====== ====== ===== [[whats_new_in_5.5|What's New In Control 5.5]] ===== With the release of Control 5.5 there were a handful of new major features added to the program, as well as a slew of various bugs fixed and other non-major features that have been tweaked since 5.1. **Below are links for each of the new major features:** - [[document_management]] - [[spell_check]] - [[domain_login]] - [[inline_part_usage_posting_phase_ii]] - [[http://line_item_due_proof_date_enhancements|Line Item Due.cyriouswiki.com/proof_date_enhancements]] - [[estimate_to_order_cost_transfer]] - [[employee_password_reset_via_email]] - [[zip_postal_code_lookup]] ==Changes== ==== Dashboards ==== - Dashboards - Create a Contact Explorer dashboard instrument (7884) - Dashboards - Changes to Update Order Progress instrument and also enabling it for Estimates (7890) ==== Explorers ==== - Explorer - Add a "Firm Due Date" checkbox column to the various applicable explorers / instruments (7950) - Explorer - Add the Proof Approval option columns to the Line Item Ticket Explorer column chooser (7864) ==== Miscellaneous ==== - Miscellaneous - Change the behavior of columns being enabled/disabled that have an OV column associated with them (7819) - Miscellaneous - Add Order.InvoiceNumber to the Order group in the Merge Fields selections (7846) - Miscellaneous - Add check in the SSLIP to throw a message if you are running on a port offset that appears when SSLIP starts (7921) - Miscellaneous - Add Origin column to the Order and Estimate explorers, and their associated instruments. (7933) - Miscellaneous - Remove the word "Home" in "Marketing Home" on the main menu of Control (8005) - Miscellaneous - Add a Bill Items explorer and sub explorer option for the Bills explorer (7928) - Miscellaneous - Remove default icon when the payment method icon is set to None (8050) ===== Defect Fixes ===== ==== Access Violations ==== - Access Violation - Random A/V when you scroll to the right on the Inventory tab in Part Setup (7827) - Access Violation - #260982 - A/V when using the Calc Taxes button with no information entered on an Order (7858) - Access Violation - A/V going from Parts to Production tab after making a change in System Setup (7900) - Access Violation - #262474 - Unable to perform the Close Day procedure from the Quick Reports menu (7943) ==== Activity Manager ==== - Activity Manager - #263312 - Unable to complete activities assigned on multiple calendars using complete button (8010) ==== Company & Contacts ==== - Company and Contacts - Delete button doesn't work on Shipping tab of a Contact on Company record (8069) - Company and Contacts - #261019 -Able to create a new company address via the shipping tab when users have security rights denied (7882) - Company and Contacts - Access Violation when clicking the New button from the Contacts tab on a Company record (8083) ==== Dashboards ==== - Dashboards - Expand the Caption field that is in ALL dashboard instruments (7854) - Dashboards - Action selection list in Shortcuts dashboard instrument needs 4 Unknown Actions removed (7881) - Dashboards - Needs to be a limit on the amount of characters you can type when making a dashboard name (7905) - Dashboards - Radial buttons are both visually cut off in the Update Order Progress dashboard instrument (7888) - Dashboards - Radial buttons are both visually cut off in the Report dashboard instrument (79325) - Dashboards - On the Accounting - Receivables dashboard the Open Receivables instrument doesn't sort Invoice Age correctly (7931) - Miscellaneous - Remove the Default Designer dashboard from the SystemData file (7963) ==== Explorers ==== - Explorer - A 12:00 AM Due Date time shows up as no time at all in explorers (8052) - Explorer - Small visual issues with Activity and Recurring Orders Explorers (8054) ==== Order Entry ==== - Order Entry - #264204 - Child line items being taxed but marked as non-taxable in GL if parent line item is in a shipment (8076) - Order Entry - Parent company's shipping address is being used in the lookup/calculation of taxes when choosing "Customer will take possession at billing address". (7920) ==== Part Usage Cards ==== - Part Usage Cards - Could not convert variant of type (Null) into type (OleStr) (7862) - Miscellaneous - #260906.1 - Part Usage Card dashboard instrument is not allowing for quick data entry (7859) - Miscellaneous - #260906.2 - Part Usage Card dashboard instrument is not allowing for quick data entry (7860) - Miscellaneous - #260906.3 - Part Usage Card dashboard instrument is not allowing for quick data entry (7861) ==== Purchase Orders & Bills ==== - Purchase Orders - Cancelling a PO set the estimated cost to $0.00 for that linked part. (7914) ==== System Setup ==== - System Setup - Miscellaneous - Saturday and Sunday are not capitalized correctly in System Setup (8004) - System Setup - Email signature is not being updated when you Edit/Save in System Setup. (8002) ==== Miscellaneous ==== - Miscellaneous - Remove the word "Estimate" from the Invoice number section in System Setup (7847) - Miscellaneous - #261185 - Line Item Number and Line Item Description Merge Fields do not work (7910) - Miscellaneous - #261136 - Orders with many line items are taking a very long time to process in Control (7929) - Miscellaneous - Order calculates taxes when being edited but changes back to 'n/a' when saved. (8039) - Miscellaneous - Column widths in Pay Bills section need to be changed so words don't get cut off (8066) - Miscellaneous - Prev / Next Record - Adjust height to 16 pixels (8073) - Miscellaneous - Remove the icons from the Edit Thumbnail popup (8072) - Miscellaneous - Quick Lookup Instrument - Icon spacing increased to 16 pixels (8074) - Miscellaneous - Icons in the Action toolbar to the right are not aligned properly (8075) ===== Backwards Compatibility ===== These changes are backwards compatible with the previous version of Control.