the order of dollar items on the screen (Labor, Parts, OW, Ship, Other, etc.)  

P & E’s > Main > Magnifying Glass Buttons – the vendors’ address fields now display on the Vendor data viewer screen  

Admin > Utilities > Send files to CTI – new function allows users to zip up all files, or individually selected files, to be zipped to a temporary folder.  After the files have been zipped, they may be FTP’d or emailed to CTI from directly within AVM-2000 (when there is an internet connection available).

Admin > Local Config > General > Print to File / Email - added new fields for SMTP username and password for use with internet providers who require Authentication to send emails.  Options now available to allow users to choose Server Authentication of: 1 None, 2 Plain, 3 Login, 4 Cram5 for emailing.  The Authentication is available for use in the following AVM-2000 functions:  Admin > Errors > Email to CTI, Admin > Utilities > Send Files to CTI, all Print to File modules, and the external AVM2000\DATA\_ext_sendfiles.exe function

Invoices, P & E’s, Quotes – fixed printout page numbering error where printouts would say “1 of 1”, “2 of 2”, “3 of 3”, etc. instead of “1 of 3”, “2 of 3”, etc.  

Invoices > Main > GL AutoLoad – fixed problem with Invoices created from Work Orders with Flat Rate Parts and Equipment; where amounts would sometimes be loaded into the incorrect GL account number.  

Invoices > Main > Print – now gives users a warning if the Parts & Equipment values are negative because the invoice will be unable to be posted with the negative value.  This will help prevent users from printing and giving customers an invoice, only to find that they cannot post that invoice later.  The parts amount on the Main page will also display in a red font to indicate the negative value.  

Invoices > Taxes > Explanation – made significant enhancements to the taxing explanation to show exactly how each of the taxes was calculated, how much is exempt, etc.  This explanation also prints on the Invoices > Main > Print > 4 Shop Detailed Summary printout.  Changed the labels on some fields to better match terminology used on government tax reporting forms.  

Invoices > Taxes – modified the way that exempt values are reported in the taxing matrix at the top of the page.   

Admin > Global Config > Taxes > County Taxes – users now have the option of including Invoice Other amounts in the county tax calculations or not.  (Standard Taxes 1, 2, 3, and 4 do NOT include the Other amounts as it is configured to be taxed separately.)   

Monthly Totals > Taxes (Sales) – modified the way that exempt values are reported for more accurate reporting.  Fixed some on-screen reported values.  Enhanced printed reports to include more detailed information.  Changed the labels on some fields to better match terminology used on government tax reporting forms.

Monthly Totals > Taxes (Sales) – modified the way that Customer Adjustments and Credit Memos are reported so that users can more easily calculate Gross Sales values for tax reporting purposes.

Calendar Pickers - fixed intermittent problem that would occur when the Admin > Environment > Date format was NOT set to American

Recurring Invoices > Text > Spellcheck button – fixed non-recoverable error

Recurring Invoices > Taxes page – removed Taxes page from Recurring Invoices due to Invoice taxing modifications made in the standard Invoices. 

General - Modified - made general program code changes to help prevent problems with "Update Conflict" non-recoverable errors when closing forms; such as Inventory, Work Orders, Invoices, PO's and Log Book Stickers

Admin > Global Config > Inventory > 1 General > Main  - NEW - Shelf Expiration Date Warning - a new configuration choice is available to turn on a pop-up warning when AVM-2000 starts up, which will display all Inventory items that are overdue, or are coming due, for Expiration within the number of days you have configured.  This option checks the Inventory > Main > Order Info page, Inventory > Serials > Edit and Inventory > Batches > Edit pages for expiration dates.  The pop-up warning screen can be printed by using the [F 11] key to print the screen.

Admin > Global Config > Inventory > 1 General > Main - Modified - Option to Disable duplicate fields when batches and serials are in use was previously a Local Config option and could be set differently at multiple workstations.  Option is now a GLOBAL Configuration option.  Users who want to use this option will need to turn it back ON after this update is complete.

Print Pickers - Modified - made a change in all print picker windows in AVM to indicate which part of the print picker form has focus.  This will help prevent users from accidentally typing into the number of copies field instead of into the list.  List items shown in a light red highlight do NOT have focus.  Users will need to click back into the Print List to give the list focus

WO > Labor - New - users can right-click in the Description field to pop open an editing window for text.  The Phraser is now available to use for Labor Text in the WO and Quick Labor forms.  Users may optionally increase the number of characters the Descrip field will hold to 254.

Help - NEW -- updated general help files and included new Help for the Labor Budgeting function

Admin > Global Config - Modified - Moved all Documentation-type configuration forms to a new Admin > Global Config > Documentation menu.  Includes 337's, 8130's, Log Book Stickers, Weight & Balances, Warranty Applications and Claims, and MCFs 

WOs -

Test Equipment > Browse - Improvement - increased the number of characters that users can search for in the Model # field

Employees - Departments - New - Configuration menu option under Admin > Global Config > Employees > Department Master - added new database for storing Departments for Employees.  This update converts all unique departments found in the Employee Department field into entries in the new Departments database.  Users will now be able to select the appropriate Department for an Employee from a qualified drop-down list.  This will make reporting, etc. more consistent and accurate.

Employees - Job Skills - New - Configuration menu option under Admin > Global Config > Employees > Job Skill Master - added new database for storing Job Skills for Employees.  This database for use in the future with our optional Scheduler module.

Invoice Taxes - New - Added new County Tax function; to be used primarily by users in Florida.  Allows users to store database of different counties with individual tax rates and maximum tax amounts for use on Invoices.

8130 - Fixed - problem where landscape printout had overlapping labels (the number 8. and the word Part overlapped)

Help - Updated - to reflect new Documentation Configuration menus and new County Tax function

WO > Tasks > Print > Choose Printer then Print - Fixed - problem where choosing a printer then printing would cause a non-recoverable error

Phraser - Fixed - problem where Phraser would not work properly when the local configuration option to "Force all text to uppercase" was turned on

Admin > Global Config > Bookkeeeping > 2 Checkbook > Check Printing - NEW - users may now "nudge" fields on the check printout to make sure that all fields print correctly on the checks

Work Orders - Fixed - intermittent task focus problem where sometimes users would end up on a different task's LEPO pages than they thought.  Users now forced to select Task from the Task List whenever they leave the WO form.

Monthly Totals - Fixed - intermittent problem where sometimes a non-recoverable error # 12 would occur while in the Monthly Totals form

Parts Picker - Fixed - intermittent problem where sometimes a non-recoverable error # 11 would occur while using the Parts Picker

Invoices - Fixed - intermittent problem where re-posting an invoice that had previously been posted would sometimes make the invoice show in the incorrect month's Sales Tax Report.

Databases > ATC Maintenance > Main > Print > Single Time Sheet to Print to File module - Fixed - non-recoverable error that would occur when users printed more than one single time sheet at a time using the Print to File module

General - Cancel button - Fixed - In many forms, fixed a problem where canceling changes made in a text box would save the changes instead of cancelling them

Help Files - updated Help files for many modules including the new Check Printing configuration