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TrackPro Version History

1. BugFix: Form View does not automatically move to the last record after using the Add Item Wizard
2. BugFix: TrackPro closes if the File Open dialog is cancelled.
3. Enhancement: The Alternate ID field was added to Step 5 of the Add Item Wizard

1. BugFix: Corrected errors that would occur if the "." date separator is used. This problem is primarily limited to Norwegian users.
2. BugFix: Further improved synchronization of grid to Item View.
3. Maintenance: Modified the installer to better handle Vista an Win 7 User Account Control (UAC)

1. BugFix: After using the Go To button the Item Listing grid was not synchronized to the item.

1. BugFix: Add item Wizard descriptions were out of order.
2. BugFix: Command Buttons would not display captions under Windows 2000. This problem was introduced in version 3.2.217.

1. BugFix: Changed suppressed messages routine to prevent suppressing Message number 0 this is not a problem that would normally be encountered by a user. It is a design time problem only.
2. BugFix: A harmless "no current record" message is received after editing if there are no items due.
3. Maintenance: Changes to row selection rather than cell selection in the Item Listing.

1. Maintenance: Corrected wording for the tool tips on the Yes No boxes in the "unscheduled" section of the Record form.
2. BugFix: Occasional incorrect sort order in the Item list grid when the "Item No" field was sorted.
3. Enhancement: Added intrinsic report titled: Link Listing.

1. BugFix: Corrected reversal of Date Pickers on the Add Item Wizard. The problem was introduced in Version 3.2.218

1. Enhancement: Changed the notify Custodian log control from a list box to a text box so that log can be easily copied using Control-C.
2. BugFix: On the same form the hourglass cursor would continue to be displayed after an error took place.
3. Enhancement: Changed method of ensuring that Forms other than the main form remain visible. Main form is now active even though another form may be on top.
4. BugFix: The "Scheduler Status Report" would fail under Vista and Windows 7 RC.
5. BugFix: In form notify custodian, destroy the report object explicitly after each use.
6. Maintenance: Revised command buttons to be compliant with Vista and Windows 7 themes.
7. Maintenance: Increased length of the Custodian Emailaddress field to 50 characters.
8. Maintenance: Revised the Notify Custodians form to include support for port assignment, authentication type, and use of SSL/TSL.
9. Maintenance: Changed the style of the frame control to improve display under Vista and Windows 7 RC.
10. BugFix: The grid export function would not work on some computers changed API from ShellExecuteEX to ShellExecute
11. BugFix: If an incorrect item number was entered into the part of field the fild was not automatically cleared potentially causing a crash.
12. BugFix: Could not delete items from History grid
13. Maintenance: Revise function to determine if reports should print in landscape or portrait mode, to print in landscape mode the report title must contain the string landscape.

1. Enhancement: Improve handling of Export files to deal with embedded commas & quotes.
2. Enhancement: Added F7 function to restore grid to it's original column order and column widths.
3. Enhancement: Added F8 function to toggle the even row background color.
4. Enhancement: Added F9 function to toggle restricting row height to one line
5. BugFix: Under certain circumstances the between now and ____ date on the notify custodians for could not be changed.
6. BugFix: Update form not working properly.

1. BugFix: Deleted Action items were not being saved in the audit table.
2. BugFix: All options on the Schedule Past Due Reports were simultaneously visible.
3. Enhancement: Added an Export Grid Function to the Audit Trail Screen.
4. BugFix: Improper display of row icons in datagrid
5. BugFix: On initial startup the Add Item Wizard would be partially off-screen

Version 3.2 Release

1. BugFix: Export Data Report did not print correct dates.
2. Enhancement: Added command to export the data from the Item Information Grid to Excel.
3. Enhancement: Added View next Past Due Item command.
4. BugFix: Improper display of row icons in datagrid.
5. Enhancement: Added option to toggle word wrap and row sizing by double-clicking data grids.
6. Enhancement: Improved validation of the presence of email addresses on the "Notify Custodians" form.
7. BugFix: Grid would not display on the scheduler form.
8. Enhancement: Added new intrinsic report for "Items Not Active."
9. Enhancement: Provided a separate panel on the the Reports screen to provide a brief description of all reports not just Add-on Reports.
10. Enhancement: Refresh the item list after adding a new item if the record count is less than 500. Lengthy updates for large record sets is avoided.
     

1. BugFix: In certain cases the display of option box labels was the incorrect color.
2. BugFix: Correct "Invalid use of Null" error when deleting a comment on the record form.

Thanks to Jeff G. Quinn for reporting this bug.

3. BugFix: Under certain circumstances the grid in the notify custodians form was not displaying.
4. BugFix: Incorrect display of icons when the eMoney Form Style was selected.

1. BugFix: Fixed ridiculous error that would not permit changing an action interval to less than 365 days.

Thanks to Brad Courtemanche for reporting this bug.

Version 3.1 Release

1. Enhancement: Permit drag and drop of icons on the manage icon form.
2. BugFix: Data not backed up when the main form is closed using the control box.
3. Enhancement: Added min and max numbers to the 9058 error message
4. BugFix: Trial version was limited to 140 items instead of 150 could still happen in certain circumstances.
5. BugFix: Fixed error that would occur the second time the Contract Agency form was loaded during a session.
6. Enhancement: The Go To button now searches the field that is selected in the "Sort By" Control rather than Item No.
7. Enhancement: Provided additional error trapping and diagnostics on the Notify Custodian form.
8. BugFix: Additional text was not printing on the Custom Label Form.
9. BugFix: The second User Defined Field was not printing on the All Purpose Label.
10. BugFix: Contained controls on the "TrackPro Form" displayed an incorrect background color.
11. Enhancement: Allow expansion of row height in grid.
12. Maintenance: Change 2 text fields in the History table to boolean type.
13. Enhancement: Provide a freeze column function in the grids.
14. BugFix: Sort Direction was not saving when using the report screen.
15. Enhancement: Added automatic scaling and orientation to the print screen function.
16. Enhancement: Added new intrinsic reports for listing Audit Trail Records.
17. Enhancement: Improved appearance of the data grids.
18. Enhancement: Changed record navigation keys from arrow keys to control keys + arrow keys.
19. BugFix: On the Wizard Form the Action Interval could not be left blank if "Cal Not Req" was selected.
20. BugFix: Change sort type from text to number in the "Item No "column in the "Clone" grid.
21. Enhancement: Added option to change the Maximum permissible Action Interval.
22. Enhancement: Added a Redisplay command button to the Report Viewer Form.
23. Maintenance: Reformatted labels for a Brother QL-500 printer (size 2/3 x 3 7/16 inch).
24. Enhancement: Added new intrinsic report for listing an item's history.
25. Enhancement: Added new intrinsic report for unscheduled actions.

1. Enhancement: Allow user selected fields in the Action Notices Report.
2. BugFix: Report descriptions were not wrapping on the Report Viewer Screen.
3. BugFix: Trial version was limited to 140 items instead of 150.
4. BugFix: Wizard would load incorrect value into combo box after adding a new value
    

1. BugFix: Text Sub-heading in the action item report was displaying incorrectly in additional cases.
2. Maintenance: Improve the appearance of the check boxes on the Report Viewer Form

1. BugFix: Text Sub-heading in the action item report was displaying incorrectly.

1. BugFix: Provide more room to display the "Date Next Due" to prevent word-wrap on
   some computers.

1. BugFix: Bottom bar on report form was mispositioned.

1. Maintenance: Allowed ordering of columns in the client notification grid
2. Maintenance: Exposed additional application properties for use by Plugins

Version 3.0 Release

1. Maintenance: Removed data conversion because they were too unreliable. If data conversion is required, I will have to perform it manually.

Beta Release 4

1. BugFix: Repaired bug that prevented changing of usage limits.

Beta Release 3

1. BugFix: Incorrect error message if an item link was a folder rather than a file.
2. Enhancement: Changed the method to determine if a file or folder exists to improve response time of such queries, especially when files are on a remote network share.
3. Enhancement: Used different check box and option controls to reduce executable size.
4. Enhancement: Recoded the explorer bar control to reduce executable size.
    

Beta Release 2

1. 'BugFix: Incorrect display the sort field when in the item list view record
   position indicator
2. '2) BugFix: Icons keywords could not be edited.

Beta Release 1

1. Enhancement: Added a function to display a blue flag icon in the data grid view if the item has been sent out for calibration or service.
2. Maintenance:   Refactored code to remove three file dependencies.
3. Maintenance:   Centralized all error handling
4. Maintenance:   Added error logging to application
5. Enhancement: "Past Due" and "Nearly Due" report scheduling will launch notification reports at a predetermined time intervals even if TrackPro is not running.
6. Maintenance:   Added report error feature to error handlers.
   Maintenance:  Rewrote help file in HTML to accommodate Vista's inability to display Winhelp4 file formats.
7. Enhancement:  Added insert row function for history grid
8. Enhancement:  Added Option to recalculate the date due if interval is changed
9. Enhancement:  Provided links to tutorials for certain topics
10. Enhancement:  Permitted carriage returns in text fields on labels
11. Enhancement:  Default the Contract Agency on the Send Item Out Form to the that on TrackPro Form
12. Enhancement:  Added a "Clone Existing Item" option to the Add New Item Wizard.
13. BugFix:  Fixed application window flash that would sometimes occur when selecting menu items.
14. Enhancement:  Revised icon set for better appearance
15. Enhancement:  Added sort direction indicators to column headers.
16. BugFix: Under certain circumstances keyboard accelerators would not work.
17. Enhancement:  Created a File Link table and increased the field size to 255.
18. Enhancement:  Provide option to display the Next Date Due on MM/YYYY format.
19. Enhancement:  Added new lookup field "Metrology Discipline"
20. Enhancement:  Added new lookup field "Department"
21. Enhancement:  Added new lookup field "Standard Type"
22. Enhancement:  Added new field "Range"
23. Enhancement:  Added new field "Use Std"
24. Enhancement:  Created "Link Type" Lookup table
25. Enhancement:  Added the ability to automatically use XP theme colors on command buttons.
26. Enhancement:  Added a "Sort By" combo box, so that the Form view can be sorted by any field.
27. Enhancement:  Provided flags on the item info view to indicate the status of equipment.
28. Enhancement:  Added a plugin architecture so that custom features can be installed..
29. Enhancement:  Provide the ability to select a sort field for certain reports.
30. Enhancement:  Provided a function to schedule and automatically run status reports at a predetermined time.
31. Enhancement:  Revised the Reports User Interface.
32. Enhancement:  Provided an option to start printing of each group on a new page
    Added a the User Listing to the intrinsic reports
     

Final Version for 2.4

1. BugFix: If a new record was added and the previous location in the record set was not at the end, after the first edit of the new record TrackPro would return to the record that was previously selected, Harmless but really annoying.

Thanks to slave2fishing for reporting this bug.

1. Enhancement: Provide an option to recalculate the due date when the item status is changed to active. If there is not a previous due date in the History table one is created. This also permits convenient conversion to Active status even if the item was created as inactive.

Thanks to Doug Roberts of BN ImmunoTherapeutics for this product suggestion.

2. Bug Fix: Corrected bug that could make it difficult to delete a single row in the History Table.
    

1. Enhancement: Update the Item List immediately after adding a new item so that the item will display immediately.
   
   Thanks to Robert Roy of Sanmina-SCI, Defense and Aerospace Systems (DAS) , Inc. for making this suggestion.
    

1. BugFix: Fixed incorrect date sort order in grids.
   
   Thanks to Doug Bowles of Cascade Tek, Inc. for reporting this bug.
    
2. Maintenance: Added links to the new support forum.

1. BugFix: Incorrect but harmless notification about needing A4 on Action item reports when printing on 8.5 x 11 inch paper.

Thanks to Patrick K. Lesiecki of Aero Arc, Inc. for reporting this bug.

1. BugFix: Under certain circumstances, after changing the action interval the due date would calculate incorrectly.
2. Enhancement: Update the Item List each time data is edited in either the history grid or Item Info Form.

Thanks to Moises Padilla of the MediVas LLC for reporting these bugs.

1. BugFix: Update the History View after using In, Out, or Record buttons. Prevent error that occurs if you forget to enter an Agency ID after pressing the Out button.

1. BugFix: Under certain circumstances the "Due Date" would be incorrectly calculated when adding a new item.
2. BugFix: Form caption improperly displayed on the "Add Item Wizard"
3. BugFix: The next button was not being disabled on the final step of the add item "Add Item Wizard"

Thanks to John Edelstein and Moises Padilla of the MediVas LLC for reporting these bugs.

1. BugFix: Data Grid column widths were not being saved on the main form.
   
   Thanks to Steve Elliott of the West Group Ltd. and Rick Pepper of Lightning Components for reporting this bug.
    
2. BugFix: Application would suddenly close when an attempt was made to edit the "Date Acquired" field.   Acquisition Cost, Action Cost, Time Required would cause the same crash if non-numeric data was entered,
   
   Thanks to Rick Pepper of Lightning Components for reporting this bug.

1. BugFix: Error 5 could occur when opening a different file. This problem occurs only if the "Hide extensions for known files types" option in Windows Explorer is selected.

Thanks to Anthony Cannon of Lyophilization Technology, Inc. and Ilya Burovoy of superDimension, Ltd. for reporting this bug.

1. BugFix: Repair problem that would cause a GPF fault after unloading the Options Form. 

Thanks to Rick Pepper of Lightning Components Corporation for reporting this bug.

1. BugFix: Under certain circumstances the past due items would be incorrectly reported during program startup and the past due report would not run automatically.

Thanks to Brad Sulfridge of Cast-Fab Technologies for reporting this bug.
 

2. Enhancement: Changed the behavior of certain the report toolbar buttons to indicate the currently active report. Also changed the behavior of the Form View, Item View, History View, and Super Find buttons to indicate the currently selected view.
3. Enhancement: Internal changes, changed the subclassing technique used on the grid control

1. Enhancement: Added confirmation of changes option for changes made to the Item View.
2. Enhancement: After using the "Record" Form, the Item Info view would always go to the last record; it now stays on the record that was being edited.
3. BugFix: The visible record in the Item Info View was not tracking the selected item in both the Super Find and Item List Views.
4. BugFix: The "Record" and "Add Item Wizard" z order position could change unexpectedly. TrackPro now ensures that these forms stay on top until they are closed.
5. BugFix: "Check for Updates" stopped working because ISP changed password requirements. Changed FTP password.
6. BugFix: The date control on the "Report Form" could cause an unwanted click event in the any click box that was covered by the calendar in drop down mode. It was also discover that there was a possibility of this occurring on the "Record, Send Out, and Get Back Forms.

Thanks to Robert Lynch of BreconRidge for assistance in resolving these bugs.

1. Fixes intermittent inability to edit the grid.

1. Fixes error 5 and error 94 that can occur under certain circumstances when editing in the record form.

1. Fixes incorrect reporting of error 5101 or 5105 when recording an action or getting an item back.

Thanks to David J. Graham of Armoloy of Connecticut for finding this bug.
 

1. Enhancement: Added "Audit Trail" capability to application.
2. Maintenance: Eliminated the use of data-bound controls so that the audit trail could be reliably implemented.
3. Maintenance: Upgraded Jet data engine from Version 3.5 to 3.6.
4. Maintenance: Upgraded Microsoft (D)ata (A)ccess (O)bjects (DAO) from Version 3.6 to 4.0.
5. Maintenance: Changed development environment from vb5 to vb6.
6. Enhancement: Optimized startup routines so that main form would load faster.
7. Enhancement: Upgraded to installation software to NSIS version 2.09.
8. Enhancement: Removed DAO files and vb runtime files from installation routine reducing download size. This was possible because most computers running Win 2K or XP have these files already.
9. Enhancement: Installer now checks to see if the latest version of DAO and vb runtime files are located on the user's computer. If not, the user is given the option to automatically download and install these files.
10. Enhancement: The application was rewritten to eliminate external dependencies on 6 ActiveX controls and 1 dynamic link library.
11. Enhancement: Permit non administrators to change their own passwords.
12. BugFix: Increased length of the "By" and "Performed By" fields in the History Table from 20 characters to 30. This will prevent error 3163 in the "Get Back" function when the user's full name is longer than 20 characters.

Thanks to Perry Martin-Loat of FT Technologies, Ltd for finding this bug.

Version 2.3 Release

Note:  This version was released on the CD installations only. All features are available in the on-line version 2.4.182

1. Enhancement: Added internet application update function.
2. Enhancement: Added "Emailaddress" field to the Custodian table.
3. Enhancement: Added interactive notification of custodians of items past due and coming due.

Version 2.2 Release

1. BugFix: Past due report at startup was not working, the problem crept in during the implementation of version 2.
2. Enhancement: Added an option to revise the due date in the event that the 'Action Interval' has been changed.
3. BugFix: Under certain circumstances labels would not print.
4. BugFix: When TrackPro was opened, the record selector was at the beginning of the record set rather than at the end.
5. Enhancement: Automatically record changes of "Item Status" in the history table.
6. Enhancement: Changed the method of updating the History Record prevent unnecessary database growth.
7. Enhancement: Replaced MS dbGrid32 Control with a custom grid with better capability.
8. Enhancement: Highlight "Past Due" and almost "Past Due" items in the History View and Item List views.
9. Enhancement: Replaced MS common controls 2 with a custom date picker control to reduce download size.
10. BugFix: Under certain circumstances the Holiday table could not be edited.
11. Enhancement: Added iconized command buttons.
12. Enhancement: Removed "Revision History Form" and posted the information at this page instead.
13. Enhancement: Deleted "Close" from the File menu because it is redundant.
14. Enhancement: Combine the "Item Info" and "Additional Item Info" tabs and changed normal application size to 800 X 600 from 640 X 480 pixels.
15. Enhancement: Changed application from multi to single document interface.
16. Enhancement: Combined the "Item Info" and "More Info" views.
17. Enhancement: Improved the interface on the "Administer Users and Passwords" screen.
18. Enhancement: Added "Non-conformance Report" field to the History table and screens.
19. Enhancement: Provided a number of user configurable options to alter "the look" of the application.
20. Enhancement: Provided a feature to automatically check if the version is the latest and to download the new version if it isn't.
21. Enhancement: Redesigned layout of the "Administer Users and Passwords" screen.
22. Enhancement: updated help file

Unreleased version

Unreleased version

Unreleased version

1. Maintenance: Recompile with SP6 controls.
2. BugFix: Fixed error that would occur when unloading the form.

1. Enhancement: Improved the routine for restoring a corrupt data file.
2. Enhancement: Prevented unloading of the main screen from the control box to enforce more orderly shutdown.

1. BugFix: Under certain circumstances harmless error a harmless application error would be experienced after application closure.

1. BugFix: Under certain circumstances harmless error 339 would be experienced after application closure.

1. BugFix: Database functions 'compress' and 'repair' would not execute under certain conditions.

1. Maintenance: Remove data conversion from Version 1 to Version 2 format.
2. Maintenance: Revised licensing algorithm

Version 2.1 Release

1. BugFix: Database conversion would fail under certain circumstances. Thanks again to Ed Attwood of EnPath Medical for finding this bug.
2. BugFix: Record count in data control would display incorrectly if there were deleted records.
3. Note: Official end of Beta testing.

1. BugFix: Notices reports were improperly selecting records because of incorrect data type being used to for selection formula. Thanks again to Ed Attwood of EnPath Medical for finding this bug.
2. Maintenance: Change all references from qsrhelp.com to trackpro.org in the executable and help file.
    

Final Version 2.0 Release

1. BugFix: Could not add new records to lookup tables custodian and location when database was empty.
2. BugFix: User field names not saving new names.
3. BugFix: Password and user name defaults were being automatically loaded.
   
   
   Thanks to Ed Attwood of EnPath Medical for finding these bugs."

1. BugFix: Print Screen button on toolbar was inoperable.
2. BugFix: Stopped the Go To dialog box from disappearing on screens with 800 x 600 resolution.
3. BugFix: Corrected incorrect font size in frame captions under XP O/S on the In, Out, Record, and Wizard forms.

Thanks to Mario Arbesu of ID, LLC for finding these bugs.

1. BugFix: Wizard form would unload when tabbing away from the manufacturer field.

1. BugFix: Improved tab order on Add Item Wizard form.
2. Enhancement: Added feature to enable grouping on user defined fields on the report form.
3. Enhancement: Change captions on the report form to natural language style from SQL syntax.
4. BugFix: Correct errors that would occur when displaying the data grid form.

1. BugFix: Save the form location for the TrackPro Report form.
2. BugFix: Form locations, under certain circumstances were not saving properly.
3. Enhancement: Add two menu choices to link to the TrackPro Forum and check for new icons.
4. Enhancement: Revised Installation to reduce download size.
   
   Many thanks to the folks at NullSoft for the open source installation scripting tool NSIS. If you like this sort of stuff visit http://nsis.sourceforge.net/.

Unreleased Version

1. BugFix: The Add Item Wizard was not saving the Category and Agency ID fields.

1. Enhancement: Added link To the TrackPro Support Forum so that the user can look for additional reports.
2. Enhancement: Installed and connected revised Help File.
3. BugFix: Fixed misleading error message that occurs when an when user attempts to send an item out twice.
4. Enhancement: Changed several icons.

1. Enhancement: Updated Crystal Report Viewer to Service Pack 2.
2. BugFix: The "To Date" was not being saved when the report viewer form was being closed.
3. BugFix: An apostrophe in the Company Name would cause an error in all reports.
   Enhancement: Open the mfg contractor by double clicking an ID and automatically move to the record to be edited.
4. BugFix: SuperFind would not list items with null field values.

1. BugFix: Altered label printing yet again, removed the selection criteria from the report formats and passed the "Date Due" as a report parameter.

1. BugFix: Provided error trapping in all Crystal Report Viewer error events.
2. BugFix: Altered label selection criteria to prevent multiple labels from printing.
3. BugFix: Rewrote menu handling routines and changed from DLL to custom control methodology.

Unreleased Version

1. Enhancement: Added an Equipment Label.
2. Enhancement: Added red or green exclamation icons to the status bar depending upon the number of past due items.
3. Modify: Changed most form icons.
   Enhancement: Changed field lengths of Location (30), Manufacturer (20),and Contract Agency (20) fields.
4. Enhancement: Added feature to avoid Holidays and weekends.
5. Enhancement: Added Icon management system for TreeView display.
6. Enhancement: Added data file compaction utility.

1. BugFix: Rearranged menu for more logical access adding an "Actions" menu selection and moving 3 items to the "Tools" menu.
2. Bugfix: History view was not linking to the correct item.
3. Bugfix: Removed validation from the ComboBox change and lost focus events on the Add Item Wizard. This was making it difficult to make a new entry.
4. Bugfix: Current item number was not printing on labels.
5. BugFix: New mscomctl improperly displaying bitmap icons on some machines; converted all icons to icon format.
6. BugFix: Resolved error 3003 & 3014 (Too many nested transactions and too many tables open.
7. Enhancement: Added item icon to the TrackProForm.